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Los Angeles Avengers
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| Los Angeles Avengers | ||
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| Conference | American | |
| Division | Western | |
| Year founded | 2000 | |
| Home arena | Staples Center | |
| City, State | Los Angeles, California | |
| Wild card titles | 3: 2002, 2003, 2004 |
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| Division titles | 1: 2005 |
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| Conference titles | none | |
| ArenaBowl championships | none | |
The Los Angeles Avengers is an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Los Angeles, California and they began play as a 2000 expansion team.
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The Los Angeles Avengers play their home games at STAPLES Center, which also is currently home to the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association. The team began play in the 2000 season. The Avengers compete in the Western Division of the American Conference. Since its inception in 2000, the Avengers have competed in postseason play four times. The Avengers earned American Conference wildcard playoff berths in 2002, 2003, and 2004, and won the American Conference Western Division Championship in 2005.
The Avengers franchise is owned by Casey Wasserman, grandson of the late MCA head Lew Wasserman.
On April 10, 2005, Avengers defensive lineman Al Lucas was injured attempting to make a tackle and later died at a nearby hospital. It is the only fatality in the history of the AFL.
The Avengers official mascot is a superhero-like character named TD.[1]
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4th AC Western | -- |
| 2001 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3rd AC Western | -- |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3rd AC Western | Lost Week 1 (Tampa Bay) |
| 2003 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2nd AC Western | Lost Week 2 (Arizona) |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3rd AC Western | Lost Week 1 (Arizona) |
| 2005 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1st AC Western | Lost Week 1 (Chicago) |
| 2006 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5th AC Western | -- |
| 2007* | 1 | 1 | 0 | T-2nd AC Western | -- |
| Totals | 52 | 60 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
* = Current Standing
- Chris Butterfield - OL/DL
- Antoine Burns - WR/LB
- Shannon Culver -WR/LB
- Sonny Cumbie - QB
- Silas DeMary - OL/DL
- Anthony Derricks - DS
- Chad Dukes - FB/LB
- Mark Estelle - DS
- Lonnie Ford - FB/LB
- Tony Graziani - QB
- Darius Hadley - DS
- Remy Hamilton - K
- Travis Hannah - WR
- Greg Hopkins - WR/LB
- Kevin Ingram - WR/DB
- Chris Jackson - OS
- John Kaleo - QB
- Tony Locke - WR/DB
- Al Lucas - OL/DL Died of a spinal cord injury, while playing
- Brian Mann - QB
- Robert Quiroga - WR
- Ricky Sharpe - WR/DB
- Terrence Stubbs - DB
- Damen Wheeler - DS