The BC Angels were a

women's football Women's football most often refers to: * Women's association football (hannah jones ). Women's football may also refer to: * Women's gridiron football * Women's Australian rules football * Ladies' Gaelic football * Women's rugby league * Women's ...

team in the

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(LFL) and played in the

2012 LFL Canada season The 2012 LFL Canada Season was the fourth season in the Lingerie Football League. LFL Canada features four teams in four cities across Canada. For the 2012 season the League granted three new franchises: BC Angels, Regina Rage and the Saskatoon Si ...

. Based in

Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. With an estimated population of 153,524 people it is the largest municipality in the province outside metro ...

, (70 kilometres away from

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) the Angels played their home games at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre. The Angels won the

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Canada I, the league championship in the only season it was contested.

History

The Angels were the second team announced as a charter team in

LFL Canada The Extreme Football League (X League) is an American women's semi-professional tackle football league. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013. ...

following the Toronto Triumph, which had played in the

in the 2011–12 season. Along with the Regina Rage and

Saskatoon Sirens The Saskatoon Sirens were a women's football team in the Lingerie Football League (LFL) and played in the 2012 LFL Canada season. Based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the Sirens played their home games at the Credit Union Centre. The Sirens were on ...

, the LFL Canada commenced play with four teams for its inaugural 2012 season. Although the initial intention was for Vancouver to host the team,

BC Place BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province. The venue is currently ...

did not have any weekend dates available in 2012, and

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was uninterested. They shared a colour scheme with the

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, the province's

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team, instead of the local professional football team, the

BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first season ...

, like most of the other LFL teams. In March 2012, LFL Canada announced tryout details on their website and made a casting call on Model Mayhem. Tryouts for the BC Angels were held on March 23, 2012 in

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. Dress attire for the tryout was "cute gym wear". Forty prospective players from the tryout were to be selected to move on to a mini-camp held in May, from which thirty would be selected for a training camp in June. Twenty players would then be selected for the final roster. Commissioner Mortaza expected "a few hundred, if not maybe a couple thousand, to come out and compete for only 20 coveted spots." Only twenty women showed up for the tryout, from Richmond, Vancouver, Surrey, Port Coquitlam, and Langley. LFL Canada Lingerie Bowl I was played on November 17, 2012, between the

and the BC Angels in Abbotsford, one week before the

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. The BC Angels won the inaugural championship game 25–12 with Angels' quarterback Mary Ann Hanson as the game's Most Valuable Player. The Lingerie Football League changed its name to the

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in January 2013, creating the Legends Football League Canada. A few weeks before the scheduled start of the 2013 season, it was postponed to 2014. The ''

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'' attributed the cancellation to concerns held by players at the Calgary Fillies and the

over player safety and management competence. However, the BC Angels were expected to participate in the second Pacific Cup between the Angels and the

Seattle Mist The Seattle Mist was a team in the Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, and were founded as part of the Lingerie Bowl's expansion into a full-fledged league in 2009. They played their home games at the ShoWare Cente ...

scheduled for December 2013. On 3 October, it was announced that the Angels would be replaced in the game by the

Los Angeles Temptation The Los Angeles Temptation were a women's American football team in the Legends Football League, previously known as the Lingerie Football League, based in Los Angeles and Ontario, California. The team was established as Team Dream, one of two te ...

, citing not enough preparation, although a few players from the Angels joined the Mist team. The LFL Canada and the BC Angels never returned.

References

External links

* {{Lingerie Football League Legends Football League Canada teams Sport in Abbotsford, British Columbia American football teams established in 2012 2012 establishments in British Columbia Women in British Columbia