2017 Arena Football League season | |
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League | Arena Football League |
Sport | Arena football |
Duration | April 7, 2017 – August 5, 2017 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Philadelphia Soul |
Season MVP | Randy Hippeard, TAM |
League postseason | |
#1 vs #4 champions | Philadelphia Soul |
#1 vs #4 runners-up | Baltimore Brigade |
#2 vs #3 champions | Tampa Bay Storm |
#2 vs #3 runners-up | Cleveland Gladiators |
ArenaBowl XXX | |
Champions | Philadelphia Soul |
Runners-up | Tampa Bay Storm |
Finals MVP | Darius Prince, PHI |
The 2017 Arena Football League season was the 30th season in the history of the Arena Football League (AFL). Prior to the start of the season, the league contracted to five teams. Due to this, for the first time since 1991, the league was not divided into conferences or divisions. The 14-game regular season began on April 7, 2017, when the two new teams, the Baltimore Brigade and the Washington Valor, faced off in the Verizon Center, and ended on August 5, 2017, when the Tampa Bay Storm lost against the Philadelphia Soul.[1][2]
ArenaBowl XXX was held on August 26, 2017, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, as the Soul repeated as champs by beating the Storm by a score of 44–40.