2025 The Arena League season

Last updated
2025 TAL season
League The Arena League
Sport Arena football
DurationMay 30 – August 9, 2025
Number of games8 per team
Number of teams6
Streaming partner(s) YouTube
Regular Season Champions Duluth Harbor Monsters
TAL seasons
2026 

The 2025 TAL season was the second season of The Arena League (TAL).

Contents

Teams

On April 5, 2024, the league released a list of five markets, which people could vote on at the TAL website for the city to be an expansion franchise beginning in the 2025 season. The five markets included: Dallas, Texas; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; St. Joseph, Missouri; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and Rochester, Minnesota, which was a part of the inaugural season voting. On April 25, 2024, the league announced that Hot Springs would be the first expansion team and will begin play in 2025. [1] The league announced Eau Claire as the second expansion team on May 17, 2024.

In April 2025, the Kansas City Goats announced they would change their name permanently to the St. Joseph Goats.

TeamCityStadiumCapacityJoinedHead coach
Duluth Harbor Monsters Duluth, Minnesota DECC Arena 5,3332024 Tony O'Neil
Eau Claire Axemen Eau Claire, Wisconsin Sonnentag Event Center 3,2502025 Tae Brooks
Hot Springs Wiseguys Hot Springs, Arkansas Bank OZK Arena 4,1412025 Bones Bagaunte
Iowa Woo Waterloo, Iowa The Hippodrome 5,1552024 Victor Mann
St. Joseph Goats St. Joseph, Missouri St. Joseph Civic Arena 3,8002024 Dorsey Golston III
Ozarks Lunkers Springfield, Missouri Wilson Logistics Arena 4,5002024 Cam Bruffett
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Hot Springs
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Eau Claire
Locations of teams in The Arena League for 2025 season.

Season format

The second season of The Arena League will have a nine-week regular season schedule with each team receiving one bye week with playoffs to follow. The season will run from May 30 to July 26, 2025.

Schedule

All games in Central Time Zone (CT)

Preseason

Preseason
DateAwayFinalHomeVenue
May 24th, 7:00Knoxville Bandits864 Duluth Harbor Monsters DECC Arena
May 24th, 7:05Midwest Raptors2584 Iowa Woo The Hippodrome

Regular Season

Week 1
DateAwayFinalHomeVenue
May 30th, 7:05 Duluth Harbor Monsters 7156 Iowa Woo The Hippodrome
May 31st, 8:05 Eau Claire Axemen 2438 Hot Springs Wiseguys Bank OZK Arena
May 31st, 7:05 St. Joseph Goats 5054 Ozarks Lunkers Wilson Logistics Arena
Week 2
DateAwayFinalHomeVenue
June 7th, 6:05 Ozarks Lunkers 4449 Eau Claire Axemen Sonnentag Event Center
June 7th, 7:05 Duluth Harbor Monsters 4645 St. Joseph Goats St. Joseph Civic Arena
June 8th, 3:05 Hot Springs Wiseguys 2644 Iowa Woo The Hippodrome
Week 3
DateAwayFinalHomeVenue
June 14th, 7:05 Hot Springs Wiseguys 4331 Duluth Harbor Monsters DECC Arena
June 14th, 7:05 Ozarks Lunkers 4261 Iowa Woo The Hippodrome
June 14th, 6:05 St. Joseph Goats 5546 Eau Claire Axemen Sonnentag Event Center
Week 4
DateAwayFinalHomeVenue
June 21st, 8:05 Ozarks Lunkers 4541 Hot Springs Wiseguys Bank OZK Arena
June 21st, 7:05 Iowa Woo 7473 St. Joseph Goats St. Joseph Civic Arena
June 21st, 6:05 Duluth Harbor Monsters 4740 Eau Claire Axemen Sonnentag Event Center
Week 5
DateAwayFinalHomeVenue
June 28th, 7:05 Iowa Woo Duluth Harbor Monsters DECC Arena
June 28th, 7:05 Eau Claire Axemen St. Joseph Goats St. Joseph Civic Arena
June 28th, 7:05 Hot Springs Wiseguys Ozarks Lunkers Wilson Logistics Arena

Standings

2025 The Arena League Standings
TeamWinLossPCTGBPFPASTK
Duluth Harbor Monsters 62.750195184W1
Eau Claire Axemen 17.1255159184L2
Hot Springs Wiseguys 53.6251148144L1
Iowa Woo 44.5002235212W3
St. Joseph Goats 44.5002223228L1
Ozarks Lunkers 44.5002185201W1


Media

TAL team media deals
TeamTV Station(s)Radio Station(s)Notes
Duluth Harbor Monsters Northland Fan 106.5 FM and 560AM [2]
Eau Claire Axemen
Hot Springs Wiseguys
Iowa Woo KCRG-TV [3] [a]
St. Joseph Goats
Ozarks Lunkers KYTV [4]
  1. The team is partnered with KWWL as the exclusive news source.

References

  1. Rice, Bryan (26 April 2024). "Arena League football comes to Spa City in 2025". The Sentinel-Record. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. Cooper, Nick (24 January 2024). "Duluth Harbor Monsters arena football team partners with The FAN 106.5 as exclusive radio home". Northland FAN. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. "KCRG to air Arena League Football". KCRG. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. "KY3 broadcasting Ozarks Lunkers Arena League Football games".