MASL rule that needs to be addressed: that issue above. Very unprofessional to delay a game that long. I started watching that broadcast after the Blast game and must have came halfway through the delay. Had no clue what was going on because the announcers were saying zilch. Very anticlimactic to what otherwise seemed like a very exciting game.
A few other things... I do very much prefer the four player foul rule (too much ref whistle swallowing at five with the six team foul rule). However, the one thing the PASL did get right in this regard was to not have fouls reset at halftime, and that is something I definitely believe should be followed with the player foul rule. Tie-breaker shootout rounds - I'm not a fan at all. Ideally, I would like to see continual fifteen minute SD-OT until someone scores, and in the playoffs, no question. During the regular season, I could see the argument for ending the game after one, but in those cases, I would prefer leaving the game in a tie to going to shootout rounds. Defensive zone clearance - the entire back quarter is too big. I would restrict the zone clearance rule to the penalty area only. Also, I thought that rule applied to kicks only, but this year I've already seen it called for two headers.
Oh, so you're actually contributing to this thread? Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea for a thread after all? Especially considering all the inconsistencies between the two former leagues.
I agree with everything you say dallashammster except for what you say about the shootout rules. I personally think that after a long exciting 5 periods of play game, it is a great idea to go into shootout mode. Because it's a mano a mano event between goalkeeper and your best offensive players, it truly shows who still is in the game mentally and physically after such a long game.
Wow PPs didn't carry over? That may be the dumbest rule ever if true. If that was the case and we were tied, I would tell my team to foul if it's necessary since in OT it would hold no consequence.
I guess you could commit an intentional penalty with 2 seconds left if you time it right. If you do anything in the last two minutes you're still going to be shorthanded and have to defend a restart. In the NPSL you could foul someone intentionally and the other team could only score half a goal as a "reward." But in either case the intentional penalty rarely happened if ever.
In this particular case, it was a dead ball infraction that must have been in the MISL rule book but not in the PASL - because Detroit really seemed to struggle with it (illegal substitution rule). Multiple times after the whistle would blow, you'd see the Rochester players pointing over to the Detroit bench. Rule 3.4a states that "substitutions shall not be allowed following infractions whistled where the ball has not left the field of play". Rochester seemed to really take advantage of Detroit's unfamiliarity of this rule - and they helped the officials out on a couple of occasions by pointing out the infraction. It seemed at the time a very harsh consequence for such a benign infraction - especially with game on the line in a golden goal situation. I think that the rule that might have been disputed prior to overtime is 7.4d where it says that "all individual player fouls erase prior to the start of sudden victory overtime".
What is the purpose of this substitution rule? The old NPSL's rules were pretty much all designed to create cheap restart goals and every team had a restart squad that would come on for every free kick, but there is also a five second rule so there is no time wasted by free substitution.
[QUOTE=" I think that the rule that might have been disputed prior to overtime is 7.4d where it says that "all individual player fouls erase prior to the start of sudden victory overtime".[/QUOTE] I was thinking of that too, but I guess it refers to the four foul limit, and not the remaining time on the penalty.
looks like the shootout from every blue card has been amended. The league has updated their rules today, looks like that reference has been removed. See rule 12.3 original rules http://www.arenaleague.com/docs/MASL_RULES_OF_THE_GAME_2014-15.pdf new rules http://masl.pointstreaksites.com/fi...ASL_RULES_OF_THE_GAME_2014-15(11_14_2014).pdf
Rumor has it they decided that after a game in Monterrey in which the in-house refs awarded the Flash five shootouts in one game. "How shocking!", said no team ever to visit Monterrey in the entire history of indoor soccer. Whether that's true or not, the rule change is great news.