You were just not gonna have a great time.”That’s Lucas Dallman, one of the world’s best defenders explaining why Cassidy Rasmussen has been such a nightmare to compete against over the course of his career. He entered the decade as potential energy and became a kinetic storm of upline cuts and layout blocks that left him as POTY and a national champion.So much can be said about Freechild’s style, the give-and-go breakneck offense or predatory defense, that it can overshadow his actual effectiveness.
As Dallman puts it, “We know if we put him on a particular person we ostensibly erase that person, which is always just great to have. He wasn’t this complete package all decade long, and his game was tweaked by a whole generation of top US coaches before he reached the absolute summit in 2018, but his abilities were so evident all decade that no one who saw him play would have been surprised to find him here at the end.“It’s like when you see a puppy, and the puppy has huge paws,” said Krier. Anyone can watch film and see what a well-rounded and versatile player he is — traits that are especially critical in a National Team setting. Cutting upline against half of Sockeye’s defense at Worlds and turning Danny Karlinsky into a tiny, angry backpack. Look at the highlights. He’s still playing position when he’s two feet off the ground. You want to talk about grit and grace? A Jack Williams huck to a speeding Beau Kittredge in sudden death double overtime preserved the New York Empire's undefeated record.
Two-time First Team All-Club.
Rasmussen’s trophy case certainly wouldn’t be as full if he weren’t part of Revolver’s system, but he has proved to be more than just a byproduct of the team’s greatness and has been crucial in keeping the program churning into the 2020s.One of only two players on this list who was rostered on the same club team every year for the entire decade. For some players, winning comes as a product of what they do well on the field.
PLAYER BIO. Kittredge cuts deep for a backhand huck from Robbie Cahill and the disc hangs a touch by the front cone. That kind of consistency is the way to look at Rehder’s career, not because of who he was playing for but because of the consistently excellent production every single year.Rehder may be the player whose legacy would be the most improved by the availability of more sophisticated statistical metrics. He jumped over a guy in the 2000s, but he ran all over everyone in the 2010s. He led by playing so well on both sides of the disc. His full frame on top of another man’s head as he vaults an entire person. Beau Kittredge: Well, for a second there it was a little crazy, but now it seems to have calmed down. And then on offense on a turn, he was just so smart.
The 2013 World Games team was one of the most special ultimate experiences of my life, not because of our team’s talent, but because of the way experienced players like George, Chase Sparling-Beckley, Ryan Farrell, and Cara Crouch committed their whole hearts to making us a team. He’s one of the most important players in the evolution of how the game was played, and always one of the most important on the field as well.Patrick Stegemoeller is a Senior Staff Writer for Ultiworld, co-host of the Sin The Fields podcast, and also a lawyer who lives in Brooklyn.Ultiworld is the premier news media site dedicated to the sport of ultimate frisbee. Hailing from Fairbanks, Alaska, Beau first honed his game with Mamabird at the University of Colorado before joining club teams Denver Johnny Bravo and San Francisco Revolver. More and more, publishers — from small ones like Ultiworld to very large ones like the New York Times — have realized they cannot rely on advertising dollars alone. New York Empire / Cutter #50. No AUDL team that won a title with Beau has won one without him. Stubbs was a terror in the early half of the decade on those doomed Ironside teams that went to three finals in five years, then captained that monster 2017 Revolver team to his first National championship.Stubbs has all of the speed and skill needed to back up his reputation, but that lightning first step and flick huck aren’t what got him on this list. Posture-altering collections of international and domestic medals hanging from his neck. He’s got an infectious energy, both as a teammate and as a competitor and his level of energy pushes everyone else.”“Cold-blooded killer.” “Fastest gun in the west.” “A physical manifestation of death, coming for other teams’ seasons.” With anyone else this is just overly stylized hyperbole, but with Kurt…Winning three titles with three different teams, and coming one point short of making it four with four will get people talking about you like a fictional character. That impressively rounded stat line is emblematic of the complete player that he had become. Winning titles as a role player on the early 2010s Revolver teams, he upgraded his game as the decade went on and became one of the San Francisco club’s crown jewels, winning POTY in 2015 while leading Revolver to their fourth title in six years.He was a key acquisition on the 2016 Roughnecks black hole of AUDL talent, then went back to the Bay in 2017 to win another title and posted a nasty 60A/35G/14B season. Beau Kittredge, San Francisco. He apologized and said he didn’t know where it was. Seemingly anyone who could a) throw and b) catch was qualified for the moniker, and it became the dominant way talent was evaluated. He is known for a video in which he jumped up over an opponent to catch the disc while playing wi Beau Kittredge is a professional Ultimate player for the New York Empire of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL).