Washington Commandos

The Washington Commandos were an inaugural member of the Arena Football League in 1987 and played their home games at Capital Centre. Despite averaging more than 11,000 fans per game, the Commandos didn’t field a team in 1988 due to a lack of investors. The team returned for the 1989 season as the Maryland Commandos and played four home games at George Mason’s Patriot Center in 1990 as the Washington Commandos (yeah, they changed their name again) before folding.

Washington Federals

A nod to D.C.’s short-lived United States Football League team, which played the 1983 and 1984 seasons at RFK before the franchise was moved to Orlando and renamed the Renegades.

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Washington Warthogs

The name of D.C.’s defunct indoor futbol team, which played at USAir Arena in the Continental Indoor Soccer League from 1994 to 1997. Diplomats, the name of D.C.’s old North American Soccer League team, is another possibility.

Washington Selfies

The team logo could be a Leonsis selfie, but players should be required to take their own selfie for the logo on their helmets, eliminating the problem of players being unrecognizable on the field. Let’s be honest, AFL players need all the face time they can get.

Washington Pixels

Leonsis loves pixels, wicked and otherwise.

Washington Arenas

There’s Agent Zero chance of this happening.

Washington Sea Dogs

This was one of the five finalists — along with Wizards, Express, Stallions and Dragons — in late owner Abe Pollin’s “contest” to rename the Bullets. Like Wizards, Sea Dogs is much more appropriate for an AFL team than an NBA franchise.

Washington Bullets

Do it.

Washington Warriors

Redskins owner Daniel Snyder bought the expansion rights to an Arena Football League franchise for approximately $4 million in 1999 and planned to call the team the the Warriors. Snyder applied for a trademark registration for “Washington Warriors” a few months later, but the team, which was scheduled to begin play in 2003, never came to fruition. Snyder has since abandoned the Warriors trademark.

Washington Football Team

It’s already kind of in use. (via @Sean_Michael_DC)