Going forward, every soccer game needs to be like this.
Saturday brought us utter chaos that we’re just now finding out about, as the match between the Tacoma Stars and Milwaukee Wave of the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) broke out into a massive brawl between each team’s players. (RELATED: Videos Show Fight Break Out At Costco Over Pokémon Cards, And I Don’t Know How To Feel About It)
As far as the game itself, it was a wild one as the Wave won by an incredible 7-6 score with 10 different players scoring goals. But it’s not those fireworks that people are talking about, it’s what went down when the match was over.
Wave player Mario Alvarez put up his second goal of the campaign to lock up the victory over the Stars, and after the crazy showdown, players shook hands as usual. However, Tacoma’s Stefan Mijatovic ended up getting pushed in the middle of things, and all hell broke loose from there.
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Meanwhile in the MASL, which remains the most wildly entertaining thing in American soccer, dudes are just going full malice in the palace. At the center of it all is Stefan Mijatovic. I remember Stef from the 1st-ever TST, where he was banned for punching Noah Beck in the face. pic.twitter.com/4ha4iQChTi
— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) January 23, 2025
Suspensions were announced Tuesday by the MASL in the aftermath.
The Major Arena Soccer League has released the following statement and discipline regarding the incident between the Tacoma Stars and Milwaukee Wave on January 18th, 2025:@TacomaStarsSC:
Roman Torres: issued a post-game red card for violent conduct resulting in an undisclosed… pic.twitter.com/NbSgFsbndu
— MASL (@MASLarena) January 22, 2025
I’m thinking Americans need to get into soccer hardcore if it’s going to be like this — the entertainment!
