The team began play as the New York/New Jersey Revolution in the Great Lakes Indoor Football League's inaugural 2006 season.

The team won its first game on May 5, 2007, with a 48–47 victory over the Summit County Rumble in Tallmadge, Ohio led by first year head coach Scott Veith.

[1] They played three games at home, all victories over other semi-pro teams: 77–18 over the East Penn Sting, 62–0 over the New York State Broncos, and a 69–24 over the Lebanon Valley Cardinals.

The neutral site game was originally announced as an exhibition contest but then listed in the final overall AIFA league standings.

The AIFA suspended operations four months later with many of its teams, including the Trenton Steel, joining the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL).