The Virginia Armada are a professional American football team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team is a member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a public traded professional football league, and plays its home games at Virginia Beach Sportsplex.
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| Founded | 2022 |
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| Based in | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Home stadium | Virginia Beach Sportsplex |
| Head coach | Terry Shea |
| Owner(s) | Major League Football, Inc. (publicly traded company) |
| League | Major League Football |
| Website | www |
The Force are part of the league "Core Four" teams.[1] They are the first pro football team in Virginia since the United Football League Virginia Destroyers.
History edit
On March 18, 2022, Major League Football launched a new website and revealed that there will be only four teams for the first season.[2] On March 22 the league reveled their second coach in Terry Shea.[3] The league would later reveal he will coach the Virginia Armada.[4]
The Armada started their training camp on July 21.[5] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down.[6]
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Players edit
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Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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Injured reserve
Practice squad
Inactive
Rookies in italics | |||
References edit
- ^ "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces Mobile as Final Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season".
- ^ "MLFB Updates Website — Team Names Revealed". March 18, 2022.
- ^ "PR: Major League Football (MLFB) Announces New HC Terry Shea".
- ^ "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces First Two Cities for Inaugural 2022 Season". 6 June 2022.
- ^ "MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings". SGPN. 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Major League Football League 'shut down': players, coaches sent home". WKRG News 5. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
- ^ "Interview with Kyle Gallagher – Offensive Coaching Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 18)". 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Interview with Mike James – Defensive Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 17)". 22 July 2022.