Английская Википедия:2014–15 Baltimore Blast season

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The 2014–15 Baltimore Blast season was the twenty-third season of the Baltimore Blast professional indoor soccer club. The Blast, an Eastern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, played their home games at Royal Farms Arena in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.

The team was led by owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr. and head coach Danny Kelly. The Blast finished the regular season with an 18–2 record, good enough for first place in the Eastern Division and the top seed in the Divisional Final. The team defeated the Rochester Lancers to win the Eastern Division and the Missouri Comets to win the Eastern Conference. They were beaten by the Monterrey Flash for the 2014–15 Ron Newman Cup. The MASL honored Pat Healey as league's Defender of the Year and William Vanzela as Goalkeeper of the Year.

History

Launched in July 1992 as the Baltimore Spirit, an expansion team in the second National Professional Soccer League for the 1992–93 season, the team replaced the original Baltimore Blast which folded earlier in 1992 when the first Major Indoor Soccer League shut down. Ed Hale, an owner of the original Blast, bought the Spirit in July 1998 and changed the name to Baltimore Blast. In 2001, the team was a founding member of the second MISL. When that league shut down in 2008, they co-founded the National Indoor Soccer League which, one season later, became the third MISL.

After the 2013-14 season, Baltimore was one of three teams that left the MISL, leading to the league's collapse. Along with five other former MISL teams, the Blast joined the teams of the Professional Arena Soccer League, which was soon rebranded as the Major Arena Soccer League. The other teams in the Eastern Division are former MISL clubs Syracuse Silver Knights and Rochester Lancers, plus PASL clubs Detroit Waza and Harrisburg Heat.

Off-field moves

Four of the five Eastern Division teams (the three former MISL clubs plus Harrisburg) keep score with multi-point scoring at their home games. Most goals are worth two points but goals scored from outside a 45-foot arc on the turf are worth three points. Games played at Detroit or in the Central, Southern, and Pacific Divisions are scored with traditional soccer scoring where every goal is worth one point.

Schedule

Pre-season

Game	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Thursday	October 23	7:00pm	at Harrisburg Heat	W 31–11	1–0	Sports City Harrisburg

Regular season

Game	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	November 8	7:35pm	Syracuse Silver Knights	W 16–7	1–0	Royal Farms Arena	7,812
2	Friday	November 14	7:35pm	Detroit Waza	W 26–0	2–0	Royal Farms Arena	5,516
3	Friday	November 21	7:35pm	Harrisburg Heat	W 27–0	3–0	Royal Farms Arena	4,911
4	Saturday	November 29	7:00pm	at Syracuse Silver Knights	W 11–4	4–0	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	2,951
5	Friday	December 12	7:35pm	Milwaukee Wave	W 13–8	5–0	Royal Farms Arena	6,421
6	Saturday	December 13	7:35pm	Milwaukee Wave	W 14–10	6–0	Royal Farms Arena	5,311
7	Friday	December 19	7:30pm	at Syracuse Silver Knights	W 12–4	7–0	Oncenter War Memorial Arena	2,237
8	Saturday	December 27	1:00pm	at Rochester Lancers	W 19–8	8–0	Blue Cross Arena	6,230
9	Saturday	January 3	7:05pm	at Harrisburg Heat	W 29–8	9–0	Farm Show Large Arena	1,487
10	Saturday	January 10	7:35pm	Syracuse Silver Knights	W 22–4	10–0	Royal Farms Arena	6,431
11	Friday	January 16	7:05pm	at Milwaukee Wave♣	W 5–3	11–0	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena	2,317
12	Saturday	January 17	7:05pm	at Detroit Waza♣	W 9–6	12–0	Melvindale Civic Center	734
13	Saturday	January 24	6:05pm	Rochester Lancers	W 15–7	13–0	Royal Farms Arena	6,942
14	Friday	February 6	7:00pm	at Las Vegas Legends♣	L 4–5 (OT)	13–1	Orleans Arena	2,028
15	Saturday	February 7	7:05pm	at San Diego Sockers♣	L 2–7	13–2	Valley View Casino Center	6,247
16	Friday	February 13	7:35pm	Rochester Lancers	W 11–0	14–2	Royal Farms Arena	6,761
17	Friday	February 20	7:35pm	Chicago Mustangs	W 24–0	15–2	Royal Farms Arena	6,642
18	Saturday	February 21	6:05pm	Harrisburg Heat	W 25–5	16-2	Royal Farms Arena	5,270
19	Friday	February 27	7:35pm	at Harrisburg Heat	W 24–13	17–2	Farm Show Large Arena	4,989
20	Sunday	March 1	4:00pm	at Rochester Lancers	W 25–23	18–2	Blue Cross Arena	10,215

♣ Game played with traditional soccer scoring (all goals worth 1 point).

Post-season

Game	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance
					Score	Record
Division Final	Wednesday	March 11	7:05pm	Rochester Lancers	W 6–4	1–0	Royal Farms Arena	5,544
Eastern Final #1	Friday	March 13	7:35pm	Missouri Comets	W 6–4	2–0	Royal Farms Arena	4,562
Eastern Final #2	Sunday	March 15	3:05pm	at Missouri Comets♣	W 10–7	3–0	Independence Events Center	3,862
MASL Final #1	Friday	March 20	7:35pm	Monterrey Flash	L 4–6 (2OT)	3–1	Royal Farms Arena	6,712
MASL Final #2	Sunday	March 22	5:05pm	at Monterrey Flash♣	W 6–4	4–1	Arena Monterrey	8,783
MASL Final #3	Sunday	March 22	7:35pmШаблон:Sup	at Monterrey Flash♣	L 4–3 (OT)	4–2	Arena Monterrey	8,783

♣ Game played with traditional soccer scoring (all goals worth 1 point).
Шаблон:Sup Mini-game played as a tie-breaker.

Personnel

Team roster

• As of February 24, 2015

Staff

The team's coaching staff includes head coach Danny Kelly, assistant coach David Bascome, trainer Jason Hickman, physical therapist Paul Ernst, team doctor Dr. Richard Levine, and equipment manager Mark Meszaros. The Blast front office includes owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr., team president and general manager Kevin Healey, assistant general manager Mike Conway, director of ticket operations Jason Carrick, and marketing coordinator Stephen Cooke.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Tony Donatelli	20	17	18	35
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Lucas Roque	15	25	7	32
3	Шаблон:Flagicon Pat Healey	20	7	22	29
4	Шаблон:Flagicon Max Ferdinand	20	12	16	28
5	Шаблон:Flagicon Adauto Neto	16	9	12	21

Last updated on March 2, 2015. Source: Шаблон:Cite web

Awards and honors

Baltimore goalkeeper William Vanzela and defender Pat Healey were selected for the 2014-15 MASL All-League First Team. Baltimore defender Onua Abasi and midfielder/forward Vini Dantas were named to the league's all-rookie team for 2014–15.

On March 13, the MASL announced the finalists for its major year-end awards. These nominees included Baltimore goalkeeper William Vanzela for Goalkeeper of the Year, Pat Healey for Defender of the Year, and defender Onua Obasi for Rookie of the Year. On March 19, the league announced that voters selected Vanzela as the MASL's Goalkeeper of the Year and Healey as Defender of the Year.

External links

• Baltimore Blast official website
• Baltimore Blast at The Baltimore Sun