The 2014–15 Monterrey Flash season was the second season of the Monterrey Flash professional indoor soccer club. The Monterrey Flash, a Southern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, played their home games in Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

The team was led by owner Gerardo Guerra Lozano and head coach Genoni Martínez with assistant coach Marco Coria. The Flash were one of two Mexico-based teams (along with Saltillo Rancho Seco) participating in the MASL for the 2014–15 season. The team finished the regular season with an 18–2 record and qualified for the MASL playoffs. They defeated the Dallas Sidekicks and Las Vegas Legends to win the Western Conference Championship. They beat the Baltimore Blast in a best-of-three series for the league championship.

Season summary The Flash started the season strong, winning their first 8 games, most by wide margins. In the early going, only the Las Vegas Legends kept the Monterrey offense grounded and held on to finish one goal back. Their first loss of the season was at home against Las Vegas on December 21. The Flash rebounded to win 6 consecutive games before falling to the Missouri Comets in overtime on January 25. Four more wins completed the regular season, leaving them with an 18–2 record and first place in the Southern Division. This qualified them to host the Division Final where they defeated the Dallas Sidekicks on March 8. The Flash defeated the Las Vegas Legends on the road and at home in a best-of-three series to win the Western Conference championship. They faced the Baltimore Blast for the MASL Championship and the 2014–15 Ron Newman Cup. After winning in Baltimore and losing the first game at home, Monterrey won the mini-game tiebreaker 4–3 with an overtime goal by midfielder Gustavo Rosales.

History The previous team to bear the Monterrey Flash name joined the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rápido Profesional (LMFRPro) in 2011. They won the LMFRPro league championship in that first season then finished second to the San Diego Sockers in the 2012 FIFRA Club Championship. In September 2012, Lozano relocated the team to Texas, renamed them the Rio Grande Valley Flash, and joined the PASL. In July 2013, the team announced that Victor Fernandez had assumed ownership of the franchise and renamed it "La Fiera FC".

Lozano returned to Monterrey and started a new Monterrey Flash with the intention of playing in both the LMFRPro and the PASL. The Flash started their debut season strong, finished with a 13–3 record, and secured the third spot in the Central Division playoffs. They defeated the Dallas Sidekicks in the Division Semifinal then lost to Hidalgo La Fiera in the Division Final.

Off-field moves In May 2014, the Professional Arena Soccer League added six refugee teams from the failed third incarnation of the Major Indoor Soccer League and reorganized as the Major Arena Soccer League. The 2014–15 MASL season will be 20 games long, 4 more than the 16 regular season games of recent PASL seasons.

With the league expansion and reorganization, Monterrey moved from the Central division to the new Southern division. The other Southern teams for 2014–15 are the Brownsville Barracudas, Dallas Sidekicks, Hidalgo La Fiera, Saltillo Rancho Seco, and Beaumont-based Oxford City FC of Texas.

Schedule

Pre-season Game Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Score Record 1 Saturday October 18 3:05pm Troyanos de la UdeM W 13–0 1–0 UdeM Arena 2 Wednesday October 22 7:05pm Tigres de la UANL Cancelled‡ 1–0 Ciudad Universitaria ‡ Game cancelled due to inclement weather and an outdoor arena.

Regular season Game Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Score Record 1 Sunday October 26 5:05pm Brownsville Barracudas W 15–6 1–0 Arena Monterrey 6,339 2 Friday November 7 7:00pm at Ontario Fury W 7–5 2–0 Citizens Business Bank Arena 2,219 3 Sunday November 9 3:00pm at Las Vegas Legends W 3–2 3–0 Orleans Arena 1,970 4 Wednesday November 12 8:35pm Hidalgo La Fiera W 7–4 4–0 Arena Monterrey 3,740 5 Sunday November 23 3:05pm at Hidalgo La Fiera W 11–2 5–0 State Farm Arena 1,468 6 Friday November 28 8:30pm at Saltillo Rancho Seco W 9–5 6–0 Deportivo Rancho-Seco Saltillo 980 7 Sunday November 30 5:05pm Brownsville Barracudas W 14–1 7–0 Arena Monterrey 1,764 8 Friday December 5 8:35pm at Saltillo Rancho Seco W 9–3 8–0 Deportivo Rancho-Seco Saltillo 635 9 Sunday December 21 5:05pm Las Vegas Legends L 6–8 8–1 Arena Monterrey 2,684 10 Saturday December 27 6:00pm at Brownsville Barracudas W 6–1 9–1 Barracudas Sports Complex 375 11 Sunday December 28 6:00pm at Brownsville Barracudas W 9–8 10–1 Barracudas Sports Complex 475 12 Sunday January 11 5:05pm Dallas Sidekicks W 8–2 11–1 Arena Monterrey 1,758 13 Sunday January 11 7:05pm Dallas Sidekicks W 3–2 (OT) 12–1 Arena Monterrey 1,748 14 Wednesday January 14 8:35pm Saltillo Rancho Seco W 13–1 13–1 Arena Monterrey 1,134 15 Sunday January 18 5:05pm Saltillo Rancho Seco W 15–0 14–1 Arena Monterrey 1,328 16 Sunday January 25 5:05pm Missouri Comets L 7–8 (OT) 14–2 Arena Monterrey 5,327 17 Saturday January 31 7:05pm at Oxford City FC of Texas W 5–2 15–2 Ford Arena 921 18 Saturday February 7 5:00pm at Saltillo Rancho Seco W 11–4 16–2 Deportivo Rancho-Seco Saltillo 500 19 Sunday February 15 5:05pm Oxford City FC of Texas W 5–3 17–2 Arena Monterrey 2,622 20 Saturday February 21 7:00pm at Dallas Sidekicks W 6–2 18–2 Allen Event Center 4,670 Originally scheduled for January 2 but moved forward due to availability and to avoid holiday travel. Originally scheduled for December 7 but postponed due to scheduling conflicts. Originally scheduled for December 14 but postponed due to scheduling conflicts with the Liga MX finals. Mini-game due to mid-season withdrawal of Hidalgo La Fiera, maintaining 20-game schedule. Replaces Hidalgo game originally scheduled for that date.

Post-season Game Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Score Record Division Final Sunday March 8 5:05pm Dallas Sidekicks W 11–1 1–0 Arena Monterrey 6,113 Western Final #1 Friday March 13 7:05pm at Las Vegas Legends W 7–6 2–0 Las Vegas Sports Park 855 Western Final #2 Sunday March 15 5:05pm Las Vegas Legends W 7–4 3–0 Arena Monterrey 7,028 MASL Final #1 Friday March 20 7:35pm at Baltimore Blast♠ W 6–4 (2OT) 4–0 Royal Farms Arena 6,712 MASL Final #2 Sunday March 22 5:05pm Baltimore Blast L 4–6 4–1 Arena Monterrey 8,783 MASL Final #3 Sunday March 22 7:35pm Baltimore Blast W 4–3 (OT) 5–1 Arena Monterrey 8,783 ♠ Game played with multi-point scoring (most goals worth 2 points; select goals worth 3 points). Mini-game played as a tie-breaker.

Awards and honors Monterrey goalkeeper Diego Reynoso was named to the league's all-rookie team for 2014–15.

Flash midfielder Gustavo Rosales was named Most Valuable Player for the MASL Playoffs. He scored the decisive overtime goal to win the Ron Newman Cup for Monterrey.

References

External links Monterrey Flash official website Monterrey Flash at Vavel Monterrey Flash at XHAW-TV