St. Louis’ XFL team name will be the BattleHawks

A day after getting a Major League Soccer expansion franchise, St. Louis learned the name of its already awarded XFL expansion team.

The St. Louis BattleHawks will begin play in February 2020.

The league revealed the logos and names Wednesday for its eight teams, which will take the field when the XFL returns next year.

The other seven teams are the Los Angeles Wildcats, New York Guardians, DC Defenders, Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Seattle Dragons and Tampa Bay Vipers. The reveal was done during a presentation on the XFL website that was also on the ESPN and FOX Sports websites.

The league announced in 2017 that it was coming back after it went one season in 2001 before shutting down. The XFL recently signed former Oklahoma and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Landry Jones as its first player and had a session in California with coaches to go over rules.