Tri-City Rush
{{Short description|Indoor American football team (2021–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Tri-City Rush
| current =
| logo = Tri-City Rush.png
| helmet =
| founded = 2021
| folded = 2022
| city = Pasco, Washington
at HAPO Center
| misc = [https://web.archive.org/web/20210113101652/https://www.tricityrush.com/home Tri-Cty Rush.com]
| uniform =
| colors = Black, red, silver, white
{{Color box|black}} {{Color box|red}} {{Color box|gray}} {{Color box|white}}
| coach = Brandon Tate
| owner = Rage Sports, LLC
| chairman =
| president =
| general manager =
| mascot =
| league = American West Football Conference (2021-2022)
| team_history =
- Tri-City Rush (2021-2022)
| no_league_champs = 2
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs = 2 (2021, 2022)
| conf_champs =
| div_champs =
| playoff_appearances = 2
| no_playoff_appearances =
| arena_years =
- Toyota Center (2021-2022)
}}
The Tri-City Rush were a professional indoor football team based out of Pasco, Washington, with home games at the HAPO Center during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/nfl/article247405625.html |title=Indoor football fans were left in the lurch. New Tri-Cities team rushes to take over |work=Tri-City Herald |date=November 30, 2020}} They were owned by Rage Sports, LLC, and were members of the American West Football Conference.{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508193659/https://www.tricityrush.com/staff |title=Staff |work=Tri-City Rush |date=January 20, 2021}} They were the third arena/indoor team to play in the Tri-City region preceded by the Tri-Cities Fever of NIFL, af2 and the Indoor Football League and the Tri-Cities Fire of the AWFC. They folded in 2022 after playing two seasons and winning two league championships, citing financial difficulties.
History
The Rush replaced the Tri-Cities Fire after that team folded due to financial difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The team played two seasons in 2021 and 2022 coached by owner Brandon Tate. They played their home game at the HAPO Center, a smaller arena than the Toyota Center, previously used by the Tri-Cities Fire and the Tri-Cities Fever before them. They won the AWFC's American West Bowl in the two seasons they competed.{{cite web |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/article263359348.html |title=Tri-City Rush holds off Skyhawks to win 2nd consecutive AWFC indoor football title |work=Tri-City Herald |date=July 11, 2022}} Unfortunately, due to not being able to secure funding to continue, the team folded in 2022. Tate would go on to be assistant coach of the Oregon Blackbears of the ill-fated revival of the Arena Football League in 2024 and the Oregon Lightning of Arena Football One in 2025.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210508193659/https://www.tricityrush.com/staff Official website] (web archive)
- [http://www.americanwestfootballconference.com American West Football Conference website]
Category:American football teams in Washington (state)
Category:American football teams established in 2021
Category:2021 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:Kennewick, Washington
Category:Defunct indoor American football teams
Category:2022 disestablishments in Washington (state)