United States Australian Football League

United States Australian Football League
USAFL logo.png
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1996
Inaugural season1997
No. of teams51 (men's) and 27 (women's)
CountryUSA
Most recent
champion(s)
Men's: Austin Crows
(6th premiership)
Women's: San Francisco Iron Maidens
(5th premiership)
(2021)
Most titlesMen: Denver Bulldogs
(8 premierships)
Women: Denver Bulldogs
(6 premierships)
TV partner(s)Go Live Sports Cast Youtube
Official websitewww.usafl.com

The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) is the governing body for Australian rules football in the United States. It was conceived in 1996 and organized in 1997. It is based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

As of 2011, there were over 1,000 registered USAFL players. There are 50 member clubs, of which 48 have men's teams (all except North Star Blue Ox and the Centennial Tigers) and 27 have women's teams. Most of the football clubs in the United States have a traditional 18-a-side team for representative purposes and multiple 9-a-side teams running in a local league.

History

CRBR Park Stadium is the largest purpose built cricket/Australian football ground in the United States. It has a capacity of 20,000.

The first match between two local US clubs was played in 1996 between Cincinnati and Louisville. In the first year the Mid American Australian Football League was formed. Many of the local players had found out about the game in the 1980s on television via the then-nascent ESPN cable network. Although the local game grew, ESPN no longer broadcast AFL matches, and in response the lobby group, Australian Football Association of North America was formed.

In 1997, the first club national championships were held in Cincinnati. Nashville hosted the first Australian Grand Final Festival in the same year. The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) was formed in 1997 to govern the code in the country.

The involvement of many well-known Australians has helped boost the relations between the USAFL and AFL. In the early days, Paul Roos was a key figure.

Robert DiPierdomenico, Leigh Matthews and Michael Voss are official USAFL ambassadors.

National teams

USAFL is responsible for the co-ordination of the National Teams, the USA Revolution men's team and the USA Freedom women's team. The team plays in international tournaments and exhibition matches against other countries. National team players are selected from the best US-born players from the club teams across the country.

With close proximity to Canada, the Revolution & Freedom participate in the annual 49th Parallel Cup against Canada each year except for years of the International Cup in Australia.

The Revolution competed in the 2002 Australian Football International Cup, finishing 5th out of 11 countries and in the 2005 Australian Football International Cup finishing 3rd out of 10 countries. They competed in the 2008 Australian Football International Cup where the Revolution finished 7th out of 16 countries. At the 2011 Australian Football International Cup, the Revolution finished 4th in an increased field of 18 countries. The Revolution finished 8th at the 2014 Australian Football International Cup, again with 18 countries participating.

Domestic tournaments and competitions

USAFL clubs and representative sides

Football Map

United States Australian Football League is located in the United States
Birmingham
Wasatch
AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Centennial
Adelaide Club symbol.svgArizona
EssendonDesign.svgRome
Grovetown
Balmain colours.svg Baltimore
USAFL Cleveland icon.png Cleveland
Savannah
North Texas
AFL St Kilda Icon.jpgJacksonville
AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg Wisconsin
Twin Cities
Woodville Warriors design.jpg Little Rock
Carlton AFL icon.svg St. Louis
Carlton AFL icon.svg Oklahoma
Moewglfl.PNGRichmond
USAFL Baton Rouge Icon.jpgTampa Bay

USAFL Teams

Club City State Region Est. Titles (M) Titles (F) Website
AFL Hawthorn Icon.jpg Arizona Hawks Phoenix Arizona West 1999 Link
Adelaide Club symbol.svg Arizona Outlaws Phoenix Arizona West 2018 Link
Australian colours.svg Atlanta Kookaburras Atlanta Georgia East 1998 3 Link
Adelaide Club symbol.svg Austin Crows Austin Texas Central 2002 6 Link
Balmain colours.svg Baltimore Dockers Baltimore Maryland East 2017 Link
USAFL Baton Rouge Icon.jpg Baton Rouge Tigers Baton Rouge Louisiana Central 2004 Link
Birmingham Bushrangers Birmingham Alabama East 2020 Link
AFL Melbourne Icon.jpg Boston Demons Boston Massachusetts East 1997 2 Link
AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Centennial Tigers Centennial Colorado Central 2020 Link
AFL Sydney Icon.jpg Chicago Swans Chicago Illinois Central 1998 Link
Cincinnati Dockers Icon.jpg Cincinnati Dockers Cincinnati Ohio Central 1996 1 Link
USAFL Cleveland icon.pngCleveland Cannons Cleveland Ohio Central 2014 Link
AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Columbus Cats Columbus Ohio Central 2008 Link
Collingwood icon.svg Dallas Dingoes Dallas Texas Central 1998 Link
AFL West Coast Eagles Icon.png DC Eagles Washington District of Columbia East 2017 Link
AFL Footscray Icon.jpg Denver Bulldogs Denver Colorado Central 1998 8 6 Link
RedlegsDesign.png Des Moines Roosters Des Moines Iowa Central 2010 Link
Fort Lauderdale Fighting Squids Fort Lauderdale Florida East 2005 Link
Balmain colours.svg Golden Gate Roos San Francisco California West 1998 1 5 Link
Grovetown Pirates Grovetown Georgia East 2021 Link
AFL West Coast Eagles Icon.png Hawai'i Eagles Honolulu Hawaii West 2019 Link
USAFL Houston icon.jpg Houston Lonestars Houston Texas Central 2005 Link
AFL GWS Icon.jpg Indianapolis Giants Indianapolis Indiana Central 2013 Link
AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg Jacksonville Saints Jacksonville Florida East 2018 Link
AFL Port Adelaide 1997-2009 Icon.jpg Kansas City Power Kansas City Missouri Central 1998 Link
Las Vegas Gamblers Las Vegas Nevada West 2005 Link
Woodville Warriors design.jpg Little Rock Coyotes Little Rock Arkansas Central 2016 Link
USAFL LA Dragons Icon.jpeg Los Angeles Dragons Los Angeles California West 2010 Link
Cincinnati Dockers Icon.jpg Louisville Kings Louisville Kentucky Central 1996 Link
Maine Cats colors.png Maine Cats Portland Maine East 2018 Link
EssendonDesign.svg Milwaukee Bombers Milwaukee Wisconsin Central 1998 1 Link
Minnesota Freeze Minneapolis Minnesota Central 2005 Link
Nashville Kangaroos colors.png Nashville Kangaroos Nashville Tennessee Central 1997 Link
Port Adelaide SANFL Icon.jpg New York Magpies New York New York East 1998 2 Link
AFL Richmond Icon.jpg North Carolina Tigers Raleigh North Carolina East 1997 Link
North Star Blue Ox Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minnesota Central 2017 Link
North Texas Devils Plano Texas Central 2020 Link
Carlton AFL icon.svg Oklahoma Buffaloes Oklahoma City /Tulsa Oklahoma Central 2017 Link
Oc.png Orange County Giants Orange County California West 1998 Link
BurnieHawksDesign.PNG Philadelphia Hawks Philadelphia Pennsylvania East 1998 Link
Usafl portland.png Portland AFC Portland Oregon West 1998 Link
EssendonDesign.svg Rome Redbacks Rome Georgia East 2018 Link
Moewglfl.PNG RVA Lions Richmond Virginia East 2019 Link
AFL Gold Coast Icon.jpg Sacramento Suns Sacramento California West 2009 Link
Moewglfl.PNG San Diego Lions San Diego California West 1997 2 Link
AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg Savannah Hurricane Savannah Georgia East 2017 Link
Seattle Grizzlies Seattle Washington West 1998 Link
Carlton AFL icon.svg Saint Louis AFC St. Louis Missouri Central 1997 Link
USAFL Baton Rouge Icon.jpg Tampa Bay Tiger Sharks Tampa Bay Florida East 2017 Link
AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg Wasatch War Gulls Wasatch County Utah Central 2017 Link
AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg Wisconsin Wombats Madison Wisconsin Central 2017 Link

Associate Members (via AFL Canada)

Club City State Region Est. Titles (M) Titles (F) Website
AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg Calgary Kangaroos Calgary Alberta AFL Canada 2002 3 Link
AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg Quebec Saints Montreal Quebec AFL Canada 2008 Link

Previous clubs

Club Years in competition Reason for Disbandment
AFL West Coast Eagles Icon.png Baltimore Washington Eagles 1998 - 2017 Split to form Baltimore Dockers and DC Eagles
AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg Charleston Saints 2011 - 2015 Folded
Detroit Overdrive 1999 - 2006 Folded
Canadacolours.png Florida Redbacks 1999 - 2013 Folded
Illinois Ironmen 2000 - 2004 Merged with Chicago Swans
AFL West Coast Eagles Icon.png Inland Empire Eagles 1997 - 2002 Folded
Lehigh Valley Crocs 1999 - 2003 Absorbed by Philadelphia Hawks
Adelaide Club symbol.svg Los Angeles Crows 1996 - 2003 Folded
Mojave Greens 2003 - 2006 Folded
Oklahoma City Flyers 2016 - 2017 Merged with Tulsa to form Oklahoma Football Club
Pittsburgh Wallabies 2004 - 2006 Absorbed by Philadelphia Hawks
AFL Hawthorn Icon.jpg South Carolina Hawks 1999 - 2001 Folded
AFL Sydney Icon.jpg Tampa Bay Starfish/St. Petersburg Swans 2014 - 2017 Left to create Major League Footy, both folded in 2019
StKildaDesign.svg Tri Cities Saints 1999 - 2004 Folded
Tucson Javelinas 1999 - 2004 Folded
StKildaDesign.svg Tulsa Buffaloes 2010 - 2017 Merged with Oklahoma City to form Oklahoma Football Club

Affiliated leagues

See also


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