Myrtle Beach Stingrays
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| League | SIFL (2011) |
| Team history | Fayetteville Force (2011) |
| Based in | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Arena | Cumberland County Crown Coliseum |
| Colors | Black, Green, Brown, White |
| Owner(s) | AIFA |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division titles | 0 |
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| Founded | 2003 |
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| League |
AIFA (2008–2010) NIFL/Independent (2003–2007) |
| Team history |
Fayetteville Guard (2005–2010) Myrtle Beach/Carolina Stingrays (2003–2004) |
| Based in | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Arena | Cumberland County Crown Coliseum |
| Colors | Black, green, brown, white |
| Championships | 0 |
| Division titles | 2 |
The Fayetteville Force is the former name of a professional indoor football team in the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL). They debuted the SIFL following the SIFL/AIFA merger and play home games at the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum.
The Force set the record for the largest single-game losing margin and points allowed in the history of indoor football – in any league – following a 0 – 138 loss to the Erie Explosion on May 21, 2011.
The AIFA entered into an asset purchase agreement of selected assets of the Fayetteville Force from Fanteractive, LLC the Force's parent company but the AIFA did not purchase the corporation that was operating the Force. Under the agreement the AIFA retains the Force name, logo, likeness, playing equipment and the artificial turf. The AIFA guaranteed that it would play the remaining four Force games with the Southern Indoor Football League. On November 17, 2011, a new franchise was announced Cape Fear Heroes that began play in the 2012 season of part of a new AIF.
The Fayetteville Guard, began play in 2003 as the Myrtle Beach Stingrays' of the National Indoor Football League in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, compiling a 6-8 record in their inaugural season.
At the beginning of the 2004 season, the NIFL pulled the team out of Myrtle Beach, and the team almost folded. However, some local investors saved the team, playing as the Carolina Stingrays in the Florence Civic Center. They managed to finish 3-6 in their shortened season.
The following year, the team was purchased again and moved to Fayetteville to replace af2's Cape Fear Wildcats, who had moved to Albany, Georgia and are currently playing as the South Georgia Wildcats. The new team had originally been called the Fayetteville Heat, but later on changed their name to the Fayetteville Guard. The team started their season 0-5, but went 7-2 in their final nine regular season games, thus earning them a 7-7 record and a playoff berth. The team defeated the Dayton Warbirds in the first round, but lost to the Cincinnati Marshals in the divisional round.
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