MASL Announces 2025 RNC Playoff Format

The Major Arena Soccer League has announced the 2025 Ron Newman Cup Playoff format. The season consists of twelve teams in a single table with the final regular season game on March 30, 2025.

The top eight teams in the table will qualify for the 2025 Ron Newman Cup Playoffs. Those eight teams will travel to Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, Calif., the newly constructed home of the San Diego Sockers, for the quarterfinals and semifinals of the playoffs, beginning on April 4 and running through April 6.

Playoff Format
The top eight teams will qualify for the 2025 MASL playoffs based upon total points after the 2024-25 MASL regular season.

Teams will be seeded 1-8 based upon total points and will continue to have that seed throughout the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.

Quarterfinals
Friday, April 4th – Two games with the #1 and #2 seeds earning the advantage with possible day of rest; 1 vs. 8; 2 vs. 7

Saturday, April 5th – Two games; 4 vs. 5; 3 vs. 6

Semifinals
Sunday, April 6th

Highest Seeded Team vs. Lowest Seeded Team
Second Highest Seeded Team vs. Second Lowest Seeded Team

MASL Ron Newman Cup Championship Series
This will be a best-of-three series with the two winning semifinal teams with each team hosting home games.