Angel City Derby Girls
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The Angel City Derby Girls (ACDG) is a roller derby
league based in Los Angeles, California
. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues.
Angel City was the second roller derby league in Los Angeles, after the Los Angeles Derby Dolls
, and the first to play on a flat track. It play its first season in 2007, based in a warehouse which it named "Heaven's Gate". It initially had a number of home teams, including the Berzerkers and the Shore Shots.
Angel City were the first league in southern California
to join the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
(WFTDA). It qualified as the tenth seed for the WFTDA West Region Playoffs in 2009, taking eighth place; it next qualified in 2011, as ninth seed, when it took tenth place.
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league based in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues.
Angel City was the second roller derby league in Los Angeles, after the Los Angeles Derby Dolls
Los Angeles Derby Dolls
The L. A. Derby Dolls is Los Angeles' original women's quad-skate banked track roller derby league. It was founded in October 2003 by Rebecca Ninburg and Wendy Templeton . The league is composed of more than 120 women divided into five teams who skate on a banked track.LADD plays real, unscripted...
, and the first to play on a flat track. It play its first season in 2007, based in a warehouse which it named "Heaven's Gate". It initially had a number of home teams, including the Berzerkers and the Shore Shots.
Angel City were the first league in southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to join the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is an association of women's flat track roller derby leagues in the United States. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501 business...
(WFTDA). It qualified as the tenth seed for the WFTDA West Region Playoffs in 2009, taking eighth place; it next qualified in 2011, as ninth seed, when it took tenth place.
| Season | Q4 ranking | Regionals | Championship WFTDA Championships The WFTDA Championships are the leading competition for roller derby leagues.The Championships are organised by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association . They originated in 2006 as the National WFTDA Championship... |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | — | — |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | DNQ |
| 2010 | 12 | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2011 | TBA | 10 | DNQ |