Baltimore Blast

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The Baltimore Blast are an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, that competes in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL).

Including one championship victory as the original Baltimore Blast, the team has won 10 championships since its founding in 1980. Since the 2017-2018 season, home games have been played at Towson University's TU Arena. The Blast previously played at CFG Bank Arena in downtown Baltimore. Team colors are red and gold. Their current head coach is David Bascome, who took over from Danny Kelly who held the position for 15 years.[1]

History

NPSL, MISL II and MISL III years

The team was 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 Major Indoor Soccer League.[2] 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[3] (Hale had the rights to the Blast name, hence the reason why the team decided to change its name) and joined the new MISL II in 2001. After the MISL II folded in 2008, the team announced it would be joining the new National Indoor Soccer League, which would later acquire the rights to, and became, the third version of the MISL.

Shift to MASL

One day after the 2013–2014 MISL Championship final, USL President Tim Holt announced a number of teams would not be returning to the MISL the following year.[4] The franchise announced on April 2, 2014, that it would not return to the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) after its contract with the United Soccer Leagues (USL), owners of the circuit, expired following the 2013–14 season.[5] It was officially announced the Blast would be one of six teams joining the Professional Arena Soccer League (later renamed the Major Arena Soccer League) in the 2014–2015 season.[6][7]

In their first two seasons as a member of MASL, the Blast would win 33 out of 39 games. They placed first in the Eastern Division in both the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons, played in the 2015 and 2016 championship series and won the 2016 series over Soles de Sonora two games to none. The Blast repeated as Newman Cup Champions in 2017, again winning the final series over Soles de Sonora two games to one. In 2018, the Blast won their third straight championship, defeating the Monterrey Flash 4-3 in the final.

Attempted launch of the IPL

On February 18, 2016, Blast owner Ed Hale announced his intentions to leave the Major Arena Soccer League and form a new league.[8]

On May 3, 2016, the expansion franchise Florida Tropics SC held a press conference stating they would be joining the IPL. At the press conference, Ed Hale was announced as the chairman of the league, and Sam Fantauzzo, former owner of the Rochester Lancers, was announced as the first commissioner of the league. It was announced that the St. Louis Ambush, Baltimore Blast, and Harrisburg Heat had "resigned" from the MASL.[9][10]

On August 29, 2016, the Blast, Heat, Ambush re-entered the MASL with the expansion Tropics joining.[11] The move effectively folded the IPL as no teams remained in the league.

After rejoining the MASL, the Blast would go on to win their second Eastern Division championship and MASL championship over Soles de Sonora for the second year in a row.

Move to SECU Arena

The Blast announced in August 2017 that they would move from the Royal Farms Arena to the SECU Arena on the campus of Towson University, beginning in the 2017-2018 MASL season.[12] The move was the first time the Blast franchise played home games in an arena other than the Royal Farms Arena. In June 2021 the Blast announced an affiliation partnership with Baltimore Kings, who will be playing their first arena soccer season in MASL 3 in January 2022.[13] In March 2023, the Blast announced that the Rochester Lancers would be their affiliate in MASL 2[14]

Players

2023–24 roster

Active players

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No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK Template:Fba/core Zach Haussler
1 GK Template:Fba/core Quantrell James
2 DF Template:Fba/core Oumar Sylla
4 DF/MF Template:Fba/core Erik Lorent
6 MF Template:Fba/core Josh Hughes
7 FW Template:Fba/core Victor Parreiras
8 MF Template:Fba/core Jesus Pacheco
9 FW Template:Fba/core Moises Gonzalez
11 MF Template:Fba/core Tony Donatelli
12 DF Template:Fba/core Adriano Dos Santos
13 DF Template:Fba/core Jereme Raley
14 DF/MF Template:Fba/core Ethan Watson
17 FW Template:Fba/core Jamie Thomas
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Template:Fba/core Brayden Wise
19 FW Template:Fba/core Ricardo Diegues
20 DF Template:Fba/core Mike Deasel
21 FW Template:Fba/core Dom Alvarado
22 FW Template:Fba/core Juan Pereira
24 GK Template:Fba/core Mike Zierhoffer
25 MF Template:Fba/core Jairo Guevara
27 FW Template:Fba/core Jack Shearer
33 FW Template:Fba/core Ozzy Annang
42 DF Template:Fba/core Jack Schindler
70 MF Template:Fba/core Richardinho Sobreira
88 DF Template:Fba/core Patrick Thompson
89 DF Template:Fba/core Joshio Sandoval

Inactive players

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No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Template:Fba/core Jonathan Sousa
— Template:Country data Rafa Santos
— MF Template:Fba/core Renan Pastre
— FW Template:Fba/core Victor France
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Template:Fba/core Isamnia Cohen
23 MF Template:Fba/core Jonatas Melo
31 FW Template:Fba/core Kevaughn Frater

Staff

Retired numbers

Player Number
Stan Stamenkovic #10

Hall of Fame

Position Person Inducted
Coach Template:Flagicon Kenny Cooper 2004
FW Template:Flagicon Stan Stamenkovic 2004
DF Template:Flagicon Mike Stankovic 2004
DF Template:Flagicon Bruce Savage 2005
N/A Template:Flagicon Earl Foreman 2005
FW Template:Flagicon Tim Wittman 2005
FW Template:Flagicon Joey Fink 2006
FW Template:Flagicon Dave MacWilliams 2006
FW Template:Flagicon Heinz Wirtz 2007
FW Template:Flagicon Domenic Mobilio 2008
GK Template:Flagicon Keith Van Eron 2008
FW Template:Flagicon Billy Ronson 2009
DF Template:Flagicon Richard Chinapoo 2009
FW Template:Flagicon Pat Ercoli 2010
GK Template:Flagicon Cris Vaccaro 2010
DF Template:Flagicon Doug Neely 2011
FW Template:Flagicon Dan Counce 2012
DF Template:Flagicon Rusty Troy 2012
FW Template:Flagicon Tarik Walker 2013
MF Template:Flagicon Denison Cabral 2014
DF Template:Flagicon Lance Johnson 2015
MF/Coach Template:Flagicon Danny Kelly 2017
GK Template:Flagicon Sagu 2018
DF Template:Flagicon PJ Wakefield 2019
FW Template:Flagicon Giuliano Celenza 2019
MF Template:Flagicon Lee Tschantret 2020
FW/Coach Template:Flagicon David Bascome 2020
Trainer Template:Flagicon Marty McGinty 2020

Notable former players

Year-by-year

Year League GP W L Win% GF GA GF/G GA/G Finish Playoffs GP W L Win% Avg. attendance
1992–93 NPSL II 40 27 13 Template:Winpct 309 256 7.73 6.40 1st American Quarterfinal 2 0 2 Template:Winpct 5,444
1993–94 NPSL II 40 26 14 Template:Winpct 322 293 8.05 7.33 1st American First Round 2 0 2 Template:Winpct 6,471
1994–95 NPSL II 40 23 17 Template:Winpct 317 307 7.93 7.68 3rd American First Round 3 1 2 Template:Winpct 5,733
1995–96 NPSL II 40 25 15 Template:Winpct 306 258 7.65 6.45 2nd American Division Semifinal 6 3 3 Template:Winpct 5,037
1996–97 NPSL II 40 20 20 Template:Winpct 260 258 6.50 6.45 2nd East Conference Semifinal 5 3 2 Template:Winpct 4,760
1997–98 NPSL II 40 12 28 Template:Winpct 250 300 6.25 7.50 3rd East DNQ — — — — 5,001
1998–99 NPSL II 40 19 21 Template:Winpct 271 290 6.78 7.25 3rd East DNQ — — — — 4,795
1999–2000 NPSL II 44 26 18 Template:Winpct 339 275 7.70 6.25 1st East Conference Final 4 2 2 Template:Winpct 5,445
2000–01 NPSL II 40 22 18 Template:Winpct 300 260 7.50 6.50 3rd American Conference Final 5 3 2 Template:Winpct 5,376
2001–02 MISL II 44 18 26 Template:Winpct 265 274 6.02 6.23 4th MISL Semifinal 1 0 1 Template:Winpct 4,998
2002–03 MISL II 36 18 18 Template:Winpct 189 182 5.25 5.06 3rd Eastern Champions 5 4 1 Template:Winpct 5,559
2003–04 MISL II 36 25 11 Template:Winpct 241 192 6.69 5.33 1st Eastern Champions 4 4 0 Template:Winpct 6,330
2004–05 MISL II 39 15 24 Template:Winpct 205 238 5.26 6.10 7th MISL DNQ — — — — 5,752
2005–06 MISL II 30 17 13 Template:Winpct 184 168 6.13 5.60 2nd MISL Champions 6 4 2 Template:Winpct 7,005
2006–07 MISL II 30 15 15 Template:Winpct 154 150 5.13 5.00 5th MISL DNQ — — — — 7,449
2007–08 MISL II 30 19 11 Template:Winpct 186 135 6.20 4.50 3rd MISL Champions 5 5 0 Template:Winpct 7,230
2008–09 NISL 18 14 4 Template:Winpct 132 66 7.33 3.67 1st NISL Champions 1 1 0 Template:Winpct 7,534
2009–10 MISL III 20 11 9 Template:Winpct 105 97 5.25 4.85 2nd MISL Semifinal 2 0 2 Template:Winpct 6,259
2010–11 MISL III 20 15 5 Template:Winpct 131 93 6.55 4.65 1st MISL Runner-up 1 0 1 Template:Winpct 6,933
2011–12 MISL III 24 18 6 Template:Winpct 165 108 6.88 4.50 1st Eastern Runner-up 4 2 2 Template:Winpct 5,961
2012–13 MISL III 26 21 5 Template:Winpct 181 108 6.96 4.15 1st MISL Champions 4 4 0 Template:Winpct 5,544
2013–14 MISL III 20 17 3 Template:Winpct 147 46 7.35 2.30 1st MISL Runner-up 6 3 3 Template:Winpct 6,123
2014–15 MASL 20 18 2 Template:Winpct 167 69 8.35 3.45 1st Eastern Runner-up 6 4 2 Template:Winpct 6,201
2015–16 MASL 19 15 4 Template:Winpct 129 57 6.79 3.00 1st Eastern Champions 6 6 0 Template:Winpct 6,102
2016–17 MASL 20 14 6 Template:Winpct 113 69 5.65 3.45 1st Eastern Champions 9 6 3 Template:Winpct 6,299
2017–18 MASL 22 17 5 Template:Winpct 143 108 6.50 4.91 1st Eastern Champions 4 4 0 Template:Winpct 3,491
2018–19 MASL 24 17 7 Template:Winpct 144 103 6.00 4.29 2nd Eastern Semifinal 4 2 2 Template:Winpct 3,317
2019–20 MASL 23 15 8 Template:Winpct 175 104 7.61 4.52 4th Eastern Play-off cancelled — — — — 2,641
2021 MASL did not participate
2021–22 MASL 21 12 9 Template:Winpct 142 111 6.76 5.29 2nd Eastern Quarterfinal 3 1 2 Template:Winpct 2,183
2022–23 MASL 24 13 11 Template:Winpct 141 101 5.88 4.21 2nd Eastern Runner-up 7 4 3 Template:Winpct 2,778*
2023–24 MASL 24 13 11 Template:Winpct 140 154 5.83 6.42 5th Eastern DNQ — — — — 1,780
2024–25 MASL 24 16 8 Template:Winpct 167 123 6.96 5.13 3rd MASL Semifinal 2 1 1 Template:Winpct 1,570
Total 958 573 385 Template:Winpct 6,420 5,353 6.70 5.60 9 Championships 107 67 40 Template:Winpct –
*Attendance average excludes one 15 minute mini match played directly after their quarter-final matchup.

Records

Statistics below show the all-time regular-season club leaders and include player statistics from the original Baltimore Blast which competed in the Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992).[17][18] Bold indicates active Blast players.

Category Record holder Total
Games Template:Flagicon Tim Wittman 441
Goals Template:Flagicon Denison Cabral 445
Assists Template:Flagicon Srboljub Stamenković 199
Game-winning goals Template:Flagicon Denison Cabral 32
Blocks Template:Flagicon Lance Johnson 694
Shutouts Template:Flagicon William Vanzela 11
Wins Template:Flagicon William Vanzela 105

Head coaches

Arenas

References

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External links

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