Rose City Wildcats
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The Rose City Wildcats are a women's professional American football
team based in Portland, Oregon
. A member of the Women's Spring Football League
, the Wildcats are set to begin play for its second season in 2011.
The Wildcats are named to honor (though not a continuation of) a team which played in the Women's American Football League
for the 2001 season, finishing 0-7 before shutting down.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team based in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
. A member of the Women's Spring Football League
Women's Spring Football League
The Women's Spring Football League is a full contact Women's American football league which began play in 2010. Five teams played the WSFL's 2010 exhibition schedule, with twelve more joining for their first full season in 2011, and five more for 2012. Three of the league's original 5 have since...
, the Wildcats are set to begin play for its second season in 2011.
The Wildcats are named to honor (though not a continuation of) a team which played in the Women's American Football League
Women's American Football League
The Women's American Football League was a women's football league that was formed in 2001. After disbanding, the teams merged with the Women's Affiliated Football Conference , the Independent Women's Football League and the American Football Women's League , itself now disbanded.-Teams:*Arizona...
for the 2001 season, finishing 0-7 before shutting down.