Baltimore Blast (current)

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This article is about the current Baltimore Blast team that began its existence as the Baltimore Spirit and played in the NPSL before moving to the current Major Indoor Soccer League. For the original team, see Baltimore Blast (1980-92).

Baltimore Blast
Full name	Baltimore Blast
Nickname(s)	Blast
Founded	1992 as the Baltimore Spirit
Ground	1st Mariner Arena (Capacity 11,271)
Chairman	Edwin F. Hale, Sr.
Coach	Danny Kelly
League	Major Indoor Soccer League
2007-08	3rd/won championship
Home colours 　 Away colours

The Baltimore Blast were founded by software designer Bill Stealey as the Baltimore Spirit at the end of July 1992 and joined the National Professional Soccer League. The team replaced the earlier Baltimore Blast, who folded along with the original MISL. When the team was purchased by Ed Hale, a former owner of the original team, the Spirit were renamed the Blast in 1998 (Hale had the rights to the Blast name, hence the reason why the team decided to change its name) and joined the new Major Indoor Soccer League in 2001. The team plays their home matches at the 1st Mariner Arena and train at the DuBurns Arena, both located in Baltimore, Maryland. The teams colors are Red and Gold.

Contents 1 Year-by-year 2 Current squad 2.1 Head Coaches 2.2 Retired numbers 2.3 Hall of Fame 3 Other Former Players 4 Arenas 5 External links

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	Logo	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
1992-93	NPSL II		1st American, 27-13	Lost Quarterfinal	5,444
1993-94	NPSL II		1st American, 26-14	Lost First Round	6,471
1994-95	NPSL II		3rd American, 23-17	Lost First Round	5,733
1995-96	NPSL II		2nd American, 25-15	Lost Division Semifinal	5,037
1996-97	NPSL II		2nd East, 20-20	Lost Conference Semifinal	4,760
1997-98	NPSL II		3rd East, 12-28	Failed to qualify	5,001
1998-99	NPSL II		3rd East, 19-21	Failed to qualify	4,795
1999-00	NPSL II		1st East, 26-18	Lost Conference Final	5,445
2000-01	NPSL II		3rd American, 22-18	Lost Conference Final	5,376
2001-02	MISL II		4th MISL, 18-26	Lost Semifinal	4,957
2002-03	MISL II		3rd Eastern,18-18	Won Championship	5,559
2003-04	MISL II		1st Eastern, 25-11	Won Championship	6,330
2004-05	MISL II		7th MISL, 15-24	Failed to qualify	5,752
2005-06	MISL II		2nd MISL, 17-13	Won Championship	7,005
2006-07	MISL II		5th MISL, 15-15	Failed to qualify	7,448
2007-08	MISL II		3rd MISL, 19-11	Won Championship	7,300

[edit] Current squad

Nationality given from place of birth 18 October 2007

No. Position Player 0 GK Dave Kern 1 GK Sagu 2 DF Billy Nelson 4 FW Giuliano Celenza 5 MF Denison Cabral 6 MF Scott Buete 7 MF Rey Martinez 8 FW Matt Watson 11 MF Brian Devlin 13 MF Lucio 14 FW Michael Todd

No. Position Player 15 FW Adauto Neto 16 DF Ryan Pierce 17 DF P.J. Wakefield 19 MF Carlos Garcia 20 MF Robbie Aristodemo 22 DF Marko Bedenikovic 23 FW Machel Millwood 24 DF Mike Lookingland 40 FW David Bascome  ? GK Karim Moumban

[edit] Head Coaches

Name	Start	Finish
Kenny Cooper	1992	1994
Dave MacWilliams	1994	1996
Mike Stankovic	1996	1998
Kevin Healey	1998	2002
Sean Bowers	2002	2002
Bobby McAvan	2002	2003
Tim Wittman	2003	2006
Danny Kelly	2006	Current

[edit] Retired numbers

Player	Number
Stan Stamenkovic	#10

[edit] Hall of Fame

Position	Person	Inducted
Coach	Kenny Cooper	2004
F	Stan Stamenkovic	2004
D	Mike Stankovic	2004
D	Bruce Savage	2005
N/A	Earl Foreman	2005
F	Tim Wittman	2005
F	Joey Fink	2006
F	Dave MacWilliams	2006
F	Heinz Wirtz	2007
F	Domenic Mobilio	2008
GK	Keith Van Eron	2008

[edit] Other Former Players

• Tony McPeak
• Jason Dieter
• Rich Daughtridge

[edit] Arenas

• 1st Mariner Arena 1992-present (previously Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore Arena)

[edit] External links

• Official site

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