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Soul-VooDoo agenda box

Posted: July 27, 2012

AGENDA

Who: New Orleans (8-10) at Soul (15-3)

What: American Conference first-round game

When: Saturday, 7:05 p.m.

Where: Wells Fargo Center (19,500)

TV/Radio: None.

Internet: www.PhiladelphiaSoul.com or www.UStream.com.

About the VooDoo: Made it into the playoffs despite losing its final three games. Won a tiebreaker with Tampa Bay for the conference's fourth seed?…?This is only the second postseason appearance for the VooDoo and the first since 2004?…?New Orleans was the only team in the league that had three receivers reach 1,000 yards and 20 touchdowns (Josh Bush, Quorey Payne and L.J. Castile). Payne has missed the last two games with an unspecified injury … The city of New Orleans will host the ArenaBowl championship on Friday, Aug. 10.

About the Soul: The American Conference's top seed, the Soul had a league-best 15 wins?…?Coach Doug Plank went 4-4 in the playoffs while he was with Georgia and is 7-0 all-time against New Orleans?…?Shame this game isn't on TV. Comcast SportsNet has the Phillies game, but The Comcast Network (nee CN8) has some lacrosse game between Ohio and Rochester?…?If the Soul wins, it will host the conference championship game on Friday, Aug. 3.

Tickets: Range from $13 to $200 and are available at the Wells Fargo box office or by calling 215-253-4900, extension 3.

Pick: Soul, 54-42.

— Ed Barkowitz