Editing Washington Commandos (section)

==Return of the AFL in Washington==
In 1999, [[Washington Redskins]] owner [[Daniel Snyder]] announced that he would bring an expansion team to DC to be called the Washington Warriors.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/the_sportspages/2002/05/are_you_ready_for_the_washington_warriors.html Are You Ready for the Washington Warriors?], Bryan Curtis, Slate.com, May 6, 2002</ref> (At the time, there was speculation in the media that Snyder actually wanted to change the name of the Redskins to the Warriors, due to the [[Washington Redskins name controversy|controversy]] over the NFL's team monicker.) But after a ten-year wait and the AFL's canceling its season in 2009, that never materialized.<ref>[http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/08/05/cheap-seats-daily-washington-warriors-wont-ever-play-in-the-afl/ Cheap Seats Daily: Washington Warriors Won't Ever Play in the AFL?], Dave McKenna, ''Washington City Paper'', August 5, 2009</ref>

In 2016, it was announced that [[Ted Leonsis]] of Monumental Sports, owner of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Washington Wizards]], [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[Washington Mystics]] and the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Washington Capitals]] was launching an [[Washington Arena Football League Team|expansion franchise]] that would play at the [[Capital One Arena|Verizon Center]] in Washington, DC in 2017.<ref>[http://wtop.com/sports/2016/02/leonsis-close-to-securing-arena-football-league-team-for-d-c/ Leonsis close to securing Arena Football League team for D.C.], WTOP Radio website, February 10, 2016</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160517012036/http://www.arenafootball.com:80/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/031016aaa.html AFL Lands New Team in Nation's Capital]}}, ArenaFootball.com, March 10, 2016</ref> The [[Washington Valor]] played from 2017 until 2019, when the league was suspended.