2016–17 Major Arena Soccer League season
| Season | 2016–17 |
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| Champions | Baltimore Blast |
| Matches played | 170 |
| Goals scored | 2,196 (12.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Franck Tayou (57 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Sonora Suns 21–2 Dallas Sidekicks (February 16, 2017) |
| Biggest away win |
Atletico Baja 3–15 Sonora Suns (November 27, 2016) |
| Highest scoring |
Sonora Suns 18–15 Turlock Express (November 12, 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 10 Games: Sonora Suns (11/5/16–1/21/17) |
| Longest losing run | 20 Games: El Paso Coyotes (10/29/16–3/4/17 – full season) |
| Highest attendance | 9,722 Baltimore Blast 5–2 Milwaukee Wave (February 4, 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 187 Atletico Baja 9-4 Tacoma Stars (December 4, 2016) |
| Average attendance | 2,746 |
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The 2016–17 Major Arena Soccer League season was the ninth season for the league and the third since six teams from the former Major Indoor Soccer League defected to what was formerly called the Professional Arena Soccer League. The regular season started on October 29, 2016, and ended on March 5, 2017. Each team will play a 20-game schedule. The defending champions were the Baltimore Blast, who defeated the Sonora Suns in the Ron Newman Cup finals in April 2016. The Blast won the 2016-17 MASL Championship over the Soles 2 games to 1 in the Ron Newman Cup finals.
Of the 20 teams that competed in the 2015–16 season, the Waza Flo, Las Vegas Legends, Brownsville Barracudas, Saltillo Rancho Seco, and Sacramento Surge did not return for the 2016–17 season. The Florida Tropics SC and El Paso Coyotes joined the MASL for this season, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 17.
In the offseason, the Baltimore Blast, Harrisburg Heat, St. Louis Ambush left the MASL, and joined the expansion Tropics to form the Indoor Professional League. The Blast, Heat and Ambush re-joined the MASL in August 2016, with the Tropics being considered an expansion franchise for the MASL. Additionally the Missouri Comets announced in September 2016 that they were renaming themselves the Kansas City Comets.
Final as of March 6, 2017
2016-17 League Championship
2016-17 Playoff Team
(Bold) Division Winner
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