Buzz BulletsJapan

World Champions in 2006, bronze medalists in 2008 and 2010: Japan's best Men's team continues to dominate both their island and their hemisphere with their highly creative style of ultimate. Expect huge blades, hard-nosed man D, and handler-confounding zones when you play them. We are excited to welcome Asia's preeminent team to ECC 2011.

Team Website: http://www.buzz-bullets.com/

Malaki Australia

Malaki is the first step on the Dingoes journey for the 2012 Worlds Championships. They play a fast, physical game that matches up very well with tall, athletic teams like Revolver/Ironside/Ring. ECC is proud to welcome this perennial WFDF contender to its first appearance in Seattle.

Urutau Cajica, Colombia

Fresh from the hunt for a Colombian national championship, Urutau brings a style of play that is todo el corazón y cuerpos voladores. One of Latin American's finest teams, we fully expect Urutau to turn heads at ECC.

Team Website: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19333166282&v=wall

Ironside Boston, Massachusetts

Finalists in the 2008 and 2010 UPA/USAU Club Championships and ECC's reigning champion, Ironside is yet again on the hunt for a ring that has just barely eluded them. Expect them to come to the West Coast with sharpened knives.

Coach/Captains:Josh McCarthy(coach), Matt Rebholz, Mike Zalisk

Team Website: http://ironsideultimate.blogspot.com/

Truck Stop Washington D.C.

Truck Stop hails from the DC/Baltimore corridor. After a strong Colorado Cup, Truck Stop ready to play national and west coast elite teams in preparation for the series. TS prides itself on a strong and deep faceless army, no single player shoulders the load on the field. David Cranston, Erik Salmi, Dan Heister - Truck Stop player or Overdrive Online Trucker Of The Year?

Captains: Keven Moldenhauer, Noah Eden, Sean McComb, and Tommy Nicholson .

Team Website: http://truckstopultimate.com/

Machine Chicago, Illinois

Heir to latter-day powerhouses Windy City and Z, Machine has appeared at the UPA Club Championships seven times since its inception in 2001, including five consecutive trips since 2006. In 2010, Machine captured its first Central Region championship, and the first for a Chicago team since 1997. The 2011 campaign will return the youth, speed, and drive from last season, and will fill in the blanks with more of the same from the Midwest and beyond.

Captains:Andy Neilsen, Mike Shiel, Grant Zukowski

Team Website: http://www.machineultimate.com/

Streetgang San Diego, California

After a back to back showing at Nationals, Streetgang is poised to stir up more trouble on the club scene! Adding a few young guns to an already explosive playing style, the Gang has proven themselves a giant killer more than once. This year's Gang combines that same intensity with discipline and an even stronger desire to win

Team Website: http://www.asammons.net/pbr/

Voodoo Seattle, Washington

Voodoo returns to represent Seattle ultimate after a year hiatus. Young and athletic. Crazy enough to overcome their inexperience. Voodoo will be using ECC as their first step in writing the story of their 2011 season.

Coach/Captains:Ben Wiggins (coach), Alex Duffel, Peter Kalmakis

Team Website: http://www.seattlevoodoo.com/

Rhino Portland, Oregon

Profile forthcoming

Team Website: http://www.rhinoultimate.com/

Ring of Fire Raleigh, North Carolina

Ring of Fire has a storied history of high-level ultimate reaching back to its first year in 1989. Our mission has always been to build the most competitive team possible from the best Raleigh, Durham and the rest of North Carolina have to offer. Ring of Fire is steeped in a tradition of hard work, brotherhood, and devotion to the sport we love. Our style is based on the principles of playing with passion, earning our worth, with no excuses and no regrets.

Captains: Josh Torell, Taylor Pope, and Josh Mullen

Team Website: http://www.ringoffireultimate.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ringultimate

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Ring-of-Fire/

Sockeye Seattle, Washington

Seattle Sockeye is one of the most well known Ultimate teams in the world. Every year since 2002, the fish have finished in the quarter-finals or better at the USAU Open Club Championships. During this stretch they have won 3 national titles ('04,'06-'07') and placed 2nd at the 2008 WUGC and the 2010 WUCC. In recent years, Sockeye has managed to find success despite a rather large rebuilding phase which has seen many of the team's former stars retire. 2011 looks promising for the fish as a bevy of young talent joins a mix of cagey vets, blossomed role players and current all-stars. Their first battle-test of the season will be against the nation and world's finest, here in our backyard. GO FISH!

Coach/Captains:Andy Lovseth (coach), Michael Caldwell, Tyler Kinley, Ray Illian, Matthew Sewell

Team Website: http://www.seattlesockeye.org/

Huck Japan

We're HUCK from East Japan, this year is the first time to join this tournament. We would GET anything from this tourny, and We would study English this time, so please talk to us! Especially #6 (is teacher of Japanese), #39 (39 means "Thank you" in Japanese) and #16 (is lookng for - IKEMEN - means good guy)

Website: http://blog.livedoor.jp/huck_huck/

ScandalWashington D.C.

Younger, faster, and hotter than ever, DC Scandal is showing up in Seattle to make headlines at its first ECC appearance. We're hungry after last year's Nationals performance, and everyone else is looking pretty ScanDELICIOUS. Though hailing from DC, our O- and D-lines are in bipartisan agreement about raising the ceiling on our level of play. No limit! Scandal, you know!

Captains: Allison Maddux, Molly Roy

Website: http://scandalultimate.com/

Firetails Australia

The Australian Women's team (the Firetails) competes every 4 years at the World Ultimate Championships. The team is selected from around the country and for the first time ever, the Firetails are sending a squad to ECCs. We're a pretty laid back bunch and look forward to playing some great ultimate and meeting some new mates.

Team Website: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17302681058

Uno Japan

It is the great joy of all ECC coordinators to once again welcome 2010 WFDF silver medalist UNO back to Burlington. Since their arrival in the early years of the tournament, this powerhouse Japanese women's has opened our eyes to a level of precision and zeal that has constantly challenged the best teams in the world.
For ECC this year, UNO has pledged to donate $1 to the Japanese Tsunami Disaster Relief fund

Riot Seattle, Washington

Seattle Riot plays quick, athletic Ultimate full of energy and fire. The team relies on incredible chemistry and pure love for the game to put it all on the line and come out on top. It's going to be another great season for the big flame.

Team Website: http://www.seattleriot.org/

Brute Squad Boston, Massachusetts

Brute Squad, founded in 2002, prides itself on a balance of crisp, composed offense with a tenacious and suffocating defense. We work tirelessly to push each other, and are driven by our commitment to the sport and this team. We, are the Brute Squad.
Captains: Christie Kim, Dory Ziperstein, Lisa Kanner

Website: http://brutesquad.buda.org/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/100percentBS
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BruteSquadUltimate

Nemesis Chicago, Illinois

Profile Forthcoming

Team Website: http://www.chicagonemesis.com/

Zeitgeist Bay Area, California

The 2011 Zeitgeist ultimate team is not only daring and disciplined, we play with heart! This year's roster is full of women unified and tenacious with the never ending drive to win. We do the work. We celebrate. We play fearless ultimate.

Team Website: http://www.zgultimate.com/

RevoLOUtion St. Louis, Missouri

A revolution, by definition, is a fundamental change in power or organizational structure. The women who began this team had that in mind when they set out to make an elite women's team based out of St. Louis in 2010. They sought to bring together city teams, natural rivals, and create a team that fed into the college, community, and regional levels by their coming together. This resulted in achieving an almost unexpected Nationals berth at the conclusion of the season and the team is hungry for more.

Captains: Melissa Gibbs, Laura Halfmann, Tasha Parman

Twitter: www.twitter.com/MWRevoloution
Team Website: http://revoloution.weebly.com/index.html

Zephyr Vancouver, British Columbia

2009 Canadian Ultimate Championships bronze medalists. Placed 16th at WFDF World Club Champioships 2010. Hailing from north of 49, representing Canada at ECC, Zephyr is a Vancouver-based Women's team. We're comprised of dedicated women who aim to encourage each other and improve our game while playing with positivity and spirit of the game.

Team Website: http://www.facebook.com/ZephyrUltimate
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ZephyrUltimate

Schwa Portland, Oregon

Schwa 2011 is a young team, eager to learn and to work hard. We are inspired by our teammates and motivated by our competitors. Our goal is to live up to the high standards of both the team's storied past and our region - the strongest in the country.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SchwaUltimate

Underground Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground (UG) is entering its third competitive season. Founded in 2009, Underground has quickly established itself as a team characterized by athleticism, work ethic, tenacity, and spirit. This year UG is looking to break out of the region and make their debut at Nationals.

Captains: Angelica Boyden, Erin Crider, Petra Kowalski, Taryn Langlois

Team Website: http://seattleunderground.wordpress.com/

Safari San Diego, California

Safari is an elite women's team based out of San Diego, now in its 25th year of existence. The goal every Safarian strives for is to continue the team's reputable history through hard work, determination and commitment. We not only play for the win, but for the love of the game and most importantly each other.

Team Website: http://www.safariultimate.com/
Twitter: @safariultimate
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SafariUltimate

Further Eugene, Oregon

Further is Eugene, OR's own women's ultimate team! Founded in 2010, Further is proudly named for the infamous bus that Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters floated around the country in. Combining hippie attitude with competitive fire is Further's speciality and we're excited to make a tie-dye splash onto the women's ultimate scene.

Slackjaw Bay Area, California

Slackjaw is a women's club team established in 2007 and comprised of current college players and graduates from across the states. We are a team that loves to slack our healthy jaws.

Team Website: http://slackjawultimate.wordpress.com/

District 5 New Haven, Connecticut

After a busy and successful inaugural season which ended in the Finals at Sarasota, District 5 is back for another shot at glory. A new crop of talented players supplements a core group of returners to form a potent combination of savvy, athleticism and discipline. Coached by Ted Munter, D5 is happy to return to the emerald city for another weekend of furious competition, great natural surroundings, and legendary salmon dinner.

Team Website: www.district5ultimate.com

Mental Toss Flycoons Missoula, Montana

USAU National Champions in 2008, 3rd place Nationals finish in 2009 and took home the bronze medal at WUCC in 2010. After last years disappointing finish at Regionals the Flycoons have restructured bringing in young athletic talent to the 2011 roster. While crafty veterans like Skyla Sisco and Markie Mark will still be tearing up the turf, watch for the baby faced youngins like Camron Newton and Kevin Ryder to be making huge plays.

Blackbird San Francisco, California

Blackbird is a new Bay Are co-ed team that has brought together friends to play top-notch ultimate. Inspired by an SF bar famous for their outrageous cocktails, friends from multiple nationally-competitive teams who haven't been able to play together, formed Blackbird with the goal of impacting the national stage- while leaving time for happy hour. Bird's the word!

Team Website: http://www.blackbirdultimate.com

BigfootSeattle, Washington

Profile Forthcoming

Mischief Bay Area, California

Mischief. It means trickery, chicanery, and spirited fun. It means winning games with our legs, and when our legs can't run any more, going the last mile with heart. It means putting everything on the line for your team, feeling the high of every victory, the heartbreak of every loss, and bouncing back stronger than ever. It means making superheroes out of ordinary people. Old hands and fresh faces make this ninth year team a force to be reckoned with. And if you doubt? In the words of Ochocinco, “Child, please.”

Team Website: http://mischief.ultiteam.org/

Dogfight Portland, Oregon

"We're coming out of the sun."

Team Website: http://www.portlandultimate.org/where-to-play/teams/dogfight-mixed

Captains: Rigel Berg and Christine Beaulieu

Eats Throws Leaves Seattle, WA

Founded in 2010, Eats Throws Leaves surprised many with an 8th place finish at Northwest regionals. Now in their second year, Seattle's "other" club team looks to keep the surprises coming with victories over Sarasota-bound competition.

7 Figures Los Angeles, California

7 Figures was the #1 seed in the SW Regionals in 2010 following a one-point finals loss to Mischief at Labor Day. Then they lost two heartbreaking 15-13 games in Finals (to Metro) and the game-to-go (to Barrio) to narrowly miss a Nationals appearance in their inaugural season. Expectations are higher for this year. This is their first trip to ECC.

Team Website: http://www.facebook.com/7FIGURES#!/pages/7-Figures/111437728887221

graSFace San Francisco, California

CTR + Funk = grasSFace! We are a fun mix of young athletes and wily veterans from the Bay Area. We aim to be grassier (and face-ier) than the rest, and yes, we have a teammate who knows all the words to "Informer." BOOM!