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Sports teams in Virginia include several professional teams, but no professional major-league teams.Virginia is the most populous U.S. state without a major professional sports league franchise playing within its borders, although two of the major-league teams representing Washington, D.C.—the NFL's Washington Commanders and NHL's Washington Capitals—have their practice facilities and ...
The Virginia Sailors played three seasons in the Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) from 1966 to 1968 and played their home games at Wakefield High School Stadium, Montgomery Field, and Herndon Stadium. [1] The Sailors were coached by head coach Billy Cox. In 1966 and 1967, the Sailors won the ACFL championship.
The Eastern Premier Soccer League (EPSL) is a United States Adult Soccer Association and a National Independent Soccer Association affiliated Semi-Professional Elite League that includes teams from the Eastern United States.
The Atlantic Coast Football League (ACFL) was a professional American football minor league that operated from 1962 to 1973. Until 1969, many of its franchises had working agreements with National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) teams to serve as farm clubs. The league paid a base salary of $100 per game and had 36 ...
The stadium is now the home office for the Virginia Rush Organization as well as the home venue for its U16 and U18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy teams. It is also home to the Norfolk Blues rugby team and Southern Virginian Trojans semi-pro football team. [3]
American football teams in Virginia (6 C, 4 P) I. Ice hockey teams in Virginia (3 C, 3 P) L. Lacrosse teams in Virginia (7 C, 4 P) R.
As of 2016, Richmond is also home to its first women's sports team, the Richmond Black Widows. They are in the Women's Football Alliance and play at Hovey Field. The expansion team plays in Tier III of the Women's Football Alliance and is the National Conference Champion. The Washington Football Team hold training camp in Richmond every year. [2]
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship Foot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Soccer M W M W Emory and Henry Wasps: Emory and Henry University: Emory: SAC: Virginia State Trojans: Virginia State University: Ettrick: CIAA [a] Virginia Union Panthers: Virginia Union University: Richmond: CIAA: Virginia–Wise Cavaliers: University of ...