The team replaced the earlier Baltimore Blast, who folded along with the original Major Indoor Soccer League. Many recall the original version of the Major Indoor Soccer League for the exploits of teams such as the San Diego Sockers, Dallas Sidekicks, and Tacoma Stars. No longer unique and with the indoor game’s popularity on the wane, Scherr sold the franchise to Ed Hale in 1989 for $700,000. For its entire MISL existence, former goalkeeper Kenny Cooper coached the team. The team is a part of the Major Arena Soccer League.
There were, however, a few bright lights. “I told him that in Baltimore he was just going to be one of the guys, that we weren’t going to build the team around him like they tried to do in Memphis. Under Hale, this second incarnation of the Blast has continued to dominate the indoor game in North America, forever cementing its reputation as one of the best teams in this country’s history. This article is about the current Baltimore Blast team that formed in 1992 as the Baltimore Spirit. 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. A new team named the Baltimore Spirit joined the National Professional Soccer League with Cooper returning as coach. For the original team, see. In January 1992, the Blast competed in the Transatlantic Challenge, a six-a-side game played indoors at the Sheffield Arena in England. [7] 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. The Blast had entered a new era, averaging 10,000 fans per game at Baltimore Arena, now known as Royal Farms Arena, located in the heart of the city’s downtown district. The MISL’s flashy pre-game shows and raucous music had by now become a staple of NBA and NHL games. Born in what is now Serbia, Stamenkovic had been a member of the famed Red Star Belgrade team that dominated Yugoslav soccer at the time.
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Nov 5, 2018) US Soccer Players – The original North American Soccer League's demise following the 1984 season ushered in a dark period in American pro soccer. [11], On May 3, 2016, the expansion franchise Florida Tropics SC held a press conference stating they would be joining the IPL. As the league’s top scorer at the end of the regular season, he amassed 34 goals and 69 assists in 46 games.
On August 29, 2016, the Blast, Heat, Ambush re-entered the MASL with the expansion Tropics joining.
[5] 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[6] (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. “As a franchise we went out of our way to make Stan feel welcome,” Cooper told Sports Illustrated in June 1984. Clemente Lisi is a regular contributor to US Soccer Players.
Marketing the team under the slogan “The Blast is Back,” Baltimore won back-to-back championships in 2003 and 2004. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Baltimore_Blast_(original_MISL)_players&oldid=953973478, Indoor soccer players in the United States by club, Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101–200 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 April 2020, at 01:04. The Blast became part of Maryland’s proud sporting tradition in 1980 after previously playing as the Houston Summit for two years. Before 12,007 fans on June 8, 1984, the Blast won Game 5 at home 10-3, winning its first title and the only one in the MISL era after having lost the championship the previous season. In 2018, the Blast won their third straight championship, defeating the Monterrey Flash 4-3 in the final. [14] The move effectively folded the IPL as no teams remained in the league. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. In their first two seasons as a member of MASL, the Blast would win 33 out of 39 games. 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.
Popularity around the team only increased after the NFL’s Baltimore Colts relocated to Indianapolis in 1984. How much weight anybody ends up putting on 2020 is a good question, but for the last-place LA Galaxy it’s not going to be so easily dismissed. [8] 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.[9][10]. Canadian-born striker Dominic Mobilio led the team. Kelly departs after 15 years, six championships", http://www.kicksfan.com/opponents/baltimore/new/index.htm, "Seeking to become 'more relevant,' Blast breaks away from MISL", "A look at the Blast's new league, the MASL", http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2014/04/14/ed-hale-moves-baltimore-blast-to-professional.html, "Baltimore Blast owner Ed Hale plans to remove team from MASL, form new league", https://www.facebook.com/FLTropics/videos/1783778395175144/, http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/soccer/bs-sp-blast-brief-0504-20160503-story.html, "MAJOR ARENA SOCCER LEAGUE EXPANDS TO THE SUNSHINE STATE", https://www.baltimoreblast.com/news/baltimore-blast-announce-new-coach, http://baltimoreblast.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Media%20Guide%20comprehensive%2012-9.pdf, Former Professional Arena Soccer League teams, National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baltimore_Blast&oldid=970049240, Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) teams, Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014) teams, National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) teams, Association football clubs established in 1992, Pages using infobox football club with unknown parameters, Football team templates which use American parameter, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from July 2019, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 July 2020, at 22:52.
The Blast had entered a new era, averaging 10,000 fans per game at Baltimore Arena, now known as Royal Farms Arena, located in the heart of the city’s downtown district.
He would shed some of that weight as the season progressed. Find him on Twitter:http://twitter.com/ClementeLisi. The Blast emerged victorious 8-3 against First Division side Sheffield Wednesday, which featured US midfielder John Harkes. Home; News; … 2020-2021 Schedule Will Be Announced Soon! With former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre telling ESPN that MLS is a league that respects projects, is there too much runway for keeping coaches? What might have been role players and rookies looking for the occasional minutes have turned into key contributors for playoff teams in the East.
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