2017 Philadelphia Soul season

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2017 Philadelphia Soul season
Owner Ron Jaworski
Craig Spencer
Pete Ciarrocchi
General manager Phil Bogle
Head coach Clint Dolezel
Home field Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record13–1
League place1st
Playoff finishWon Semifinals 69–54 (Brigade)
Won ArenaBowl XXX 44–40 (Storm)

The 2017 Philadelphia Soul season was the twelfth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Soul played at the Wells Fargo Center. The Soul won their second ArenaBowl the previous season beating the Arizona Rattlers. The Soul lost once in the regular season and repeated as ArenaBowl Champions in the playoffs after defeating the Tampa Bay Storm 44–40 in ArenaBowl XXX.

Contents

Staff

2017 Philadelphia Soul staff
Front office
  • Majority owner – Craig A. Spencer
  • Majority owner – Ron Jaworski
  • Ownership group – Pete Ciarrocchi
  • Ownership group – Cosmo DeNicola
  • Ownership group – Martin E. Judge
  • Ownership Group - Marques Colston
  • Ownership Group - Dick Vermeil
  • Ownership Group - Nicholas Giuffre
  • Ownership Group - Jahri Evans
  • Ownership Group - Philip Jaurigue
  • Ownership Group - Stewart Anmuth
  • Ownership Group - Gil Peter
  • Ownership Group - Hal Brunson
  • Vice President/COO – John Adams
  • General manager – Phil Bogle
  • CIO – Greg Strickland
 

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  • Assistant head coach – Phil Bogle
  • Offensive Coordinator - Steve Criswell

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive backs – Bernie Nowotarski

Roster

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The Soul on May 27
2017 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kicker

Injured reserve

Refused to report

League suspension

Other league exempt

Inactive reserve

Recallable reassignment

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine updated August 24, 2017
24 Active, 13 Inactive

Schedule

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The Soul playing the Tampa Bay Storm on April 15
The Soul playing the Washington Valor on May 27 Soul vs Valor (2017) (10).jpg
The Soul playing the Washington Valor on May 27

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on January 5, 2017. [1]

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendanceReport
ScoreRecord
1Bye
2SaturdayApril 157:00 PM EDT at Tampa Bay Storm W 56–521–0 Amalie Arena 9,071 [2]
3SaturdayApril 227:00 PM EDTat Washington Valor W 49–312–0 Verizon Center 12,122 [3]
4SaturdayApril 297:00 PM EDT Baltimore Brigade W 69–343–0 Wells Fargo Center 11,833 [4]
5SaturdayMay 67:00 PM EDTat Cleveland Gladiators W 69–674–0 Quicken Loans Arena 10,389 [5]
6SaturdayMay 137:00 PM EDTBaltimore BrigadeW 61–565–0Wells Fargo Center9,857 [6]
7SaturdayMay 207:00 PM EDTCleveland GladiatorsW 64–466–0Wells Fargo Center7,667 [7]
8SaturdayMay 271:00 PM EDTat Washington ValorW 48–477–0Verizon Center9,873 [8]
9Bye
10SaturdayJune 107:00 PM EDTCleveland GladiatorsW 59–498–0Wells Fargo Center10,103 [9]
11SaturdayJune 177:00 PM EDTTampa Bay StormW 62–419–0Wells Fargo Center9,081 [10]
12SaturdayJune 247:00 PM EDTat Cleveland GladiatorsW 59–2810–0Quicken Loans Arena10,580 [11]
13Bye
14SaturdayJuly 87:00 PM EDTat Baltimore BrigadeL 42–4910–1 Royal Farms Arena 5,990 [12]
15SaturdayJuly 157:00 PM EDTWashington ValorW 68–4111–1Wells Fargo Center10,149 [13]
16Bye
17SaturdayJuly 291:00 PM EDTat Baltimore BrigadeW 70–2112–1Royal Farms Arena5,327 [14]
18SaturdayAugust 57:00 PM EDTTampa Bay StormW 41–2813–1Wells Fargo Center9,071 [15]

Playoffs

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendanceReport
AFL SemifinalsSaturdayAugust 124:00 PM EDTBaltimore BrigadeW 69–54Wells Fargo Center9,287 [16]
ArenaBowl XXX SaturdayAugust 267:00 PM EDT Tampa Bay Storm W 44–40 Wells Fargo Center 13,648 [17]

Standings

TeamOverallPointsRecords
WLPCTPFPAHomeAwayGBSTK
(1) Philadelphia Soul 131.9298175907–06–1W3
(2) Tampa Bay Storm 104.7147106626–14–33.0L1
(3) Cleveland Gladiators 59.3576967153–42–58.0W1
(4) Baltimore Brigade 410.2866207493–41–69.0L4
Washington Valor 311.2145656922–51–610.0W1

(#) - playoff position secured

References

  1. "Arena Football League Announces 2017 Schedule". arenafootball.com. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. "Philadelphia Soul vs Tampa Bay Storm (Apr 15, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  3. "Philadelphia Soul vs Washington Valor (Apr 22, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. April 22, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  4. "Baltimore Brigade vs Philadelphia Soul (Apr 29, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. "Philadelphia Soul vs Cleveland Gladiators (May 6, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  6. "Baltimore Brigade vs Philadelphia Soul (May 13, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. "Cleveland Gladiators vs Philadelphia Soul (May 20, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  8. "Philadelphia Soul vs Washington Valor (Apr 22, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  9. "Cleveland Gladiators vs Philadelphia Soul (June 10, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  10. "Tampa Bay Storm vs Philadelphia Soul (Jun 17, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  11. "Cleveland Gladiators vs Philadelphia Soul (June 24, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  12. "Philadelphia Soul vs Baltimore Brigade (Jul 8, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  13. "Washington Valor vs Philadelphia Soul (Jul 15, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  14. "Philadelphia Soul vs Baltimore Brigade (Jul 29, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  15. "Tampa Bay Storm vs Philadelphia Soul (Aug 05, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  16. "Baltimore Brigade vs Philadelphia Soul (Aug 12, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  17. "Tampa Bay Storm vs Philadelphia Soul (Aug 26, 2017)". www.afldigital.com. Arena Football League. Retrieved August 27, 2017.