The Minnesota Valkyrie were a women's American football team that played in the

Legends Football League The Extreme Football League (X League) is a women's Semi-professional sports, semi-professional indoor American football league operating in the United States. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and ...

(formerly the Lingerie Football League). Based in

Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...

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, the team played their home games at the Target Center. On March 23, 2011, it was announced that the Lingerie Football League (LFL) would add an expansion team to Minneapolis for the 2011–12 season. On April 4, 2011, the team was officially named Minnesota

Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ( or ; from ) is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become ('single fighters' or 'once fighters').Orchard (1997:36) and Li ...

. Tony Nguyen was the head coach for the first season. The LFL announced that it would suspend operations of the teams in the United States for the 2012–13 season, but returned in the spring of 2013 rebranded as the Legends Football League. Benson Manento was the head coach in 2013. The team folded in December 2013.

Seasons

2011–12 schedule

2013 schedule

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* {{Extreme Football League Legends Football League US teams Sports in Minneapolis American football teams in Minneapolis–Saint Paul American football teams established in 2011 American football teams disestablished in 2013 2011 establishments in Minnesota 2013 disestablishments in Minnesota Women's sports in Minneapolis