2018 Philadelphia Soul season

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.

2018 Philadelphia Soul season
Owner	Ron Jaworski Craig Spencer Pete Ciarrocchi
General manager	Phil Bogle
Head coach	Clint Dolezel
Home stadium	Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record	7–5
League place	3rd
Playoffs	Eliminated in semifinals
← 2017 Philadelphia Soul seasons 2019 →

Standings

2018 Arena Football League standings
Team	Overall			Points		Records
	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Away	GB	STK
(#)-Albany Empire	8	4	.667	646	564	4–3	4–1	—	W3
Baltimore Brigade	7	5	.583	605	562	5–1	2–4	1	L3
Philadelphia Soul	7	5	.583	612	577	3-2	4-3	1	L1
Washington Valor	2	10	.167	482	642	1–5	1–5	6	W1

^(#) - 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 Head coach – Clint Dolezel Offensive coaches Assistant head coach – Phil Bogle Offensive Coordinator - Steve Criswell Defensive coaches Defensive backs – Bernie Nowotarski

Roster

2018 Philadelphia Soul roster

Quarterbacks  4 Shane Austin  5 Dan Raudabaugh Fullbacks  3 Jeramie Richardson Wide receivers 21 Shaun Kauleinamoku  9 Lonnie Outlaw  6 Darius Prince  7 Darius Reynolds 19 Aaron Wascha		Offensive linemen 44 Phillipkeith Manley 72 Keith Newell 77 Neal Tivis 69 Wayne Tribue Defensive linemen 14 Brett Bowers 92 Calvin France 56 Willie McGinnis  8 Jake Metz 76 Walter Thomas		Linebackers 18 Joe Goosby Defensive backs 16 Kyle Chandler 22 Dwayne Hollis 24 Torez Jones 23 LaRico Stevenson 25 James Romain Kicker 12 Adrian Trevino		Injured reserve 10 Robert Brown DB (IR) 55 Sean Daniels DL (IR) 58 Thomas Dover DL (IR) 45 Adrian Ferns FB (IR) 99 Robert Hayes DL (IR)  1 Poppy Livers WR (IR)  2 Greg McGhee QB (IR) 63 Leonard Sanelli OL (IR) 11 John Sheehy DL (IR) 20 Bryce Peila DB (IR) Refused to report currently vacant League suspension -- Michael Fowler WR (Susp.) 13 Danny Southwick QB (Susp.) 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 → More rosters

Schedule

Regular season

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

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	April 14	7:00 PM EDT	at Albany Empire	W 56–35	1–0	Times Union Center
2	Sunday	April 21	7:00 PM EDT	Baltimore Brigade	W 54–49	2–0	Wells Fargo Center	9,326
3	Saturday	April 28	3:00 PM EDT	Washington Valor	W 52–49	3–0	Wells Fargo Center	9,326
4	Friday	May 4	7:00 PM EDT	at Baltimore Brigade	L 21–31	3–1	Royal Farms Arena	4,833
5	Bye
6	Saturday	May 19	3:00 PM EDT	Albany Empire	L 36–41	3–2	Wells Fargo Center
7	Friday	May 25	7:00 PM EDT	at Baltimore Brigade	L 35–54	3–3	Royal Farms Arena
8	Thursday	May 31	7:00 PM EDT	at Washington Valor	W 51–46	4–3	Capital One Arena
9	Sunday	June 10	1:00 PM EDT	Washington Valor	L 48–49	4–4	Wells Fargo Center
10	Saturday	June 16	6:00 PM EDT	at Albany Empire	W 75–74	5–4	Times Union Center
11	Friday	June 22	7:30 PM EDT	at Washington Valor	W 63–28	6–4	Capital One Arena
12	Saturday	June 30	7:00 PM EDT	Baltimore Brigade	W 49–48	7–4	Wells Fargo Center
13	Saturday	July 7	3:00 PM EDT	at Albany Empire	L 57–71	7–5	Times Union Center

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Result	Location
Semifinal #1	Sunday	July 15	6:00 PM EDT	Baltimore Brigade	L 45–57	Wells Fargo Center
Semifinal #2	Friday	July 20	7:00 PM EDT	at Baltimore Brigade	L 41–53	Royal Farms Arena