2025 Ultimate Frisbee Association season

2025 Ultimate Frisbee Association season
LeagueUltimate Frisbee Association
SportUltimate
DurationApril 24 – August 23, 2025 (2025-04-24 – 2025-08-23)
Teams24
Regular season
Season MVPTobe Decraene (BOS)
Postseason
East Division championsBoston Glory
Central Division championsMinnesota Wind Chill
West Division championsSalt Lake Shred
South Division championsAtlanta Hustle
Postseason MVPTobe Decraene (BOS)
Finals
ChampionsBoston Glory
  Runners-upMinnesota Wind Chill

The 2025 Ultimate Frisbee Association season was the league's thirteenth season, and the second after rebranding as the Ultimate Frisbee Association. It began on April 24, 2025, and ended with Championship Weekend on August 23, 2025. The Boston Glory won the championship,[1] the team's first, defeating the prior year's champion Minnesota Wind Chill. Boston's Tobe Decraene won both the league's MVP award[2] as well as the Championship Weekend MVP award.

Games were broadcast on the league's own streaming platform, WatchUFA.tv; "Friday Night Frisbee"[3] featured one game per week broadcast for free on YouTube.

Preseason

The 2025 season was marked by an influx of international talent to the league, including Rookie of the Year Daan De Marrée from Belgium. There were also a number of high-profile free agent signings that saw marquee players change teams before the 2025 season.[4]

The Dallas Legion suspended operations following the 2024 season.[5] The Vegas Bighorns joined the league's West Division for 2025,[6] and in order to make room, the Los Angeles Aviators and San Diego Growlers moved into the South Division.[7] The Portland Nitro rebranded as the Oregon Steel.[8]

Regular Season

Week 1

Date Home Goals Goals Away
4/24 Oakland Spiders2217New York Empire
4/25 Houston Havoc2330Austin Sol
4/25 Vegas Bighorns1332New York Empire
4/26 Atlanta Hustle2321Salt Lake Shred
4/26 DC Breeze1516Philadelphia Phoenix
4/26 Colorado Apex2412Oregon Steel
4/26 Boston Glory2618Montreal Royal

Week 2

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/2 Houston Havoc1012Madison Radicals
5/2 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2521Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/3 Austin Sol2217Madison Radicals
5/3 DC Breeze1918Toronto Rush
5/3 Salt Lake Shred2212Vegas Bighorns
5/3 San Diego Growlers1912Los Angeles Aviators
5/3 Seattle Cascades2122Oakland Spiders
5/4 Philadelphia Phoenix1916Toronto Rush
5/4 Los Angeles Aviators1625San Diego Growlers
5/4 Oregon Steel1328Oakland Spiders

Week 3

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/9 New York Empire2220Montreal Royal
5/9 San Diego Growlers1920Atlanta Hustle
5/9 Oakland Spiders2621Seattle Cascades
5/10 Austin Sol2819Houston Havoc
5/10 Boston Glory1711Montreal Royal
5/10 Vegas Bighorns1323Seattle Cascades
5/10 Carolina Flyers1820DC Breeze
5/10 Indianapolis AlleyCats1732Minnesota Wind Chill
5/10 Los Angeles Aviators1826Atlanta Hustle
5/10 Toronto Rush2124Philadelphia Phoenix
5/11 Detroit Mechanix1722Pittsburgh Thunderbirds

Week 4

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/16 Houston Havoc2317Colorado Apex
5/16 Boston Glory1918New York Empire
5/16 San Diego Growlers2116Los Angeles Aviators
5/17 Atlanta Hustle2218Carolina Flyers
5/17 Austin Sol1816Colorado Apex
5/17 Madison Radicals2014Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
5/17 Minnesota Wind Chill1116Chicago Union
5/17 Montreal Royal2423New York Empire
5/17 Oregon Steel2019Seattle Cascades
5/17 Atlanta Hustle1915Carolina Flyers
5/18 DC Breeze1114Boston Glory

Week 5

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/23 Salt Lake Shred2221Seattle Cascades
5/23 Carolina Flyers2526San Diego Growlers
5/23 Vegas Bighorns1314Oregon Steel
5/23 Philadelphia Phoenix1617New York Empire
5/24 Atlanta Hustle2319San Diego Growlers
5/24 Colorado Apex2414Oregon Steel
5/24 Indianapolis AlleyCats2118Detroit Mechanix
5/24 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1431Minnesota Wind Chill
5/24 Oakland Spiders2116Seattle Cascades

Week 6

Date Home Goals Goals Away
5/30 Colorado Apex2421Oakland Spiders
5/30 Los Angeles Aviators2019Houston Havoc
5/30 Madison Radicals2211Indianapolis AlleyCats
5/30 Minnesota Wind Chill1715Atlanta Hustle
5/30 Seattle Cascades2025Salt Lake Shred
5/30 Toronto Rush2021DC Breeze
5/31 San Diego Growlers2517Houston Havoc
5/31 Chicago Union1918Atlanta Hustle
5/31 Montreal Royal2217DC Breeze
5/31 Oregon Steel1721Salt Lake Shred
5/31 Philadelphia Phoenix1518Carolina Flyers
6/1 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1224Carolina Flyers
6/1 Toronto Rush2220New York Empire

Week 7

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/6 DC Breeze2315New York Empire
6/6 Los Angeles Aviators1718Austin Sol
6/6 Montreal Royal2920Philadelphia Phoenix
6/6 Seattle Cascades2312Vegas Bighorns
6/6 Oakland Spiders2425Salt Lake Shred
6/7 Detroit Mechanix1625Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/7 Boston Glory2214Philadelphia Phoenix
6/7 Carolina Flyers2119Atlanta Hustle
6/7 San Diego Growlers2123Austin Sol
6/7 Minnesota Wind Chill2116Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/7 Oregon Steel2117Vegas Bighorns
6/7 Toronto Rush2818Montreal Royal
6/8 Chicago Union2116Madison Radicals

Week 8

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/13 Madison Radicals1622Minnesota Wind Chill
6/13 Salt Lake Shred3119Oregon Steel
6/14 Austin Sol2018Houston Havoc
6/14 Vegas Bighorns1623San Diego Growlers
6/14 New York Empire1918DC Breeze
6/14 Indianapolis AlleyCats1426Chicago Union
6/14 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1625Philadelphia Phoenix
6/14 Detroit Mechanix2031Madison Radicals
6/14 Oakland Spiders259Oregon Steel
6/14 Montreal Royal1516Boston Glory
6/15 Toronto Rush2326Boston Glory

Week 9

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/20 Carolina Flyers2814Houston Havoc
6/20 Colorado Apex2610Vegas Bighorns
6/20 New York Empire2319Toronto Rush
6/20 Oregon Steel1920Los Angeles Aviators
6/20 Chicago Union2814Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/21 Atlanta Hustle2817Houston Havoc
6/21 Minnesota Wind Chill3114Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/21 Boston Glory2313Toronto Rush
6/21 Detroit Mechanix1028Chicago Union
6/21 Seattle Cascades2015Los Angeles Aviators
6/21 Oakland Spiders3210Vegas Bighorns
6/22 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2021Detroit Mechanix

Week 10

Date Home Goals Goals Away
6/27 Atlanta Hustle149Austin Sol
6/27 DC Breeze2614Montreal Royal
6/27 Madison Radicals2919Detroit Mechanix
6/27 Seattle Cascades2224Colorado Apex
6/27 Salt Lake Shred2521Oakland Spiders
6/27 Chicago Union2212Indianapolis AlleyCats
6/28 Carolina Flyers2621Austin Sol
6/28 San Diego Growlers1621Oakland Spiders
6/28 Indianapolis AlleyCats1924Madison Radicals
6/28 Oregon Steel1819Colorado Apex
6/28 Philadelphia Phoenix2019Montreal Royal
6/28 Toronto Rush1819Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
6/28 Detroit Mechanix1028Chicago Union

Week 11

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/4 Colorado Apex1824Salt Lake Shred
7/4 Montreal Royal1821Toronto Rush
7/4 Chicago Union2515Minnesota Wind Chill
7/5 Houston Havoc2029Austin Sol
7/5 Vegas Bighorns1132Salt Lake Shred
7/5 Los Angeles Aviators1921San Diego Growlers
7/5 Madison Radicals2812Indianapolis AlleyCats
7/5 Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1921Chicago Union
7/5 Detroit Mechanix1425Minnesota Wind Chill
7/6 Boston Glory1617DC Breeze

Boston's loss to DC left Chicago as the only remaining undefeated team in the league.

Week 12

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/11 Houston Havoc2220Los Angeles Aviators
7/11 Philadelphia Phoenix1415Boston Glory
7/11 Salt Lake Shred2118Colorado Apex
7/12 Austin Sol2013Los Angeles Aviators
7/12 Carolina Flyers1721Atlanta Hustle
7/12 DC Breeze2016Boston Glory
7/12 Vegas Bighorns1333Colorado Apex
7/12 Indianapolis AlleyCats2518Detroit Mechanix
7/12 Minnesota Wind Chill1613Madison Radicals
7/13 New York Empire2416Philadelphia Phoenix

Week 13

Date Home Goals Goals Away
7/18 Austin Sol1924Carolina Flyers
7/18 Colorado Apex2415Seattle Cascades
7/18 Salt Lake Shred2218Minnesota Wind Chill
7/19 Houston Havoc2125Carolina Flyers
7/19 Chicago Union3914Detroit Mechanix
7/19 Indianapolis AlleyCats2518Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
7/19 New York Empire2221Boston Glory
7/19 Philadelphia Phoenix2415DC Breeze
7/19 Seattle Cascades2617Oregon Steel
7/19 Oakland Spiders1714San Diego Growlers
7/19 Montreal Royal2316Toronto Rush
7/20 Madison Radicals1824Chicago Union
7/20 Minnesota Wind Chill3511Detroit Mechanix
7/20 Los Angeles Aviators1815Vegas Bighorns

Standings

With a balanced schedule, each division sent three teams to the playoffs. The top seed received a bye through to the second round, while the second and third-placed teams played each other in the first round.

Ties between teams with equal win/loss records were broken by head-to-head record.

West Division

Team W L GD Qualification
Salt Lake Shred111+69 First round bye
Oakland Spiders93+69 Playoffs
Colorado Summit84+56
Seattle Cascades48+6
Oregon Steel39-74
Vegas Bighorns012-144

South Division

Team W L GD Qualification
Atlanta Hustle93+38 First round bye
Austin Sol93+29 Playoffs
San Diego Growlers75+24
Carolina Flyers75+30
Los Angeles Aviators39-41
Houston Havoc210-59

Central Division

Team W L GD Qualification
Chicago Union120+126 First round bye
Minnesota Wind Chill93+81 Playoffs
Madison Radicals75+36
Indianapolis AlleyCats48-64
Pittsburgh Thunderbirds39-63
Detroit Mechanix111-140

East Division

Team W L GD Qualification
Boston Glory93+35 First round bye
DC Breeze75+10 Playoffs
New York Empire75+19
Philadelphia Phoenix66-4
Montreal Royal48-21
Toronto Rush39-18

Postseason

The first round of the playoffs, with games hosted by the #2 seed in each division, was contested on 26 July. The Division Championship games were hosted by the #1 seed and played on the weekend of 8–9 August. Championship Weekend, where the semi-final and finals were played, was held in Madison, Wisconsin at Breese Stevens Field on the weekend of 28–29 August.

First Round
26 July 		Division Championships
8–9 August 		Semi-Finals
28 August 		Final
29 August
1 Chicago Union 17
2 Minnesota Wind Chill 22 2 Minnesota Wind Chill 19
3 Madison Radicals 16 Minnesota Wind Chill 23
Atlanta Hustle 21
1 Atlanta Hustle 22
2 Austin Sol 19 3 San Diego Growlers 18
3 San Diego Growlers 25 Minnesota Wind Chill 15
Boston Glory 17
1 Boston Glory 17
2 DC Breeze 23 2 DC Breeze 9
3 New York Empire 12 Boston Glory 21
Salt Lake Shred 17
1 Salt Lake Shred 18
2 Oakland Spiders 23 2 Oakland Spiders 17
3 Colorado Summit 14

Instead of a third-place game, Championship Weekend featured an all-star game featuring a team of players from the Western Ultimate League against a team of players from the Premier Ultimate League. The Premier league all-stars won the game, 15–9.

Season Awards

Source:[9]

Award Winner Runners-up
Most Valuable Player Tobe Decraene (BOS) Daan De Marrée (CHI), Jeff Babbitt (BOS)
Rookie of the Year Daan De Marrée* (CHI) Adam Rees (OAK), Leo Gordon (OAK)
Defensive Player of the Year Tannor Johnson-Go (BOS) Justin Burnett (MIN), Jeff Babbitt (BOS)
Coach of the Year Bryce Merrill* (SLC) Ben Feldman (MIN), Tuba Benson-Jaja (ATL)
Most Improved Player Mark Henke (ATX) Matt LaBar (NY)

*: indicates a unanimous selection

Individual Leaders

Category Number Leader(s)
Assists 69 Allan Laviolette (CAR)
Goals 56 Anthony Gutowsky (MAD)
Blocks 24 Jeff Babbitt (BOS), Noah Coolman (COL)
Scores 91 Tobe Decraene (BOS)
Receiving Yards 4272 Tobe Decraene (BOS)
Throwing Yards 5381 Austin Taylor (ATL)
Total Yards 7753 Austin Taylor (ATL)
Completions 689 Evan Magsig (OAK)
Points Played 325 Tristan Van de Moortele (MIN)

All-UFA Teams

First Team

Second Team

  • Travis Dunn (SD)
  • Anthony Gutowsky (MAD)
  • Brett Hulsmeyer (ATL)
  • Tannor Johnson-Go (BOS)
  • Jordan Kerr (SLC)
  • Adam Miller (ATL)
  • Chad Yorgason (SLC)

Third Team

  • Will Brandt (MIN)
  • Mark Henke (ATX)
  • Ben Jagt (NY)
  • Evan Magsig (OAK)
  • Garrett Martin (SEA)
  • Adam Rees (OAK)
  • McKay Yorgason (SLC)

All-Rookie Teams

First Team

  • Tom Blasman (TOR)
  • Daan De Marrée (CHI)
  • Leo Gordon (OAK)
  • Sam Grossberg (PHI)
  • Arvids Karklins (TOR)
  • Jonathan Lyle (LA)
  • Adam Rees (OAK)

Second Team

  • Carson Armstrong (ATX)
  • Conor Belfield (SEA)
  • Langley Fitzpatrick (SEA)
  • Carter Lankford (OAK)
  • John McDonnell (CAR)
  • Kimball Pew (SLC)
  • Saul Wildavsky (OAK)

All-Defense Teams

First Team

  • Jeff Babbitt (BOS)
  • Justin Burnett (MIN)
  • Noal Coolman (COL)
  • Tannor Johnson-Go (BOS)
  • Noah Hanson (MIN)
  • Lukas McClamrock (ATL)
  • Will Wettengel (CHI)

Second Team

  • Charles Guay (MTL)
  • Carter Lankford (OAK)
  • Nate Little (PHI)
  • Luke Marks (MAD)
  • Xavier Payne (CHI)
  • Tyler Randall (ATL)
  • Daniel Ritthaler (OAK)

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Wins First Championship With Historic Defensive Effort". WatchUFA.com. 23 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Boston's Tobe Decraene Wins 2025 UFA MVP Presented by Pabst Light". WatchUFA.com. 29 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "UFA Announces 2025 Friday Night Frisbee Broadcast Schedule on YouTube". WatchUFA.com. 4 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Tuesday Toss: Breaking Down the Biggest Moves on Roster Day". WatchUFA.com. 18 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Dallas Legion Suspend Operations Following 2024 Season". WatchUFA.com. 27 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Vegas Bighorns to Join UFA". UltiWorld.com. 18 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "New Divisional Alignment Set for 2025 UFA Season". WatchUFA.com. January 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ "A New Name in a Storied Ultimate Community". WatchUFA.com. September 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ "2025 Season Index". WatchUFA.com. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
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