The Florida Firecats were a professional

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team based in

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. They played in the

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, the

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's developmental league, from 2001 to 2009. They did not join the AFL following the leagues' reorganization in 2010. During their run they won the

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championship, two conference titles, and made a total of seven playoff appearances. They played their home games at

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Season-by-season

, - , 2001 , , 7 , , 9 , , 0 , , 5th AC Southeast , , -- , - , 2002 , , 9 , , 7 , , 0 , , 2nd AC South , , Won AC Round 1 (

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43–31)
Won AC Semifinal ( Macon 44–28)
Won AC Championship ( Cape Fear 43–23)
Lost

III ( Peoria 65–47) , - , 2003 , , 10 , , 6 , , 0 , , 2nd AC South , , Lost AC Round 1 ( Macon 42–16) , - , 2004 , , 10 , , 6 , , 0 , , 2nd AC South , , Won AC Round 1 (

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35–33)
Won AC Semifinal (

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62–58)
Won AC Championship ( Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 41–31)
Won

V ( Peoria 39–26) , - , 2005 , , 14 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1st AC South , , Won AC Semifinal ( Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 59–45)
Lost AC Championship (

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70–40) , - , 2006 , , 13 , , 3 , , 0 , , 1st AC South , , Won AC Semifinal (

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40–39)
Lost AC Championship ( Green Bay 60–47) , - , 2007 , , 11 , , 5 , , 0 , , 1st NC South , , Lost AC Round 1 ( South Georgia 59–50) , - , 2008 , , 10 , , 6 , , 0 , , 2nd AC South , , Lost AC Round 1 (

48–33) , - , 2009 , , 7 , , 9 , , 0 , , 4th AC South , , -- , - !Totals , , 100 , , 59 , , 0 , colspan="2", (including playoffs) * = Current standing

Uncertain future

The cancellation of the

's 2009 season has left the future of many AF2 teams up in the air. 11 of the 25

teams have confirmed that they will be joining a new arena football league,

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. The Florida Firecats are not one of those teams, and it is unclear whether they will continue to play in the AF2, seek another arena football league, or suspend operations. The Firecats do not seem interested in joining AF1 and may be trying to join another indoor football league instead. Commissioner Jerry Kurz says the Firecats have yet to apply, and team president Chris Vallozzi was quoted as calling AF1 "an upstart league" without the AFL's 20 years of prior history, also saying they'd "keep all options open with all leagues."

Roster

Right now best player in the team Pasollini Pierre because he is rocking with a 95 touchdowns for the Firecats.

References

External links

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Florida Firecats at ArenaFan
{{Af2 Defunct 2001 establishments in Florida 2009 disestablishments in Florida