Chemistry and experience have become two of the most important factors in the success of a professional ultimate team. The only major exception has been the AUDL's 2016 Dallas Roughnecks. Major League Ultimate has just finished up their fourth season of play. Still after four years, retaining players is an issue for all of the teams.
There are only 30 players that have been rostered in all four years of the MLU. The two conference champions, the Portland Stags and Philadelphia Spinners, have over half of the 30. There were 130 players that had played at least one season in the league and an astounding 127 MLU rookies in 2016.
Below each team is ranked based on the experience of their rosters. No surprise, the top four are all of the playoff teams in 2016. The rankings are extremely close to the final positioning of teams at the end of the season. If you were to factor in other pro league experience for each player, it would bump the Spinners and New York Rumble to first and sixth respectively.
(Due to lack of organization of past AUDL team rosters, AUDL experience could not be accurately factored in. Therefore those data points were left out all together and solely focused on MLU experience.)
There are only 30 players that have been rostered in all four years of the MLU. The two conference champions, the Portland Stags and Philadelphia Spinners, have over half of the 30. There were 130 players that had played at least one season in the league and an astounding 127 MLU rookies in 2016.
Below each team is ranked based on the experience of their rosters. No surprise, the top four are all of the playoff teams in 2016. The rankings are extremely close to the final positioning of teams at the end of the season. If you were to factor in other pro league experience for each player, it would bump the Spinners and New York Rumble to first and sixth respectively.
(Due to lack of organization of past AUDL team rosters, AUDL experience could not be accurately factored in. Therefore those data points were left out all together and solely focused on MLU experience.)
 | Portland StagsReturning Players: 21 Rookies: 7 Average Experience: 2.607 |
| Fourth Year Players (8): Eli Blackman Cody Bjorklund Christopher Hancock Riley Meinershagen Timothy Perston Raphael Hayes Benjamin McGinn Grant Cole Third Year Players (8): Vinh Bui Tyler Cable Peter Woodside Christopher "Topher" Davis Aaron Adamson Daniel Shaw Jeremy Norden Daniel Suppnick | Second Year Players (5): Matthew Melius Tad Jensen John Siemer Steven Rice Brian Penner Rookies (7): Brandon Lafferty John Cairns Jared Fitzpatrick James "Will" Shaw Trevor Smith Samuel Franer Duncan McNally |
 | Boston WhitecapsReturning Players: 25 Rookies: 12 Average Experience: 2.135 |
| Fourth Year Players (6): Terry Roth Shaun Doherty Jack Hatchett Eric Stevens Jon Hirschberger Jake Taylor Third Year Players (5): Alex Cooper Christian Foster Piers MacNaughton Adrian Banerji Frederik Brasz Second Year Players (14): Mathew Little Misha Sidorsky Victor Luo Ryan Richardson Andrew Hooker Tannor Johnson Benjamin Katz Thomas Edmonds Misha Herscu Nick Thompson Rob Baker Sam Kittross-Schnell Tyler Chan Sam Richardson | Rookies (12): Sandy Hartwiger David DiBiase Davis Whitehead Jordan Taylor Tanner Halkyard Dylan Wolff Owen Westbrook Jared Inselmann Nick Roberts Carter Thallon Jason Clark Nick Murphy |
 | Philadelphia SpinnersReturning Players: 16 Rookies: 16 Average Experience: 2.125 years |
| Fourth Year Players (8): Jack Casey Leon Chou Nick Hirannet Patrick Lindsey Trey Katzenbach Matt Glazer David Baer Michael Panna Third Year Players (4): Himalaya Mehta Matt Esser Dustin Damiano Gabe Colton Second Year Players (4): Charlie McCutcheon Billy Sickles Tom O’Connor David Brandolph | Rookies (16): Bobby Roos Brice Dunn Dan Wickens David Bloodgood Doug Roman Ethan Fortin Ethan Peck Greg Martin Izzy Bryant Matt Michelson Michael Arcata Nate Venditta Nick Patel Vince Reydams David Shields Ryan Weaver |
 | Seattle RainmakersReturning Players: 19 Rookies: 12 Average Experience: 2 years |
| Fourth Year Players (3): Khalif El-Salaam Daniel Trytiak Ben Beehner Third Year Players (6): Christopher Rupp Gavin McKibben Henry Phan Todd Sliva Eddie Feeley Isaac Entz Second Year Players (10): Peter Ostergaard Robin Breen Ben Wiggins Peter Bender Matthew Neeley Evan Klein Clay Dewey-Valentine Stephen Gussin Bradley Houser Cam Bailey | Rookies (12): Christian Brink Dylan Harrington Edward "Eddie" Harmoush Christopher "Drew" Lockhart Daniel Greeley Julian Peterson Luke Jesperson Daniel Walton Spencer Sheridan Tremont "Trey" Miller Jonathan "Jonny" Stacey Jonathan Masler |
 | Washington DC CurrentReturning Players: 13 Rookies: 17 Average Experience: 1.83 years |
| Fourth Year Players (4): Delrico Johnson Erik Salmi Brent Bellinger Eric Miner Third Year Players (4): Lloyd Blake Dominque Gibson Chip Cobb Frederick Tsai Second Year Players (5): Keven Moldenhauer Zach Norrbom Tim Jackson Kevin Healey Gabe Webster | Rookies (17): Joe Freund Mark Flores Mikey Moses Antoine Davis Justin Solis Trevor Griesman John Kerr Cam Barnhardt Kyle Khalifa Andrew Gravunder Aaron Richards Andrew Ferraro Joe DiPaula Jack Field Raymond Mendoza Austin Bartenstein Jake Radack |
 | San Francisco DogfishReturning Players: 14 Rookies: 16 Average Experience: 1.633 |
| Third Year Players (5): Ian Ranahan Taylor Cascino James Sheridan James Yeager Nick Weiss Second Year Players (9): David Janinis Gabriel Saunkeah Thomas Lassetter Thomas Pineda Nicholas Fiske Andrew Riggs Andrew Goldstein Shane Tracy Raj Maitra | Rookies (16): Devon Williams Eric Shaw Thomas Watson Jacob Serrano Christopher McKeag Nathan Young Kirkwood "Alex" Cloud Alexander Morris Alexander Max Jason Edelman Daniel Naruo Colby Chuck Nicholas Petru Shane Earley Liam Rosen Benjamin Hubbard |
 | New York RumbleReturning Players: 12 Rookies: 23 Average Experience: 1.514 years |
| Fourth Year Players (1): Andrew Bosco Third Year Players (4): Jibran Mieser Quinn Hunziker Justin Carter Marques Brownlee Second Year Players (7): Scott Xu Ryan Schwartz Jacob Price Charlie Patten Matthew Wilson Matthew Weintraub Bo Li | Rookies (23): Andrew O'Connor Roger Chu Benjamin Nichols Tyler Finkler Peter Jimenez Charles Cannon Shashank Alladi Steven Willis Seth Canetti Andrew Auyeung Casey Startzell Jonathan Sisto Paul Klimkowski Jacob Doyle Kyle Fischer Marc Sands Christian Duess Andrew Misthos Jonathan Irvine Sean Mott Christopher McGlynn Mason Compton Colin Kochenash |
 | Vancouver NighthawksExperienced Players: 10 Rookies: 24 Average Experience: 1.294 |
| Second Year Players (10): Ted Chu Michael LeRoss Erik Hunter Nathan Lam Kevin Chan Nicholas Lin Arturo Aponte Chung-Hsuan (goes by Michael) Yi Philip Davidson Taylor Nadon | Rookies (24): Jazz Groden-Gilchrist David Whitney-Brown Ty Barbieri Victor Cheng Keane Luong Aidan Wiebe Ryan Hoy Kevin Chu Jordan Zhao Graeme Barber Russell Hamilton Einer Lim Joshua Lam Lok Tin Lam Jasper Lu Mitchell Dozzi-Daigle David Stelck Sascha Lo Luke Charlesworth Patrick Gatien Justin Chan Francisco Mogollon Aaron Chan Ryley Breiddal |
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