Massive brawl breaks out at end of indoor soccer league match

A Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) lucifer betwixt the Milwaukee Wave and Tacoma Stars connected Saturday descended into chaos arsenic a immense brawl broke retired betwixt players.

The Wave won the lucifer 7-6 arsenic 10 antithetic players scored goals successful the chaotic matchup. Milwaukee improved to 7-1-0 with the victory, and Tacoma fell to 1-5-2, but the large communicative of the nighttime was the combat that broke retired astatine the extremity of the match.

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A Milwaukee Wave instrumentality waits for players aft the Wave’s 9-2 triumph implicit the Dallas Sidekicks successful an MASL crippled connected Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, astatine UWM Panther Arena successful Milwaukee. (Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Milwaukee’s Mario Alvarez scored his 2nd extremity of the play to springiness the Wave the win. The broadcast followed Tacoma’s Stefan Mijatovic arsenic helium shook hands with opposing players aft the match. Mijatovic was shoved, which sparked the heated incident. Wave goalkeeper William Banahene appeared to beryllium progressive arsenic good arsenic helium was being held back.

As the dramatics ensued, Wave guardant Qudus Lawal was pushed implicit onto his ain bench. He appeared to code Mijatovic portion lasting connected the bench. Lawal’s teammate Javier Steinwascher tried to get him down and deescalate things, but it took a portion for things to calm down.

Mijatovic broke escaped and appeared to pursuit a Wave subordinate down into the tunnel. It is unclear what transpired successful the tunnel.

The MASL announced suspensions for the players progressive successful the incidental connected Tuesday.

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Milwaukee Wave midfielder Javier Steinwascher, #97, scores past Dallas Sidekicks goalkeeper Juan Gamboa, #1, and guardant Blas Perez, #7, successful an MASL crippled connected Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 astatine UWM Panther Arena successful Milwaukee. (Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Mijatovic was issued a four-game suspension "as a effect of his in-game and post-game conduct, and for making unprofessional, violative and abusive connection / comments in-game and post-game."

"In summation to the 4-game suspension (which volition beryllium served immediately), and owed to the information that Stefan Mijatovic was antecedently enactment connected a league probation, Mijatovic volition besides beryllium issued an undisclosed fine, 2 (2) punishment points and volition request to implicit an choler absorption people and supply the league with a certificate of completion," the league said.

Stars players Roman Torres and Luis Birrueta were issued a one-game suspension for the incident. 

Wave players Lawal, Derek Huffman and Tenzin Rampa were besides suspended for 2 games.

"All MASL players, unit and league unit are expected to ever show professionalism and self-discipline, careless of whether extenuating circumstances exist," the league said successful a statement.

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As of Thursday morning, the Wave were successful 4th spot successful the standings and the Stars were successful 10th. The MASL has 12 teams successful the league.

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