2020 Boston Uprising season

The 2020 Boston Uprising season is the third season of Boston Uprising's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis. The team will look to improve upon their 8–20 record from 2019. Boston will host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season; both will take place at Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston.[1]

2020 Boston Uprising season
Head coachVytis "Mineral" Lasaitis
OwnerRobert Kraft
Arena(s)Citizens Bank Opera House
Results
Record2–17 (.105)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In September 2019, Boston announced that former Florida Mayhem head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis would be the fill the team's head coach vacancy, which had been empty for over a year.[2] A month later, the Uprising released assistant coaches Jordan "Gunba" Graham and Jackson "Shake" Kaplan; the team signed Ilias "iLka" Kaskanetas, who had most recently been the head coach of European Overwatch Contenders team Angry Titans, as an assistant coach.[3] On December 9, the team signed former HSL Esports support player Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman as an assistant coach.[4]

Roster changes
Free agents
RolePlayerContract
status		Date signed2020 team
HandleName
SupportAimgodMin-Seok KwonFree agentNovember 8Washington Justice[5]
SupportKellexKristian KellerFree agentNovember 5Toronto Defiant[6]
Legend
     Re-signed/Retained by the Uprising.
     Departed from the Uprising.

The Uprising enter the new season with two free agents, four players which they have the option to retain for another year, and four players under contract.[7] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[8]

Acquisitions

Boston made their first offseason acquisitions on October 28, when they signed support Seo "Myunbong" Sang-min and DPS Min "Jerry" Tae-hui from Korean Contenders teams from O2 Blast and Meta Athena, respectively.[9] On November 7, Boston promoted support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy and off-tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal from their academy team, Uprising Academy. While Swimmer was promoted to play strictly for Boston, Mouffin was put on a two-way contract.[10] On November 21, Uprising signed former Seoul Dynasty DPS Sang-Beom "Munchkin" Byun,[11] and a day later, they signed tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen.[12]

Departures

The Uprising announced on October 21 that they would not elect to retain all four of their players with a team option – support Yang "Persia" Zion, support Renan "alemao" Moretto, off-tank Richard "rCk" Kanerva, and DPS Lee "Stellar" Do-hyung. Additionally, they also announced the same day that they would not re-sign either of their free agents – Kwon "AimGod" Min-seok and Kristian "Kellex" Keller.[13] The following day, the team transferred DPS Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to the Houston Outlaws.[14]

Roster
Boston Uprising roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 17 Colourhex  Birse, Kelsey   New Zealand  Toronto Esports 
Damage 1 Jerry  Min Tae-hui  South Korea  Meta Athena 
Tank 10 Axxiom (I)  Park Min-seob  South Korea  Toronto Esports 
Tank 25 Fusions  Bosworth, Cameron   United Kingdom  Uprising Academy 
Tank 3 mikeyy  Konicki, Michael   United States  Noble 
Tank 5 Punk  Gilchrist, Leyton   Australia  Uprising Academy 
Support 24 Halo  Hamand, Kobe   United States  Triumph 
Support 13 Myunbong  Seo Sang-min  South Korea  O2 Blast 
Head coach
  • Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: May 21, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

  • On March 2, Uprising released DPS player Byun "Munchkin" Sang-beom.[15]
  • On March 3, Uprising signed support player Kobe "Halo" Hamand.[16]
  • On April 4, Uprising terminated the contract of Walid "Mouffin" Bassal.[17]

Standings
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD STK
Conference leaders
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 26 2 .929 28 56–15–1 +41
2 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 23 2 .920 25 56–19–0 +37
Wild cards
3 San Francisco Shock PAC 22 2 .917 24 47–12–2 +35
4 Paris Eternal ATL 17 6 .739 23 44–28–0 +16
5 Guangzhou Charge PAC 18 7 .720 25 44–39–1 +5
6 Florida Mayhem ATL 15 6 .714 21 40–25–0 +15
Play-in tournament
7 New York Excelsior ATL 15 7 .682 22 47–26–2 +21
8 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 7 .588 17 37–23–0 +14
9 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 10 9 .526 19 33–36–0 -3
10 Hangzhou Spark PAC 11 11 .500 22 33–40–2 -7
11 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 7 9 .438 16 30–33–4 -3
12 Seoul Dynasty PAC 8 11 .421 19 21–35–2 -14
In the hunt
12 Seoul Dynasty PAC 8 11 .421 19 21–35–2 -14
13 Dallas Fuel PAC 7 10 .412 17 28–37–0 -9
14 Toronto Defiant ATL 8 12 .400 20 31–42–0 -11
15 London Spitfire ATL 6 10 .375 16 24–36–0 -12
16 Chengdu Hunters PAC 8 14 .364 22 33–47–1 -14
17 Houston Outlaws ATL 6 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
18 Vancouver Titans PAC 4 11 .267 15 16–38–0 -22
19 Washington Justice ATL 3 16 .158 19 21–51–1 -30
20 Boston Uprising ATL 2 17 .105 19 14–55–3 -41

Game log
2020 game log (Overall record: 1–5)
February–March: 1–5
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule

References
  1. Silverman, Michael (December 23, 2019). "Boston Overwatch team to hold two matches at Opera House". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  2. Howard, Brandon (September 5, 2019). "Boston Uprising Find Their Head Coach For The 2020 Season". TheGamer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Boston Uprising remove 2 assistant coaches, add more staff". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  4. Staff; Boston Uprising (December 9, 2019). "Boston Uprising hire Assistant Coach Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman". The Overwatch League. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. "Justice round out Overwatch League roster with AimGod". ESPN. Reuters. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  6. "Overwatch League moves: Defiant add Kellex". ESPN. Reuters. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  7. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  8. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  9. Scrubasaurus (October 28, 2019). "Uprising sign Myunbong and Jerry". Over.gg. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  10. Richardson, Liz (November 7, 2019). "Boston Uprising promote Swimmer and Mouffin". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  11. "Boston Uprising sign DPS player Munchkin". ESPN. Reuters. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  12. Richardson, Liz (November 22, 2019). "Boston Uprising sign Brussen". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  13. Richardson, Liz (October 21, 2019). "Boston Uprising release 6 players". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  14. "Boston Uprising trade Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to Houston Outlaws". GamingLyfe. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  15. Richardson, Liz (March 2, 2020). "Munchkin leaves the Boston Uprising". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  16. Castelot, Ophelie (March 4, 2020). "Halo joins Boston Uprising". ESTNN. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  17. Boston Uprising [@BostonUprising] (4 April 2020). "The Boston Uprising has terminated the contract of Walid "Mouffin" Bassal" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 April 2020 – via Twitter.
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