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It took 25 seasons, but this is the first time in AFL history that the league's two most storied franchises are not in the playoffs in the same season.

The Washington Valor (1-10) came up short in the city of brotherly love, the Philadelphia Soul (11-1) completed the season sweep at home inside of Wells Fargo Center in front of 10,149 fans. With their 68-41 win the Soul secured home field advantage through the ArenaBowl, should they advance.

Week 15 was one of the biggest in determining the playoffs thus far. Four teams punched their tickets to the postseason, while another was punched out. One of these fantastic four wrapped up a division crown and another team moved into playoff position. This and some historic moments will be highlighted in this edition of Breaking it Down.

T was another eventful Friday night, as Columbus traveled on the road to face the Baltimore Brigade in Royal Farms Arena. The announced attendance was 4,990 fans. Columbus received some fortuitous news before the game Friday, as it was announced that Donovan Morgan would dress and play in his first game of the season.

And with that, the Storm are once again doomed to mediocrity. With their 73-70 victory over the Tampa Bay Storm on Saturday night, the San Jose SaberCats locked up the Western Division title. The Storm, on the other hand, locked up another non-winning season and a darn-near impossible trip to the playoffs.

The Washington Valor (1-6) kick off a string of away games starting with a visit to Florida for the second time in three weeks. They'll face the Tampa Bay Storm (6-1) inside of Amalie Arena at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 10th. The game will broadcast live on CBS Sports Network. Tampa Bay leads the season series 2-0.

There are no changes in the Week 6 AFL Power Rankings in the top six spots from Week 5, but there was plenty of movement from No. 7 on.

Orlando Predators' managing partner Brett Bouchy and the Arena Football League Players Union (AFLPU) Executive Director, Ivan Soto were on the air together on the

About the only good news that the Jacksonville Sharks can say is that they were beating the Philadelphia Soul 6-0 on Friday night. The bad news for the Sharks is that they were absolutely demolished from that point forward, as they ended up getting beaten 89-34 in front of 12,330 at the Wells Fargo Center. The performance was one for the Arena Football League record books, and now, the Soul are on their way to New Orleans for ArenaBowl XXV next Friday.

Talking to the coaches and players of the Utah Blaze, you could tell that they were as confused by the home record as much as the fans. They knew they were a better team, but the scoreboard wasn't showing it.