2020 Toronto Defiant season

The 2020 Toronto Defiant season is the second season of Toronto Defiant's existence in the Overwatch League. The team will look to improve upon their 8–20 record from 2019 and qualify for the playoffs. The Defiant will host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season; both will be held at Roy Thomson Hall in the Toronto Entertainment District.[1]

2020 Toronto Defiant season
Head coachFélix "Féfé" Münch
General managerWon Jae-sun
OwnerChris Overholt
Arena(s)Roy Thomson Hall
Results
Record8–12 (.400)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In early September 2019, assistant coach Matthew "Optidox" Sims, who assisted the team with head coaching duties in 2019 after head coach Lee "Bishop" Beoum-jun was released, left the team.[2] The following month, the team announced that former Paris Eternal head coach Félix "Féfé" Münch would be Toronto's new head coach.[3] In late October, the team parted ways with assistant coach Sim "Mobydik" Seung-Bo and, one day later, hired David "Lilbow" Moschetto as a coach.[4]

Roster changes

The Defiant enter the new season with no free agents, ten players which they have the option to retain for another year, and no 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]

Acquisitions

The Defiant's first offseason pick-up was on October 23, when the team acquired Young-seo "KariV" Park from the Los Angeles Valiant.[7] A week later, KariV was joined by his former teammate, as DPS Brady "Agilities" Girardi signed with Toronto.[8] The team signed tank Adam "Beast" Denton from Philadelphia Fusion's academy team Fusion University on October 30.[9]

On November 4, the Defiant announced the signing of former Los Angeles Gladiators DPS player Lane "Surefour" Roberts.[10] The following day, they signed former Boston Uprising support Kristian "Kellex" Keller.[11] The team then picked up former San Francisco Shock flex-tank Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson on November 7.[12]

Departures

On October 7, the Defiant announced that they would not exercise their option to retain flex tank Daniel "Gods" Graeser.[13] The following day, they announced that the would elect to not retain DPS Hong "im37" Jin-ui, support Go "Aid" Jae-yoon, and tank Normunds "sharyk" Faterins.[13] Their roster overhaul continued, as Toronto announced they would not pick up main tank Jo "Yakpung" Gyeong-mu's option the following week.[14] In late October, the Defiant announced that they would also not retain Lee "Ivy" Seung-hyun,[15] and they would not retain support Park "Neko" Se-hyeon.[16]

Roster
Toronto Defiant roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 22 Logix  Berghmans, Andreas   Belgium  Montreal Rebellion 
Damage 51 Mangachu  Campbell, Liam   Canada  Revival 
Damage 9 Agilities  Girardi, Brady   Canada  Los Angeles Valiant 
Damage 10 zYKK  Hosono, Thomas   France  Third Impact 
Damage 4 Surefour  Roberts, Lane   Canada  Los Angeles Gladiators 
Tank 3 Beast  Denton, Adam   United States  Fusion University 
Tank 28 numlocked  Barton, Seb   United Kingdom  Montreal Rebellion 
Tank 6 Nevix  Karlsson, Andreas   Sweden  San Francisco Shock 
Support 7 RoKy  Park Joo-seong  South Korea  O2 Team 
Support 18 Kruise  Pond, Harrison   United Kingdom  Paris Eternal 
Support 8 KariV  Park Young-seo  South Korea  Los Angeles Valiant 
Head coach
  • David "Lilbow" Moschetto
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: June 3, 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
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: 2–4)
February–March: 2–4
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule
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References
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  3. Richardson, Liz (October 16, 2019). "Paris Eternal head coach goes to Toronto Defiant". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
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  7. Killion, Brad (October 23, 2019). "Toronto Defiant Sign KariV". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  8. Killion, Brad (October 30, 2019). "Toronto Defiant Sign Agilities". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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  11. "Overwatch League moves: Defiant add Kellex". ESPN. Reuters. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  12. Samples, Rachel (November 7, 2019). "Toronto Defiant sign Nevix ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  13. "Toronto Defiant continue overhaul, release three". ESPN. Reuters. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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  15. Samples, Rachel (October 30, 2019). "Toronto Defiant part ways with Ivy". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  16. Field Level Media (October 31, 2019). "Toronto Defiant part ways with Neko". Field Level Media. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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