2014–15 Sacramento Surge season
| 2014–15 MASL season | |||
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| General Manager | Ryan Hopping | ||
| Head Coach | Mark Bickham | ||
| Arena | McClellan Park Sacramento, California |
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| Major Arena Soccer League | 6th, Pacific (regular season) | ||
| Top goalscorer | Matt Germain (26 goals, 8 assists) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 545 (January 24 vs. San Diego Sockers) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 358 (January 25 15 vs. San Diego Sockers) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 417 (10 games) | ||
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The 2014–15 Sacramento Surge season was the third season of the Sacramento Surge professional indoor soccer club. The Sacramento Surge, a Pacific Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, played their home games in Jackson Sports Academy at McClellan Park in Sacramento, California.
The team was led by general manager Ryan Hopping and head coach Mark Bickham. The Surge ended the season with a 4–16 record, placing 6th in the MASL's Pacific Division and not eligible for play in the post-season.
The Surge struggled at the start of the season, both on the field by losing their first seven games and at the box office with their first four home games averaging just 407 fans, the lowest of the 23 teams in the league. However, late December wins over Turlock Express and the Seattle Impact gave the Surge their first back-to-back wins in franchise history. 2014 ended and 2015 began the same way, with losses, but a struggling Seattle Impact team gave Sacramento its third victory of the season. The Surge suffered 6 consecutive losses before an overtime win over Turlock gave them their fourth win on the year. The season ended with a road loss to Las Vegas. The Surge finished with a 4–16 record, the same as the Seattle/Tacoma combine, but the head-to-head scoring tiebreaker dropped Sacramento to 6th place in the six-team Pacific Division.
The Sacramento Surge was a Professional Arena Soccer League expansion team for the 2012–13PASL season. In 1991 and 1992, Sacramento was home to the Sacramento Surge of the World League of American Football. The soccer team is named in their honor.
During the Surge's inaugural season, they struggled to find their footing on the field and placed last in the Pacific Division with a 2–14 record. (One of those two wins was a forfeit, earned when the Tacoma Stars announced they would not travel for the final game of the regular season). The Surge fared only slightly better in the 2013–14 season, earning a 3–13 record with a win over expansion Bay Area Rosal and two over the Turlock Express.
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