Pro Frisbee League Ready for Season #12


The American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) takes flight this weekend for their 12th season.  This is an exciting professional league which plays a sport called Ultimate Frisbee and, fortunately for the fans, the league is still going strong as it enters the 2023 season with 24 teams.  The only change to the lineup is the AUDL added the Houston Havoc while losing the Tampa Bay Cannons and Ottawa Outlaws.  

The New York Empire are coming off their second AUDL title, and the most dominant performance at Championship Weekend ever, outscoring Carolina and Chicago by a combined total of 44-30 in the semifinals and finals. Since the start of 2019, New York has a 48-3 record in the regular season and playoffs, with one of those losses coming in the 2021 AUDL Championship. If the Empire win their third title in four seasons this year, it would begin a new kingdom—NY would surpass Oakland for most championships by an AUDL franchise.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Detroit Mechanic will seek to end their 62 game losing streak which dates back to April 29, 2017.  In their past three seasons of play, Detroit has just eight games total where they’ve finished within at least four goals of their opponent. The good news is that half of those contests came last season, so the Mechanix are closing the gap.

New York's Ryan Osgar was one of the league's top players last season.  He had nearly carbon copy scoring production numbers in his first two years in New York, registering 114 scores (77 assists, 36 goals) and 115 scores (72 assists, 43 goals) in back-to-back seasons. A third “100 Club” season would put him in truly elite territory, joining Mark Burton and Ben Jagt as the only players ever to achieve such a stretch. And as good as Osgar has been during the regular season, he’s even better in the playoffs, elevating his scores per game from 8.0 to 8.5 in six postseason starts.

The 2023 AUDL Championship Weekend will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in August.

The Seattle Cascades and Salt Lake Shred will open the season on Friday in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

For an in-depth team-by-team preview, check out Ultiword's preview article at:  https://ultiworld.com/2023/04/24/audl-2023-season-preview/

To follow the league during the season and watch live streaming games, visit the AUDL website at:  https://theaudl.com

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