The Seattle Thunder 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 Thunder, a successor to the LFL's

Seattle Mist The Seattle Mist was a team in the Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, and were founded as part of the Lingerie Bowl's expansion into a full-fledged league in 2009. They played their home games at the ShoWare Center i ...

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

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. The Thunder first competed during the 2022 X League season, defeating the

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and losing to the

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during the regular season. The Thunder advanced to the X League's postseason, where they again faced Chicago and lost by a single point, 34–33, ending their season.

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