WASHINGTON, DC - Two critical Special Teams plays cost the Washington Valor a chance to beat the Philadelphia Soul on Saturday at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. The Soul, who are the Defending Champs held off a young Washington Valor team 48-47 in front of 9,873 fans.  The Valor offense was without their top 2 quarterbacks. 

 

“The injuries that we’ve been having, we lost 2 quarterbacks in one week, lost 2 centers, lost 2 receivers so that was pretty much almost a new offense playing tonight for the first time together so it was a pretty good effort” said head coach Dean Cokinos after the game. 

 

Sean Brackett had a great game for the Valor going 26-44 for 231 yards and 5 touchdowns, 4 of them to Greg Carr. 

 

Sean Brackett on his connection with Greg Carr during the game “Greg’s a freak, Greg’s like throwing to Lebron (James) out there.  So every time you see Greg one on one you know it’s a good matchup so the way they were playing it we had a lot of one on one matchups outside so we took advantage of that and he made some great plays, great catches and that’s what he does, he’s a great player. So put the ball in his hands and let him do what he does.”

 

For undefeated Philadephia, Dan Raudabaugh had 5 touchdowns while only throwing 22 passes with 10 of those being completed.  That’s an incredible stat!

 

Steve studied Electronic Media and Film at Towson University. He is a native of the DMV and is a huge Orioles, Ravens, Nats, Caps, Wizards, and now Valor Fan. He writes for is own personal sports blog at www.thedmvsportsnerd.com. You can follow Steve on twitter @steverudden.