2018 American Ultimate Disc League season

2018 American Ultimate Disc League season
LeagueAmerican Ultimate Disc League
SportUltimate
DurationMarch 31 – August 12, 2018 (2018-03-31 – 2018-08-12)
Number of teams24
TV partner(s)Stadium
Regular season
Postseason
East Division championsToronto Rush
Midwest Division championsMadison Radicals
West Division championsLos Angeles Aviators
South Division championsDallas Roughnecks
Finals
ChampionsMadison Radicals
AUDL seasons

The 2018 American Ultimate Disc League season was the seventh season for the league. The Madison Radicals won the championship, the team's first.[1] Rowan McDonnell of the DC Breeze won league MVP after the season.[2]

Offseason

The Vancouver Riptide was the lone team to cease operations after 2017, with plans to move the team to Portland, Oregon and rejoin the league for the 2019 season.[3] Stadium joined the AUDL as broadcast partner, replacing Eleven Sports Network.[4] Stadium televised one game a week live as well as all three games during Championship Weekend VII.

Regular season

Week 1

Date Home Goals Goals Away
3/31 Detroit Mechanix 12 24 Indianapolis AlleyCats
3/31 Raleigh Flyers 27 22 Tampa Bay Cannons

Week 2

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/7 Seattle Cascades 29 28 Minnesota Wind Chill
4/7 Los Angeles Aviators 30 17 San Diego Growlers
4/7 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 17 16 Detroit Mechanix
4/7 DC Breeze 22 24 Montreal Royal
4/7 San Francisco FlameThrowers 20 21 San Jose Spiders
4/7 Tampa Bay Cannons 15 17 Atlanta Hustle
4/7 Raleigh Flyers 14 17 Dallas Roughnecks
4/7 Indianapolis AlleyCats 13 20 Madison Radicals

Week 3

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/14 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 15 20 Chicago Wildfire
4/14 Seattle Cascades 16 22 San Diego Growlers
4/14 New York Empire 14 18 Toronto Rush
4/14 Tampa Bay Cannons 17 20 Raleigh Flyers
4/14 San Jose Spiders 27 28 San Francisco FlameThrowers
4/14 Austin Sol 23 22 Los Angeles Aviators
4/15 Dallas Roughnecks 20 17 Los Angeles Aviators
4/15 Philadelphia Phoenix 18 19 Toronto Rush
4/15 Nashville NightWatch 17 18 Atlanta Hustle

Week 4

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/21 Detroit Mechanix 12 27 Madison Radicals
4/21 Minnesota Wind Chill 24 23 Chicago Wildfire
4/21 Indianapolis AlleyCats 27 18 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/21 Philadelphia Phoenix 26 21 Montreal Royal
4/21 Atlanta Hustle 19 18 Tampa Bay Cannons
4/21 San Francisco FlameThrowers 18 28 Toronto Rush
4/21 New York Empire 28 16 Ottawa Outlaws
4/21 San Diego Growlers 26 25 Seattle Cascades
4/21 Nashville NightWatch 26 31 Raleigh Flyers
4/22 Dallas Roughnecks 23 21 Austin Sol
4/22 DC Breeze 26 19 Ottawa Outlaws
4/22 Los Angeles Aviators 25 16 San Jose Spiders

Week 5

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/27 Austin Sol 25 23 Raleigh Flyers
4/27 San Jose Spiders 18 17 San Diego Growlers
4/28 Ottawa Outlaws 33 35 Montreal Royal
4/28 Madison Radicals 29 13 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
4/28 San Francisco FlameThrowers 21 25 San Diego Growlers
4/28 Philadelphia Phoenix 18 18 DC Breeze
4/28 Dallas Roughnecks 20 24 Raleigh Flyers
4/28 Tampa Bay Cannons 25 13 Nashville NightWatch
4/28 Chicago Wildfire 21 25 Indianapolis AlleyCats

Week 6

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/4 San Diego Growlers 31 28 San Jose Spiders
5/5 Montreal Royal 14 17 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/5 Minnesota Wind Chill 19 20 Madison Radicals
5/5 Detroit Mechanix 22 31 Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/5 Atlanta Hustle 22 23 Austin Sol
5/5 New York Empire 19 18 DC Breeze
5/5 Seattle Cascades 27 25 San Francisco FlameThrowers
5/5 Raleigh Flyers 23 20 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/5 Los Angeles Aviators 33 31 San Jose Spiders
5/6 Ottawa Outlaws 22 19 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/6 Nashville NightWatch 22 20 Austin Sol
5/6 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 18 27 Indianapolis AlleyCats

Week 7

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/12 Minnesota Wind Chill 34 17 Detroit Mechanix
5/12 Chicago Wildfire 21 16 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/12 Atlanta Hustle 27 26 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/12 DC Breeze 25 24 Raleigh Flyers
5/12 Austin Sol 23 27 Dallas Roughnecks
5/12 San Jose Spiders 23 26 San Francisco FlameThrowers
5/13 Madison Radicals 37 8 Detroit Mechanix
5/13 Montreal Royal 18 21 Toronto Rush
5/13 Seattle Cascades 26 30 Los Angeles Aviators
5/13 Indianapolis AlleyCats 27 24 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

Week 8

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/18 San Francisco FlameThrowers 32 29 Seattle Cascades
5/19 Chicago Wildfire 16 24 Madison Radicals
5/19 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 21 33 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/19 Toronto Rush 33 20 DC Breeze
5/19 San Diego Growlers 20 25 Los Angeles Aviators
5/19 San Jose Spiders 24 14 Seattle Cascades
5/19 New York Empire 23 15 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/19 Nashville NightWatch 32 30 Tampa Bay Cannons
5/19 Austin Sol 28 19 Atlanta Hustle
5/20 Detroit Mechanix 24 34 Minnesota Wind Chill
5/20 Dallas Roughnecks 26 21 Atlanta Hustle
5/20 Montreal Royal 21 20 DC Breeze
5/20 Toronto Rush 21 19 Ottawa Outlaws

Week 9

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/26 Toronto Rush 28 23 Philadelphia Phoenix
5/26 Los Angeles Aviators 25 23 San Diego Growlers
5/26 DC Breeze 29 21 New York Empire
5/26 Madison Radicals 16 24 Raleigh Flyers
5/26 Indianapolis AlleyCats 26 22 Chicago Wildfire
5/26 Nashville NightWatch 27 21 Austin Sol
5/27 Ottawa Outlaws 30 18 Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 10

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/1 Raleigh Flyers 32 14 Austin Sol
6/2 Detroit Mechanix 18 25 Chicago Wildfire
6/2 Minnesota Wind Chill 22 18 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/2 Montreal Royal 20 24 Toronto Rush
6/2 Seattle Cascades 25 29 San Jose Spiders
6/2 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 11 20 DC Breeze
6/2 San Diego Growlers 24 25 San Francisco FlameThrowers
6/2 New York Empire 24 21 Ottawa Outlaws
6/2 Nashville NightWatch 21 31 Dallas Roughnecks
6/2 Tampa Bay Cannons 26 27 Austin Sol
6/3 Philadelphia Phoenix 22 21 Ottawa Outlaws
6/3 Atlanta Hustle 28 29 Dallas Roughnecks
6/3 Los Angeles Aviators 23 19 San Francisco FlameThrowers

Week 11

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/8 Madison Radicals 20 17 Minnesota Wind Chill
6/8 Ottawa Outlaws 26 27 Montreal Royal
6/9 DC Breeze 25 24 Toronto Rush
6/9 Philadelphia Phoenix 30 21 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/9 Nashville NightWatch 21 24 Atlanta Hustle
6/9 Chicago Wildfire 21 22 Madison Radicals
6/9 San Jose Spiders 21 20 San Diego Growlers
6/9 Austin Sol 17 19 Dallas Roughnecks

Week 12

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/16 Montreal Royal 26 22 New York Empire
6/16 Minnesota Wind Chill 37 18 Detroit Mechanix
6/16 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 21 25 Madison Radicals
6/16 Los Angeles Aviators 26 17 Seattle Cascades
6/16 Atlanta Hustle 20 24 Dallas Roughnecks
6/16 San Francisco FlameThrowers 21 17 San Jose Spiders
6/16 Toronto Rush 27 17 Ottawa Outlaws
6/16 Raleigh Flyers 27 15 Nashville NightWatch
6/17 Tampa Bay Cannons 25 28 Dallas Roughnecks
6/17 San Diego Growlers 25 27 Seattle Cascades
6/17 Toronto Rush 25 18 New York Empire
6/17 Chicago Wildfire 34 12 Detroit Mechanix
6/17 Indianapolis AlleyCats 21 20 Madison Radicals

Week 13

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/23 Minnesota Wind Chill 28 29 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/23 Atlanta Hustle 30 20 Raleigh Flyers
6/23 Toronto Rush 28 21 DC Breeze
6/23 Austin Sol 24 23 Nashville NightWatch
6/23 New York Empire 22 23 Montreal Royal
6/23 Seattle Cascades 22 23 San Diego Growlers
6/23 San Jose Spiders 18 27 Los Angeles Aviators
6/23 Indianapolis AlleyCats 40 20 Detroit Mechanix
6/24 Detroit Mechanix 27 31 Chicago Wildfire
6/24 San Francisco FlameThrowers 24 25 Los Angeles Aviators
6/24 Dallas Roughnecks 28 16 Nashville NightWatch
6/24 Philadelphia Phoenix 27 19 Montreal Royal
6/24 Ottawa Outlaws 29 30 DC Breeze

Week 14

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/30 Detroit Mechanix 19 20 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/30 Minnesota Wind Chill 25 23 Chicago Wildfire
6/30 Madison Radicals 26 17 Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/30 Ottawa Outlaws 23 29 New York Empire
6/30 San Diego Growlers 27 22 San Francisco FlameThrowers
6/30 DC Breeze 25 15 Philadelphia Phoenix
6/30 Tampa Bay Cannons 19 16 Atlanta Hustle
6/30 Raleigh Flyers 33 20 Nashville NightWatch
6/30 Dallas Roughnecks 29 25 Austin Sol
7/1 Montreal Royal 18 26 New York Empire
7/1 Los Angeles Aviators 28 21 San Francisco FlameThrowers
7/1 Seattle Cascades 25 24 San Jose Spiders
7/3 Madison Radicals 35 24 Minnesota Wind Chill

Week 15

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/7 Chicago Wildfire 18 25 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/7 Toronto Rush 28 24 Montreal Royal
7/7 Raleigh Flyers 26 25 Atlanta Hustle
7/7 New York Empire 27 23 Philadelphia Phoenix
7/7 Dallas Roughnecks 21 18 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/8 Austin Sol 6 7 Tampa Bay Cannons
7/8 Ottawa Outlaws 13 26 Toronto Rush

Week 16

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/13 San Jose Spiders 27 24 Seattle Cascades
7/14 Madison Radicals 27 24 Chicago Wildfire
7/14 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 32 10 Detroit Mechanix
7/14 San Francisco FlameThrowers 20 31 Seattle Cascades
7/14 DC Breeze 29 19 New York Empire
7/14 Tampa Bay Cannons 24 23 Nashville NightWatch
7/14 Indianapolis AlleyCats 26 16 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/14 San Diego Growlers 34 21 Los Angeles Aviators
7/15 Montreal Royal 25 32 Ottawa Outlaws
7/15 Chicago Wildfire 20 23 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/15 Philadelphia Phoenix 22 30 New York Empire
7/15 Atlanta Hustle 30 26 Nashville NightWatch

Standings

East Division

Team W L T Qualifying position
Toronto Rush 13 1 0 East Division Final
DC Breeze 8 5 1 East Division Playoff
New York Empire 8 6 0
Philadelphia Phoenix 5 8 1
Montreal Royal 5 9 0
Ottawa Outlaws 3 11 0

Midwest Division

Team W L Qualifying position
Madison Radicals 12 2 Midwest Division Final
Indianapolis AlleyCats 11 3 Midwest Division Playoff
Minnesota Wind Chill 8 6
Chicago Wildfire 5 9
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 4 10
Detroit Mechanix 0 14

South Division

Team W L Qualifying position
Dallas Roughnecks 13 1 South Division Final
Raleigh Flyers 10 4 South Division Playoff
Austin Sol 7 7
Atlanta Hustle 7 7
Tampa Bay Cannons 4 10
Nashville NightWatch 3 11

West Division

Team W L Qualifying position
Los Angeles Aviators 11 3 West Division Final
San Diego Growlers 7 7
San Jose Spiders 6 8
San Francisco FlameThrowers 5 9
Seattle Cascades 5 9

Postseason

Divisional playoff

Date Division Home Goals Goals Away
7/21 East Division DC Breeze 15 19 New York Empire
7/21 Midwest Division Indianapolis AlleyCats 20 19 Minnesota Wind Chill
7/27 South Division Raleigh Flyers 26 23 Austin Sol

Divisional final

Date Division Home Goals Goals Away
7/21 West Division Los Angeles Aviators 26 22 San Diego Growlers
7/28 Midwest Division Madison Radicals 27 18 Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/28 East Division Toronto Rush 17 18 New York Empire
7/28 South Division Dallas Roughnecks 20 19 Raleigh Flyers

Championship Weekend VII

Championship Weekend VII was held in Madison, Wisconsin at Breese Stevens Field from August 11-12, 2018.[5]

Date Match Seed Team Goals Goals Team Seed
8/11 Semifinal 1 Dallas Roughnecks 32 30 New York Empire 4
8/11 Semifinal 2 Madison Radicals 24 19 Los Angeles Aviators 3
8/12 Final 1 Dallas Roughnecks 16 20 Madison Radicals 2

The Madison Radicals won their first championship, and did so in front of a home crowd.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Madison Radicals win first AUDL Championship". WKOW. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Matthew "Rowan" McDonnell: 2018 AUDL MVP". Sludge Output. December 19, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Eisenhood, Charlie (December 29, 2017). "AUDL's Vancouver Riptide Shutting Down, Owners Moving Team To Portland In 2019". Ultiworld. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Eisenhood, Charlie (January 25, 2018). "New AUDL Media Deal Worth Six Figures". Ultiworld. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "American Ultimate Disc League Championship comes to Madison". Channel 3000. Retrieved January 20, 2020.