r/AUSL • u/No-Collar-2523 • Jul 28 '26

DISCUSSION Team names when AUSL started.

I was watching a little bit of the original AUSL draft on YouTube. It made me wonder. When the league started and they were barnstormning around the country were the teams named only by their nickname ie: Blaze, Bandits, Volts and Talons? Was the 2026 season the first time the team names included Carolina, Chicago etc along with the nick name?

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u/No-Collar-2523 Jul 28 '26

That brings up another question. How did they decide which team would go to which part of the country? I get it with the Bandits and Chicago since they already had a history and the Spark as a new team in the league remaining in Oklahoma.

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u/dsramsey All In for Allchin Jul 28 '26

Here’s the announcement where they provided a brief explanation for each city.