San Diego Strike Force

The San Diego Strike Force is a professional indoor football team based in San Diego, California. It is a member of the Indoor Football League and began play in 2019 at Pechanga Arena in the city's Midway district. It is owned by Roy Choi, who also owns the IFL's Cedar Rapids River Kings and Oakland Panthers. It is the second professional football team in San Diego that began play in spring 2019, after the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football, more than year after the departure of the NFL's San Diego Chargers in 2017.

The Strike Force is the third indoor team to play in San Diego, after the San Diego Riptide of af2 (2002–2005) and the San Diego Shockwave of the National Indoor Football League (2007). The team may have planned on being called the San Diego Lightning, as the organization's original email addresses and internal website links used that name.

History
The team was initially announced as a 2019 Indoor Football League expansion team in November 2018. The team announced their colors as black, navy blue, silver, as well as their initial staff on December 17, 2018. After a 0–3 start to their inaugural season, owner Choi brought in the River Kings' general manager Ryan Eucker to replace Brian Cox. The team then finished the season with a 1–13 record and last place in the league. Following the season, Eucker announced the team would take new look in a minor rebrand with new logos and colors, choosing more military tones in olive green, black, silver, and brass to better represent the city.

Current roster

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Category:American football teams in San Diego
Category:Indoor Football League teams
Category:American football teams established in 2018
Category:2018 establishments in California