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

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
Season League Regular season Postseason results
FinishWinsLossesTies
2017 NAL4th740Lost Semifinal 32–43 vs. Jacksonville

Players

Roster

Monterrey Steel roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 55 Charles Stevens

Wide receivers

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers
  • 11 Nathaniel Dunn
  • 17 Wesley Mauia

Defensive backs

Special teams

  •  6 Brandon Rutherford
 Reserve lists
  • 12 Jacoby Jones WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 23 Jonathan Lugo FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Charles McClain WR (Exempt)
  •  9 Darwin Pittman LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • -- Eric Weaver OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 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

2017 season
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)

Standings
2017 National Arena League standings
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
z – Jacksonville Sharks 111.917697299—L1
y – Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 91.9006103491.0W7
x – Columbus Lions 93.7506894122.0W6
x – Monterrey Steel 74.6364783643.5W1
High Country Grizzlies 37.3004494847.0L4
Georgia Firebirds 29.1823725768.5L5
Dayton Wolfpack 07.0001254788.5L7
Corpus Christi Rage 09.0001666249.5L9

z – clinched home field advantage

y – clinched home playoff game

x – clinched playoff spot

Regular season

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[lower-alpha 1]
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
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
  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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