The Heat lost their first 12 games in a row before defeating the St. Louis Ambush 25–16 in front of a home crowd on January 30.
[11][12] With the league expansion and reorganization, the Heat's Eastern division rivals for 2014–15 are the Baltimore Blast, Detroit Waza, Rochester Lancers, and Syracuse Silver Knights.
On June 18, the team introduced original Harrisburg Heat star Tarik Walker as the head coach for the 2014–15 season.
[17][18] The Heat held an open tryout camp on September 6–7 to find new players and evaluate returning veterans.
[19][20] After the tryout camp, the team signed forwards Dean Miller and Tom Mellor plus midfielder Kenny Fultz.
[21][22][23] On September 20, the Heat held an invitation-only tryout camp to further evaluate veterans hoping to return and select new players.
[25] On October 20, the team announced the signings of veteran goalkeepers Justin Johnson and Tim Mehl plus defenders Brad Kerstetter and Zach Sell.
[26] On October 21, the Heat re-signed midfielder Kevin Wolfe plus defenders Val Teixeira, Connor Malone, and Craig Tyrrell.