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Name (FROM PAGE ONE)instead with the AJFL for several reasons.The EIFL team was going to be a traveling team and the AIFL offered me a contract with a team with a home/' Liotta said. It was the best deal for me.Terry acknowledged that the 3 Rivers Rats are going to play all of their games in 2007 on the road because the league could not find a suitable home for the team, We looked at several arenas in that area, including the Ice Gardens, and didn’t, think it was ; worth it for us, Ifcrry said.We think the 3 Rivers Rats will play their home games in 2008 in Monroeville. We’ve been talking to the people who have an arena there that suits us.Haines said he is thrilled to be involved with the Ice Gardens, calling the mid-Mon Valley an area rich in football tradition.T think it is a great area for us, Haines said.Liotta does not want lo be drawn into any controversy and said ho wishes both leagues and their teams well.He is a good guy who wewish we still had,” said Terry of the coach of the Pittsburgh River Rats. I-can understand him leaving us because they offered him more money. It was a better deal for him.”Terry said the new owner/GM of the 3 Rivers Rats is Ameer Dudley, a Duquesne University graduate and former AIFL player. A couch for the team wilt be named soon.Other teams in the EIFL include the Mid-American (111.) Buzzards, Bay Shore (N.J.) Brawlers and the Baltimore Black Birds.
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Aug 07, 2006
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