2020 San Francisco Shock season

The 2020 San Francisco Shock season is the third season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League and their second under head coach Park "Crusty" Dae-hee. The team enters the season as the defending Overwatch League champions and will look to win back-to-back Grand Finals titles. The Shock will host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season; the first will take place at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, while the second will be at the San Jose Civic in downtown San Jose.[1][2]

2020 San Francisco Shock season
Head coachPark Dae-hee
General managerDerrick Truong
OwnerAndy Miller
Arena(s)
Results
Record22–2 (.917)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On October 18, it was announced that assistant coach Kim "NineK" Beom-hoon had signed with the Paris Eternal as a coach.[3] The Shock signed Talon Esports head coach Lee "Arachne" Ji-won as a coach a month later.[4]

Roster changes

The Shock enter the new season with one free agent, no players which they have the option to retain for another year, and nine players under contract.[5] 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.[6]

On October 9, the Shock announce that they would not re-sign their only free agent off-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017.[7] On December 23, the team picked up sniper specialist Lee "ANS" Seon-chang, who had been retired since January 2019.[8] On April 28, the team released Jay "Sinatraa" Won, who announced his retirement from competitive Overwatch.[9]

Roster
San Francisco Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 7 Striker  Kwon Nam-joo  South Korea  Boston Uprising 
Damage 27 Rascal  Kim Dong-jun  South Korea  NRG Esports 
Damage 47 ta1yo  Henderson, Sean Taiyo   Japan  JUPITER 
Damage 10 ANS  Lee Seon-chang  South Korea  BlossoM 
Tank 1 super  DeLisi, Matthew   United States  LG Evil 
Tank 5 smurf  Yoo Myeong-hwan  South Korea  GG Esports Academy 
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin  Choi Hyo-bin  South Korea  X6-Gaming 
Support 64 Moth  Espe, Grant   United States  Toronto Esports 
Support 17 Viol2t  Park Min-ki  South Korea  O2 Ardeont 
Support 13 Twilight  Lee Joo-seok  South Korea  Vancouver Titans 
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: July 21, 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: 1–2)
February–March: 1–2
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule

References
  1. Field Level Media (December 19, 2019). "San Francisco Shock move first homestand to Berkeley". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  2. Knudsen, Connor (October 11, 2019). "San Francisco Shock Announce 2020 Schedule and Homestand Venues". The Game Haus. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. Richardson, Liz (October 18, 2019). "Paris Eternal add NineK as coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  4. Snivy (November 14, 2019). "Talon Esports head coach Arachne joins the Shock". Over.gg. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  5. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  6. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  7. Richardson, Liz (October 9, 2019). "Nevix released from San Francisco Shock". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  8. Richardson, Liz (December 23, 2019). "San Francisco Shock add ANS". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  9. "Sources: Overwatch League MVP Sinatraa to retire, join Sentinels VALORANT team". ESPN.com. 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
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