Baltimore Blast

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General Info

Founded as the Houston Summit on September 30, 1978. The franchise moved to Baltimore and was renamed the Blast on May 1, 1980.

 

Arena

Home Arena:

Baltimore Arena (Civic Center prior to 1986-87)

Capacity:

12,453

Field Dimensions:

182 x 85

 

Ownership

1978-1984:

unknown

1984-1988:

Nathan Scherr

1988-1992:

Ed Hale

 

Coaching

1978-1979:

Timo Liekoski

1979-92:

Kenny Cooper

 

Team Record

as Houston Summit

as Baltimore Blast

Grand Total

Regular Season

38-18

308-208

346-246

Playoffs

2-2

43-33

45-37

Overall

40-20

351-241

391-283

 

No Relation

Although they share the same nickname, the Baltimore Blast that is currently playing in the new-MISL began playing in the 1992-93 season as an expansion franchise of the NPSL.

 

Sidekicks vs Blast

Regular Season

Home

Away

Season

Overtime

2 OT

1-Goal

1984-85

0-2

0-2

0-4

0-0

0-0

0-0

1985-86

1-2

1-2

2-4

0-0

0-0

2-0

1986-87

0-3

1-2

1-5

0-2

0-0

0-3

1987-88

3-1

0-4

3-5

1-0

0-0

2-3

1988-89

1-3

2-2

3-5

1-0

0-1

2-2

1989-90

1-3

2-1

3-4

0-0

0-1

2-3

1990-91

1-2

1-3

2-5

0-0

0-0

1-2

1991-92

1-2

2-2

3-4

0-0

0-0

0-1

Totals

8-18

9-18

17-36

2-2

0-2

9-14

 

Month by Month

Home

Away

Season

Overtime

2 OT

1-Goal

October

0-0

1-0

1-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

November

1-5

1-3

2-8

1-0

0-0

1-1

December

0-5

3-0

3-5

0-0

0-1

2-2

January

4-1

0-4

4-5

1-0

0-0

2-2

February

1-4

1-6

2-10

0-2

0-0

1-6

March

1-2

1-3

2-5

0-0

0-1

2-3

April

1-1

2-2

3-3

1-0

0-0

1-0

Totals

8-18

9-18

17-36

3-2

0-2

9-14

 

Day of Week

Home

Away

Total

Overtime

2 OT

1- Goal

Sunday

2-7

2-1

3-8

1-1

0-2

2-3

Tuesday

1-0

1-1

2-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

Wednesday

1-0

1-2

2-2

0-0

0-0

2-0

Thursday

1-3

1-0

2-3

1-0

0-0

2-1

Friday

2-6

1-8

3-14

1-0

0-0

2-7

Saturday

1-2

3-6

4-8

0-1

0-0

1-3

Totals

8-18

9-18

17-36

3-2

0-2

9-13

 

Playoffs

Home

Away

Season

OT

2OT

1 Goal

1987

1-1

2-1

3-2

1-1

0-0

2-2

 

All Games

Home

Away

Overall

OT

2OT

1 Goal

Grand Total

10-19

10-18

20-37

2-4

0-0

11-16

 

Sidekicks vs Blast Back to Back Comparison

 

Attendance

Regular Season

Season

Dallas Total

Dallas Average

Baltimore Total

Baltimore Average

1984-85

13,134

6,567

23,570

11,785

1985-86

18,939

6,313

32,732

10,911

1986-87

29,904

9,968

32,703

10,901

1987-88

36,910

9,228

35,300

8,825

1988-89

43,130

10,783

36,270

9,068

1989-90

34,028

8,507

20,515

6,838

1990-91

21,897

7,279

34,225

8,556

1991-92

24,070

8,023

37,914

9,479

Totals

222,012

8,539

253,229

9,379

 

Playoffs

Season

Dallas Average

Baltimore Total

Baltimore Average

1987

7,169

21,448

7,149

 

All Games

 

Dallas Total

Dallas Average

Baltimore Total

Baltimore Average

Grand Total

237,864

8,495

252,886

9,032

 

Sidekicks vs Blast Goal Scoring

Regular Season

Sidekicks

Blast

Goals Scored

217

266

Per Game Average

4.09

5.02

 

Home

Sidekicks

Blast

Goals Scored

93

115

Per Game Average

3.58

4.42

 

Road

Sidekicks

Blast

Goals Scored

124

151

Per Game Average

4.59

5.59

 

 

Playoffs

Sidekicks

Blast

Goals Scored

22

19

Per Game Average

4.4

3.8

 

What Happened to Them?

The Blast folded when the MISL disbanded in June of 1992.

 

Sidekicks vs Blast All-Time Results

Regular Season

Game Day Date Site Result Attendance Record
1 Friday November 23, 1984 Reunion Arena Lost 2-7 5,762 0-1
2 Saturday November 24 1984 Civic Center Lost 3-6 11,047 0-2
3 Saturday January 26, 1985 Civic Center Lost 3-8 12,523 0-3
4 Sunday February 17, 1985 Reunion Arena Lost 4-8 7,372 0-4

5

Wednesday

November 13, 1985

Reunion Arena

Lost 3-7

4,196

0-5

6

Sunday

December 8, 1985

Civic Center

Win 5-4

8,579

1-5

7

Friday

December 13, 1985

Reunion Arena

Lost 5-9

7,364

1-6

8

Saturday

January 4, 1986

Civic Center

Lost 4-8

11,746

1-7

9

Saturday

March 8, 1986

Civic Center

Lost 2-5

12,407

1-8

10

Wednesday

March 19, 1986

Reunion Arena

Won 4-3

7,379

2-8

11

Sunday

November 30, 1986

Reunion Arena

Lost 0-2

5,141

2-9

12

Saturday

February 7, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Lost 6-7OT

10,014

2-10

13

Sunday

February 22, 1987

Reunion Arena

Lost 3-4OT

12,886

2-11

14

Friday

March 6, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Lost 4-5

11,323

2-12

15

Friday

April 17, 1987

Reunion Arena

Lost 2-4

11,877

2-13

16

Sunday

April 26, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Won 7-3

11,366

3-13

17

Tuesday

November 17, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Lost 3-6

7,135

3-14

18

Saturday

November 28, 1987

Reunion Arena

Lost 1-2

12,107

3-15

19

Saturday

January 2, 1988

Reunion Arena

Won 2-1

11,507

4-15

20

Thursday

January 21, 1988

Reunion Arena

Won 5-4OT

7,239

5-15

21

Friday

February 5, 1988

Baltimore Arena

Lost 4-5

8,821

5-16

22

Tuesday

February 23, 1988

Reunion Arena

Won 4-1

6,057

6-16

23

Saturday

February 27, 1988

Baltimore Arena

Lost 3-4

10,284

6-17

24

Friday

April 15, 1988

Baltimore Arena

Lost 2-6

9,060

6-18

25

Sunday

November 6, 1988

Reunion Arena

Lost 3-6

15,077

6-19

26

Sunday

December 4, 1988

Reunion Arena

Lost 2-32OT

8,577

6-20

27

Friday

December 30, 1988

Baltimore Arena

Won 6-5

10,118

7-20

28

Friday

February 3, 1989

Baltimore Arena

Lost 4-6

10,057

7-21

29

Wednesday

February 15, 1989

Baltimore Arena

Lost 1-4

6,418

7-22

30

Friday

February 17, 1989

Reunion Arena

Lost 2-3

10,830

7-23

31

Saturday

April 8, 1989

Baltimore Arena

Won 6-2

9,677

8-23

32

Friday

April 14, 1989

Reunion Arena

Won 4-3OT

8,646

9-23

33

Tuesday

November 21, 1989

Baltimore Arena

Won 7-3

5,560

10-23

34

Sunday

November 26, 1989

Reunion Arena

Won 3-2

6,672

11-23

35

Thursday

December 28, 1989

Reunion Arena

Lost 1-5

9,035

11-24

36

Friday

January 19, 1990

Baltimore Arena

Lost 6-7

9,087

11-25

37

Friday

February 9, 1990

Reunion Arena

Lost 3-4

8,877

11-26

38

Sunday

March 4, 1990

Reunion Arena

Lost 4-52OT

9,444

11-27

39

Wednesday

March 14, 1990

Baltimore Arena

Won 4-3

5,868

12-27

40

Wednesday

November 21, 1990

Baltimore Arena

Lost 7-9

6,144

12-28

41

Thursday

December 20, 1990

Reunion Arena

Lost 5-6

8,123

12-29

42

Friday

January 4, 1991

Reunion Arena

Lost 5-6

7,579

12-30

43

Sunday

January 13, 1991

Reunion Arena

Won 7-4

6,195

13-30

44

Saturday

February 16, 1991

Baltimore Arena

Lost 6-9

7,543

13-31

45

Thursday

February 28, 1991

Baltimore Arena

Won 6-5

9,093

14-31

46

Friday

April 5, 1991

Baltimore Arena

Lost 4-9

11,445

14-32

47

Saturday

October 19, 1991

Baltimore Arena

Won 7-3

11,154

15-32

48

Saturday

December 7, 1991

Reunion Arena

Lost 2-6

6,864

15-33

49

Saturday

December 14, 1991

Baltimore Arena

Won 7-5

6,385

16-33

50

Friday

January 10, 1992

Baltimore Arena

Lost 4-9

10,090

16-34

51

Friday

January 17, 1992

Reunion Arena

Won 10-2

7,062

17-34

52

Friday

March 27, 1992

Reunion Arena

Lost 7-8

10,144

17-35

53

Sunday

March 29, 1992

Baltimore Arena

Lost 3-5

10,285

17-36

 

Playoffs

Game

Date

Site

Result

Attendence

Series

1

May 7, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Baltimore 3-2

6,224

0-1

2

May 9, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Dallas 7-6

7,306

1-1

3

May 15, 1987

Reunion Arena

Baltimore 3-2OT

9,189

1-2

4

May 17, 1987

Reunion Arena

Dallas 4-3OT

5,149

2-2

5

May 21, 1987

Baltimore Arena

Dallas 7-4

7,918

3-2