MAFL Week 20 Roundup
/United shuts out the Titans in the battle for first seas, while an Immortals win and Al’amal loss in week 20 sets the stage for a fight for the last playoff spot.
Read MoreUnited shuts out the Titans in the battle for first seas, while an Immortals win and Al’amal loss in week 20 sets the stage for a fight for the last playoff spot.
Read MoreThree weeks before the Season 2 Finals; underdog Immortals have come a long way since the beginning of the season to challenge Al’amal for a chance to be the MAFL Season 2 champions.
Read MoreThe MAFL has announced dates for final 4 regular season matches.
All games are scheduled for Solis, Aquarius 15. This marks the first time all clubs play in a single day.
Read MoreAfter a brutal week 20 that put 11 players on the sidelines and resulted in the 1st fatality, the MAFL is yet to announce dates for the final week of regular season play. The games will go on, that is for sure, but how the trajectory of the season plays out now is anyone's guess.
Read MoreIt’s come down to the final week of the season to determine the playoff fate for three teams: the Immortals, Al’amal, and Dynamo. Two will advance while one goes home to dream of next season.
Based on current standings, the Immortals currently hold the 3rd seed with Al’amal and Dynamo tied for 4th. However, all that can change after the final week of play.
Read MoreFor the first time in 20 weeks, the stadiums across Mars were empty.
A colony and a league are in mourning after the sudden loss of Comet midfielder, Yamen Warren. In a freak accident in the second half of the heated match against the Amrita Immortals, a mid-air impact with Jag Parkar breached Warren's helmet and sent him crashing head-first to the turf below.
Read MoreThe name of this piece is “Lament in Red”, and the artist is Taylor Kaur-Williams, a die hard Al’Amal fan born and raised in the settlement. This is a very personal piece, for it represents a new phase in Taylor's career and allowed her to become Mars’s first break out artist.
Read MoreComets midfielder, Yamen Warren, died late last night.
The Earth-born player, who grew up in New Baltimore Rapids prior to immigrating to Mars with his family at the age of 8, was pronounced dead at 24:16 at the hospital facility at Marineris.
Read MoreThe intensified level of play was in full display as both teams came in taking more risks, playing more aggressively, playing like there was no tomorrow.
And before the end of this match, there would be no tomorrow for a number of players.
Read MoreElimination was the playoff fate for both Wuji and United after Al’amal defeated the Titans yesterday.
So coming in to today’s match @United stadium, the focus for both teams was on building the foundation for tomorrow.And that potential was on display in an entertaining match which saw United prevail 3 – 2 over Wuji.
Read MoreThe moment of silence before the kick-off seemed to carry over into the match as both teams were silent in both halves, with barely a handful of opportunities. That didn’t, however, seem to matter to the Novyimir crowd who were happy to have their team back on home turf.
Read MoreIn an ugly, bittersweet 2 - 0 victory for Al’amal over the Titans, three Al’amal players went down to injuries thanks to a plethora of fouls committed by the Titans which led to three yellow cards and one red card.
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