The Los Angeles Black Storm are a

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team in the Extreme Football League ( X League) based in

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, in the

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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 Black Storm, a successor to the LFL's

Los Angeles Temptation The Los Angeles Temptation were a women's American football team in the Legends Football League, previously known as the Lingerie Football League, based in Los Angeles and Ontario, California. The team was established as Team Dream, one of two te ...

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

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. The Black Storm first competed during the 2022 X League season. In their first game, they lost to the Austin Sound, 50–19, in an away contest. The Black Storm were scheduled to host the

Arizona Red Devils The Arizona Red Devils are a women's American football team in the Extreme Football League ( X League) based in Mesa, Arizona. Due to season cancellations and issues within the franchise during the league's 2022 season, the team has not yet compe ...

in their second and final regular-season game; however, the Red Devils suspended operations for the season. The league then scheduled the "Mexico National All-Stars" as a replacement team; the Black Storm defeated them, 48–8. The Black Storm did not advance to the X League's postseason.

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