Offseason bonding exercises at Marine Corps base set tone for Legion's sprint to top of the 12-team MLR
On a pitch-black night at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, members of the San Diego Legion rugby team inched along unfamiliar terrain as quietly as possible.
“I tried to tee up ‘Bo’ to have his buddies bring real guns,” Lee said. “I said, ‘Can we get your buddies in the bushes to fire off blanks so it sounds real?’ I was pushing for a real helicopter, too, but it didn’t happen.” The team has invested roughly $500,000 alone in marketing, advertising and facility upgrades this offseason alone, officials said. They visit schools. They hold clinics. They claw for attention, a moment at a time.
Players from the San Diego Legion and Utah Warriors battle it out during a Feb. 18 match at Snapdragon Stadium. “We hear San Diegans love a winning team,” Lee said. “They’ll support a winning team. We’ve had those results this year and it keeps growing the crowd and fan base, which is great.”
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