Baton Rouge Bombers

Baton Rouge Bombers
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Full nameBaton Rouge Bombers
Founded1997
Dissolved1998
GroundBaton Rouge River Center Arena
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Capacity8,900
OwnersThomas Galloway
Wayne Elmore
PresidentSteve Carter[1]
Head CoachRob Ryerson[2]
LeagueEastern Indoor Soccer League

The Baton Rouge Bombers were an American professional indoor soccer team based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Bombers played in the Eastern Indoor Soccer League during both of the league's seasons from 1997 to 1998.[3] They played their home games in the Baton Rouge River Center Arena.[4] The team shut down after the EISL collapsed in late December 1998.[5]

During their existence, the Bombers played a total of 52 regular season games, winning 32, one via shootout, and losing 20, one via shootout. They scored a total of 689 goals and allowed a total of 566 goals and amassed 96 total standings points out of a possible 156 points. (The EISL awarded 3 standings points for a win, 2 for a shootout win, 1 for a shootout loss, and 0 for a loss in regulation.) The Bombers made the playoffs both years of their existence and played for the league championship in 1997.[6][7]

Connected to the Bombers by proximity, common ownership, and Interstate 10, the Lafayette SwampCats were the chief rivals of the Baton Rouge Bombers throughout the league's short history.[8] More than half of Baton Rouge's regular season losses were to Lafayette and both of the Bombers' playoff losses were to the SwampCats.[9][10][11]

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