2019 American Ultimate Disc League season

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2019 American Ultimate Disc League season
League American Ultimate Disc League
Sport Ultimate
DurationApril 5 – August 11, 2019 (2019-04-05 – 2019-08-11)
Number of teams24
TV partner(s) Stadium
Regular season
Postseason
East Division champions New York Empire
Midwest Division champions Indianapolis AlleyCats
West Division champions San Diego Growlers
South Division champions Raleigh Flyers
Finals
Champions New York Empire
AUDL seasons
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.

Contents

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
4/5 Dallas Roughnecks 1917 Raleigh Flyers
4/6 Austin Sol 2228 Raleigh Flyers
4/6 Seattle Cascades 2728 San Jose Spiders
4/6 San Diego Growlers 2018 Los Angeles Aviators
4/6 Tampa Bay Cannons 1817 Atlanta Hustle

Week 2

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/12 San Jose Spiders 1822 Los Angeles Aviators
4/13 New York Empire 2118 DC Breeze
4/13 Austin Sol 1917 Dallas Roughnecks
4/13 San Diego Growlers 2524 San Jose Spiders
4/13 Atlanta Hustle 2124 Raleigh Flyers
4/14 Indianapolis AlleyCats 2022 Madison 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
4/20 DC Breeze 2018 Philadelphia Phoenix
4/20 Seattle Cascades 2024 Los Angeles Aviators
4/20 Minnesota Wind Chill 2526 Chicago Wildfire
4/20 Madison Radicals 2617 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/20 San Jose Spiders 1621 San Diego Growlers
4/20 Indianapolis AlleyCats 2622 Detroit Mechanix
4/20 Dallas Roughnecks 2117 Austin Sol
4/20 Tampa Bay Cannons 1714 Atlanta Hustle

Week 4

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
4/26 San Diego Growlers 2018 Seattle Cascades
4/27 Ottawa Outlaws 1319 Toronto Rush
4/27 Detroit Mechanix 1619 Indianapolis AlleyCats
4/27 Minnesota Wind Chill 2522 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/27 Philadelphia Phoenix 1625 New York Empire
4/27 Atlanta Hustle 1521 Raleigh Flyers
4/27 Los Angeles Aviators 2519 Seattle Cascades
4/28 New York Empire 2319 Montreal Royal

Week 5

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/4 Toronto Rush 2116 Montreal Royal
5/4 Atlanta Hustle 2319 Austin Sol
5/4 DC Breeze 2415 Ottawa Outlaws
5/4 Chicago Wildfire 2317 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/4 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 1619 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/4 Seattle Cascades 2521 San Diego Growlers
5/4 San Jose Spiders 1625 Los Angeles Aviators
5/5 Detroit Mechanix 2231 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/5 Raleigh Flyers 2318 Austin Sol
5/5 Philadelphia Phoenix 2116 Ottawa Outlaws

Week 6

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/11 Toronto Rush 2625 Ottawa Outlaws
5/11 Los Angeles Aviators 2127 San Diego Growlers
5/11 Madison Radicals 1920 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/11 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2118 Chicago Wildfire
5/11 New York Empire 2625 DC Breeze
5/11 San Jose Spiders 2419 Seattle Cascades
5/11 Indianapolis AlleyCats 2227 Atlanta Hustle
5/11 Austin Sol 2125 Dallas Roughnecks
5/11 Tampa Bay Cannons 1924 Raleigh Flyers

Week 7

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/17 San Diego Growlers 3220 San Jose Spiders
5/18 Los Angeles Aviators 2421 San Jose Spiders
5/18 Chicago Wildfire 2225 Madison Radicals
5/18 Minnesota Wind Chill 1113 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/18 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2411 Detroit Mechanix
5/18 Ottawa Outlaws 2221 DC Breeze
5/18 Raleigh Flyers 2522 Atlanta Hustle
5/18 Austin Sol 1719 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/18 New York Empire 2217 Toronto Rush
5/19 Montreal Royal 1920 DC Breeze
5/19 Dallas Roughnecks 2821 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/19 Philadelphia Phoenix 1816 Toronto Rush

Week 8

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
5/25 New York Empire 2015 Ottawa Outlaws
5/25 Toronto Rush 2215 Madison Radicals
5/25 Philadelphia Phoenix 1525 Montreal Royal
5/25 Chicago Wildfire 1817 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/25 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2417 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/25 Atlanta Hustle 2314 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/25 Dallas Roughnecks 2015 Austin Sol
5/26 DC Breeze 2717 Montreal Royal
5/26 Detroit Mechanix 1416 Madison Radicals

Week 9

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/1 Madison Radicals 1518 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/1 Detroit Mechanix 1217 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/1 Minnesota Wind Chill 2726 Chicago Wildfire
6/1 DC Breeze 1920 New York Empire
6/1 Ottawa Outlaws 1921 Montreal Royal
6/1 Seattle Cascades 2225 San Jose Spiders
6/1 Tampa Bay Cannons 2416 Austin Sol
6/1 Los Angeles Aviators 1820 San Diego Growlers
6/2 Atlanta Hustle 2425 Austin Sol
6/2 Toronto Rush 1913 Montreal Royal

Week 10

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

Week 11

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/14 Tampa Bay Cannons 2025 Dallas Roughnecks
6/15 New York Empire 1914 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/15 Montreal Royal 2122 Ottawa Outlaws
6/15 DC Breeze 2322 Toronto Rush
6/15 Minnesota Wind Chill 2119 Madison Radicals
6/15 San Diego Growlers 1718 Los Angeles Aviators
6/15 Raleigh Flyers 2718 Dallas Roughnecks
6/15 San Jose Spiders 2526 Seattle Cascades
6/16 Chicago Wildfire 2416 Detroit Mechanix
6/16 Philadelphia Phoenix 1621 DC Breeze

Week 12

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/22 DC Breeze 2118 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/22 Detroit Mechanix 1124 Chicago Wildfire
6/22 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2120 Madison Radicals
6/22 Seattle Cascades 2530 San Diego Growlers
6/22 Montreal Royal 2322 Toronto Rush
6/22 San Jose Spiders 2731 Los Angeles Aviators
6/22 Indianapolis AlleyCats 2423 Minnesota Wind Chill
6/22 Raleigh Flyers 2425 New York Empire
6/22 Dallas Roughnecks 2922 Tampa Bay Cannons
6/23 Austin Sol 2314 Tampa Bay Cannons
6/23 Ottawa Outlaws 1722 Toronto Rush

Week 13

The Madison Radicals and Chicago Wildfire play at Breese Stevens Field on June 28. Madison Radicals Chicago Wildfire June 28 2019.jpg
The Madison Radicals and Chicago Wildfire play at Breese Stevens Field on June 28.
DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
6/28 Madison Radicals 1821 Chicago Wildfire
6/29 Toronto Rush 2426 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/29 Minnesota Wind Chill 2712 Detroit Mechanix
6/29 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2023 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/29 Montreal Royal 1922 New York Empire
6/29 San Diego Growlers 2625 Seattle Cascades
6/29 Dallas Roughnecks 1815 Atlanta Hustle
6/29 Tampa Bay Cannons 2022 Raleigh Flyers
6/30 Austin Sol 2122 Atlanta Hustle
6/30 Chicago Wildfire 126 Detroit Mechanix
6/30 Los Angeles Aviators 2714 Seattle Cascades
6/30 Ottawa Outlaws 2327 New York Empire

Week 14

DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/4 Montreal Royal 2522 Ottawa Outlaws
7/5 Raleigh Flyers 2215 Dallas Roughnecks
7/6 Detroit Mechanix 2324 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/6 Toronto Rush 2621 DC Breeze
7/6 Seattle Cascades 2331 Los Angeles Aviators
7/6 Madison Radicals 2217 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/6 Philadelphia Phoenix 2022 New York Empire
7/6 San Jose Spiders 2026 San Diego Growlers
7/6 Atlanta Hustle 2319 Dallas Roughnecks
7/6 Indianapolis AlleyCats 2421 Chicago 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
7/13 Chicago Wildfire 1629 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/13 Ottawa Outlaws 2019 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/13 Raleigh Flyers 2524 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/14 Madison Radicals 339 Detroit Mechanix
7/14 Montreal Royal 2021 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/14 Indianapolis AlleyCats 1725 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

Standings

East Division

TeamWLQualifying position
New York Empire 120East Division Final
Toronto Rush 75East Division Playoff
DC Breeze 75
Montreal Royal 48
Philadelphia Phoenix 48
Ottawa Outlaws 39

Midwest Division

TeamWLQualifying position
Indianapolis AlleyCats 84Midwest Division Final
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 84Midwest Division Playoff
Chicago Wildfire 75
Minnesota Wind Chill 66
Madison Radicals 66
Detroit Mechanix 012

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

TeamWLQualifying position
San Diego Growlers 102West Division Final
Los Angeles Aviators 93West Division Final
San Jose Spiders 39
Seattle Cascades 210

South Division

TeamWLQualifying position
Raleigh Flyers 102South Division Final
Dallas Roughnecks 84South Division Final
Atlanta Hustle 57
Tampa Bay Cannons 48
Austin Sol 39

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 Division Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 2120 Chicago Wildfire
7/20East Division Toronto Rush 2221 DC Breeze

Divisional final

DateDivisionHomeGoalsGoalsAway
7/20West Division San Diego Growlers 2521 Los Angeles Aviators
7/21East Division New York Empire 1916 Toronto Rush
7/27South Division Raleigh Flyers 1721 Dallas Roughnecks
7/27Midwest Division Indianapolis AlleyCats 2317 Pittsburgh 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
8/10Semifinal1 New York Empire 1715 Indianapolis AlleyCats 4
8/10Semifinal2 Dallas Roughnecks 2318 San Diego Growlers 3
8/11Final1 New York Empire 2622 Dallas Roughnecks 2

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]

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