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 | |
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Head coach | Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis |
Owner | Robert Kraft |
Arena(s) | Citizens Bank Opera House |
Results | |
Record | 2–17 (.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
Role | Player | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team | |
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Handle | Name | ||||
Support | Aimgod | Min-Seok Kwon | Free agent | November 8 | Washington Justice[5] |
Support | Kellex | Kristian Keller | Free agent | November 5 | Toronto Defiant[6] |
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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
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Latest roster transaction: May 21, 2020. |
Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
Standings
2020 Overwatch League standings | |||||||||
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# | 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) |
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February–March: 1–5
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April–May: 0–0
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June–August: 0–0
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2020 season schedule |
References
- Silverman, Michael (December 23, 2019). "Boston Overwatch team to hold two matches at Opera House". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- Howard, Brandon (September 5, 2019). "Boston Uprising Find Their Head Coach For The 2020 Season". TheGamer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Boston Uprising remove 2 assistant coaches, add more staff". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- Staff; Boston Uprising (December 9, 2019). "Boston Uprising hire Assistant Coach Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman". The Overwatch League. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- "Justice round out Overwatch League roster with AimGod". ESPN. Reuters. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- "Overwatch League moves: Defiant add Kellex". ESPN. Reuters. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- Scrubasaurus (October 28, 2019). "Uprising sign Myunbong and Jerry". Over.gg. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (November 7, 2019). "Boston Uprising promote Swimmer and Mouffin". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- "Boston Uprising sign DPS player Munchkin". ESPN. Reuters. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (November 22, 2019). "Boston Uprising sign Brussen". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (October 21, 2019). "Boston Uprising release 6 players". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- "Boston Uprising trade Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to Houston Outlaws". GamingLyfe. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (March 2, 2020). "Munchkin leaves the Boston Uprising". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- Castelot, Ophelie (March 4, 2020). "Halo joins Boston Uprising". ESTNN. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
- Boston Uprising [@BostonUprising] (4 April 2020). "The Boston Uprising has terminated the contract of Walid "Mouffin" Bassal" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 April 2020 – via Twitter.