2018–19 Major Arena Soccer League 2 season

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Major Arena Soccer League 2
Season 2018–19
Champions San Diego Sockers 2
Matches played 90
Goals scored 1354 (15.04 per match)
Top goalscorer Jaime Rodriguez (41)
Longest winning run 12 Games:
San Diego Sockers 2
(entire season)
Longest losing run 9 Games:
Muskegon Risers
(1/5/19–3/9/19)
All statistics correct as of March 30, 2019.

The 2018–19 Major Arena Soccer League 2 season is the second season for the league M2. The regular season started on December 1, 2018, and ended on March 16, 2019. For the second year in a row, each team played a 12-game schedule. This season, the M2 expanded from 10 to 15 teams.[1][2]

Changes from 2017–18

Expansion[3]
  • Arizona Lightning (Avondale)
  • Cuervos de Juarez (El Paso/Juarez)
  • New Mexico Elite (Santa Fe)
  • New Mexico Runners (Rio Rancho)
  • Rochester Lancers
  • Stockton Rush
Name Change
  • Colorado Blizzard FC to Colorado Rumble FC
On Hiatus

Standings

As of March 16, 2019[4]
      2018-19 League Championship
      2018-19 Playoff Team
(Bold) Division Winner

Place Team GP W L Pct GF GA GB
Eastern Division
1 Chicago Mustangs 12 10 2 .833 92 62
2 Rochester Lancers 12 8 4 .667 100 64 2
3 Waza Flo 12 7 5 .583 58 70 3
4 Cincinnati Swerve 12 4 8 .333 75 82 4
5 Muskegon Risers 12 1 11 .083 72 119 9
Mountain Division
1 Cuervos de Juarez 12 10 2 .822 116 72
2 Colorado Inferno F.C. 12 9 3 .750 134 98 1
3 New Mexico Runners 12 4 8 .333 105 141 6
4 Colorado Rumble FC 12 4 8 .333 94 111 6
5 New Mexico Elite 12 3 9 .250 99 126 7
Pacific Division
1 San Diego Sockers 2 12 12 0 1.000 132 36
2 Las Vegas Knights SC 12 8 4 .667 112 80 4
3 Arizona Lightning 12 4 8 .333 55 85 8
4 Ontario Fury II 12 4 8 .333 70 106 8
5 Stockton Rush 12 2 10 .167 40 102 10

2019 M2 Championship

The team with the best record gets a bye in the Quarter-Finals. The top two teams in the other divisions plus the third place team in the division having the top seed qualifies for the post-season. All playoff rounds will be a single elimination matches.[5][6]

Quarter-Finals


Semi-Finals

March 29, 2019
1:00 PM PDT
Cuervos de Juarez 11–10 Rochester Lancers
Report
Upland Sports Arena
Ontario, California

3rd Place Game


Final

Awards

Individual Awards

Award Name[7] Team
League MVP Jaime Rodriguez New Mexico Runners
Goalkeeper of the Year Yair Aguilar San Diego Sockers 2
Defender of the Year Ryan Ybarra Chicago Mustangs
Coach of the Year Rene Ortiz San Diego Sockers 2

All-League First Team

Name[7] Position Team
Jaime Rodriguez F New Mexico Runners
Boomer Steigelman F/M Rochester Lancers
Robert Garcia M Las Vegas Knights SC
Jake Schindler D Rochester Lancers
Ryan Ybarra D Chicago Mustangs
Yair Aguilar GK San Diego Sockers 2

All-League Second Team

Name[7] Position Team
Thomas Hoang F Colorado Inferno F.C.
Emmanuel Mendoza F/M Cuervos de Juarez
Sean Callahan M San Diego Sockers 2
Alex Moseley D Colorado Inferno F.C.
Ismael Rojo D San Diego Sockers 2
Nate Steinwascher GK Waza Flo

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