River City Raiders

River City Raiders

Founded	2012
League	UIFL (2013) XLIF (2014–2015) AIF (2016)
Team history	Missouri Monsters (2013) St. Louis Attack (2014–2015) River City Raiders (2016–present)
Based in	St. Charles, Missouri (2013–present)
Arena	Family Arena (2013–present)
Colors	Purple, Black, White
Owner(s)	Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC
President	Kenny Nowling
Head coach	Corey Bethany
General Manager	Lin Hart, Jr.
Playoff berths	(2) 2014, 2016
Mascot	Mak
Website	River City Raiders

The River City Raiders (formerly known as the Missouri Monsters and the St. Louis Attack)^[1] are a professional indoor football team based in St. Charles, Missouri. They play their home games at Family Arena.

The Raiders are the second indoor football team to be based in St. Charles, the other being the River City Rage who last played in 2009.^[2]

Franchise history

2012

The Monsters, originally known as the Kentucky Monsters, were created due to a dispute with the Northern Kentucky River Monsters, who played the Ultimate Indoor Football League's (UIFL) inaugural season in Highland Heights until the team and the UIFL agreed to part ways. The latter Monsters were created in an attempt to retain the UIFL's rights on the Bank of Kentucky Center and to prevent the original tenants from using the arena. (The UIFL also secured the rights to the Cincinnati market, via the Cincinnati Commandos, to keep the River Monsters from taking root there as well.) The Monsters said they would maintain the River Monsters' prior records. With the objective of forcing the River Monsters out of the Northern Kentucky market having succeeded, the team never made it beyond the naming of a head coach; the Kentucky Monsters quietly folded prior to the 2012 season without playing any games in the UIFL.

2013

Missouri Monsters Logo

Its intellectual property rights were transferred to a proposed 2013 expansion team set to play in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.^[3] John Parker, was named head coach. On March 8, 2013, the Missouri Monsters opened their season with a game against the Corpus Christi Fury, losing 74-37 in front of a crowd of 4,092 ^[4]

On March 26, 2013, head coach John Parker was fired, and Martino Theus was named head coach effective immediately. The Missouri Monsters completed the 2013 season with a 5-5 record.

2014

St. Louis Attack Logo

For the 2014 season, the Monsters changed their name to the St. Louis Attack and played in the X-League Indoor Football.^[5] Chris McKinney was named head coach.

After an undefeated regular season, Attack head coach Chris McKinney was named X-League Coach of the Year, and owner Andrew Haines was named Team Owner of the Year. Despite their regular season success, the Attack was defeated in the inaugural championship game 60-48 to the Marine Raiders.

2015

Despite finishing with a 5-3 regular season record and in third place in the X-League, the Attack decided to forego their X-League playoff berth for the X-Bowl to be played between the Florida Tarpons and the Florida Marine Raiders.^[6]

2016

On October 14, it was announced that the Attack had been purchased by Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC and would play the 2016 season as a member of American Indoor Football.^[7] On October 29, 2015, the franchise officially changed their name to the River City Raiders. Following the season, the AIF announced that it was ceasing operations, leaving the Raiders without a league to play in.

2017

On October 11, 2016, the River City Raiders were listed as members of Champions Indoor Football (CIF) on the 2017 league schedule.^[8] In late November 2016, the Raiders were removed from the CIF apparently due to non-payment of league fees. However, their regional opponent, the Chicago Eagles, ceased operations in mid-November after the league schedules had already been made and Raiders claimed they actually left the league due to the adverse effects on their schedule caused by the Eagles departure.^[9]

Current roster

River City Raiders roster
Quarterbacks Currently vacant Running Backs Currently vacant Wide Receivers Currently vacant		Offensive Linemen Currently vacant Defensive Linemen Currently vacant		Linebackers Currently vacant Defensive Backs Currently vacant Kickers Currently vacant		Injured Reserve Currently vacant Exempt List Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated October 12, 2016 0 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

Coaches of note

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2016 American Indoor Football season.

Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs		Awards
		W	L	T	Win%	W	L
John Parker	2013	0	2	0	.000	0	0
Martino Theus	2013	5	3	0	.625	0	0
Chris McKinney	2014–2015	10	2	0	.833	0	1
Pat Pimmel	2015	3	1	0	.750	0	0
Corey Bethany	2016–present	6	1	0	.857	0	1

Coaching staff

River City Raiders staff
	Front Office General Manager – Lin Hart Jr. Vice President of Operations – Jason Pilarski Coaching Head Coach – Corey Bethany Offensive Coordinator – Defensive Coordinator – John Noel

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

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

League Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Wild Card Berth

League Leader

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason Results
					Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
2013	2013	UIFL			4th	5	5	0
2014	2014	X-League			1st	9	0	0	Lost X-Bowl I (Florida) 48-60[10]
2015	2015	X-League			3rd	5	3	0
2016*	2016	AIF		Northern	2nd	6	1	0	Lost Divisional Semifinal (Lehigh Valley) 52-54
Totals						25	9	0	All-time regular season record (2013–2016)
						0	2	—	All-time postseason record (2013–2016)
						25	11	0	All-time regular season and postseason record (2013–2016)

* Season currently in progress

References

1. Unknown (23 July 2013). "St. Louis Attack replace Missouri Monsters". Suburban Journals. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
2. Russell Korando (May 25, 2012). "Pro football returning to St. Charles County's Family Arena". St. Louis Journal. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
3. "UIFL & NKY River Monsters Agree to Part Ways". www.theuifl.com. UIFL.
4. "Monster Attendance for Monsters Home Opener".
5. Golden, Devin (2013-05-25). "Going Xtreme: Rampage will help form new indoor league". The Daily Citizen. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
6. "Edge season over as X-League skips to title game". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, IL: Lee Enterprises. June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
7. "Free Tickets Entertainment, LLC Acquires the St. Louis Attack; Joins AIF". American Indoor Football. October 14, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
8. "2017 CIF Schedule". CIF. October 11, 2016.
9. "Weekly Sports League & Franchise Report". OurSports Central. November 28, 2016.
10. Brady Fredericksen (June 15, 2014). "Marine Raiders Top St. Louis, Win X-Bowl". ww.theledger.com. Ledger Media Group. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

External links

• River City Raiders official site