Virginia Armada

Virginia Armada

Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Based in	Virginia Beach, Virginia
Home stadium	Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Head coach	Terry Shea
Owner(s)	Major League Football, Inc. (publicly traded company)
League	Major League Football
Website	www.mlfb.com/Virginia

The Virginia Armada are a professional American football team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team is a member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a publicly-traded professional football league, and plays its home games at Virginia Beach Sportsplex.

The Force are part of the league "Core Four" teams. ^[1] They are the first pro football team in Virginia since the United Football League Virginia Destroyers.

History

On March 18, 2022, Major League Football launched a new website and revealed that there will be only four teams for the first season. ^[2] On March 22 the league reveled their second coach in Terry Shea. ^[3] The league would later reveal he will coach the Virginia Armada. ^[4]

The Armada started their training camp on July 21. ^[5] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down. ^[6]

Staff

Virginia Armada staff

	Head coaches Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator – Terry Shea Offensive coaches Offensive Line - Art Valero Wide Receivers/Tight Ends - Mike Wilson Offensive Intern - Kyle Gallagher [7] Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator - Dennis Creehan Defensive Line - Eric Hicks Defensive Backs – Robert Trott Defensive Intern - Mike James [8]

Players

Virginia Armada roster
Quarterbacks  7George Bowen  4Tyquell Fields 12D'Angelo Fulford  5Nik Rango Running backs 31Tomas Newman  3BJ Smith 22Elliott Taylor 21Leroy Wilson Wide receivers  1Erick Brundidge 11Marquise Irvin 18Arthur Jackson III 16Charlie Jones 13Alexis Rosario 25Cole Thurness  2Jaetavian Toles 15Melvin Vaughn  8Tevon Wright Tight ends 83Quentin Chaplin 88Daniel Crawford 80Ceejhay French-Love 85Taron Mallard		Offensive linemen 65Pailake Aiono OL 68Terrance Ames OL 72Chris Boles OG 63Dustin Burns C/T 77Shane Carpenter OG 60Niko Culnan C 62Brad-Edward Davis G/C 71Daishawn Dixon OG 74Joseph Park OG 76T.J. Roundtree OG 51Taylor Tappin OT Defensive linemen 91Javier Edwards DT 93Kaiona Fuiava DT 95Sha-Ki Holines DL 96Avien Peah DT 90Nick Raby DE 48Ethan Skarnas DE 97Shymere Vesels DT 98Lionell Wiggins DT 94John Williams DT 99Savian Williams DE		Linebackers 44Blair Brown 46Denzel Feaster 49Chrishom Frazier 41Patrick Howell 45Mark McLaurin 40Manoa Pikula 47Talyor Powell 42Phillip Redwine Defensive backs 27M.J. Hampton 20David Jones 41Michael Palmer 29Derrion Rakestraw 10Delon Smith 19Kaseem Smith 17Boniface Stevens 24Roman Tatum 28Alex Thomas 32Jaylen Thomas 14Michael Witherspoon 33Coray Williams Special teams  9Tyler Basch K 50Clay Dzizkan LS  6Clark Riedel P		Injured reserve Currently vacant Practice squad Currently vacant Inactive Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 24, 2022 66 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces Mobile as Final Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season".
2. "MLFB Updates Website — Team Names Revealed". March 18, 2022.
3. "PR: Major League Football (MLFB) Announces New HC Terry Shea".
4. "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces First Two Cities for Inaugural 2022 Season". June 6, 2022.
5. "MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings". SGPN. July 17, 2022.
6. "Major League Football League 'shut down': players, coaches sent home". WKRG News 5. July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
7. "Interview with Kyle Gallagher – Offensive Coaching Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 18)". July 23, 2022.
8. "Interview with Mike James – Defensive Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 17)". July 22, 2022.