The Rio Grande Valley Dorados were a professional arena football team.
They had been fairly successful in their existence including a 15–1 regular season in 2007 before losing to Bossier-Shreveport in the American Conference semifinals.
[1] The AFL let the trademarks lapse and a new team using the same branding was launched in 2019 as part of a regional league called the International Arena Football League.
This rivalry started heating up when Corpus Christi became a team in the AF2, in 2007.
They hosted the heavily favored Rio Grande Valley Dorados.