Soul wins conference championship, advances in AFL playoffs
Philadelphia Daily News
But the 16,102 on hand can attest that the win was definitely by the hair of their chiy chin-chin. Soul quarterback Matt D'Orazio found wideout Larry Brackins on a 28-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown in the closing seconds of the divisional playoff game against New York.

Arena playoffs: Philadelphia 49, New York 48
Dallas Morning News
the final play of the game to give the Philadelphia Soul a 49-48 victory over the New York Dragons in the Arena Football League playoffs Saturday night. ...

Dragons fall to Philly in Arena Football playoffs
Newsday
"It hurts for it to come down to a replay when we clearly had the game in hand with seven seconds left," Dragons coach Weylan Harding said. "Those guys fought. We had a chance to win and we didn't pull it out."

Soul win thriller on final play
phillyBurbs.com
Brackins on the final play of the game to give the Soul a 49-48 victory over the New York Dragons in the Arena Football League playoffs Saturday night. ...

Soul beats Dragon on last-play TD
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
the final play of the game to give the Philadelphia Soul a 49-48 victory over the New York Dragons in the Arena Football League playoffs Saturday night. ...

Desperados bow out again
Monitor
Aaron Garcia threw nine touchdown passes, leading the New York Dragons to a 77-63 upset victory over the Dallas Desperados on Friday night in the opening round of the Arena Football League playoffs.

Desperados extend postseason jinx with loss
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Whatever it’s called, whether it be a Dallas curse or Dallas jinx, it lives on for another day.

Dragons, Soul play next week
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Soul now know which team they will face in the Arena Football League playoffs next Saturday.

Dallas stops Dragons twice in fourth
Newsday
late in the fourth quarter and it proved costly in a 51-49 loss to host Dallas at American Airlines Center in an Arena Football League game last night. ...

Missed chances put VooDoo in bind
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com
Down seven points with less than six seconds remaining, VooDoo quarterback Danny Wimprine lofted a pass high into the rebound net. The ball bounced down toward a mass of players, ricocheted off at least three sets of fingertips and fell to the turf.

Veteran QB keeps Crush on the ropes
Denver Post
Veteran quarterback Aaron Garcia called on all his experience to stare down the Colorado Crush defense in a bristling second half, enabling the New York Dragons to escape the Pepsi Center with a 73-65 Arena Football League victory Monday night.

Defense digs in; losing streak ends
Columbus Dispatch
All year, Columbus' defense has had trouble forcing turnovers. Leading by a point late in the third quarter last night against the New York Dragons, the Destroyers had a golden opportunity to recover a fumble.

Rattlers’ defense, offense put on a show
East Valley Tribune
Even in the Arena Football League, defense can win games. The Rattlers demonstrated this in spades Friday nights with an amazing 62-33 shutdown of the visiting New York Dragons.

Gladiators win first major battle
Akron Beacon Journal
With the return of the Arena Football League to the area Monday night, it was all too obvious that Northeast Ohio's sports fans were more than willing to support a team they thought could be a winner.

Week 1 Power Poll Rankings
Bleacher Report
Here is the first power rankings going into week 1 of the Arena Football season.