The Kansas City Force is a

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team based in

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, a suburb of Kansas City. It is one of the eight charter franchises of the X League. Home games will be played at the

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History

In December 2019, it was announced that the

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(LFL) would be relaunched as the X League, or Extreme Football League, to begin play in April 2020. In January 2020, the Kansas City Force was established as an expansion franchise replacing the

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, an LFL franchise that would have migrated into the X League but was removed after missing several procedural deadlines for participating in the 2020 season.

Seasons

2020 season

Open tryouts were held at The Fieldhouse in

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, on January 18, 2020, in preparation of the team's inaugural season. However, the season never took place amidst the

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Announced schedule

References

External links

League website
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