Full name | Baltimore City F.C. |
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Nickname(s) | BCFC |
Founded | 2023 |
Ground | Middle Branch Fitness Center Baltimore, Maryland |
Head Coach | Joseph Nixon |
League | Maryland Major Soccer League Eastern Premier Soccer League |
Baltimore City Football Club is an American amateur soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] The club plays in the amateur Maryland Major Soccer League, and also the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Eastern Premier Soccer League. [2]
Founded by a collective of local soccer notables and up and coming local businesses, the club has aimed and been successful in keep its operations and outreach network within the city itself with plans for a grassroots approach to incremental success for sustainable success of the sport in the city.
The club in its first season won the Spring season of the Maryland Major Soccer League in penalties vs Columbia F.C. This was followed up with a further undefeated run of 12 games ending towards the end of the summer 2023 season despite having won the title already. [3]
In the Fall of 2023 Baltimore City F.C. again reached the season final again versus Columbia F.C> but this time it was Columbia that won the title on Penalties. [4] Nonetheless, the following week Baltimore City F.C. received an invitation to join the expanding Mid-Atlantic Division of the Eastern Premier Soccer League. [5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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