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This is a list of seasons completed by the Portland Steel. The Steel were a professional arena football franchise of the Arena Football League (AFL), based in Portland, Oregon. The team was established in 2013 as the Portland Thunder and they played their first season in 2014. The team's name was changed to the Portland Steel prior to the 2016 ...
Steel is an overtly visible part of the Portland landscape, with foundries decorating both the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, and is seen in several of the city's 12 iconic bridges. [20] [21] The Steel finished the 2016 season with a 3–13, but were guaranteed a playoff spot as all teams played in the playoffs.
The following is a list of Arena Football League (AFL) teams. The AFL was a professional indoor American football league based in the United States . The AFL started play with the 1987 season , featuring the Chicago Bruisers , the Denver Dynamite , the Pittsburgh Gladiators and the Washington Commandos .
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Prior to the Portland Thunder/Steel, Portland had the Arena Football League team the Portland Forest Dragons. In years of 1997, 1998, and 1999, the Forest Dragons compiled records of 2–12, 4–10, and 7–7, never making the playoffs while in Portland.
Oregon would not see the AFL again until 2013 when the Portland Thunder were established by Clackamas billionaire Terry Emmert and would take the field a few months later. The Thunder were rebranded as the Portland Steel in 2016 after the league took control of the franchise from Emmert, then abruptly folded at season's end with no explanation ...
The 2016 Portland Steel season was the third and final season for the arena football franchise in the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was coached by Ron James and played their home games at the Moda Center .