2016 American Ultimate Disc League season | |
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League | American Ultimate Disc League |
Sport | Ultimate |
Duration | April 23 – August 7, 2016 |
Number of games | 14 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN3 |
Regular season | |
Postseason | |
East Division champions | Toronto Rush |
Midwest Division champions | Madison Radicals |
West Division champions | Seattle Cascades |
South Division champions | Dallas Roughnecks |
Finals | |
Champions | Seattle Cascades |
The 2016 American Ultimate Disc League season was the fifth season for the league. The twenty-six teams were split into four regional divisions (East, Midwest, West and South), with each team playing a 14-game schedule. The second and third placed teams in each division advanced to a playoff match, with the winners facing the first placed team in their division. The winners of these matches advanced to the AUDL Championship Weekend, which featured semifinals and then a final for the AUDL Championship. The Dallas Roughnecks defeated the Seattle Cascades 33–27 in the final to become the 2016 AUDL Champions. [1]
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head point difference. [3]
(C) Division champion, (Q) Qualified for the division playoffs
Team | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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Toronto Rush (C) (Q) | 12 | 2 | +100 | East Division Final |
DC Breeze (Q) | 10 | 4 | +65 | East Division Playoff |
New York Empire (Q) | 7 | 7 | +32 | |
Ottawa Outlaws | 7 | 7 | +2 | |
Montreal Royal | 6 | 8 | −33 | |
Philadelphia Phoenix | 0 | 14 | −166 |
Team | DC | MTL | NY | OTT | PHI | TOR |
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DC Breeze | — | 2–1 26–18 28–14 22–27 | 3–0 *23–22 15–14 **27–26 | 1–1 28–17 22–27 | 3–0 24–15 34–18 27–16 | 1–2 24–25** 23–24 28–23 |
Montreal Royal | 1–2 18–26 14–28 27–22 | — | 1–1 19–21 12–17 | 1–2 24–31 27–30 21–20 | 3–0 25–17 21–18 27–19 | 1–2 31–27 18–29 14–26 |
New York Empire | 0–3 22–23* 14–15 26–27** | 1–1 21–19 17–12 | — | 2–1 24–19 23–21 19–24 | 3–0 28–16 32–17 28–13 | 0–3 14–22 21–27 20–22* |
Ottawa Outlaws | 1–1 17–28 27–22 | 2–1 31–24 30–27 20–21 | 1–2 19–24 21–23 24–19 | — | 3–0 25–13 30–22 37–16 | 0–3 15–32 24–30 20–35 |
Philadelphia Phoenix | 0–3 15–24 18–34 16–27 | 0–3 17–25 18–21 19–27 | 0–3 16–28 17–32 13–28 | 0–3 13–25 20–30 16–37 | — | 0–2 16–24 6–28 |
Toronto Rush | 2–1 **25–24 24–23 23–28 | 2–1 27–31 29–18 26–14 | 3–0 22–14 27–21 *22–20 | 3–0 32–15 30–24 35–20 | 2–0 24–16 28–6 | — |
* Overtime win
** Second overtime win
Team | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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Madison Radicals (C) (Q) | 14 | 0 | +136 | Midwest Division Final |
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (Q) | 10 | 4 | +61 | Midwest Division Playoff |
Minnesota Wind Chill (Q) | 9 | 5 | −26 | |
Indianapolis AlleyCats | 8 | 6 | +44 | |
Chicago Wildfire | 4 | 10 | −34 | |
Detroit Mechanix | 4 | 10 | −79 | |
Cincinnati Revolution | 0 | 14 | −102 |
Team | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
---|---|---|---|---|
San Francisco FlameThrowers (C) (Q) | 11 | 3 | +52 | West Division Final |
Seattle Cascades (Q) | 9 | 5 | +16 | West Division Playoff |
Los Angeles Aviators (Q) | 9 | 5 | +21 | |
Vancouver Riptide | 6 | 8 | −8 | |
San Jose Spiders | 5 | 9 | −27 | |
San Diego Growlers | 2 | 12 | −54 |
Team | W | L | PD | Qualifying position |
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Dallas Roughnecks (C) (Q) | 14 | 0 | +134 | South Division Final |
Raleigh Flyers (Q) | 9 | 5 | +11 | South Division Playoff |
Atlanta Hustle (Q) | 7 | 7 | −2 | |
Austin Sol | 7 | 7 | +26 | |
Jacksonville Cannons | 5 | 9 | −20 | |
Charlotte Express | 4 | 10 | −59 | |
Nashville Nightwatch | 3 | 11 | −90 |
Regional semifinal matches were played on July 16, with regional finals taking place on July 17 and July 23. [4] [5] Matches for the AUDL Semifinals were decided based on the seeding of teams from their results during the season.
Division Playoffs | Division Finals | AUDL Championship Semifinals | AUDL Championship | ||||||||||||
Toronto | 23* | ||||||||||||||
DC | 24 | DC | 21 | ||||||||||||
New York | 20 | Toronto | 20 | ||||||||||||
Dallas | 27 | ||||||||||||||
Madison | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 20 | Pittsburgh | 16 | ||||||||||||
Minnesota | 18 | Seattle | 27 | ||||||||||||
Dallas | 33 | ||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Seattle | 31 | Seattle | 23 | ||||||||||||
Los Angeles | 23 | Seattle | 26 | ||||||||||||
Madison | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Dallas | 28 | ||||||||||||||
Raleigh | 23 | Atlanta | 21 | ||||||||||||
Atlanta | 25 |
* Overtime win
Postponed
20–24 | ||
(6–6, 4–8, 6–5, 4–5) | ||
4 goals Kevin Norton | 5 goals John Helton | |
5 assists John Wodatch | 5 assists Markham Shofner | |
18–20 | ||
(3–6, 5–5, 5–5, 5–4) | ||
2 goals Six players | 5 goals David Vatz | |
7 assists Ben Jagt | 5 assists Alex Thorne | |
31–23 | ||
(8–1, 9–4, 9–9, 5–9) | ||
7 goals Mark Burton | 6 goals Bryan Nguyen | |
7 assists Phil Murray | 5 assists Eric Lissner | |
25–23 | ||
(7–5, 5–8, 5–5, 8–5) | ||
5 goals Anders Olsen | 5 goals Terrence Mitchell | |
5 assists Dylan Tunnell | 5 assists Brian Casey Jonathan Nethercutt | |
23–17 | ||
(3–3, 10–3, 6–6, 4–5) | ||
4 goals Zane Rankin | 2 goals Six players | |
5 assists Danny Karlinsky | 5 assists Eli Kerns | |
21–23 (OT) | ||
(4–5, 6–6, 2–4, 7–4, 2–4) | ||
7 goals Tom Doi | 5 goals Steve Armitage | |
3 assists Matt Kerrigan | 4 assists Andrew Carroll | |
16–20 | ||
(4–5, 3–4, 6–5, 3–6) | ||
3 goals David Vatz Mike Ogren | 4 goals Colin Camp Peter Graffy | |
4 assists Pat Earles | 3 assists Tom Annen Jay Froude | |
21–28 | ||
(4–3, 4–8, 8–6, 5–11) | ||
3 goals Anders Olsen Matt Smith | 3 goals Six players | |
3 assists Max Leonard Dylan Tunnell | 5 assists Jimmy Mickle | |
20–27 | ||
(4–8, 4–6, 6–7, 6–6) | ||
4 goals Jonathan Martin | 6 goals Kurt Gibson | |
4 assists Anatoly Vasilyev | 5 assists Chris Mazur | |
26–25 | ||
(3–6, 7–9, 9–6, 7–4) | ||
5 goals Dave Wiseman | ||
3 assists Four players | ||
27–33 | ||
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