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Minnesota Amateur Soccer League

Founded	1953
Country	United States
Confederation	U.S. Soccer
Number of teams	41
Website	www.masl.org

The Minnesota Amateur Soccer League is an adult amateur soccer league featuring teams from the Twin Cities and the surrounding areas. The league is sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association, an affiliate of the United States Soccer Federation.

History

Founded in 1953 as the Minnesota Soccer Association, the Minnesota Amateur Soccer League (MASL) is the oldest soccer association in Minnesota.

The state’s only sanctioned competitive soccer league for men changed its name to MASL in 1987 when the Minnesota Soccer Association (MSA) became Minnesota’s umbrella organization for adult soccer. In addition to MASL, Minnesota Soccer Association now includes the American Premier League (APL), Duluth Amateur Soccer League (DASL), Minnesota Recreational Soccer League (MRSL), Southern Minnesota Amateur Soccer Association (SMASA), Minnesota Senior Soccer League (MSSL) and the Minnesota Women’s Soccer League (MWSL). ^[1]

The MSA, which began with four teams, spent its first 15 years as the only governing soccer body in Minnesota that was affiliated with the U.S. Soccer Federation. In 1968, a new youth soccer association, the Minnesota Junior Soccer Association, joined the MSA.

MASL has 41 teams and remains the premier amateur soccer league in the state. This prevalence is due in part to the strong reputation around the state and country as well as the vast number of MSA Hall of Fame members that continue to support the league.

Teams

Division 1

• Cardinals
• Dynamo FC
• FC Minnesota
• Fire SC
• Force FC
• Haaka
• Lions FC
• SPAM FC
• Stegman's 1977
• Vlora FC

Division 2

• Camargo FC
• Cougars
• Departivo Minnesota
• FC Shango
• Lewis Dragons
• Maple BUMS
• Scorpion Strikers FC
• Stegman's Old Boys FC
• WB Burn
• Wolverines FC

Division 3

• Alloy BC
• Dukes
• Dynamo FC 18
• Force FC 19
• Lino FC
• Northrop United
• River City FC
• SPAM FC 09
• Stegman's Athletic
• Waconia FC

Division 4

• AFC Lexington Parkway
• Blackhawks
• K BC
• Karen FC
• Pirates FC
• Strikers FC
• Swan FC
• Thor FC
• V-Hawks
• Vlora FC II

Champions

NOTE: * = Division 3 (Group A, B, or C) winner. Division structure was changed in 2005 with the addition of Division 4.

Cup Tournaments

MASL sanction two cup tournaments annually. First played in 1962, Minnesota Cup is open to any adult soccer club in the state. Established in 1966, Wilson Cup is contested between clubs at the Division 2 level or lower.

References

External links

• MASL website
• @MASLorg Twitter
• Minnesota Soccer Association website