San Diego Strike Force
The San Diego Strike Force is a professional indoor football team based in San Diego, California. It is a member of the Indoor Football League and began play in 2019 at Pechanga Arena in the city's Midway district.[3] It is owned by Roy Choi, who also owns the IFL's Cedar Rapids River Kings and Oakland Panthers.[4] It is the second professional football team in San Diego that began play in spring 2019, after the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football, more than year after the departure of the NFL's San Diego Chargers in 2017.
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Established 2018 Play in San Diego, California at the Pechanga Arena SDStrikeForce.com | ||
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Indoor Football League (2019–present) | ||
Team colors | Flight suit green, stealth black, yellow, white | |
Personnel | ||
Owner(s) | Roy Choi[1] | |
President | Greg Anderson[1] | |
General manager | Ryan Eucker | |
Head coach | Burt Grossman[2] | |
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The Strike Force is the third indoor team to play in San Diego, after the San Diego Riptide of af2 (2002–2005) and the San Diego Shockwave of the National Indoor Football League (2007).[5] The team may have planned on being called the San Diego Lightning, as the organization's original email addresses and internal website links used that name.[6]
History
The team was initially announced as a 2019 Indoor Football League expansion team in November 2018. The team announced their colors as black, navy blue, silver, as well as their initial staff on December 17, 2018.[1] After a 0–3 start to their inaugural season, owner Choi brought in the River Kings' general manager Ryan Eucker to replace Brian Cox.[7] The team then finished the season with a 1–13 record and last place in the league. Following the season, Eucker announced the team would take new look in a minor rebrand with new logos and colors, choosing more military tones in olive green, black, silver, and brass to better represent the city.
Current roster
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References
- "Indoor Football League takes flight in America's Finest City with the San Diego Strike Force". Strike Force. December 17, 2018.
- "Strike Force Name Head Coach". IFL. January 10, 2019.
- "New professional football team coming to San Diego". San Diego News. December 13, 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- "IFL Announces San Diego Expansion Team". OurSportsCentral.com. November 19, 2018.
- "Yet Another New Team Coming To Town". San Diego Sports Domination. November 19, 2018.
- "San Diego Strike Force (Official website)". sdstrikeforce.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- "Cedar Rapids River Kings' front office reshuffle ends with Reggie Harris as new GM". The Gazette. March 16, 2019.