Philadelphia Soul Win Arena Bowl XXII

Senior Writer Written on July 27, 2008

Philadelphia has not won a major sports championship since 1983.

That still has not changed. The Arena Football League is not a major sports’ league.

However, the Philadelphia Soul are the 2008 Arena Bowl Champions. Arena Bowl XXII occurred today, and the Soul simply dominated for the majority of the game.

Key word: majority.

The Soul and Sabrecats each came out strong in today’s championship game, as they each scored on their first two possessions in the game. However, the Soul quickly took control, and were leading 37-27 at halftime.

Philadelphia continued to dominate throughout the second half, and were leading by twenty four points with just over a minute left. However, the San Jose Cats decided that it was still their time to win their fourth championship in seven years. They scored three touchdowns, including two in eleven seconds. When the Soul got the ball back with a three point lead with fifteen seconds remaining, D’Orazio, the Arena Bowl MVP, used three plays by running back almost twenty yards and throwing the ball away. After wasting five seconds on each play, the Soul were officially the Arena Bowl Champions of the Arena Football League.

Commissioner David Baker released a statement, as he had announced his resignation after twelve years of making this league even more popular than anyone could ever anticipate.

Dear Fans:

There has been no greater joy in my professional life than to serve the fans of the Arena Football League and af2.

I revere our players, respect our coaches, admire our owners and am grateful for our officials, partners and dedicated staff. But it is the AFL family of fans that I will miss the most.

Dedicated fans like Michelle & John Staples and Brian Gomez (the Most Loyal Rattlers), Marshall (the “Boss”) Suroweic and his dad Warren of the New York Dragons (still complaining about “the call”), Brian (“Stand for the Avengers” 9^th Man) Fox, Darren “The Wingman” Butler from the K.C. Brigade, Captain Soul and Moxie from the ArenaBowl champion Philadelphia Soul and the millions of others from the AFL’s 17 teams and af2’s 29 teams.

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written on July 27, 2008 Game Recap