Rockford Metros
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The Rockford Metros was an Arena football team formed by Arena Football League founder Jim Foster for the purposes of playing a "test game" in Rockford, Illinois in the spring of 1986 at the MetroCentre. The team was named after the MetroCentre itself. Players were taken from different semi-pro leagues in the area or those who just finished their final years of college football. They defeated the Chicago Politicians 30-18. The test was successful, as the Arena Football League began operation the next spring with four teams and has operated continuously ever since. However no team was ever placed in, or apparently even proposed, for Rockford.
