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The Central Penn Capitals (formerly the York Capitals) are a professional indoor football team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Capitals are members of American Indoor Football (AIF). Although the club was established in 2012 as an expansion team for the 2013 season, when Jim Morris secured the rights to an AIF franchise in York, Pennsylvania at the York City Ice Arena, home games are now played at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center. The Capitals were York's first indoor/arena football team, but now are Harrisburg's second such team, the first being the Harrisburg Stampede, which played in the AIF (and its predecessors the AIFA and SIFL) from 2009 until 2013 before moving to Hershey and the Professional Indoor Football League the following season. ==Franchise history== In October 2012, it was announced that York, Pennsylvania had been awarded an expansion franchise of American Indoor Football (AIF). The franchise announced the following week that they would be holding a name-the-team contest open to York fans. The finalist of the team names came out to "Capitals", "Patriots", "Renegades", "Independence" and "Colonials", with Capitals gaining 49.2% of the votes to be the official nickname. The team's name refers to the city's colonial heritage, with the Continental Congress having completed the final draft of the Articles of Confederation while it met in York during ten months of the Revolutionary War. York is thus considered one of the first capitals of the United States. The team introduced its first four players during a news conference on December 5, 2012: * Rafael Cooper – running back * Thomas Potts – linebacker * Archie Smith – defensive back, wide receiver * Keith Stokes – wide receiver The Capitals opened play with a 32–25 victory over the Washington Eagles. York battled to a 5–4 regular season record, securing a playoff spot. The Capitals faced in-state rival, the Harrisburg Stampede, with a chance to advance to the AIF Championship Game. The Stampede rallied in the 4th quarter with 17 points to win 51–41, ending the Capitals season. For the 2014 season the Capital announced that Matt Steeple would coach the team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Penn Capitals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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