The Atlanta Steam is a

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team of the

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(LFL) based in

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, a

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suburb of

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, with home games at the

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. The Steam was the league's 14th team and played its first season in 2013. Prior to the 2020 season, the LFL became the Extreme Football League (X League) and rebranded the Atlanta team as the Atlanta Empire. Although the Steam were announced in 2008 as one of the ten teams for the LFL's inaugural 2009–10 season, but reportedly had issues with finding an venue. The team was then reported to be moving to

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, but that team did not launch in 2009 either. LFL's Atlanta franchise originally began as the proposed St. Louis Saints. The team name was selected by fans in a vote. Team tryouts took place on June 24, 2012, at the

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. Among the people trying out was former soccer player and 2006

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Rookie of the Year and 2008 St. Louis University leading scorer Julia Brandenburg. After negotiations to use the

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fell through, the LFL suspended the Saints indefinitely, and they were replaced by a new Atlanta team. In its first game, the Steam was shut out by the

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, 48–0.

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* 2012 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) American football teams in Georgia (U.S. state) Legends Football League US teams American football teams established in 2012 American football teams in Atlanta Women's sports in Georgia (U.S. state) {{Atlanta-sport-stub