Carolina Force
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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Carolina Force
| current =
| logo = CarolinaForce.PNG
| helmet = Carolina Force Helmet.png
| founded = 2012
| folded = 2013
| city = Concord, North Carolina
at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center
| misc =
| uniform =
| colors = Red, White, & Blue
{{color box|#EE0000}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#002C56}}
| coach = Kent Merideth (initial head coach)
Bobby Rome II (interim coach)
| owner = American Indoor Football
| chairman =
| president = Norman Washington
| general manager =
| cheerleaders =
| dancers =
| mascot =
| nicknames =
| league =
American Indoor Football (2012)
| team_history =
- Carolina Force (2012)
| no_league_champs = 0
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs =
| conf_champs =
| div_champs =
| playoff_appearances = 2012
| no_playoff_appearances = 1
| arena_years =
}}
The Carolina Force was a professional indoor American football team situated in Concord, North Carolina. The team began play in 2012 as an expansion member of American Indoor Football (AIF). The Force played their home games at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center.
The Force is the second arena/indoor football team to be based in Concord, following the Carolina Speed which played at the Cabarrus Arena in 2007 and 2008 before moving to Charlotte and the Bojangles' Coliseum the following year.{{cite web|url=http://cabarrusmagazine.com/content/NewsHome/tabid/652/newsid1351/4182/Default.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118233715/http://cabarrusmagazine.com/content/NewsHome/tabid/652/newsid1351/4182/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |title=Arena Football Returning to the Cabarrus County |publisher=Cabarrus Business Journal |work=CabarrusMagazine.com |date=February 1, 2012 |accessdate=February 15, 2012 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/02/15/3001311/briefly.html | title=News Briefs: Play with the Force | publisher=The Charlotte Observer | work=Cabarrus News | date=February 15, 2012 | accessdate=February 15, 2012}}
The Force name is derived from a previous AIFA team, the South Carolina Force.
Notable players
All-league selections
- WR Jasonus Tillery
Statistics and records
=Season-by-season results=
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; font-size:75%;" |
| style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;"|League Champions
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|Conference Champions | style="text-align:center; background:#d0e7ff;"|Division Champions | style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"|Wild Card Berth | style="text-align:center; background:#c8a2c8;"|League Leader |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | ||
| rowspan="2" | Season
!rowspan="2" | Team !rowspan="2" | League !rowspan="2" | Conference !rowspan="2" | Division !colspan="4" | Regular season !rowspan="2" | Postseason Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Finish
!Wins !Losses !Ties | ||
| background:#fcc;"
! style="text-align:center;"| 2012 | style="text-align:center;"| 2012 | style="text-align:center;"| AIF | style="text-align:center;"| Eastern | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center; background:#96cdcd;"| 3rd | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 |Lost Eastern Semifinal (Harrisburg) 20-68 | ||
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" colspan="6"|Totals
! style="text-align:center;"|3 ! style="text-align:center;"|3 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season record (2012) | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 0 | 0
| |
| colspan="3"|All-time postseason record (2012) | ||
| style="text-align:center;"|3
! style="text-align:center;"|3 ! style="text-align:center;"|0 ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|All-time regular season and postseason record (2012) |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321023530/http://www.carolinaforceofconcord.com/ Carolina Force official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120113015558/http://aifprofootball.com/ American Indoor Football official Website]
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{{North Carolina Sports}}
Category:Former American Indoor Football teams
Category:Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Category:Sports clubs and teams in Charlotte, North Carolina
Category:American football teams in North Carolina
Category:American football teams established in 2012
Category:American football teams disestablished in 2013
Category:2012 establishments in North Carolina
Category:2013 disestablishments in North Carolina
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