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Philadelphia soul

Hey there! So, you know how sometimes grown-ups like to watch sports on TV or go to a big stadium to see a game in person? Well, one sport that some grown-ups really like is called "football." It's a game where two teams try to score points by carrying or throwing a ball to each other and running it towards the other team's end zone.

The Philadelphia Soul are a team that play this football game, but they're not in the big league that you might have heard of called the NFL. They actually play in a different league called the Arena Football League (AFL), which is a little bit different from regular football.

The AFL teams, including the Philadelphia Soul, play their games indoors, in a special kind of arena that's much smaller than a regular football field. The walls of the arena are padded, so players can bounce off of them without getting hurt. And instead of 11 players on each side like in regular football, there are only 8 players on each team in the AFL.

The Philadelphia Soul have a lot of fans who come to their games and cheer them on. They play against other teams in the AFL, and the goal is to win as many games as possible, and then eventually win the championship game at the end of the season.

So there you have it, that's the Philadelphia Soul in a nutshell. A football team that plays in a smaller indoor arena, with 8 players on each team, and their goal is to win games and become champions!
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