New York PoNY vs Raleigh Ring of Fire | 2023 USAU Club Nationals Quarterfinals

A tense matchup between PoNY and Ring of Fire takes place in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Club National Championships held in San Diego, CA. Having injured his wrist the day before, PoNY star player Jimmy Mickle is unable to cleat up for the game.

[@richdeba]

Re-upload fixing the score and break indicators

[@jalenwest3453]

16:30 Jagt flipping off Garvey with both hands in utter amazement after that insane play is one of the best teammate reactions to a score that I've seen in a minute

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

Without Mickle they were doing alright, but without both him and Little it really fell apart.

[@WRXSEVEN]

Its hard to replace a role as significant as Mickle's mid-tournament. There's so much that goes into a successful nationals run, I think the health of starting lines plays the biggest part (aside from having top talent)

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

​​@@WRXSEVENfor sure. Even with the additional star players like Jack Williams, Ryan Osgar, Cam Wariner, etc, any slight negative change can bring an entire team's mentality down.

[@Rakkerrr]

Well, they mostly loose because of two mistakes by Garvey and also two big ones by Osgar. But sure, without Little their offense faltered. And remember they didnt have Katz either.

[@WRXSEVEN]

@@Rakkerrr In my experience playing at that level, I never felt like we lost a game because of the mistakes of one or two players. It was more of a team thing where we either stepped up and made the plays that were necessary or we didn't. So I'd be hesitent to blame any specific player for the end of that season. There's so much that goes into a finals run, much of it out of your control. Heck, DIG did everything right and because an observer had a different perspective their season was over.

[@mrsalilg]

​@@WRXSEVEN yeah, this game was won because Ring adjusted, as a team, much better n the windy conditions.

[@matthewkearney3726]

Spectator heckling was super annoying

[@faranfamuggles6234]

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[@johnny.o9761]

Really appreciate for the video! Do you have the game between Dig and Truckstop too??

[@caujasombolvo]

It was played at the same time... I am guessing he does not.

[@伊恩-y6q]

The photo is so good. What kind of machine did you use to take the photo? I want to learn from it.

[@emmetholton1489]

Was Stevens-Stein carded for the jump into the pile @ 10:00? cartoonishly dangerous play both for his own safety and everyone underneath him, including the teammate he injured. He seems to sub off for an injury but really should have been ejected. That's like toddler level body control/awareness

[@SharkBaitSHRKB]

you should watch the entire game. way too many dangerous moments. way too many high end club players either don't know or choose not to play safely, there are so many moments from this game alone that are incredibly dangerous and yup players on both sides got injured

[@waves440]

6:45 you hear the crack aaaa

[@SharkBaitSHRKB]

this game just tells me that so many elite club players don't know how to play safely. there are so many bad plays where a player is putting themselves or someone at risk of bad injury

[@WRXSEVEN]

Dude, I played at this level a decade ago and had a career ending injury because of it. Its just a sport where you're going to get injuries. And there are some bad actors out there, but for the most part I feel like elite club players understand the dangers and aren't as reckless as say, lower level club players that are still learning their limits. The games that felt the most dangerous to me were when we were playing teams at Sectionals/Regionals that just didn't have a chance and one or two players on those teams would be playing dangerously.

[@SharkBaitSHRKB]

@@WRXSEVEN first of all im terribly sorry to hear you suffered a career-ending injury. If you don't mind me asking, what happened? Second I understand what u are saying but at the same time i see so many elite club players commit dangerous plays left and right. you are also correct however that lower level club players are also reckless

[@WRXSEVEN]

@@SharkBaitSHRKB Thanks. I had a lot of injuries after playing competitive ultimate for about ten years up until my early 30s. Broken ribs and finger, dislocated shoulder, several serious concussions, plenty of sprained ankles, but what got me was a severe ACL/Meniscus tear caused by a high school age player at a co-ed tournament. I was cutting and planted a leg, dude just straight dove into my leg with his shoulder and my knee bent sideways. Never gained my top end speed/quickness back after that. Plus at that age, you're closer to the end than the beginning so I had a few years off, played a bit of Masters and rode off into the sunset. The only really reckless play I experienced in my elite club career was a certain Furious player t-boned me from behind while I was fully extended and broke one of my ribs at nationals. That's the only one that I look back at and say it was a reckless play.

[@SharkBaitSHRKB]

@@WRXSEVEN wow. again sorry about that. I've been playing ultimate for awhile and have stayed on the lucky side of injuries. hoping it stays that way

[@pugsnhogz]

16:23 offensive foul

[@Gameboob]

0:27, nice fight for the disc. Wins the upline 1:10, Ring play really well on the flat side here. Beating Pony several times inside despite their defense orbited to the inside. Then punishing that positioning with a perfect huck over the stack. 1:55, nice break 2:03, simple b45 reset turnover... 5:10, curious why this throw want thrown. Babbit was pretty far behind the guy...