Baltimore Bays (disambiguation)

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The Baltimore Bays were a professional soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland from 1967 to 1969.

The first Baltimore Bays were a professional soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland. It was one of ten charter members of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1967. The team would become a part of the North American Soccer League (NASL), which was the result of a merger between the NPSL and the rival United Soccer Association (USA). The owner was Jerold Hoffberger, who also held the same capacity with the National Brewing Company and Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. The Bays played its home matches at Memorial Stadium during its first two seasons and Kirk Field, a high school football stadium in Baltimore, in 1969. The team wore National Brewing's colors of red and gold.

Baltimore Bays may also refer to:

Baltimore Bays (1972–73); member of the American Soccer League from 1972 to 1973
Baltimore Bays (1993–98); member of United States International Soccer League from 1993 to 1998
Maryland Bays; member of the American Soccer League/American Professional Soccer League from 1988 to 1991

The second Baltimore Bays were a soccer team based out of Baltimore, Maryland that played in the American Soccer League. They were called the Baltimore Stars in 1972.

The Maryland Bays were an inaugural franchise of the third incarnation of the American Soccer League in 1988.They were based in Catonsville, Maryland, and played their games at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. The team joined the American Professional Soccer League in 1990 when the ASL merged with the Western Soccer League. Before the 1990 season, the club absorbed the Washington Stars, and moved to play in Columbia, Maryland.

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