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The Major Arena Soccer League semifinals are set.

The defending champion San Diego Sockers will meet the Chihuahua Savage and the Florida Tropics will face the Kansas City Comets.

Here is the semifinal schedule:

San Diego vs. Chihuahua

Game 1 – Monday, April 18, Corner Sport Arena, Chihuahua, Mexico, 9:35 ET

Game 2 – Sunday, April 24, Pechanga Arena San Diego, 8:05 p.m. ET

Florida vs. Kansas City

Game 1 – Saturday, April 16, Cable Dahmer Arena, Independence, Mo. 6 p.m. ET

Game 2 – Saturday, April 23 – RP Funding Center, Lakeland, Fla., 6 p.m. ET

Schedule information was taken from the Sockers and Comets websites.

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