More to say than people to listen, that is Michael "Match" Fiedler. He picked up a disc in 2002 and consistently lost his voice with UCSD-B ('02-'05), Yale ('05-07), and Colt .45 ('06-'09). Followed some good advice and took it to the blogosphere in 2007. Best ultimate moments include winning a Beer Bracket at Wildwood, going jawface against a Tufts Alum team at Leiout, and calling Furious over Sockeye at Worlds. Passion? Yes. Composure? No. All he needs is an audience.

Albeit Biased: CTC Gets Even In Home Opener

by May 8, 2012, 9:14am 0

As the clouds broke over the electric atmosphere of Arute field in New Britain, CT, Brent Anderson broke open a nail bitter contest with a spectacular layout grab that rivaled…

Albeit Biased: AUDL Week 1 Recap

by April 15, 2012, 8:29pm 0

The AUDL is a great product.  The owners, the players, the refs, everyone involved has really done a great job putting together a polished product that hits on many of…

Heating Up #4: Jeremy Norden, Whitman Sweets

by April 6, 2012, 10:26am 2

From coaching in Mexico and South America to winning gold with Canada U-23 and team Fisher Price at Canada’s mixed Nationals, Jeremy Norden has a long past, present and future…

Heating Up #3: Joe Kershner, Johnny Bravo

by February 17, 2012, 4:00am 0

Four years ago in the Nevada Desert, the Ultimate community was Lin-sane for Joe Kershner and the University of Arizona.  A layout game winner over Kurt Gibson on DGP was…

Pro-Ultimate Lives: CT Constitution Combine

by January 18, 2012, 4:25am 0

Any doubt that the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) was a legitimate enterprise quickly vanished as I passed through the revolving door at the Kaiser Annex-Bubble at Central Connecticut State…

Heating Up #2: Ollie Gordon, Chevron Action Flash

by January 13, 2012, 4:00am 0

In this installment of Heating Up with Match Diesel, we went old school and across the pond to talk with Great Britain’s finest, Ollie Gordon.  Topics include GB Ultimate and their WUGC…

Heating Up #1: Adam “Chicken” Simon, Revolver

by November 25, 2011, 8:00am 0

What better day than Black Friday to welcome Match Diesel to Skyd with the webcast Heating Up. In this pilot episode, Match chats with Bay Area Revolver’s Adam “Chicken” Simon…