2022 American Ultimate Disc League season

2022 American Ultimate Disc League season
LeagueAmerican Ultimate Disc League
SportUltimate
DurationApril 29 – August 27, 2022 (2022-04-29 – 2022-08-27)
Teams25
Regular season
Season MVPRyan Osgar (NY)
Postseason
Central Division championsChicago Union
East Division championsNew York Empire
South Division championsCarolina Flyers
West Division championsColorado Summit
Postseason MVPJack Williams (NY)
Finals
ChampionsNew York Empire (2)
  Runners-upSalt Lake Shred

The 2022 American Ultimate Disc League season was the league's tenth. The New York Empire won their second championship[1] after an undefeated season, becoming only the second franchise to win multiple championships. New York's Ryan Osgar won the league's MVP award[2], and Jack Williams won the Championship Weekend MVP.

Preseason

After the divisional realignment caused by COVID-related travel restrictions during the 2021 season, teams were restored to their previous divisions for 2022.[3] The Atlantic division was split into the former East and South divisions, the Canadian teams rejoined the East, Pittsburgh moved back to the Central, and Dallas and Austin returned to the South division. The Dallas franchise rebranded from the Roughnecks to the Legion,[4] the San Jose Spiders moved to Oakland, and the Raleigh Flyers became the Carolina Flyers.[5] Finally, three new West Division teams joined the league in 2022: the Colorado Summit, Portland Steel, and Salt Lake Shred.[6]

Regular Season

Week 1

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/29 Carolina Flyers 16 14 Atlanta Hustle
4/29 San Diego Growlers 22 24 Salt Lake Shred
4/30 Atlanta Hustle 24 12 Tampa Bay Cannons
4/30 Boston Glory 25 24 Philadelphia Phoenix
4/30 DC Breeze 19 22 New York Empire
4/30 Toronto Rush 19 26 Montreal Royal
4/30 Detroit Mechanix 13 17 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/30 Dallas Legion 17 20 Austin Sol
4/30 Los Angeles Aviators 22 25 Salt Lake Shred
5/1 Portland Steel 29 24 Seattle Cascades
5/1 Chicago Union 19 8 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

Week 2

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/6 Ottawa Outlaws 21 19 Boston Glory
5/7 Indianapolis AlleyCats 33 22 Detroit Mechanix
5/7 New York Empire 17 15 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/7 Madison Radicals 18 16 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/7 Minnesota Wind Chill 21 24 Chicago Union
5/7 Tampa Bay Cannons 13 19 Carolina Flyers
5/7 Oakland Spiders 16 18 San Diego Growlers
5/7 Seattle Cascades 16 19 Colorado Apex
5/7 Montreal Royal 21 17 Boston Glory
5/8 Portland Steel 23 24 Colorado Apex

Week 3

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/13 Philadelphia Phoenix 17 18 Montreal Royal
5/13 Austin Sol 24 17 Dallas Legion
5/13 Salt Lake Shred 32 21 Seattle Cascades
5/14 Indianapolis AlleyCats 22 23 Madison Radicals
5/14 Boston Glory 19 23 New York Empire
5/14 DC Breeze 27 17 Montreal Royal
5/14 Toronto Rush 29 26 Ottawa Outlaws
5/14 Dallas Legion 14 20 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/14 Carolina Flyers 24 18 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/14 San Diego Growlers 22 17 Los Angeles Aviators

Week 4

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/20 Montreal Royal 13 19 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/20 Boston Glory 23 13 Toronto Rush
5/20 Carolina Flyers 27 24 Austin Sol
5/21 Atlanta Hustle 26 21 Austin Sol
5/21 New York Empire 31 17 Toronto Rush
5/21 Ottawa Outlaws 22 23 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/21 Detroit Mechanix 18 27 Madison Radicals
5/21 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 16 20 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/21 Oakland Spiders 22 26 Portland Steel
5/21 San Diego Growlers 22 20 Seattle Cascades
5/22 Los Angeles Aviators 19 18 Seattle Cascades

Week 5

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/27 Montreal Royal 18 22 New York Empire
5/28 Ottawa Outlaws 18 30 New York Empire
5/28 Toronto Rush 26 27 DC Breeze
5/28 Detroit Mechanix 19 23 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/28 Madison Radicals 16 19 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/28 Tampa Bay Cannons 19 24 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/28 Colorado Apex 21 20 Salt Lake Shred
5/28 Seattle Cascades 26 18 Portland Steel

Week 6

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/1 Ottawa Outlaws 21 24 Montreal Royal
6/3 DC Breeze 25 20 Boston Glory
6/3 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 19 20 Madison Radicals
6/3 Dallas Legion 18 26 Carolina Flyers
6/3 Salt Lake Shred 30 21 Oakland Spiders
6/4 Toronto Rush 8 25 New York Empire
6/4 Detroit Mechanix 20 28 Chicago Union
6/4 Austin Sol 21 20 Carolina Flyers
6/4 Colorado Apex 22 16 Oakland Spiders
6/4 Philadelphia Phoenix 24 22 Boston Glory
6/4 Minnesota Wind Chill 28 13 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/4 Tampa Bay Cannons 16 18 Atlanta Hustle
6/4 Portland Steel 20 21 Los Angeles Aviators
6/5 Seattle Cascades 23 14 Los Angeles Aviators

Week 7

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/10 Los Angeles Aviators 17 16 Portland Steel
6/10 New York Empire 25 21 DC Breeze
6/10 Salt Lake Shred 20 25 Colorado Apex
6/10 Chicago Union 22 21 Madison Radicals
6/11 Indianapolis AlleyCats 32 18 Detroit Mechanix
6/11 Montreal Royal 20 21 Toronto Rush
6/11 Minnesota Wind Chill 20 14 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/11 Carolina Flyers 23 15 Dallas Legion
6/11 Oakland Spiders 24 29 Colorado Apex
6/11 San Diego Growlers 20 18 Portland Steel
6/11 Atlanta Hustle 23 18 Tampa Bay Cannons

Week 8

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/17 Atlanta Hustle 18 22 Carolina Flyers
6/17 Boston Glory 19 18 Ottawa Outlaws
6/17 Philadelphia Phoenix 18 14 Toronto Rush
6/17 Oakland Spiders 20 19 Seattle Cascades
6/17 Chicago Union 24 21 Austin Sol
6/18 DC Breeze 26 16 Toronto Rush
6/18 New York Empire 21 15 Ottawa Outlaws
6/18 Madison Radicals 18 19 Austin Sol
6/18 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 24 21 Detroit Mechanix
6/18 Los Angeles Aviators 19 20 San Diego Growlers
6/18 Colorado Apex 22 14 Seattle Cascades

Week 9

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/24 Salt Lake Shred 23 18 San Diego Growlers
6/25 Indianapolis AlleyCats 23 24 Chicago Union
6/25 Toronto Rush 25 23 Boston Glory
6/25 Austin Sol 26 20 Dallas Legion
6/25 Colorado Apex 27 21 San Diego Growlers
6/25 Minnesota Wind Chill 22 11 Madison Radicals
6/25 Tampa Bay Cannons 15 23 Carolina Flyers
6/25 Seattle Cascades 17 22 Oakland Spiders
6/26 Portland Steel 21 36 Oakland Spiders

Week 10

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/1 New York Empire 29 14 Montreal Royal
7/1 Chicago Union 22 25 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/2 Indianapolis AlleyCats 28 26 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/2 Boston Glory 23 16 Montreal Royal
7/2 Ottawa Outlaws 20 21 Toronto Rush
7/2 Carolina Flyers 18 16 Atlanta Hustle
7/2 Dallas Legion 16 26 Austin Sol
7/2 Colorado Apex 24 15 Los Angeles Aviators
7/2 Philadelphia Phoenix 21 22 DC Breeze
7/2 Detroit Mechanix 19 33 Minnesota Wind Chill

Week 11

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/7 Montreal Royal 20 23 Ottawa Outlaws
7/8 DC Breeze 25 24 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/8 Dallas Legion 14 17 Atlanta Hustle
7/8 Seattle Cascades 24 25 Salt Lake Shred
7/9 New York Empire 32 18 Boston Glory
7/9 Austin Sol 18 17 Atlanta Hustle
7/9 Portland Steel 14 28 Salt Lake Shred
7/9 Chicago Union 23 15 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/9 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 22 19 Detroit Mechanix
7/9 Carolina Flyers 20 11 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/10 Madison Radicals 21 18 Minnesota Wind Chill

Week 12

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/15 Montreal Royal 14 24 DC Breeze
7/15 Madison Radicals 17 19 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/15 San Diego Growlers 23 20 Colorado Apex
7/16 Ottawa Outlaws 17 24 DC Breeze
7/16 Toronto Rush 23 25 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/16 Detroit Mechanix 18 25 Madison Radicals
7/16 Austin Sol 26 22 Dallas Legion
7/16 Minnesota Wind Chill 25 27 Chicago Union
7/16 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 22 27 Carolina Flyers
7/16 Tampa Bay Cannons 17 26 Atlanta Hustle
7/16 Los Angeles Aviators 21 27 Colorado Apex
7/16 Oakland Spiders 19 22 Salt Lake Shred

Week 13

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/22 Atlanta Hustle 27 20 Dallas Legion
7/22 Philadelphia Phoenix 19 24 New York Empire
7/22 Salt Lake Shred 19 16 Los Angeles Aviators
7/23 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 17 25 Chicago Union
7/23 Tampa Bay Cannons 17 15 Dallas Legion
7/23 Oakland Spiders 22 18 Los Angeles Aviators
7/23 Seattle Cascades 18 22 San Diego Growlers
7/23 Indianapolis AlleyCats 21 24 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/23 Boston Glory 21 23 DC Breeze
7/24 Portland Steel 18 23 San Diego Growlers

Week 14

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/29 Los Angeles Aviators 25 24 Oakland Spiders
7/29 DC Breeze 24 17 Ottawa Outlaws
7/29 Madison Radicals 15 21 Chicago Union
7/29 Austin Sol 30 10 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/29 Salt Lake Shred 32 16 Portland Steel
7/30 Atlanta Hustle 23 21 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/30 Dallas Legion 24 16 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/30 Colorado Apex 34 18 Portland Steel
7/30 Philadelphia Phoenix 25 19 Ottawa Outlaws
7/30 Chicago Union 33 18 Detroit Mechanix
7/30 San Diego Growlers 24 18 Oakland Spiders
7/31 Minnesota Wind Chill 28 9 Detroit Mechanix

Standings

The South division, having fewer teams, was given two playoff berths; the division championship was contested between the top two teams in the division. In the other three divisions, the top seed received a bye to the second round, while the second and third seeds played each other in the first round.

East

Team W L % GD Qualification
New York Empire 12 0 1.000 +100 First round bye
DC Breeze 10 2 0.833 +47 Playoffs
Philadelphia Phoenix 6 6 0.500 +10
Boston Glory 4 8 0.333 -16
Montreal Royal 4 8 0.333 -41
Toronto Rush 4 8 0.333 -58
Ottawa Outlaws 2 10 0.167 -42

South

Team W L % GD Qualification
Carolina Flyers 11 1 0.917 +60 Playoffs
Austin Sol 9 3 0.750 +42 Playoffs
Atlanta Hustle 8 4 0.667 +36
Dallas Legion 1 11 0.083 -56
Tampa Bay Cannons 1 11 0.083 -88

Central

Team W L % GD Qualification
Chicago Union 11 1 0.917 +63 First round bye
Minnesota Wind Chill 9 3 0.750 +72 Playoffs
Indianapolis AlleyCats 6 6 0.500 +7
Madison Radicals 6 6 0.500 -1
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 4 8 0.333 -24
Detroit Mechanix 0 12 0.000 -111

West

Team W L % GD Qualification
Colorado Summit 11 1 0.917 +63 First round bye
Salt Lake Shred 10 2 0.833 +61 Playoffs
San Diego Growlers 9 3 0.750 +17
Oakland Spiders 4 8 0.333 -11
Los Angeles Aviators 4 8 0.333 -36
Seattle Cascades 2 10 0.167 -24
Portland Steel 2 10 0.167 -70

Postseason

First Round Division Championships Semi-Finals Final
1 New York Empire 19
2 DC Breeze 23 2 DC Breeze 18
3 Philadelphia Phoenix 18 New York Empire 22
Carolina Flyers 16
1 Carolina Flyers 22
2 Austin Sol 20
New York Empire 22
Chicago Union 14
1 Chicago Union 21
2 Minnesota Wind Chill 20 2 Minnesota Wind Chill 16
3 Indianapolis AlleyCats 18 Chicago Union 19
Colorado Summit 14
1 Colorado Summit 26
2 Salt Lake Shred 19 2 Salt Lake Shred 21
3 San Diego Growlers 16


Season Awards[7]

  • Most Valuable Player: Ryan Osgar (NY)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Cody Spicer (COL)
  • Rookie of the Year: Leandro Marx (POR)
  • Most Improved Player: James Pollard (PHI)
  • Coach of the Year: Steven Naji (ATX)

Individual Leaders

  • Assists: 90, Jordan Kerr (SLC)
  • Goals: 59, Cameron Brock (IND)
  • Blocks: 24, Phil Turner (TOR)
  • Scores: 121, Jordan Kerr (SLC)
  • Receiving Yards: 5315, Leandro Marx (POR)
  • Throwing Yards: 5980, Jonathan Nethercutt (COL)
  • Total Yards: 8218, Pawel Janas (CHI)
  • Completions: 741, Pawel Janas (CHI)
  • Points Played: 374, Leandro Marx (POR)

All-AUDL Teams

First Team

  • Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Pawel Janas (CHI)
  • Jordan Kerr (SLC)
  • Rowan McDonnell (DC)
  • Jonathan Nethercutt (COL)
  • Ryan Osgar (NY)
  • Jack Williams (NY)

Second Team

  • Jeff Babbitt (NY)
  • Travis Dunn (SD)
  • Quinn Finer (COL)
  • Kyle Henke (ATX)
  • Leandro Marx (POR)
  • Cody Spicer (COL)
  • Eric Taylor (CAR)

All-Rookie Teams

First Team

  • Mark Evans (ATX)
  • Quinn Finer (COL)
  • Leandro Marx (POR)
  • Jake Radack (ATX)
  • Kyle Rutledge (CHI)
  • Cody Spicer (COL)
  • Chad Yorgason (SLC)

Second Team

  • Mathieu Agee (COL)
  • Alex Atkins (COL)
  • Asher Lantz (CHI)
  • Declan Miller (SEA)
  • Oscar Stonehouse (TOR)
  • Alex Tatum (COL)
  • Luke Yorgason (SLC)

All-Defense Team

  • Marques Brownlee (NY)
  • Joel Clutton (SLC)
  • Abe Coffin (MIN)
  • Paul Owens (PHL)
  • Cody Spicer (COL)
  • Phil Turner (TOR)
  • Chad Yorgason (SLC)

References

  1. ^ Rubin, Alex (28 August 2022). "New York Empire Caps Off Undefeated Season With Second AUDL Championship". UltiWorld.
  2. ^ "Ryan Osgar Wins 2022 AUDL MVP". WatchUFA. 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ Lepler, Evan (9 January 2025). "A Brief History of Divisional Realignment". WatchUFA.
  4. ^ "Dallas Announces New Branding and Staff Changes". WatchUFA. 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ Lepler, Evan (22 February 2022). "AUDL 2022 Schedule". WatchUFA.
  6. ^ "Colorado, Salt Lake, Portland to Join West in 2022". WatchUFA. 1 December 2021.
  7. ^ "2022 Season Index". WatchUFA. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
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