The 2016 Philadelphia Soul season was the eleventh season for the franchise in the Arena Football League.The 2016 season was Clint Dolezel's fourth season with the franchise. Less than a week later, Plank announced his resignation. Before 2017, the AFL contracted to five teams and the conferences were abolished. Former President.
However, the blue jerseys did not return when the Soul returned in 2011. Though originally not as important as the rivalries with the Power and Desperados, the Cleveland Gladiators would soon become the Soul's biggest rival.
The Soul finished the 2008 season with a 13–3 record and earned a first-round bye. Roster updated August 22, 2016 [7], In 2013, the Soul hired offensive coordinator, Clint Dolezel, to succeed Plank.
This rivalry originally spurred from the rivalry of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys, but made its way indoors with the Soul and Desperados battling for Eastern Division titles. On Saturday, August 26, 2017, the Soul won their third AFL title by defeating the Tampa Bay Storm in ArenaBowl XXX, 44–40 at Wells Fargo Center, to win back-to back AFL championships. The Texas native finally stuck with the Soul and credits Jaworski for helping make Philadelphia home.
[17] The Soul lost the first game in this rivalry 51–47 on February 15, 2004. Boe says that 12 to 15 cities have expressed interest in adding an AFL expansion franchise, and he believes the legalization of sports betting will give the league the financial wherewithal to make that happen. When there was a scheduling conflict with the NBA or NHL, games were played at the now-demolished Wachovia Spectrum—the former home of the Flyers, 76ers, Philadelphia Phantoms AHL hockey team and the Philadelphia KiXX MISL soccer franchise. Except for 2009, when the league filed for bankruptcy and shut its doors for a season, the AFL maintained its national footprint. The 2019 Philadelphia Soul season was the fourteenth season for the Philadelphia Soul in the Arena Football League.The Soul played at the Wells Fargo Center and … The Soul played most of their home games at the Wells Fargo Center, but then moved their last regular season game and all playoff contests to the PPL Center in the Lehigh Valley city of Allentown.
Philadelphia hosted the defending champions in the American Conference championship, which the Soul ran away with 89–34 to advance to the ArenaBowl. On February 17, 2010, the Arena Football League extended an offer to the Soul to make a return to arena football.
Dolezel's Soul teams haven't missed the playoffs.