Baltimore Blast (current)

Baltimore Blast is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Founded in 1992, the team plays in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

The team plays its home games at 1st Mariner Arena and train at the Du Burns Arena. The team colors are red and gold. Their current head coach is Danny Kelly.

History

The Baltimore Blast were founded by North Carolina-based software executive 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.^[1] When the team was purchased by Ed Hale, a former owner of the original team, the Spirit were renamed the Blast on July 10, 1998^[2] (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. After the MISL folded in 2008, the team announced it would be joining the new National Indoor Soccer League, which would later acquire the rights to, and become, the third version of the Major indoor Soccer League.

Players

2011-12 roster^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Retired numbers

Hall of Fame

Notable former players

• Denison Cabral
• Jason Dieter
• Jason Maricle
• Tony McPeak
• PJ Wakefield

Year-by-year

Head coaches

• Kenny Cooper (1992-1994)
• Dave MacWilliams (1994-1996)
• Mike Stankovic (1996-1998)
• Kevin Healey (1998-2002)
• Sean Bowers (2002)
• Bobby McAvan (2002-2003)
• Tim Wittman (2003-2006)
• Danny Kelly (2006-present)

Arenas

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

References

External links

• Official site