With only two wins in ten games, the Surge finished with the worst record in the league. After their week 4 win against Berlin, they entered a six game losing streak, the longest of any team in the inaugural ELF season.
On June 29, starting QB Jacob Wright was released, following allegations that the player used a racial slur in the previous game.[2] A few days later, Stuttgart signed American QB Aaron Ellis, most recently from Danish team Sollerod Gold Diggers. [3]