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Monterrey Steel

The Monterrey Steel was a professional indoor football team and a charter member of the National Arena League (NAL) that played in the 2017 season. Based in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, the Steel played their home games at Arena Monterrey.

Monterrey Steel
Established 2016
Folded 2017
Played in Monterrey, Nuevo León
at Arena Monterrey
MonterreySteel.com
League/conference affiliations
National Arena League (2017)
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, gold, white
     
Personnel
Owner(s)Fernando Von Rossum
PresidentFernando Von Rossum
Head coachJ. A. Anderson
Team history
  • Monterrey Steel (2017)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (1)
2017
Home arena(s)

The Steel were the first team from Mexico to play in an American arena/indoor football league, as well as the first team from outside the United States to play in one since the Toronto Phantoms of the Arena Football League (2001–2002).

History

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On November 30, 2016, it was announced that the Monterrey Steel would be joining the National Arena League for its inaugural 2017 season. In the announcement, the team named arena football veteran J. A. Anderson as their first head coach, and unveiled their logo and color scheme. The Steel nickname is a tribute to Monterrey being the steel capital of Mexico, with the first mills opening in the city in 1903.[1]

The Steel were the only team in the 2017 season to defeat the Jacksonville Sharks in the last week of the regular season at Jacksonville. They again faced the Sharks in Jacksonville one week later in a semifinal playoff game, where they lost 43–32.

During the 2017 off-season, the Steel were unable to commit for playing the 2018 season in the NAL citing the 2017 Central Mexico earthquake. By November 2017, the team website had expired. The team would eventually be removed from the league in December for failing to meet the league's minimum obligations in time for the release of the 2018 schedule.[2]

In January 2018, the Southern Steam of the semi-professional Elite Indoor Football announced they would play the Steel on July 1, 2018, in an international game (along with Lagartos Tamaulipas) but has not been mentioned since.[3]

Season result

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Season League Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2017 NAL 4th 7 4 0 Lost Semifinal 32–43 vs. Jacksonville

Players

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Roster

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Monterrey Steel roster
Quarterbacks


Running backs

  • 55 Charles Stevens


Wide receivers

  • 14 Dello Davis
  •  7 David Lewis
  • 15 Derek Patterson


 Offensive linemen
  • 69 Derrick Zeigler


Defensive linemen

  • 47 Jabari Fletcher
  • 96 Federico Orturo
  • 10 Jeremiah Zene Jr.


 Linebackers
  • 11 Nathaniel Dunn
  • 17 Wesley Mauia


Defensive backs

  •  5 Justin Broome
  •  4 Svante Davenport


Special teams

  •  6 Brandon Rutherford


 Reserve lists
  • 23 Jonathan Lugo FB   (IR)
  •  9 Darwin Pittman LB   (IR)
  • -- Eric Weaver OL   (IR)


  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated June 24, 2017
  • 24 Active, 5 Inactive

Individual awards

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Staff

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Monterrey Steel staff
Front office
  • Owner – Fernando Von Rossum
   Head coach
  • Head coach – J. A. Anderson

2017 season

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2017 Monterrey Steel season
OwnerLeoncio Ruiz
Head coachJ. A. Anderson
Home fieldArena Monterrey
Results
Record7–4
Conference place4th
Playoff finishLost NAL Semifinals 32–43 (Sharks)

Monterrey Steel

Standings

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2017 National Arena League standings
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
z – Jacksonville Sharks 11 1 .917 697 299 — L1
y – Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 9 1 .900 610 349 1.0 W7
x – Columbus Lions 9 3 .750 689 412 2.0 W6
x – Monterrey Steel 7 4 .636 478 364 3.5 W1
High Country Grizzlies 3 7 .300 449 484 7.0 L4
Georgia Firebirds 2 9 .182 372 576 8.5 L5
Dayton Wolfpack 0 7 .000 125 478 8.5 L7
Corpus Christi Rage 0 9 .000 166 624 9.5 L9

z – clinched home field advantage

y – clinched home playoff game

x – clinched playoff spot

Schedule

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Regular season

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The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016.[4]

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Monday March 20 7:00pm Corpus Christi Rage W 55–12 1–0 Arena Monterrey
2 Monday March 27 7:00pm Dayton Wolfpack W 61–24 2–0 Arena Monterrey
3 Monday April 3 7:00pm Corpus Christi Rage W 57–28 3–0 Arena Monterrey
4 Monday April 10 7:05pm at Dayton Wolfpack Cancelled[a]
5 BYE
6 Monday April 24 7:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 21–60 3–1 Arena Monterrey
7 BYE
8 Saturday May 6 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L18–48 3–2 Columbus Civic Center
9 Monday May 15 7:00pm at Corpus Christi Rage W 33–30 4–2 American Bank Center
10 Saturday May 20 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 13–42 4–3 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
11 Saturday May 27 7:00pm at Georgia Firebirds W 68–26 5–3 Albany Civic Center
12 Monday June 5 7:00pm Georgia Firebirds W 66–8 6–3 Arena Monterrey
13 Monday June 12 7:00pm Columbus Lions L 42–49 6–4 Arena Monterrey
14 Saturday June 17 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks W 44–37 7–4 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
  1. ^ Dayton Wolfpack folded due to not having a home arena; replaced by a travel only team based out of Atlanta

Postseason

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Round Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
First Round Saturday June 24 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 32–43 0–1 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

References

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  1. ^ "NAL Goes International". NAL. November 30, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "NAL SET TO BEGIN PLAY IN APRIL - League Schedule to be Released This Week". NationalArenaLeague.com. December 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Bobby Dammarell (January 23, 2018). "EIF GOES INTERNATIONAL". Elite Indoor Football.
  4. ^ "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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