2020 Dallas Fuel season

The 2020 Dallas Fuel season is the third season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League and their second season under head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins. The team will look to improve upon their 10–18 record from the previous season and qualify for their first season playoffs. The Fuel will host league-high five homestand weekends in the 2020 season – at Esports Stadium Arlington, Toyota Music Factory, the Allen Event Center, and two more undetermined locations.[1]

2020 Dallas Fuel season
Head coachAaron Atkins
General managerMathew Taylor
OwnerMike Rufail
Kenneth Hersh
Arena(s)
Results
Record7–10 (.412)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On November 15, assistant coach Justin "Jayne" Conroy announced that he would be stepping down from his position to move to a content creation role within Envy Gaming.[2] Weeks later, on December 5, the Fuel mutually parted ways with assistance coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros.[3] The Fuel finalized their coaching staff heading into the 2020 season on December 9, announcing the return of head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins, the return of Louis "Tikatee" Lebel-Wong and Kang "Vol’Jin" Min-gyu as assistant coaches, and the signing former Element Mystic assistant coach Kim "Yong" Yong-Jin as an assistant coach.[4]

Roster changes

Heading into the 2020 season, the Fuel's only free agent is only off-tank Lucas "NotE" Meissner, who was traded from the Boston Uprising to Dallas the previous season. Free agency officially began on October 7.[5] NotE was re-signed to the Fuel on October 30.[6]

The Fuel's first transaction of the offseason took place on October 29, when they traded main tank Son "OGE" Min-seok to the Los Angeles Gladiators in exchange for flex DPS Jang "Decay" Gui-un.[7] In OGE's replacement, the team announced the signing of former Shanghai Dragons main tank Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin on November 4.[8] A week later, the team signed Element Mystic DPS Kim "Doha" Dong-ha.[9] On January 8, the team sent DPS Timo "Taimou" Kettunen down to their academy team Team Envy.[10] The Fuel parted way with tank player Pongphop "Micke" Rattanasangchod just under two weeks before the beginning of the season; Micke moved to a content creator role for Envy Gaming.[11] On February 3, Dallas announced their full roster, which included the promotion of support player William "Crimzo" Hernandez from Team Envy.[12]

Roster
Dallas Fuel roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 10 aKm  Bignet, Dylan   France  Rogue 
Damage 20 Doha  Kim Dong-ha  South Korea  Element Mystic 
Damage 27 Onigod  Fiskerstrand, Stefan   Norway  Team Doge 
Tank 3 NotE  Meissner, Lucas   Canada  Boston Uprising 
Tank 30 Trill  Powell, Ashley   Australia  Team Envy 
Tank 1 Gamsu  Noh Young-jin  South Korea  Shanghai Dragons 
Support 17 Closer  Jung Won-sik  South Korea  London Spitfire 
Support 12 Paintbrush  Edwards, Nolan   United States  Los Angeles Gladiators 
Support 24 Unkoe  Chevasson, Benjamin   France  Los Angeles Valiant 
Support 28 Crimzo  Hernandez, William   Canada  Team Envy 
Head coach

Yong-Jin "Yong" Kim (Interim)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: August 5, 2020.

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: 0–2)
February–March: 0–2
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule
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References
  1. Magelssen, Tommy (August 20, 2019). "2020 Dallas Fuel schedule released: Esports Stadium Arlington gets opening-weekend fixtures". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "Dallas Fuel coach Jayne moves to content creation role". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  3. Field Level Media (December 5, 2019). "Fuel part ways with coach 'daemoN'". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  4. Bishop, Sam (December 10, 2019). "Dallas Fuel's new coaching team includes Aero once more". GameReactor UK. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  6. Magelssen, Tommy (October 30, 2019). "Dallas Fuel re-sign Lucas 'NotE' Meissner, paving the way for more roster moves". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  7. Magelssen, Tommy (October 29, 2019). "Dallas Fuel ship OGE to Los Angeles Gladiators for Decay in blockbuster trade, more moves appear on the horizon". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  8. Samples, Rachel (November 4, 2019). "Gamsu signs with Dallas Fuel for 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  9. Samples, Rachel (November 12, 2019). "Dallas Fuel sign former Element Mystic DPS Doha". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  10. Duwe, Scott (January 8, 2020). "Taimou joins Team Envy's Overwatch Contenders squad". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  11. Collins, Sean (January 28, 2020). "Dallas Fuel's Mickie is now a full-time content creator for Envy". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  12. Collins, Sean (February 3, 2020). "Meet the Dallas Fuel: A look at the Overwatch League team's newly constructed roster". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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