Russian Legion (paintball team)

The Russian Legion is a professional paintball team based in Moscow, Russia that plays in the National X-Ball League or NXL.

2005

In 2005 the Russian Legion played all the NXL events in that year, placing 2nd, behind Baltimore Trauma. The score of the final game between Trauma and Legion was 8-9 in Trauma's favor. Russian Legion had the best win to loss record of any team that year in the NXL.

2006–2007

In 1999 they joined the NXL and were forced to change their team name because all teams must have an American city as their representative city. They chose Boston and became the Boston Red Legion. In the off season of 2005–2006, they picked up American-born players, brothers Bart and Matt Blonski, both former players of New York Xtreme. They also picked up Swedish-born Alexander Lundqvist, also formerly of New York Xtreme. After winning 3 events in the 2006 NXL season, including the World Cup, the Boston Red Legion’s final ranking for that year was 1st place.

During the 2006–2007 off season, they added 2 new players to their roster, David "The Beast" Bains (American) who helped them win World Cup the year before, and Hamen Chapman (American). In spite of adding two new players, all star, and original Russian Legion player Dan Maskell (England) left the team.

In the 2007 season, they placed 2nd in the Los Angeles Open, in a 9-8 loss to the Los Angeles Ironmen, in overtime. During the Mid-Atlantic Open they placed first by defeating Xfactor in the finals with a 9-4 victory.

Players Alex Lundqvist, Matt Blonski, and Bart Blonski formed a team called New Jersey Authority, to play in the NPPL series. These players play on both Red Legion, and NJ Authority.

2007 roster

• Matthew Alesi Staff
• Aleksandr Berdnikov Pro
• Bart Blonski Pro
• Matt Blonski Pro
• Konstantin Fedorov Pro [left the team at the end of the season to play with Philly All Americans]
• Alexander Galka Division 1
• Mikhail Knyazev Pro
• Alex Lundqvist Pro [Also a professional model for big brands such as Calvin Klein]
• Maxim Morozov Pro
• Vasiliy Panteleev Pro
• Kirill Prikhidni Pro
• Sergei Samuylov Division 1
• Sergey Solnyshkov Division 4
• Alexander Solodovnikov Division 4
• Alexey Soloviev Pro
• Alexander Tarando Division 1

2008

• Phoenix Open

Dates: March 13th-16th Location: Glendale Youth Sports Complex at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ