The Duluth Harbor Monsters fell to the Kansas City Goats 77-52 in The Arena League football opener for both teams Saturday night at Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
The Goats led 32-26 at halftime.
Duluth (0-1) will next visit the Ozarks Lunkers on June 15 in Springfield, Missouri.
The Harbor Monsters' home opener is Saturday, June 23, against the Kansas City Goats at historic Duluth Arena.
The Duluth Harbor Monsters defeated the Iowa Woo 46-44 to capture the inaugural The Arena League championship on Saturday night at DECC Arena. Duluth finished 7-3 overall and the season with six consecutive victories. "Possibly one of the most eventful, enjoyable, suspenseful sporting events I have ever experienced in
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“The city of Duluth embraced this team when they were the Duluth Harbor Monsters. Going to all these games — for me to take that away from them would have been selfish.” -- New Minnesota Monsters owner Jacob Lambert
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