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
Monterrey Steel logo
League/conference affiliations
National Arena League (2017)
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 (20012002).

History

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]

Players

Roster

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
  • 14 Sergio Schiaffino

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

Staff

Monterrey Steel staff
Front Office
  • Owner - Fernando Von Rossum
 

Head Coach

  • Head Coach - J. A. Anderson

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Playoff Berth League Leader
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2017 2017NAL 4th740Lost Semifinal 32–43 vs. Jacksonville
Totals 740All-time regular season record (2017)
01All-time postseason record (2017)
750All-time regular season and postseason record (2017)

Head coaches' records

Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
WLTWin%WL
J. A. Anderson2017740.63601

References

  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.
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