Seattle Mist


The Seattle Mist was a team in the Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, and were founded as part of the Lingerie Bowl's expansion into a full-fledged league in 2009. They played their home games at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.
The league rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013 and shifted away from the Super Bowl halftime shows. Following the 2019 season, the LFL ceased operations and relaunched as the Extreme Football League for the 2020 season. All former LFL teams received new brands and the Mist were replaced by the Seattle Thunder.

History

In 2004, the first Lingerie Bowl was played during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII between two teams of models and actresses wearing lingerie and minimal protective football gear. The Lingerie Bowl was played for three consecutive years as an alternative Super Bowl halftime event while adding additional teams in 2005 and 2006. The event was then cancelled for various reasons in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2009, the event organizers launched the concept as a full league called the Lingerie Football League, culminating in the Lingerie Bowl as the championship game between the conference champions, still during the Super Bowl halftime.
The league launched its inaugural 2009–10 season with ten teams in two conferences with the Seattle Mist in the Western Conference. Each LFL team played the other four teams in its division once. Two of the games were at home and two were on the road. The Mist went 3–1 in its first season, but failed to make it to the playoffs as per the league's tie-breaking procedures.
The 2010–11 LFL season had the same schedule format as the 2009–10 season, but all games aired on MTV2. The Mist went 0–3 in the season and the last game against the Dallas Desire was cancelled due to the potential of inclement weather in the outdoor stadium and because both teams could not make the playoffs. The following season, the Mist signed Angela Rypien, the daughter of former Washington Redskins' quarterback Mark Rypien, as their starting quarterback. She debuted against the Green Bay Chill on September 30, 2011. The team went 2–2 and missed the playoffs for the third straight season.
The league postponed the 2012–13 season, but the Mist played a game called the Pacific Cup against LFL Canada's BC Angels at the ShoWare Center on December 15, 2012. In January 2013, the LFL rebranded as the Legends Football League, shifted away from the Super Bowl halftime event, and moved the season to a spring and summer schedule starting in March 2013. The Mist qualified for the playoffs for the first time in the 2013 season after an undefeated regular season, but lost to the Chicago Bliss in the conference championship game. The team then missed the playoffs in 2014 after losing to the Los Angeles Temptation in their last game of the season.
In 2015, the team made it back to the playoffs and won their first Legends Cup over the Chicago Bliss 27–21. They lost to the Bliss in the Legends Cup the following season, but went on to win again in 2017 and 2019.
After the 2019 season, the LFL effectively ceased operations and restructured as the X League, replacing the Mist with the Seattle Thunder identity.

Seasons

2009–10

DateOpponentVenueScoreRecord
September 11San Diego SeductionShoWare CenterWon, 20–61–0
October 9at Denver DreamDick's Sporting Goods ParkWon, 28–192–0
November 27at Los Angeles TemptationLos Angeles Sports ArenaLost, 20–262–1
January 1Dallas DesireShoWare CenterWon, 28–123–1

Roster

2010–11

DateOpponentVenueScoreRecord
August 27Los Angeles TemptationShoWare CenterLost, 32–360–1
October 8Chicago BlissShoWare CenterLost, 12–410–2
October 22at San Diego SeductionSan Diego Sports ArenaLost, 25–260–3
January 21at Dallas DesireCotton BowlCancelled0–3

Roster

DateOpponentVenueScoreRecord
September 30at Green Bay ChillResch CenterWon, 42–81–0
November 4Las Vegas SinShoWare CenterLost, 24–281–1
December 16at Los Angeles TemptationCitizens Business Bank ArenaLost, 24–271–2
January 6Minnesota ValkyrieShoWare CenterWon, 32–142–2

Roster

Roster

DateOpponentVenueScoreRecord
May 2Green Bay ChillShoWare CenterWon, 38–241–0
June 13at Chicago BlissSears Centre ArenaTied, 34–341–0–1
July 26Las Vegas SinShoWare CenterWon, 29–182–0–1
August 2at Los Angeles TemptationCitizens Business Bank ArenaLost, 34–122–1–1

Roster

Roster

2017 season

2018 season

DateOpponentVenueScoreRecord
May 19Nashville KnightsShoWare CenterLost, 24–430–1
June 16at Atlanta SteamInfinite Energy ArenaLost, 42–440–2
July 21at Austin AcousticH-E-B CenterWon, 41–261–2
July 28Atlanta SteamShoWare CenterLost, 18–401–3

2019 season