2014 Philadelphia Soul season

2014 Philadelphia Soul season
Head coach	Clint Dolezel
Home field	Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record	9–9
Division place	3rd AC East
Playoff finish	Lost Conference semifinals (Gladiators) 37–39

The 2014 Philadelphia Soul season was the ninth season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Clint Dolezel and played their home games at the Wells Fargo Center. The Soul finished the regular season 9–9, which was good enough for a playoff berth. However, they were eliminated in the first round by the Cleveland Gladiators on a field goal as time expired, losing by a score of 39–37.

Standings

East Division v t e
Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	CON	Home	Away
z-Cleveland Gladiators	17	1	.944	991	782	7–1	12–1	9–0	8–1
x-Pittsburgh Power	15	3	.833	1015	778	6–2	11–2	8–1	7–2
x-Philadelphia Soul	9	9	.500	1021	949	2–5	7–7	7–2	2–7
Iowa Barnstormers	6	12	.333	848	1046	0–7	2–10	3–6	3–6

x - Clinched playoff berth
z - Clinched division and conference's best record

Schedule

Regular season

The Soul began the season with a rematch of ArenaBowl XXVI on the road against the Arizona Rattlers on March 15. Their final regular season game was on July 26 against the Pittsburgh Power on the road.[1]

Week	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Location	Attendance	Report
					Score	Record
1	Saturday	March 15	9:00 p.m. EDT	at Arizona Rattlers	L 55–62 (OT)	0–1	US Airways Center	9,493	[2]
2	Friday	March 23	10:30 p.m. EDT	at San Jose SaberCats	L 33–70	0–2	SAP Center at San Jose	10,721	[3]
3	Bye
4	Friday	April 4	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Tampa Bay Storm	L 49–63	0–3	Tampa Bay Times Forum	11,102	[4]
5	Thursday	April 10	7:30 p.m. EDT	at Orlando Predators	W 69–56	1–3	CFE Arena	4,756	[5]
6	Saturday	April 19	6:00 p.m. EDT	Jacksonville Sharks	W 54–41	2–3	Wells Fargo Center	12,311	[6]
7	Sunday	April 27	4:00 p.m. EDT	Iowa Barnstormers	W 60–55	3–3	Wells Fargo Center	10,062	[7]
8	Saturday	May 3	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Pittsburgh Power	L 57–65	3–4	Consol Energy Center	5,321	[8]
9	Saturday	May 10	6:00 p.m. EDT	New Orleans VooDoo	W 79–60	4–4	Wells Fargo Center	6,080	[9]
10	Saturday	May 17	6:00 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	W 62–34	5–4	Wells Fargo Center	8,058	[10]
11	Friday	May 23	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 52–54	5–5	Quicken Loans Arena	10,659	[11]
12	Saturday	May 31	6:00 p.m. EDT	San Antonio Talons	W 76–40	6–5	Wells Fargo Center	7,811	[12]
13	Friday	June 6	7:30 p.m. EDT	Tampa Bay Storm	L 49–56	6–6	Tampa Bay Times Forum	11,062	[13]
14	Saturday	June 14	6:00 p.m. EDT	Pittsburgh Power	L 56–57	6–7	Wells Fargo Center	7,804	[14]
15	Saturday	June 21	6:00 p.m. EDT	Cleveland Gladiators	L 68–69	6–8	Wells Fargo Center	8,033	[15]
16	Saturday	June 28	8:05 p.m. EDT	at Iowa Barnstormers	W 84–48	7–8	Wells Fargo Arena	9,551	[16]
17	Monday	July 7	8:00 p.m. EDT	Orlando Predators	W 42–35	8–8	Wells Fargo Center	7,069	[17]
18	Bye
19	Sunday	July 20	4:00 p.m. EDT	San Jose SaberCats	W 42–20	9–8	Wells Fargo Center	10,471	[18]
20	Saturday	July 26	5:00 p.m. EDT	at Pittsburgh Power	L 34–64	9–9	Consol Energy Center	9,549	[19]

Playoffs

Round	Day	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Location	Report
AC Semifinals	Saturday	August 2	7:00 p.m. EDT	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 37–39	Quicken Loans Arena	[20]

Roster

2014 Philadelphia Soul roster
Quarterbacks  9 Bryan Randall  5 Dan Raudabaugh Fullbacks  4 Derrick Ross Wide receivers 83 Harvey Binford 11 Tiger Jones  2 V'Keon Lacey 15 Emery Sammons 88 Markee White		Offensive linemen 52 Ryan Blaszczyk 47 Jason Holman 78 Christian Johnson 76 Adam Smith Defensive linemen 92 Calvin Fance 12 Bryan Robinson		Linebackers 18 Joe Goosby  6 Brandon Perkins 90 Jerome Williams Defensive backs  7 Rayshaun Kizer 24 Ray Little  8 Kent Richardson 25 James Romain 23 LaRico Stevenson Kicker  1 Jon Striefsky		Injured reserve 99 Morkeith Brown DL 55 Brennen Carvalho C 97 Chauncey DeBose DL 94 Tyron Hurst DL  3 Carlos Martinez K 19 Ryan McDaniel WR -- Neal Tivis OL 97 Julius Williams DL League suspension 24 Carlos Campbell DB  8 T. J. Langley DL 15 Robert Redd WR 69 Wayne Tribue OL -- Justin Young DL Other League Exempt -- Maurice Leggett DB Inactive reserve 98 Ted Jennings DL 13 Padric Scott DL Refuse to Report -- Pernell Phillips DL Recallable reassignment Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster Archived 2017-09-04 at the Wayback Machine updated July 31, 2014 23 Active, 17 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "2014 Arena Football League Schedule". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
2. "Soul fall in overtime thriller to Arizona, 65-55". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
3. "SaberCats declaw Soul in San Jose, 70-33". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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11. "Soul fall to Gladiators on last play, 54-52". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. May 23, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
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13. Brown, Harrison (June 8, 2014). "Soul weren't stronger than the Storm, Fall to 6-6". ArenaFan. Arenafan.com. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
14. "Power pulls plug on Soul, 57-56". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
15. "Gladiators down Soul with last-second score, 69-68". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
16. "Soul end losing streak in convincing fashion, 84-48". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
17. "Soul continue winning ways against Predators, 42-35". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. July 8, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
18. "Soul get big victory over SaberCats, 42-20". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. July 20, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
19. "Power pulls plug on Soul, 64-34". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
20. "Last-Second Field Goal Ends Soul Season, 39-37". Philadelphia Soul. Arenafan.com. August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.