The Carolina Force was a professional

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team situated in

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. The team began play in 2012 as an expansion member of

American Indoor Football American Indoor Football (AIF) is a professional Indoor American football, indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the ...

(AIF). The Force played their home games at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center. The Force is the second arena/indoor football team to be based in Concord, following the

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which played at the Cabarrus Arena in

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and

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before moving to

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and the

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the following year. The Force name is derived from a previous AIFA team, the South Carolina Force.

Notable players

All-league selections * WR Jasonus Tillery

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

''Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.''

References

External links

Carolina Force official website

American Indoor Football official Website
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