David Bascome

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David Bascome
MBE
Personal information
Full name David Scott Bascome
Date of birth (1970-01-29) January 29, 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Smiths, Bermuda
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990 North Village Rams
1991, 1993–2000 Harrisburg Heat (indoor) 200 (183)
1992 Denver Thunder (indoor) 10 (3)
2003–2008 Baltimore Blast (indoor) 117 (81)
2004 Harrisburg City Islanders 2 (0)
International career
1992–2000 Bermuda 9 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2020 Baltimore Blast (assistant)
2020– Baltimore Blast
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Bascome MBE (born January 29, 1970) is a retired association football forward who is currently the head coach of the Baltimore Blast in the Major Arena Soccer League.

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Club career

David Bascome started his First Division soccer career at the age of 16 with North Village Rams in Bermuda. At 20 years of age, he signed his first professional contract with the Harrisburg Heat of the National Professional Soccer League, USA. After 12 seasons of professional indoor soccer, Bascome won his first Championship during his 2003–2004 campaign with the Baltimore Blast, then won 7 more 3 as a player and 4 as an assistant coach. [1]

After retiring, he was named to the assistant coaching position of the Blast on October 12, 2006, and helped lead the team to the 2008 MISL Championship in his second season on the coaching staff.

The modern Harrisburg Heat of the Professional Arena Soccer League retired Bascome's #40 jersey in a halftime ceremony during the December 29, 2012, game. [2] [3] Bascome played with the original Harrisburg Heat in 1991 and from 1993 through 2000. [4]

Bascome served as Baltimore Blast assistant coach beginning in 2006. On 28 May 2020, he was promoted to head coach. [5] Earlier in 2020, David's brother Andrew Bascome was named head coach of USL League Two's FC Bascome Bermuda.

International career

Bascome made his debut for Bermuda in a February 1992 friendly match against Norway and he has earned a total of 12 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [6]

His final international match was a March 2000 World Cup qualification match against the British Virgin Islands.

Personal life

Bascome was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to sport and young people in Bermuda. [7]

In 2016, Bascome and his brother Andrew Bascome revealed they had been sexually abused early in their football careers, with Andrew stating the abuse "went on for years." [8]

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References

  1. ↑ David Bascome, MBE-Commissioner Archived 2008-08-26 at the Wayback Machine – ISL Soccer
  2. ↑ Burgess, Don (4 January 2013). "Thanks for the memories, David! Bus fire, pranks and character building were all part of playing for the Heat". Bermuda Sun . Hamilton, Bermuda . Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "David Bascome's Jersey To Be Retired Today". Bermuda: Bernews. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Bullock, Michael (29 December 2012). "Heat to entertain Ohio on Saturday night at Equine Arena". The Patriot-News . Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Graham, Glenn. "Blast replace head coach Danny Kelly with assistant David Bascome. Kelly departs after 15 years, six championships". BaltimoreSun.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ↑ David Bascome – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ↑ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 25.
  8. ↑ Hainey, Raymond (13 December 2016). "Coach Bascome: 'I've been molested'". The Royal Gazette . Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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