Monday, March 24, 2008
MARKHAM - The 2006 inaugural season of the MSC League had 8 teams competing for the title. A year later in 2007, that number rose to 10 before one team had their season forfeited. This year, amidst a growing number of interest carrying over from the indoor league, the MSC Outdoor League has expanded to 12 teams.
The teams are set, and will be divided into 2 divisions. Each team will play the teams in their division twice, while facing off once against each of the teams in the other division. The regular season will therefore last 16 weeks.
At the end of the 16 week regular season, all teams will square off in a 4 week playoff to crown the champion, with 1st playing 12th, 2nd playing 11th, and so on. But as the math would have it, expect the much hated 'wild card' rule to enter somewhere in the mix, as there would be 6 winners after the first playoff week.
Games will be played at Centennial Park and Mount Joy every Sunday (including long weekend) evenings at either, 5pm, 7pm, or 9pm under the lights. Schedule to be released soon.
Opening day will kick off on Sunday May 11th and with playoffs, the entire campaign will last till Sunday September 20th.
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