Philadelphia Soul (Arena Football)

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Philadelphia Soul Flag of the United States.svg
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City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Founded: 2004
League (): AFL (2004-today)
Greatest successes
AFL : 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Playoff participations
AFL : 2008, 2016, 2017 League champions
Stadion
Surname:

Wells Fargo Center

Address: 3601 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Capacity: 17,597
Contact
Internet: -www.philadelphiasoul.com
Data status
October 16, 2019

The Philadelphia Soul are an arena football team from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania currently playing in the Arena Football League (AFL). The Soul play their home games at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

history

The Soul were founded in 2004. It is owned by a number of business people, including Ron Jaworski , a former NFL quarterback and television expert for ESPN. From 2008 to 2010, the Soul suspended two seasons from the AFL. It was not until the 2011 season that they joined the league again.

The Souls have won the ArenaBowl twice in their history . The last time they did this was in 2016.

The 2017 season went optimally for Philadelphia: After playing 10 games, the Soul won all games and were at the top of the Arena Football League (AFL) table with 10 wins and 0 losses. The last home game on June 17, 2017 was won with 62:41 against the Tampa Bay Storm in front of over 9,000 spectators.

ArenaBowl victories

Championships opponent Score
2008 San Jose SaberCats 59-56
2016 Arizona Rattlers 56-42
2017 Tampa Bay Storm 44-40

Stadion

Philadelphia plays, with a few brief exceptions, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and seats over 17,000 spectators. They share the stadium with the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey team of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Season statistics

year team league S. N Playoffs reached Playoff round
2004 Philadelphia Soul AFL 5 11 No
2005 Philadelphia Soul AFL 6th 10 No
2006 Philadelphia Soul AFL 9 7th Yes S Wild Card Round vs.  Austin Wranglers 52:35

N quarterfinals vs. Orlando Predators 27:31

2007 Philadelphia Soul AFL 8th 8th Yes S Wild Card Round vs. Orlando Predators 41:26

N quarterfinals vs. Georgia Force 36:65

2008 Philadelphia Soul AFL 13 3 Yes S quarter-finals vs. New York Dragons 49:48

S semifinals vs. Cleveland Gladiators 70:35

S ArenaBowl vs.  San Jose SaberCats 59:56

2009 no playing time in AFL
2010 Soul put season out
2011 Philadelphia Soul AFL 6th 12 No
2012 Philadelphia Soul AFL 15th 3 Yes S quarterfinals vs. New Orleans VooDoo 66:53

S semifinals vs. Jacksonville Sharks 89:34

N ArenaBowl vs. Arizona Rattlers 54:72

2013 Philadelphia Soul AFL 12 6th Yes S quarterfinals vs. Orlando Predators 59:55

S semifinals vs. Jacksonville Sharks 75:59

N ArenaBowl vs. Arizona Rattlers 39:48

2014 Philadelphia Soul AFL 9 9 Yes N quarterfinals vs. Cleveland Gladiators 37:39
2015 Philadelphia Soul AFL 15th 3 Yes S quarterfinals Cleveland Gladiators 47:35

N semifinals vs. Jacksonville Sharks 56:61

2016 Philadelphia Soul AFL 13 3 Yes S quarterfinals vs. Tampa Bay Storm 63:41

S semifinals vs. Jacksonville Sharks 55:50

S ArenaBowl vs. Arizona Rattlers 56:42

2017 Philadelphia Soul AFL 13 1 Yes S semifinals vs. Baltimore Brigade 69:54

S ArenaBowl vs. Tampa Bay Storm 44:40

2018 Philadelphia Soul AFL 7th 5 Yes N semifinals vs. Baltimore Brigade 45:57 and 41:53
2019 Philadelphia Soul AFL 7th 5 Yes S semifinals vs. Washington Valor 69:33 and 41:48

N ArenaBowl vs. Albany Empire 27:45

Audience development

year team Audience average
2004 Philadelphia Soul 16,851
2005 Philadelphia Soul 16,121
2006 Philadelphia Soul 15,463
2007 Philadelphia Soul 15,841
2008 Philadelphia Soul 16,477
2009 Philadelphia Soul no playing time in AFL
2010 Philadelphia Soul Soul skip season
2011 Philadelphia Soul 9,802
2012 Philadelphia Soul 10.157
2013 Philadelphia Soul 9,075
2014 Philadelphia Soul 8,633
2015 Philadelphia Soul 8,491
2016 Philadelphia Soul 8,082
2017 Philadelphia Soul 9,680
2018 Philadephia Soul 9,454
2019 Philadelphia Soul 8,733

Squad season 2017

# POS SURNAME HT WT DOB EXP COLLEGE
8th WR Beavers, Larry 6'0 180 10/7/85 6th Wesley
2 LB Bell, Beau 6'2 245 5/26/86 6th UNLV
9 FB Benson, Mykell 6'0 280 12/30/87 6th Florida AM
10 DB Brown, Robert 6'3 205 2/20/93 R. Seton Hill
62 OIL Carvalho, burn 6'1 315 12/8/86 5 Portland State
3 QB Collis, Luke 6'2 225 7/27/88 3 Occidental
55 DL Daniels, Sean 6'3 265 11/13/91 1 Temple
18th LB Goosby, Joe 6'1 230 9/6/86 6th Tulane
22nd DB Hollis, Dwayne 5'10 185 7/7/89 1 North Carolina Wesleyan
21st WR Kauleinamoku, Shaun 5'10 185 5/24/87 7th Western Oregon
99 DL Lawrence, Justin 6'2 305 6/19/87 5 Morgan State
17th WR Livers, Poppy 5'7 175 3/4/92 R. Villanova
19th WR McDaniel, Ryan 6'3 200 9/8/88 4th Samford
72 OIL Newell, Keith 6'6 315 1/10/88 4th Delaware State
5 QB Raudabaugh, Dan 6'3 225 3/30/87 7th Miami OH
7th WR Reynolds, Darius 6'2 215 4/4/89 5 Iowa State
4th DB Richardson, Kent 5'11 200 6/3/90 5 West Virginia
26th DB Rodgers, Kelvin 6'1 180 6/26/87 5 Minnesota State
6th DB Romain, James 5'11 175 8/6/87 7th Delaware
52 OIL Simons, Michael 6'4 310 9/8/89 3 Central Connecticut
77 OIL Tivis, Neal 6'5 330 11/18/88 6th Abilene Christian
12 K Trevino, Adrian 5'11 185 1/2/88 4th Missouri Valley
69 OIL Tribue, Wayne 6'3 330 4/30/90 2 Temple
13 DL Zidian, Zach 6'1 310 7/23/93 R. Duquesne

Web links

Commons : Philadelphia Soul  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Team History | PhiladelphiaSoul.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 .
  2. ^ Philadelphia Soul name new coach. Retrieved July 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ AFLDigital.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ AFLDigital.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ AFLDigital.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ AFL Arena Football History - Year By Year - 2004 | ArenaFan.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ AFLDigital.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017 (English).