Tri-City Rush
| Tri-City Rush | |
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| Established 2021 Folded 2022 Played in Pasco, Washington at HAPO Center Tri-Cty Rush.com | |
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| League/conference affiliations | |
| American West Football Conference (2021-2022) | |
Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Black, red, silver, white |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Rage Sports, LLC |
| Head coach | Brandon Tate |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
| League championships (2) 2 (2021, 2022) | |
| Conference championships (0) | |
| Division championships (0) | |
| Playoff appearances () | |
| 2 | |
| Home arena(s) | |
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The Tri-City Rush were a professional indoor football team based out of Pasco, Washington, with home games at the HAPO Center during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[1] They were owned by Rage Sports, LLC, and were members of the American West Football Conference.[2] They were the third arena/indoor team to play in the Tri-City region preceded by the Tri-Cities Fever of NIFL, af2 and the Indoor Football League and the Tri-Cities Fire of the AWFC. They folded in 2022 after playing two seasons and winning two league championships, citing financial difficulties.
History
[edit]The Rush replaced the Tri-Cities Fire after that team folded due to financial difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The team played two seasons in 2021 and 2022 coached by owner Brandon Tate. They played their home game at the HAPO Center, a smaller arena than the Toyota Center, previously used by the Tri-Cities Fire and the Tri-Cities Fever before them. They won the AWFC's American West Bowl in the two seasons they competed.[3] Unfortunately, due to not being able to secure funding to continue, the team folded in 2022. Tate would go on to be assistant coach of the Oregon Blackbears of the ill-fated revival of the Arena Football League in 2024 and the Oregon Lightning of Arena Football One in 2025.
References
[edit]- ^ "Indoor football fans were left in the lurch. New Tri-Cities team rushes to take over". Tri-City Herald. November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Staff". Tri-City Rush. January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Tri-City Rush holds off Skyhawks to win 2nd consecutive AWFC indoor football title". Tri-City Herald. July 11, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website (web archive)
- American West Football Conference website
- American football teams in Washington (state)
- American football teams established in 2021
- 2021 establishments in Washington (state)
- Sports in the Tri-Cities, Washington
- Kennewick, Washington
- Defunct indoor American football teams
- 2022 disestablishments in Washington (state)
- American football teams disestablished in 2022
- American West Conference football