Wednesday, January 02, 2013

World Games Ultimate Tryout Invites

USA Ultimate announced the players selected for the 2013 World Games tryout camps.

500+ players from across the United States applied and 48 men & 42 women were chosen by the selection committee. Players will tryout in March for the 20-player mixed team roster scheduled to compete at 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia in July 2013. The 2009 roster had 11 men; 9 women.

Invite Breakdown:
NOTES: Seattle Riot, San Fran Fury & DC Scandal = nearly half (48%; 20) of the women invites.
13 total teams are represented; 10 club teams, 2 mixed club teams (Polar Bears & AMP), & 1 college team (University of North Carolina-Wilmington)
NOTES: SF Revolver, Atlanta Chain Lightning & Austin Doublewide = 22 of men invites (45%)
13 total teams are represented; 12 men's club teams plus 1 mixed club team (Drag N' Thrust).
Chicago Machine is the only team USAU Top 10-ranked team without an invite.

Data Source: USAU

1 comment:

Alex said...

What'd be really interesting would be to see how invites correlate to ranking or Club Championship finish