Rio Grande Valley Dorados

Rio Grande Valley Dorados
Rio Grande Valley Dorados
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General information
Founded	2003
Folded	2009
Headquartered	Dodge Arena; in Hidalgo, Texas
Colors	Navy blue, red, gold, white;
Personnel
Head coach	Gary Gussman (2004); Kevin Guy (2005); Marty Hammond (2006–2009)
Team history
	Rio Grande Valley Dorados (2005–2009);
Home fields
	Dodge Arena (2004–2009);
League / conference affiliations
	AF2 (2004–2009) National Conference (2004–2009) Southwestern Division (2004); Western Division (2005); Midwestern Division (2006); Southwest Division (2007–2009); ; ;
Championships
	Division championships: 1; 2007;
Playoff appearances (3)
	2005, 2007, 2009;

The Rio Grande Valley Dorados were a professional arena football team. They began playing in 2004 as an expansion member of af2, the minor league to the Arena Football League. They played their home games at Obra Homes Field at Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas.

They had been fairly successful in their existence including a 15–1 regular season in 2007 before losing to Bossier-Shreveport in the American Conference semifinals.

The team folded in 2009 after the af2 folded, at which point the relaunched Arena Football League (AFL) then owned the rights to the Dorados name and logo. The AFL let the trademarks lapse and a new team using the same branding was launched in 2019 as part of a regional league called the International Arena Football League. The new team, owned by Juan and Erika Arevalo, markets itself as a continuation of the defunct af2 team.