Three-time champion Northern Virginia FC to open M3 season at home Nov. 2 vs Baltimore

by Brian Ackley

TAMPA, Florida -- Northern Virginia FC, winners of the las three Major Arena Soccer League championships, will kick off the 2024-25 MASL 3 season when they host the Baltimore Kings on Nov. 2.

Repeating, however, will be a more formidable task. With the summer unification of the Premier Arena Soccer League and MASL 3, some 20 teams will be vying for a title over the winter.

Each team will play a 10-game regular season through late March, with plans for the post-season to be announced in the coming weeks. 

Nova, who play out of Winchester, Virginia,  will play in the East Division along with the Kings,  the DMV Gunners, Philadelphia Spartans and Virginia Marauders.  Nova FC defeated the Spartans 17-9 is last spring's championship game.

Baltimore will celebrate its home opener two weeks later, on Nov. 16, when they host Philadelphia. The Spartans will kick off the home portion of their slate when the Marauders visit on Nov. 23. The Winchester based Virginia Marauders will start their home season on Dec. 8 when Baltikmore comes to town. The DMV Gunners will have the latest of the home openers with theirs coming on January 18 in Westminster, Maryland, when they host Nova FC. 

The Fredericksburg Fire are on a one-year hiatus, and the Raleigh, North Carolina, based Mountains to Sea FC side will begin play in 2025-26 . The Salisbury Steaks, who debuted in MASL 3 last fall, have moved up to MASL 2..

Every single regular season game will be played on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Following is the complete regular-season schedule for the MASL 3 East:

BALTIMORE KINGS

Saturday, November 2 at Northern Virginia, 7 p.m. EDT

Saturday, November 16 vs. Philadelphia Spartans, 5 p.m. EST

Sunday, November 24 vs. Northern Virginia, 11 a.m. EST

Sunday, December 8 at Northern Virginia, 6:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, December 21 at Philadelphia Spartans, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, February 23 at Northern Virginias, 5 p.m. EST

Sunday, March 2 vs. Virginia Marauders, 5:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, March 9 vs. DMV Gunners, 5:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, March 22 at DMV GUnners, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, March 23 vs. DMV Gunners, 5:30 p.m. EST

DMV GUNners

Saturday, Dec/ 7 at Philadelphia Spartans, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, Dec. 15 at Northern Virgina, 6:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, Dec. 21 at Virginia Marauders, 6:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, January 18 vs. Northern Virginia, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, February 1 vs. Philadelphia Spartans, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, February 22 vs. Virginia Marauders, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, March 8 vs. Philadelphia Spartans, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, March 9 at Baltimore Kings, 5:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, March 22 vs. Baltimore Kings, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, March 23 at Baltimore Kings, 5:30 p.m. EST


NORTHERN VIrginia

Saturday, November 2 vs. Baltimore Kings, 7:30 p.m. EDT

Sunday, November 17 vs. Virginia Marauders, 5:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, November 24 at Baltimore Kings, 11 a.m. EST

Sunday, December 15 vs. DMV Gunners, 6:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, December 22 at Virginia Marauders, 4 p.m. EST

Sunday, January 5 vs. Philadelphia Spartans, 6:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, January 18 at DMV Gunners, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, February 16 at Virginia Marauders, 5 p.m. EST

Sunday, February 23 vs. Baltimore Kings, 5 p.m. EST

Saturday, March 15 at Philadelphia Spartans, 7:30 p.m. EST

PHILADELPHIA SPARTANS

Saturday, November 16 at Baltimore Kings, 5 p.m. EST

Saturday, November 23 vs. Virginia Marauders, 7:30 p.m. EST 

Saturday, December 7 vs. DMV Gunners, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, December 21 vs. Baltimore Kings, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, January 4 at Virginia Marauders, 4 p.m. EST

Sunday, January 5 at Northern Virginia, 6:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, January 18 vs. Virginia Marauders, 9 p.m. EST

Saturday, February 1 at DMV Gunners, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, February 8 at DMV Gunners, 7:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, March 15 vs. Northern Virginia, 7:35 p.m.

VIRGINIA MARAUDERS

 Sunday, November 17 at Northern Virginia, 5 p.m. EST

Saturday, November 23 at Philadelphia Spartans, 7:35 p.m.

Sunday, December 8 vs. Baltimore Kings, 6:30 p.m. EST

Saturday, December 21 vs. Virginia Marauders, 6:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, December 22 vs. Northern Virginia, 4 p.m. EST

Saturday, January 4 vs. Philadelphia Spartans, 4 p.m. EST

Saturday, January 18 at Philadelphia Spartans, 9 p.m. EST

Sunday, February 18 vs. Northern Virginia, 5 p.m. EST

Saturday, February 22 at DMV Gunners, 7:30 p.m. EST

Sunday, March 2 at Baltimore Kings, 5:30 p.m. EST