Washington DC to Host America Ultimate Disc League All-Star in 2020

The (202) will be hosting the 2020 AUDL All-Star Game.

The American Ultimate Disc League shared the 2020 game location without mention in June.

AUDL broadcasts have shown field signs advertising the 2020 game in DC:

The D.C. Breeze website indicates they are hosting next year's AUDL All-Star game in June 2020:

The AUDL website is currently promoting the 2020 event:

No further information or details have been made available via AUDL or Events DC.

The DC Breeze play in the District at Catholic University's Carlini Field - home to CU's soccer teams and women's lacrosse - opened on March 20, 2019. Prior to the 2019 season, the Breeze played on the football field at CU's Cardinal Stadium.

AUDL hosted their first at the home field of the Madison Radicals on June 8, 2019. Thirty-two players representing all 21 AUDL teams played in the exhibition game. Washington DC Breeze was represented at the 2019 all-star game by one player - Rowan McDonnell, who was AUDL MVP 2018.

US Senator Bob Menendez Supports Beach Ultimate

Yesterday, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) stood on the beach in Manasquan, New Jersey, to raise awareness about beach safety and, in other words, to encourage playing beach ultimate.

"In my view, the only things that should be flying through air on a sunny day at the beach should be seagulls and Frisbees." 
--Senator Bob Menedez (D-NJ)


Wildwood Beach Ultimate (W2BU) Tournament - the world's largest beach ultimate event - could not agree more with their state senator.

Chart: History of AUDL Division Champions (2012-2019)

AUDL 2019 division championships have been crowned.

Indianapolis AlleyCats return to AUDL Championship Weekend since the league's inaugural season. Back in 2012 the AlleyCats played in what was then called the "Western" Conference/Division.

Dallas Roughnecks won their 4th South Division championship - a title they have won every year since they joined the AUDL (2016).

New York Empire won their 2nd consecutive (2018, 2019) East Division Championship.

San Diego Growlers won their first West Division championship. All current West Division teams have now earned a bid to American Ultimate Disc League Championship Weekend.

Team	Previous Divisional Championship
Empire	2018
Roughnecks	2018
AlleyCats	2012
Growlers	n/a

Philadelphia Spinners (2012) and San Francisco FlameThrowers (2017) are the only division champ who are no longer in the league.Twelve different teams have ever won an AUDL  division title.

UK PM Boris Johnson Downplayed His Chances of Becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

In 2015, Boris Johnson said: "It is more likely that I will be reincarnated as an olive, locked in a disused fridge, decapitated by a flying frisbee." when asked  about his chances of becoming U.K. prime minister.



[h/t Dusty Rhodes]

USA Player Stats at 2019 World U24 Ultimate Championships

The U.S.A. Under-24 National Teams went undefeated in Germany at the WFDF 2019 Under-24 Worlds. Below are individual U.S. players stats on their gold-medal teams.

USA U24 Women's Team (10-0); gold medal winners.
+Angela Zhu is the only U.S. player to average at least 1 assist and 1 goal; in 10 games, Zhu threw 13 assists (1.3/game) and caught 11 goals (1.1 goals/game).
+Top assist leaders for women's team: Arielle Nelson, Samiya Ismail (16), Angela Zhu (13)
+Top scorers for women's team: Claire Trop (18), Caitlyn Lee (15), Carly Campana, Dena Elimelech (13), Angela Zhu (11)
+All players on the women's roster recorded at least 1 assist and 1 goal.

USA U24 Mixed Team (10-0); gold medal winners.
+Joe White posted the highest combined total of Assists + Goals of any U.S. player with 30 (21 assists + 9 goals).
+Top assist leaders for mixed team:Joe White (21), Matthew Gouchoe-Hanas (13), Brett Gramann (10)
+Top scorers for mixed team: Anders Olsen (11), Mary Rippe, Anne Worth (10)

USA U24 Men's Team (11-0); gold medal winners.
+Malcolm Hecht led all U.S. players with 26 assists (in 10 games). Tannor Johnson was the leading scorer of all U.S. players with 20 goals (11 games).
+Top assist leaders for men's team: Malcolm Hecht (26), Elijah Long, Eric Sjostom (12)
+Top scorers for men's team: Tannor Johnson (20), Jasper Tom, Alexander Cuizon Tice (12), Nathan Pettyjohn, Christian Boxley (11)

[DATA via WU24UC event site; compiled by SLUDGE]

WFDF 2019 Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championships

The Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championships begin this week in Shanghai.

This article claims it will be "China's biggest ultimate tournament ever."