2021 American Ultimate Disc League season

2021 American Ultimate Disc League season
LeagueAmerican Ultimate Disc League
SportUltimate
DurationJune 4 – September 11, 2021 (2021-06-04 – 2021-09-11)
Teams22
Regular season
Season MVPBen Jagt (NY) (2)
Postseason
Canada Cup championsMontreal Royal
Atlantic Division championsRaleigh Flyers
Central Division championsChicago Union
West Division championsSan Diego Growlers
Finals
ChampionsRaleigh Flyers
  Runners-upNew York Empire

The 2021 American Ultimate Disc League season was the league's ninth, after the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to ongoing travel restrictions, the three Canadian teams were temporarily moved into their own division and only played each other in a separate competition known as the "Canada Cup".[1] The Raleigh Flyers won their first league championship, defeating the prior season's champion New York Empire.[2][3] New York's Ben Jagt won the league MVP award for the second consecutive season.

Most league games were streamed on the league's platform, AUDL.tv. The championship game was broadcast on FS1.

Offseason

The Boston Glory were announced as an expansion franchise following the 2019 season,[4] making 2021 their debut season. The Midwest division was renamed the Central, and the South and East divisions were combined to form the Atlantic.[5]

Regular Season

Week 1

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/4 Indianapolis AlleyCats 30 21 Detroit Mechanix
6/4 Philadelphia Phoenix 21 16 Tampa Bay Cannons
6/4 Madison Radicals 18 20 Minnesota Wind Chill
6/4 New York Empire 19 18 DC Breeze
6/5 Atlanta Hustle 19 18 Raleigh Flyers
6/5 Chicago Union 20 12 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/5 DC Breeze 24 10 Tampa Bay Cannons
6/5 Detroit Mechanix 10 34 Madison Radicals
6/5 Los Angeles Aviators 16 19 San Diego Growlers
6/5 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 21 29 Boston Glory
6/5 Seattle Cascades 24 21 San Jose Spiders

Week 2

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/11 Boston Glory 19 21 Atlanta Hustle
6/12 Austin Sol 24 23 Dallas Roughnecks
6/12 Indianapolis AlleyCats 28 16 Detroit Mechanix
6/12 San Jose Spiders 20 19 Seattle Cascades
6/12 Tampa Bay Cannons 18 15 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/12 Chicago Union 23 18 Minnesota Wind Chill
6/12 Raleigh Flyers 24 25 DC Breeze
6/13 San Diego Growlers 18 20 Los Angeles Aviators

Week 3

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/18 Dallas Roughnecks 20 12 Los Angeles Aviators
6/18 DC Breeze 32 20 Boston Glory
6/18 Minnesota Wind Chill 25 19 Madison Radicals
6/18 San Jose Spiders 16 23 San Diego Growlers
6/18 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 19 24 New York Empire
6/19 Austin Sol 22 20 Los Angeles Aviators
6/19 Philadelphia Phoenix 27 18 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/19 Tampa Bay Cannons 13 24 Atlanta Hustle
6/19 Detroit Mechanix 13 30 Chicago Union
6/19 Raleigh Flyers 27 24 Boston Glory
6/20 Madison Radicals 24 20 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/20 Seattle Cascades 16 18 San Diego Growlers

Week 4

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/25 Seattle Cascades 28 24 Austin Sol
6/25 Boston Glory 24 17 Tampa Bay Cannons
6/25 Raleigh Flyers 23 11 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/25 Los Angeles Aviators 16 21 Dallas Roughnecks
6/26 Indianapolis AlleyCats 20 28 Chicago Union
6/26 Atlanta Hustle 24 17 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/26 New York Empire 24 18 Tampa Bay Cannons
6/26 San Diego Growlers 21 20 Dallas Roughnecks
6/26 San Jose Spiders 28 23 Austin Sol
6/26 Minnesota Wind Chill 29 17 Detroit Mechanix
6/27 Madison Radicals 29 18 Detroit Mechanix

Week 5

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/2 Austin Sol 23 16 Seattle Cascades
7/2 Chicago Union 18 15 Madison Radicals
7/2 DC Breeze 20 17 New York Empire
7/3 Dallas Roughnecks 24 16 Seattle Cascades
7/3 Indianapolis AlleyCats 22 26 Madison Radicals
7/3 Tampa Bay Cannons 15 29 Raleigh Flyers
7/3 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 23 20 Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 6

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/9 Dallas Roughnecks 16 17 Austin Sol
7/9 New York Empire 27 20 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/10 Dallas Roughnecks 21 20 Austin Sol
7/10 Atlanta Hustle 14 19 DC Breeze
7/10 Boston Glory 22 23 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/10 Indianapolis AlleyCats 18 25 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/10 Madison Radicals 19 16 Chicago Union
7/10 Raleigh Flyers 31 19 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/11 Chicago Union 18 20 Minnesota Wind Chill

Week 7

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/16 Philadelphia Phoenix 15 20 Atlanta Hustle
7/16 Seattle Cascades 22 18 Dallas Roughnecks
7/17 San Jose Spiders 20 23 Dallas Roughnecks
7/17 DC Breeze 13 17 Atlanta Hustle
7/17 Los Angeles Aviators 20 21 Austin Sol
7/17 Madison Radicals 17 16 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/17 Minnesota Wind Chill 25 12 Detroit Mechanix
7/17 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 16 27 Raleigh Flyers
7/18 Chicago Union 24 18 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/18 San Diego Growlers 21 20 Austin Sol

Week 8

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/23 Dallas Roughnecks 19 15 San Diego Growlers
7/23 Seattle Cascades 16 21 Los Angeles Aviators
7/24 Atlanta Hustle 22 21 New York Empire
7/24 Austin Sol 17 21 San Diego Growlers
7/24 San Jose Spiders 18 20 Los Angeles Aviators
7/24 Tampa Bay Cannons 23 26 Boston Glory
7/24 Detroit Mechanix 13 18 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/24 Minnesota Wind Chill 16 20 Chicago Union
7/24 Ottawa Outlaws 27 24 Toronto Rush
7/25 Montreal Royal 19 26 Ottawa Outlaws

Week 9

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/30 Madison Radicals 18 23 Chicago Union
7/30 Raleigh Flyers 20 17 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/31 Atlanta Hustle 27 22 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/31 Austin Sol 25 15 San Jose Spiders
7/31 Tampa Bay Cannons 18 25 New York Empire
7/31 DC Breeze 22 12 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/31 Detroit Mechanix 15 23 Madison Radicals
7/31 Minnesota Wind Chill 17 16 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/31 San Diego Growlers 21 20 Seattle Cascades
8/1 Dallas Roughnecks 15 14 San Jose Spiders
8/1 Los Angeles Aviators 20 15 Seattle Cascades

Week 10

Date Home Goals Goals Away
8/6 Philadelphia Phoenix 13 20 DC Breeze
8/6 Boston Glory 18 19 Raleigh Flyers
8/7 Atlanta Hustle 20 21 Tampa Bay Cannons
8/7 Austin Sol 22 23 Dallas Roughnecks
8/7 New York Empire 24 23 Raleigh Flyers
8/7 Chicago Union 20 16 Detroit Mechanix
8/7 Montreal Royal 18 16 Toronto Rush
8/7 San Diego Growlers 24 17 Los Angeles Aviators
8/7 Seattle Cascades 15 23 San Jose Spiders
8/8 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 16 25 DC Breeze
8/8 Ottawa Outlaws 18 22 Montreal Royal

Week 11

Date Home Goals Goals Away
8/12 Montreal Royal 18 16 Ottawa Outlaws
8/13 Boston Glory 26 20 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
8/13 Philadelphia Phoenix 19 20 New York Empire
8/13 San Jose Spiders 20 16 Seattle Cascades
8/14 New York Empire 20 16 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
8/14 Detroit Mechanix 15 24 Minnesota Wind Chill
8/14 Los Angeles Aviators 17 21 San Diego Growlers
8/14 Raleigh Flyers 20 18 Atlanta Hustle
8/14 Toronto Rush 19 20 Montreal Royal
8/15 Indianapolis AlleyCats 19 23 Minnesota Wind Chill
8/15 Toronto Rush 23 21 Ottawa Outlaws

Week 12

Date Home Goals Goals Away
8/20 New York Empire 25 21 Boston Glory
8/20 San Diego Growlers 24 21 San Jose Spiders
8/21 Philadelphia Phoenix 19 22 Boston Glory
8/21 DC Breeze 22 21 Raleigh Flyers
8/21 Detroit Mechanix 19 29 Chicago Union
8/21 Los Angeles Aviators 21 20 San Jose Spiders
8/21 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 25 26 Atlanta Hustle
8/21 Montreal Royal 25 23 Toronto Rush
8/22 Minnesota Wind Chill 19 15 Madison Radicals
8/22 Ottawa Outlaws 25 24 Montreal Royal

Week 13

Date Home Goals Goals Away
8/28 Toronto Rush 22 13 Ottawa Outlaws
8/28 San Diego Growlers 22 18 Dallas Roughnecks
8/29 Chicago Union 21 19 Minnesota Wind Chill
8/29 Tampa Bay Cannons 16 28 DC Breeze
8/29 Toronto Rush 18 25 Montreal Royal
8/29 Boston Glory 17 18 New York Empire

Standings

The Atlantic division, having several more teams, was given four playoff berths; the other two American divisions were given two berths each. This provided for a standard eight-team knockout bracket where the first round would feature divisional opponents.

The Canadian Cup, being contested between three teams, had a first round game between the bottom two teams and a divisional championship where the first-place team played the winner of the first round game.

Atlantic

Team W L % GD Qualification
DC Breeze 10 2 0.833 +69 Playoffs
New York Empire 10 2 0.833 +33 Playoffs
Atlanta Hustle 9 3 0.750 +29 Playoffs
Raleigh Flyers 8 4 0.667 +54 Playoffs
Boston Glory 5 7 0.417 +3
Philadelphia Phoenix 3 9 0.250 -40
Tampa Bay Cannons 2 10 0.167 -87
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 1 11 0.083 -61

West

Team W L % GD Qualification
San Diego Growlers 10 2 0.833 +27 Playoffs
Dallas Roughnecks 8 4 0.667 +24 Playoffs
Austin Sol 6 6 0.500 +6
Los Angeles Aviators 5 7 0.417 -15
San Jose Spiders 4 8 0.333 -12

Central

Team W L % GD Qualification
Chicago Union 10 2 0.833 +65 Playoffs
Minnesota Wind Chill 10 2 0.833 +51 Playoffs
Madison Radicals 7 5 0.583 +35
Seattle Cascades 3 9 0.250 -30
Indianapolis AlleyCats 3 9 0.250 -17
Detroit Mechanix 0 12 0.000 -134

Canadian

Team W L % GD Qualification
Montreal Royal 6 2 0.750 +10 First round bye
Ottawa Outlaws 3 4 0.429 -6 Playoffs
Toronto Rush 2 5 0.286 -4 Playoffs

Postseason

Canada Cup

Play-in game
4 Sep 2021 		Final
9 Sep 2021
1 Montreal Royal 19
2 Ottawa Outlaws 22 3 Toronto Rush 18
3 Toronto Rush 24


AUDL

First Round
3–4 Sep 2021 		Semi-finals
10 Sep 2021 		Final
11 Sep 2021
         
1 DC Breeze 16
4 Raleigh Flyers 19
4 Raleigh Flyers 21
1 Chicago Union 20
1 Chicago Union 21
2 Minnesota Wind Chill 19
4 Raleigh Flyers 19
2 New York Empire 16
2 New York Empire (OT) 22
3 Atlanta Hustle 21
2 New York Empire 22
1 San Diego Growlers 18
1 San Diego Growlers 22
2 Dallas Roughnecks 18

Season Awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: AJ Merriman (ATL)
  • Rookie of the Year: Anders Juengst (CAR)
  • Most Improved Player: AJ Merriman (ATL)
  • Coach of the Year: Mike DeNardis (RAL)

Individual Leaders

  • Assists: 77, Ryan Osgar (NY)
  • Goals: 63, Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Blocks: 23, four players tied
  • Scores: 118, Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Receiving Yards: 5375, Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Throwing Yards: 5260, Sol Yanuck (RAL)
  • Total Yards: 7363, Ryan Osgar (NY)
  • Completions: 723, Sol Yanuck (RAL)
  • Points Played: 395, Ben Jagt (NY)

All-AUDL Teams

First Team

  • Travis Dunn (SD)
  • Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Pawel Janas (CHI)
  • AJ Merriman (DC)
  • Ryan Osgar (NY)
  • Austin Taylor (ATL)
  • Jack Williams (NY)

Second Team

  • Jeff Babbitt (NY)
  • Allan Laviolette (CAR)
  • Jonny Malks (DC)
  • Greg Martin (PHL)
  • Steven Milardovich (SD)
  • Ben Sadok (BOS)
  • Max Sheppard (PIT)

All-Rookie Teams

First Team

  • Paul Arters (CHI)
  • Tanner Halkyard (BOS)
  • Anders Juengst (CAR)
  • Jordan Kerr (OAK)
  • Andrew Roy (MIN)
  • Ben Sadok (BOS)
  • Evan Swiatek (ATX)

Second Team

  • Matt Gouchoe-Hanas (CAR)
  • John Lithio (NY)
  • Elijah Long (CAR)
  • Garrett Martin (SEA)
  • Gus Norrbom (DC)
  • John Stubbs (ATL)
  • Vinay Valsaraj (ATX)

All-UFA Defense Team

  • Jeff Babbitt (NY)
  • Dylan DeClerck (MIN)
  • Brett Hulsmeyer (ATL)
  • AJ Merriman (ATL)
  • Steven Milardovich (SD)
  • Drew Swanson (CHI)
  • Mick Walter (ATX)

References

  1. ^ "AUDL Announces Inaugural Canada Cup". WatchUFA. 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ Lepler, Evan (14 September 2021). "Flyers Dethrone Empire". WatchUFA.
  3. ^ Rubin, Alex (13 September 2021). "Raleigh Flyers Win First AUDL Title with Sparkling Offense". UltiWorld.
  4. ^ {{cite web |url=https://www.watchufa.com/league/news/2019-audl-boston-glory-announce-team-name |title=Boston Glory Join East Division In 2020 |date=19 December 2019 |website=WatchUFA
  5. ^ "AUDL Executive Council Approves Return To Play For 2021". WatchUFA. 5 March 2021.
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