# 2015–16 Baltimore Blast season

The 2015–16 Baltimore Blast season is the twenty-fourth season of the Baltimore Blast professional indoor soccer club. The Blast, an Eastern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, play their home games at Royal Farms Arena in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.
The team is led by owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr. and head coach Danny Kelly. Following a 10–5 victory on February 15 over the Chicago Mustangs, Baltimore clinched first place in the Eastern Division and the top seed in the Divisional Final.
The Blast finished the regular season 15-4 and went undefeated in the postseason, winning four of their six playoff games in overtime, en route to the team's eighth championship. Pat Healey won his second consecutive Defender of the Year award while Lucas Roque received the MASL Finals MVP.

## History

Launched in July 1992 as the Baltimore Spirit, an expansion team in the second National Professional Soccer League for the 1992–93 season, the team replaced the original Baltimore Blast which folded earlier in 1992 when the first Major Indoor Soccer League shut down. Ed Hale, an owner of the original Blast, bought the Spirit in July 1998 and changed the name to Baltimore Blast. In 2001, the team was a founding member of the second MISL. When that league shut down in 2008, they co-founded the National Indoor Soccer League which, one season later, became the third MISL.
After the 2013-14 season, Baltimore was one of three teams that left the MISL, leading to the league's collapse. Along with five other former MISL teams, the Blast joined the teams of the Professional Arena Soccer League, which was soon rebranded as the Major Arena Soccer League. With the Rochester Lancers folding and the failed launch of Hartford City FC, the MASL Eastern Division for the 2015–16 season consists of former MISL club Syracuse Silver Knights, plus former PASL clubs Waza Flo and Harrisburg Heat.

## Off-field moves

All MASL games are now scored with traditional soccer scoring where every goal is worth one point.

## Schedule

Win  Loss

### Regular season

| Game | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location | Attendance |
| Game | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday | November 7 | 7:35pm | Chicago Mustangs | W 7–4 | 1–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 9,442 |
| 2 | Saturday | November 14 | 7:35pm | Syracuse Silver Knights | W 6–0 | 2–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 4,140 |
| 3 | Saturday | November 21 | 7:35pm | Waza Flo | W 11–1 | 3–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 3,204 |
| 4 | Saturday | November 28 | 2:05pm | at Harrisburg Heat | W 9–2 | 4–0 | Farm Show Large Arena | 1,973 |
| 5 | Friday | December 4 | 7:35pm | San Diego Sockers | W 8–5 | 5–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 8,953 |
| 6 | Saturday | December 11 | 7:30pm | at Syracuse Silver Knights | W 5–2 | 6–0 | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | 1,986 |
| 7 | Friday | December 18 | 7:35pm | Harrisburg Heat | W 5–1 | 7–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 4,611 |
| 8 | Thursday | December 31 | 5:05pm | at Harrisburg Heat | W 8–3 | 8–0 | Farm Show Large Arena | 1,583 |
| 9 | Saturday | January 2 | 7:05pm | Syracuse Silver Knights | W 7–3 | 9–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 4,021 |
| 10 | Friday | January 8 | 7:35pm | Waza Flo | W 9–3 | 10–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 3,921 |
| 11 | Saturday | January 9 | 7:35pm | Harrisburg Heat | W 6–4 | 11–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 6,630 |
| 12 | Sunday | January 24 | 1:00pm | at Syracuse Silver Knights | L 2–3 | 11–1 | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | 2,948 |
| 13 | Saturday | January 30 | 7:05pm | at St. Louis Ambush | W 6–1 | 12-1 | Family Arena | 5,721 |
| 14 | Sunday | January 31 | 3:05pm | at Missouri Comets | L 4–6 | 12–2 | Independence Events Center | 4,101 |
| 15 | Friday | February 12 | 7:35pm | at Waza Flo | Postponed | | Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center | |
| 16 | Monday | February 15 | 6:35pm | at Chicago Mustangs | W 10–5 | 13–2 | Sears Centre Arena | 3,339 |
| 17 | Friday | February 19 | 7:35pm | Missouri Comets | L 4–5 (OT) | 13–3 | Royal Farms Arena | 8,121 |
| 18 | Sunday | February 21 | 5:05pm | Harrisburg Heat | W 9–0 | 14–3 | Royal Farms Arena | 7,984 |
| 19 | Friday | February 26 | 7:35pm | at St. Louis Ambush | W 9–4 | 15–3 | Family Arena | 6,719 |
| 20 | Saturday | February 27 | 7:35pm | at Missouri Comets | L 4–5 | 15–4 | Independence Events Center | 5,214 |

### Post-season

| Game | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Location | Attendance |
| Game | Day | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Score | Record | Location | Attendance |
| Division Final #1 | Friday | March 11 | 7:35pm | Syracuse Silver Knights | W 6-5 (3OT) | 1–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 4,041 |
| Division Final #2 | Sunday | March 13 | 4:05pm | at Syracuse Silver Knights | W 6–4 | 2–0 | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | 2,042 |
| Eastern Final #1 | Thursday | March 24 | 7:05pm | at Missouri Comets | W 4–3 (OT) | 3–0 | Independence Events Center | 3,011 |
| Eastern Final #2 | Tuesday | March 29 | 7:05pm | Missouri Comets | W 4–3 (2OT) | 4–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 4,102 |
| MASL Final #1 | Sunday | April 10 | 6:05pm | Soles de Sonora | W 7–4 | 5–0 | Royal Farms Arena | 7,243 |
| MASL Final #2 | Friday | April 15 | 8:05pm | at Soles de Sonora | W 14–13 (OT) | 6–0 | El Centro de Usos Múltiples | 8,324 |

## Personnel
### Team roster

* As of January 15, 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | ITA | William Vanzela |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jeremy Figler |
| 4 | FW | USA | Andrew Hoxie |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kaoru Forbess |
| 7 | MF | USA | Levi Houapeu |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Lucas Roque |
| 9 | DF | USA | Pat Healey |
| 11 | FW | USA | Tony Donatelli |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Adriano Dos Santos |
| 13 | DF | USA | Jereme Raley |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Onua Obasi |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Jamie Darvill |
| 17 | MF | USA | Jeremy Ortiz |
| 19 | DF | CMR | Uzi Tayou |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Juan Pereira |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Jonatas Melo |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Sofiane Tergou |
| 27 | FW | KOR | Jinho Kim |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Vini Dantas |
| 80 | MF | USA | Geaton Caltabiano |

### Staff

The team's coaching staff includes head coach Danny Kelly, assistant coach David Bascome, athletic trainer Heather Kohlbus, physical therapist Paul Ernst, team doctor Dr. Richard Levine, and equipment manager Mark Meszaros. The Blast front office includes owner Edwin F. Hale, Sr., team president and general manager Kevin Healey, assistant general manager Mike Conway, director of ticket operations Jason Carrick, and marketing coordinator Stephen Cooke.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 1 | Tony Donatelli | 18 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Vini Dantas | 12 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Lucas Roque | 18 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Pat Healey | 19 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 5 | Andrew Hoxie | 19 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
Last updated on October 18, 2016. Source: "Scoring Leaders". Major Arena Soccer League.