Baltimore Bohemians are an American

United States

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 soccer club

Football (soccer)

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 located in Baltimore, MD. They compete in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

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, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid

American Soccer Pyramid

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. Their inaugural season will start in the spring of 2012.

History

Baltimore Bohemians were founded in 2011. The club is owned by Louis Angelos, son of Peter Angelos

Peter Angelos

Peter G. Angelos , is an American trial lawyer.Angelos is also the majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, a baseball team in the American League East Division.-Career:...

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Colours and badge

The club's colors are black, gold and red in honor of the Flag of Maryland

Flag of Maryland

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The Bohemians crest has four quadrants. The top left quadrant features the black and gold crest of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

Sir George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, 8th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland was an English politician and colonizer. He achieved domestic political success as a Member of Parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I...

, the bottom right quadrant features black and red stripes - a nod to Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...

 of Ireland and the other two quadrants feature a blue crab and a Black Eyed Susan

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, both symbols of Maryland. The quadrants are split by a cross, another homage to the flag of the state of Maryland.

Stadium

The club's home ground is Cedar Lane. The stadium is situated in Cedar Lane Park, a 112-acre complex approximately 35 minutes north of Baltimore in Bel Air

Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland

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