Baltimore Bays

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[edit] NASL

The first Baltimore Bays were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the North American Soccer League. They played from 1967 to 1968 at the Memorial Stadium. The 1969 season was played at Kirk Field, Baltimore's high school football stadium.

Following the 1968 NASL season, the league was in trouble with ten franchises having folded. The 1969 season was split into two halves. The first half was called the International Cup, a double round robin tournament in which the remaining NASL clubs were represented by teams imported from the United Kingdom. The Bays were represented by West Ham United F.C.. The were runners-up for the Cup with a 5-2-1 record. For the second half of the 1969 season, the teams returned to their normal rosters and played a 16 game schedule with no playoffs.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year League W L T Pts Regular Season Playoffs
1967 NPSL 14 9 9 162 1st, Eastern Division Lost Championship (Oakland)
1968 NASL 13 16 3 128 4th, Atlantic Division Did Not Qualify
1969 NASL 2 13 1 42 5th Did Not Qualify

[edit] ASL

The second Baltimore Bays were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the American Soccer League. They were called the Baltimore Stars in 1972.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
1972 2 ASL 3rd, Southern Did not qualify Did not enter
1973 2 ASL 1st, Mid-Atlantic Playoffs Did not enter

[edit] USISL

The third Baltimore Bays were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the USISL. They became the Eastern Shore Sharks in 1998 when they moved to Salisbury, Maryland.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs Open Cup
1993 N/A USISL 7th, Atlantic Did not qualify Did not enter
1993/94 N/A USISL Indoor 1st, Northern 3rd Place N/A
1994 3 USISL 8th, Atlantic Did not qualify Did not enter
1994/95 N/A USISL Indoor 1st, North/South Semifinals N/A
1995 3 USISL Pro League 6th, Coastal Did not qualify Did not qualify
1995/96 N/A USISL Indoor 1st, Northeast Champion N/A
1996 3 USISL Pro League 7th, Northeast Did not qualify Did not qualify
1996/97 N/A USISL I-League 1st, East Champion N/A
1997 3 USISL D-3 Pro League 3rd, Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinals Did not qualify
1997/98 N/A USISL I-League 1st Champion N/A