# 2019–20 Major Arena Soccer League season

The 2019–20 Major Arena Soccer League season is the twelfth season for the league. The league adopted a new format during the offseason, merging the four divisions into two conferences and eliminating the divisional format. On 12 March 2020, the league announced they would end the regular season early due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. On July 1, 2020, MASL announced that the Board of Directors had voted to conclude the 2019–20 season with the recognition of the Monterrey Flash and Florida Tropics being the winners of the Western and Eastern Conferences, respectively.

## Changes from 2018-19
### Expansion

* Mesquite Outlaws

### Folded

* Mississauga MetroStars

### Moved to MASL 2

* El Paso Coyotes
* RGV Barracudas FC

### Returning

* Sonora Suns
* Rochester Lancers

### Change in season format

On July 19, 2019, the MASL announced the following changes for the 2019–20 season.
* Teams will be divided into two conferences (Eastern and Western), rather than four divisions.
* All playoff matchups will follow the best of three format, with the third game being a mini-game following game #2, if the series is tied.

## Standings

As of March 12, 2020  2019-20 League Championship  2019-20 Playoff Team (Bold) Division Winner (Italic) Defending Champion o-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot

### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Florida Tropics SC—x | 21 | 18 | 3 | 173 | 86 | +87 | .857 | +4 |
| 2 | Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 14 | 6 | 157 | 96 | +61 | .700 | +0.5 |
| 3 | Utica City FC | 20 | 14 | 6 | 141 | 106 | +35 | .700 | +0.5 |
| 4 | Baltimore Blast | 23 | 15 | 8 | 175 | 104 | +71 | .652 | — |
| 5 | Harrisburg Heat | 21 | 13 | 8 | 150 | 115 | +35 | .619 | 1 |
| 6 | Kansas City Comets-o | 21 | 10 | 11 | 145 | 136 | +9 | .476 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Louis Ambush-o | 21 | 9 | 12 | 126 | 168 | −42 | .429 | 5 |
| 8 | Orlando SeaWolves-o | 20 | 1 | 19 | 88 | 202 | −114 | .050 | 12.5 |
| 9 | Rochester Lancers-o | 22 | 1 | 21 | 79 | 235 | −156 | .045 | 13.5 |
Tiebreakers are as follows: Win%, Head to Head, Goal Differential, Wins, Losses.

### Western Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Monterrey Flash—y | 22 | 20 | 2 | 196 | 111 | +85 | .909 | +9 |
| 2 | San Diego Sockers-x | 21 | 15 | 6 | 124 | 104 | +20 | .714 | +4.5 |
| 3 | Ontario Fury | 21 | 12 | 9 | 137 | 115 | +22 | .571 | +1.5 |
| 4 | Sonora Suns | 22 | 11 | 11 | 173 | 154 | +19 | .500 | — |
| 5 | Tacoma Stars | 20 | 8 | 12 | 112 | 124 | −12 | .400 | 2 |
| 6 | Turlock Cal Express | 20 | 8 | 12 | 112 | 128 | −16 | .400 | 2 |
| 7 | Mesquite Outlaws-o | 21 | 7 | 14 | 109 | 123 | −14 | .333 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Dallas Sidekicks-o | 22 | 3 | 19 | 92 | 178 | −86 | .136 | 8 |
Tiebreakers are as follows: Win%, Head to Head, Goal Differential, Wins, Losses

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 1 | Franck Tayou | Ontario Fury | 21 | 47 | 18 | 65 |
| 2 | Leo Gibson | Kansas City Comets | 20 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 3 | Vini Dantas | Baltimore Blast | 22 | 37 | 17 | 54 |
| 4 | Ian Bennett | Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 44 | 7 | 51 |
| 5 | Brayan Aguilar | Monterrey Flash | 20 | 33 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Ricardo Carvalho | Florida Tropics SC | 21 | 23 | 23 | 46 |
| 7 | Tony Donatelli | Baltimore Blast | 23 | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| 8 | Max Ferdinand | Milwaukee Wave | 20 | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| 9 | Enrique Cañez | Sonora Suns | 21 | 33 | 10 | 43 |
| 10 | Nick Perera | Tacoma Stars | 20 | 22 | 20 | 42 |

## Playoffs

Top 4 teams from both conferences qualify. Teams seeded 1st get to choose which lower seeded opponent from their conference they will face in the opening round. All rounds of the playoffs, including the championship finals, are best 2 of 3, with the 3rd game being a 15-minute mini-game, if required. On May 21, MASL announced that it intends on having playoffs, with modifications such as one centralized location, and a five-day training camp period. However, on June 3, MASL announced that the plan from May 21 was no longer being implemented, due to logistical difficulties as well as any positives being outweighed by the negatives. With the announcement of the Flash and Tropics winning their conferences, the 2020 season concluded with no playoffs.

## End-of-season awards

MASL announced their end of season awards schedule would start on the 8th of April with the All-MASL Honorable Mentions team and culminate on the 18th of April with the MVP award.