This upcoming year the World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) will be held in London, England. The United States will be be sending teams to compete in the Open, Women's, and Mixed divisions. USA Ultimate has announced the full list of tryout attendees and their list included 19 Major League Ultimate players.
Ultimate Canada has also announced their list of invites for the Open Team. This includes former Vancouver Nighthawk, Morgan Hibbert.
*Note this is based on 2015 MLU rosters, some players have already signed with AUDL teams or yet to sign for 2016*
Ultimate Canada has also announced their list of invites for the Open Team. This includes former Vancouver Nighthawk, Morgan Hibbert.
*Note this is based on 2015 MLU rosters, some players have already signed with AUDL teams or yet to sign for 2016*
Boston Whitecaps (5)
Alex Simmons
Christian Foster
Jack Hatchett
Josh Markette
Jeff Smith
New York Rumble (2)
Christopher Mazur
Chris Kocher
Philadelphia Spinners (2)
Gabriel Colton
Patrick Diviney
Washington DC Current (7*)
Alan Kolick*
David Cranston*
Markham Shofner*
Nathan Castine
Nicholas Spiva*
Peter Prial
Tom Doi
Portland Stags (1)
Eli Friedman
Seattle Rainmakers (2)
Mark Burton
Khalif El-Salaam
Vancouver Nighthawks (1*)
Morgan Hibbert*
Alex Simmons
Christian Foster
Jack Hatchett
Josh Markette
Jeff Smith
New York Rumble (2)
Christopher Mazur
Chris Kocher
Philadelphia Spinners (2)
Gabriel Colton
Patrick Diviney
Washington DC Current (7*)
Alan Kolick*
David Cranston*
Markham Shofner*
Nathan Castine
Nicholas Spiva*
Peter Prial
Tom Doi
Portland Stags (1)
Eli Friedman
Seattle Rainmakers (2)
Mark Burton
Khalif El-Salaam
Vancouver Nighthawks (1*)
Morgan Hibbert*
For Team USA, The west coast tryout will be held on January 23-24, in Phoenix, Ariz, while the east coast tryout camp will be held on January 30-31, in Orlando, Fla. The last time this event was held was in 2012 in Sakai, Japan where the Open team finished 1st, Women 2nd, and Mixed 4th.