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, the team's first, defeating the prior year's champion Minnesota Wind Chill. Boston's Tobe Decraene won both the league's MVP award as well as the Championship Weekend MVP award.
Games were broadcast on the league's own streaming platform, WatchUFA.tv; "Friday Night Frisbee" 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.
The Dallas Legion suspended operations following the 2024 season. The Vegas Bighorns joined the league's West Division for 2025, and in order to make room, the Los Angeles Aviators and San Diego Growlers moved into the South Division. The Portland Nitro rebranded as the Oregon Steel.
Regular Season Week 1 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway4/24Oakland Spiders2217New York Empire4/25Houston Havoc2330Austin Sol4/25Vegas Bighorns1332New York Empire4/26Atlanta Hustle2321Salt Lake Shred4/26DC Breeze1516Philadelphia Phoenix4/26Colorado Apex2412Oregon Steel4/26Boston Glory2618Montreal Royal
Week 2 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/2Houston Havoc1012Madison Radicals5/2Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2521Indianapolis AlleyCats5/3Austin Sol2217Madison Radicals5/3DC Breeze1918Toronto Rush5/3Salt Lake Shred2212Vegas Bighorns5/3San Diego Growlers1912Los Angeles Aviators5/3Seattle Cascades2122Oakland Spiders5/4Philadelphia Phoenix1916Toronto Rush5/4Los Angeles Aviators1625San Diego Growlers5/4Oregon Steel1328Oakland Spiders
Week 3 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/9New York Empire2220Montreal Royal5/9San Diego Growlers1920Atlanta Hustle5/9Oakland Spiders2621Seattle Cascades5/10Austin Sol2819Houston Havoc5/10Boston Glory1711Montreal Royal5/10Vegas Bighorns1323Seattle Cascades5/10Carolina Flyers1820DC Breeze5/10Indianapolis AlleyCats1732Minnesota Wind Chill5/10Los Angeles Aviators1826Atlanta Hustle5/10Toronto Rush2124Philadelphia Phoenix5/11Detroit Mechanix1722Pittsburgh Thunderbirds
Week 4 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/16Houston Havoc2317Colorado Apex5/16Boston Glory1918New York Empire5/16San Diego Growlers2116Los Angeles Aviators5/17Atlanta Hustle2218Carolina Flyers5/17Austin Sol1816Colorado Apex5/17Madison Radicals2014Pittsburgh Thunderbirds5/17Minnesota Wind Chill1116Chicago Union5/17Montreal Royal2423New York Empire5/17Oregon Steel2019Seattle Cascades5/17Atlanta Hustle1915Carolina Flyers5/18DC Breeze1114Boston Glory
Week 5 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/23Salt Lake Shred2221Seattle Cascades5/23Carolina Flyers2526San Diego Growlers5/23Vegas Bighorns1314Oregon Steel5/23Philadelphia Phoenix1617New York Empire5/24Atlanta Hustle2319San Diego Growlers5/24Colorado Apex2414Oregon Steel5/24Indianapolis AlleyCats2118Detroit Mechanix5/24Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1431Minnesota Wind Chill5/24Oakland Spiders2116Seattle Cascades
Week 6 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway5/30Colorado Apex2421Oakland Spiders5/30Los Angeles Aviators2019Houston Havoc5/30Madison Radicals2211Indianapolis AlleyCats5/30Minnesota Wind Chill1715Atlanta Hustle5/30Seattle Cascades2025Salt Lake Shred5/30Toronto Rush2021DC Breeze5/31San Diego Growlers2517Houston Havoc5/31Chicago Union1918Atlanta Hustle5/31Montreal Royal2217DC Breeze5/31Oregon Steel1721Salt Lake Shred5/31Philadelphia Phoenix1518Carolina Flyers6/1Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1224Carolina Flyers6/1Toronto Rush2220New York Empire
Week 7 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/6DC Breeze2315New York Empire6/6Los Angeles Aviators1718Austin Sol6/6Montreal Royal2920Philadelphia Phoenix6/6Seattle Cascades2312Vegas Bighorns6/6Oakland Spiders2425Salt Lake Shred6/7Detroit Mechanix1625Indianapolis AlleyCats6/7Boston Glory2214Philadelphia Phoenix6/7Carolina Flyers2119Atlanta Hustle6/7San Diego Growlers2123Austin Sol6/7Minnesota Wind Chill2116Pittsburgh Thunderbirds6/7Oregon Steel2117Vegas Bighorns6/7Toronto Rush2818Montreal Royal6/8Chicago Union2116Madison Radicals
Week 8 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/13Madison Radicals1622Minnesota Wind Chill6/13Salt Lake Shred3119Oregon Steel6/14Austin Sol2018Houston Havoc6/14Vegas Bighorns1623San Diego Growlers6/14New York Empire1918DC Breeze6/14Indianapolis AlleyCats1426Chicago Union6/14Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1625Philadelphia Phoenix6/14Detroit Mechanix2031Madison Radicals6/14Oakland Spiders259Oregon Steel6/14Montreal Royal1516Boston Glory6/15Toronto Rush2326Boston Glory
Week 9 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/20Carolina Flyers2814Houston Havoc6/20Colorado Apex2610Vegas Bighorns6/20New York Empire2319Toronto Rush6/20Oregon Steel1920Los Angeles Aviators6/20Chicago Union2814Pittsburgh Thunderbirds6/21Atlanta Hustle2817Houston Havoc6/21Minnesota Wind Chill3114Indianapolis AlleyCats6/21Boston Glory2313Toronto Rush6/21Detroit Mechanix1028Chicago Union6/21Seattle Cascades2015Los Angeles Aviators6/21Oakland Spiders3210Vegas Bighorns6/22Pittsburgh Thunderbirds2021Detroit Mechanix
Week 10 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway6/27Atlanta Hustle149Austin Sol6/27DC Breeze2614Montreal Royal6/27Madison Radicals2919Detroit Mechanix6/27Seattle Cascades2224Colorado Apex6/27Salt Lake Shred2521Oakland Spiders6/27Chicago Union2212Indianapolis AlleyCats6/28Carolina Flyers2621Austin Sol6/28San Diego Growlers1621Oakland Spiders6/28Indianapolis AlleyCats1924Madison Radicals6/28Oregon Steel1819Colorado Apex6/28Philadelphia Phoenix2019Montreal Royal6/28Toronto Rush1819Pittsburgh Thunderbirds6/28Detroit Mechanix1028Chicago Union
Week 11 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/4Colorado Apex1824Salt Lake Shred7/4Montreal Royal1821Toronto Rush7/4Chicago Union2515Minnesota Wind Chill7/5Houston Havoc2029Austin Sol7/5Vegas Bighorns1132Salt Lake Shred7/5Los Angeles Aviators1921San Diego Growlers7/5Madison Radicals2812Indianapolis AlleyCats7/5Pittsburgh Thunderbirds1921Chicago Union7/5Detroit Mechanix1425Minnesota Wind Chill7/6Boston Glory1617DC Breeze
Boston's loss to DC left Chicago as the only remaining undefeated team in the league.
Week 12 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/11Houston Havoc2220Los Angeles Aviators7/11Philadelphia Phoenix1415Boston Glory7/11Salt Lake Shred2118Colorado Apex7/12Austin Sol2013Los Angeles Aviators7/12Carolina Flyers1721Atlanta Hustle7/12DC Breeze2016Boston Glory7/12Vegas Bighorns1333Colorado Apex7/12Indianapolis AlleyCats2518Detroit Mechanix7/12Minnesota Wind Chill1613Madison Radicals7/13New York Empire2416Philadelphia Phoenix
Week 13 DateHomeGoalsGoalsAway7/18Austin Sol1924Carolina Flyers7/18Colorado Apex2415Seattle Cascades7/18Salt Lake Shred2218Minnesota Wind Chill7/19Houston Havoc2125Carolina Flyers7/19Chicago Union3914Detroit Mechanix7/19Indianapolis AlleyCats2518Pittsburgh Thunderbirds7/19New York Empire2221Boston Glory7/19Philadelphia Phoenix2415DC Breeze7/19Seattle Cascades2617Oregon Steel7/19Oakland Spiders1714San Diego Growlers7/19Montreal Royal2316Toronto Rush7/20Madison Radicals1824Chicago Union7/20Minnesota Wind Chill3511Detroit Mechanix7/20Los 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 TeamQualificationSalt Lake Shred 11 1 +69First round byeOakland Spiders 9 3 +69PlayoffsColorado Summit 8 4 +56Seattle Cascades 4 8 +6Oregon Steel 3 9 -74Vegas Bighorns 0 12 -144
South Division TeamQualificationAtlanta Hustle 9 3 +38First round byeAustin Sol 9 3 +29PlayoffsSan Diego Growlers 7 5 +24Carolina Flyers 7 5 +30Los Angeles Aviators 3 9 -41Houston Havoc 2 10 -59
Central Division TeamQualificationChicago Union 12 0 +126First round byeMinnesota Wind Chill 9 3 +81PlayoffsMadison Radicals 7 5 +36Indianapolis AlleyCats 4 8 -64Pittsburgh Thunderbirds 3 9 -63Detroit Mechanix 1 11 -140
East Division TeamQualificationBoston Glory 9 3 +35First round byeDC Breeze 7 5 +10PlayoffsNew York Empire 7 5 +19Philadelphia Phoenix 6 6 -4Montreal Royal 4 8 -21Toronto Rush 3 9 -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.
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:
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
CategoryNumberLeader(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 Jeff Babbitt (BOS) Daan De Marrée (CHI) Tobe Decraene (BOS) Walker Frankenberg (OAK) Allan Laviolette (CAR) John Randolph (NY) Austin Taylor (ATL)
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)
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