Baltimore Bays

: "This article is about the original Baltimore Bays of the NASL. For the second team to use the name in the ASL, see Baltimore Bays (ASL). For the third team to use the name in the USISL, see Baltimore Bays (USISL).Infobox Football club

clubname = Baltimore Bays


fullname = Baltimore Bays
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founded = 1967
dissolved = 1969
ground = Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Kirk Field
capacity = 50,000 (Mem.)
10,000 (Kirk)
chairman = Jerry Hoffberger
mgrtitle = Coach
manager = Gordon Jago
league = North American Soccer League
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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. Their uniforms were gold with red lettering. The team owner was Jerry Hoffberger, owner of the Baltimore Orioles. The Bays were one of ten teams in the National Professional Soccer League, which following the 1967 season, merged with the rival United Soccer Association to form the NASL.

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.. They 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. Gordon Jago coached the Bays.

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Notable Players

*flagicon|ENGflagicon|USA Gordon Bradley
*flagicon|ESPCarmelo Cedrún