Spring is here and that means so is Arena Football. If you haven't heard by now D.C. has a new team. If you're a Washington Redskins fan, that means you can finally get your football fix before September. In their inaugural season, the Washington Valor hit the field this Friday April 7th against another new expansion team, the Baltimore Brigade.
The Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League continue to benefit from the outstanding season quarterback Erik Meyer is putting together. The La Mirada, California native had another big day in Week 5, leading the Shock (4-0) to a 66-49 victory over the visiting Arizona Rattlers (3-1) in a battle for first place in the West Division of the National Conference.
The Philadelphia Soul traveled across the country to Deaf Valley to play in what was rated by players the toughest place to play in the AFL and shut down a banged up Shock team, winning 54-43.
As Columbus fans, we did not know what to expect going into week two. Week one was a little shaky, so we could only hope things got better. Things did drastically improve as the team put up one heck of a fight in Atlantic City, but ended up on the short end, 42 to 35.
STOCKTON You're going to be hard-pressed to find anything the San Jose SaberCats didn't do well this year. They had what amounted to be the best statistical defense in the free substitution era of the AFL, and their offense featured the second-team All-Arena quarterback and the wide receiver of the year.