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 | |
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Head coach | Félix "Féfé" Münch |
General manager | Won Jae-sun |
Owner | Chris Overholt |
Arena(s) | Roy Thomson Hall |
Results | |
Record | 8–12 (.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
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Latest roster transaction: June 3, 2020. |
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 | |||||||||
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) |
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February–March: 2–4
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April–May: 0–0
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June–August: 0–0
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2020 season schedule |
References
- Loung, Steven (August 20, 2019). "Roy Thomson Hall to host Toronto Defiant homestand weekends in 2020". Sportsnet. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- Killion, Brad (September 12, 2019). "Toronto Defiant Coach Optidox Steps Down". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (October 16, 2019). "Paris Eternal head coach goes to Toronto Defiant". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- Scrubasaurus (October 29, 2019). "Lilbow joins Defiant coaching staff". Over.gg. Retrieved October 30, 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.
- Killion, Brad (October 23, 2019). "Toronto Defiant Sign KariV". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- Killion, Brad (October 30, 2019). "Toronto Defiant Sign Agilities". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Field Level Media (October 30, 2019). "It's official: Defiant acquire Beasthalo". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Samples, Rachel (November 4, 2019). "Toronto Defiant sign Surefour". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- "Overwatch League moves: Defiant add Kellex". ESPN. Reuters. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- Samples, Rachel (November 7, 2019). "Toronto Defiant sign Nevix ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- "Toronto Defiant continue overhaul, release three". ESPN. Reuters. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- Samples, Rachel (October 16, 2019). "Toronto Defiant part ways with Yakpung". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- Samples, Rachel (October 30, 2019). "Toronto Defiant part ways with Ivy". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Field Level Media (October 31, 2019). "Toronto Defiant part ways with Neko". Field Level Media. Retrieved October 31, 2019.