United Football League Brings Professional Football To Omaha

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    The City of Omaha, Nebraska, will become home to the United Football League when its second season kicks off in the fall of 2010.

    The league's first expansion franchise since four teams kicked off the 2009 'Premiere Season' will become a future tenant at the new TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. For the 2010 season, the Omaha team will play its games at Rosenblatt Stadium.

    Former Boston College head coach Jeff Jagodzinski will coach the team and will select the first players for the Omaha roster in an expansion draft to take place on Friday, April 16.

    Jagodzinski led the BC Eagles to a cumulative 20-8 record in two years from 2007-2008 as head coach having previously served as offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers and before that on the coaching staff of the Atlanta Falcons.

    The UFL is also inviting football fans to suggest their favorite name for the Omaha team and announced a 'Your Town, Your Team, Your Name - You Make The Call' promotion being run in association with the Omaha World-Herald and 1620 The Zone, Omaha's ESPN Radio. From Friday onwards, fans can enter the naming contest via the newspaper's www.Omaha.com website and can also visit the official league website www.UFL-Football.com.

    United Football League Commissioner Michael Huyghue and Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski were formally welcomed to Omaha by Mayor Jim Suttle, Greater Omaha Chamber President & CEO David Brown and MECA President & CEO Roger Dixon at a press conference at the Qwest Center Omaha on Thursday.

    "Expansion is an exciting time for a sports league and we are excited to be here in a new UFL city that we believe will embrace an exciting and high-quality product on the field at an affordable price," said UFL Commissioner Huyghue. "Omaha fits the ideal UFL model of having a passionate fan base that we believe deserves a professional football team."

    Coach Jagodzinski added: "I am delighted to have been charged with putting a winning team on the field and hope we can make the fans in Omaha proud of their expansion team. Our players and coaches will live in and become a part of the local community during the season and we cannot wait to get started."

    The Omaha team will face opposition home and away in the form of the Florida Tuskers, Hartford Colonials, Las Vegas Locos and Sacramento Mountain Lions and the 2010 season will run from early September to the week of Thanksgiving. The UFL will announce further expansion plans in the near future.

    Football fans eager to learn about ticket information for UFL games in Omaha can visit the www.UFL-Football.com website.
     

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