2008 New York Dragons season explained

Team:	New York Dragons
Year:	2008
Record:	8–8
Division Place:	4th
Coach:	Weylan Harding
Stadium:	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Playoffs:	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Desperados) 77–63 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Soul) 48–49
No Nextseason:	true

The 2008 New York Dragons season is the 14th season for the franchise, their eighth season in New York. The Dragons finished the regular season with an 8–8 record, and were able to take the 6th and final playoff seed in the National Conference by virtue of winning a tiebreaker scenario over the New Orleans VooDoo. The Dragons won their Wild Card round game, upsetting the Dallas Desperados 77–63. The Desperados had defeated the Dragons in both regular season meetings. In the Divisional round of the playoffs, the Dragons lost to top seeded Philadelphia Soul, 48–49, who the Dragons had also lost both regular season meetings to.

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	March 3	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 49–61	0–1	Quicken Loans Arena	17,391	Recap
2	March 9	Kansas City Brigade	W 50–47	1–1	Nassau Coliseum	10,542	Recap
3	March 16	at Philadelphia Soul	L 42–63	1–2	Wachovia Center	16,102	Recap
4	March 21	at Arizona Rattlers	L 33–62	1–3	US Airways Center	11,689	Recap
5	March 30	Dallas Desperados	L 31–33	1–4	Nassau Coliseum	8,216	Recap
6	April 5	Grand Rapids Rampage	W 63–34	2–4	Nassau Coliseum	8,211	Recap
7	April 13	Columbus Destroyers	W 62–44	3–4	Nassau Coliseum	7,346	Recap
8	April 18	at Tampa Bay Storm	W 66–47	4–4	St. Pete Times Forum	17,104	Recap
9	April 26	Cleveland Gladiators	W 56–39	5–4	Nassau Coliseum	9,991	Recap
10	Bye Week
11	May 10	at Los Angeles Avengers	W 52–48	6–4	Staples Center	13,422	Recap
12	May 18	Georgia Force	L 67–72	6–5	Nassau Coliseum	8,634	Recap
13	May 24	at Columbus Destroyers	L 41–43	6–6	Nationwide Arena	12,842	Recap
14	June 2	at Colorado Crush	W 73–65	7–6	Pepsi Center	14,078	Recap
15	June 7	New Orleans VooDoo	W 58–51	8–6	Nassau Coliseum	9,922	Recap
16	June 14	at Dallas Desperados	L 49–51	8–7	American Airlines Center	12,042	Recap
17	June 22	Philadelphia Soul	L 30–59	8–8	Nassau Coliseum	9,718	Recap

Playoff schedule

Round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Location	Attendance	Recap
NC Wild Card	June 27	at Dallas Desperados (3)	W 77–63	American Airlines Center	10,076	Recap
NC Divisional	July 5	at Philadelphia Soul (1)	L 48–49	Wachovia Center	16,102	Recap

Regular season

Week 6: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage

• Rookie Defensive Speacilist John Walker was Named Defensive Player of the Week^[1]

Week 10

Bye Week

Week 17: vs. Philadelphia Soul

Playoffs

National Conference Divisional: at (1) Philadelphia Soul

Notes and References

1. Newsday [Long Island, N.Y] 11 Apr 2008: A.52.