Baltimore Adds Depth To Roster With Four New Players
October 15, 2007 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Baltimore Blast News Release
Baltimore - Baltimore Blast President and General Manager Kevin Healey announced today that the team has signed four new players for the start of the 2007-08 MISL season. The Blast has signed forward Michael Todd, midfielder Brian Devlin and defenders Marko Bedenikovic and Ryan Pierce. The Blast will open the season at 1st Mariner Arena this Friday night against the defending champion Philadelphia KiXX.
Todd, Baltimore's 2007 first-round MISL Amateur Draft pick, played college soccer at Hofstra University and was the 2006 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year after recording 10 goals and three assists for 26 points. The 6-0, 182-pound native of Cleveland, England was also named Second-Team All-America after his senior season and was a three-time All-CAA and three-time All- Region selection. Todd is one of just two players in Hofstra history to record 100+ points in his career (101) and led the Pride to three straight CAA Championships and the three straight NCAA tournament appearances.
Bedenikovic played two seasons of college soccer at the University of San Francisco University and spent the 2007 season with the Canadian Soccer League's Toronto Croatia. He turned pro in 2003 when he joined the Toronto Olympians of the CSL and has also played for Toronto Croatia (2004 and 2007), the Oakville Blue Devils (2005) and United Soccer League's Toronto Lynx (2006). Devlin and Pierce, teammates on the USL Division 2 champion Harrisburg City Islanders, signed five-game contracts with the Blast. Devlin, a four-year starter at Penn State, was a three-time All-Big Ten selection and helped lead the Nittany Lions to the 2005 Big Ten Championship. He had two assists for the City Islanders this summer. Pierce, who had one goal for Harrisburg this season, played two seasons at Binghamton University and two seasons at Herkimer County (NY) Community College where he led the team to two NJCAA Region III Championships.
The Blast will host the defending champion Philadelphia KiXX this Friday night (October 19) at 7:35 p.m. at 1st Mariner Arena. Friday night's game will feature a free post-game concert by Big Daddy Weave as part of the Christian Youth Night festivities. The Blast will return to 1st Mariner Arena on Saturday, October 27 to host the Milwaukee Wave.
Blast season tickets and mini-plans are on sale now by calling the Blast office at 410-73-BLAST. Single-game tickets are also on sale at the 1st Mariner Arena Box Office, by calling TicketMaster at 410-547-SEAT or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For additional information on all Blast tickets, call the Blast office at 410-73-BLAST.
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