2018 Philadelphia Soul season

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2018 Philadelphia Soul season
Owner Ron Jaworski
Craig Spencer
Pete Ciarrocchi
General manager Phil Bogle
Head coach Clint Dolezel
Home field Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record7–5
League place3rd
Playoff finishEliminated in semifinals

The 2018 Philadelphia Soul season was the thirteenth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The Soul played at the Wells Fargo Center. The team finished tied for second at the end of the regular season but was seeded third in the playoffs due to the AFL tiebreak procedure. They then lost both games in their aggregate score semi-final series against the Baltimore Brigade.

Contents

Standings

2018 Arena Football League standings
TeamOverallPointsRecords
WLPCTPFPAHomeAwayGBSTK
(#)-Albany Empire 84.6676465644–34–1W3
Baltimore Brigade 75.5836055625–12–41L3
Philadelphia Soul 75.5836125773-24-31L1
Washington Valor 210.1674826421–51–56W1

(#) - clinched regular season title

Staff

2018 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
 

Head coach

Offensive coaches

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

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive backs – Bernie Nowotarski

Roster

2018 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kicker

Injured reserve

Refused to report

  • currently vacant

League suspension

Other league exempt

  • currently vacant

Inactive reserve

  • currently vacant

Recallable reassignment

  • currently vacant

rookies in italics
Roster Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine updated July 18, 2018
24 Active, 12 Inactive

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Schedule

Regular season

The 2018 regular season schedule was released on February 13, 2018. [1]

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocationAttendanceReport
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayApril 147:00 PM EDT at Albany Empire W 56–351–0 Times Union Center
2SundayApril 217:00 PM EDT Baltimore Brigade W 54–492–0 Wells Fargo Center 9,326
3SaturdayApril 283:00 PM EDT Washington Valor W 52–493–0Wells Fargo Center9,326
4FridayMay 47:00 PM EDTat Baltimore BrigadeL 21–313–1 Royal Farms Arena 4,833
5Bye
6SaturdayMay 193:00 PM EDTAlbany EmpireL 36–413–2Wells Fargo Center
7FridayMay 257:00 PM EDTat Baltimore BrigadeL 35–543–3Royal Farms Arena
8ThursdayMay 317:00 PM EDTat Washington ValorW 51–464–3 Capital One Arena
9SundayJune 101:00 PM EDTWashington ValorL 48–494–4Wells Fargo Center
10SaturdayJune 166:00 PM EDTat Albany EmpireW 75–745–4Times Union Center
11FridayJune 227:30 PM EDTat Washington ValorW 63–286–4Capital One Arena
12SaturdayJune 307:00 PM EDTBaltimore BrigadeW 49–487–4Wells Fargo Center
13SaturdayJuly 73:00 PM EDTat Albany EmpireL 57–717–5Times Union Center

Playoffs

RoundDayDateKickoffOpponentResultLocation
Semifinal #1SundayJuly 156:00 PM EDTBaltimore BrigadeL 45–57Wells Fargo Center
Semifinal #2FridayJuly 207:00 PM EDTat Baltimore BrigadeL 41–53Royal Farms Arena

References

  1. "Arena Football League to Kick Off 2018 Season with New Playoff Rules, More Ticket Options for Fans". AFL. February 13, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.