The 2022 American Ultimate Disc League season was the league's tenth. The New York Empire won their second championship after an undefeated season, becoming only the second franchise to win multiple championships. New York's Ryan Osgar won the league's MVP award, 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. 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, the San Jose Spiders moved to Oakland, and the Raleigh Flyers became the Carolina Flyers. Finally, three new West Division teams joined the league in 2022: the Colorado Summit, Portland Steel, and Salt Lake Shred.
Regular Season Week 1 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway4/29Carolina Flyers1614Atlanta Hustle4/29San Diego Growlers2224Salt Lake Shred4/30Atlanta Hustle2412Tampa Bay Cannons4/30Boston Glory2524Philadelphia Phoenix4/30DC Breeze1922New York Empire4/30Toronto Rush1926Montreal Royal4/30Detroit Mechanix1317Pittsburgh Thunderbirds4/30Dallas Legion1720Austin Sol4/30Los Angeles Aviators2225Salt Lake Shred5/1Portland Steel2924Seattle Cascades5/1Chicago Union198Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
Week 2 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/6Ottawa Outlaws2119Boston Glory5/7Indianapolis AlleyCats3322Detroit Mechanix5/7New York Empire1715Philadelphia Phoenix5/7Madison Radicals1816Pittsburgh Thunderbirds5/7Minnesota Wind Chill2124Chicago Union5/7Tampa Bay Cannons1319Carolina Flyers5/7Oakland Spiders1618San Diego Growlers5/7Seattle Cascades1619Colorado Apex5/7Montreal Royal2117Boston Glory5/8Portland Steel2324Colorado Apex
Week 3 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/13Philadelphia Phoenix1718Montreal Royal5/13Austin Sol2417Dallas Legion5/13Salt Lake Shred3221Seattle Cascades5/14Indianapolis AlleyCats2223Madison Radicals5/14Boston Glory1923New York Empire5/14DC Breeze2717Montreal Royal5/14Toronto Rush2926Ottawa Outlaws5/14Dallas Legion1420Minnesota Wind Chill5/14Carolina Flyers2418Tampa Bay Cannons5/14San Diego Growlers2217Los Angeles Aviators
Week 4 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/20Montreal Royal1319Philadelphia Phoenix5/20Boston Glory2313Toronto Rush5/20Carolina Flyers2724Austin Sol5/21Atlanta Hustle2621Austin Sol5/21New York Empire3117Toronto Rush5/21Ottawa Outlaws2223Philadelphia Phoenix5/21Detroit Mechanix1827Madison Radicals5/21Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1620Indianapolis AlleyCats5/21Oakland Spiders2226Portland Steel5/21San Diego Growlers2220Seattle Cascades5/22Los Angeles Aviators1918Seattle Cascades
Week 5 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/27Montreal Royal1822New York Empire5/28Ottawa Outlaws1830New York Empire5/28Toronto Rush2627DC Breeze5/28Detroit Mechanix1923Indianapolis AlleyCats5/28Madison Radicals1619Minnesota Wind Chill5/28Tampa Bay Cannons1924Pittsburgh Thunderbirds5/28Colorado Apex2120Salt Lake Shred5/28Seattle Cascades2618Portland Steel
Week 6 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/1Ottawa Outlaws2124Montreal Royal6/3DC Breeze2520Boston Glory6/3Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1920Madison Radicals6/3Dallas Legion1826Carolina Flyers6/3Salt Lake Shred3021Oakland Spiders6/4Toronto Rush825New York Empire6/4Detroit Mechanix2028Chicago Union6/4Austin Sol2120Carolina Flyers6/4Colorado Apex2216Oakland Spiders6/4Philadelphia Phoenix2422Boston Glory6/4Minnesota Wind Chill2813Indianapolis AlleyCats6/4Tampa Bay Cannons1618Atlanta Hustle6/4Portland Steel2021Los Angeles Aviators6/5Seattle Cascades2314Los Angeles Aviators
Week 7 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/10Los Angeles Aviators1716Portland Steel6/10New York Empire2521DC Breeze6/10Salt Lake Shred2025Colorado Apex6/10Chicago Union2221Madison Radicals6/11Indianapolis AlleyCats3218Detroit Mechanix6/11Montreal Royal2021Toronto Rush6/11Minnesota Wind Chill2014Pittsburgh Thunderbirds6/11Carolina Flyers2315Dallas Legion6/11Oakland Spiders2429Colorado Apex6/11San Diego Growlers2018Portland Steel6/11Atlanta Hustle2318Tampa Bay Cannons
Week 8 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/17Atlanta Hustle1822Carolina Flyers6/17Boston Glory1918Ottawa Outlaws6/17Philadelphia Phoenix1814Toronto Rush6/17Oakland Spiders2019Seattle Cascades6/17Chicago Union2421Austin Sol6/18DC Breeze2616Toronto Rush6/18New York Empire2115Ottawa Outlaws6/18Madison Radicals1819Austin Sol6/18Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2421Detroit Mechanix6/18Los Angeles Aviators1920San Diego Growlers6/18Colorado Apex2214Seattle Cascades
Week 9 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/24Salt Lake Shred2318San Diego Growlers6/25Indianapolis AlleyCats2324Chicago Union6/25Toronto Rush2523Boston Glory6/25Austin Sol2620Dallas Legion6/25Colorado Apex2721San Diego Growlers6/25Minnesota Wind Chill2211Madison Radicals6/25Tampa Bay Cannons1523Carolina Flyers6/25Seattle Cascades1722Oakland Spiders6/26Portland Steel2136Oakland Spiders
Week 10 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/1New York Empire2914Montreal Royal7/1Chicago Union2225Minnesota Wind Chill7/2Indianapolis AlleyCats2826Pittsburgh Thunderbirds7/2Boston Glory2316Montreal Royal7/2Ottawa Outlaws2021Toronto Rush7/2Carolina Flyers1816Atlanta Hustle7/2Dallas Legion1626Austin Sol7/2Colorado Apex2415Los Angeles Aviators7/2Philadelphia Phoenix2122DC Breeze7/2Detroit Mechanix1933Minnesota Wind Chill
Week 11 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/7Montreal Royal2023Ottawa Outlaws7/8DC Breeze2524Philadelphia Phoenix7/8Dallas Legion1417Atlanta Hustle7/8Seattle Cascades2425Salt Lake Shred7/9New York Empire3218Boston Glory7/9Austin Sol1817Atlanta Hustle7/9Portland Steel1428Salt Lake Shred7/9Chicago Union2315Indianapolis AlleyCats7/9Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2219Detroit Mechanix7/9Carolina Flyers2011Tampa Bay Cannons7/10Madison Radicals2118Minnesota Wind Chill
Week 12 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/15Montreal Royal1424DC Breeze7/15Madison Radicals1719Indianapolis AlleyCats7/15San Diego Growlers2320Colorado Apex7/16Ottawa Outlaws1724DC Breeze7/16Toronto Rush2325Philadelphia Phoenix7/16Detroit Mechanix1825Madison Radicals7/16Austin Sol2622Dallas Legion7/16Minnesota Wind Chill2527Chicago Union7/16Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2227Carolina Flyers7/16Tampa Bay Cannons1726Atlanta Hustle7/16Los Angeles Aviators2127Colorado Apex7/16Oakland Spiders1922Salt Lake Shred
Week 13 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/22Atlanta Hustle2720Dallas Legion7/22Philadelphia Phoenix1924New York Empire7/22Salt Lake Shred1916Los Angeles Aviators7/23Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1725Chicago Union7/23Tampa Bay Cannons1715Dallas Legion7/23Oakland Spiders2218Los Angeles Aviators7/23Seattle Cascades1822San Diego Growlers7/23Indianapolis AlleyCats2124Minnesota Wind Chill7/23Boston Glory2123DC Breeze7/24Portland Steel1823San Diego Growlers
Week 14 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/29Los Angeles Aviators2524Oakland Spiders7/29DC Breeze2417Ottawa Outlaws7/29Madison Radicals1521Chicago Union7/29Austin Sol3010Tampa Bay Cannons7/29Salt Lake Shred3216Portland Steel7/30Atlanta Hustle2321Indianapolis AlleyCats7/30Dallas Legion2416Tampa Bay Cannons7/30Colorado Apex3418Portland Steel7/30Philadelphia Phoenix2519Ottawa Outlaws7/30Chicago Union3318Detroit Mechanix7/30San Diego Growlers2418Oakland Spiders7/31Minnesota Wind Chill289Detroit 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 TeamQualificationNew York Empire 12 0 1.000 +100First round byeDC Breeze 10 2 0.833 +47PlayoffsPhiladelphia Phoenix 6 6 0.500 +10Boston Glory 4 8 0.333 -16Montreal Royal 4 8 0.333 -41Toronto Rush 4 8 0.333 -58Ottawa Outlaws 2 10 0.167 -42
South TeamQualificationCarolina Flyers 11 1 0.917 +60PlayoffsAustin Sol 9 3 0.750 +42PlayoffsAtlanta Hustle 8 4 0.667 +36Dallas Legion 1 11 0.083 -56Tampa Bay Cannons 1 11 0.083 -88
Central TeamQualificationChicago Union 11 1 0.917 +63First round byeMinnesota Wind Chill 9 3 0.750 +72PlayoffsIndianapolis AlleyCats 6 6 0.500 +7Madison Radicals 6 6 0.500 -1Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 4 8 0.333 -24Detroit Mechanix 0 12 0.000 -111
West TeamQualificationColorado Summit 11 1 0.917 +63First round byeSalt Lake Shred 10 2 0.833 +61PlayoffsSan Diego Growlers 9 3 0.750 +17Oakland Spiders 4 8 0.333 -11Los Angeles Aviators 4 8 0.333 -36Seattle Cascades 2 10 0.167 -24Portland Steel 2 10 0.167 -70
Postseason
Season Awards Source:
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)
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