1 4 . ▁Original ▁target ed ▁mark ets ▁for ▁teams ▁were ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁ ▁Boston , ▁O ma ha , ▁Or lando , ▁Port land , ▁and ▁either ▁San ▁Antonio ▁or ▁M emph is , ▁Tennessee ▁ ▁with ▁Wed nes day ▁games . ▁The ▁league ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁own ▁two ▁teams ▁out right ▁and ▁four ▁franch ised ▁teams . ▁By ▁June ▁ 2 0 , ▁T omm ie ▁Harris ▁and ▁Eric ▁Bas sey ▁were ▁announced ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁own ers ▁for ▁a ▁franch ise ▁in ▁Austin , ▁Texas , ▁the ▁Texas ▁Out la ws , ▁with ▁other ▁teams ▁announced ▁without ▁ownership ▁were ▁New ▁York , ▁Boston , ▁O ma ha , ▁Port land , ▁Oregon ▁and ▁an ▁un selected ▁Florida ▁city . ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Wood s ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁league ▁would ▁consist ▁of ▁just ▁four ▁teams ▁— ▁Brook lyn , ▁Boston , ▁O ma ha ▁and ▁Miami ▁— ▁with ▁players ▁released ▁from ▁NFL ▁teams ▁to ▁allocated ▁and ▁reporting ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 4 ▁with ▁games ▁to ▁start ▁October ▁ 8 . ▁C ities ▁in ▁which ▁interest ▁in ▁franch ises ▁came ▁from ▁Columb us , ▁Ohio , ▁and ▁Spring field , ▁Missouri . ▁The ▁Miami ▁team ▁became ▁a ▁travel ing ▁team . ▁ ▁The ▁F X FL ▁deb uted ▁on ▁time ▁with ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁game ▁in ▁O ma ha ▁on ▁October ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁between ▁the ▁O ma ha ▁M amm oth s ▁and ▁the