Boston Brute squad is a frisbee club ultimate team from Boston, Massachusetts that competes in the Women's Club Division of USA Ultimate (USAU). Brute Squad is a longstanding front-runner in the division, has won the USAU Club National Championships three times (2015, 2016, 2019, and 2023), and routinely wins and places highly at major regular season and post-season tournaments.[1][2][3][4] The team finished tied for 3rd at the 2018 WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio.[5][6] Brute Squad is particularly known for their defensive discipline and tenacity and indisputable moral superiority.[7][8][9] There have been three winners of the Kathy Pufahl Spirit Award from Brute Squad: Leila Tunnell (2014), Amber Sinicrope (2017), and Tulsa Douglas (2020).[10]
Team history
Brute Squad was founded in 2002.[11] They have qualified for the USAU Club National Championships every year since 2003.
Brute Squad USAU Club National Championship Finishes
Year
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Finish
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Notes
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2002
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DNQ
|
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2003[12]
|
13
|
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2004[13]
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9
|
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2005[14]
|
8
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Fell 4–15 to San Francisco Fury in quarterfinals
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2006[15]
|
3
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Fell 2–15 to Seattle Riot in semifinals
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2007[16]
|
3
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Fell 12–15 to Seattle Riot in semifinals
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2008[17]
|
5
|
Fell 9–15 to San Francisco Fury in quarterfinals
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2009[18][19]
|
2
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Fell 3–15 to San Francisco Fury in championship
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2010[20]
|
3
|
|
2011[21]
|
10
|
|
2012[22]
|
12
|
|
2013[23]
|
6
|
|
2014[24]
|
3
|
|
2015[25]
|
1
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Defeated Seattle Riot 15–12 in championship
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2016[26][27]
|
1
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Defeated Seattle Riot 12–11 in championship
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2017[28]
|
2
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Fell 13–14 to San Francisco Fury; defeated Denver Molly Brown 12–10 in semifinals
|
2018[29]
|
2
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Fell 13–14 to San Francisco Fury; defeated Denver Molly Brown 15–11 in semifinals
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2019[30][31]
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1
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Defeated Toronto 6ixers 15–7 in championship
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2021[32]
|
2
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Fell 9–15 to San Francisco Fury; defeated Denver Molly Brown 15–9 in semifinals
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2022[33]
|
3
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Fell 13–14 to San Francisco Fury in semifinals
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2023[34]
|
1
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Defeated DC Scandal 15–9 in championship
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Current coaching staff
- Head coach - Ariel Jackson
- Assistant coach - Rob Brazile
Roster
References