Springfield Shield
Founded	2008
Arena	TBA
Based in	Springfield, Illinois Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...
Colors	Light blue, black and white
League	American Professional Football League American Professional Football League The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...
Head coach	TBA

The Springfield Shield is an indoor football team that competes in the American Professional Football League

American Professional Football League

The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...

. The team was originally slated to start play in 2008, but instead will wait a year and start in 2009. The Shield has no direct link to the Springfield Stallions

Springfield Stallions

The Springfield Stallions were an indoor football team that played their home games at the Prairie Capital Convention Center. They were a 2007 expansion member of the Continental Indoor Football League....

, the city's first indoor football franchise that competed in the Continental Indoor Football League.