Lafayette Swamp Cats (USL)
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Lafayette Swamp Cats were an American
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team, founded in 2000. The team was a member of the
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, until 2004, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated. They were given "provisional status" in 2000, and played 12 exhibition games against other PDL sides, before joining the league full-time in 2001 as the Louisiana Outlaws, a name they kept until 2003, when they changed their name to the Swamp Cats. The Swamp Cats played their home games at Clark Field in the city of
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. The team's colors were red and yellow.


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2003–04


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