Chicago Knights The Chicago Knights are a Professional Indoor Football team based in Villa Park , Illinois . The team was founded in 2010 and will begin play in 2011 as a member of the Continental Indoor Football League , playing their home games at the Odeum Expo Center . The Knights are currently the third Indoor Football Team based in Chicagoland . The Chicago Rush of the new Arena Football League are based in Rosemont , and the Chicago Slaughter of the Indoor Football League are based in Hoffman Estates . The Knights replaced the Cardinals as the Chicago - based CIFL team , which replaced the Slaughter after they left for the Indoor Football League after a dispute with CIFL management . 2011 Season . The Knights started the season with a painful 7 - 53 loss to the defending champions , the Cincinnati Commandos . After almost a complete month off , the Knights were back in action on April 2 against the Port Huron Predators , and came away with a 45 - 29 win . The Knights were led by Brandon Wogoman , the reigning CIFL All - Purpose Player of the Year , who had a rushing touchdown , a passing touchdown and a kick - return touchdown to lead the Knights to their first win since the franchise moved to their present location in 2010 . After a conflict with the Odeum Expo Center , the Knights played , what was supposed to be a home game , in Indianapolis against the Indianapolis Enforcers . Then on April 7 , 2011 it was announced that the Knights would play the rest of their games in Loves Park , Illinois in the Victory Sports Complex . 2011 Standings . y - clinched regular - season title x - clinched playoff spot Chicago Cardinals . The Cardinals replaced the Slaughter in the CIFL , after the Slaughter left that league for the IFL due to a dispute with CIFL management . The Cardinals were formally known as the Milwaukee Bonecrushers , also of the CIFL , and relocated to Villa Park in 2010 . The Cardinals use their name with permission from the original National Football League team , now known as the Arizona Cardinals . The Cardinals only season was one of utter disappointment . After starting 0 - 2 , they signed Kicker Julie Harshbarger , the 2nd female Kicker in the CIFL history . ( The other being Katie Hnida of the Fort Wayne Firehawks ) After a successful soccer career at Benedictine University and Rockford College , where she was named to several all - conference teams . Well Harshbarger was not the first woman to score a point in a indoor football game , but she was the first woman ever to score a field goal in an indoor football game . After a 20 - 58 loss on May 22 , and seeing their record drop to 0 - 8 , the Cardinals let several of their best players , including the All - Purpose Player of the Year ( Brandon Wogoman ) , leave the team for the nearby , and contending , Wisconsin Wolfpack . 2010 CIFL Awards . All - Purpose Player of the Year - Brandon Wogoman ( Ended the season playing for the Wisconsin Wolfpack ) 1st Team All - CIFL OL Matt Rohn ( Ended the season playing for the Wisconsin Wolfpack ) AP Brandon Wogoman 2nd Team All - CIFL DL Adrian Herry DB Ricky Emery KR Brandon Wogoman Milwaukee Bonecrushers . The Milwaukee Bonecrushers were a team in the Continental Indoor Football League . They played their home games at the U . S . Cellular Arena . The Bonecrushers were Milwaukee ' s second indoor football franchise , following the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League . The franchise made an immediate splash in Milwaukee when it announced former Green Bay Packer Gilbert Brown signed a three - year contract to be the team ' s first head coach . However , the optimism quickly faded when Brown announced he was resigning from the position after just three games on April 8 , 2008 . Much of the team ' s staff and many of the team ' s players also left at the same time , raising eyebrows among the Milwaukee media and fans . The Bonecrushers finished 2008 with a hodgepodge of players and coaches , winning just one game , a 51 - 46 road contest against the Muskegon Thunder featuring a 26 - yard touchdown run by Bonecrushers ' quarterback Brian Ryczkowski on the final play of the game . The rumored reasoning behind the exodus of many of the original members of the franchise was the team ' s inability to pay its bills or personnel . This was confirmed when a judgment was entered against the Bonecrushers in favor of Challenger Industries , the company that sold the team its game field AstroTurf , in the amount of $ 29 , 539 . 29 on October 15 , 2008 . Challenger resolved its claim against John Burns , one of the owners of the Milwaukee Bonecrushers , prior to the matter going to trial . The Bonecrushers returned to action in 2009 with renewed optimism after signing LeRoy McFadden , brother of NFL player Darren McFadden , as its new head coach , as well as the previous year ' s CIFL Offensive Player of the Year , Randy Bell . However , McFadden also chose to resign after just three games , leaving assistant coach , John Burns , to take over as head coach . While the Bonecrushers survived the 2009 season in Milwaukee , attendance dwindled to nearly nothing and the team finished with a record of 3 - 8 . Prior to the 2010 season , the Bonecrushers management reorganized and the team elected to cease operations in Milwaukee . Many of the individuals involved with the Bonecrushers , including Burns , moved onto be part of the new Chicago Cardinals franchise based in Villa Park , Ill . While the Bonecrushers franchise is generally regarded as having failed in the eyes of Milwaukeeans , their existence did help create two other CIFL franchises : The Cardinals and the Wisconsin Wolfpack . Plans had already been in place for the Wolfpack to field its first outdoor team in the summer of 2008 when Brown left the Bonecrushers . Eventually , many members of the Wolfpack ' s staff were brought in to help the Bonecrushers complete the indoor season . In 2009 , the Wolfpack fielded a CIFL team of its own in Madison , Wisconsin . The Bonecrushers would play the Wolfpack twice in their final season in Milwaukee , losing both times . Season - by - season . ! Totals | | 8 | | 36 | | 0 < nowiki > * < / nowiki > = Current Standing