South Carolina Force
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The Greenville Force was a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League
. The team was based in Greenville, South Carolina
, with home games played at the BI-LO Center
. The Force was the first arena/indoor football team based in Greenville since the af2
's Carolina Rhinos
folded following the 2002 season
. A team called the Greenville Riverhawks
(relocated from Knoxville
) was set to join the National Indoor Football League
for the 2004 season, but never actually played a game in Greenville, and the following year became the AIFL/A's charter team, the Johnstown Riverhawks
.
In their inaugural season, the Force were called the South Carolina Force and played in the American Indoor Football Association.
After the Force canceled its last game of the 2010 season without an explanation, the SIFL dropped the Force for the 2011 season. The league still plans to field a team in the Greenville market in the future.
| colspan="6" align="center" | South Carolina Force (AIFA)
|-
|2009 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Greenville Force (SIFL)
|-
|2010 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 5th || --
Southern Indoor Football League
The Southern Indoor Football League was an indoor football league based in the Southern and Eastern United States. The most recent incarnation of the league was a consolidation of an earlier league of the same name that was formed by Thom Hager along with Dan Blum, Robert Winfrey and Dan Ryan in...
. The team was based in Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
, with home games played at the BI-LO Center
Bi-Lo Center
The BI-LO Center is an arena located in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that is used for concerts, football, and hockey. The arena is currently used by the Greenville Force of the Southern Indoor Football League and the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL.- History :The BI-LO Center was...
. The Force was the first arena/indoor football team based in Greenville since the af2
Af2
AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...
's Carolina Rhinos
Carolina Rhinos
The Carolina Rhinos were one of the original 15 teams to join the inaugural 2000 AF2 season. They started off in the American Conference, before switching divisions in every year of their existence . In their first year, they won 7 of their first 9 games, en route to the playoffs, before losing...
folded following the 2002 season
2002 af2 season
The 2002 AF2 season was the third season of the AF2. The league champions were the Peoria Pirates, who defeated the Florida Firecats in ArenaCup III. This is also the first time that both conferences have the same division name...
. A team called the Greenville Riverhawks
Johnstown Riverhawks
The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....
(relocated from Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
) was set to join the National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
for the 2004 season, but never actually played a game in Greenville, and the following year became the AIFL/A's charter team, the Johnstown Riverhawks
Johnstown Riverhawks
The Johnstown Riverhawks was a professional indoor football team based out of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They were a charter member of the American Indoor Football Association. They played their home games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena....
.
In their inaugural season, the Force were called the South Carolina Force and played in the American Indoor Football Association.
After the Force canceled its last game of the 2010 season without an explanation, the SIFL dropped the Force for the 2011 season. The league still plans to field a team in the Greenville market in the future.
Season-By-Season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | South Carolina Force (AIFA)
|-
|2009 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd Southern || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Greenville Force (SIFL)
|-
|2010 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 5th || --