KANSAS CITY (Apr. 3, 2017) – After 340 regular season games and six exciting playoff series, the Major Arena Soccer League kicks off a week of celebrations leading up to the Ron Newman Cup Championship Series April 7-9, 2017. To kickoff the week, the MASL has announced the league’s top referees (as voted by the member teams), the All-Rookie Team (and Honorable Mentions) and the All-MASL Honorable Mention Players.

The full MASL Championship Week Schedule can be found here.

MASL Referees of the Year

1st Team

Ryan Cigich

Shane Butler

2nd Team

Brian Miller

Rich Grady

3rd Team

Fernando Pena

Ramiro Cruz

MASL All-Rookie Team

Stephen Paterson (Kansas City Comets)

Lucas Teixeira (Florida Tropics)

Manuel Rojo (Atletico Baja)

Elton de Oliveira (Baltimore Blast)

Thiago Freitas (Harrisburg Heat)

Guererro Pino (Kansas City Comets)

Robert Renaud (Milwaukee Wave)

MASL All-Rookie Honorable Mention

Francisco "Chico" Codeiro (Ontario Fury)

Maicon De Abreu (Ontario Fury)

Ignacio Flores (Kansas City Comets)

Josh Lemos (Milwaukee Wave)

Daniel Chamale (Milwaukee Wave)