Baltimore Bays

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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).

Baltimore Bays

Full name

Baltimore Bays

Founded

1967

Dissolved

1969

Ground

Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
Kirk Field
(Capacity 50,000 (Mem.)
10,000 (Kirk))

Chairman

Jerry Hoffberger

Coach

Gordon Jago

League

North American Soccer League





Home colours





Away colours

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.

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.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Regular Season	Playoffs
1967	NPSL	14	9	9	162	1st, Eastern Division	Lost Championship (Oakland)
1968	NASL	13	16	3	128	4th, Atlantic Division	Did Not Qualify
1969	NASL	2	13	1	42	5th	Did Not Qualify