Soul announce 2007 schedule
November 29, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
PHILADELPHIA - The Arena Football League and the Philadelphia Soul have finalized their schedule for the 2007 season. The 2007 campaign will begin with the Soul on a bye during Week 1 followed by two road games against the Nashville Kats and the Grand Rapids Rampage. This will kickoff the 21st season for the AFL.
The Soul, who are coming off their best season in their three-year history after making the postseason and advancing to the National Conference Divisional round, will play their home opener on Thursday, March 22, at 7:00 p.m. against the Colorado Crush at the Wachovia Center.
"We are excited about the starting point for the upcoming season and this lets us start showcasing 'Fun, Family, Football' for 2007," General Manager Rich Lisk said. "Now that we have our schedule, we look forward to releasing our promotion and community initiatives that will only add to the excitement of Soul football in the coming weeks."
After opening with a bye, the Soul will play six of eight games on the road, including trips to Nashville (March 9), Grand Rapids (March 15), New York (April 1), Dallas (April 16), Columbus (April 23) and against the defending ArenaBowl champion Chicago Rush (April 30).
While the Soul have home and away contests against divisional opponents Columbus, Dallas and New York, they will also face Kansas City (May 5), New Orleans (May 21) and Orlando (June 21) at home. Other games the Soul will have to travel for will be against Austin (May 27) and Tampa Bay (June 9).
"We have our work cut out for us with six of our first eight games on the road," head coach Bret Munsey said. "With a good camp and experienced AFL players, we will be ready for the challenge."
The upcoming season has the Soul preparing for a spread out schedule with games on Thursdays (3), Fridays (2), Saturdays (3), Sundays (2) and Mondays (6). In addition, our home games will start at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and Saturdays and at 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Monday contests.
During five of the eight home games select groups will be recognized with theme nights. On Thursday, March 22 when the Crush come to town it will be College Night while Saturday, May 5 will be Youth Football Night when the Brigade enter the Wachovia Center. Heroes Night is going to occur on Monday, May 21 when the Soul host the VooDoo for the first time since the season opener in 2004. Friday, June 1 against the Desperados will be Church Night and on Saturday, June 16 against the Destroyers it will be Scout Night. If anyone is interested in knowing more about these group nights they may contact the Soul's Group Sales Manager Mark Wasson to find out all the ticket specials available at 215-636-0421 ext. 165.
The 2007 schedule contains a bye week because of the re-entry into the League of the New Orleans VoodDoo creating a total of 19 teams.
WK OPPONENT DATE TIME ARENA
1 BYE -- -- --
2 @ Nashville Kats Friday, March 9 8:00PM Gaylord Center
3 @ Grand Rapids Rampage Thursday, March 15 7:00PM Van Andel Arena
4 Vs. COLORADO CRUSH Thursday, March 22 7:00PM Wachovia Center
5 @ New York Dragons Sunday, April 1 1:00PM Nassau Coliseum
6 Vs. GEORGIA FORCE Monday, April 9 7:30PM Wachovia Center
7 @ Dallas Desperados Monday, April 16 7:30PM American Airlines Arena
8 @ Columbus Destroyers Monday, April 23 7:30PM Nationwide Arena
9 @ Chicago Rush Monday, April 30 7:30PM Allstate Arena
10 Vs. KANSAS CITY BRIGADE Saturday, May 5 7:00PM Wachovia Center
11 Vs. NEW YORK DRAGONS Monday, May 14 7:30PM Wachovia Center
12 Vs. NEW ORLEANS VOODOO Monday, May 21 7:30PM Wachovia Center
13 @ Austin Wranglers Sunday, May 27 4:05PM Frank Erwin Center
14 Vs. DALLAS DESPERADOS Friday, June 1 7:30PM Wachovia Center
15 @ Tampa Bay Storm Saturday, June 9 7:30PM St. Pete Times Forum
16 Vs. COLUMBUS DESTROYERS Saturday, June 16 7:00PM Wachovia Center
17 Vs. ORLANDO PREDATORS Thursday, June 21 7:00PM Wachovia Center
* Home arena subject to change.
Fun. Family. Football. It begins this March as the Soul travel to take on the Nashville Kats on Friday, March 9 at 8:00 p.m. in the Gaylord Entertainment Center to kickoff the 21st season of the AFL. Season tickets for the Soul's 2007 season are on sale now with tickets starting as low as $96. For more information call (888) PHIL-AFL or log on to www.philadelphiasoul.com. The Soul are entering their fourth season in the AFL and in their three seasons they have sold out 93% of the venue while drawing a League best 387,491 fans combined.
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