The Chicago Blitz are a

women's American football Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women. Most leagues play ...

team in the Extreme Football League ( X League) based in Rockford, Illinois, a city west of

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

. They won the league's inaugural championship, the X Cup, in 2022.

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 Blitz, a successor to the LFL's

Chicago Bliss The Chicago Bliss is a women's American football team based in the Chicago area. The Bliss is one for the first four teams to participate in the Lingerie Bowl and was carried over to the formation of the Lingerie Football League (LFL) in 2009. ...

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

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

. The Blitz 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 ...

, winning both of their regular season games, over the

Kansas City Force The Kansas City Force is a women's American football team based in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City. It is one of the eight charter franchises of the X League. Home games will be played at the Cable Dahmer Arena. History In Dec ...

and

Seattle Thunder The Seattle Thunder are a women's American football team in the Extreme Football League ( X League) based in Kent, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan area. History The Extreme Football League ( X League) was announced in December 2019, as ...

. The Blitz advanced to the postseason, where they again defeated Seattle to advance to the X Cup championship match against 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) ...

. On September 10, the Blitz defeated the Empire, 19–12, to win the league's inaugural championship.

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