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Winston Earle on the cover of a 1968 Baltimore Bays program from the North American Soccer League

Baltimore Bays (1967-1969)

The original Baltimore Bays were a short-lived pro soccer team that was owned and operated by the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. The team played at Memorial Stadium in 1967 and 1968 and Kirk Field in 1969. The Bays played for NPSL championship in 1967, losing a two-leg series to the Oakland Clippers. The original Bays went out of business after three seasons. A separate club revived the name briefly in the early 1970’s for a series of international exhibition matches and competition in the lower-vision American Soccer League.

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