2018 American Ultimate Disc League season explained

2018 American Ultimate Disc League season
League:American Ultimate Disc League
Sport:Ultimate
No Of Teams:24
Tv:Stadium
Season:Regular season
Playoffs:Postseason
Playoffs Link:
  1. Postseason
Conf1:East Division
Conf1 Champ:Toronto Rush
Conf2:Midwest Division
Conf2 Champ:Madison Radicals
Conf3:West Division
Conf3 Champ:Los Angeles Aviators
Conf4:South Division
Conf4 Champ:Dallas Roughnecks
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:
  1. Final
Finals Champ:Madison Radicals
Seasonslistnames:AUDL
Prevseason Link:2017 American Ultimate Disc League season
Prevseason Year:2017
Nextseason Link:2019 American Ultimate Disc League season
Nextseason Year:2019

The 2018 American Ultimate Disc League season was the seventh season for the league. The Madison Radicals won the championship, the team's first.[1] Rowan McDonnell of the DC Breeze won league MVP after the season.[2]

Offseason

The Vancouver Riptide was the lone team to cease operations after 2017, with plans to move the team to Portland, Oregon and rejoin the league for the 2019 season.[3] Stadium joined the AUDL as broadcast partner, replacing Eleven Sports Network.[4] Stadium televised one game a week live as well as all three games during Championship Weekend VII.

Regular season

Week 1

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
3/31Detroit Mechanix1224Indianapolis AlleyCats
3/31Raleigh Flyers2722Tampa Bay Cannons

Week 2

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/7Seattle Cascades2928Minnesota Wind Chill
4/7Los Angeles Aviators3017San Diego Growlers
4/7Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1716Detroit Mechanix
4/7DC Breeze2224Montreal Royal
4/7San Francisco FlameThrowers2021San Jose Spiders
4/7Tampa Bay Cannons1517Atlanta Hustle
4/7Raleigh Flyers1417Dallas Roughnecks
4/7Indianapolis AlleyCats1320Madison Radicals

Week 3

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/14Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1520Chicago Wildfire
4/14Seattle Cascades1622San Diego Growlers
4/14New York Empire1418Toronto Rush
4/14Tampa Bay Cannons1720Raleigh Flyers
4/14San Jose Spiders2728San Francisco FlameThrowers
4/14Austin Sol2322Los Angeles Aviators
4/15Dallas Roughnecks2017Los Angeles Aviators
4/15Philadelphia Phoenix1819Toronto Rush
4/15Nashville NightWatch1718Atlanta Hustle

Week 4

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/21Detroit Mechanix1227Madison Radicals
4/21Minnesota Wind Chill2423Chicago Wildfire
4/21Indianapolis AlleyCats2718Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/21Philadelphia Phoenix2621Montreal Royal
4/21Atlanta Hustle1918Tampa Bay Cannons
4/21San Francisco FlameThrowers1828Toronto Rush
4/21New York Empire2816Ottawa Outlaws
4/21San Diego Growlers2625Seattle Cascades
4/21Nashville NightWatch2631Raleigh Flyers
4/22Dallas Roughnecks2321Austin Sol
4/22DC Breeze2619Ottawa Outlaws
4/22Los Angeles Aviators2516San Jose Spiders

Week 5

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/27Austin Sol2523Raleigh Flyers
4/27San Jose Spiders1817San Diego Growlers
4/28Ottawa Outlaws3335Montreal Royal
4/28Madison Radicals2913Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/28San Francisco FlameThrowers2125San Diego Growlers
4/28Philadelphia Phoenix1818DC Breeze
4/28Dallas Roughnecks2024Raleigh Flyers
4/28Tampa Bay Cannons2513Nashville NightWatch
4/28Chicago Wildfire2125Indianapolis AlleyCats

Week 6

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/4San Diego Growlers3128San Jose Spiders
5/5Montreal Royal1417Philadelphia Phoenix
5/5Minnesota Wind Chill1920Madison Radicals
5/5Detroit Mechanix2231Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/5Atlanta Hustle2223Austin Sol
5/5New York Empire1918DC Breeze
5/5Seattle Cascades2725San Francisco FlameThrowers
5/5Raleigh Flyers2320Tampa Bay Cannons
5/5Los Angeles Aviators3331San Jose Spiders
5/6Ottawa Outlaws2219Philadelphia Phoenix
5/6Nashville NightWatch2220Austin Sol
5/6Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1827Indianapolis AlleyCats

Week 7

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/12Minnesota Wind Chill3417Detroit Mechanix
5/12Chicago Wildfire2116Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/12Atlanta Hustle2726Tampa Bay Cannons
5/12DC Breeze2524Raleigh Flyers
5/12Austin Sol2327Dallas Roughnecks
5/12San Jose Spiders2326San Francisco FlameThrowers
5/13Madison Radicals378Detroit Mechanix
5/13Montreal Royal1821Toronto Rush
5/13Seattle Cascades2630Los Angeles Aviators
5/13Indianapolis AlleyCats2724Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

Week 8

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/18San Francisco FlameThrowers3229Seattle Cascades
5/19Chicago Wildfire1624Madison Radicals
5/19Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2133Minnesota Wind Chill
5/19Toronto Rush3320DC Breeze
5/19San Diego Growlers2025Los Angeles Aviators
5/19San Jose Spiders2414Seattle Cascades
5/19New York Empire2315Philadelphia Phoenix
5/19Nashville NightWatch3230Tampa Bay Cannons
5/19Austin Sol2819Atlanta Hustle
5/20Detroit Mechanix2434Minnesota Wind Chill
5/20Dallas Roughnecks2621Atlanta Hustle
5/20Montreal Royal2120DC Breeze
5/20Toronto Rush2119Ottawa Outlaws

Week 9

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/26Toronto Rush2823Philadelphia Phoenix
5/26Los Angeles Aviators2523San Diego Growlers
5/26DC Breeze2921New York Empire
5/26Madison Radicals1624Raleigh Flyers
5/26Indianapolis AlleyCats2622Chicago Wildfire
5/26Nashville NightWatch2721Austin Sol
5/27Ottawa Outlaws3018Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 10

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/1Raleigh Flyers3214Austin Sol
6/2Detroit Mechanix1825Chicago Wildfire
6/2Minnesota Wind Chill2218Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/2Montreal Royal2024Toronto Rush
6/2Seattle Cascades2529San Jose Spiders
6/2Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1120DC Breeze
6/2San Diego Growlers2425San Francisco FlameThrowers
6/2New York Empire2421Ottawa Outlaws
6/2Nashville NightWatch2131Dallas Roughnecks
6/2Tampa Bay Cannons2627Austin Sol
6/3Philadelphia Phoenix2221Ottawa Outlaws
6/3Atlanta Hustle2829Dallas Roughnecks
6/3Los Angeles Aviators2319San Francisco FlameThrowers

Week 11

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/8Madison Radicals2017Minnesota Wind Chill
6/8Ottawa Outlaws2627Montreal Royal
6/9DC Breeze2524Toronto Rush
6/9Philadelphia Phoenix3021Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/9Nashville NightWatch2124Atlanta Hustle
6/9Chicago Wildfire2122Madison Radicals
6/9San Jose Spiders2120San Diego Growlers
6/9Austin Sol1719Dallas Roughnecks

Week 12

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/16Montreal Royal2622New York Empire
6/16Minnesota Wind Chill3718Detroit Mechanix
6/16Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2125Madison Radicals
6/16Los Angeles Aviators2617Seattle Cascades
6/16Atlanta Hustle2024Dallas Roughnecks
6/16San Francisco FlameThrowers2117San Jose Spiders
6/16Toronto Rush2717Ottawa Outlaws
6/16Raleigh Flyers2715Nashville NightWatch
6/17Tampa Bay Cannons2528Dallas Roughnecks
6/17San Diego Growlers2527Seattle Cascades
6/17Toronto Rush2518New York Empire
6/17Chicago Wildfire3412Detroit Mechanix
6/17Indianapolis AlleyCats2120Madison Radicals

Week 13

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/23Minnesota Wind Chill2829Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/23Atlanta Hustle3020Raleigh Flyers
6/23Toronto Rush2821DC Breeze
6/23Austin Sol2423Nashville NightWatch
6/23New York Empire2223Montreal Royal
6/23Seattle Cascades2223San Diego Growlers
6/23San Jose Spiders1827Los Angeles Aviators
6/23Indianapolis AlleyCats4020Detroit Mechanix
6/24Detroit Mechanix2731Chicago Wildfire
6/24San Francisco FlameThrowers2425Los Angeles Aviators
6/24Dallas Roughnecks2816Nashville NightWatch
6/24Philadelphia Phoenix2719Montreal Royal
6/24Ottawa Outlaws2930DC Breeze

Week 14

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/30Detroit Mechanix1920Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/30Minnesota Wind Chill2523Chicago Wildfire
6/30Madison Radicals2617Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/30Ottawa Outlaws2329New York Empire
6/30San Diego Growlers2722San Francisco FlameThrowers
6/30DC Breeze2515Philadelphia Phoenix
6/30Tampa Bay Cannons1916Atlanta Hustle
6/30Raleigh Flyers3320Nashville NightWatch
6/30Dallas Roughnecks2925Austin Sol
7/1Montreal Royal1826New York Empire
7/1Los Angeles Aviators2821San Francisco FlameThrowers
7/1Seattle Cascades2524San Jose Spiders
7/3Madison Radicals3524Minnesota Wind Chill

Week 15

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/7Chicago Wildfire1825Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/7Toronto Rush2824Montreal Royal
7/7Raleigh Flyers2625Atlanta Hustle
7/7New York Empire2723Philadelphia Phoenix
7/7Dallas Roughnecks2118Tampa Bay Cannons
7/8Austin Sol67Tampa Bay Cannons
7/8Ottawa Outlaws1326Toronto Rush

Week 16

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/13San Jose Spiders2724Seattle Cascades
7/14Madison Radicals2724Chicago Wildfire
7/14Pittsburgh Thunderbirds3210Detroit Mechanix
7/14San Francisco FlameThrowers2031Seattle Cascades
7/14DC Breeze2919New York Empire
7/14Tampa Bay Cannons2423Nashville NightWatch
7/14Indianapolis AlleyCats2616Minnesota Wind Chill
7/14San Diego Growlers3421Los Angeles Aviators
7/15Montreal Royal2532Ottawa Outlaws
7/15Chicago Wildfire2023Minnesota Wind Chill
7/15Philadelphia Phoenix2230New York Empire
7/15Atlanta Hustle3026Nashville NightWatch

Standings

East Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
Toronto Rush1310East Division Final
DC Breeze851East Division Playoff
New York Empire860
Philadelphia Phoenix581
Montreal Royal590
Ottawa Outlaws3110

Midwest Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
Madison Radicals122Midwest Division Final
Indianapolis AlleyCats113Midwest Division Playoff
Minnesota Wind Chill86
Chicago Wildfire59
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds410
Detroit Mechanix014

South Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
Dallas Roughnecks131South Division Final
Raleigh Flyers104South Division Playoff
Austin Sol77
Atlanta Hustle77
Tampa Bay Cannons410
Nashville NightWatch311

West Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
Los Angeles Aviators113West Division Final
San Diego Growlers77
San Jose Spiders68
San Francisco FlameThrowers59
Seattle Cascades59

Postseason

Divisional playoff

DateDivisionHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/21East DivisionDC Breeze1519New York Empire
7/21Midwest DivisionIndianapolis AlleyCats2019Minnesota Wind Chill
7/27South DivisionRaleigh Flyers2623Austin Sol

Divisional final

DateDivisionHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/21West DivisionLos Angeles Aviators2622San Diego Growlers
7/28Midwest DivisionMadison Radicals2718Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/28East DivisionToronto Rush1718New York Empire
7/28South DivisionDallas Roughnecks2019Raleigh Flyers

Championship Weekend VII

Championship Weekend VII was held in Madison, Wisconsin at Breese Stevens Field from August 11-12, 2018.[5]

DateMatchSeedTeamGoalsGoalsTeamSeed
8/11Semifinal1Dallas Roughnecks3230New York Empire4
8/11Semifinal2Madison Radicals2419Los Angeles Aviators3
8/12Final1Dallas Roughnecks1620Madison Radicals2

The Madison Radicals won their first championship, and did so in front of a home crowd.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Madison Radicals win first AUDL Championship . . 3 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Matthew "Rowan" McDonnell: 2018 AUDL MVP . Sludge Output . October 1, 2019 . December 19, 2018.
  3. Web site: Eisenhood . Charlie . AUDL’s Vancouver Riptide Shutting Down, Owners Moving Team To Portland In 2019 . Ultiworld . October 1, 2019 . December 29, 2017.
  4. Web site: Eisenhood . Charlie . New AUDL Media Deal Worth Six Figures . Ultiworld . October 1, 2019 . January 25, 2018.
  5. Web site: American Ultimate Disc League Championship comes to Madison . Channel 3000 . January 20, 2020.