Playoff Scenarios - Week 17
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Monterrey Flash - The Monterrey Flash have clinched the Western Conference Regular Season Championship
San Diego Sockers - The San Diego Sockers have clinched a spot in the playoffs
Ontario Fury - The Ontario Fury can clinch a spot in the playoffs with a win over Turlock on Saturday or Monday OR if San Diego beats Tacoma on Friday
Turlock Cal Express - The Turlock Cal Express can clinch a spot in the playoffs if the win all four remaining games AND have two of the three remaining playoff-eligible teams (Ontario, Sonora, Tacoma) lose all of their remaining games
Tacoma Stars - The Tacoma Stars can clinch a spot in the playoffs if the win all four remaining games AND have two of the three remaining playoff-eligible teams (Ontario, Sonora, Turlock) lose all of their remaining games
Mesquite Outlaws - The Mesquite Outlaws have been eliminated from playoff contention
Dallas Sidekicks - The Dallas Sidekicks have been eliminated from playoff contention
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Florida Tropics - The Florida Tropics have clinched a playoff spot. The Tropics can clinch the #1 seed by beating Kansas City on Sunday or with any Utica loss
Utica City FC - Utica City FC can clinch a playoff spot with a win over Harrisburg on Wednesday and a win over Dallas on Saturday
Milwaukee Wave - The Milwaukee Wave can clinch a playoff spot with any combination of Wave wins and Harrisburg losses that total 3. Both teams have two games this weekend
Kansas City Comets - The Kansas City Comets have been eliminated from playoff contention
St Louis Ambush - The St Louis Ambush have been eliminated from playoff contention
Orlando SeaWolves - The Orlando SeaWolves have been eliminated from playoff contention
Rochester Lancers - The Rochester Lancers have been eliminated from playoff contention
THREE-WAY TIE SCENARIO
In the event that there is a three-way tie between Baltimore, Harrisburg and Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference for the final two playoff spots the following would apply:
- Harrisburg owns a 1-0 advantage over Milwaukee
- Harrisburg and Baltimore are split 2-2 in their series
- Baltimore plays Milwaukee 3/15
First we need to use the tiebreakers to decide the Harrisburg/Baltimore series
They have played four times:
- JAN 26 – Harrisburg 7 – Baltimore 4
- FEB 15 – Baltimore 7 – Harrisburg 4
- FEB 23 – Harrisburg 9 – Baltimore 5
- MAR 7 – Baltimore 9 – Harrisburg 5
Taking this series down the tie breaker tree
- Head to Head – Even
- Head to Head Goal Differential – 0
- Head to Head Goals – Even at 25-25
- Best winning percentage in conference (Currently Baltimore .650, Harrisburg .588)
In that scenario:
- IF HARRISBURG WINS SERIES
- Harrisburg owns 1-0 advantage over Milwaukee
- Harrisburg owns H2H over Baltimore via tiebreaker
- Harrisburg is #3 seed
- Winner of Milwaukee vs Baltimore is #4 seed
- IF BALTIMORE WINS SERIES
- Harrisburg owns 1-0 advantage over Milwaukee
- Baltimore owns H2H over Harrisburg via tiebreaker
- If Baltimore defeats Milwaukee, they are #3 seed and Harrisburg is #4
- If Milwaukee defeats Baltimore, all three teams cancel each other out and we go to next tiebreaker
- Current Conference Winning Percentage
- Milwaukee - .765
- Baltimore - .650
- Harrisburg - .588
MASL Playoff Format
The top four teams in each conference will qualify for the 2020 Ron Newman Cup Playoffs. They will be seeded #1-4 based on record. The #1 seed in each conference will choose which of the lower seeds in their conference that they will face in the opening round of the playoffs.
There will be two rounds of Conference Playoffs with the winners of each Conference Playoff facing each other in the Ron Newman Cup Championship.
Each round of the 2020 Ron Newman Cup Playoffs, including the Championship, will feature a home-and-home series, with a 15 minute Mini-Game if necessary.
PLAYOFF TIEBREAKERS (Note: The tiebreaker tree includes language for divisional tiebreakers. As there are no longer divisions, items d, e and f are no longer valid):
a) Head to head (if applicable)
b) Head to head goal differential (if applicable)
c) Head to head goals for (if applicable)
d) Best winning percentage in division (if applicable)
e) Division goal differential (if applicable)
f) Division goals for (if applicable)
g) Best winning percentage in conference (if applicable)
h) Conference goal differential (if applicable)
i) Conference goals for (if applicable)
j) Coin Flip
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