Philadelphia Soul Releases Inaugural Schedule
October 28, 2003 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League has announced their schedule for their upcoming inaugural season. The Soul will make their AFL debut on Sunday, February 8 at 3 p.m. live on NBC Sports against fellow expansion foe, New Orleans Voodoo.
"I'm very pleased with this schedule," said Head Coach Michael Trigg. "I'm sure the fans here will continue their rivalry with Dallas and New York throughout our season and it should provide a great atmosphere for those games."
The Soul's eight game home schedule will be split between the Wachovia Center and the Wachovia Spectrum and will feature four Sunday afternoon games (Center) and four Saturday night contests (Spectrum).
The Soul will play a home and home series with each of their divisional opponents: the Dallas Desperados, New York Dragons, Columbus Destroyers and Carolina Cobras.
The schedule also matches the Soul against John Elway's Colorado Crush twice this season, in a rare home and home non-divisional series as well as a road match-up versus the defending ArenaBowl Champions, Tampa Bay Storm all of which are slated to be aired on NBC Sports. The Soul's home schedule will also feature two playoff teams from last season, the Chicago Rush and Las Vegas Gladiators. The remaining road schedule includes games versus fellow expansion team, Austin Wranglers and the 2002 ArenaBowl Champions, San Jose SaberCats.
The Soul are tentatively scheduled to be featured on NBC Sports eight times this season.
The 2004 AFL season will consist of nineteen teams â including four new markets. An odd number of teams means at least one team will have a bye each week throughout the 17-week regular season. It also means the 2004 playoffs will go from four rounds to three, including ArenaBowl XVIII, with only eight teams qualifying for the postseason instead of 12.
The Philadelphia Soul will kick off their inaugural season this February. Season ticket plans are on sale now and can be purchased for as low as $80. For more information on season tickets call 1-888-PHIL-AFL.
WEEK DATE OPPONENT ARENA TIME (ET)
1 Sunday, February 8th NEW ORLEANS VOODOO Wachovia Center 3:00 p.m.
2 Sunday, February 15th @ Dallas Desperados American Airlines 4:00 p.m.
3 Saturday, February 21st COLUMBUS DESTROYERS Wachovia Spectrum 7:30 p.m.
4 Sunday, February 29th @ Tampa Bay Storm St. Pete Times Forum 3:00 p.m.
5 Sunday, March 7th CHICAGO RUSH Wachovia Center 12:00 p.m.
6 Saturday, March 13th @ Columbus Destroyers Nationwide Arena 7:00 p.m.
7 Sunday, March 21st COLORADO CRUSH Wachovia Center 12:00 p.m.
8 Sunday, March 28th @ Austin Wranglers Erwin Event Center 3:00 p.m.
9 Sunday, April 4th DALLAS DESPERADOS Wachovia Center 12:00 p.m.
10 BYE
11 Saturday, April 17th @ Carolina Cobras Charlotte Coliseum 7:30 p.m.
12 Saturday, April 24th NEW YORK DRAGONS Wachovia Spectrum 7:30 p.m.
13 Sunday, May 2nd @ Colorado Crush Pepsi Center 3:00 p.m.
14 Saturday, May 8th LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS Wachovia Spectrum 7:30 p.m.
15 Saturday, May 15th CAROLINA COBRAS Wachovia Spectrum 7:30 p.m.
16 Saturday, May 22nd @ San Jose SaberCats HP Pavilion 10:30 p.m.
17 Sunday, May 30th @ New York Dragons Nassau Coliseum 4:00 p.m.
HOME GAME IN CAPS
ALL GAMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from October 28, 2003
- Philadelphia Soul Sign First Two Free Agents - Philadelphia Soul
- New Markets Highlight Schedule - AFL I
- Los Angeles Avengers announce 2004 schedule - Los Angeles Avengers
- Rampage Release 2004 Schedule - Grand Rapids Rampage
- Crush Reveal 2004 Schedule - Colorado Crush
- Fury Announce 2004 Schedule - Detroit Fury
- Philadelphia Soul Releases Inaugural Schedule - Philadelphia Soul
- AFL Releases 2004 Schedule - AFL I
- Chicago Rush 2004 Schedule Announced - Chicago Rush
- SaberCats Announce 2004 Schedule - San Jose SaberCats
- Desperados Announce 2004 Schedule - Dallas Desperados
- Firebirds Announce 2004 Schedule - Albany/Indiana Firebirds
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
