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A taste of a new league.
Photo: Jonathan Red – WUL.
SEATTLE The Seattle Tempest won the inaugural game of the Western Ultimate League in a tightly contested game 16-14 over The West, a collection of talented players from the 2020 rosters for the Utah Wild, San Diego Super Bloom, Arizona Sidewinders, and Los Angeles Astra (plus a few Seattle-area pickups). This game felt like the true culmination of the 2020 WUL season. Big plays were on display every point, as was a competitive fire which we were all missing for the past 18 months.
Tempest and the West traded points early, with both teams adjusting to the WUL rules and new field dimensions, and contending with the nerves of the first competitive WUL game. “I was a little nervous during the first quarter but I was thrilled to see that the West team was also there to compete, it didn’t feel like just a showcase game,” said Tempest’s Qxhna Titcomb. “I love that kind of energy and I think it made the rest of the game rea
The Tempest will play against an all-star team of other WUL players from around the west.
After its inaugural 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Ultimate League will finally get onto the field Friday as the Seattle Tempest will play a showcase game against a collection of WUL players from cities around the league.
“We planned to have at least this one game back in March when we got up and running and started selling season tickets to the Cascades games and this one Tempest game,” said Xtehn Frame, Seattle Tempest owner and General Manager. “We mailed them out and everything, so this has been on our schedule the whole time. But, The West team hasn’t evolved until just recently and I think that’s why there was a lot of uncertainty about our opponent would look like. No other WUL team has returned to training the way Tempest has this season. It’s possible that Tempest could have organized a game against a club team or tried to scramble toge