Which teams will we see take the field in the 2021 club regular season or Series?
June 8, 2021 by Ultiworld in News with 0 comments
After more than a year and a half off from any meaningful competition, we’re looking at a club season with more uncertainty than ever before. Big-name players will have moved or retired, talent will realign across divisions, new teams will sprout up to challenge existing stalwarts, and even some championship contenders are deciding whether or not to compete at all.
With so much in flux, we’ve collected what we know about the season plans of 2019 nationals qualifiers and will continue to update this tracker as we learn more. (We’ve also noted whether they’ve confirmed attendance at Pro-Elite Challenge, scheduled for July 10-11 in Aurora, CO.) If you’re a team contact with additional information for a team listed below, please let us know by emailing [email protected] with your update!
Key
✅ FULL SEASON: team plans to play USAU postseason and travel out of region for elite competition
🔶 LIMITED SEASON: team plans to play USAU postseason; currently planning limited travel and/or local play only during regular season
❌ NO SERIES: not planning to play USAU postseason in 2021
💭STILL DECIDING: actively determining plans for 2021
🇨🇦 Canadian team
Men’s
| Pro Flight | Elite Flight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Sockeye | ✅ FULL | Austin Doublewide | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Chicago Machine | ✅ FULL | Vancouver Furious George 🇨🇦 | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Raleigh Ring of Fire | 🔶 LIMITED | SoCal Condors | ✅ FULL |
| New York PoNY | ✅ FULL | Pittsburgh Temper | ✅FULL |
| DC Truck Stop | 🔶 LIMITED | Toronto GOAT 🇨🇦 | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| San Francisco Revolver | 🔶 LIMITED | Boston DiG | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Portland Rhino Slam! | ✅ FULL | Denver Johnny Bravo | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Minneapolis Sub Zero | ✅ FULL | Atlanta Chain Lightning | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
Seattle Sockeye
2019 Nationals Finish: 1
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
Chicago Machine
2019 Nationals Finish: 2
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Raleigh Ring of Fire
2019 Nationals Finish: T-3
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
New York PoNY
2019 Nationals Finish: T-3
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
DC Truck Stop
2019 National Finish: 5
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
San Francisco Revolver
2019 Nationals Finish: 6
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Portland Rhino Slam!
2019 Nationals Finish: T-7
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Minneapolis Sub Zero
2019 Nationals Finish: T-7
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Sub Zero expects to attend the US Open and possibly the Pro Championships. Tryouts are happening now.
SoCal Condors
2019 Nationals Finish: 11
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
Pittsburgh Temper
2019 Nationals Finish: 12
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Posted tryouts and/or interest form: Boston DiG×, Denver Johnny Bravo×, Atlanta Chain Lightning×
Status unknown: Austin Doublewide, Vancouver Furious George, Toronto GOAT
Mixed
| Pro Flight | Elite Flight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia AMP | 🔶 LIMITED | Columbus Cocktails | ✅ FULL |
| San Francisco Mischief | 🔶 LIMITED | Boston Snake Country | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Minneapolis Drag'n Thrust | ⚪ UNKNOWN | San Francisco Polar Bears | 🔶 LIMITED |
| Fort Collins shame. | ✅ FULL | Montana MOONDOG | ✅ FULL |
| Seattle BFG | 🔶 LIMITED | Boston Wild Card | 🔶 LIMITED |
| Seattle Mixtape | ⚪ UNKNOWN | DC Space Heater | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Asheville Superlame | ⚪ UNKNOWN | Durham Toro | ✅ FULL |
| Dallas Public Enemy | 🔶LIMITED | Boston Slow | 🔶 LIMITED |
Philadelphia AMP
2019 Nationals Finish: 1
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Although AMP is not planning to travel to any TCT events this season, the team expects to play a highly competitive season with local tournaments against other east coast teams.
San Francisco Mischief
2019 Nationals Finish: 2
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Per an interest form posted on May 31: “We expect to compete in at least one local or regional tournament in August prior to the series.”
Fort Collins Shame
2019 Nationals Finish: T-3
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
Seattle BFG
2019 Nationals Finish: 5
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Anticipating mostly local competition this season but may attend the Pro Championships.
Dallas Public Enemy
2019 Nationals Finish: T-7
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Public Enemy is in the midst of tryouts and will compete this regular season, but the team is still deciding about potential travel to TCT events.
Posted tryouts and/or interest form: Minneapolis Drag’n Thrust×, Seattle Mixtape×
Status unknown: Asheville Superlame
Columbus Cocktails
2019 Nationals Finish: T-9
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
San Francisco Polar Bears
2019 Nationals Finish: 11
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Per an interest form posted on May 28: “We are planning to ramp up activity towards the end of the summer in preparation for playing in the USAU Series. At this time we are not planning to participate in the Triple Crown Tour regular season tournaments, and any regular season tournaments we do participate in will likely be local events towards the end of the season.”
Montana MOONDOG
2019 Nationals Finish: 12
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
Boston Wild Card
2019 Nationals Finish: 13
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: No response logged as of June 8
Per an interest form posted on May 21: “We do hope to attend tournaments this year, but the emphasis will be placed on local, driveable tournaments, which will hopefully keep costs down and more easily abide by travel requirements set forth by the CDC and other state mandates.”
Durham Toro
2019 Nationals Finish: 15
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Attending
Boston Slow1
2019 Nationals Finish: 16
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Per an interest form posted on May 12: “Our season schedule is not finalized, but we expect to attend 2 regular season tournaments (July + August) and the postseason […] Our priority will be high-level drivable tournaments, but we are monitoring travel tournaments for safety and cost feasibility.”
Status unknown: Boston Snake Country, DC Space Heater
Women’s
| Pro Flight | Elite Flight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Brute Squad | ⚪ UNKNOWN | San Francisco Nightlock | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Toronto 6ixers 🇨🇦 | ⚪ UNKNOWN | Vancouver Traffic 🇨🇦 | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| San Francisco Fury | 💭 DECIDING | Boston Siege | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Oregon Schwa | ✅ FULL | Chicago Nemesis | 💭 DECIDING |
| Seattle Riot | 🔶 LIMITED | San Diego Wildfire | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| Denver Molly Brown | 🔶 LIMITED | Québec Iris 🇨🇦 | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
| DC Scandal | ❌ NO SERIES | Minneapolis Pop | 💭 DECIDING |
| Raleigh Phoenix | ✅ FULL | Atlanta Ozone | ⚪ UNKNOWN |
San Francisco Fury
2019 Nationals Finish: T-3
2021 Status: 💭 STILL DECIDING
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Oregon Schwa
2019 End-of-Season Ranking: T-3
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Seattle Riot
2019 Nationals Finish: 5
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: No response logged as of June 8
Per a tweet posted on May 24: “Starting soon we will be hosting some open neighborhood pods and ramping up to local competition and the series, if we feel it’s safe at the time.”
Denver Molly Brown
2019 Nationals Finish: 6
2021 Status: 🔶 LIMITED SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
DC Scandal
2019 End-of-Season Ranking: T-7
2021 Status: ❌ NO SERIES
Pro-Elite Challenge: n/a
Scandal is not competing in 2021. The team typically features a number of out-of-town players and didn’t have sufficient numbers for this season. Head coach Alex Ghesquiere will be coaching Space Heater in the Mixed Division.
Raleigh Phoenix
2019 Nationals Finish: T-7
2021 Status: ✅ FULL SEASON
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Posted tryouts and/or interest form: Boston Brute Squad×
Status unknown: Toronto 6ixers
Chicago Nemesis
2019 Nationals Finish: 12
2021 Status: 💭 STILL DECIDING
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Per an interest form posted on May 24: “Nemesis is closely monitoring guidance from the CDC, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Chicago Department of Public Health, along with advisories from USAU […] We will make decisions regarding travel within Chicago to pods, tryouts, practices, etc. as well as travel outside of the state for tournament opportunities based on local and national guidelines.”
Minneapolis Pop
2019 Nationals Finish: 15
2021 Status: 💭 STILL DECIDING
Pro-Elite Challenge: Declined bid
Per a tweet posted on May 24: “As of now, we have not made decisions on forming a team and participating in tournaments this season. Leadership will be re-assessing based on interest as [local] workouts continue.”
Posted tryouts and/or interest form: Boston Siege×
Status unknown: San Francisco Nightlock, Vancouver Traffic, San Diego Wildfire, Québec Iris, Atlanta Ozone
Formerly Slow White. ↩
