Puget Sound Outcast Derby
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Puget Sound Outcast Derby (PSOD) is a men's roller derby
league based in Tacoma, Washington
. The league was founded in 2007 and consists of a single team, which plays teams from other leagues.
For Puget Sound's first two years, they primarily exhibited their skills during the half-time break in bouts by local women's leagues. In 2008, they organised "Throwdown in the Sound", described by the Derby News Network
as "the first serious attempt at a men's flat-track tournament".
By 2009, they engaged with the Men's Derby Coalition, then consisting entirely of leagues on the east coast of the United States
. They joined in July 2010, becoming the coalition's fifth league.
The Coalition subsequently became the Men's Roller Derby Association
(MRDA), and Puget Sound were seeded fourth for their 2011 Championship. However, they defeated top seeds the St. Louis GateKeepers
to reach the final, where they lost narrowly to the New York Shock Exchange
.
Notable Puget Sound skaters include former RollerJam
skater and Rat City Rollergirls
coach Mo Sanders, who skates under the name "Quadzilla".
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league based in Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
. The league was founded in 2007 and consists of a single team, which plays teams from other leagues.
For Puget Sound's first two years, they primarily exhibited their skills during the half-time break in bouts by local women's leagues. In 2008, they organised "Throwdown in the Sound", described by the Derby News Network
Derby News Network
Derby News Network is an internet broadcast network featuring the international sport of roller derby, using the internet to collect remote streaming video, photographs, audio, and text from reporters around the world, and distribute it internationally. DNN is frequently cited as an authoritative...
as "the first serious attempt at a men's flat-track tournament".
By 2009, they engaged with the Men's Derby Coalition, then consisting entirely of leagues on the east coast of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They joined in July 2010, becoming the coalition's fifth league.
The Coalition subsequently became the Men's Roller Derby Association
Men's Roller Derby Association
The Men's Roller Derby Association is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition, and currently has 18 all-men's leagues under its jurisdiction. MRDA member leagues play using the WFTDA rules with gender-neutral...
(MRDA), and Puget Sound were seeded fourth for their 2011 Championship. However, they defeated top seeds the St. Louis GateKeepers
St. Louis GateKeepers
The St. Louis GateKeepers are an all-men's flat-track roller derby team based in Saint Louis, Missouri. It was founded in November 2009 by Magnum, p.i.m.p. , a referee for the Arch Rival Rollergirls, and Bat Wing...
to reach the final, where they lost narrowly to the New York Shock Exchange
New York Shock Exchange
The New York Shock Exchange is a men's roller derby league, based in New York City. The league consists of two teams, which bout against teams from other leagues....
.
Notable Puget Sound skaters include former RollerJam
RollerJam
RollerJam was an American television series featuring roller derby that aired on The Nashville Network from 1999 to 2001. It was the first attempt to bring roller derby to TV since RollerGames....
skater and Rat City Rollergirls
Rat City Rollergirls
The Rat City Rollergirls are a flat-track roller derby league in Seattle, Washington. The league is composed of four member teams for intra-league play, an all-star travel team that competes with other leagues, and another travel team that plays in exhibition games with other leagues...
coach Mo Sanders, who skates under the name "Quadzilla".