The 2013 LFL US Season was the fourth season of LFL United States, the first in the rebranded

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, and the fifth in the combined history of that league and its predecessor, the Lingerie Football League. The season featured 12 teams in various cities across the United States. In 2012, the league decided to move to a spring and summer schedule, beginning in March, 2013. For the 2013 season the league granted two new franchises: Omaha Heart and

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. The

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was, as scheduled, realigned into the league's Canadian division, LFL Canada, for the 2012 season. The Orlando Fantasy officially suspended operations, while the Tampa Breeze relocated to

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to become the Jacksonville Breeze. For the 2013 season, the LFL released a new division structure, splitting the twelve teams into four divisions. Opening night of the 2013 was on March 30, 2013, between Atlanta Steam and Jacksonville Breeze, while

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and

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ended the regular season on August 10, 2013. For the first time, Conference division playoffs were held on August 17, 2013 at

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between the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds of both the Eastern and Western Conferences, with the winners playing the No.1 seeds in the Conference Championship games on August 24, 2013 at

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. The 2013 LFL US Legends Cup (formerly the Lingerie Bowl) was played at

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on September 1, 2013 between the Philadelphia Passion and

. The Chicago Bliss won the Legends bowl 38–14, its first championship in the LFL.

Developments

In 2012, the league decided to officially move the next LFL United States season to April 2013. The league stated the reasoning behind the postponement of the schedule was to move the league to a spring and summer schedule, mirroring every other

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league of the past decade, as the commissioner felt that there was greater opportunity for success in the spring; the league also stated the hiatus would allow the league offices to focus on the introductory world tours scheduled for late 2012. LFL Canada was not affected by the change and continues to play its fall 2012 schedule as originally announced. The commissioner denied the suggestion that the move was a suspension of operations. On January 10, 2013, the league announced it was abandoning its original premise as the Lingerie Football League and would rebrand as the Legends Football League, with more conventional sportswear replacing the lingerie for uniforms. The LFL announced its first expansion team for the 2013 season would be the Omaha Heart, located in

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, playing at the

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. This was followed by a new expansion team in

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(serving the

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metropolitan area), playing in the St. Charles Convention Center, to be known as the St. Louis Saints. However, negotiations to play at the arena fell through, with the league suspending operations of the franchise indefinitely. St. Charles officials cited the league's refusal to guarantee fixed dates and money, while the league argued that the arena did not meet requirements of a top-tier facility. On October 2, 2012, the LFL announced that

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had been granted an expansion franchise to play in the 2013 LFL US season. The

played its home matches at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in

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. On May 24, 2012, the LFL officially temporarily suspended operations of the Orlando Fantasy franchise for the 2013 season. For the 2013 season, the Tampa Breeze moved to

to become known as the Jacksonville Breeze. The move was primarily driven by the owners of the

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, who also own the Arena Football League team the

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, deciding not to compete with the Tampa Breeze for tickets sales now that the LFL shifted its regular season schedule to coincide with the Arena Football League schedule. The team played its home matches at

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, which previously hosted the 2011 LFL US Conference Playoffs. The Philadelphia Passion announced that it will play its home games at

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for the 2013 season. PPL Park is an outdoor

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, a venue that would have not been viable in the fall given eastern Pennsylvania's weather during that season. Chicago Bliss returned to playing at the

. Due to a new divisional structure, the league expanded its playoff series to include the top three teams in each conference. The best team in each conference was awarded a first round bye, while the other divisional champions played off against the third best teams in the conference in the Divisional Playoff round. The Conference Division Playoffs were played at

on Saturday, August 17. The matches were originally scheduled to be played at

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. The Conference Championship games were played on August 24, 2013 at

. The 2013 Legends Cup (formerly the Lingerie Bowl) was played at

on September 1, 2013. The game was originally awarded to the city of

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with the match to be played at

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. Pittsburgh has been named as an LFL expansion city for the 2014 season. However, due to higher ticket sales than the 3,000 seat Highmark could accommodate, an announcement was made June 1, 2013 that the championship game would move to

in the

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suburb of

On July 5, 2013 the game was once again moved to Las Vegas after the LFL and Las Vegas partners negotiated a multi-year agreement to keep the LFL US Legends Cup in Las Vegas for at least the next 3 years.

Teams

Schedule

Playoffs

Standings

Eastern Conference

Northeastern Division Southeastern Division

Western Conference

Midwestern Division Pacific Division * ''conference champion'', " ''division winner'', ^ ''clinched playoff berth''

Awards

League MVP * Anne Erler - Green Bay Chill * Laurel Creel - Seattle Mist * Ashley Salerno - Los Angeles Temptation * Adrian Purnell - Jacksonville Breeze * Heather Furr - Chicago Bliss * Chrisdell Harris - Chicago Bliss Offensive Player of the Year * Anna Heasman - Green Bay Chill * Anne Erler - Green Bay Chill * Chrisdell Harris - Chicago Bliss * Ashley Salerno - Los Angeles Temptation * Nikki Johnson - Las Vegas Sin Defensive Player of the Year * Adrian Purnell - Jacksonville Breeze * Cassandra Strickland - Las Vegas Sin * Saige Steinmetz - Jacksonville Breeze * Theresa Petruziello - Cleveland Crush * Kym Jack - Baltimore Charm Rookie of the Year * Kelley Schroeder - Las Vegas Sin * Shuree Hyatt - Seattle Mist * Anna Heasman - Green Bay Chill * Alli Alberts - Chicago Bliss * Meagan Larson - Philadelphia Passion Mortaza Award * Jessica Hopkins - Seattle Mist * Kelly Campbell - Baltimore Charm * Monique Gaxiola - Los Angeles Temptation * Angela Rypien - Baltimore Charm * Brittany Morgan - Atlanta Steam Most Improved Player * Angela Rypien - Baltimore Charm * Laurel Creel - Seattle Mist * Danika Brace - Las Vegas Sin * Jasmine Byndloss - Los Angeles Temptation * Kelly Campbell - Baltimore Charm Coach of the Year * Chris Michaelson - Seattle Mist * Gilbert Brown - Green Bay Chill * Keith Hac - Chicago Bliss * Dontae Allen - Omaha Heart * Gary Clark - Baltimore Charm Team of the Year * Los Angeles Temptation * Seattle Mist * Baltimore Charm * Omaha Heart * Chicago Bliss Legends Cup MVP * Heather Furr - Chicago Bliss 8th Man Award (Best Fan Base) * Baltimore Charm * Omaha Heart * Seattle Mist * Los Angeles Temptation * Green Bay Chill
LFL Awards Winners

References

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