Thursday, December 12, 2013

Division 2 national football championship moving to Kansas City in 2014

KANSAS CITY, Kansas -- College football’s national championship is coming to the pitch. Well, the Division 2 college football championship that is.

For years the destination to crown the national champion in Division 2 football had been Florence, Alabama. That will change starting in 2014 when the national championship game moves to Kansas City’s Sporting Park, home of the MLS club Sporting Kansas City since 2011. The location change will be in effect from 2014 through the 2017 season, the NCAA announced Wednesday among a number of future championship sites for various sports.

The game had been played on the campus of North Alabama since 1986. Braly Municipal Stadium served as the host venue for the game, with a capacity of 14,215. The stadium is considered ...



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