{{short description|American women's gridiron football team}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox American football team | name = Kansas City Force | logo = Kansas_City_Force.png | helmet = | uniform = | established = 2020 (franchise)<br>2022 (competition) | suspended = 2022 | folded = | location = Independence, Missouri | field = Cable Dahmer Arena | colors = Light Blue, Black | nickname = | coach = | manager = | owner = | mascot = | league = X League | division = | div_champs = | website = {{URL|https://xleague.live/kansas-city-force/}} }}
The '''Kansas City Force''' were a women's American football team in the Extreme Football League (X League) based in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City.
==History== In December 2019, it was announced that the Legends Football League (LFL) would be relaunched as the X League, or Extreme Football League, to begin play in April 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://extfl.com/xwire/xwire/ |title=A NEW ERA IN WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, THE X LEAGUE |website=extfl.com |date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114162543/https://extfl.com/xwire/xwire/ |archive-date=January 14, 2020 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> In January 2020, the Kansas City Force was established,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/new-womens-football-league-to-debut-kansas-city-team |title=New women's football league to debut Kansas City team |website=KSHB-TV |date=January 7, 2020}}</ref> in replacement of the Nashville Knights, an LFL franchise that would have migrated into the X League but was removed after missing several procedural deadlines for participating in the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 10, 2020 |url=https://extfl.com/xwire/x-league-statement-about-status-of-nashville-knights/ |title=X League Statement About Status of Nashville Knights |website=X League |access-date=January 14, 2020 |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113210251/https://extfl.com/xwire/x-league-statement-about-status-of-nashville-knights/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=kcforce>{{cite web |url=https://extfl.com/xwire/x-league-announces-kansas-city-force-to-kickoff-2020-season/ |title=X LEAGUE ANNOUNCES KANSAS CITY FORCE TO KICKOFF 2020 SEASON |website=X League |date=January 7, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Open tryouts for the Force were held at The Fieldhouse in Blue Springs, Missouri, on January 18, 2020, in preparation of the team's inaugural season.<ref name=kcforce/> The team's 2020 season was planned to feature two home games, against the Omaha Red Devils and Los Angeles Black Storm, and two away games, against the Chicago Blitz and Seattle Thunder.<ref name=schedule2020>{{cite web |url=https://extfl.com/schedule/ |title=X League 2020 Schedule |website=extfl.com |access-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217201755/https://extfl.com/schedule/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the season never took place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The league also did not operate during 2021.
The Force first competed during the 2022 X League season, losing in overtime to the Chicago Blitz in the X League's first game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://xleague.live/week-1-game-preview-chicago-blitz-vs-kansas-city-force/ |title=Week 1 Game Preview: Chicago Blitz vs Kansas City Force |website=xleague.live |date=June 8, 2022 |accessdate=February 26, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=GrdironBeauty |number=1536363621260746752 |title=X League’s Historic Opener Is An Overtime Thriller |date=June 13, 2022 |accessdate=February 26, 2023}}</ref> However, as the league preferred a matchup between two capable teams instead of a one-sided contest between a more-established team and a team of rookies, the league decided to replace the Force roster with coaches and players from the Atlanta Empire; Kansas City was assessed the loss while Atlanta personnel returned to compete for the Empire. The Force's other scheduled regular-season game, against the Arizona Red Devils, was canceled after the Red Devils suspended operations for the season.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=MyFFZ |number=1540092443160453120 |title=The Arizona Red Devils, released a statement on the team's official Facebook page announcing that the team will suspend activities until next year and not play in the 2022 X League season! |date=June 23, 2022 |accessdate=February 26, 2023}}</ref> Kansas City did not advance to the X League's postseason.
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==External links== * {{official website|https://xleague.live/kansas-city-force/}}
{{Extreme Football League}} {{Missouri Sports}}
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