The Austin Sound are a women's American football team in the Extreme Football League ( X League) based in

Cedar Park, Texas Cedar Park is a city and a major suburb of Austin in the state of Texas, approximately to the north-west of the center of Austin. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the city's population was 77,595. History Before the arrival of European settl ...

, a suburb of

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History

The Extreme Football League ( X League) was announced in December 2019, as a successor to the

Legends Football League The Extreme Football League (X League) is an American women's semi-professional tackle football league. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. ...

(LFL). The announcement included the Sound, a successor to the LFL's

Austin Acoustic The Austin Acoustic is a women's American football team based in Austin, Texas. The Acoustic is a member of the Legends Football League (LFL) with home games at H-E-B Center in the Austin suburb of Cedar Park, Texas. Prior to the 2020 season, the ...

. The X League's 2020 season was postponed, and the league also did not operate during 2021, amid the

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. The Sound first competed during the

2022 X League season The 2022 X League season was the inaugural season of the Extreme Football League (commonly known as the XLeague) in the United States. It began in June and concluded in September with the Chicago Blitz winning the inaugural "X Cup" championship gam ...

, defeating the

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and losing to the

Atlanta Empire The Atlanta Empire are a women's American football team in the Extreme Football League ( X League) based in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The team is coached and co-owned by Dane Robinson. History The Extreme Football League ( X League) ...

during the regular season. The Sound advanced to the postseason, where they again lost to Atlanta, ending their season.

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