2019 American Ultimate Disc League season explained

2019 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:New York Empire
Conf2:Midwest Division
Conf2 Champ:Indianapolis AlleyCats
Conf3:West Division
Conf3 Champ:San Diego Growlers
Conf4:South Division
Conf4 Champ:Raleigh Flyers
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:
  1. Final
Finals Champ:New York Empire
Seasonslistnames:AUDL
Prevseason Link:2018 American Ultimate Disc League season
Prevseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2020 American Ultimate Disc League season
Nextseason Year:2020

The 2019 American Ultimate Disc League season was the eighth season for the league. It began on April 5, 2019, and concluded on August 11, 2019, when the New York Empire defeated the Dallas Roughnecks to earn the team's first title. Ben Jagt of the Empire won his first league MVP award after the season.[1] The season marked Steve Hall's first as league commissioner, and was the first with an all-star game for the league.

Offseason

In early October 2018, AUDL franchise owners selected Steve Hall, a co-owner of the Atlanta Hustle, to be the new league commissioner for a three-year term. He succeeds previous commissioner Steve Gordon.[2] Around the same time, the league announced tentative plans for a women's ultimate league to be started as early as 2020.[3] Adding to the new endeavors, AUDL added an all-star game for the first time in league history and accordingly shortened the schedule from 14 to 12 regular-season games.[4] 2019 marked the second year of the league's television agreement with Stadium.

Two teams folded over the offseason, the San Francisco FlameThrowers and the Nashville NightWatch.[5] No new teams joined the league for the 2019 season.

Regular season

Each team played twelve games, contested over fifteen weeks in the regular-season schedule.

Week 1

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/5Dallas Roughnecks1917Raleigh Flyers
4/6Austin Sol2228Raleigh Flyers
4/6Seattle Cascades2728San Jose Spiders
4/6San Diego Growlers2018Los Angeles Aviators
4/6Tampa Bay Cannons1817Atlanta Hustle

Week 2

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/12San Jose Spiders1822Los Angeles Aviators
4/13New York Empire2118DC Breeze
4/13Austin Sol1917Dallas Roughnecks
4/13San Diego Growlers2524San Jose Spiders
4/13Atlanta Hustle2124Raleigh Flyers
4/14Indianapolis AlleyCats2022Madison Radicals

The Austin Sol beat Texas rival Dallas Roughnecks for the first time in franchise history, snapping a twelve-game skid.[6]

Week 3

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/20DC Breeze2018Philadelphia Phoenix
4/20Seattle Cascades2024Los Angeles Aviators
4/20Minnesota Wind Chill2526Chicago Wildfire
4/20Madison Radicals2617Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/20San Jose Spiders1621San Diego Growlers
4/20Indianapolis AlleyCats2622Detroit Mechanix
4/20Dallas Roughnecks2117Austin Sol
4/20Tampa Bay Cannons1714Atlanta Hustle

Week 4

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/26San Diego Growlers2018Seattle Cascades
4/27Ottawa Outlaws1319Toronto Rush
4/27Detroit Mechanix1619Indianapolis AlleyCats
4/27Minnesota Wind Chill2522Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/27Philadelphia Phoenix1625New York Empire
4/27Atlanta Hustle1521Raleigh Flyers
4/27Los Angeles Aviators2519Seattle Cascades
4/28New York Empire2319Montreal Royal

Week 5

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/4Toronto Rush2116Montreal Royal
5/4Atlanta Hustle2319Austin Sol
5/4DC Breeze2415Ottawa Outlaws
5/4Chicago Wildfire2317Minnesota Wind Chill
5/4Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1619Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/4Seattle Cascades2521San Diego Growlers
5/4San Jose Spiders1625Los Angeles Aviators
5/5Detroit Mechanix2231Minnesota Wind Chill
5/5Raleigh Flyers2318Austin Sol
5/5Philadelphia Phoenix2116Ottawa Outlaws

Week 6

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/11Toronto Rush2625Ottawa Outlaws
5/11Los Angeles Aviators2127San Diego Growlers
5/11Madison Radicals1920Minnesota Wind Chill
5/11Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2118Chicago Wildfire
5/11New York Empire2625DC Breeze
5/11San Jose Spiders2419Seattle Cascades
5/11Indianapolis AlleyCats2227Atlanta Hustle
5/11Austin Sol2125Dallas Roughnecks
5/11Tampa Bay Cannons1924Raleigh Flyers

Week 7

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/17San Diego Growlers3220San Jose Spiders
5/18Los Angeles Aviators2421San Jose Spiders
5/18Chicago Wildfire2225Madison Radicals
5/18Minnesota Wind Chill1113Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/18Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2411Detroit Mechanix
5/18Ottawa Outlaws2221DC Breeze
5/18Raleigh Flyers2522Atlanta Hustle
5/18Austin Sol1719Tampa Bay Cannons
5/18New York Empire2217Toronto Rush
5/19Montreal Royal1920DC Breeze
5/19Dallas Roughnecks2821Tampa Bay Cannons
5/19Philadelphia Phoenix1816Toronto Rush

Week 8

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/25New York Empire2015Ottawa Outlaws
5/25Toronto Rush2215Madison Radicals
5/25Philadelphia Phoenix1525Montreal Royal
5/25Chicago Wildfire1817Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/25Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2417Minnesota Wind Chill
5/25Atlanta Hustle2314Tampa Bay Cannons
5/25Dallas Roughnecks2015Austin Sol
5/26DC Breeze2717Montreal Royal
5/26Detroit Mechanix1416Madison Radicals

Week 9

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/1Madison Radicals1518Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/1Detroit Mechanix1217Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/1Minnesota Wind Chill2726Chicago Wildfire
6/1DC Breeze1920New York Empire
6/1Ottawa Outlaws1921Montreal Royal
6/1Seattle Cascades2225San Jose Spiders
6/1Tampa Bay Cannons2416Austin Sol
6/1Los Angeles Aviators1820San Diego Growlers
6/2Atlanta Hustle2425Austin Sol
6/2Toronto Rush1913Montreal Royal

Week 10

No regular season games were held in week 10; instead, the inaugural AUDL All-Star contest was held.

Week 11

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/14Tampa Bay Cannons2025Dallas Roughnecks
6/15New York Empire1914Philadelphia Phoenix
6/15Montreal Royal2122Ottawa Outlaws
6/15DC Breeze2322Toronto Rush
6/15Minnesota Wind Chill2119Madison Radicals
6/15San Diego Growlers1718Los Angeles Aviators
6/15Raleigh Flyers2718Dallas Roughnecks
6/15San Jose Spiders2526Seattle Cascades
6/16Chicago Wildfire2416Detroit Mechanix
6/16Philadelphia Phoenix1621DC Breeze

Week 12

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/22DC Breeze2118Philadelphia Phoenix
6/22Detroit Mechanix1124Chicago Wildfire
6/22Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2120Madison Radicals
6/22Seattle Cascades2530San Diego Growlers
6/22Montreal Royal2322Toronto Rush
6/22San Jose Spiders2731Los Angeles Aviators
6/22Indianapolis AlleyCats2423Minnesota Wind Chill
6/22Raleigh Flyers2425New York Empire
6/22Dallas Roughnecks2922Tampa Bay Cannons
6/23Austin Sol2314Tampa Bay Cannons
6/23Ottawa Outlaws1722Toronto Rush

Week 13

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/28Madison Radicals1821Chicago Wildfire
6/29Toronto Rush2426Philadelphia Phoenix
6/29Minnesota Wind Chill2712Detroit Mechanix
6/29Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2023Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/29Montreal Royal1922New York Empire
6/29San Diego Growlers2625Seattle Cascades
6/29Dallas Roughnecks1815Atlanta Hustle
6/29Tampa Bay Cannons2022Raleigh Flyers
6/30Austin Sol2122Atlanta Hustle
6/30Chicago Wildfire126Detroit Mechanix
6/30Los Angeles Aviators2714Seattle Cascades
6/30Ottawa Outlaws2327New York Empire

Week 14

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/4Montreal Royal2522Ottawa Outlaws
7/5Raleigh Flyers2215Dallas Roughnecks
7/6Detroit Mechanix2324Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/6Toronto Rush2621DC Breeze
7/6Seattle Cascades2331Los Angeles Aviators
7/6Madison Radicals2217Minnesota Wind Chill
7/6Philadelphia Phoenix2022New York Empire
7/6San Jose Spiders2026San Diego Growlers
7/6Atlanta Hustle2319Dallas Roughnecks
7/6Indianapolis AlleyCats2421Chicago Wildfire

Cameron Brock of the Indianapolis AlleyCats became the first player in AUDL history to score 500 career goals, a feat he accomplished in the Week 14 matchup against the Chicago Wildfire.[7]

Week 15

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/13Chicago Wildfire1629Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/13Ottawa Outlaws2019Philadelphia Phoenix
7/13Raleigh Flyers2524Tampa Bay Cannons
7/14Madison Radicals339Detroit Mechanix
7/14Montreal Royal2021Philadelphia Phoenix
7/14Indianapolis AlleyCats1725Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

Standings

East Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
New York Empire120East Division Final
Toronto Rush75East Division Playoff
DC Breeze75
Montreal Royal48
Philadelphia Phoenix48
Ottawa Outlaws39

Midwest Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
Indianapolis AlleyCats84Midwest Division Final
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds84Midwest Division Playoff
Chicago Wildfire75
Minnesota Wind Chill66
Madison Radicals66
Detroit Mechanix012

The Madison Radicals did not participate in the postseason for the first time in franchise history, having made playoff appearances from 2013 to 2018.[8]

West Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
San Diego Growlers102West Division Final
Los Angeles Aviators93West Division Final
San Jose Spiders39
Seattle Cascades210

South Division

width=250Teamwidth=30 width=30 width=200Qualifying position
Raleigh Flyers102South Division Final
Dallas Roughnecks84South Division Final
Atlanta Hustle57
Tampa Bay Cannons48
Austin Sol39

All-Star Game

The inaugural AUDL All-Star game was held on June 8, 2019, at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin. The league opted not to go with conference all-star teams and instead utilized a draft format, with Rowan McDonnell of the DC Breeze and Kevin Petit-Scantling of the Madison Radicals serving as captains. It was regarded by those within the league as one of the highest-level games of Ultimate ever played. The game was televised live on Stadium as part of the network's deal with the league.[9] Team KPS won 28 – 27 after being tied at the end of regulation and overtime, with Max Sheppard of the Pittsburgh Thunderbirds being named MVP.[10] A 2020 edition of the game was later confirmed to be taking place in Washington, D. C.[11]

Postseason

Divisional playoff

DateDivisionHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/20Midwest DivisionPittsburgh Thunderbirds2120Chicago Wildfire
7/20East DivisionToronto Rush2221DC Breeze

Divisional final

DateDivisionHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/20West DivisionSan Diego Growlers2521Los Angeles Aviators
7/21East DivisionNew York Empire1916Toronto Rush
7/27South DivisionRaleigh Flyers1721Dallas Roughnecks
7/27Midwest DivisionIndianapolis AlleyCats2317Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

The Indianapolis AlleyCats advanced to their first Championship Weekend since the inaugural season of the AUDL in 2012.[12]

Championship Weekend 8

Championship Weekend 8 took place at Foothill College in San Jose, California from August 10–11, 2019.[13]

DateMatchSeedTeamGoalsGoalsTeamSeed
8/10Semifinal1New York Empire1715Indianapolis AlleyCats4
8/10Semifinal2Dallas Roughnecks2318San Diego Growlers3
8/11Final1New York Empire2622Dallas Roughnecks2

The New York Empire won their first title, and Beau Kittredge won his fifth title overall. New York joined the 2016 Dallas Roughnecks and 2013 Toronto Rush as the only AUDL teams in history to finish a season undefeated.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ben Jagt Named 2019 AUDL MVP . . September 23, 2019.
  2. Web site: Eisenhood . Charlie . AUDL Ratifies New Commissioner, Planning 2019 All-Star Game . Ultiworld . 20 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Eisenhood . Charlie . AUDL Announces Plan To Form Women's League . Ultiworld . 20 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Eisenhood . Charlie . Details On The AUDL All-Star Game, New Shortened 12-Game Season . Ultiworld . 20 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Nashville NightWatch and San Francisco FlameThrowers Cease AUDL Operations . Sludge Output . 20 March 2019.
  6. Web site: AUDL Throwaround: Austin Snaps Skid, Spiders Squashed, Empire Building . Ultiworld . 21 April 2019.
  7. Web site: AUDL 2019: Cameron Brock 500th Career Goal . . 12 August 2019.
  8. Web site: 8 of 10 Teams Qualify For 2019 Playoffs . . 12 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Milewski . Todd . AUDL sees marketing opportunity in inaugural all-star game at Breese Stevens Field . . 8 June 2019.
  10. Web site: AUDL All-Star Game . Sludge Output . 10 June 2019.
  11. Web site: Washington DC to Host America Ultimate Disc League All-Star in 2020 . Sludge Output . 12 August 2019.
  12. Web site: Lepler . Evan . Friday Forecast August 9 2019 . . 12 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Highfive and the American Ultimate Disc League Announce National Partnership . Highfive . 8 June 2019.
  14. Web site: Ruffner . Adam . Empire Stay Undefeated, Win First Title . . 12 August 2019.

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