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Rocket League fans around the world, welcome to Rocket League.
Rocket League fans around the world.
Welcome to North America for the final stop on the road
to Boston.
Open number three.
It's been exciting so far.
We've got three spots left in the North American
representatives bus that's headed on to Boston there.
We've got five teams, I think, that are still
looking to get into those spots.
It's going to be a great day of Rocket League
as we narrow it down to the top six here.
Center is up for championship Sunday.
Welcome to the pre-show.
We've got 28 minutes and 29 seconds
until Jorby Dazrin and James Botts start calling
the action here. Perks waiting as well. It's gonna be a good show. Jorvi, how you feeling?
I'm feeling great wave punk. Open threes here. We're close to Boston. These teams about to
figure out who is going to this major. And it's fun when we have so many spots in contention.
It makes these first few games really fun to watch.
Yeah, let me, Boston was sick last time. It was, it was dope. You know, these teams want to be there.
Yeah. I mean, first of all, the community impact showing up to Boston was loud, very loud venue.
expected to be just as loud. And then of course I expect the rocket league action to be immense.
I mean, we had big moments in Boston. You think about the vitality when
there are winning the crowd, things like that people take to remember. So again,
if you're not the major, you want to show up to see it. You want to show up to see it, folks.
Tickets are on sale. We'll talk about it again here in just a moment. Let's talk through the
season. If you're just now tuning in for the first time to watch the RLCS,
you've picked a great time to start watching rocket league here. We're in open number three
up in that blue bar at the top. This is the last online event before the biggest event
of the season so far. The Boston Major February 19th through 22nd. It's going to be a fantastic
time before we get into the transfer window. Crazy Ross for Mania in the mid season, where
we do it all again to build up to Paris and all of that on the road to the world championship
coming up September 15th through 20th. So Boston is the next big stop. If you have the
chance to go highly recommended RL not GG slash Boston 2026 tickets. James, this is a
special place in rocket league history. We're going to do another chapter and there's some
of the best teams we've ever seen going to be competing at this event. Yeah, wave punk.
Just kidding.
I've been trolling everybody, but I'm better. I'm better.
Things are great. Now, honestly, too, going back to boss, I've loved the Boston venue.
I thought the environment was electric and that to me, I mean, you know, we had some
crazy moments in Boston. You had space man's call about hitting it the Fenway. I believe
the crazy long overtime from rule one was there. They, you know, Ferris stealing the
the hearts of the Boston audience saying,
hey, we're the American team.
So I'm excited to go back.
There's a lot of history there already.
It's going to be a fantastic place.
Enough Boston glazing though.
Let's talk about the event so far.
Day one is in the books.
We are down to the top eight teams here in North America.
And there was some exciting, some spicy results.
As we take a look at group A energy up in group A.
Got to give a shout out to Shuffle's kittens here,
Or be they really got swept by energy and round in the first open went to game four and open number two
And then here open number three man's game the game five, which I think means they win the next time right exactly
They'll definitely beat NRG the next time that that is absolutely going to
unfortunately for them, you know weren't able to make it as
Far as they wanted to against NRG, but shuffles kittens. That's a fun one. I like watching down below though
I space station versus Shopify rebellion space getting the better of them. That was the team. We were talking about
The disappointing run space station and open to in contention for the major and now really having to fight today
They they have to win this first match today. That's a lot more on that later
But space station excellent job here against rebellion taking it before
Yeah, I mean looking at this matchup to especially seeing rebellion kind of fighting
They're normally fighting for that one-two spot with NRG.
I mean, again, Drummer, you said that this is, like,
first-killer's best roster to you.
So you're expecting them to kind of come in
to kind of handle business in this particular matchup.
But SSG's been trying to get their number.
I did an interview with expert.
He said that they had a mental block,
a product that had a mental block with first-killer.
But now it seems like with this win,
at a crucial time, starting to get past it,
SSG's team plays is looking phenomenal.
But I am kind of questioning, still,
the strength of rebellion.
There's still a lot of rock and reaps to play, but SSG, this is such a big win with the major races on.
Yeah, James, I mean, I feel like there were a few of us that had questions around space station.
This shop fire building, when does it does a number to move us in the exclamation point direction
and a feeling confident about how good SSG is, but still got to do it every single time.
SSG right now, sitting in that fourth place spot.
They need to get work done technically to clinch it all on their own.
They would have to win the regional.
So lots of work still left to be done for SSG. Let's talk about group B here moving on to the other side of things
Speaking of teams we had question marks around the return in exclamation points right now James foot e-sports up there three oh
Across both their matches in group B
Yeah, and I think really the the one match that that was the the biggest exclamation point was
Against gen G a team that had an outside chance
But foot and gen G were in that race against one another and to not only win that series against gen G
but to sweep them in such an important series.
I think that really showed you the caliber of foot.
They are real contenders.
Yeah, I remember.
Oh yeah, go ahead, Dad.
It's my bad.
We're both so nice.
I jump in, too.
Everybody's calling it.
All right, so I think for this matchup,
I mean, looking at foot in Gen. G,
I had a lot of foot fan club in my mentions,
because I had Gen. G winning this one earlier,
but it wasn't to any disrespect to foot.
It was more on Gingy just trying to like get back into their form and play like how I think a lot of people would have expected to
them too. But foot deserve their respect. They own this match up. They've been Gingy back to back now. You have to keep that result
and look at it. And I mean, this resurgence is real. It's consistent. It's not a fluke. It's not a one off.
But are here and people should take notice. Yeah. And how good does it feel if you're cheese as well? This is vengeance for cheese, who I
I think it's not the problem on that team gets to match up
against his old team and dominate.
So I think a special result for Cheese as well,
who I'm a big believer of.
I mean, for Gen G, the transfer window
we were just talking about in the overall season graphic,
that starts now.
They've missed out on Boston.
So the next thing they've got going on
is open number four on the road to Paris.
There is an interesting situation here, Dads,
where usually you would be like with a team of those three
players, you'd be like, who do we swap out?
What sort of changes do we make?
here do we stick but when you've got redacted sitting right there as well the question for me is
what do we do we pick up redacted at this point we're going to look at the next loss
in group B for either not going to be a good one.
Sorry to jump in but it's like the stocks. Me and Dads were talking about it before if you're
if it's a stock market here what are the stocks doing for Gen G as a team for for raw Greg is
coach for the individual players on Gen G it seems so uncertain what's going on with the stock
movement that's yeah I mean like if you're Gen G do you just completely sell
all of all of the stock in this roster and pick up the hot redacted hand
because redacted are available they're still looking for an organization
obviously and for Gen G you know you spent all this money on rise you brought
him over and it's not working so there's like questions about okay do we want to
do Gen G want to still stay with rise build around rise something needs to
happen. That's for sure. This is not the results you expect when you bring a player like rise into your roster, especially when you're trying to like replace cheese, because that means that you think that rise is going to give you some benefit here as an organization. And Gen G, the team has not been able to live up to those
standards. It'll be really interesting to see what the org does and what happens with the players moving forward. But yeah, they're just not giving the results right now.
I mean, Magic Bear had an incredible season last season
on the roster he was on, and now nowhere to be found.
So like, yeah, Ryze obviously a big personality
and player, Justin as well, but Magic Bear
kind of getting lost in the fold there.
I thought he would continue developing,
but this roster with Ryze just has not worked out at all.
Well, I don't want to say it hasn't worked out at all
because you have to look back.
Yeah, not this, not this open, I think.
And that's what I, and that's what I think is,
it makes it an interesting stock question is
the stocks were rising at the beginning of the year, you know,
but it hasn't come to a point now where, like dad's is saying,
do you just sell everything?
Or do you think that now it's a good time to buy because the only reason
you possibly consider selling everything is because redacted is sitting there
with proven results. How often do you have a team that's in the top three
unsigned? It's in any other circumstance. If a redacted doesn't exist,
we're not talking about blowing up the roster. It's only because redacted is
there. But I mean, I still think I still think the rise investment is,
Is a good one. I'm still buying on rice stocks. I think that we talk everyone
I've heard goes to magic bear here, Jorbey
I think the player that's flying under the radar and not getting any judgment here is Justin riding on
Name value alone. He's these this is rocket league this guy that we we assume he could do no wrong
But there's three players on the team magic bear can't be losing these matches all on his own
No, you can't be losing them all on your own
But when we're talking about the stocks, maybe it's you know
trade one drop another and keep magic bear or you know, maybe rise leaves of his own volition. He
He ends up I was gonna say a lot
Maybe he goes back to Europe or maybe he's to complete the first circuit he goes to a pack
I mean, it's still it's still kind of crazy
They made Copenhagen because he gets to keep a streak of sense moist every roster
He's been has made a land which is kind of crazy
But that does leave us with this bracket here today redacted versus NRG gonna be a really exciting
match up or to end the day with it.
That is a win and end.
You win that match up, you go to Boston.
So lots on the line for our teams.
We didn't talk about United Rogue.
We'll talk about them at the beginning of the day.
They are here playing for Pride and also
for that $21,000 prize pool.
So we'll get to see them a little bit later on today.
Before we move on to talking about today,
let's quickly run through the best moments of yesterday.
Dazrin, these are the progressive top plays.
Kick it off.
Yeah, let's give it to the top plays presented
by progressive number six.
We've got Noly here.
I mean, first of all, a great pop.
And you think he's done with the play?
No, he is the play.
Beautiful redirect.
You can't stop that speed.
That's all gosh.
No, don't say get it.
Let me give you a piece of that.
My goodness, beautiful redirect.
And then number five here, we got Bora action.
Again, great stop, great save, but it's not just Bora.
We got a little five of grass trying to get
an outlet pass to Justin.
But Justin, no, you got to be by five of,
five of Gimo Magic during the back end of this play,
by the way, Magic, they're respawns and gets boost,
just so he can get dusted to the ball again.
This is a great read from five up to just get that cut
and then just stand on top of the ball.
You get a lot of pressure,
just puts the right at the top corner.
That's a game winner there for a five up.
That was an overtime.
Me, we're going to number four and speaking of five up,
give me some more five up.
He just had a great day yesterday.
Flip recent right under the defense.
I mean, this guy was on one and respectfully so,
just again, that placement so key.
Now let's move on to number three.
We've got Frosty with a one V three.
I'm not doing this intentionally.
Look at this.
He takes his time.
Flip, that pass was one in versus Devo.
Devo, you took too long.
Look at that delay before he gets the flip.
Trosti has just been such a force for foot offensively.
And when he does plays like this, there's no wonder why.
He's just so comfortable in the space.
Give me number two.
You got the one, the only atomic.
He's been a good season.
I would say Flip reset right under the bar.
James, what was your reaction?
I won, I thought, wow, what a perfect touch.
within the flip reset and has to continue rolling around.
I thought that was just peak, Masimo, the atomizer.
Speaking of peak, this guy is called Mech for a reason.
See how he used that, look at the double.
Wait a minute.
Look at the delay there.
What, is that a flick?
Are you back?
Me there catching a flick, hello Mech.
Beautiful, beautiful.
Like I said, his name is Mech for a reason.
That's how these plays brought to you by Progress.
That was a pretty good show.
I think my total de-count gives you free speed.
I think this is incredible, incredible performance.
Those are the top players presented by Progressive from yesterday.
We'll see which top players we get today from these players.
Now, we are on the road to Boston.
Final stop here.
We've been talking about it.
Let's kind of formalize it for the people that are like,
you guys are sending a lot of teams and contention.
How does this work?
We're going to walk you through the situation here.
Every spot for Boston from every region across the world
is secured, is solidified.
Everyone knows which teams are going
to represent their region, except for North America.
Shopify Rebellion up there at the top.
They have clinched.
Congratulations.
They will represent NA, but the other three spots here in North America have five teams
competing for it.
You can see, uh, it is redacted energy, space station, FUT and then also actually excuse
me, it's six teams, MAD and Dignitas also on the outside by a larger margin.
Those are all teams trying to get the four spots that are that are in North America.
Only three spots are up for grabs.
So here's where the points are sitting at right now.
Lotus and Gen G and 167 have been eliminated.
They can earn no more points, so they will not be going to Boston.
David Austin at M80, still alive here, though.
They have a chance.
Bezzarin, I don't have a Gibbs with me anymore.
I'm gonna need you to do the honors here.
Tell me how these teams that are still in the field, what they need to do to make it
to Boston.
Yeah, so of course, rebellion is already clinched major.
You see them with the 28 points, no team can really knock them out that are in those
lower points.
Looking at NRG redacted, whoever wins their head to head matchup today will clinch major.
teams can clinch or do this weekend. They just have to get top four. So of course you
win in the upper you get automatically top four. Looking at SSG and foot, that's going
to be a serious to watch today. They're one point apart from each other. You can see it
in the standings. So they're trying to outperform the other. That's going to have a better chance
of getting kind of like that four for meeting third spot. And then for digging in 80, those
teams at this point have to win the regional and hope foot finish either top four or lower
and have SSG finish top six, SSG would have to bomb out.
So they are foot fans today,
but they also have to win their matches too.
Yeah, they need for both the NM80,
the most important thing is winning the whole major.
And even with that, Jorbey,
they could still miss out if SSG were to just win
one series either today or tomorrow.
Yeah, very easy for a space station though,
especially after how open two went,
the fact that you only have to really win one
to separate yourself, I think bodes really well for them.
but foot definitely not a team that they can sleep on.
You know, beating rebellion is great,
getting into the top eight,
great for your chances, beating foot,
not the easiest task in the world.
So Space Station gonna have to make sure
they are firing on all cylinders for sure.
We'll see, we'll see how they go here.
James, so we got Shopify going.
Who are the other three teams in your mind going to Boston?
You know, I think Redacted and NRG
are pretty much a lock as well.
I think the big question is foot versus SSG.
And I like foot. Don't get me wrong. I think it's a very good team.
I wouldn't be surprised if they make it, but I am still leaning towards SSG.
I think they, they're just such a, a talented team.
Also they have that point advantage over foot.
So I think it will be a redacted NRG shopify and SSG go.
Does you agree? I agree. Okay.
To Orbi, do you agree?
I thought we'd have something going there, but I can't reveal in space station.
I think that they, they look really solid so far.
I think they'll get it figured out here against foot.
What is what I have to do to get some spec'd out, man.
They keep on making everything.
I mean, they got her spec'd.
I'll just rack it again.
Look, fifth.
Fifth isn't bad.
Fifth is not disr-
If this was EU, they'd be going.
It's very bad.
It would be- they'd be going if they were in EU.
So, I mean, you have to think about it right now.
I can just imagine the foot players are watching this and they're like, okay, this is exactly
what we need.
They love being doubted.
So, for them, this is all the motivation they needed.
That's true.
You know what? For their sake, I'm going to say SSG is going. You literally haven't beat them yet.
They played three times this season and it's been SSG every single time in that one.
So SSG definitely the favorite to hold on to that fourth spot here.
Diggin' at MAD, the fact that SSG, if they beat foot, eliminate both of them,
makes it not even kind of a fun conversation to try and think about them being in.
But boy, how they would have been crazy if foot gets their win right now.
And Diggin' at MAD have a chance to make it through, folks.
So we'll see as those continue on. Oh, I want to take a second here to talk about these new players
We're talking about you know revealing the boys there. We've got kind of a new wave of
Rocket League professionals a new wave of any talent emerge. This happens every few years James
Or we'll see just kind of like the guards changes, right? Some players retire. They move on to coaching or whatever
There's some new players here coming through thoughts on this next wave. We I'm really excited. I think, you know, North America
I think one of the fair criticisms it gets compared to a region like Europe is that there's a
less amount of of new talent that can incorporate it into big teams
Usually you see you know
There's a team of us or there's a group of established players that kind of work with each other and kind of keep each other on top
That you know, it's like a club that they kind of gate keep is has been the criticism
But this season we're starting to see that next generation of North American player really start to come to fruition
We've we're seeing already the old SSG roster, you know players like Kofa who are now on Shopify rebellion players like reveal
But now you're seeing newer names like talk who started to make a name for themselves last season
But have really reached new levels and also mech who is probably my favorite player out of these new group of player
But I mean take your pick. Who do you there's so many more players life monk?
like, uh, Frosty. Who, who, who in your mind is the face of the new wave to me, the players
leading the charge? I honestly feel like, uh, if we're really talking about the new wave,
it's tough because players like Kofor, I think are maybe experiencing the most success out
of this new wave, but you could argue that he's maybe already established of the unestablished
new wave talent. I honestly think we'll see great things from mech. I think mech has done
and some extremely exciting things.
And I think it's just the beginning for him.
So I'm really pumped to see if MAD can still reach
new heights with Matt.
Yeah, I'd love to see MAD do well.
Jordan, who's leading the way for you?
Well, you know, I was kind of fighting between two,
because I've been a fan of Reveal.
And I think Reveal is underrated when
it comes to a lot of these new players we're talking about.
But I can't put them over talk.
I mean, talk has been electric, especially this split
So far, I've been so it's been so fun watching him play.
He is absolutely leveled up this season.
And I just want to see that continue for him.
But the fact that I can't choose or it was hard for me to choose,
I can choose talk, but it was hard between the two
because reveals right up there for me as well.
But there's so many players to choose from.
I mean, it doesn't my mind it's revealed.
Just he actually has results here, like reveal or Kofur.
Both have actually won regionals.
Yeah. And that's fair.
But I think when you look at what talk brings to this redacted team,
because again, it's wavy and two piece.
We've seen them, but it's like he looks good.
And he also makes them look good.
Not to, but they've also been getting better in their own right.
This team is just incredible.
And we went from NRG one rebellion to redacted, maybe three, four to redacted.
It's kind of looking like that, too, right now.
That's how it feels for me.
They're kind of going up there.
And I think talk has had such a big impact on that.
If we saw him at Copenhagen, he's got the land under his belt.
He's going to be able to continue to elevate.
And I think that you would have to respect it right now.
But I think Reveal is very close there.
I can see where Jordan is looking.
Well, if you want to cut me off, you can't wait.
But I just feel like, you know, I kind of hold the younger players
that have already established themselves like Reveal and Kofor
at a different level.
I feel like they were the vanguard of this wave, certainly.
But of this new wave, like you look at talk, look at his teammates.
And this is no disrespect to, to, to, to, to anyone, but look like Nali basically retired,
basically retired, wanted to be a CRL player.
And life is another up and coming, one of these new wave talents.
Look at what Mac has been able to do with, with M80.
I feel like talk has already established veteran elite level players that he's
working around that's going to make it easier to have space and opportunity when you have
such incredible and seasoned talented teammates. The fact that mech has been able to do what
he's done with, you know, inexperienced life and also nollie who took a step back from
competing at the highest level for a good amount of time. That's what makes him a little
bit higher in my opinion, which I could be wrong. I could see both.
And that's a fair point. It's a fair point.
No, it can go both ways. And I think I think there's a thing for me, James, I don't know
you agree with this, but just from like watching the waves of talent come and go over the last decade,
there's a there's a way that talk plays that feels like we're watching the next Justin come up.
It feels like like like there's there's a level of mechanical excellence that feels like we might
see plays we're to see for forever, which like with revealing football, they're incredible players,
very, very good players who have had established results at this point. There's not that same
sizzle, you know, that we've got around talk right now where I'm like, every time he gets
It's fine the ball. I'm like, I cannot like is this the next world's best goal I've ever seen moment, you know
I think there's there's definitely a good argument there
Yeah, and I mean you saw some of the crazy plays that it made he's already pulled off
They were fed zero second goal with life at back
You know, I feel like mech is kind of bringing that flavor and we've seen it from talk as well
But mech I think is the is the one player if you're trying to get the best deal like you're trying to buy stock before
or booms, I think Mac could be a good buy.
Chad, let us know who you think is your favorites out there.
I know you already are.
Let's start getting towards kickoff here.
If you are at home watching and you're like,
I would like to play at this level,
but I feel like it may be a little bit.
I don't know how I'm gonna get around all the time
I'm working to put to my college classes.
Well, there's a good new thing for you.
CRL is back, folks.
The first open qualifier just around the corner.
It's gonna be on February 15th.
Registration closes February 10th.
That is in three days.
So head to the link on your screen there.
You can register your team.
There's 16 teams in league play.
They've expanded it this season.
So you're gonna get more opportunities.
And there is also a last chance championship qualification.
So that last, that LCQ, if you miss out here
on the qualifier for February 15th,
make sure you're paying attention to that LCQ there.
So you have another chance.
So there's a 3V3 circuit, there's a 2V2 circuit as well.
Grab some friends on campus,
registered to compete today folks.
love to see you guys out there in CRL this season. Folks, if you're watching at home with
family and friends or if you want to get your family and friends involved in Rocket League
and you feel like maybe it's a little bit hard for them to watch, head over to twitch.tv
slash RLE Sports for the official Rocket League Championship Series crowd cam. It watches the
game from the sidelines much more similar to how you would watch sports at home, you know,
IRL sports. I actually had the fun of having some family and friends over this weekend. I
action did use this to great effect. They were able to follow along with the action.
Great another way to enjoy our LCS. Lots of points on the line in the prize pool today.
These 15 points, arguably much more important than the prize pool for many of the teams at the
table. $21,000 though. You are a professional rugby player. It's how you make your money.
Go get that bread. We'll see if they can do it. The bracket today, we have eight teams remaining.
We will be down to just six by the time we close out the broadcast. We will play those left hand
matches, the upper bracket round one and lower bracket round one matches and have our matches
for the quarterfinals, semifinals and grand finals set for tomorrow. Championship Sunday,
we crown the champion of open number three. Four matches today before we close out our broadcast
that winning in match between redacted and NRG will be the final match of the day. Foot versus
SSG, super important matchup for the point standings that will be right before it. M80 is going to
take on Shopify Rebellion and to kick things off, let's get Dignitas out on the field. What are the
hopeful teams trying to win the whole event and hope some tiebreaker situations go their
direction so that they can be in Boston. Dignitas, Ivo, Ivo and Bora trying to take on some a new
unexpected challenger, Cosmic Hazel and Creams here from United Rogue, Jorby.
Yeah, United Rogue. For those who aren't familiar, they're actually heavily invested in the Rock
Elite Esports community. They run tournaments for every single skill level and these three
apparently have queued up together in those tournaments and United Rogue was happy to at least
represent them. So United Rogue coming out, we appreciate everything that they do providing
those tournaments for the community. We love seeing that, especially in the great year 2026.
But this Dignitas squad, Waypunk, I am excited to see a little bit more of them. Evo has looked
a lot better. I really want to see him continue to be on this uptrend. He's kind of, he's had
very roller coaster results when it comes to the teams that he's been on. So this is kind
of the best team I feel like he's been on since he was on that whole Dignitas roster with, I believe
it was Stizzy and apparently Jack if I have that right. But five up, Daz was saying that he was
lighting up the scoreboard all day yesterday and really he's having the best split of his career.
Five ups level up has been palpable. And if he continues that, I think Dignitas continue to be
be a threat here in the tournament.
They are continuing to look very, very strong.
I will say, though, I have them power ranked 4th
Dazz coming out of last week.
I actually had them as one of the top 14
for the America that we're going to be going.
And then dropping a match 3-0 to M80 yesterday,
may be a question if I may be overvalued as Dignitas roster
a bit quickly.
Yeah, I mean, they are a team that's
going to have some struggles.
I mean, you say that, though, and then they end up 3-1 in Gen.
G to qualify.
So, again, there is a bit of up and downs.
Everybody needs to kind of get sorted.
But, I mean, we know the potential of this team
and we know that they can have their peaks.
And I think that they're really hoping
that they can make it right here.
I would expect this team to kind of still stick around
when we come to split two.
But that being said, a good playoff run here.
I mean, they're just trying to figure out
where their ceiling is,
what heights they can reach here.
And I think, you know, this would be a good start today.
Don't sleep on United road though.
I mean, this is a very solid squat.
We saw creams, cosmic is always a very good ones.
And Hazel has just been filling out the roster really well.
I think this is a team that when you get everybody together,
they can really surprise you.
I feel like, especially when creams is tenure
and Cosmic's one of you on mechanical ability,
you know, there are no slashes coming into this matchup.
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You know what? Wave, put it on the-
Put it on the road!
No wait, Derby, you can't handle awkward silence.
Give me a break.
Prevus has been playing since like 2021, okay?
The closest he got was when he last played with Wavy.
It's time with Cosmic and Hazel.
It's absolutely time to get it done.
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considering that the uptrend that they're on, they should be able to get us through
this one fairly, fairly quick, but no disrespect, of course.
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That's going to be an interesting one as well.
You got five up out there.
One of the players who I think I would describe as a catalyst player,
he's crazy in the midfield going for unexpected plays.
You know last event his flip resets in the midfield were really giving defenses a lot of issues
But he also made a few mis touches that got dignitas scored on in some key moments
So I think I you have five up who's we can be so hot, but also got to make sure he's got got a
Controlled presence on
Defense as well and then also his old teammate creams
We've seen a lot of five open creams before over on pirates on a boat if you remember
So that'll be fun to see them on the opposite side to the pitch.
Yeah, there's a lot of history going down on this one.
It makes it really exciting, like you said.
And of course, a lot of it is proving grounds for multiple players.
But Bora, in particular, top-up or 90, he's the one that's had all eyes on him.
Since he joined this Dignitas squad, it takes his time to face the reset
on the nose of his car to show everybody exactly what he's bringing to the table in this game one.
Great stuff got the reset actually baited creams into that not only does he get the reset but the wave dash to get the
Power shot right afterwards that was
very mechanical
And Bora continues to impress for
One of those players in the new wave of talent
Spotted in a ranked Q's lobby by dignitas given a shot on the biggest stage in force has for a
that was that time and now
it's been Bora entertaining.
He really has. He's made great
use of his time on this squad
and a lot of people there eyes
felt a five up like you made
mentioned to you in the last
open where there was the two
whips that cost them the
opportunity to that champ
Sunday right and now in this
particular open it's been for
it's been five up. Everybody
has worked together in such an
incredible way, and this this
was the performance. If you
We were getting it's a lot of these duo partners with Bora evil to Bora five up to Bora or you get the individual plays
But United Rose on the other hand, they're coming into this one to know down
Plenty of time to get into it though. Unfortunately for them. It's been a bit of a box-taff game one
Now this one's on target and that's one. It's just bouncing in so that's a break
That was much needed by United Rope evil
So good from Hazel as well to get the control pinch touch on the wall for Evo and then the
speed on the follow up that was a very, very precise play.
Great stuff from Hazel.
Oh yeah.
If United Row can spot a lot of those moments too, Dignitas do have you know this weakness
to them where there are these moments of cheat up and if you can get past 4 on that last
man role. It does open up a big clear into an open net a lot of the times. So a play
like that isn't going to be too unfamiliar to them. It's just a matter of getting past
that midline, not staying stuck in that orange half. From the C creams, you see the cheat
up already coming up from United Rogue. It was just a read from Dignitas on the back
Evo. South, we're off. Back to the time of gas. Right. Cosmic. Cosmic contested by Evo.
Possession picked up. I love that from FIBA. Stay behind and go for a pick.
Those four bump as well. Trying to clear a shooting lane. There's a demo as well.
This is Dignitas picking up the attack. Shot from FIBA. Finds it smart.
And Dignitas extend their lead.
That's that dual play I was talking about.
If you see one, expect another to be right behind.
It was just a quick touch to center and right on in for five up, up two.
Now in favor of dignitizing, you go into that second half of the game there,
United Rope, not too bad of a performance.
When you look at the teams individually, their journeys to get here today were
very different, but United Rope has been able to hold their own so far.
I mean, they're doing their past.
One play from Hazel.
It's gotten a goal, but so far this has been all Dignitas.
Evo, side wall double, but you see the merger down to the corner.
Steve Dignitas continually attacks in those corners.
Keeping members of United Rogue on low boost.
Cosmic trying to fight down the field on that.
Zero boost is not going to work.
Bora waiting for the pass.
Evo goes for a flick.
Flick gets the pass to Bora who finishes it.
This is domination by Dignitas.
Oh yeah, this is pure synergy.
It's a slow flick reach, and it's just, it's all helpful.
This is what Dignitas has been doing more and more
so after that open number two where they felt, you know,
there was a small, not necessarily lack of communication,
but trust, and you can see how blatant everything is now.
Dignitas coming together Bora to the ceiling
himself down to five up it's a shot miss out which is a good thing for Rowe but it's a short lived attempt
talk about the truss the truss was there in that last play
Bora had jumped before Evo even used his flip on that reset the defense certainly thinking
nice just Evo gonna go for hold up oh we get a goal from Cosmic I was thinking that the defense
from Dignitas who's positioned well enough to handle this, but Evo doesn't jump. I thought
Evo or Climbup would have gotten up there to contest the shot. You let that shot come.
You know, you're going to be in trouble. Someone's going to put a hand up.
Oh yeah. Like I said before, there's definitely going to be moments in like the Dignitas defense
that are not necessarily lacking, but there's open space for sure that you can take advantage of.
It's just a matter of capitalizing on it. So the fact that United Rook has been able to do it two
for two so far is a really good thing for them it's just unfortunately those
moments aren't being dished out as often as they need there's only about a
minute left here and they are still trailing by the half mark this one rolls
up around creams actually gets united rogue out of their half he saw cosmic
already on the cheat up so it's five up trying to defend just throws it out and
dig a toss they're gonna try regain this ball but for now United Rogue they're
coming in with a lot more pressure than before.
Or a lands on the ceiling goes for a flick.
Composure, 30 seconds.
Two goals deficit, and a team bump in the corner.
Maybe this could be something.
A five up.
Perm hands, guy this ball past the midfield.
Hazel's got a lot of movement, not much.
Got to go in here.
X2, Nunder Rove, want to have any chance.
There's the bounce pass.
Cream's not on the same page.
was too far out.
Definitely missed opportunity there.
Five seconds on the clock.
Unless you redirected that one in,
there's pretty much no hope here.
Dignitas taking that game number one.
I think up to their standards, at least,
a pretty decent fight, though, from United Rogue overall.
But Dignitas, they came into this one saying,
this is what to expect.
And I mean, Mike, it's my eyes again.
are on Bora. It's the rookie debut. You love to see it. He's
slotting it so well. It's one of those rare moments where you
expect the nerves to just hit him, but he is adjusted so fast.
You saw him get the opener here in this game one with the upper
90. And of course, United Row. Not gonna make it too easy.
Yeah, and really, I think the thing that's been
impressive to me about Bora, not only the mechanics, but the
composure there and talk about him look comfortable.
He just, it looks like it's no sweat for him.
He's fitting right in and under the limelight.
It seems like it's no different
than in the ranked lobbies for him.
Such a solid performance this game,
scoring a hat trick.
Also the trust and Evo on that flick,
on the flip reset that or the flip reset past to him
where he pre-jump gets the shot right on target.
Bora continues to impress and, you know,
not only is he so impressive mechanically,
but I think positionally and the consistency
to not mess up those touches on defense,
you know, all around, Bora is just looking so good.
And I think this Dignitas team,
as a unit is looking very impressive.
This is gonna be a tough battle for United Road.
I absolutely agree.
I look back, you know,
anybody can look back at United Road's run to get here.
And like I talked about before,
it hasn't been necessarily as challenging
as Dignitas was, they fell too redacted earlier on.
They're trying not to fall to Dignitas too
as a follow up shot that got sent out by Evo.
But they did beat two notable teams.
Lotus eight, they went to game five,
and then they took down Shuffle's Kittens three to one.
So they have moments where they can go toe to toe
with some of the top teams.
It's just a matter of doing it against the ones
that have momentum carried into this playoff bracket.
And Shuffle's Kittens, that's formerly team Evo.
you've been watching a lot of last season.
Very, very talented team.
Unk team, some people might say with more seasoned players,
the legway of Arjun and Speed,
have been around for quite some time, mostly in Europe.
But I've been hanging around in the past few seasons.
But this United Rogue team certainly has the skill,
as you saw with Hazel, that last game.
And then Cosmic, who's a very notable 1v1 player,
trying to show you some of these 1v1 chops there.
The Cosmic, good to see Cosmic making the top eight,
well-known player, very, very good in the 1-1 save.
I love this from Hazo.
You kind of weaved his way in between two.
It took the time to give United Rogue out.
I do like what I'm seeing from them, though.
They spent game number one.
That first half of the game was very much played
in their own half, but just the one attempt out.
This time, it's much more back and forth.
Even, I think, with United Rogue,
having more playtime than Dignitas in their half.
Pazzo, around the corner here, you saw creams in cosmic
low pushed up, which could get a little nerve-wracking,
but they play themselves a little bit further back,
which means no commit on a few of these shots.
That shot on target, of course, is Evo to make another save.
Five up, will poke it towards the backboard.
Doesn't have enough boost to go for it again.
Heavy touch from Hazel, giving Evo a chance.
But Evo shut down.
Ignitas firing the attack once more.
Hazel low boost dive finds Cosmic on the outlet pass Cosmic
Looking ahead fifties it back to the corner for your dignitas creams trying to work
Get shut down as well
Hazel around one it's a big block
But nobody from United rope was there to make the most out of that block now
You go trying to cook five up already airborne or is gonna dive in those for the shot and that's saved by Hazel
Too bad here pressure is still on though from dignitas
The shot ripped off out the corner there.
I mean, I do like that United Rogue is anticipating a lot of these, but Boost is depleting, and
they've got to find some resources.
They managed to give some space to each other.
The Koreans allowing his teammates to kind of run around, got some pads, and those hundreds
that had spawned out.
But that's not stopping Dignitas from pushing it through Castle 5-4.
It really hits the bar.
And Dignitas just go again.
Dignitas they have been locking it down offensively five up going for a bump play
It's the bump backpours there, but it's appeared to the side by Hazel Evo nice control
That's more in the middle more and try to dodge the bumps 50 from Evo
Now Bora going for the pass up to five up the speed is there the boost is there the shots oncoming now a pass over to Evo
Looking for the backpours with creams gets it safely to the side United roger holding on by a thread
That's clear. It was definitely a short-lived one,
but I thought that was the moment that gets faced.
Oh!
It's an evo shot. You thought maybe if you crossed your fingers and your toes,
it would hit that post and go out, but unfortunately for them,
Dignitas's luck has not ran out yet from Evo.
Sky down and in.
Dignitas, they find their lead here in this game, too.
Yeah, I don't know how much luck was there for the shot,
But certainly bouncing off the post and going in.
Evo though, that was a crazy first touch as well.
Tined it perfectly to win that ball,
bounced off the ground, it sent it so high.
Getting up, getting that reset.
You can see Evo still working so well.
So mechanical, trying to go for another flip reset.
Shaddy's already been able to have success with that reset.
Passing, shooting, Evo, so good.
Such a key factor to this Dignitas team's success.
It's not just Bora out there.
You know, also an incredible player.
Insistently impressing you with what he can pull off.
Now it's time for United Rogue to try and do it back,
but there's not much out on the field.
It really is just a Dignitas game right now.
The young gun, the youngest way.
And you thought maybe United Rogue would be able
to get a save on this one,
but no, bore a full command on this one.
Touch on in, it's a two-nil lead for Dignitas.
And like you said, they just slot together so well.
It's one of those rare moments that off the rip
of roster just truly starts to elevate each other equally, right?
When you bring in a newer player,
there's usually a couple questions,
but not this time, Dignitas.
They've got to custom to each other so well
and success is definitely starting to pour in.
They have not been a one-trick pony and they have showed us that they have a deep tool kit.
They're the real deal.
Some quality results back to back now.
And really in this game, the flip resets tearing United Rogue apart and going for a
crazy as well.
Bora looking nasty out there.
Oh, how do you stop them?
you know, you just accept the
Bora is Bora. And he is a part
of that new gen of rocket League
players that have grown up
watching the greats like Daniel
like then like beast mode, and
he wants to be them and then
some and he has definitely been
given the space and the
resources to get to do that and
now has the confidence to do it
too, right? Every time we have
seen him out on the field, it
what I have seen so far from him, which allows players like Evo and Fyva to have their shining
moments. On the flip side of things though, creams, Hazel, and Cosmic, it's a question
Marcus to where they are that had some good attempts. It's just the disconnect levels
between what they're providing and Dignitas are just too deep.
Yeah, you see, he goes for that jam, didn't take it out as well when that pop-up, and
And that play as well, that was so good from Fyla.
Getting the, basically a speed flip off the wall
into that reset.
Getting the attack going, getting the rebound.
He talked about the selflessness.
I love everything I'm seeing out at Dignitas.
Even the camera work, there was a play at midfield where Evo,
just uses camera work at midfield,
could have gone for the ball,
but spotted his teammate out,
having a much better position to keep the attack ongoing.
It does feel like, hey, they're all on the same page.
and being able to, you know, take the space
that teams are giving them and be creative with it.
And I think that is really making it tough
for United Rogue who played defense simulator last week.
Yeah, and the few times we did see United Rogue out,
they didn't even look that bad either.
You can see them trying to adapt
and almost even simulate Dignitas at times.
They'll go for that backboard
and try and drop it down to another.
And right there, what we just saw with Cosmic going off
was the same reason why in game two
They couldn't complete a lot of those plays.
The disconnect on communication of, you know,
am I meant to commit to a shot off the backboard
or are you solo playing this?
That question is not consistently being answered
between those three players.
Well, big question here.
The World of United Rugby's, can they get one win?
They are getting beat down right now by Dignitas.
Dignitas looking unstoppable.
Still time-wet.
Green's poking down field, Thora fails out,
opts to save the boost, he gets a bump on Cosmic.
The Cosmic still stayed in play, bump on the goal line as well,
but Thora misses the touch on the ball somehow.
Dignitas not punished, getting a bit chaotic for Dignitas
on the defensive line.
Now, five up, trying to pick this one ahead.
Cosmic pokes the lead out, finds a gap in the defense,
and a United Rogue on the attack.
Exactly what you're talking about is that, you know,
discombobulation on defense for Dignituck,
those are the moments where United Rogue has to really step up
and say, hey, in reality, in retrospect,
we have a little bit more confidence
and experience than Bora does.
You've got to take advantage of that,
because that kid isn't going to be
in the learning process for too much longer.
If you're trying to carry this one all the way in on his loans,
so no boost, one touch from the mid and then.
This is an ice outplay. This is five up versus his old teammate creams creams
Jumps a little bit too early as soon as he jumps five up spots the line of his challenges
All right, I'll just take this up and over easy goal for me
Can that a roguer back to him though and they will finally United Rogue
Gets into this one. They spot the small gap. It was five of it already committed.
So, Hazelnut this time, and this is what I was waiting for.
When do you full commit? And he times it perfectly when we go up to a tied game.
Yeah, and I honestly love that play from Cosmic as well.
He jumps to make the defense stay isolated on the backboard,
but then immediately goes upside down, uses his jump to get back down to the ground.
And now we see an open net as well.
And United Rogue take the lead on this.
Cosmic punches that in, so back-to-back quality plays.
Hazel, it is huge 50 on five of that.
Let the ball be sitting right in the slot.
Easy goal.
What about that?
That's a rough one.
I mean, for Dignitas, at least, it's a rough one
because there's so many times where if Bora goes up and misses,
there's this domino effect on Dignitas' defense
that allows teams like United Rogue to just completely dismantle them.
Well, for United Rogue, that's a great thing.
You're now up by one.
They're firstly against them in quite some time here.
They're going to try and extend it as they break past the midline.
Couple hands up there for Dignitas, but a demo opens it all the way.
And United Rogue just continues to pound down on Dignitas.
That's such a good demo, Evo getting demolished by Cosmic.
Cosmic also getting a fuck about that net was open thanks to that demo
Big bounce back here for United Rogue. Can they keep it going?
Cosmic
It's looking for the corner double, but Evo shut that down. Couldn't get the block though
Bora now will be tested
Flip reset from Bora. Is it towards net rebound could be good
Cosmic beat my five up five up up and over crease, but it's bumped
Even though the ball made it over,
Hazel zero boost in the corner.
Bora attacking, nice backboard defense from Creams,
but still, Digitas have a chance.
Big touch from Cosmic.
That shot was going to be on target.
And now the dribble.
Hazel getting dribble on the goal line by Evo,
and that opens the lane for Bora.
I was going to say United Rogue, honestly,
I wanted to commend them on how well they were starting
to defend against Digitas,
and then Evo brings in a new challenge for them.
All right, I'm gonna just sit here and lock you in to the net and we're gonna give ourselves the space
Dignitize
Forcing their way on in one foot at a time big clear here from dig to you saw five of already on the cheat up
We're gonna take the slow shot in a demo another demo from cosmic who is and really key with his aggression
Cream's gonna go for the backboard double shut down by evo. Good read
Evo, now boost, gets a buff on creams though, and gets the corner boost.
Crazy amount of work being done by Evo, but you saw a confusion there from 5 up in Evo,
and that ended up letting Cosmic get his own corner boost.
However, it might not matter in the end, Evo making himself big, trying to get that 50.
Cosmic, heck of a 50 at the midfield, and picks up the mid boost,
and that'll melt some precious time off, Cosmic.
And again, doing everything himself, couldn't get back to that fall though, but Cosmic,
doing some work down there he's definitely trying his best it's a
frustrating shot also to you know go away side if you're a united rogue you
definitely would have wanted the insurance if you can help it but a
minute left dignitas continues to trail up by one stuck in that blue side there
five of us try to leave the car she's gonna go up for it already it's a shot
denied a great attempt from David like I've said United Rogue plays so much
defense against Dignitas, their adaptation to them is coming so much quicker for them in this game number three.
And on top of that, you've got Cosmic Landing, some very important demos. That demo on Bora was actually important because Bora probably would have been the player to come in and take that shot as it was bouncing out into the middle.
So really great performance this game by Cosmic now we've got less than 30 seconds left to go a must win game for
United Rogue especially when they had to lead this whole game.
Teehazo getting the bump as well, five up getting tangled up couldn't get to that ball in time.
And United Rogue getting the insurance goal late surely they will get this game win.
This was the version of United Rogue I was waiting to see throughout this series.
Solo play into the dug in the fallout.
This is the cohesion and the timing
that they have been missing.
They go up by two with the last 15 on their side.
Another big clear to go ahead and make it three.
And finally, United rolled,
starting to figure themselves out.
They're five up, cheating up real far.
I ain't getting punished.
I mean, really can't really blame them.
Down by two, need to make something happen.
You've got to be aggressive in your positioning and with that goal, this game going to be locked
in.
What a response from United Road.
Cosmic getting that hat trick in the end.
I think Cosmic to me was that key player that really helped unlock this next level for United
Road.
I agree.
I think him stepping up in a big way like that, right?
The hat trick that he mentioned to you, all the clears that allowed them to even just get
out of their half more consistently this time really showed why everybody has been saying
do not discredit United Rogue. This roster is, I feel like I don't know if it's a hot
take or not, but kind of flying under the radar in this particular open for me, it may
be due in fact to the name change from the Swiss to the playoffs, but United Rogue really
are an incredible team once they start to talk a little bit more and figure themselves out.
Certainly, and I think for Cosmic, you know, such a talented 1v1 player. When you've got a player who
is so good at 1v1s, there's one thing that is for certain, it's that this player is consistent.
They're going to be great at challenging, they're going to be great at the physical game, and that's
what we saw from Cosmic landing so many important demos, getting some really key plays, the consistency
shooting looked very good and United Rogue you know they're in the series this
was a must-win game you know especially if after they got the lead if they were
to give that up let Dignitas get to match point you can pretty much right
off but this game you saw them bounce back you saw them step up and now
questions for Dignitas I think offensively they just did not have the
same amount of pressure they succumbed to the demos by Cosmic and have to find a
way around that make an adjustment and try to dodge that contact to keep that
attack going that we saw happen earlier game. I'm very curious to see if they
just go for the dodge or meet them where they're met. I mean at this point you
don't even have to off the kickoff. I believe it's just a beat on this one on
the 50 and then it's just pulling it from Bora on the shot. And that's a
tilter too because I swear I saw Sparks on Bora's bumper. You could see Cosmic knew
what was happening was trying to get that bump on Bora because if he lands that bump
as that demo that goes not happening and you know I don't know about you heard
but I saw sparks I feel like my jaw was already on the floor the fact that they
managed to do that in less than 10 seconds this time I was like Dave United
Rogan really figured it out and then we went straight back to game one
There's our boy, Hazel, figuring it out.
It's a great intercept from Creams.
The redirect is center and just a touch over.
They respond in nothing less than style.
That was clean.
I mean, you'll look at one goal versus the other.
What's prettier for sure?
That was gorgeous.
But they both count.
Thank you.
They both count the same.
But a very quick response here from United Grove.
at the late shot from Hazel.
See Bora trying to get an extra touch out does throw off the defense.
Cosmic will try to tip it away, but Evo is there, pinched back to the corner.
Creams. A little bit of a heavy touch.
Creams will move up field anyway. Cosmic to the ball and he can
tested by five up in the midfield.
He's trying to catch it into a dribble pinched all the way to the side.
And five up will take that corner boost from Bora and try to put it to work.
We're going to see how much time it gave him.
It did give him enough time to be able to go and get that back left there
and just really reposition themselves for this United Rogue attempt.
Although that very much got cut off.
Also double commit from United Rogue as far as who was going to make the touch on that ball.
So there's these tiny little moments of United Rogue falling back into their game one ways
when what you want to see was their high level from two and three in particular.
Wow!
That is a play!
Okay, it goes in!
Borah will get credit, but Eva was robbed of an assist.
Still, Zignitas will take their lucky stars.
That one goes in.
Borah cleaning things up, but that touch from Eva, who had the zero respect challenge.
He was already in the air, predicted that touch so perfectly by United Rogue on the breakout.
Breakout, read like a book.
Oh jeez.
If you're a Dignitas fan, you just had so much PTSD
from the last open and those five up misses.
You were definitely shaking a little bit there.
That one goal lead still stands.
Double triple reset from Bora,
just to flash and waste some time.
United Rokes still managed to whip out the saves
and the clear.
We're gonna see if the ball comes through.
That's a shot on Neville said out by Evo.
Very good stuff.
Evo's having a heck of a game so far.
Shot off target.
You can see low boost as well from Cream's hands.
Also low boost.
Bore waiting for the pass.
The fake from 5-up goes for a 50 instead on the goal line.
I don't hate it trying to mix it up.
Didn't work out for Dignitas, but there's the confidence
to mix it up, to be creative, but now on the other end.
5-up getting back just in time.
some last second saves from Dignitas preserving this one goal lead see how long
this lasts though because United Rogue again a credit where it is due tends it
to find those little gaps they might find one here the backboards open for the
past down cause it's got to try and sneak it in Dignitas to the full commit
with the last two defenders allowing them to enter that last two minutes still
barely holding on to that lead.
EVO is trying to clear it off,
but Creams had the clear covered.
Five up shut down again by Cosmic Creams.
Goes for a redirect.
Cosmic trying to get a bump,
and now a chance for a break it on the other end.
EVO extra touch to the corner.
Boom, downfield.
There's a Cosmic demo.
Cosmic's midfield demos.
They made a difference last game.
EVO trying to control it.
dodging the contact, but again, cosmic there for the contest.
Dignitas doing everything they can to break out and finally do.
Bora tried to get it over to Evo.
Five-up was already in position to make a touch,
and it goes straight back down in the nose of his car.
You see the quick cut from Evo too.
It's Dignitas wanting to keep that pressure going,
even if it's not necessarily shots getting resulted from it, right?
It's forcing United Road to waste time and resource.
Alright, Hazel looking for the bump on Evo.
Evo spotted that so quickly, got airborne.
Didn't want to give him an easy target.
Dignitas's defense has been standing up
to some pretty big challenges.
And they hold on for this final minute.
Evo fakes out one.
It's down to the ground, gets bumped a little bit.
This is a big chaotic.
Evo has no boost, will pop it up high,
trusting his teammates.
And five up there on the seed first.
I like the play from it.
Just name of the game was get out of the half.
Play the last 30 from one up.
He comes eval from the ceiling.
See if anybody's down next to him to try and take over.
They recognize Cosmic was trying to play in a really cheeky way
and getting their half.
They demo him out and force him back home.
Here comes Dignitas again.
50 points from Hazel, preventing that backboard double tap
opportunity for Evo.
Final 10 seconds though, down by one.
Can United Rogue make something happen?
The flick passed.
Five-up had jumped already, laid off for Gevo.
And up to side while Cosmic, not enough boost
to get to it, Bora.
Those for a bump tries to get this ball down to the ground.
It's going to bounce off the corner.
Bora still in the play.
There's the hit down.
And that was it.
Last second shot attempt.
But it hits the ground, and Dignitas will move to match point.
Man, I mean, I do got to come in.
that they made. Dignitas work
for it, especially in that last
minute there. They had almost
gotten their way on in. You saw
a couple of shots come out from
United Road, but Dignitas really
worked together where, like I
said, name of the game is getting
the ball out of the half and
you're playing for the time at
that point. A big weakness or a
bigger weakness, in my opinion
defense, mainly due in fact that you do have a debut rookie on your team.
So when that small bit is exploited, teams like United Robe are able to really run away
with it, but Dignitas has hold their own against them, and they now sit on that beautiful match
point.
Yeah, and I thought Evo played so well that game, multiple swooping saves, coming in at
the last second to keep that ball out.
And then also getting robbed up and assist that quick challenge
into the double tap pass out mid.
I thought five up was going to sink that.
Getting an assist himself, five up, setting up Bora,
who has been throwing up the numbers.
But Dignitas looking very good.
Also surprisingly, for no time out for United Rogue,
you think that that would be the game where
they try to get a little bit of extra time to discuss
and come up with a game plan to take down Dignitas,
But perhaps they thought that one was close enough
and they're doing all the right things.
It wasn't close enough.
I think in my opinion, it was close enough
that they are very valid and feeling confident enough
to want to just get straight back into it.
It wasn't necessarily a bad game.
They faked going for the demo play on it,
and they tried to do the follow-up shot from Dignitas.
But for United Rove, at least, you know,
there is an aspect of, you know what, full send back in.
We kept that one at a one goal game.
could have been tied at one point in time,
so we're gonna see what they bring to this game five.
Mm, there's a big demo at midfield.
Vignitas, though, still fighting through it,
trying to keep possession.
Orra, lovely touch, the control, lands on the ceiling,
goes for the shot, and it's defended,
rebound, though, was looking good,
but great defense from Hazel,
not only getting the save, but getting it clear.
Orra, excellent effort,
that was such a good first touch.
Really made it difficult for Hazel,
who rose to the occasion.
Dignitas is trying to slow things down a little bit.
Just allow everybody to readjust to figure out the game plan for getting out.
A little bit too slow on that one, United Road decided to full send on that.
They get one shot and retreat home.
Xevo, that player that really just, he has been such a standout as far as leading the charge
in so many situations for this team.
Defensively and offensively, you're going to see what he can do with now.
with now 20 in the tank and a reset forward Dignitas are out of their half.
Well, one of those players that you were just waiting for him to break through to the elite level,
you know, he's got all the tools necessary to do that.
This team seems like maybe it's the one for Evo to really reach the potential everyone expected of it.
Forra.
I don't think you go in the corner and Cosmic's looking for a pass down mid, but Creams and
Hazel were position deep, didn't want to dive in.
Creams now using that boost, looking for Cosmic on the side while Cosmic's booming into the
back, five up misses, now awkward for Dignitas, but five up back on the flank, will get the
save.
All of Dignitas working together to barely get out of that one alive.
United Rogue, like I said, they try to find these little gaps in the defense where they're
wavering just a bit.
So it's a let out 1v3 with Steve Orriss' United Rogue rushing back and still road full through
and break out and take their shot.
It's a full court play from United Rogue and creams over to Cosmic.
duo when they have at this space you really can't stop them and you thought
evil maybe we've done enough to get in the lane they're barely missing out on
that ball really needed to get a touch on it but creams had a great reset was
able to push it past him and underrow not giving up just yet
Still some life left in the tank.
Now, from Bora.
He's going off his own back wall.
Flip, reset, pushing high.
But the backwards been closed for business.
We've seen United Rogue really shut down those opportunities.
Defensively, United Rogue making those plays.
Peso especially, I think, has been so precise, so controlled.
As last man back now has to dodge the buff from five up.
On the post gets the save again. Hazel's been brilliant.
Mind, I just took everything in me not to scream.
I almost did it this time too, though.
The timing from Dignitas on both of these plays in particular
to be able to keep the pressure up as much as they have.
Demo on the back and from Bora, of course,
it's hard for them to have to rush to the shot
that's coming in so quickly.
From the top of the sky, we're back on even playing ground
between the two and off the kickoff.
It goes straight to the one person you don't want it to have.
It's Bora to center.
Fyva makes his cut, but an intercept from Cosmic
might slow Dignitas down.
Evo is a tough touch to make.
And you can see it's pretty high up.
That's going to slow down his play for Bora.
Back down to Evo.
Evo couldn't get a handle on that ball.
Now Fyva is going for a 50.
It's a little wide.
And Bora is going to fail out.
Evo the win but right to creams creams doubling past Bora creams flip reset is
Touched there by five up. You can see dignitas
Start to struggle a little bit creams has been at the vanguard of these assaults and
Utilizing the flip reset wonderfully in the last goal try to do it again. You can see united broke having more and more opportunities
Five up is that for Evo and Evo trying to take it. Can't he get another touch on it?
all policy did get the touch just wasn't a floater in United Rogue used
everything they have but that's not going to stop jiggers us from going
again evil leaves it but Bora and five up don't commit on this instead they
played a little safer they recognize Cosmic and already went back in their
half and right now they're just anticipating United Rogue trying to be
you know disrespectful with what they're bringing to this last 30
Cosmic did well to push this fall up.
You see, Eizo hitting that ball out of Evo's possession from behind.
Evo's 15th boost.
Single boost to the flag. Couldn't get much of a clear.
Cosmic will move in. Needs to beat Bora.
Nice 50 from Cosmic. 5-up. Back to the middle.
Eizo looking for creams, creams.
Had he gotten that over Evo, could have been dangerous.
Still might be. Cosmic in the corner. Fakes it out.
What's the hit come?
Now, zero second opportunity for Dignitas,
but the shot won't stay airborne,
and we've got overtime chance for Dignitas to end this one.
Let's see if they can do it here.
Borgett in that mid boost is going to be big.
As far as defense goes, no center from United Road
to keep it going.
Instead, it's Cosmic trying to force it in,
but Dignitas are doing 2v1 on them to get this ball out.
It put over the gap, and it does.
United Road.
They find the one spot that it was open and they end it in 17.
Nice play from Cream's Evo.
Only saw the challenge oncoming.
Gets a hit on the ball, but it's actually
setting up a perfect shot for Cream's, who
is at the vanguard of these attacks for United Rogue
this game.
The MVP on the field, the MVP player from the high test
as well, creating 600 points, getting that overtime goal,
but also that clever set pass that set up
The goal in regulation for United Rogue, so United Rogue,
they've got a lot of fight left in them.
The crazy thing is United Rogue opted not to call that
timeout, they went straight into it, full confidence,
and it worked out in their favor.
Now this time, Dignitas are wavering a little bit,
using their timeout, gonna give themselves a moment
to kind of reconvene on what has happened,
and at least in my opinion, so five chains,
really and truly it boils down to that Dignitas defense.
There's been so many things that they have been able
to really fix so quickly, more notably,
for a while, it was Bora's boost management.
And it would take him out of rotation a lot of the time.
He was too afraid to play off pads.
They corrected it, he looked so much better.
Then it was five up wavering a little bit on shot accuracy.
Now, defensively, everybody is noticing
that there is these small moments of disconnect
and that could cost them things like playing
in a series on match point.
And you wonder if they'll be able to make it
to game seven United Rogue looking much better.
And you know, you think back her to the beginning
of this series, Dignitas had kept United Rogue
on the goal line for almost a majority of that first game.
It looked like they were boost starving,
playing as a team wonderfully,
keeping that attack ongoing.
But now you're seeing a lot more space given to United Rogue.
How many times do we see Kreen taking that ball up the side
while uncontested and be able to get that flip reset
in Dignitas's half, having a dangerous position?
We saw that multiple times.
So Dignitas not able to keep that same level of pressure,
the physicality from Cosmic at the midfield,
also the patience on defense.
And also you wonder if it's starting
to be a little bit of nerves for Dignitas
wanting to play a little bit more passively
instead of going for those low boost challenges,
going for those, you know, riskier plays,
opting to play it safe or play it deeper,
which maybe isn't working out in their favor.
Yeah.
I mean, it's just as you said, right?
There's these moments of like,
hey, how confident are we in this aspect of our game play?
Right now, the big question mark is on their defense.
That's what's costed them these last two games
in particular against United Road.
But we head into game number six.
Dignitas does still have the advantage of the match point
on their side.
But momentum definitely is finally
swallowing onto the other end of the field for United Road.
Cosmic looking for Hazel.
Well, Hazel, let's Cosmic get the touch.
Giving up the ball, though.
Five up.
We'll have some help from Ivo Bora in shooting position
as well.
There's the pass, but Cosmic breaks up the shot.
Now the counterattack.
Hazel trying to take that airborne.
It's a hard pinch off the side while Fyla will boom it back down field.
So again, Dignitas did not possession there.
Going for the boom, trying to push that ball forward or
doesn't want to dive in again.
All sent all the way back.
Boom ball right now.
Either team able to keep much possession.
Fyla will push this all the way down to the corner and
steal the corner boost.
Good chance here for Dignitas, but Hazel again breaking up that shooting opportunity.
Right now, Dignitas got into speed that United Rogue is actually going to get that touch
almost everywhere on the field now, and then get it again.
It was a down pass over to Hazo, shot on net, taken away.
Dignitas trying to do it to them off the backboard, they got the space to double down,
can Bore get the shot, and the old frames anticipates.
It's a great timing from United Rogue to really try and slow Dignitas down on a lot of these shots.
Big time flip there for Mezzo.
The game's also gonna hand up for midfield.
Evo.
Mid move spawned for Evo.
Evo putting it to work.
Cosmic again shuts it down.
Cosmic again, beating everybody out.
Mezzo's racing down the field trying to give some support.
It's a good pop as well.
It doesn't have a ton of moves, but still, maybe just to get that out.
Oh man, I mean, if you're United Rogue 2,
you're starting to get a little antsy here, right?
You know you're able to break past that mid and get on now.
All the Dignitas is in your side now, down on the ground, four over one.
Cosmic has just enough to touch that ball and place it to the corner,
but that's not going to stop Digg from still keeping the pressure on.
Great hustle there from Cosmic, and the being Moe Goose to get that stop.
It's a close game, back and forth.
Creams will try to get the corner, who does get it while bouncing out to Hazel.
Looking for an outlet, but that's intercepted, but back to Hazel. Cosmic.
Because they're the demo from Creams. Kostas will hit this over the corner.
Evo trying to get back in rotation. Bora will come in with the challenge.
And it's cleared downfield, but more demos from United Rogue on the attack.
Will it be enough to break through?
And there's a pass out to the middle, but both Evo and Fiverr in the same spot.
Low boost. Bora was so far back, but that was a chance.
It definitely was a chance, but I do respect him on knowing when to play it a little bit further than that rather than you know
It's a safe than sorry situation, right?
There were times where Bora probably would have just went for the mid boost and it would have been a big clear
On the return from United Rogue into their net now
They play it safer with a quick turn into being that third man
And that's what's allowed them right here back to that orange side going on to another attempt towards net
It's a 5 up 50 and here comes evil from the ceiling and down. There's no commit. It's just a slow follow from Bora
Big beat from creams as well
Evil ops to take this touch only five moves kind of bluffing
And he had anything in the tank there and it works out for dignitas now Bora on the counter attack
If you off the sidewall evil tries to get up just get a piece of it. It's back to cosmic
Cosmic back down to the ground goes for a ball lands the ball big time save from evil
man myth and legend you never know where he is coming from.
Evo, his bail dig out of so many situations and just led them straight to the charge.
Bore though, wanted to make name for himself at least in this game number six.
A short lived attempt though, his cosmic works together.
I mean, Krim's gonna send themselves on back though.
And another shot from Dignitas out into the corner.
Reams, he's going to use a ball that boost to try to keep this ball in a safe spot.
Five up, 50, Reams somehow gets that forward.
Cosmic doesn't have much boost.
Missed that small pat as well, so he's able to do much.
Fizo, waiting patiently.
Ball ticked off to the side. Cosmic turns, rips a shot.
This is awkward for Dignitas, but five up on the dribble.
We'll push this out, but he's demoed off the ball.
Chance for the counterattack, up and over one.
number one creams going for the 50 instead will steal the corner boost United
Rogue having some good looks.
They look good too right?
So it's questionable defense when you're racing back you are probably going to
lose that race in particular.
Everybody was cheated up so far from Dignitas and playing it off the sidewalk
like that really confused United Rogue on where to face for that follow up shot
to come in.
The lead at 15 seconds for Dignitas off the kickoff
in their favor is a great sign for the boys.
Good play for Mibo as well dunking that hit to the corner
attempted by Cosmic.
Dignitas, have they done enough?
Yes, they have.
Dignitas, take down United Rogue.
You love to see it if you're a Dignitas fan.
You've known how much potential there is for this roster
to really make a run here in not only the RLCS,
but in this open in particular, in the last open,
it felt very much like it just slipped away from them.
I would hate to be evo's webcam.
Are you kidding me, it's a head or a webcam?
All right, I did the webcam,
but how quickly can I turn it off?
He said something, and thrown around,
didn't smother there at the end,
But I mean, Evo, great performance there.
I think Dignitas, a little bit shaky in the home stretch,
but they cleaned it up.
But also for United Rogue, I thought they looked quite good.
I felt like Cosmic was looking very good at times
in that series.
Hazel had some great defense as well.
And then, you know, in creams, some really good moments
for him as well.
Going for those flip resets, really
starting to bring us to Dignitas, have a hot start,
let off the gas a little bit, but then finish really strong.
I absolutely agree.
It's been an interesting showing,
but flowers are still too united, bro.
They definitely forced Ignitas to work for that win.
But at the end of the day, they found it.
They get to go on to another round,
and we'll see it after this.
Oh, now this guy's going that way.
Now I'm getting the lay of the land.
Now lades can be a big test for a young homeowner
turning into their parents.
There's an overflow lot somewhere in the vicinity.
If the garage is full, they go to the auxiliary.
He said if the garage is full, they'd go to the overflow.
I heard him out right here.
Let's just stand quietly.
I bet you guys have driven some great cars, huh?
Progressive can't protect you from becoming a parent.
But we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us.
I think you might have brought the wrong car.
We had the red convertible.
Ha, ha, ha.
You're my baby for me You're saying that I hate
Why is there something for me You keep walking that way
The waves take so long when you're with me
Can I see you on the screen?
You still have no words to say
One of my holding onto you
If you could be a black and white
Then it seems alright
Cause I can't stay
Through a single chance
The time this seems right
One of my holding onto you
United Rogue try to make a game out of it. They almost get us to champions field. But
then they run into Dignitas who get it done in six here advancing to top six on the road
to that grand finals they need to make it two to make it to Boston. I'm drawn by the
coach Eclipse here. Welcome to the show sir. Congratulations on the win. I want to get your
thoughts on this long road you have ahead of you because obviously you want to
make it to Boston you got to win the whole thing is it been difficult keeping
the players grounded and focused on every match with that kind of long-term goal
in mind? To be honest, we're just not thinking about it. That's the gist of it. We're just trying to move on and playing each game at a time each world at a time. We don't want to risk worrying about it because it is such a lunch.
I know, CJ and Jude get it last year.
I don't know if I'll put it in last year as well,
but that's gonna take a long time.
Yeah, for sure.
Well, let's see, we might have lost you there
for a second, quick.
Hard to begin everything, not the end,
but I hope you're here.
Four team Dignitas as I continue on with the road.
Do we wanna continue on here,
or shall we, shall we move on production?
Let us know what you want us to, want us to proceed.
Hey, you got me, you got me Eclipse?
Oh, okay, okay.
I can hear him there.
I want to, I would love to hear,
we heard from your teammates, from the his teammates
about four, but I'd love to hear your perspective on
more joining the team here with Iqtas
and the role you see him filling on your team.
energy to the team. He's got a very unique place. It works so well, especially in NA.
And it's a bit of youthful rejuvenation, I think is the best way to put it. He gives
us just a different dynamic that we didn't have prior. And I don't think many teams in
in any half of the moment, but it's just a case of making sure he develops now a bit better,
getting ready for the big challenges ahead because obviously he's made two top sixes
in a row. He's loving like, but it's about going that step further and that's what we're
trying to help him be able to do and be the best he can be.
For sure. For sure. What a step it would be if you were to be able to make it to Boston
and get to play in front of the crowd for the first time there. I hope you guys make it
there. Last question before I let you go. Next match coming up, your competition out
here in the field. M80's taking up Shopify Rebellion. You think they've got any chance
against Shopify? Yeah, they're a surprisingly cheeky team is the way I'd like to describe
them. They nab goals out of nowhere. And you've got to give people credit for being able to do that.
Yeah, for sure. Well, we'll see if they can get it done. Congratulations on the win. We'll see
see you tomorrow. All right, that is Ignitas through to the lower bracket quarter finals.
United Rogue. James, I feel like this was a good showing for this team. I suppose you're
going to first time in the main event. Yeah, I thought they did well to make some adjustments
and they slowed dignitas down a little bit. But in the end, they just couldn't bring it
together. There were some close games, though. I'll give it to them. But dignitas, I think
has been so exciting to watch. You talk about Bora. You heard it from Eclipse and the youth
full rejuvenation well and he said that more brings to us a something that a lot
of teams in North America don't have and I would agree with that I think we're a
very exciting player still needs a little bit of polish a little bit of
experience but you know you look at what he's been able to do being plucked out
of ranked and put into RLCS and it's truly unbelievable yeah
that weren't possible, but kind of come together a series.
And they look fantastic wave.
They look really smooth.
Now, United World, though, you give them some credit here.
They had some solid changes.
You know, you can see, again, a little bit of structure,
just like in their rotation.
It's just dignitized.
It's just so much more coordinated.
Their attack just looked very solid.
And I mean, you can rely on this team to get the job done.
Now, keep in mind, they still have some holes
they need to fix before tomorrow.
again that of course they want that major push and they're in that contention but I would say it's
a good start for the playoffs for them today. This is the best way they could have hoped to start
and honestly for United Rogue I think this is one of the best results they could have hoped for.
They didn't get swept it wasn't even a five game series they forced them to game six also the most
one-sided game went United Rogue's favor of five to two there I think those game three so congratulations
to them I'm sure we'll see that roster again in the road to Paris. So Dignitas advances into
the quarterfinals, they will await the results of the rest of the matches to find out who
they play first thing tomorrow morning. But to continue on with those upper bracket matches,
both exciting games coming up a little bit later on this dignitas right now kind of
sitting in that fifth spot. You could see a reminder, energy and redacted tide per second
place right now. The winner of their match later today will send a team forward to Boston
outright the other team will have to make sure they get the top four to make things simple
If they finish top six, then it's a tiebreakers to go their way.
We got four matches on the day, three left to go.
Let's get into this next one.
The story is a little bit rinse and repeat here.
Dignitas and M80, exact same spot, but M80.
Very different opponent, Bezren,
not going up against a new challenger.
They're going up against the top team in the region in points.
Right. And the question is, how is it made he going to be able to stand
against one of the top teams in North America?
you got that man there first killer first killer has just been he's always been a consistent threat
super dangerous when he's on the ball one of the best players in NA and he's been that way for
years and years but he wants to get those wins internationally and win those major events
and even in North America now this team has not been the number one team that we've seen come out
on the field in every particular matchup.
They're not that definitive one.
They might not even be that definitive two.
They need to come out of here
with a strong statement win here.
It's gonna be tough though,
because I think the team has a lot of structure
on their own right.
James, you had talked about how well mech has been doing.
I think they're gonna put up with a good fire.
Yeah, but it is going to be a tough opponent.
We saw Shopify rebellion play really well
to kick off weekend.
You talked about the definitive number one,
two or three. I mean, they've been at number one, they've been at number two,
maybe are at number three right now,
maybe even four because they lost against space station gaming to even find
themselves in this lower bracket round one in an elimination match.
But I think one thing that you,
you can be certain of is that Shopify rebellion are the heavy favorites here.
I wouldn't be surprised to see them make a run all the way to the grand finals.
They have a team that can be the best in a, in, in a,
when everything is clicking an M80.
I mean, they still have an outside shot.
Things have to go their way.
They have to have the most incredible weekend ever
and still get some help.
But man, this is a huge test.
And even if they don't win the regional,
if M80 finds a way to beat Shopify Rebellion here,
I think that would be a huge result
and a big signal as well looking ahead to Paris.
And it'd be an incredible result
and it'd be very spicy for the implications of Boston,
the keeping M80's hopes alive here.
We were talking in the pre show about kind of the faces of the new wave.
We got a bit of a clash of the people we were talking about their life and
mech here from M80 going up against Kofur.
What a way it would solidify the sort of legacy of life and mech.
They were able to take down Kofur in this matchup with everything on the line like
this. So let us know who you think is gonna win at home.
We'll make our predictions on the test as well as we should pick.
Got to go rebellion here.
A lot of talent on the roster.
I just feel like this is, like James said,
heavy favorites in this matchup.
I don't think the series will be one-sided though.
I expect M80 to make it close.
James?
You know, I worry that it's not going to be close.
I know M80 is good, but if Shopify Rebellion
is playing at their level, this might be a 4-0.
So I'm going to have to go with Shopify Rebellion.
I think it could be a 4-0 if it wasn't
for those sneaky goals that Eclipse was talking about,
a team that is scrappy can find a way to score.
Anytime you give them an opportunity,
M80 are nobody to sleep on here and Shopify with nothing to play for other than points money here
You know me. Hey, this could be a trap game. We could see M80 take it
I do think the favorite though shop fire failure clearly and distinctly in this one
I will pick them here on the desk. We've cursed them. We've cursed them folks
So shoppines gonna lose we'll see if I made it can make it happen there
The favorites on the deser the favorites and chat my long shot as well
Let's get in the match number two here on playoff Saturday the road to Boston growing ever
Shorter as we get closer and closer one team already got their ticket punch
The other team needs to go the full distance this weekend to make it. It's M80 versus Shopify rebellion. Continue in the practice
We get ever closer to Boston Shopify rebellion fighting for that top North American seed
We get underway here with game one brought to you by
high progressive and eighty
a team of these two first up
starts in mech and wife with
knowledge of to try to take
this up against the valley. Oh
yeah this is very well short
lift it was about a half a
second before we got to start
the violent and a face was
exactly the panda face I think
is what you me and everybody
to have at least one of those actually maybe last or last NA Saturday we didn't have one. I don't
know I don't pay attention to the pause but yes we're about to get underway and rebellion they do
sit at the top of the leaderboards obviously NRG completely flaming out an open one puts them in
this spot but we haven't exactly been talking about rebellion as the top dog in this region
the first time they were
fighting against the LJ Cofa
and first killer. They're
fighting against the LJ Cofa
and first killer. But they've
started to get it figured out. I
think last open. There were some
issues kind of up and down with
LJ Cofa and first killer trying
to get on maybe not the same
page, but just having that
force on offense that you
expect them to have on the
other side, though, we talked
in that category of player as well.
So this M80 roster, a lot of upside
with veteran Nolly joining them.
And Mech had the top highlight of Friday hitting that
45 degree flick double tap that looked super sick.
I believe it's still also pretty high on the subreddit.
So if you want to see that clip,
you can go there and look at that real quick
before we get underway.
But Mech a very exciting player in North America
that a lot of people are excited about.
Oh yeah, this is actually,
Mech is a player that a viewer of mine
happened to find his stream
when he did his very first run.
And he was playing with his two friends
and my viewer was like,
this kid's incredible,
like we all need to go watch.
So he started watching his stream.
We were all just kind of in awe of him.
We were like, man, like I can't wait
till he gets a turn to play with some higher level players,
go diss to his friends.
Um, and as soon as he finally started getting those chances,
you just knew there was something special about him.
So getting put on a roster like this,
I think with another player, Life Life,
who is in the same boat of being very moldable still,
is very interesting.
And to be captained off by someone like Noly, too,
who is very seasoned and veteran,
to make almost three Noly's would be a terrifying team
to eventually have to go against.
I believe this is the first time these two teams have played against each other.
Looking at their history, or M80, they're fairly new squads, so not going to have that many teams who played against them.
It definitely is the first time they've played against each other, so definitely the toughest test that M80 have faced.
Being able to make another top eight and improve on that mark.
Rebellion will be a difficult team to get by, Comfort.
Very recently talking about him being the vanguard of this new generation of players.
We'll see if he continues to produce value here in this game.
So far, game one, trading a couple of blows in the demo or two.
LJ looks for a way out for Rebellion.
I love the mention of Comfort too.
He was that player that got brought in.
a couple of question marks on him, but no question marks for life.
Everybody has known what this kid is capable of.
It's the reset in from his own half of the field, by the way.
And Mech was on the other side being a menace,
just giving him the time and the space to put M80 in that lead.
Yeah, he saw him trying to go for having to jump around him.
Horsing first killer to try to get back in time.
He could not reach off by Mech, creating that opportunity for life.
If you haven't died back, M80 trying to keep the flames going here on the stove, but the first killer is there to snuff it out.
Nice 50 though.
At least keep things busy on defense for M80.
First killer fishing it back to LJ.
Community not letting rebellion play with the ball for too long.
Life sitting right underneath first killer's lane.
Still the back wall is covered.
to play away from rebellion, mech is a nice little launch, mech might have another play
on this, but personally, we're coming back onto the wall and mech just couldn't get it
close enough to the mech.
The thing that makes this a series so interesting for me, right, is you have two players like
mech and like, individually are very capable of something sane solo plays that could waver
against someone like First Killer.
But of course, first killer is going to be the one that's able to spot something out like that so quickly and same in the respective right to LJ and Kofir.
So Rebellion 3 are coming into this one, you know, with some decent respect to this team.
He tries to go with a tight angle on that one.
Unfortunately, nothing goes in and it's a quick turnover for Rebellion.
This was a tough transition for M80.
It came away empty-handed on an attempt for Mech on that double tap,
and then everybody's going back.
Nobody's able to challenge on the midfield,
giving a chance out to First Killer,
who makes a difficult opportunity, I believe, in his life.
Third man there, trying to find the save off the top of the crossbar.
He could not get bounces.
We back down to First Killer for the rebound.
LJ getting demoed immediately off the kickoff.
And maybe you're going to need something a little more than that as Mech.
And then much more off the 15, and maybe you continue to just fly into the corner.
You've got a man on the left side with your life, it's Mech.
Like tried the pass, good cut off and cover.
Probably actually scoop that ball up with no play, midfield still in 80s.
He's been the one that's been a little bit more quiet in this game, number one.
I feel like that's kind of always been his MO a little bit.
He's the very, very solid third to round out a roster,
but when it is his turn on that ball,
you cannot be distracted by any means,
leads the charge with the demo.
LJ just happened to be on that goal line
and position ready to go for the clear,
but M80 definitely are still holding their own defensively.
It takes two to keep out.
Koper's gonna try for that last third attempt
in the crossbar.
She is.
He's like, it's M80 in this.
You know what's funny, we're talking about Loli.
He doesn't miss that very first defensive try.
Nobody else has to hurry back for M80.
They might have a transition instead.
They had to withstand a flurry of opportunities.
Still found a way to dive back,
get back onto the goal line,
get the ball down the field, almost a minute left.
M80 still in position to take a lead.
Hell yeah.
Going down the scenes.
Algae, seeing Nolley, won't jump.
Happy to let Nolley give that rock up.
And maybe actually close the distance quickly first killer lands and recovers quickly to get back to this ball and everyone cheated up
No, we cheated up, but they can't keep the momentum going first killer
Of course to kind of dump it out pass over the first killer just trying to keep it away from m80
But m80 get their corner boosts
No, they happy to get failed out there by mech. You see first killer doesn't want to give them any time
It just keeps on crashing in knowing they have them stopped and maybe unable to generate any momentum out of their own half
Despite a couple of tries out and Kofor hits him with the ground double.
You may have mentioned the fact that M80 hasn't been able to find any momentum out of their own half.
And eventually it's just pressure builds up from the wrong person to have the ball of your M80 guy, right?
Kofor with space is gonna find his way into your net every time he doubled it down off the nose of his car in the ground.
Into their net. They have that lead now, into the end.
And I, you know, you thought it was getting away from you, but no, FK is the one to keep it back.
Noley's gonna try on his own here, passes off off to Mech, and LJ has him red with a hook.
You know, First Killer had done a lot to actually stop a lot of that momentum earlier as well,
when it looked like they had space down the field, last try, off the ceiling, shot the nine,
like, three-tip into nothing, rebellions, we'll take game one.
I'm not going to say I'm not
a bad showing by any means. I
love what I got from Rebellion.
Although in the second half of
that game, it was a little more
intense than it was beginning.
They were a little shaky at
first, but M 80 on their own
end of the field. Not too bad.
You've got again the two young
guns coming in getting rounded
right now considered the best of the best.
I know, you know, we said before that there's been a couple
of question marks on Rebellion for, you know,
unwavering moments, but from what we saw at kickoff show,
right, and leading into this, Rebellion's still are,
in my opinion, at least the number one team to be.
But NRG, are you sure?
Sir, we the NRG.
And my way of thinking, so like, I understand.
I think at that point, you look at NRG and you look at Rebellion, and if I think right
now a lot of the teams that go up against Rebellion, that win feels like it's got a
little bit more weight to it right now.
So I also sound like a really big NRG hater, and I love them so much and respect them.
Please don't comment me.
You have been labeled NRG's number one hater number one hater
But rebellion they do sit at the top of the North American leaderboards and they could lock in that North American one seed
All starts here against M80
Something that stood out to me in that first game is in the second half
Really didn't see any good opportunities. Well, here's one
Good opportunities in front of the box.
That's exactly right there is what they need to generate a little bit more of on M80.
They kept getting flushed out to the corners.
And those transitions really hurt them. First killer.
And across. Not gonna get much.
LJ full tank. So if that midfield moves to open, LJ will take it away from Nolly.
A little squirrely here as LJ puts it up in.
Such a clean pop from Kofor.
Look at this initial one, the power just enough over the defense.
He forced MAD to commit to try and make the save.
And Rebellion's timing is what gives them that goal in net.
So Rebellion coming into this one, they're learning a little bit about MAD.
His time goes on, like we've said, these two haven't played each other just yet.
They've only had what has been given to them through tape.
And in real time, you know, you love to see it because Kofir's getting way more involved against this M80 roster.
Mac, I had a little bit of space. First killer was bearing down on him. He had to make a decision, tried for a power clear.
He didn't get it. Just get the ball back here on the respawn.
Kofir keeping the ball high, dropped down.
First killer has the angle cover only with a little bit of space flip reset an extra touch
Jay gets in the way
Rebellion under a little bit of pressure, but really in control of that stand on defense. No one starved out on boost
No one able to get to the touch get it out into space with M80 retained possession
Why trying to make it uncomfortable swings wide gets around LJ and Rick hits him with a changeup
They actually do what just happened to them.
They're playing the timing game on it like had no goosey had to kind of force LJ out.
Bait him a little bit, if you will, and then that timing to commit on the follow up is really
what's going to set a media part.
They even things up against rebellion here and off the kickoff rebellion, got to recognize
a fast response is really the only way to stand your ground against this team.
The bait was right on LJ. He was expecting an immediate follow-up touch, and instead life went wide.
Trying to create some space.
Mac, tough spot to grab from the corner there, but he fakes that 50 and gives himself a chance.
All of his boosts used off the ceiling. Neutral hop down.
Not much more. Hit the demo though. First killer has no boost. LJ to support. 50 comes out, but he was playing right underneath the play.
and had to swing around it didn't want to just give rebellion a free clear and free transition
fate from life. MEC to the left side! This was a whole domino effect of a multitude of things
that happened and in my opinion it started with no least stealing that corner boost from rebellion
on his turn out because what ended up happening in turn was the last two defenders had such little
resource that m80 and neck in particular were able to just have their way with them so good on m80
for playing the patient game it's worked out in their favor so far and they take back that lead here
in game number two. A rebellion plenty of time. Mech, Dive-A-Born first killers play,
Kofir double reset.
Get two players stocked up on the back wall and the reserves were released.
Mech gets around it.
First killer with a demo.
Halsey screams across.
Got a bump as well and there was too much damage, too much twisted metal on this half
of the field.
Kofir picks up the game time goal.
Oh man, I love this too.
This is just classic rebellion.
L.J. and Kofa, I mean, in any combination,
but L.J. and Kofa in particular in this play there,
just the bump, clear center,
and like a great commitment is what's gonna get that ball
in that net every single time here.
A tied game all the way around.
Gonna see what M.A.D. can do
to get out of there half and respond.
It's fairly quick response though overall
from rebellion, at least in my opinion.
He's so far up on it, and that's that one's prowl risk that's going to get them through
a lot of these situations.
And it doesn't matter if you're playing the low end of the one spectrum or the first killer end of it
He's got the confidence to demo play in what's m80 right back up on top
And you can see rebellion's frustration a first killer just bullsank off the kickoff instead
It's tennis ball back into that orange half rebellion
Trying to really figure something out because most people
people didn't quite realize how well this M80 roster was going to be able to go toe-for-toe
rebellion.
And you know all the talk is about Mech. Mech finding his help on tons of highlight reels.
Life gets a mention or two, but life kind of takes a center stage for M80 in this series.
A lot of these plays happening on his back. Mech in the center of that, everyone contributes
with life, stepping up in some big moments right now to keep MAD competitive and have a lead here, just in game two.
Like we've gone for almost more than that, but first killer, 45 seconds left, rebellion out to find a way through, avoids one buff.
50's right through another, didn't get that corner boost, I'm not sure if it was going to fall or not anyway.
Life immediately crashes and a perfect pop-up touch, but couldn't get a follow-up.
Mech still will avoid Kofur. Mech, air dribble, pops it by first killer, double tap!
Mech, shows the flares of his own!
Look at the patience on this two, he had a full tank to work with, but so did first killer.
That's what makes this so impressive. He delays it just enough to force first killer to pre-jump.
When to go for the attempted save and he times it incredibly
Up by two with less than 30 seconds to go is such a great position to be in for the same M80 team
Now just talk about life
Oh my juice is crazy
You say, you fuck, yeah.
Well, you know what, they win this, I'll get them a Chalky Milk, and they can celebrate their win here.
That's crazy.
One for you two left, don't worry.
Oh man, five for two at the end here.
It was three two with about 15 seconds left.
Left at final score four, you play.
and the two NA up starts getting
it done together at the front of
their team's leader board.
We've got a bargain.
Oh my goodness.
Hey, that was such honestly a fun
game too.
I was a little worried that, you
know, this was like you said a
lot of talk.
They definitely were going to
up a toe with their belly in
here.
I think they're going on.
But having that, you know,
a hint of a blowout at the end
in that last minute or so really
makes this so much more
much more interesting of a series.
I mean, M80, some of their issues in the first game and that second half, they only
generated six shots on net in game one.
This time they get two more, eight, but a lot more of those opportunities in front
of the box, out where they can actually move the ball and actually threaten the net instead
of the ball constantly killed out to the corners.
And again, it was mech and life getting it done, life with the faint on the attempted
flick and just going for the bump, the high percentage play, and then life getting what
was a really solid catch when Rebellion were on their half and he pops the ball perfectly
up the side wall and then lets it drop straight down the Met.
Kofor had to dive forward.
Rebellion were out of position and Kofor was hoping he could just get to the 50.
Metres lets it drop in front of him and then he takes it to distance.
I mean that was excellent work from the both of them and it really shows you why there's
so much upside to this MADT to life and met you in this new school North America.
And the crazy part is, Jor-B, we still haven't really gotten to see Noly yet.
And he was in our top plays this morning. He looked nasty yesterday. So as soon as he starts
getting into the mix, rebellion definitely, you know, could be shaken just a little bit.
Noly's gonna try and make an aim for himself here, at least in game three.
starts off off the kickoff throwing them into their half is next to one that's
gonna play back to their own court.
And Mech has that one handled. Had to use, or had to use, used all those boosts.
Then on the back side that's not getting deleted. Mech no boosts.
Trying to chain dash his way up the wall there. Everyone getting back for M80.
They have control and
He only wanted a better touch there still first killer
It's the ball ripped out from his undercarriage life gets a decent bounce here trying to make it awkward for copper
He was able to fish it out back to his teammate
Holy couldn't get it around him with the with the on the rebound on the side wall first killer will take this out
M80s first possession goes by the wayside
Further back which definitely was the right follows rebellion
tries to re-enter that blue side to keep them in their own half at least for now.
So when we went on to Mech, Mech low enough that that ball placed high with great news for Rebellion.
For now, M80 just trying to refine that that little bit of flow state they found at the end of that game too.
First going to went back to steal the M80 corner, he's got a slight bump on life and the Mech is deleted.
first kill against the Legion.
Mech has no boost.
Easy challenge for LJ, but Noli actually finds life
with no boost, a little bit of power.
First kill is ready.
Unorthodox there on the push.
But hey, you get a shot, you get a shot.
Everyone's getting chipped here at the top of the box.
Only kicks another player out of the way.
LJ buys time and maybe even throws some payback
in a very chippy game here.
In the first few minutes, another demo.
Noli, someone did something to his Cheerios.
I don't know, I don't know.
He's on one right now.
He is absolutely on one.
Because I was going to say, this started about three seconds ago,
where Noli was going in their half,
looking for these double demos on the last two defenders.
And he didn't even care that it was just life and neck on back.
He was like, I know they're good enough to at least keep
the ball in our possession.
I'm going to be annoying.
And then in turn, that made LJs, like, you know,
sirens go off of mm-hmm I started this I invented it in a way let me show you how
it's done and so that's where we're getting those demos back and forth and
they're still continuing on a demo from LJ on to life forces M80 back in their
own house
Molly ages end up giving that up the first killer mech trying to size this up
it was a pass off target rebound from LJ too light go from small pads first
first kill of the whole way back to the corner, only just avoiding, but eventually runs into
his own death.
Probably the whole way back as he respawns, challenging LJ on the play, knocks it down,
it's a little away from mech.
Very haphazard ball play here, his first killer drops it down, free shot, a five, cover!
I actually could not have had more in sync and insane placement on this.
You thought for a split second you're going center or to the right and maybe you're trying
to mind game Mollie on that one, but going far left definitely was the call, Rebellion
had their lead back here.
And to see how long it lasts though, before there was a couple of these back and forth
moments of center over to Nolly. He decides to play it high. Life goes for the floater.
It is wide and here comes M80 racing back home.
First killer has got to be so annoying to play against just everything he does helps his team,
even in all the little things. There's not an air touch. There's not an out of position moment
for first killer. He had orchestrated that goal for rebellion. He's got five saves in this game.
Kofor has the other two. He is at the forefront every single time.
I feel like I say that every time I watch First Killer playing.
But many years at this point, he still finds ways to create opportunities for his team.
As this one goes down, Field Life wants to protect his own boosts.
First Killer waits, coming down. Once momentum, off the ceiling, and another passing attempt, maybe, but just buying time.
time. And he steals another boost. Life couldn't hang on to the ball here.
Mech steals it out. He's only got 14, so first killer does all that work to steal
the boost. And wow, that's nice. Of course, that happened to me more often.
Midfield boost spawns right on Mech. He gets a ton of 50s. Now Moli sets this up.
Life has to readjust with a neutral hop and can't really get an angle or to the
ball. And finally, first killer Flick mecha voids the bolt from LJ and makes the save.
That is such also a high level
Awareness from mech. He opted not to take that mid boost right after it spawned and steady force
But unfortunately for him it just wasn't enough. They got the same just no play after
Rebellion walks away with a win off. What was a beautiful play between first killer and cofer?
I mean, we're gonna get to see it because it's the only one on replay
I mean, it's close as that was
that ending there. There are
these glimpses from M. A. D.
That really have you kind of
sitting back a little bit like,
wow, these new, you know, next
gen Rocket League players. I
mean, they're growing up
learning from the likes of
first killer and L. J. Right
and alongside Cofort. So you
definitely see where the
influence starts to come in.
There's the play, though.
First killer to the backboard
and then there's the follow
up. It's the placement on
one left that kept them in.
It is just so good.
We have to cut highlights down to a manageable time.
But if we rewound another eight seconds,
you just see first killer conducting another pass,
goes around, steals the corner, boos.
He's got the ball.
Oh, you have a clearance?
OK, he cuts that off here.
I'll try.
And then it just finally broke them down enough at the end.
I mean, the first killer is one heck of a player.
And I think that game really encapsulates
what he brings to a team.
Like everybody still remembers the first killer of old
of taking the entire game into his hands
where he's doing the saving, the scoring,
passing to himself.
But it's been a long time since that first killer
has actually existed yet.
He still can't really get that, that moniker off of him.
I think that game, for those of you watching at home,
if you still feel that way about first killer,
should show you how much of a,
how much of a facilitator he actually is
and all the E tried to shot, got off the inside of the post.
No goal for M80 at the start of game four.
They might have found one here, but instead,
he was called for nose diving down,
keeping M80 out of their side.
And it is them on the return, though.
The pressure is still up for M80.
It's just starting to waver a little bit more now.
And there's the big clear out.
No, they put it deep on third, so we're
going to see what he can do with it.
Enough to take it to the ceiling.
Like you said, first killer really
He has led the charge especially against a team like F80.
You would hope it would continue to stay that way and it does.
Well, that was tough situation for life coming back.
We tried to make that touch.
He only had two moves by the time he got the hit on the ball.
And then it got away from a bounce away.
Unable to get a follow-up there, making it easy for a first killer to put the first ball in the net.
We talked about life a little bit too, two games ago.
But last game he was only held to 96 points.
He was held to 96 points.
Wasn't able to get much done at all.
We saw what happens when Mech and Life are able to combine.
First kill it.
Try the old caption term.
Doesn't work out.
We bump off the play.
Life corrects himself back to the ceiling.
And then he looked to sustain a possession,
but gets away as he sits underneath again.
Just trying to create negative space with some of these touches or trying to go for home runs
Sometimes you need base hits the base hits of what helped and maybe in the single game that has one so far
Listen, there's either definitely talking about the single base hits
There's times where you know simple is definitely the answer just a single touch
On net is enough to bait out rebellion first killer was getting all sorts of whacked
by mech in the back there and eventually as I read if I go up now maybe I can
free jump in enough to get the touch on it would know it's just high and over
Nollie gives MAD some breathing room and now they can try and work their magic that we were
seeing in the last few games MAD keep this going it's been tough to build a multi-goal lead
for either squad wasn't until the end of that game for MAD that they scored multiple goals and
and he was pretty much already decided.
Rebellion back, comfort, having to avoid life.
Just kind of slaps this one away.
You have a little bit of space,
Matt didn't have any boost.
Still has none.
Life crashing the corner.
No leak.
Pop up, where can you go?
The life and Matt keep pushing,
they don't have any boost.
I got like eight, you're managing one dime pad, a push.
Finally, life gets a full canister.
Kofors must with nothing, I mean,
it's best to hang on to the ball here.
It would be difficult to get this 50
in the teammates bumpers.
It keeps falling into rebellions.
First killer's 50 right back out.
Kofors shot.
That's not a shot.
No, it's just a touch out wide.
It's a, it's a hurt shot, if anything.
But he's going to try and redeem himself here.
This is a rebellion, definitely.
You know, they have pressure going on for them,
just unfortunately accuracy is not on their side.
And that's not to, you know, their fault.
It's M80 is really forcing them to take those shots
probably earlier and quicker
than they would feel comfortable with right now.
I say comfortable, you know, very respectively.
This is such a high level squad individually.
LJ taking his time,
just trying to force the 50 in to anything
for his teammates, but life makes the breakaway.
The boost spawns in his favor,
so he's going right where he feels best.
the ceiling, the reset over one, two, and no one's in!
I was surprised he got the first kill,
and I thought he had it lined up.
When he slipped through Force Rebellion
to get back on the goal line,
his life will seal the boost.
Looks decent for M80.
How do you push through?
You're through, LJ.
Pass out, shot, not!
Life, he had an open opportunity,
the net was not open,
he had to find something in the scene,
but he didn't even put it on target.
and he retained possession, life still has the boost,
drills it through, first killer takes the save,
neck, sizing him up to try to keep the push alive.
Let's him play it back towards him if you're alive
and it gets burned, it only gets called ball watchin'.
That is such a powerful flip over and to look at this,
that is something, you know,
when you associate first killer,
you associate it with just strong, powerful, everything.
You saw it on his face, the smile,
He knew he was him in that moment and they take back their lead rightfully so they're gonna see if they can extend on it here too
Pinch all the way back and see if M80 can use it to their advantage at all
Get back to that no leave there because neck was covering the wall and
Then no, he's sitting right underneath him. He sees first killer and if you're gonna
start man
You think you might try to go there, but first killer was just given the free reset.
Now M80 have to play hurry up mode, here with 20 seconds left to go and LJ is killing Morton.
Reset over another.
It's an open net.
LJ all day.
3-1 rebellion.
Do it to him twice.
Now LJ's turn gives the space to have the reset and the dump on mech shows him how it's
done.
That quick little insurance goal makes them feel a little bit better in these next 15.
At least less wavering, but you can also just feel the literal momentum,
snowballing into Rebellion's favor.
They block them off out mid, five on the toxic goal.
Nollie, you can try all your darts, but this one's handed off to Rebellion.
They find that match point that so many probably expected,
but this isn't quite the end.
back in LJ doing a what is the what I'm looking for the rule not just a rule one
because it was at the end of the game doesn't mean anything at the end time
is running out there's a three seconds left still we got a little one and M80
we'll call a tactical timeout down three to one and I really think they were kind
of the makers of their own destruction in that game kind of gave a free out to
first killer to get back to that opportunity. I wonder right before what
what Moli was seeing, which is looked like he kind of sat on his wheels and
thought he'd be able to react to whatever first killer did. They get that goal, they
tie things up right. This opportunity is so tight on the double reset attempt from
life. He got through first killer, it wasn't enough and then right here you see
that pull off and then and notice just he's up both of his teammates are on the
same side. I think he kind of cites himself out there seeing first
because he might be unsure if his teammate is going to challenge or not.
Looking at that again, I can see how he might have been a little more confused
either way. That's still an M80 problem and less rebellion forcing them to do
something to kind of put themselves in that position. So M80, they can fix
those things. It's been tight outside of that. But rebellion are showing you
make one of those errors, the balls in your net.
Well, this is technically last chance for M80 as rebellion
holds the match point now after that win.
M80, they've had a incredible performance.
They shut out Dignitas 3-0 yesterday.
It's set them up to look really, really well today.
The problem is, I mean, this Rebellion roster truly is, you know, the top one, top two.
If you, you know, turn a blind eye to NRG, kind of wavering a little bit recently.
They are still at the minimum, that top two, top three even.
So we'll see what can the next Gen of Rocket League, you know, bring here to this open
number three.
That's been some really good moments for M-80.
Good pressure moments.
Rebellion, proving to be a little too difficult.
Heading in to game number five.
Rebellion can short things up here quickly
and officially eliminate M-80 from Boston major contention.
They are still in it, granted, when
you have to put mathematically in front of their chances.
It's never really a good look for them.
But there is a chance if M80 can find a way to get back to me this year.
Yeah, it definitely isn't quite over yet.
They got to do it, you know, granted three more times than then some.
But, you know, at this point, you've got, you know,
to play this like your life depends on it,
but also have a little bit of fun with it.
I feel like this M80 roster is look to their best
when they're just enjoying the game.
They're out there for the for the love of the game, right?
as one would say, you know,
enjoy the fact that they're going up against
first killer and Kofa and LJ.
So you want that pressure to fall off a little bit.
We're gonna see if they can, you know,
kind of reshape their mindset here.
This one's off stealing down Kofa.
It's already on that backward lurking and rebellion.
They're just pretty much playing wall ball
with the backboard of M80.
Another smash.
Stealing kills momentum.
That is a wild foot normally there.
There we go, there we go.
Oh, he's not catching there too.
Aljane plays back around.
Kofur actually fishes the ball back out to Aljane and it's an on-goal!
No, he was right there to make the save!
And Leif makes sure that he can!
This is what I was saying when they start to fall to the pressure.
It's just all gone.
Oh, mech did not have to.
Did not have to sweeten that friend.
Mech actually puts that ball out.
He's still on goal.
Maybe he gets a little momentum, but...
Got your man there.
I guess that might be result-based analysis for me, hercules.
Mech does it on goal.
Great save. Great save.
Nice job.
Listen, the longer they're in the ROCS,
then you can start to dog on them.
But for now, it's almost like a good job scenario.
Hey, you know what?
Most wouldn't be in that position at your place in time here.
So we're going to see what they can do now.
First killer all the way back, great touch from life.
Leaves it for Noli.
Noli's going to take his shot.
It's wide or placed.
And we're going to see Ken and May to use it to their advantage.
But instead, it's just a smokescreen.
Everybody's going back and forth on each other.
and the ball ends up in that blue half.
The wife makes them think that he's gonna go.
He didn't have any proofs.
You just can't get back to this ball.
We can't get control of it if you're M80.
Life's got barely an Iota in the tank.
That's a terrible bounce from back.
That bounce going their way.
They're still finding their way behind the ball.
Rebellion really sweating on defense was in position
Schiller actually out of boosts lj up early to challenge
Humps mech a little bit making it easy to clear it out to the side
But they're still losing their corner boosts and rebellion is starting to really go fresher now life hits the demo should be an opportunity
mech
dust the water
That got a little weary some for me
The the initial touch goes upright and gets the demos are lj is like forced to full send it's that
That tiniest touch of a bump on the LJ on the rotation out that gives MAD that goal.
That's the level of calculated aggression MAD have to bring against this rebellion team.
And finally they're able to pull it off once but you gotta do it again cause all you did
was bring this up to a tight game.
M80, try the pass back, doesn't work, Kopa cuts it, and MEC, nailed out by a teammate
in life with the save, and no boost, MEC collects his own corner, sizes up LJ, but no follow-up
is coming, no off the go himself.
Does find a way to get back to it, clear down field, M80.
that ball gets into safety on LJ. You catch from a Noly, first killer,
harassed on the bump. The idea there from Noly, the ball kind of landed on your side,
like the most of your moment, and your momentum, try to hit a bump, was unable to
really generate the opportunity. First killer had avoided it, and rebellion
go right back, LJ's got full boost, hot shot, life was ready for it.
No way, just happy to be there as life goes around, trying to challenge first killer off
the rock, instead it's a free ball that almost sailed straight into the net for a good turnaround
there from no relief, mech, they put the ball on his hood, decent bounce for life, but ends
up making that a little easier for LJ to stretch across, good job from him all to the 50 to
the opposite side. M80's rotations have been a struggle, but M80's still finding their
way to get behind the ball. Steal some more boost. Life has LJP, he had nothing, Kofor
low, pass out in front of the box, leaving an opening! Bouncer to light, easily knocked
away by LJ. That was M80's best opportunity of the possession. Another shot! Kofor has
the same. Noly not on target. LJ will take it away. M80. Go away, scoreless, but that's
not quite done. Coming across the ceiling. Rebellion. Trying to keep this ball out of
the net. M80 throwing haymakers, but nothing is landing. Rebellion dodging all. Do they
get one more? As it's cleared out downfield, Noly will chase it, bounce on the ramp. Noly
He lives it, life was in the area, still ball in play, and they let it drop.
Three insane opportunities from MAD that could have shut down rebellion.
Instead they fight it off in the OT, Noley knocks down first killer, Kofur, he spots
himself off the side, it's first killer waiting in that blue half, though they want to play
it on the cheeky end of it.
They're trying to be menaces all the way around and instead M80 for now are at least holding their own where they fit for the majority of this series in their own half
And it's a big clear on now that give them some time to breathe
I'm only gonna get back to his brief but
for whatever
That's a good bit of the life
Mech tries to keep control the touch quality was not working out for M80
early in regulation really shorted up giving themselves ample follow-up
opportunities on the ball keeping their touches tight.
LJ tried to bump and you saw forced them to flip off the ball and they couldn't
continue. Now they have to play a little bit of defense. Rebellion, hope it's all
no they're decided not to challenge him. First killer in LJ the whole way back.
LJ hoping for a corner boost. He doesn't get it. Refuses to spawn for him. Now he
Let's first killer come through and a little bit of a faint on the fake there
Mac steals the corner boost out of the way now gets around the ball life is right there in support
But in a miscommunication on the read that kind of extra touch life was thinking something tighter
Mac a lot of changes in nearly abandoned the play
He's still gonna get a shot and he just rolled it right in the first killer's bumper
I mean at some point you do start to get a little desperate and you're like I do have the opportunity to take it so that he did but
right now you gotta do something better than that rebellion here comes the
pressure it's passed over to Kofi he's gonna take it up and play it from the
high end it's low boost neck had to nose dive down he dies but pressure still
falls with rebellion there's low low boost 4 and 80 and nobody's been able to
gather resources or time to breathe we'll see what they can work with here
The Coford two-touches off the ceiling doesn't go down if anybody other than the likes of the blue
Bill must eat from first killer
He won't win the corner boost but LJ's there to buy a little bit of time life staying out of the way
Giving himself a chance at a 50 and he gets that and a little bit more once the book LJ
That was gonna be tough to time. We got close not close enough
Only falls on his own boosts and maybe for care you spot
Life in position to make the save.
Neck gonna take this one.
Bouncer makes it easy for first killer.
Illivise touch, it's just outside of the post.
M80 getting close, but not close enough.
Demo getting first killer a chance to outfield.
And he drops it off back on the shot.
It'll be just wide.
Loli, a little bit of speed.
And LJ will stop the momentum quick.
Loli, he tried to keep things dirty there,
but Rebellion keep it clean.
Light shot, first killer, no dunk.
Only there to support keeping third man on his LJ.
Didn't want to go, finally decided to go,
involved time for Kofir to get reset.
Kofir, reset, Kofir, flip, saves.
Mech didn't have to work too hard for it,
but Rebellion are working on overtime.
Here's LJ, a pie, double tap, he lets it go.
Kofir, denied, he got bumped out of the way.
LJ won't get a boost, he won't get anything.
First killer runs around and just dripped up somehow.
M80, come out of that one alive.
M80 are showing everybody exactly what they're capable of.
Defensively, that is some of the strongest
we've seen them look throughout the series.
LJ's already in their half, but the big clear up to Noli
could be the one.
It's a takeaway from first killer to himself,
almost to their net, but Mech's playing the confidence.
Kofa leaves it down.
LJ's trying to take it shot, but Noli's timing
is what keeps M80 in this.
The pop-up to Kofur is red, and Rebellion are getting desperate.
These demos are coming through, but it's a wide open net!
A shot on Targi gets sent off, and by the skin of their teeth,
Rebellion are still in this!
Almost open, Eljay found a way to close the door,
and they just missed on the counterattack, only dropped to Mick!
Challenge is always there.
Kofur, you didn't get the ball, but it'll take the demo.
No, only three jumping the reed, first killer.
Chips it up, hit.
Mech called off by light, no only in the area.
A little bit of a low boost play here.
Mech's 15 a tank, and we'll leave it.
Seeing first killer there,
lets the space come to this life down to no lead.
Barside not on target, LJ having covered.
Mech will steal his boost.
Spons by LJ, the cover's quick.
Heavy touch, a lot of boost used,
and rebellion continued.
Just what M80's on this?
We'll see what they can do now
We have officially approached five full minutes of overtime a whole other game of rocket league
Has unfolded in front of us
So we're gonna see if it ends here two up from m80 is what it takes to keep rebellion back for just a moment
As they try to clear out towards the mid line life takes his turn
He has his flip, but it's red and taking a back LJ off to first killer. It's a little awkward on it
And it's a demo outman, but still enough for FK
to get the touch off the back of his car here.
And it's handed off to Kovar.
One, two, almost, Eid!
But M80 prevailed.
Here comes the only.
He got the 15.
Life is downfield as well.
Mech has like no boost, and he's sitting downfield
as third man.
The corner boost was there, he took it.
That bounce, well, J tried to read that, almost did.
First kill, diving forward.
Drop down.
Light finds Mech and M80 find more.
Light somehow Mech gets in front of this.
Nolley, hot shot, too high.
Nolley again, getting across it.
Kofa late to the play.
Light with five boost.
He has some support.
Mech held that foot for as long as possible.
It wasn't enough.
LJ head hunting.
They'll find nothing for the trophy case.
First killer, ball snatched away from him.
Kofa will hold the back line maybe a little bit more.
First killer plants himself on the midfield boost.
It doesn't spawn.
He's forced to concede a little bit of space.
Mech, 50 right back to Noli.
And first killer will not relinquish control.
Downfield, denied by Mech.
Not a lot of boost here.
For Noli, as he comes across,
finds a way to get Mech boost and the ball.
Downfield, LJ Bumpa, then Mech blocks his own teammate.
Shot still, he has a chance.
Double kill, yeah, top, top, somehow.
M80 comes out the winters.
The 2v1 reverses and baits not one but two members of Rebellion to take the ultimate
golden goal.
a lady keeps their Boston hopes alive with a six-minute overtime win
Met drop 12
1250 score eight saves
On three shots
1230 is crazy
I think the record is like 1,300 in like in I want to find somebody's definitely gonna tell us the record very very soon. I just I'm in shock like
Genuinely in shock
I mean so excited for this replay to come up to
When it does it look like a dead play and then he was still behind the ball
the first one. That's the
first one. Oh, no, there's
something about a good old
fashion park and reverse into
a half flip that makes you sit
and go, Dang, those shots were
from back in the days of you
know, the gold in the box. I
think first killer was about to
scratch all of his all of his
hair off of his forehead there.
See that reaction as he had
right? And you think surely someone cuts in and easily challenges that. It doesn't
happen. And instead they both rotate around. They think, okay, we could get it.
And so, Metji just flipped back into the ball, and it's just an awkward spot.
So, Metji's like, cool, I can't do anything. So, thanks for hitting that ball back into me.
Now, here we go. We're in game six, after almost a seven-minute overtime.
And Kofir gets bumped by Noly. Hercules, there was a lot of little plays like that, too,
that you don't get points for, you'll get points for bumps, you'll get points for demos on a scoreboard.
But there were so many from N80 that prevented sustained drives from rebellion, gave them chances at the net.
Here we go, fighting for game seven again, not mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
N80 needed a couple of other results to go their way, but they also have to go the distance in the entire tournament.
So if they want to keep the Boston Major hopes alive, obviously winning here is paramount.
Absolutely, and you know it's got to feel really good too.
Some people would be exhausted, but I think when you're in a situation like this and
you're coming in as mech in life, this is just exhilarating.
For rebellion though, it's very frustrating.
You can see them getting antsy.
It was a full commitment from Algernon.
That one allows the pass off over to life, comes back on no boost for
the challenge, which was undone by Kofor, but Rebellion, they want that win back because
reality wise, it's a silly one to give up, or at least a silly way to give up that OT.
Yeah, I mean, the ending looked silly, but there was a lot of work M80 did to create
that opportunity too, right?
So, obviously that 1250 score, he went a whole lot for Mech.
teammates doing a great job as well. I think you've only had a lot of unsung moments in
that last game as well. A mech. We're gonna get much done here, but still M80 will just
throw cars at the ball until something sticks. Now on the retreat, first killer with some
control. But the ball gets shifted out away from him. Really like the way M80 have adjusted
to first killer. A couple times forcing him to give up the ball. Just going for the bump
on him. Finding ways to neutralize his effect on the game, going to keep it up.
First kill is always going to become.
We'll see if that's the case. Very low boost. I'd actually only boost in the tank for Noly.
That all gets exerted too. It's been about six seconds now. Life in Mech had nothing
to their names and yet somehow they made it. We're still able to keep that ball out of their net.
Hopefully it's not the slow roller that does him in though.
First kill right?
Trying to race towards that.
Going for a bump.
Very deep attempt there from Nolan.
He doesn't get it here as an attempt.
Not to the wayside.
Not on target light.
It's one heck of a 50.
Go for kind of five time on the retreat.
LJ turns on a turns off ball cam if you will let's try for two dentals from about one first get a pot little awkward
Met avoid him and gets the 50 as well back
Is it a couple like that? He's avoiding bugs really well. It's still finding his way back to the ball
That is something I noticed in the earlier stages of this series was just how well over time
Not only mech in life, but no only two have adjusted to dodging all of rebellion
Once they realized rebellion was incorporating that very aggressive play style that we know they are very capable of,
them adjusting in real time has been insane.
The musty in from life, he said, give me my clip, give me my gold, and N80 get their lead.
No, he forced LJ up just a bit early, and life, that's a beautiful flick onto the net.
Well done from him, but again, it's that lead man downfield.
We've seen all three of M80 be that guy downfield.
Mech generating opportunity through a bump.
Physicality at the center.
That shot almost just a clean one there for M80.
It's like a two goal lead.
Elgin, he drops this down.
The bunny were up 3-1.
Right now, he's looking like M80.
Right hand the fashionings of a champions field appearance.
Here it's just mech.
Wide corner, double.
We're all getting that.
Especially with all the comforts there.
I bet he will try again.
Definitely have a chance, I think, after that.
That OG, some might have said, you know, maybe.
But at the end of the day, all roads lead to first killer.
Another touch.
He thought Kofo was going for that corner, double.
And so he goes up to challenge him.
He didn't have a lot of boost on the play.
Left in opening as the rest of the scene were coming back in a tough save to make.
That only goes not as egregious as the one a couple of games ago.
No, not as good. We'll see though if Mike can find something here. He gets the
Blomk LJ. Him knows I've been down though is what really was able to pull them 80 back just for
a moment here. It likes getting a pinch off the side and throwing back up.
Bellion Ops for the airplay. Pass off over to Kofa. Kofa plays it down to the ground.
LJ just a little slower to follow up there so it's an opportunity to gotten away from these tops.
Trying to get back into position as quickly as possible. Are we in for another O.T.
on NEO Tokyo? First kill of favorite map, Noly. Drops it. Pass is denied by LJ.
Mech will play it down and we do indeed go to overtime and to see how long this
one lasts off the kickoff fairly standard first killer reaching for that
backboard. It's life that keeps him out. LJ don't sit over it's the worst though.
That M8 are gonna be thanking later on. I'm sorry you were wrong. Someone check the physics coach.
That's insane.
First killer coming back across it.
It's challenged.
Rebound is just wide.
Mech, at a 14 in the tank,
tries to add some momentum with some dashes.
Nollie, covered by first killer with a good recovery.
A demo on the back end, but first killer will buy time for the respawn
and co-responds right in line.
Life can't get much more going.
All of that made me try to figure out where everyone is stacked up.
Mech, right back.
That's straight into LJ's foot for Ripper.
They didn't have a lot of boots.
Mech's eyeball, double!
Downfield.
Cofo had it lined up.
Ready.
Some scary moments, though.
When you see Mech behind the wall.
Has no way actually getting no touch here.
Mech.
Having to avoid some heavy traffic.
Life also a little antsy.
Hey, sometimes.
Only sometimes.
Exactly where you in the right direction.
Here is Mech with no boots.
Let it play.
Rebellion keeping push up though.
Sam's a split for as long as possible.
Life forces LJ up.
This might be a chance for me to get downfield
by time for some proof.
Gets through one.
Battle a little bit of boost left,
but couldn't stay behind them all.
How long does this last low rebellion
consistently taking shots?
It's low off the back of his car and it's in!
Rebellion's gonna shut it down this time in 92.
We did get a heart call though,
but I think we might be over.
We're gonna find out if that stands or not.
It seems like my PC porting to Mollie's, so we will figure that out.
Anti-climactic there at the end.
We'll see if we get the final result here, so stand by with us.
It was an overtime goal, and we did see both, I did see both M80 players up.
The life was kind of sitting back, or right behind them, if you were lying while Matt was coming back.
we will let you know as soon as we get that information and we'll let you know
if that stands or if we're gonna be restarting from kickoff here in overtime
and game number six where m80 we're down three one found a way to fight back
after a six minute and forty but six second overtime found a way to get the
game winner this game goes the distance to overtime it looks like the game is
over the balls in the net, but a pause was called and so we'll see. But what a close series it has
been. Rebellion was doing really good putting the pressure on at the start of that OT and really
didn't give M80 a lot of opportunities there, Hercules. No, they definitely didn't want to have
to reenter another six and a half minute over time. We're still waiting on the final verdict of,
you know that that tech pause getting called there at the end. I'm sitting here in my mind.
I'm like, if I was a pro player, I think the first thing I would do would be to bind pause
to a quick chat because something's telling me that they were too afraid to take a second in
the middle of that, you know, conundrum that was like the last two seconds. And we'll see. We're
going to find out here all together. But if that is the case, I suggest everybody goes and binds
to a quick chat.
My favorite is, I don't think they bind it,
but a lot of players will just literally type P.
And you'll just see P in the chat.
That's the fastest thing you can do.
Even then, I feel like I wouldn't be able to do it fast enough.
You don't think you can do TP?
Honestly, you know, I think my hands,
I would be on the level of like the apparently Jack,
Jack 180 heart rate, handshaking kind of vibe.
I wouldn't that be okay?
I would be on the bridge with my heart attack.
Well, I know Chat are on the edge of their seats
waiting to see the resolution of this one.
They saw that goal in and no doubt thought,
GGs, rebellion win, see a later M80.
No, no, no, no, no, we got, well, it's still my BVN.
It could be the, this could be the most
anti-climactic technical pause ever.
But I know all the MAD fans are out there,
crossing the fingers, crossing their toes,
that maybe this was right, and we play on.
Otherwise, your rebellion is just kind of sitting,
twiddling your thumbs, waiting to find out.
I will say this is a very long deliberation.
Yeah, they gotta go back, look to see
when exactly that DC happened,
figure out if it would have mattered at all.
and then make the decision from there.
But of course, you know,
even if they decide to reset it,
you know, it would be the most rocket league thing ever
is a kickoff goal goes in and the game is over.
A kickoff goal and rebellion wins
would be the most rocket league thing of all time.
We'll see.
I mean, M80, I think that they've done a great job
in this series.
It has been competitive all the way throughout.
They've had some long drives on offense.
have also had a lot of long drives on offense.
Good midfield control from both teams
at different points in the game
and trying a lot of different ways
and a lot of different looks to get by the other team.
We've seen great defensive stands from M80
and we've seen great defensive holds from Rebellion.
Both of these teams have had things that have shown
or things that have shined for them
on their respective teams.
You know, it hasn't been one team just hanging on
a threat all the time. It has definitely been an ebb and flow on both of these teams. I've been very
continued to be impressed by my first killer's gameplay. I still think his facility his facilitation
is one of the best in the world and still does a lot to give LJ and co for some opportunities.
The LJ as well. LJ, we're talking about him being a little more physical and you were really seeing
that on Neo Tokyo, where a lot of times if he thinks first killer Kofur even have a chance
to control the ball, if he's coming back, he's, he's turning the ball came off, he's
swinging, he'll take a boost and he'll just, he'll just go tackle somebody. And he was
doing that a lot on, especially on Neo Tokyo here in this game.
Yeah. When the LJ started to get a lot more aggressive, um, if anybody, I mean, I'm sure
a number of you guys noticed, but once LJ decided to take that approach to MA, it definitely
changed and shaped what the series started to look like. It forced M80 to play a much
more demo heavy style that not necessarily they would have been coming into this with,
but for M80 they adjusted fairly well. They were able to put a lot of those devils back,
trade them with LJ, with Kofur and First Killer even. Unfortunately for them, they just continued
to keep falling a little bit short.
And for them, they're running out of chances.
And this is the last one.
Well, Hercules, we just got the word here.
Rebellion's overtime goal is going to be revoked.
We will be continuing to play in game six overtime life
disconnected at, well, a minute 25 plus in overtime.
So let's take a look at the replay real quick.
We'll see right here is when the DC happens.
you see his car just stops moving completely,
and his car's not moving at all there.
So right at 125.
For those of you at home curious
about how exactly that transpired,
there you go, and shout out to our admins
getting that result and that answer to us very quickly
so we can get reset back into overtime.
And I believe we are resetting from kickoff.
So thank you all for your patience at home.
Herk, we play on.
one more chance for MAD to really force a crazy
champions field.
I mean, you saw like it was, there would have been a world
where A, he could have, you know, returned back in net.
Maybe he could have, you know, recovered off the sidewall
and thrown himself back on in.
Maybe got a touch up, changed all the likes of the game
according to the admins.
So we're gonna run it back.
We're going to see, did we get another crazy OT or is it the shortest kickoff goal you
could expect?
Yeah, that's what I'm saying, you know, it could still be anticlimactic here.
Rebellion could end it right at the start.
And honestly, if I'm both teams, I am thinking, I would have, I'm thinking about this kickoff.
I'm thinking about how to take advantage of this break and, and try to capitalize on
it as much as possible.
So we haven't really seen anything fancy on the kickoff from either of these teams this
series.
Maybe a close sheet up fake is the most we've seen from them, but nothing too crazy.
So maybe this is the time to dial that up if you're either of the coaches here talking
to your team.
We appreciate your guys's patience as we are making sure the players are all happy with
the lobby.
We had to get ourselves into a new lobby.
So they're testing that out right now,
and as soon as everybody is happy with that,
we will be getting back into the game.
Again, Rebellion are trying to solidify the number one seed
heading into Boston, while M80 are at the very, very edge
of playoff contention.
Well, it's almost time.
You're gonna see only one way to find out though.
Get back into it as quickly as possible.
I am excited.
I feel like this has been not only the most physical game ever,
but an extremely high level game of mental warfare
that you really have not seen in a while.
I mean, I don't remember.
I don't really remember a pause like this since, oh man,
I remember it was, I think it was Phase Furia, the whole way
back in, was that in Los Angeles, I think?
Or maybe it was Fort Worth, excuse me.
Thank you, producer, Johan, you know, I just want to all know where you Johan in the chat.
He is a rockstar producer and he corrects all of my dumb errors.
So thank you very much to the entire production team over here.
And but yeah, a very weird moment for sure with the DC happening right as a goal scores
rebellion, think the game is over.
And then they see mek put that pause.
They see first killer stays like, really?
I really can't get out of Neo Tokyo.
I can't get out of here.
This is actually his worst nightmare,
is winning an overtime that would have ended a series.
And then the OT goal gets revoked.
Oh, it was FaZe versus the club, not Furia.
Wrong result, team.
Whoa.
That's, I feel like you're like a block.
That was where the typical me came from.
That was the typical me.
Yes.
was that was the the birth which is somehow Justin got out of the pulling his ethernet cable out of
his computer DC somehow he got out of that meme but I guess he can thanks typical for that
shout out typical wherever you are I hope you're doing well I felt like I've never felt so
old somebody said who's typical in chat we're losing the ancient texts you're just following for
rage bait. No, I have a feeling the kids don't know. There's there's there's been some funny
things that have happened since the Jinxie, you know, era began.
Well, it looks like we are about to start here. They're going to make sure the game
starts in OT and that's when the game will officially start. And we are all most there,
chat over time looming here on Neo Tokyo rebellion trying to eliminate M80 from playoff contention
M80 again they need a couple of different results to go their way I think they either I think they
need either space station I can't remember between space station or foot but here we go we're underway
enough not I'm gonna say enough yeah but we're gonna keep yeah no we're gonna keep yeah enough
Pointless, yeah. Here we go.
Well, the OT has officially commenced.
Ten seconds into it, and people have managed to survive on both ends of the field,
other than this one, starting to get very reminiscent of the last.
Noe takes it away, tries to do it on his lonesome and out in the corner.
Comes M80, trying to rewrite what that initial OT looks like.
It's life goes from one end to the other, Noly's going to take it away, take his time with it too, but no center to a teammate.
Noly, gentlemen's demo with first killer.
Copper just kicked the ball down the field, still gets this 50. First killer right back in position.
position and they're trying to take advantage of any space that they have.
LJ closes the gap quickly, first-killer pumps. Mech off the play, life off the
ceiling. Not the ball, this works out. At least for a light shot on mech.
Mech has the save. The lean will kick that. This is looking decent for rebellion, but I
may find ways to get back into position, get the touch for a little low on
On resources, Elvish drops it down.
First kill is there for the challenge.
Corner booths start to be picked up here by M80 as life
takes control from his own hand.
Oh, you can feel the pressure building too.
You saw him go down for the 50,
and Kofa's already in their side trying to be annoying.
Calls himself off, runs back to help his team.
No, he's gonna try and take it,
he's gonna fall down in the way.
It, that kind of just enough to curve in front of the ball,
but you can feel me, you, all of us holding our breath
on that. That was almost the second worst huge kill of all time next to the
Carrot and Turbo or Fire Burner and Carrot, excuse me.
I can't remember anything anymore. My brain's not working.
Getting old. Here's Mech.
Right off the back wall.
Through one. A lot of loose here.
As it skirts out to the right-hand side. Life.
Not much to do.
Even that, not going to get him anything going, first killer, off the ceiling, rebellion on the turnaround.
It's not awkward enough, LJ will steer the group to lose, and that will be decent to keep Nali limited in what he could do.
Still, that made him find a way to get in front of this wall.
LJ forced on defense to make the play. He's got it, on the catch, flicks it through, got a little power, but off target.
and that actually gives this up on the touch.
Out, sir.
And maybe feeling a little bit of desperation there.
A couple of extra commits on the ball
and hasn't beaten them just yet,
but a bump opens the gap!
Rebellion through all the playoffs, and they eliminated.
The level of composure that rebellion
were able to hold all throughout that last three minutes.
you could just feel it really starting to build enough
to just mind game M80 out and the physical move out
of the way to rebellion stay exactly
where everyone expected in the playoffs.
Rebellion get through.
A nice work there from first killer LJ and Kofur.
LJ had a great series there.
Rebellion will move on to the tournament.
Number one seed still open to them.
We got lots more coming up.
This was a long one.
So get up, go to the bathroom, get a snack or two,
and watch these beautiful highlights
as we get you set for the rest of the day.
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A melodramatic ending to an otherwise exciting series of rock-a-league rebellion does get
the job done to advance in the bracket and M80's split is over.
They will move on as the number one team right now trying to get back to those grand
finals. Join here by the coach of Shopify Rebellion by LaPanda. Hello, good to see you friend. I
got to get your thoughts quickly. You're in a unique situation of having to keep your team
grounded after a series had presumably ended and having to like get your team back on track,
like after the series gets unended. Well, what was that like? Yeah, no, that was tough. I mean,
we thought we won. But we looked back on the replay on our end, like in between. Like, what is
this stuff you know and we looked back ourselves and like okay yeah he he stopped
controlling his car before the goal went in so we're like fine let's play it out
and wasn't too bad. Okay okay well you got the job done the ball did not lie
here I was just talking to Eclipse from Dignitas and he and his team have to win
the whole event to have a chance of making it to Boston you guys are in the
other shoe here where you've already made it to Boston do you find it more
difficult to get these boys like on target when there's like that goal still
yet to be achieved or is it easier now that you guys have already qualified?
Honestly, these guys are hungry for the win. Even though, yes, we've qualified, they want
to prove themselves to everyone that we can be the best and the nice. No, I mean, they're
hungry, we're hungry and we just keep improving and trying to go for the win.
Okay, okay. Well, you guys have qualified for tomorrow. We'll see you guys playing.
Quick thoughts on the upper two matches. They're both exciting ones here foot versus SSG and redacted versus NRG
I was just quickly in foot and SSG they're coming up here next
They're both competing for one of those top spots that you guys I've already qualified for what you think's taking it
I'm gonna say SSG
Okay, okay quick and short today answer by LeBanda. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us
Hopefully I get to chat with you tomorrow. Appreciate it guys
All righty, that is Shopify rebellion through the quarter finals of top six finish guaranteed looking for that top four
Looking for that top two maybe top one they won the first North American open. We're looking to get a second one here
Jormie, how do we feel about m80 here?
Obviously the new roster two new faces and note that new wave of players were talking about in the pre-show
Do you feel like they were living up to that new wave?
I feel like they tried their hardest in this
I thought you saw a lot of really good flashes from this team mech and life, especially
Linking up on a couple of nice plays
No, we had a couple of really great time buying opportunities some great bumps as well
But there was a lot to like about m80 in that series
I think they were their own worst enemy in some of the pushes some goals that they ended up conceding
Maybe could have been easily prevented but even little plays like that getting the bump
It's just so hard to beat first killer man
He was all for this lobby and I know that LJ wasn't getting a lot in in score
Like you look at score. You don't think LJ really did that much
But he was getting a lot of at least getting in the way
Finding solid 50s and he was mostly on like demo duty. That was one of the most ridiculous goals in that in that series
It's not like impressive like like objectively impressive, but it's one of those memorable goals
Yeah, you're really not gonna forget anytime soon. So there was there was a lot to like from M80 for sure
Yeah, that one little particular was fascinating. I agree with like memorable to put it. I think we get those situations in RLCS where these players are so good that sometimes even the weird goals are acceptable things you've never seen before.
Yeah, there's a lot in that series. I think a lot of people are going to think about for a while to be honest, but yeah, there's just it was a lot to take in.
I think as a spectator, as a caster, all of it, it was just, it's like, uh, we were carrying
yoan say it's one of those ones that eventually just kind of becomes a core memory and think
about it in two, three years.
Yeah.
For sure.
Well, fascinating to learn.
I, to my recollection, this was the first time ever a goal had been revoked to unend
a series in RLCS history.
I asked our statistician, he said, no, it actually has happened before one time in theory
versus Secret in South America in 2022-23. So actually it has happened. There's a president
for it, but interesting to think about it in that series in that moment. You have this very new
roster of M80, Jorbey. They think the series is over, having to kind of reground themselves. I
was asking Violent Panda about it. Realizing like, honestly, I think the more veteran roster is going
to be able to do a better job of kind of getting themselves back in that driver's sheet and win
that series. Weirdly, the pause, though they'd already won the match. So Ness, we doesn't favor
Shopify. It's still a favorite Shopify even with the restart.
100% and you know, having that, having that veteran presence just means that
you're going to be able to get into that energy, get into that mode a little
better. And that's definitely something that would be a lot harder for a team
that's not used to being here. So GGs to M80. I can't wait to see more of
Mech and Life, especially when we go off into split two. I'm really curious if
they can take the next step next, uh, next split here in North America.
I'm excited to see those MAD boys back in the road to Paris.
Also correction from our statistician,
it was FURIA versus CLUB in 2021, 2022, Spring 3,
Grand Finals, Game 7, Overtime.
So not only, geez, unending a series,
unending it, taking away a championship.
If you're like, just listen to it,
can you tell me, did the team that scored originally
win that series or not?
I would love to know if that actually altered the results.
Here's our results as we continue on,
those lower bracket matches are done and we have sent United Rogue and M80 home for the
weekend. Time to get into the upper bracket where both teams are staying alive. Foot vs.
SSG. Two teams that have been hot in the conversation about who are the best four in North America.
We were kind of going back and forth on these two teams as who was going to get the fourth spot earlier on the pre-show.
What are your thoughts?
Oh my goodness. I honestly, hot tank. This could genuinely go either way.
That is that is my hot take against them. I know a lot of people are going to be leaning towards SSG on this one rightfully so but
Foot e-sports have been that I'm not even necessarily dark horse
They're just the annoying ones that you know you can count on them to force an upset in the most trying of times
So if somebody was going to be pulling that off today, I definitely think there's a world where it could be that
Well, not to not to throw a pebble into your shoe Hercules
But there's been two series this season that space station have played against foot foot have not taken a single game
Against them space station 7-0 in games played to an all-in-the-series line
So I think it's looking too good for you there, but you know hey, there's always the first time
Yeah, they gotta get one game win first. Maybe if they get that they got a chance
Yeah, you can and if you say that every time then when it does happen, you're right
And we've had some pretty close results today.
I mean, honestly, two matches that we thought were gonna be pretty one-sided.
We're not one-sided at all.
So, hey, maybe this is the one that gets the upset.
Chat was, no, you think it's gonna win in the fan vote there?
Orc, is it the one?
It's one.
This is the upset.
Francisco, stand up.
Whoa!
I'm standing on business.
You are the Lego that I step on every morning.
Okay.
Do you know you can just put it in the box and you don't have to step on it?
Mm-hmm.
Well, this sounds like a self-inflicted injury.
it is. At this point I know I'm most likely wrong.
Hey, I like the faith. I like the faith.
What has been doing work this season
and it's about time to start getting some predictions up here.
Jorvi, you going with them?
Yeah, well, Hercules, unfortunately,
you're 100% wrong here.
Space Station are going to take this series.
It's going to be another sweep
as much as I love those foot players.
Space Station just a little too strong here.
I mean, we've, Jorvi, we've,
I also have SSG on this one, but I feel like,
I don't know why, we keep on talking about the new wave here.
Frosty was someone that we were talking about earlier as someone like, oh, we had high hopes
for them, but then they didn't quite go their way.
Was it really, is it really for Frosty, has his story been not meeting expectations or
has it been getting kicked to the curb by other people that are choosing to doubt him?
And he's got so much to prove here with this foot roster.
I think Frosty just has a lot to prove.
I don't think that it's just the fact that he's kicked to the curb.
I think that his own personal journey as a player and how he evolves as a player will
the right direction. I think
it's a good time to get it
together. I think it's a good
time to dictate his path through
and I think that foot is a good
step in the right direction for
Frosty. That being said, this is
a difficult test when you have
failed twice before. So if there
was any time for Frosty to get
it together, this would be a
good time to looking at this
roster chronic ideas and reveal
versus cheese Frosty. So, uh.
You're saying foot's going to
get it. Who is the players
making the difference here? Is
it a space station player
much cheese hate on the timeline slots are Ella is
a lactose intolerant people so I was like you know why SSG is
going to make some lactose intolerant joke or something and
then this is where we go from that now no no no she cheeses
cheeses pulling up don't worry okay all is okay I like it I
like it also they have played oh I guess that was that was the
the other foot roster, those are the 20-25 parolies.
These two rosters and which are the two of them, yes.
We don't know.
All right, all right.
Let's see if Cheese lives up to the hype here
or do Frosty Sosa and the boys here.
Get it done against them.
Chat, Space Station has been the favorite
in almost every match they've played this season,
but they do not have a perfect record.
They can be beaten.
His foot, the next David, the slay this Goliath.
Let's get into it.
Winner makes it to the top four.
This foot races reach left off both teams trying to fight for major contention
It's who can outdo the other between space tissue gaming input game one brought to you by progressive James
We're for this year's. Oh, yeah, there's so much on the line with this one foot as well
They're down that single point that single point might make all the difference for SSG
and both teams finishes the same placement,
whereas Flut has to out do SSG in this event
if they want to go.
How both teams come out,
that we're going to be telling here for the series.
Flut would be self-proclaimed,
one of the most disliked teams in North America,
if you ask them,
but they also thrive off of it.
They thrive off of this doubt.
They're trying to earn that respect
from everybody game by game.
They're starting to win over a few of them with eliminations like taking down Gen.G.
But now can they take down his SEG squad and really submit themselves.
And I mean, it's going to be a tough stop, especially with DS putting shots at top corner like that.
All right, good save though from Sosa.
Team a little bit reminiscent for me of the left overs.
Team formed players that maybe didn't really quite know what their season was going to look like in terms of teammates.
But Sosa and Giz team it back up once more.
And then Frosty, a player that had a little bit of turbulence, you know, he actually got dropped from SSG.
Had a short, chored stint on NRG. He was really looking for a place to call home and might have found it with these players.
He's been surging as well. Frosty individually has looked really solid. So I'm in the top place of the day.
We get 1v3. See, if he can pull out a performance like that, he's trying to get my ideas right now.
cut in the midfield, reveal up.
Just gonna take control of this.
Like, it's just a little too heavy though.
Cheese takes control.
Wanted to leave that one, now reveal,
getting some bumps down, heel.
We've seen reveals, really kind of put a lot of pressure
on players, but SSG cannot rely on that bump game
from him too much.
Reveals are such an important player.
Everybody needs to be informed though,
if SSG wanna keep continuing on.
Oh yeah, we've seen SSG have some peaks.
Also, some series where they didn't really bring their best.
This event today, this is where they really
need to answer the call.
And this opponent as well, put their major competitor
here already.
We've seen so many chances for SSG.
She's trying to get something going.
A lot of boost.
Maybe the possession.
Maybe something will come here forefoot.
You see Reveal have so much patience on the goal line,
not rushing that touch.
That fall dangerously on the goal line.
Nice chronic on top of the ball.
Can't get that pass.
Jeez.
Frosty has so submit.
He's got to pass it to him.
He's looking to force a defense out.
Right there, so so long into the top corner,
but it's just off target.
Good opportunity there, but not too much happen.
So far only two shots from foot.
Meanwhile, SSG have five.
SSG has been kind of controlling the offensive pressure.
They're looking for six.
Now, DM!
No!
What an angle!
To do that with almost no boost actually lands on the wall with zero
To on zero boost jump off the wall and make that shot is so difficult
No boost for any adjustments
That play from Diaz was spectacular
All right, and he has starting things off. He gets that one
I mean that's gonna do wonders for him and get it comfortable in this series
Not the sign you want to see if you're foot
But less than two minutes to go here plenty of time for put to get back into the game
You see that one good opportunity James. It's been far few in the tween
Again, we're still only two shots out of them. They've been able to get the ball down here
But just can't find that get we strike that they need
Though sometime frosty a lot of that chronic so much moves to deal with that ball
all.
Jeez, trying to get some things on but reveal.
There you get that stop.
Yes, in support as well.
We're going to bump it.
Sosa navigating that nicely.
Demo on cheese.
Yes, has been cooking.
There's the past.
There's the shot.
And it goes in.
You set it.
Diaz in the kitchen once again.
Again, gets it.
0-1.
Beats out two and just that beautiful pass.
Look at where Bronx is positioned.
He can't do anything there.
shot from chronic for the finisher and SSG and control of game one.
This is fun as well.
No, you can see chronic right off kickoff.
We'll get another one statement game here for space station.
It does.
That looks like SSG is the hotter team in game one.
I mean, yeah, great early strike.
We're reading there off the kickoff SSG.
Everything's been going good for them.
And this is what you want to see again.
We talked about it earlier.
That big win against Shopify rebellion that SSG got.
on Friday, you can see they're kind of carrying that momentum forward.
They understand how important this matchup is to get to that Boston Major,
and they are not slowing down here.
Very hot start for SSG, but very quiet.
Four shots to their name.
They've all been by Frost.
We talked about him leading the offense,
but this might be a...
Oh my!
Wait a second, he gets one though.
Put them on the board.
Lovely fake carry.
Lovely fake here. You can see Frosty has a full tank of boost of up from cheese as well.
Chronic plays the flick. He thinks that Frosty is going to go for a flick shot, but Frosty lets the ball off his hood.
Has Chronic faked out hook line and sinker.
Great stuff now. Good kickoff chance for Sosa, but oh Sosa couldn't get that shot on target.
Oh, she's hit it too hard Frosty.
Hopefully that's going to go the other way.
Don't know I get it though, you know late in game when you're down by two you need to take risks
But that one just a little too risky there
Well, you could see what happened as they they they had
You know they they had big eyes as soon as that kickoff
Seem to go in their favor so so going all in on that dive and now they kick off attempt
That's not gonna work out. In fact, we'll blow up in foot space
So you you respect what going for it, but man, that's not worked out. Yeah. I mean, this is a good refill reveal, right?
Because he sees that. Okay. He sees the thing. He understands the kids off.
No, so is the next one to touch the ball and gets right in the way of him says no, not a chance.
Great use of this car. Just put his body in front of it and now five one. This is gone completely out of hand.
But it just goes to show you how prepared the space station game he's been for this matchup.
I mean, in this matchup being so important as well, SSG and foot in that race for the
number four spot.
That's what it's looking like.
Space station has that one point advantage.
They're going to have one game advantage in this series and look like the better team
out there.
And I mean, you know, the emotions are there as well, dad.
You've got Frosty, who was teammates with Diaz last season.
You've got, all right, you've got so many important things
on the line, Daz, and you know that this goal ain't gonna
help much.
No, this one, this one just Frosty's in the round,
getting one in the back of the net.
He went two for eight for that game,
but you talked about Diaz, that's the biggest player
to look at from game one.
100% goal participation across five goals.
He only had a sense to his game, he shot 50%.
And the assists were just so clean.
He was able to just cut through things there
on the defense of play.
And again, he asked it to be the biggest problem
to put the face here.
Revealed that it's really great as well
and the product shooting's been on.
But for foot, just not opener,
you're looking for here, going into the series.
Now you've got to make some adjustments here
before this unit gets out of hand.
Want to see a little bit more coming out from cheese.
So I had four saves that game and only a shot.
They could just share in the ball a little bit more
on the offensive in James.
Yeah, and I think Frosty scoring two goals this game
had that really nice fake.
What I was going to say is that I
think it's going to be a really personal matchup for Frosty,
not only going up against an old teammate in Diaz,
but going up against an old teammate in Reveal
and his old org in Space Station.
I think Frosty, a player that maybe
is playing this year with a bit of a chip on his shoulder
trying to prove his worth.
And I think that's really all of what
is they're trying to show everyone out there in North America
that, hey, you guys should have given us more of a look.
Each one of us individual players,
Sosa, who went out to APAC, had some really great results.
Cheese, who you felt like wasn't the problem on Gen.G.
And then Frosty, who's popped around from team to team.
A lot of people wanting to off field issues.
This foot squad, they're playing with a chip on their shoulder.
But I think when you look at that game,
Space Station, they're just playing better.
Rocket League, it's as simple as that.
It was a dominant performance.
Diaz went wonderful.
And all around, the composure, much better from SSG.
See, if SSG can continue that composure,
Barry started the countdown.
First game of the series goes to that, 83-4.
How will Foot respond here in game two?
Close enough to the win.
Did he get chronic a free shot at Frost?
He has to die.
save those towards cheese and cheese will play past one but it's a heavy touch
so to get away from you get to play a fifth yeah I said you know control of the
ball right now but really doesn't feel like books and control either reveal
will take this will go up the ladder hits the flip you're gonna use it does
use it for a chronic follow-up shot trying to get it to Diaz who begs the
goal SSG strike first again it just dismantling brick by brick there's the
first shot. Fates out the defender with the next shot. And then Diaz, easy rebound shot for him.
He has been clinical. You saw him score last game with zero boost. That had a much easier shot for him.
And now you see, has his G going for an interesting kickoff there. They actually had
neither player on the wings go. Let the last player, the furthest away one, go for the ball.
I wonder if it worked out as they expected.
And right now, this is just kind of dictating the pace here, James.
You see the foot, trying to match them, but it's been really hard for
Puts to start their offense right now.
And this is just done a good job controlling the midfield.
It's been critical to their success.
You can see he has chasing Cheese as well, but Cheese still makes a nice save.
That one was going top corner.
He's also had to outrun Diaz, who was right on his tail.
A little bit of a mix up there for SSG, but Diaz stays on top of the ball.
Reveal a little awkward here in the midfield, Frosty wants to put that on.
But still, no shot here on target.
Interestingly, we see if this counts, there's no too high, so won't register.
That went also high, and they revealed collecting it to try to make things work off the backboard.
SSG's defense has been ready.
There was a great moment there for a second though.
She's making a good play to push it up and over
then go for that fom, trying to clear the path.
Things looking up offensively for foot.
Put that demo from Diaz, takes Sosa out of the play.
And now kickstart, a counterattack for SSG.
Should be an easy shot for Cheese to save.
Doesn't have to leave out to the side while crying.
We'll get a piece of that 50 and Diaz will poke it back in.
Now Frosty can have to do some work.
Looks like maybe a bit of a ghost hit there.
And that's a cheat trying to give their time.
Big play there.
I mean, you can see it's a little disorganized.
Frost is going to put that on.
Cheese looking for the bump.
Good save there from Reveal to Dodge Cheese.
Now still a little bit more pressure, though.
And Chronic looking for a layout.
Great pinch for Frost at the top of the ball.
Does he have a read off this off the ceiling?
It's a piece of it, but Reveal gets another save here.
Sosa will play that towards it.
And just in this one possession,
Oh, Real picks up three saves.
Now SSG looking the other way.
Yes, a little behind here on the follow.
Doesn't get a demo on Frosty.
So a little bit of a delay here for Footh's follow up.
But Reveal just so efficient getting that out.
SSG, do some work.
Front to back before Frosty now moves to work with.
Try to wall dash if that ball does so.
It's still out of boost.
And now the inevitable attack from SSG comes.
Reveal big flip reset.
trying to get the dunk, but the ball kicks out to Frosty.
Chronic tries to take it into the air,
gets around the first challenger.
Frosty up against him now, another nice 50 from Chronic,
takes two defenders out of the play,
all boosted up, going for the double,
but just off, still the shot comes, but not on target.
However, that was a promising chance for SSG.
It has been meanwhile, Chronic trying to clear the ball,
but to give it right back, these heavy touches
are just giving the ball back to SSG.
And look at what they do with it.
Reveal almost found it.
Diaz by long to chronic.
Block the way, how they're supposed to get that save.
Oh, and Diaz didn't put the shot on target.
It looked like chronic was trying to help him out,
but still, the save comes out.
Diaz trying to get a bump, but another save.
It is miraculous that Foot did not concede.
Will they be able to make the most of it, though,
still down by one with less than a minute left to go?
Three shots to Foot's name.
But still a one goal game.
Cheese, hip hop, salsa.
Look, what's the follow of a can?
Just no boost in the tank.
And look what essence you do.
They just keep the ball on the wall.
They don't bring it out into the open.
They are running the clock down.
Foot has to take control of it.
A little bit of opportunities here, but Cheese gets beat.
Frosty's awkward and reveal knows it.
Sends it down to you.
He'll use every ounce of boost on that challenge.
He has a full tank.
Will need to make a big defensive stop here.
Pre-jump gets a great challenge and it gets up and over cheese.
That was a fantastic defensive stand from Diaz
in a key moment in the game.
Not the best touch from Sosa Cheese.
Can't get there again.
And it will hit the ground.
SSG, pressure game two, but as well.
No offense really from them.
They have four shots.
You can see the stats right there just completely.
I've done it all. Yeah, they were outshot quite a bit. They did have some looks. They didn't have some moments
It was close some really good defensive plays that saved Frosty with something else
But you look at SSG they just had a few more chances
They kept at foot back on the defense bed for most of that time and even I'm putting enough pressure on foot now
Just after these two games to already force that time out
Yeah, I mean, but you have to think about it, right? Game one, SSG was at a pretty dominant lead and your goals were necessarily impactful. Game two, you can't score at all. Of course, yes, Frosty isn't the only one putting on the offense here for
but it just doesn't feel collective or coherent at the moment. And the offense of pressure doesn't last long. There's times where, yeah, they can get the ball and clear downfield and try to set up a play, but
But they're not they're not breaking space station away that space station back them down, you know those pinpoint shots
You just remove layer after layer of defense. We didn't really see enough possession
Enough attack from foot to even have that they had a couple good opportunities
But I mean it seemed like SSG was rising to every single occasion and for me the player that stood out was Diaz Diaz
Especially the series has been looking so good
there was that last play in the final moments of the game where his teammates
have no boost. He's last back. He's all boosted up. He has to stop this
attack. He made the decision to go for a float play for defense jumped off the
wall early predicting where he thought the touch was going to come and ends up
getting such a key block that actually cleared cheese because the big thing is
not just getting hand on the ball but making sure it's not in a shootable
spot for that second man. He's such a good play. Cleared cheese on his touch
and that allowed SSG to close out the game.
So you've got players like Diaz on a team like Space Station
for just being too consistent and playing at a level
that what just cannot reach right now.
So cheese there during the time out.
You should have give some cheese some love, by the way.
I think he's the only one with this cam on.
You know, the great guy.
And he's out here.
I just feel like we need more cans, James.
More cans in the place.
And I'm glad you brought it up.
I think cheese is a player that I wish more players approach the game like cheese.
You know, he plays in tournaments, or community events.
You know, he's played in tournaments I've run.
He always wants to do the right thing.
And that's what I love about cheese, is that he does his best to do what he thinks is right.
And, you know, even if it might not be easy for him,
I love that about cheese, great player, great person.
That's right. So we'll see whether or not cheese and play can get some success here after this time now.
So far, he's a changer.
She's right now with a shot and cheese finds the back of the net off the assist from Sosa.
What a way to come out of a timeout, scoring that quick goal.
Cheese has the boost, spots that opening and that was barely enough of an opening.
Maybe if he doesn't hit the post, that gets saved.
But that post in shot, beats the defense and that foot have a lead.
What foot can do, but now kind of dictating pace here.
Great start after the timeout.
Just get things on the board.
Big pickup for the moment.
Great stop there as well.
Brony, either of a shot of Frosty makes that ice cold.
Now he brings it all the way up the field too.
Can he get this bump?
Can he get the bump on BS?
She's a little bit in danger.
He got to keep eyes on reveal.
He's working in the back.
I try to see if you can get an impact bump.
No, no.
Space station team of old love bumps reveal.
He's kept doing that.
Very physical player.
The opponent really makes a difference in this game right now.
She's on the attack again, going for an air dribble bump.
The shot opens up, rebound up for Sosa.
Sosa, can he knock it down?
Yes, he does.
Couldn't have a two goalie.
Back to back here from Plank.
And again, he frosts him so much.
pressure this product it's a tough state and it's even harder to get back with
again your frontman is giving demo what pressure we're seeing now coming out
here from foot back to back goals to start this game 3-0.
You know Dodgers to bomb Sosa needed to take him out to shut down that solo play.
Sosa enough moves to hit this to the corner frosty getting the corner
boost but not the ball allowing chronic to try to do something here the shot is
saved by Sosa a possession in the hands of SSG. Quick challenge from Frosty. Big time clear.
Preach off the cheese. McCartney hit it away from him. Reveal. Only one touch here.
Frosty light touch. Look there's a demo. Sets up Diaz for the double! Diaz! Makes it a one goal game!
Can't be doing that. Frosty maybe could have done something but I'm so sick it's demoed. However,
You cannot give Diaz the ball when your backboard is undefended.
He'll do that to you every time.
As G turned up, what a look there.
Can it get it again?
It felt like they were a little slow, James.
Now they're starting to speed up.
Look at Diaz, again, another B on low boost as well.
He picked up just the right amount of pads
and reveal again, getting physical.
Now foot really getting the pressure put on them.
They need to hold on.
Maybe extend the lead here a little bit.
Otherwise they risk SSG building momentum.
And that was a scary play as well.
Reveal does finally collect that demo,
but he was chasing property before.
Had he landed that bump earlier,
been an open net goal there for SSG.
Reveal really bringing that physicality to the next level.
Although we're about to hit this halfway point,
but still have a one goal lead.
A chance to maybe extend it.
Cheese thinking about going for the leap walk. Yes, sniffed it out so quick. Yeah, he was slippery. Did not let anything get through there
now reveal
The 50s chronic low boost leaves it for Diaz victory for Diaz for communication for message, you know let that happen
It's so chronic low
Geez get the past of no way this and reveal leaves right here. He thinks chronic's gonna be able to get this
It goes out to the side, Chronic.
It was so close, you could even see that little bit of a ghost
touch.
Yeah, it looked like it was going to get it.
Makes that sense to use Jop more hard.
Chronic trying to get it right back, though.
Frosty, great stop.
He has to bring it back into the field.
It's a free look.
Tried to get it behind, so it's ready.
And again, rebound, pretty juicy.
Frosty used up so much, he's getting back to that ball.
Diaz, that's our backward pass.
Chronic's very far back.
Not in position to go for that.
Reveal, lovely first touch.
Might be able to take his ground to air.
So some pre-jumps.
And does get a touch on it right back to Chronic though.
Diaz in the threatening spot.
Missed from Cheese on the back wall.
This could make things difficult, but Cheese will recover.
low recover against the boost.
Diaz pumps it right back into the foot corner.
That crowd again, a little miscommunication
of the crowd, field, the field's repositioning.
Now, just wants to make it hard for Cheese.
Cheese, gets all the way back down to the field.
They're doing a good job of not overextending
now that they have this two goal lead.
Can't hold the midfield against SSG
as much as I think they would like.
They're doing enough here.
They just need to keep it for one minute, so, so alone.
He has three shots, SOSA!
Oh, wow!
Did he shoot it out of...
What was that?
He was pounding there!
I mean, it's a combination of shooting at him and also SOSA doing everything he can to get away of that shot,
but that seems like it should have been a goal!
Oh, no. Pass on a chronic.
Oh, not the best pass.
It's chronic over to the side.
Yeah, chronic.
It has to clear in 30 seconds to go.
SSG needs to strike very efficiently here.
Good pass to Reveal, the Reveal can't get it through.
Cheese, a wall of the net, and that's a great pinch there for Funt.
They should be able to kill the clock here for the remainder of the game, James.
Unless, unless, oh, the game, no!
Wow, what had made some defensive plays this game.
I'd love to see another look of that.
So to say that was the turning point of the game really the play that allowed foot to lock this one in
Timeout for successful and foot
Finally in front of one of these games get that first goal have pull SSG out and really hit them hard
That's the gene did struggle on the back in a couple of times. Now
Now, putting out, okay, we can really make them believe.
I mean, great strikes.
What an opener there for Cheese to start it off.
Yeah, that's what I was going to say.
It's Cheese was just so good at this game.
Good game play from Cheese.
Cheese starting things out with that post in goal.
Really kept it going.
Also, landing four demos, being quite physical.
Cheese, the player to elevate foot.
Coming off of that timeout, getting a really key win.
stabilizing win here
But showing you that it's not gonna be so easy for SSG
Forward here for the series for kind of finally found their footing SSG
The physicality did make things awkward for foot, but it wasn't enough to break through their defense
Now SSG might have to start to make some adjustments of their own James
but biggest thing is also, you know,
Diaz still kind of hot, but he is starting to get
a little bit more quieter.
Again, just not able to get too many opportunities
because of what's he's doing.
Yeah, and then also, I was like,
Chronic is well-chronic, major champion.
Chronic also, perhaps, could help elevate this SSG team.
Diaz doing a lot of heavy lifting.
The real being quite physical.
You know that Chronic also has that ability.
We're already starting off with SSG possession.
Yes, since it lied.
Now it'll be Frosty.
Lots of time here in the midfield.
Good flip, pretty sad and chronic.
Able to make the stop.
So we're starting this one off with a little bit more midfield play.
So-so, almost five.
Oh, man!
You didn't get to follow, but what a strike.
It was so good from Cheese to control that ball and to get the pass off and he thought that Sosa was gonna slot it.
Sosa just missing that shot.
That was within millimeters ago and it does.
It's been rough.
Rough for Sosa as well. We haven't really seen him get too activated so far this season.
If you can get one of those going, that could be a big change in the course for Frosty.
You can see she's looking for Frosty.
Frosty, I actually got a piece of that.
Wow.
And so, so, making sure it reveals not comfortable.
Let's still hold on to the ball here.
Okay, good.
See it foot, you keep things going.
Frosty's touch did slow down the defense's breakout.
Now, Brownie, gonna tip that to the corner.
Good challenge from Frosty as well.
Couldn't get that corner boost steal,
but there's still space for Sosa.
Pops it up for Cheese.
Cheese, gonna keep going.
That's shut down and Frosty, have to take you back.
They get control there.
But that's where they're looking for a way
to kind of clear it out.
And not going though, not scoring for this long.
You tell that first goal to be such a momentum shifter that saved there from cheese
products and ascended across the DS who's up as revealed, but the real knows he needs to get out of there
That ball is not going near him anytime soon
That's a G chance if they can track this straight down. Yes, I'm together with one team
He's long clears between each other
It's revealed to do something was trying to go from the flip pass ended up giving up the ball
Diaz reliable in those positions also one out the corner breeze so so challenging deep doesn't have much loose frosting long
Loose as well. She's the only one with a tang now. Plus you get get that mid-boost will be able to turn
Frosty can
You can see the adjustment from foot here again just kind of spacing themselves out not taking too many risks on the back end and
It's been helpful in terms of stopping SSG from moving up field as well as again incorporating a little bit more passes here
It's a much better foot than when saw game 1 and 2 and then it makes you think that they're maybe their strategy
Just gonna be counter-attack
Try to find that quick banking play. Maybe you can go for a lead block play if the numbers line up
There's offensively but not shown as much this game compared to last
you said
More control defense kind of just slow SSG down more than hit their pace
And it seems to be working me look at Frosty too right just catches that ball low and gets it at least in front of the goal line for a moment.
Versus the other option which has been kind of just bang the ball away.
You're trying to keep it a little bit more close.
It's allowing them to do much more now because they have to pull SSGL.
It's easy for reveal to read, hunt it down, feel deep, cheese will look across, feel good,
so they can't go for it.
Frosty was already jumping, it was very awkward for him, didn't have much boost either.
Things starting to get a little sticky here for foot on defense.
Reveal going for a bump, this one off the bar, Frosty slows things down and they somehow
survive.
Yeah, I mean it's so tough, right?
You see that slight mistake that you point out, James?
You see how ready SSG is to bounce on top of the foot
in the bit of a danger zone right now.
He's shot!
And Reveal gets wide, a break down here from Foot.
They still never quite recovered.
Chiefs was the one who had all the boost and Frosty backflips.
Maybe he was trying to get back down to the ground,
knowing he didn't really have much of a chance on that ball.
But regardless, a defensive breakdown for Foot.
Now I forgot to turn up the heat.
Otherwise, an atch point situation here.
Geez, plays it high.
So it's a jump for that.
So maybe it's so he can't follow it.
He has to go back.
Frosty full boost here on the corner.
Oh, it gets a simple lay.
No respect here.
Diaz more pressure.
Look for the top corner.
Confined it.
Reveal, and Diaz both get him on the plate.
So now some room here.
First foot, good initial touch with Frosty.
Shot again.
Instantly, Reveal almost picked that up.
Could have been a scoring chance.
Cheese did not get a good touch there.
So many times, Diaz has been in a position
where it's a very dire moment.
He's SSG's last home.
And he gets the perfect touch to bail SSG out.
Diaz having a heck of a series.
All right, time to come down.
Loom down, Field to Frosty is cut away from Reveal.
Reveal's going to carry this over one.
and just don't cheese.
SSG put the series on match point.
They just needed one mistake on the side of foot, James,
and they were able to capitalize.
And they were ready.
You even saw moments before that.
It was still the tail end of the same play
where Foot makes a little bit of a misstep.
They get out of position with low boost.
SSG immediately starts amping up the pressure.
And Foot, it looked like they might have finally gotten out,
but no, SSG turns it right back around.
Cheese was the only player with a lot of boost in the tank
and he missed that challenge as second man.
It was critical Frosty back flipping on the play as well.
And as soon as Cheese misses this challenge here,
you knew it was gonna be over.
Yeah, that was just a really unfortunate one.
And it was so late in the game as well.
They had good strikes, but now foot in such a tough spot.
Loser of this series is gonna play Rebellion tomorrow.
That's not the, you know,
that's a really unfortunate matchup.
then, you know, the winner that you're racing is going to automatically be put in the top
four. You still have to keep fighting. The stakes are so high. They are so high,
Dazzarine. When you're looking across the pitch, you see a team that's within one point
of yourself. You know that this win here is so critical, will likely be the difference
between making it to Boston or watching from home, especially when you have a team as good
as rebellion down there who you know you play them good chance you're gonna take
the L. The pressure is on you know that these players feel it.
On your last foot. Game five. SSG foot. Uh-oh. And it's their check off goal for Diaz.
I think they twisted their ankle on that last foot as that is not what you want to see if
if you're a foot fan.
Not the best stock head.
As you can see, he kicks it off pretty quickly.
Knows that plenty of time on the clock,
they can get one back quick.
You need that, especially in a high pressure situation
like this.
Of course, your life isn't gone here.
But you wanna make things as controllable as possible
while they're still in your hands.
Yes, trying to take life away from a big bump, but Sosa there to cover.
Chronic switches to field.
Dias will jump early, but Sosa still gets to the ball first.
Good play from Sosa.
Frosty trying to work, but Sosa can't help him out.
Has to bail out. She's too far back.
Let's get the top, or pass over to Frosty, who goes for the double,
but reveal denying the double opportunity.
He's a foot for a wave dash, a little awkward here though, I'm not saying it's cheating.
Talk about this.
Yeah, he's a foot for a wave there though, from chronic.
I think he's all the way down here.
I don't know if he's gonna be able to get a piece of it.
He has six for a cut here.
Try to buy the team some time.
But you can see, Foot now started getting a little more control of the pressure.
Yeah, can they make something of it?
Cheese, going for a dive in, this is it,
crossing not much loose here.
Goes for a 50, Diaz around one, Diaz runs Sosa as well.
But bumped off the ball,
however, Kronik was there to help out Diaz up early.
The shot is good, Diaz is on it today.
As a bit of Diaz in revealing,
great 50, Kronik hits it off the wall,
reveal eyes, cheese, and says Diaz,
I'm giving you a costimately open net.
Great way to knock him out of the play there.
You saw the confusion, but I mean,
it's just a really good shot.
He has a really good play by SSG.
Going for a bump potentially here.
G's helps Sosa out.
It seems like SSG continue to stretch the distance.
And sooner or later, it seems like they
make me too far away for foot to reach.
So it's on top of this one.
It's completely bumped out of play.
Boss in the time.
Brownie trying to take the time away from him.
Foot.
You might start seeing just a little bit more increased tempo.
Maybe even at the sacrifice of accuracy.
They're trying to turn this around.
Boss, look at it.
It's just too fast.
It just gets away from him.
You saw him miss another touch over on the side wall as well.
really fine touches that you want to do a drive touch not jump into the ball need
to be perfect on those just miss the ball that could have been really
promising attacking opportunity fourth foot
he's jumping but it's revealed all the way got some help there
and put we'll have to control this just make the asses a little bit of boost
cheese gets a demo of chronic in the back and he knows he has some time here
Oh, oh, whoa.
Yeah, that's going to slow you down.
That's going to give SSG everything.
They need more demos coming out.
Now, chronic, what's the pressure, G.
I'm going to say, Dad, it's just twisted ankles
and stuffed toes out there for foot.
Yeah, it's, I mean, it's, it might get put on IR soon.
I don't know.
We'll see.
And she's from Frosty, all the way up the building.
I mean, these pitches, they don't allow for too much follow-up, James.
Frosty has to follow up to kind of keep it in play.
The defensive defense a little time that means that they're still getting aggressive on this but that clearance
Look, she's now trying to dive and he's got no boost and he was the one that burns his back
Look at the opposite corner breeze though trying to get something going offensively. This is a prophecy chance the shot is blocked
So it's a really need to slot that
I guess it's a place also coming up again Diaz could turn her breed on that
Frosty, oh, three-jump there off the ceiling, looks for some...
Oh, he almost slotted it!
Chronic will follow it up, no!
Denied on the goal line by Sosa, and Cheese will clear it out.
Double-dinger.
The crossbar twice.
Foot still in it.
Still have a chance, Sosa picking up that mid-boost.
Looking for a teammate.
They never pulled the trigger on the pass.
Still could be a shot or a chance.
The shot never comes, though. You can see Diaz.
Snipping out that infield pass a little bit too telegraph from foot
How great would it be?
No, didn't leave there in that major race
Come off had a couple tricky results, but on the final open you keep things together
That's what I says. She's looking at right now the field with reset over a field
All the way across the field
Oh, that was so good from reveal 1v1 situation comes out on top and it seems like space station
have done enough 38 to go that is what it feels like it's been control since game one
ssg kind of put the notice on foot oh it's frosty almost got it so it's just follow up
It's not going to be enough either.
SSG has made it clear.
They have set the bar.
Foot is up to foot to reach it.
And foot, and getting in their own way, time and time again.
This one though, SSG, four to one.
As they are going to move on here,
the championship Sunday in the top four,
and get that much closer, hooking their trip to Boston.
Great stuff from SSG, cheese, I've heard you calling the DGs in the chat.
Space station taking down foot, improving their chances at making it to Boston and it's not
locked in yet, Desirene.
You know, we still got access to play this weekend.
But still have a chance as well, but the journey for them has gotten so much more difficult
because they have to outplace space station gaming.
So now what they're gonna have to hope for the SSG drops out in the semi-finals and what's gonna have to make the grand finals
If they want to be able to make it or you know, maybe they'll win the whole thing. You never know, but it's not over yet
For foot. It's not locked in yet for space station. But when you look at the big picture, this was a huge power move for SSG
Yeah, that's one definitely big and I think like for me as well
So, you know, I think for teams like Dignitas now,
I think they're gonna be out of contention.
This was just such a big win here for SSG and for foot.
They've gotta get things going back to what's tomorrow
for their matchup against Joppa Fire and W.
That being said, we're not done here with the ROCS today.
We still got a bigger matchup to close out the day.
It's NRG versus Redacted coming up next.
Oh no, this guy's going that way.
Now I'm getting the lay of the land.
The LA's can be a big test for a young homeowner
turning into their parents.
There's an overflow lot somewhere in the vicinity.
If the garage is full, they go to the auxiliary.
Instead of the garage is full, they go to the overflow.
I heard him.
I was right here.
Let's just stand quietly.
I bet you guys have driven some great cars, huh?
Progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents.
But we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us.
I think you might have brought the wrong car.
We had the red convertible.
I
Ooh, she told me don't worry
If it hurts, I'll be fine
You're my best friend
We'll be waiting for you for tomorrow
She told me don't worry
She told me don't worry now
She told me don't worry
I
There was only one look at me speak I saw her cut out
You came next to you, next to you
Put her in a feather for the sun to move
She told me to hurry
If you're up on me from the top of the ground
We'll be like fire in the water
She's so good to love, yeah
So good to love, yeah
So good to love, so good to love
Five games later, Space Station is through to a top four finish guaranteed.
Got a chance of making it to the top two tomorrow in Championship Sunday.
Footy Sports with that loss drops to face off against Shopify Rebellion first thing
Tomorrow I'm joined by reveal here reveal you just happened to beat Shopify rebellion yesterday
What was that win like was it was that important for you guys as a team?
I mean, yeah, and it was important to get the top six so we can outplay us foot
We still haven't done it yet, but we just made a job a lot more easy
You absolutely did a congratulations on the victory here over putt is obviously whoever finishes the better between the two of you
is going to be the team that is a little bit ahead in points there so a big
important win there for you guys tell me about playing with your with your team
here yeah you had a completely new roster from last season talking to me
about chronic and Diaz what's it like playing with those guys. Chronic is a
very solid player over and he's a major winner so of course he is and Diaz he's
like just a Brazilian she likes to go for the ball so
Yeah, what is it is the one of the vibes like with you guys especially compared to like previous roster's you've been on
I think the vibes here. I've always had a good vibes on my team, but
Sometimes when Diaz like cooks he just like burns the entire kitchen. So sometimes the vibes aren't as good
But that is pretty good
Wait, does he does it how good is he at cooking? Like how often is he burning the kitchen versus like making good food every meal bro every meal?
meal. Well, I'm sorry for your, I'm sorry for your dietary health. I hope you guys are
figuring out what to eat over there and hopefully they got some good food for you. We got energy
versus redacted coming up. Top two dogs out here. Who do you think got it? Probably energy,
the more known team, the one world class here. Okay, okay, okay. But I mean, hey, but we're
actually looking pretty good recently. I mean, yeah, that's true. Okay, okay. We're all saying
True things out here. Yeah, reveal. Thanks so much for the time to talk with us. Good luck tomorrow. Hey, thank you
All righty, that's space station through to the semi-finals here the winner of the loser of this matchup
We're about to have versus dignitas will play them first thing or not first thing
They'll be in the middle of tomorrow, but what a day of broccoli we've had so far put these boards tried to make it entertaining
They took that time out they make it the win in game three, but after that didn't score a goal here James
Yeah, I was really impressed with Diaz. I think Diaz made a huge impact on the series.
Not only offensively scoring a lot of key goals, but defensively in some really critical
moments in the game that could have been turning points that allowed Foot to get back into
the games, maybe win some games. He was making stops. I think all around Diaz, my MVP from
that series looked spectacular. There were good moments from Foot. There was that step
up from Cheese after the timeout where it looked like Foot really were going to be threatening
But in the end SSG were just too good. They had they had them dominated
I there really wasn't much of a question in that series
If SSG was going to be the winner it felt like it was a matter of when they were gonna be the winner
It was they got that one win there her can gain free but other than that they scored two goals foot out scored here
This was five eleven to five goals
This one SSG clearly in the driver's you how'd you feel about your boy cheese out there? You know what?
I set it off off stream. I was like, you know the way I feel about cheese is the way I feel about the cowboys
I'm like every time I see him. I'm like next year's our year next games our game
You know it's gonna happen eventually and when it does I'm gonna be really happy for it
So you know of a next time next times our time
Hopefully it's next next game next split not next year. We're only well. I mean it's still next series
Is it still not technically impossible for them to, you know, there's still a chance.
We've seen crazy things.
You remember the Gen GK weekend, I wouldn't count foot out just yet.
It is not looking likely, but it is still possible.
It's looking less likely because the team they have to play as the team that is already
qualified for Boston, their Shopify rebound at the top with the most points in the region
that'll be puts match up tomorrow on championship Sunday, but still playing to see which three
three teams to join Shopify
in Boston representing North
America space station up there
in the semifinals now Shopify
versus foot will be one of our
matches tomorrow morning. It's
time for the final match of the
day. This one exciting for many
reasons, but most importantly,
you win it. You are in it. You
move on to Boston and RG versus
redacted two of the hottest
squads in the region facing off
here. Her looking to punch their
ticket to the East Coast. Oh my
gosh, this is so exciting. Not
the whole, like, org-less storyline going on, right?
But this has been the most wavering we've seen NRG
in quite some time.
And now they're facing off against the most
talked about roster all over the world.
This is redacted.
They have come together and formed this, you know,
you know, Cinderella team, so to speak,
that is taken down everyone.
And if, like you said, if they do it here,
They also are top of everything.
Get their Boston spot.
A huge matchup.
And honestly, I feel like all eyes are going to be on NRG here, James.
But you were saying earlier, and I was watching the show yesterday.
I was watching your broadcast.
NRG didn't look the most polished on the day.
What?
I wouldn't say such a thing.
Also, I don't think they're wavering earlier.
What?
Me?
No.
Also, either wavering or...
Is it wavering to Brazil redacted in the Grand Finals?
What are you guys talking about?
This is going to be so easy for NRG.
They dominated redacted in the Grand Finals.
I cannot believe you would even insinuate,
Waipunk, that I meant I said anything about NRG looking
mortal this weekend and going to Game 5 against C.L.
and Shuffle's kittens.
What?
This is coming from the team that went 5 in the Swiss
and lost to Dignitas, um, I believe in, uh, game five?
Was it game five?
They lost, like, they lost, like, six games, or five, no, five games.
The entirety is the last event.
You can lose to Dignitas. You can lose to Redacted.
Yeah, you know, I will say that it's possible.
It's possible Redacted could do something here, but, I mean, NRG,
they just had the most dominant North American regional
regional that anyone's witnessed in the past 10 years. So I'll leave it with that. It was, it was,
it was very, very dominant. But here's the thing, like keeping up that consistency we've seen from
the open number one staying consistent is super hard. The longer you are consistent, the more
difficult it is to stay consistent. Will they be able to do it again here, folks, and keep on the
good and narrow path here? Hashtag NRG or NRG, if you think the world champs get it done against
It's redacted hashtag red for redacted.
Let's know who you think is going to win.
These teams lock in lots of pressure,
but at the same time, it's an upper bracket match.
You lose this, you still get another chance tomorrow.
And there's not, this is not one of those
if you are lose, you are out.
So there's everything to gain, not a lot to lose your heart,
which is a good recipe for some good rocketing.
Who do you think's got it here?
Oh, you have to go redacted.
Not only to rage bait, you know, James into oblivion,
But, you know, this is where it goes down.
This is, this is, you know, it's not even an upset.
It's just a fact.
Oh, okay, hold on, hold on.
I mean, I think it's an upset.
It's ridiculous.
Well, I mean, I think that you could make a prediction
on whether we'll see another Brazil or not.
Production, I didn't make my pick yet, but all right.
Okay, all right, I will say this.
Let me think about it.
The ROCS world champion or an unsponsored team in NA.
Let's let's frame it that way. Give me the world champs baby. I'm going in our G
I'm thinking of money and money somehow makes you good at rock league out here. I
I've been working for it RG. Let's be real. I think talk is the face of the new generation here
And I think NRG doesn't have too much to play for right now in there and also most importantly
It's not championship Sunday. They're champions, but it's not championship Sunday. Give me a redacted on this one redacted
They're taking the Boston right now and for the first time in maybe four years
NRG is not going to be the favorite on the desk in North America here. Still favorites of chat though. Chat knows ball
We are going to the races folks. The winner gets to go to Boston the loser
He still has to play for that title tomorrow. They'll earn an opportunity there
But NRG reigning world champs take it to the pitch once again
Redacted gonna try and knock them off their front throne even if just for a little bit redacted versus NRG
to get underway with our final match of Saturday's top eight playoffs here in open three towards
the Boston Major. Redacted and NRG both likely finding us there. Believe it is. I don't know
about those predictions or not. Game one brought to you by progressive and less certainly
side in one way, and that was protected's way.
Oh, Nazareth.
That's a good way to start.
That is a good way to start.
Two-piece opening up the scoring.
Great initial cheat off the kickoff.
Sales it right in.
Major implications on this matchup,
Jorbey, is it really simple.
Whoever wins is going to Boston.
Redacted, it's not completely out of pocket
to say that they could win this match.
They did, after all, beat NRG in the first open.
But, I mean, let's be honest, NRG were kind of sleeping
compared to their open two performance.
We're dacted, they've certainly proven themselves
regardless of how NRG have looked at it any whole time.
I don't know if we're gonna go from Wavy Daniel Wavy.
Okay, context will relapse because it's Drowby's fault.
Drowby said before we got to the game,
have fun, don't angle.
And Wavy said, is that directed at me?
And Drowby said, who else would it be at?
And this dude gets angle, there's no way.
I can't believe that manifested that's pretty wild
And you know, it wasn't really his fault. It was like a four-stone goal. So does that really count? I don't know if that counts
I mean listen, it depends on who you ask, but sure man
I think he's I'm pretty sure he's thinking about it. This is what we are like the pregame cast or curse is crazy
He's definitely he can blame me for that one. I'll take it. I'll take it
All right, man. Let's let's see if they cleaned it up obviously
You know people laughing between these two teams, but oh and our G looking to get things going again a topic
Which aiming for the re wanted gold there? What's it gonna get it?
Everybody over that has been elevated and so far most years against energy talk with the job
Target he had the placement was just a little too far to the right there
I mean, he had to be perfect with it.
He didn't have any boost on his launch.
That touch was beautiful in the way of talk.
Here he goes again.
Quick pass, now it's a wavy, good cut off by Daniel.
Get down feels a redacted.
Coming out full jets.
Unfortunately for them, they flew right past the ball.
And Atomic will pick up the game leading goal here for NRG.
Atomic, there's so much space here.
Look at all the time you get.
By the time someone challenged, it was too late.
He's already placed the bag of the net.
You cannot give Atomic that much room.
Atomic's been having such a good performance.
He's had a couple of events.
He's elevated.
He's been just so strong in offense for NRG
that you can't, you have to cut that
if you see him going up for a shot like that.
You can't let him get that for free.
Redacted, somehow he gets that read on Atomic.
Two-piece no-froze to collect NRG's corner.
Redacted, cut the lane immediately.
good positioning from Wavy leaves it down for two piece and good for right now from
redacted on offense able to squeeze that 50 out but P's vote was ready for it on
the other side. Denner just rips that ball. No follow-up immediately allows Wavy to
take this challenge. Now when two piece jumped off the wall there and that's gonna
kind of slow things down a little bit. Talk don't pick things up. Big flick out of
time. Hasn't got anything to score in so far this game but we talked about talking
three-shock just alley him. There's such a great talent here in North America.
And kind of almost the face of that new generation arguably. What can you do against NRG? Right now
the only thing you can do is get demoed and loop the net wide open. Two peas not gonna be able to get
there in time. Daniel does it all himself there. Yeah and you saw Wavy, he wasn't there because
he was trying to demo beast mode. NRG were successful on the demo. Two peas just had no
time to get back after that great opportunity for NRG to take advantage of.
That's the struggle with this team, you know, sure, Redacted beat him in open one,
open two is a different story, Daz. Despite Redacted really looking like they
could try to claim maybe the second best team in all America. Here's two peas, he
finds, catches NRG out trying to catch this ball, will pick up a second goal.
It's a time it looked no boost here, just kind of over does it. I think he was thinking
They thought maybe there was a little bit of a live-stand, but two-piece was tracking it, and he knew I'm not gonna let them get out of this battle going for a great decision-making.
You're not gonna get a mis-touch like that from Beast Mode every day, and you better capitalize on that. They do. Two-piece has to hurry back. Beast Mode already down.
Daniel, half-pre-jump. The topic is just taking the shot. High off the bar. Beast Mode will collect. Nobody wanted to go from redacted.
I mean, I don't know if anyone could look at that perfectly above two feet to be torches
Oh, he couldn't get there time and just again the rest of the deepest is just too slow and
Beast mode to the top left corner
Redacted they get one step forward and energy push them two steps back back past from Daniel back to be smooth
Nice little steel from wavy
Woo! Almost a really good wheel work there from Tawk.
Just had NRG breathing down his neck.
Find a way to actually get control of this ball.
Beast mode up high.
Tawk couldn't quite get the catch.
Still makes up for it with the 50.
NRG won't leave the third.
Daniel, scoop, boost, go!
No! I thought that was a short goal!
But Beast mode banged it off the bar.
Yeah, that's the thing from up in the last one.
We did it. This one's right down to Tommik.
Free jump, two-piece, we'll be able to clear it out now.
Daniel, he's got to clear it down, field, so far.
It's just been, you know, I do so much control with game one.
It's just hard for Redacted to get in.
Now, especially down this depth, you know,
you're going to wait for them over to make.
And I mean, that's just going to be one of the things,
you know, you've got to kind of look back at just a little place
where Redacted's a little too slow to get things going,
G just really picking picking things up and just capitalizing like anything they
get and not a lot of time left for redacted either some good looks on this
push it goes about 30 seconds left the real shot and tie this game up but it
hasn't happened right here where are they going I think they're trying to
figure that out right now maybe no boost two-piece no boost either everyone
kind of starve. That's off to the opposite side. NRG waste a lot of time off the clock
and looking like a game went easy right now for NRG to get bumped out of the way. NRG
keep possession and still continuing this evolution in playstyle, Daz, where much more
aggressive as a team and piling all the goals here against Redacted, their fifth and a sure
game one victim. I'm a good
couple there. Again, open it up,
atomic in another time. But you
just see what I'm saying.
He's backboard reads there,
coming out of redacted. It's
just, they're not ready for
whatever happens. That NRG can,
um, that NRG does. Like the way
you place those backwards,
such as it's happening in the
right spot for it. And NRG has
been exposing that every single
time. Every 10 game one pretty
And for sure, it was looking like Redacted might be able to fight their way back after
a key mis-touch from Beast Mode created some chaos on their goal line.
Other than that, Redacted found their opportunities hard to come by despite nine shots registered
on net, all coming from two-piece and talk, two-piece collecting both of those goals,
but everybody on NRG getting involved, especially Daniel, sitting with the Sazer Medal, 100%
shooting two goals on two shots.
Atomic also almost straight to me across the board
to assist two goals off of three shots.
And we saw Beastmore, he was great at enabling it.
He got a goal and assist as well.
So everybody lighten up the scoreboard for NRG and D&M.
Yeah, you just can't hesitate there like that.
I mean, you see it again with that two-piece play.
Definitely not the best choice of words there in a moment.
But that being said, it's just going
to show you how well NRG have them just hesitating when they're in those moments where, okay, I don't know if I can go for this. I don't know if this is the right spot to make the right play on it and just get punished for having those little hesitations.
Now Redacted did have a couple of good looks and they were throwing a couple of different things NRG's way despite nine shots
It really didn't had a lot of purchase in NRG territory for extended periods of time
Like you said NRG's placement of their of their rebounds on the blue half
They also didn't stay in the blue half long because well they were putting the ball in the net
Redacted
We'll find a way to show up the defense took to do against this NRG squad as the defense is absolutely
Daniel picks up the first goal for NRG.
Just a good wave for Daniel recognizing Toc just going to bite there on the plane and
completely punishes him for it.
Now NRG again just picking up where they left off.
Still though, so much pressure NRG is going to pull out just to make Redacted feel like
they have to play that fast.
It's gonna be tougher in our for redacted to just get around that
Maybe we'll try it also. I love the decal from wavy a slight pre-job there
Come on. Someone's trying to name it that one. I'm terrible with the names of the items in this game
See you later with every car being plain wagee. It's nice to see a little bit of character. It's wavy
As I'm dropping that one down
Two-piece has to hold. They try to pinch. They get a little bit of one, but not on target in
base mode. Got the pinch.
It's an out-base mode. Look at him just taking it slow.
Take that up. That's Daniel. Waiting there.
And then on G, you can just take the time as it moves our field. They know they have redacted,
but you're low on boost.
They have a redacted. Nope, they don't throw the ball. It's good to see those transitions.
Oh my god, a laser from Two Piece into the top left corner.
Yeah, Two Piece got the whole pie on this shot.
Wavy has the clear.
Nobody there to challenge, and he rolls it right
in the corner of his car.
It doesn't get much better than that.
Top corner with that kind of power.
Heating good on that one.
Great shot from Two Piece, the owner of all three redacted
goals so far in the series.
I'm a little power slide there, no boost left for him, and again, Tok will dive at 2-piece,
almost running into Tok.
Wanted to pass over to Wavy, Wavy's got really stretched for it, really want to push it,
a fast movement to the ball.
The chance to get it a challenge, they're just going for it, attempt a double tap, the
opposite side.
And Wavy's 50 right underneath talk and he gets knocked out of the way.
Daniel, a pie double.
Got Daniel, just high, but Beast Mode is there.
Little slow, got the dunk.
Drop down, it's on, it couldn't go.
Somehow Redacted survived, they're not quite out of it.
Not a lot of boost, as you see, only talk with a little bit of it.
And they get it away from him, the talk has to stretch,
use everything in the tank to do it.
Look, it's just no boost for anyone to get on Redacted's side.
Wavy has to die for this challenge.
Finally the boost spawned for them.
As soon as they get it, they get deleted by beast mode and NRG just keep on pushing here, Dex.
They do. Just have that pressure on rebellion.
Now you see Wavy on top of this one. Finally got some burn here.
I'm playing it close to Tuck, almost found the angle.
Just not enough.
The NRG can't give him that lane again.
Even with no boost, Tuck's still threatening on top of the ball.
And now,
things still kind of shifting, NRG.
Well, you would think they're kind of apart, but they are leaving a little bit of world here for Redacted to work in midfield, and Redacted are taking all that space.
Talk? I'm gonna make the most of a little here. It turned into a failed touch that turned me into a decent 50.
I'm trying to push, but they just can't actually get anything by NRG.
If the beast mode gets deleted, Daniel comes in, flashes the flip, beast mode, free flip
into the ball to control it, it's a terrifying touch.
To get out of it, still NRG, the way to hold on to the midfield, way to be up to meeting.
Beast mode has him beat, talk, has to get back to it.
Dangerous spot, on slight mist, tufts, balls in your net, talk was able to get back, talk
Just trying to fight NRG attackers in the air.
Wavy finally breaking out.
Again, no boost.
They just forced a concede possession.
These ones just sitting downfield,
gets a demo on the back end.
Just off the post, rebounded for Daniel.
And Daniel just takes this.
I mean, plays the past one.
There's just that space where, you know, tall jumps, two-piece.
Can't get the read on how that ball bouncing off the post.
And Daniel follows it perfectly.
Just plays behind the defense.
Someone has to cut that off.
And that read too just falls back onto the ball
and bounces off the post back in.
Your worst nightmare.
You're expecting them to bounce out to the side.
And if your team left out, just duck.
And despite the close score does, I mean,
NRG just flying at redacted, getting every touch.
They've starved them out so much and just
force redacted into dumping chains.
They don't want to play that way.
Look at two PTs, no poos.
has to try to force this 50 to talk and now two pieces stuck here with nothing
while atomic has plenty to take this challenge and that's just a tough tough
to do anything there only to buy time which he did in the talk it's fucked
so you get a little bit done and then NRG will break the egg a little bit on you
and you just can't keep it going
it's going to pop it up high and NRG and then she's going to go downfield again
look at this two piece though i mean that's just a great stop out of him
He's able to hit a 50 on two there.
Unfortunately, Atomic's last hit was waging against nothing,
struggling to follow that play.
Redacted, had to take a risk now.
Can't afford to wait here for the final seconds.
NRG are letting nothing go for free.
Daniel sees the space.
Double tap!
Just off the post!
Redacted!
The post and saved!
Two-piece!
Got a piece of it!
Atomic!
Bucked by talk!
Redacted, got to get downfield.
And I can't even get the ball.
Atomic gets in the way, fouls, gives it the talk, talk.
Has to keep up himself.
Two-piece has no boost, and they let it go.
NRG up 2-0 in the series.
They'll pop, but again, once NRG kind of got in front,
it was just so hard for Redacted to fight their way back
into the series.
You look at just how Daniel and B-Smo,
how they all move around with the ball,
just taking their time, strong carries,
and Redacted had to fight for the midfield.
They had a great shot from two pieces
for an equalizer earlier on in the game,
but they couldn't generate that kind of chance again.
And it's those things that, you know,
you let slip that unfortunately could cost you,
especially when you think of that touch
that they let Daniel get, you know,
off the backboard, off the post,
that easy free follow up with two people in that.
And we just don't want to be like,
now I believe we do have time up for a decade.
We do.
The NRG, they're going for full domination victory
in this match.
They throw a five-spot and game one.
In this game, while the scoreboard was a one-goal game,
and they only got two goals,
they were so oppressive on offense.
They get a touch out, okay, I'm taking your boost.
Okay, I'm getting around here.
Beast mode, when he rotates back, he's going for a demo.
When we're adapted to have control of the ball,
because he knows that Daniel and Atomic aren't getting beat.
They know they have the resource advantage.
They are so oppressive.
I felt start watching Redacted try to get back to their boosts.
They were losing so many of them
and they couldn't get any kind of touch to a teammate.
NRG were just all over it.
And it's just tough to beat this team.
They've been the best in North America
for multiple years running now for a reason
and they just won't let it go.
They just don't show any sign of weakness.
And these last two opens,
been so dominant in that way
and this aggressive style like Daniel at the forefront of it.
How about it?
He's been having one heck of a back half of this split.
Yeah, they've looked so solid for NRG
and they're continuing to kind of stay in that form.
They have had some close series here and there,
but still no losses that have been threatening yet.
And we see all of her decked up on the timeout.
I guess that in the last series,
really good to see everybody with the cams on,
especially compared to the last series.
You got both teams with all the cameras on this time.
And you can just see, like, most of them
kind of just, like, checking things out, talking things over.
Now we get ready to get into this one big time out here
for Redacted.
They need to turn this series around.
Otherwise, they'll still have work
to do on their road to Boston.
Of course, even if you get to Boston,
and then, like, NRG looks like it's going
to be one of those teams where you have to face it.
You want to show up and show out against a squad that's
one of the best in the world.
Did you notice that you were talking and I didn't want to interrupt you, but I think talk had like a huge hole in his wall
I gotta make it a look at that after this next game, but you're absolutely right
Redacted gotta gotta get it figured out here as
Wavy will pop this off actually double-commit both atomic and Daniel saw the juice there and
Wanted a sip of it. Let's watch down feel
Nice cut from redacted
That's kind of the other thing, guys.
Hang on, Tark's got the ball, a little bit of space.
He saw Beast Mode and couldn't connect on a double tap,
but the opening was there as small as it was.
And then you see these slight opportunities
that we're getting.
We're not able to make the most of it this time.
Still, though, keeping that pressure up on offense.
Beast Mode coming away from game.
They didn't even get the boost.
And got a player still to a top.
That was still great use of the Fandico to get it to him like that.
Did he small drop down, read? No, talk ass.
Daniel in.
Actually gonna pressure Wavy. Doesn't have a lot of boost.
Has to keep his momentum as touch has to be good enough to stay with it.
It is...
similar position. This time talks winning his boosts. Wavy also got the midfield boost.
Pop up around. Daniel doesn't have a lock here.
But there's just nothing to look at for talk.
He's forced to sit back, but he's got the touch.
Wave landing on the wall.
Another one.
Pass.
What a drop from Torkin's just not on Torkin's.
There was an NRG defender right in the way.
No goal.
Two-piece.
It looked like he almost pre-jumped that play, too.
And a lot of fave talk was going to get it down.
But just not fast enough.
No.
Literally down to a couple of gale.
Piece mo, try to turn it around, and two-piece.
What a stop there.
Great block.
These two pieces having a great series individually, owner of all three of Redacted's goals this series and a couple of like that, not just that save.
Wavy trying to get more than a chip, instead of just lands right on Atomic. Atomic threatening the air dribble, lets it go, lets Daniel take it as well, now Beast Mode can easily handle a power clear, Daniel will send it right back.
Off the corner, nothing to play with just yet, but Atomic another good catch.
High flick, bumping, wavy, Daniel, close angle, talk it in the way.
They're not starving Redacted as well as they were last game.
You see that transition be a little cleaner for Redacted, but in NRG they build up as much pressure as they find ways to get to them.
You talk at his corner right there,
and Archie you have to sit back, wait for this next push.
Now two-piece on top of it.
Maybe in Archie's next push comes off,
so we'll enjoy the beast mode,
try to drop it down for Atomic.
Good clearance, but two-piece can't follow it.
Hasn't worked for the ball,
and that hit will give us way to beast mode,
so let's stay on top of it,
at least get to midfield,
but a big double commit, questionable almost,
from NRG.
now they have to sail backpacking and watch out on defense two piece of
beast mode as well I mean both of them I remember way back when they were on the
come up and playing in tournaments together I see them kind of on the
other side facing down as a demo I talk to slow things down on the
play and when they feel great the two piece to get a win here and even for
You just gotta create more opportunities. NRG is bearing down on it.
Another good job on defense at least, again.
NRG don't have the same crushing pressure as the last game.
And the next step is the hardest one, right?
You've taken four shots total so far.
Granted, NRG, only five.
And it's been tight.
P's mode crashing in, two peas up high back to talk.
There's not a lot of boost here.
Wavy has a full tank, and oh, if NRG got caught,
looking at the left side, all stacked up vertically,
and Redacted take advantage.
You see it right there on that left.
Atomic Auto State to go get boost,
and Wavy kind of watching the play develop,
and Ian is mark.
Redacted by one here.
Now they have to survive, and NRG's going to look to pass.
They've been pretty slow for the most part.
Let's see if they can turn it up.
Two piece, quick touch.
Beast mode wasn't able to get a handle on it.
Wavy, trying to protect the rebound back.
Bonds went back to talk.
Two piece picks up the corner.
Energy have to kick up the pressure here.
Daniel finds the wreath, probably not the touch
he was really hoping for.
Not a ton here for two piece.
Wavy also had no boost.
Redacted just got a hold for another 20 plus
So far doing
Kind of struggling here. They're moving fast a little too fast here
Let's us unfortunate opportunities, but maybe something in the final seconds fake
That's how big shot almost through the entire defense deal off the corner get anyone get there
Beesmo leaves it atomic pops it be smoke full-taker moves. It's gotta be him has Daniel straight down
But I don't know if Dale can get this mix.
Get this one.
Now Atomic keeps the smoke, but Wavy crashes it.
It'll hit the ground.
And Red Dice survived.
Good stacks there from Attacted on defense.
I thought that 50 from Beast Mode that
kicked back or behind their rotation
was going to do them in.
And Daniel had been getting that touch to Atomic.
So Atomic just took an extra second
to have to line things up.
And there wasn't really a clean shot that he had.
There's still a scary moment there when Atomic gets the catch.
You know, you gotta fall back down onto it.
Wavey did a great job taking the ball away from him at the end of the game.
More than classic NRG-style game, except they don't have the one in front of their name,
with Dacted 2.
And so, no sweeps.
Too good, Dacted.
No sweeps here on Saturday, to that being said.
This series...
Yeah, I think we've seen a 4-1.
I don't know if we've seen more than one.
But the Dacted, though, this is a great start for them.
maybe brings us to a game six potentially.
I would love to see that.
I'd love to see a little bit more here from Tauk.
He's got to assist to his name,
but he hasn't been able to really kind of create too much
on the side of a DAC that's broken down NRG.
Credit to NRG though, they're playing phenomenal.
There's a very quiet game out of them.
Let's see what kind of adjustments
they make you leave in the game for.
Yeah, yeah, a couple of weird errors from them.
One at the start of the game where Atomic and Daniel jumped for the same ball and almost
created an opportunity for Redacted at the start of the game.
There was one a little later, it was kind of similar to that, and then of course they
get caught.
The third man gets caught going for boosts and stacking himself up with his teammates.
NRG did kind of concede that one away more than Redacted creating that opportunity, but
then they played great defense the rest of the way, too.
So, credit where credit is due here to redacted.
Journey not even close to over is two piece.
Force is at 50m.
I will touch on that too.
That was just enough to throw off maybe there, two piece though, ready.
So, these fifties though between NRG and redacted,
I mean the 50s are making just such a big difference maker here, oh where each team can bring the ball, it saved you 2-2 thousand on the top corner.
You're wondering where, yeah you're wondering where Top is on some of these plays, the 50 game is exactly what's happening, he loses that 50, then he can't get his boost, or he's gotta like, he's gotta manage an uncomfortable ball after a 50.
After a 50 this is looking decent though one to beat atomic swings
around is it enough it's not talk comes alive with the first
goal for rejected.
You ask for talk with a great cut sees atomic atomic has zero
here he can't get a pat he so desperately needed one if you
wanted to turn that one around.
Unfortunately for him he had to watch and go to the top corner
great quick from talk to apply the pressure.
Yeah well to piece off.
Yeah, talk was too far back as well in the double commit talk used a lot on that play
Two-piece will actually buy 20 a time here NRG unable to immediately press
Two-piece will grab the midfield poos maybe saw it ahead of time off the ceiling have the reset 50 right down the talk
Talk off the ceiling short for space. What a shot
Wow play from two-piece
But also again just a great setup there from tall right off the ceiling to him and just perfect
Positioning two-piece has been shooting so well this series another one there for the highlight real
That's your piece all but one goal belongs to him for what that did
That time
Talk is coming alive in this game. He set that one up big time
After his big goal here's two piece again looking for talk trying to feed him right back
But it's cleared away. I don't see looking for answers. You have a redacted looking copy
And that is what is scary when the team does start to get copy. They can completely turn things around and just play in a much harder to predict way
Let's talk. Oh, almost gave that one a beast ball for free
But look at the speed of play kind of intensifying now that redacted got those two goals
Dominic slips underneath
Good recovery from Wavy, and the best 50 he could have hoped for, but Beast Mode is gonna be hard-pressed to get another mis-touch.
I think you only see that one from him in game number two that we saw earlier.
That's a good 50. Now, Redacted.
Dazzling, you talked about 50s. Well, it's called Redacted's Way right now.
Hello! Hello! Hello!
On his head!
Look at this from Tog! Flip reset!
Great follow! Atomic tried to get the rebound, but Todd just forces it through!
What a bet! My goodness!
High fly in place here for Redacted!
Tuck at the front of it here!
Redacted with Lumber, take another one!
And we got a ball game on our hands, the first two games of the series, Dads!
It felt like another classic, NRG are better than you, Sweet!
We're inactive, finding a way to kick the engine on as Atomic as the ball ripped away from the beast and would force back.
He tries to kick underneath, he's got boosts.
Trying to gain momentum and conserve the boost. Talk it.
Oh, I'm gonna freeze up that?
That was common.
Okay. Okay.
Freeze up today, I gotta flip. I mean, it just looks like they found their confidence. It looks like they found their form.
And now the plan to whether they probably wanted to play here at the start of the series, Jordan
This is this kind of stuff a little bit of danger here for an RG because now in our geo really gonna have to crank things up
Talk is not scared to go for the ball at all. You can see it now. We were asking for he's showing up
G looking for something here with a minute and change remaining, but they just ain't getting challenged not the way
It's all redacted all day here in game number four
We just may get a date with Neo Tokyo at the least your desk. Yeah, I mean, you know the timeout to
We'll probably end up having to go back to that because that was so impactful
Not only that but then again just that way completely shutting out energy offensively and now with these goals being scored and energy
Still not on the board. This is starting to look like anybody serious here. Jorbie. Yeah, when's the line?
I need our status vision to let me know when's the last time NRG got shut out in two straight games
I might have I might have jinxed it. It might score here. There's still like a minute for them to get a goal
but like I
I certainly
Couldn't recall a time where I saw zeros for NRG two games in a row, but hey, they might get something here with a minute left
We'll see
Just so far though
My dad could just have had no signs of really. Oh my god. Look at talk talk. It's pretty too much from across the field
No, no size is just giving energy anything right now and it just, it just feels like
just so much more light brought into him.
Talking about freaking challenges and they feel game though in the corner and he is going
to get one.
So I think you got to worry about the stats right now.
They still got one of them were finally done.
I think this game though, you can probably confidently say is only like maybe that's
Why are you what you giggling like that like you're praying on the downfall
That's not evil that's not evil
You know what was the surprise at all I feel so energy
This is gonna get caught popping the mouth by talking this game and then you saw him play.
This is the three confidence for the rest of the game.
Energy, pick up the second one here.
I hope you're sleeping too much if you're redacted.
Obviously this game is yours.
Five seconds of energy score, two deaths on you.
So we don't expect that.
Nice 50 for Beast by the way.
Right.
He might have a lot of that in.
Question though.
Energy, you just dropped the last two games in a row.
Of course, we're gonna pick in some things going on towards the end here.
But the look for Sathu, always seeing a timeout coming here.
That's a series now all tied up.
All tied up and NRG immediately call the timeout.
Well Sathu may give some words or may not.
I've seen type of timeout where Sathu said nothing and it would be slow talking.
But you do see Sathu yapping pretty often.
Still I love what I've seen from the Dacted.
those fifties talk. Truly living up to a lot of the hype that we keep on giving him because he
just keeps on delivering these performances where we cannot ignore him cannot ignore his presence
anymore. He is for me the most exciting up-and-coming player in North America and I mean that game
was a showcase as to why. Yeah just I get me you looked for it we all had talked about it
where, where was he?
I mean, two people was doing, I mean,
a lot of the striking there for redacting,
but talk was a little quiet.
Now talk shows up and then it feels like the team's
just has like new life into it.
Not only that, I mean, even NRG kind of recognized it
to themselves.
This game got away from them.
They had a hard time scoring.
And now they got to think things over here.
It's gonna be interesting to see what Matt comes up with
here at the time now.
If anyone will write the ship quickly, it will be NRG, technical timeout, workout for
Redacted, just not losing their, I still think it's just protecting their own boosts.
I know it sounds stupid simple, but I think so much of this game does come down to the
stupid simple things that you're just consistently good at.
Like NRG, those first two games, they weren't letting Redacted have any boosts, and you were
talking about their placement on their touches, keeping it away, like buying them time to steal
all that boost, and it's not just the canisters. Those pads were all gone on the blue half.
These back two games though, how often have you seen them actually starved on an extended push?
It hasn't happened. They get the boost. They find ways to protect the ball. They're not as
concerned with just throwing their body at the ball and then not thinking about anything else,
much better on resource management. I truly think that's the difference.
Yeah, and I think, you know, that has a point where, you know, that could be effective too,
especially when the game is at a high speed. How well are you, you know, doing that resource management?
Now for NRG, I just feel like they have been going a little bit all in offensively,
but at the same time, it hasn't really yielded the results that they've been looking for.
Now they've got to find a way to get back on the board here.
Again, both teams now two games away from booking their tickets to Boston at City Warrant.
We're jacked in.
Trying to get it going.
Oh, here we go. Wavy.
Nice little pop. Can't do much more with it, though.
Talk on, let us stray by a midfield boost that he just spawned.
He gets back to make the save and missed.
Atomic left on small pads, good touch from Talk.
But Atomic is so quick to the ball.
Talk steals the corner boost.
Beast mode trying to get this out center.
Wavy rips one towards the net.
2Ps already on the wall, redacted continue where they left off.
They send another one flying.
2Ps top of the box, gets in the way.
2Ps trying to find a way through the seam.
That was a difficult order.
I mean, he got it down there, Jorby,
but just couldn't get the follow.
And talk such goes off the side here, too.
Two creatures needed to follow there,
but the stop talk was at zero.
Wavy, I think, was third there.
Oh, Wavy gets beat there as well.
There's going to be a lot of space for atomic.
He doesn't have a lot of boost, though.
Pinch off the ceiling to Dan, and Dan jump.
But again, the defense there, that was tall.
What a read there, cut that out.
Still have a chance here.
Oh, talk!
What, nothing!
How do they let this get through?
I mean, two-piece, just a great flip.
Beast Mode did jump and talk.
I mean, he just tracked the top corner.
I mean, two-piece, that was excellent work.
Beast was up there early, but he still had control of the ball
and had a flip to just rip it right by Beast Mode.
And two-pieces have one heck of a series, man.
Oh, Daniel! How about Daniel?
Don't sleep on Dan just yet.
And this is how bright he is.
You know he has a flip.
Everyone jumps in and he just takes his time and dances through the entire defense.
A quick response this time.
And Daniel gets it going.
Redacted quick sheet up.
A gentleman's demo off the kickoff.
Wavy will take the boost.
Rip it from beast mode.
Talk already in the air.
Wavy gets the piece of it.
And it's two-piece back. NRG got bumped on the plate.
Beast mode also in the area redacted,
just throwing screens, throwing punches, anything
to break a hole through NRG.
Wavy downfield looking for two-piece Beast mode
quick to the air.
Why didn't Daniel go?
Daniel saw a talk.
Opting to just wait.
We're trying to get possession of this
and try to slow things down.
This one feels like a real battle between these two.
Just trying to breathe the other.
Who can make that play to just throw off the defense?
Wavy tracking it, but can't go.
So what's it gonna do?
It's gonna take that corner.
Two-piece.
Has Wavy, Wavy's a quick and tall,
bearing down on the ball.
What's he gonna do?
Put that towards net and tie.
So these people will bring it across,
but still the threat of the shot was there.
NRG have to watch out.
I mean, you honestly, the way Tau's playing right now,
has to still keep eyes on them.
That's a topic of the lineup.
Almost got a bump on two-piece there.
Daniel back up and he's trying to get a flip.
Look at Wavy though.
Just such a great read.
Now it's Tuck again.
They're not stopping.
They're going all the way through it, Archie!
What a play!
Tuck is too tough.
Wavy takes control of the ball.
And then Tuck just drills it through the NRG defense.
Ain't no way you're making that save.
Oh, that's disgusting.
man he has come alive and he's killing NRG Daniel no touch NRG
oh a little bit here demo talk catch flick
he's too hot he's on fire and all of the NRG can put this out anytime soon
Oh, what? Woo! What a Verlick has two!
Dude, we're gonna have to...
Something's gonna be another top-top place if he keeps this up, but it's all gonna come from one game.
Here's another one. Tok has to save NRG down by two. It feels like a million.
Here's Wavy with a catch. Gives the underneath. Tok up in the air.
Thirty as he left. Nothing. No play. NRG will try to get back downfield.
Damn must eat a beast.
Cut off from Wavy.
Wavy's been so good at getting those cuts.
His off ball presses is great too.
Got to get him on the comment.
Just took the corner.
And look, now he's in NRG's half, just making things uncomfortable.
Looking redacted right now.
They just look like a very comfortable team.
They're playing their game.
Wavy knows he's not going to have a chance.
He doesn't get a pop up here for two-piece.
But NRG's defense is breaking down.
And it's just because of how well redacted they've been moving and the confidence they
have in their play.
Two-piece, drives for control, pull-up, almost got the pull-shot.
Wavy will just kick it away.
It's a little time here for NRG.
I'm not trying to punch out.
Beast Mode just downfield on the wall.
Jeez.
That's not what I'm talking about.
That shot's way easier to defend.
Hawke is downfield.
Beast catch gets over Beast Mode.
Okay, so I've watched Talk vs. Beast Mode on their last leg.
Four challenge, Talks 1, the last four challenges against Beast Mode.
I don't think I would have put that on my parlay,
on my channel point parlay, if you will.
Let's talk, put that down here.
You know, I mean, it just goes to show you,
like, how well redacted can play, especially, you know,
think about it, they were just down two in the series,
able to turn it around, and they're just taking control,
and they're not playing against anyone,
they're playing against the kings of the North.
They're playing against NRG, the defending world champions,
and they just look like they're, right now,
Right now, they just look like they got a step ahead of them.
30 seconds to go, NRG trying to fight from behind.
They need to.
We'll touch, touch, touch from way too many pieces there to bail them out.
Beast mode brings them back to midfield.
Right now, we're back to the diving, but NRG still can't get a goal here.
There is just stalwart defense.
Nothing's working.
Beast mode dropper.
Daniel's a little far back, and it's a diving stop, but it's a double commit as well.
Just not on the time on the clock.
Atomic ain't gonna get anything.
Five seconds.
Bouncer.
Nothing redacted three straight game winnings
Taking energy time out and throwing it back in their face
That you're and that's just such a great point. Joby the fact that energy just called the timeout and the timeout
The thing that we're talking about after the timeout is what talk just get to NRG. I
Mean come on man. You have like if anybody's not respecting this team. They're not watching broccoli
This is an incredible performance, but they still have to get the job done and NRG definitely felt flat this game
But redacted rose to new levels
Now can they close it out here in a game six even the frustration starting to build there
You can see it there on beast mode space on the cams
But then on the other side
Redacted finally finding their stride. They look dangerous right now. This is by far that I think the best that
but they have looked online and man talk.
A hat trick and every single goal is a beauty to watch.
One of those came off of a beautiful light.
It was a pre-jump from the lady,
he caught the ball, got the reset,
he set up that air dribble play from talk
where he just squeezed it in off the crossbar.
And not only just the three goals as,
but also three saves from talk.
Dude is all over the place right now, redacted.
Unsigned but unfazed right now Neo Tokyo against NRG
Good but you can't count NRG out just yet, and we all know that
Let's see
The kings of the north have a last stand here in the upper bracket. What does that look like?
Gonna need the final way to protect the ball
Way to get some booze maybe took the corner
Nothing for Daniel.
Beastmo was ready for this touch off the ceiling.
Didn't have much more.
Ooh, that was quick.
Just fly. Wavy in the area.
That went a little more on target from Daniel.
Oh, no, Wavy gets there. That's a good 50 back to talk.
Daniel was ready right on top.
Energy's getting these early challenges.
I mean, Beastmo's in the air just so quick.
Atomic, switching the play.
Daniel was over here.
Yeah, and he's going to come to collect the ball.
There's an out front for the pass, easy pass, but at the time it might have a good look at it,
worked for the shot, but just couldn't get it.
Get it, follow up, wait for the slow, off-paced shot, still not enough,
energy has set the house, and now they are trying to prevent the counterattack from Redacted.
And even they have them starved too, you had basically two-and-a-half players on no boost on that push.
Still, Redacted found ways to build momentum, get in front of the challenge,
buy themselves enough time to get refueled.
They haven't gotten out of the midfield line though, still having to play more defense.
Talk is already on top of the ball. Beast mode next. See the beast mode. See up everyone else.
Atomic can't even get a touch. Two-piece. No! Atomic finds the sand. Back to the balance.
Oh! I think they just can't put the ball on target. Oh, Beast mode jumps so early for that.
He does get a demo on ladies. It's gonna slow things down for redacted a little bit, but
it completely kills NRG's offense. Atomic wants to lead the charge now, but he just gives us a
two-piece for free. Gale though so aggressive there to cut the midfield off but it's still going
back to NRG's end. Atomic will not a lot of boost. It's gonna be hard for NRG to start
up another scoring chance. This is not what NRG want. They've had opportunities. But the
follow-up man getting deleted. Beast mode has a no boost. What can he do? He can steal yours.
But there's no additional Atomic. They have a long one with Atomic. Two-piece. Back up the top.
And I atomic trying to make up for it
Wavy bring it back down Daniel forced to get up the ball, but he's still got moves
He's still got the 50. He's got the demo talk through the smoke
Try to force his way through B's motors precarious spot right now for redacted atomic holding it as the reset
Two-piece comes to bail wavy out still Daniel is here good push from NRG
But God do something with it and top protects the rock and gets this ball back down field
I mean, they're trying to limit it when Gaggett's touched on the ball.
They're trying to shut them down and just outpressure them.
And it's just fighting fire with more fire.
And fortunately with their NRG, it hasn't led to a goal.
And that could be very dangerous because we haven't seen
Gaggett going to get a good breakout chance yet.
But on the other side of things, Gaggett have been limited.
We haven't seen them on offense for a while.
And it could lead to some struggles
when they do get on that offensive side.
They're constantly playing defense as NRG are testing the net.
It's been a while since I've seen people have Beast Mode on red.
But, 2Ps have like a fake on Beast Mode earlier to get through them.
Tawk has just been winning his bouts against him.
Midair on the ground, doesn't matter, does not happen that often.
Redacted are playing excellent ball.
NRG have not been able to collect on the opportunities!
That's just too weak! I'm just an old, old Beast Mode force stick!
We really couldn't get it out!
And finally NRG get the back of the net!
It starts here though. You see Tawk trying to challenge for 2Ps
and then two-piece can get there in time.
Meanwhile, Beast Mode, he's just going.
He's going to keep tracking the ball.
He's not going to wait around for you.
It was just a little awkward on the side of the jacket,
and they couldn't get it together.
Mid-40.
Champions field on the docket.
Would be pretty sick for the end of the day, but it's pass.
Cut off by Beast Mode.
Ooh, a little chopped up together, NRG.
They get it figured out.
They get a little bit of time.
What are the few breathing moments here in the game?
But look at how energy, they get that goal,
and now they can just slow it down.
They don't need to overextend.
They don't need to apply that pressure anymore.
Now they can control the pace of play,
and they can make Redacted come to them,
which can lead them to some more strong counters.
We know Energy have the pressure,
but now they get that tell Redacted,
you have to play up to our pace.
Maybe I was a really good read on Beast Mode,
kind of fake the challenge, let Beast Mode get it.
And he took the boost, two-piece, next up, dropped down the talk.
He was in the middle of recovering.
That could have been way more awkward.
The talk was happy to have a high pop-up right in front of him.
Now, Wavy has the first defender beat, has talk.
Three, two, talk, back off the bar.
No chance for two-piece to get there.
Oh, he's going boost as well.
He had to get out of that.
Man, the pre-jump almost opened it up.
30 seconds to go here.
Dan with a good beat.
Tyler trying to read, he doesn't need to.
Again, off the ceiling and down, and we look like we're headed to Game 7, Georgie.
This game's a battle of pure will. Every touch is a 50-50.
Two-piece was on the receiving end of that one.
Daniel gets the goal, and yeah.
Game 7 certainly looks like it's on the docket, and this series deserves the best series of the day by far.
His two-piece wants something here at the end of regulation, but Daniel already on top of it.
Really you think they should kill the amount of time you need to on the clock?
Good return to form. You said it NRG they get that goal. They're able to stop the pace of play
Completely slow that momentum the heart rate slow down a little bit as well
Good attempt here at the end
NRG it was never gonna be that easy was it? No four straight wins here for redacted when the ball touches the ground
We're going the champion's free
And a big thing for redacted as we get this loaded up, they could not start that game off
the same way they started this one off Jordan, you have to think about it, those previous
games where they won, they had so much pressure out of the gate and they were so confident
that offense was falling so freely.
But with NRG, they had such strong offense in the start that redacted spent almost half
the game just trying to make sure they could get boosted constantly, they were clearing
up the ball, they didn't let them get to the offense that they were used to and then it
just took one slip.
slip from redacted, NRG go up one and then they just immediately kind of
pump the brakes, slow everything down. The pace that redacted had gotten used to
over the course of the last two, three minutes was had shifted completely.
Redacted didn't have enough time to adjust to get the offense going. They're
going to have to go out of the gate running here. They want to have a
chance here in Dingsons. I thought that the beginning of this game there was a
couple chances NRG had whether their shots were not good, their shots were
wide either a little high and they just couldn't find a way to actually generate the shot on target
despite actually getting the opportunity. He thought oh no they're gonna get killed on a transition
and those opportunities are gonna come back to bite them but beast mode got it done where
he's not been the best player in the lobby at all times. He's been getting beat on a couple of
these plays where I'm just used to seeing him win every single one of those. My eyes just pop a little
little bit when I just see talk not just once, but two or three times in a row.
Just dizzy up beast mode.
It has been an excellent series.
What a way to cap Saturday open three on the road to Boston redacted
trying to hang on and take down NRG here in seven.
NRG always the tough task.
The team has their name in the rafters here on this field.
What can redacted do to show that they could come for the crowd themselves?
starts off with Daniel here and Wavy just getting the front blocking it off
that's exactly what they need to do talk on a demo here as well that's a bad
time. Don't try to track it! No! Atomic able to cut it away! Good patience from Atomic knew
that he had that time just to line that ball up that shot wasn't going to come
into the park up down. He would get back into his height getting away of the shot
still redacted, moved down for Wavy. Saw that that was not gonna go his way if he
just slapped that.
Got to buy his team a little bit of time to get reset.
Daniel on the back line, wavy with his face.
He'll take it.
Beast mode cuts him off immediately.
Me, that's who I'm looking at in this game, Daz.
I'm looking at Beast mode in particular.
Is he still gonna get beat on some of these close fifties
that he was last game,
or it wasn't until a little later in the game
where he made it happen.
Almost made it happen there.
F50, they're from Dan, open up room, it's just so tense now, away these days on top of the ball, it kind of takes this time here.
Passed hog on the way, talk waiting, not going to go for this one, let's, B-Smo kind of use all of his boost here and two-piece with the initial challenge.
Now I don't know if they might regret this, letting NRG get down the field like that.
Can they get themselves out?
Balls sit away, but look at Atomic just slamming out when an Abismo died there across the field to get to 50.
It's chaos here!
And they double-committed in the midfield too, but two-piece got a follow of 50.
That's a great pre-flip to control the ball from wavy. He bought himself a chance.
The tactic need to buy themselves as many as possible.
And this is not an eco round.
You gotta spend.
Here's Atomic looking, but Tuck throws it away and will use all his moves.
What?
No, no, no.
Great reference.
Oh.
That being said, though, you see Dan with low boost, just able to get back to that back
wall and Atom is just bearing down on it and just forces a certain kind of reaction here
out of redacted.
And even as high flying as their offense is, we are seeing a bit of a stake here, almost
costly ones waving with a number of save.
There's only one shot to redact this game.
Tawk looking for the second, trying to get the bump, but everybody in our team jumped
for this.
what the shot and Daniel there any time to get the block out I think they're in a
bit of a panic because that whole way back talk somehow ripped the midfield
boost away from NRG which gave himself that chance and he saw the top again
Daniel both had zero did not want another talk show on their hands double
tap to nine talk falls on top of it in front of the box wow that's so tense he
messes that up a straight to beast mode it's a goal that beast mode looking for
the double beast mode. Oh, he's not a little off. I think maybe had a little bit of influence
in the way that one came about. But now stuck in the midfield here still in our gene. It
just feels like they're the pressure and pressure and redacted and redacted are fighting back
as much as they can. It's still anybody's game. Scoreless. The way it is seeing the
game right now, he's not just pushing every ball as fast and as hard as possible down
field he's creating a lot of negative space for his team stopping the momentum
of the ball to give him just he makes the best chance at a 50 the best chance at
an air dribble. Wavy has been facilitating a lot of these midfield
possessions really well. NRG have done a great job second-third man ripping this ball away and pulling it back. Wavy got it underneath and just can't collect on it.
Ball gets away from Atomic so Gale will give that to Atomic who's coming up this year Lane and there was a bit of a read there from
talk to shut it down for a time being two piece rush dip though some beast mode
bearing down on the ball that was sort of mental the field but atomic's not
close enough Daniel has to pull off of it two pieces already in the air but
still he's gonna have Daniel waiting can he get it to him oh he got it there
but Daniel gotta give up my talk! talk saves the day we're getting close to the
end of regulation in game seven no one is bored
Wavy was down. He's got to wait for the ball.
Beast mode. Not going to find it. Wavy makes it a little difficult.
But Daniel's got a full tank. Talks underneath and forces the ball out.
Wavy's running back to get some booze while two-piece lines up Atomic.
She gets the ball out. Beast mode.
Force to get this catch back over to Daniel. Redacted.
We're kind of looking at Beast mode. Daniel's in the way. Wavy.
Last back gets the save. Not a lot of time left here.
Beast mode. Caught all of the defense out.
But he can't get another touch.
Atomic is next.
Daniel on the wing, but he's on small pass.
Will swim back around.
Overtime looming.
So Daniel play ball.
50, we got O.T.
Here we go, game seven.
NRG versus Redacted winner, makes the Boston Major.
It all comes down to this.
Wavy, nice catch to start.
Daniel threads himself with him.
Talk turns around expecting a 50.
Atomic's off, didn't even go.
with a pass. Beats Atomic to the play. Daniel, third man pops it apart.
Redacted, good space usage, getting it to Wavy, downfield. Here comes Redacted again.
Wavy on the reset. A deadlock on the far side from Two Piece, but
Beast Mode will nullify all of that with a great carry down the field.
Yeah, but now Beast Mode, low on boost, so is Gale. Two Piece with a flip over and
great cut-throat from Gale. Even being low on boost made it work.
Atomic just wants to get that downfield, so again NRG can reset the rotation,
but you have to be careful not to give time to a Jax to get past two.
Wait, he's trying to finish it, but it's on me!
What a stop!
So tough for Wavy.
He didn't have any boost.
Lett just had to play the ball in hope
that a teammate could get there in time.
Daniel rips it.
It's caught.
Two piece.
Weaves his way around.
Beastman tries to crash out.
And Wavy sends the car right back towards him.
I might get on him.
I'm on the move!
Back on the shot!
It's way hard!
It's out of the open!
Because, oh no!
Wavy, great block!
And now NRG, wait, that's a big beat.
This is gonna give him a bit of field space here to redact it.
Not enough to set up consistent offense,
but enough to slow down NRG redacted.
Just got away with that by the skin of the teeth.
They have to make sure NRG don't get more of these opportunities.
It starts with cutting out this midfield.
Daniel just avoids the pump.
Talk up in the air, two-piece there to support him.
Daniel throws it down, didn't bite.
I'll actually use a lot of moves to put himself in position.
Limits his ability.
Now Atomic at Beast mode, Beast mode, hold bump.
Probably not where they wanted it.
Redacted and hurry up those right now.
Talks about 90 in the tank as he leaves this one.
Knows he's got to keep it short.
His team needed time to go get boots.
He does exactly that.
Wavy with a full tank.
Talk to empty the gas.
But Wavy will hold this while Redacted
or under immense pressure right now.
Yeah, I mean, you got to give credit though to talk, right?
One of the undisplayers on the field here.
And he's been able to kind of hold his composure for now.
that was a big error it doesn't cost him but so far it's still anyone's own T NRG
definitely had the edge here atomic he's gonna get a free ball here plays a
high-kid atomic finish no two-piece it did not easy read for two-piece he knew
atomic didn't have another touch a still redacted have been here for about two
and a half minutes two-piece though quickly is limited by the amount of
boost that he has wavy actually surprised to get some space talk thought he could
Pull the face off with the shot.
It wasn't even on target.
Oliver Dachner looking for Bruce, not responding.
Daniel's got a full tank fell and rips it.
Two-piece, lets it go.
Called off by Taukham.
Didn't find a canister somewhere.
Looking for Wavy.
Not gonna find it.
NRG just keep getting in the path.
Oh, Wavy, a little awkward there.
So much pressure here in this OT.
Tauk, good.
Clear down here.
Wavy trying to finish.
Oh, Wavy!
Oh, you get it!
Wavy, what's up, man?
Stun it!
Redacted!
I'm doing the Boston!
Wavy pops off!
Redacted!
140 kilometers per hour on the redirect!
Wavy flipping the remote, the pad?
What is that?
I don't know.
Doing a 540 in his chair?
His camera's frozen.
He doesn't know what to do.
Wavy with a huge redirect at the end of the game.
Five saves in this game.
Don't fall on your chair, young man.
You're going to Boston.
What a finisher there for Wavy.
Stand it to a downfield.
Strong redirect.
And take another look at it.
Just gave him that space and my goodness, the ice
to close out the job.
Wavy needed one of those and shot out the Wavy's chair
there for holding up at the end of the game there.
Love the energy from him, but Wavy
have been doing so much to facilitate for two-piece
and talk, and of course, he gets a great opportunity
after he own-gold twice in this series.
He scores the most important goal in a game seven overtime
against NRG in North America.
Can somebody please sign this team?
Please sign this freaking team.
side or not. They are here and they have taken down in age one.
Now supposedly at age two, at this point, you have to put
redacted in some of the conversations of best in North
America, the way they are performing.
NRG gave it their best shot. But even in that game seven
thriller, redacted, don't bleach. What a performance.
Oh, look, if you stayed for the whole stream, weren't you rewarded my goodness?
What a way to end Saturday.
The best part is you got more in open three coming up.
We have the desk that are going to break all that down.
I can't wait to see James Box tears as his team falls to redacted who have clinched
their spot in the Boston Major.
I think it was when Gen. G beat NRG on Saturday and Space Man tweeted that meme.
You know what I said? I said do it on Sunday and then I'll care. All right, so I'll pull that back, but I will say
Redacted played amazing and talk
Wow
He's he's good. He's good. I mean, who are you most impressed by me talk was fantastic
But I feel like the final goal like I mean there was every single member of the team popping off when they needed to here for redacted
What a way. Oh, yeah
I really feel like you cannot choose one it's a as a whole as a unit this combination of players is
Genuinely so much fun to watch
I feel like you know this is along the lines like watching this run was this fun is
Discovering energy the first time that they were doing all the runs taking everybody down one by one
This is that same level of excitement. I'm on the same boat. Why are they not?
It's crazy. It is crazy. Like see him in Boston. What? And this, I mean, this doesn't look
good back at their celebrations of winning that series. A range of responses there from
cool, calm and collected to popping out of your chair, throwing, throwing this. His armrest
came off. They came off. I think you took it off. You can't believe it. But what I go
it was and it can't just think it's a big accomplishment energy prior to this regionally in North America in best of sevens
34 and 5 they had lost a best of 7
5 times online in North America in the history of their roster
Four of those losses came to first killer and only two of them were in grand finals
So this is only the fourth time they've lost a best of 7 before grand finals since they formed as a roster James
That's just that's how dominant they are. It's how consistent they are even when they kind of look shaky
They still usually win what a win for redacted. Oh, oh certainly and I think redacted is a team
You know, they have so much to play for not just for making Boston with that win, but also because they are
Fighting for that contract and whoever they get, you know, whoever signs redacted they're gonna get their money's worth
I think redacted proved
And especially with this series, they prove that they are S tier.
They are elite level competitors.
They already even showed at the kickoff weekend that even toe to toe with European teams.
These guys are the real deal.
And wow, to do it the way they've done it as well, game seven overtime against the defending
world champions to hit that OT winner to secure a spot in Boston.
Man, that's got to be sweet.
What a way, what a way to qualify.
also we still in North America we still have no hue on any teams the both teams
have won their logos are monochromatic so we have the gray teams I know that are
fighting in and the the teams in white that have qualified but NRG they will
play again tomorrow here Herc we expect them to win we expect to see them through
they still their their road to Boston is so pretty clear ahead of them but they
have a match against Dignitas tomorrow yeah I'm gonna be shaking my boots tomorrow
That's gonna be an interesting day.
Why are you so biased towards David Toss?
David Toss has been, okay.
Take yourself as a bit on the ground though.
Didn't we take you all down in the-
You did, you guys got lucky.
Yeah, oh.
It's cool.
Well, we'll do it in three this time
so you can have your breakfast and-
You're gonna win a best of seven in three?
Yeah, it went down fast.
David Toss, man, that wasn't that up.
doesn't add up. That would be crazy. That would be crazy. Well, redacted, they are through to Boston with that.
They have another top four finish here to talk about that victory and to tell us their thoughts about making it to Boston.
Now making a second land in a row for the season. We've got none other than talk himself. Let him talk to you here, sir.
Congratulations on the win. I want your reaction to that series. What was that like emotionally? What was that final game like?
I think that's definitely our biggest win.
And you know, NRG beat us last time in the grand.
So I mean, that was, that's the main one we wanted to win.
We wanted to get back on energy, but they're insane.
Honestly, they're, I'm really happy with how we played.
And I got to ask talk, obviously you were playing last season.
You were turning some heads then, but this season with this team,
you have looked elite level.
You looked like you really have established yourself so quickly,
already as a top talent.
Do you think that you hit a new level this year?
Or do you think that this team has just elevated
how people perceive you?
Yeah, I definitely think this team, like our playstyle,
the way we play, I mean, they really
let me do what I need to do.
And it makes me really confident.
And yeah, I definitely think I've improved.
But my team is just so good.
And it helps me.
Helps me do what I need to do.
Well, you guys are officially skewed Boston,
which is very exciting.
We're all looking forward to seeing you guys on LAN.
What are your thoughts and feelings
as far as having a performance on LAN?
Do you think you are gonna be able to translate
the same way you have been online?
Or do you think maybe you might have
some of those first day jitters
like some teams typically tend to have?
I think we will do really good, of course.
I'm not gonna say we're gonna do bad,
but Copenhagen, I feel like we showed that.
And, you know, we want to do better this time, but the job's not finished.
We still need to still got some day.
So we want to win the regional.
Yeah, I got to win the regional stay in, stay level head, despite
having qualified for the lane.
Hey, have you been to Boston before?
I have not.
You know, is getting to travel the world playing video games like this,
even like part of the fun for you?
Like, are you excited to go check out new places like this?
Yeah, I mean, I've I barely even I've traveled much of my life.
And this is a great experience.
I love it.
That's so cool, man.
Well, you hate, we've had two lands so far.
You've made both of them.
Maybe we'll get to see you in Paris as well.
But that's a long ways away.
We got a regional to win.
Congratulations on the victory today.
Good luck tomorrow with championship Sunday.
Thank you.
That is talk from redacted unsigned roster, by the way.
To any org owners listening out there,
the hottest commodity and rock at least still on the market.
They're waiting to send me finals
for the results of Shopify rebellion versus foot esports tomorrow, Dignitas versus NRG.
The winner of that plays against space station. And then those matches go on to face off in
the grand finals, a juicy bracket we've got here, James, for our final North American
regional of the split. Oh yeah. Yep. It's, it's, it's going to be pretty crazy. I think
really the, the, the big question marker where all the eyes will be will be on foot esports.
They can play spoiler, they can make a deep run, but it is going to be such a difficult
path ahead for them having to go through Shopify Rebellion and then if they do, they're gonna
have to go through Redacted who look like maybe the best team in North America right
now who Redacted just been on an upward trajectory and they've never stopped.
So it's going to be really tough for foot, but there's still questions unanswered as
we head into tomorrow.
It's going to be a fun day.
Well, weirdly, this probably doesn't play in their favor at all, but is on the side of
the bracket with two teams that have already qualified Shopify and redacted up there. So
they're the only team on there's another bracket that still has Boston left to play for the
bottom part of the bracket. Oh my goodness, it's going to be bloody and scary tomorrow
morning here. Herk energy, space station and dignitas battling it out to try and make sure
they secure that spot. Yeah, tonight is when everybody goes crazy and we're on Reddit for
the next six hours debating every to the thousandth scenario of how you can get your team into
to Boston, but that's the fun part, right?
Is when this all starts to go down
and the crazy upsets have come in
and you're ready to root, you know,
one last try to see who you get to go see
in Boston in person.
So I'm really excited for tomorrow.
We're gonna see what happens,
but one more sleep until the big day.
One more sleep.
And if you're at home going like,
all right, so how does my team make it in?
Tune into tomorrow's pre-show.
We'll walk you through the scenarios.
They evolve with every single match.
So new math to be done right now.
The people in the back, they know what is required,
but we'll make sure we can deliver it to you
in a very palatable way tomorrow.
So we know how, what everything needs to do
to qualify for Boston.
What you need to do to qualify for Boston,
that's pretty simple.
Just go to the URL on your screen by a ticket.
Pretty simple, you can get there.
It comes with a rocket pass.
You can be in there in the building
watching these teams play.
One of the best shows in eSports folks
that I highly recommend it.
If you want to play and you feel like maybe RLCS
is above your grade, or maybe you just,
Maybe you're in college, you're like,
I don't know how to balance being a professional
Rocket League player, but I also want to play Rocket League.
CRL is back, folks.
Qualifiers are open right now for you to sign up.
They're open through the 10th of February.
That's in three days.
That qualifier will be on the 15th.
You register at the link on your screen.
16 teams in league play.
There's a 2v2 circuit.
There's a 3v3 circuit.
There's a last chance qualifier as well for the championships.
So make sure you put it on your calendar,
regardless of how this qualifier goes.
Grab some friends on campus.
registered and they have some fun out there.
CRL is back.
Gotta love it being here, folks.
That does it.
What a day we've got in store for us tomorrow, folks.
Dignitas versus NRG will be first thing in the morning
followed by Shopify versus Foot Esports,
Space Station and Redacted.
Wait for the results of those match to find out
who they have to face off against to get the chance
to play for the title of North American champion.
Big day of Rocket League.
The pre-show begins at 9.30 AM Pacific.
We have our first game kickoff at 10 AM Pacific.
It should be a great time.
Thank you all so much for watching.
We'll see you guys there tomorrow
to close out the first split of the North American season.
The road to Boston's getting shorter and shorter.
It's gonna be a good day.
See you guys out there, stay safe.
Now this guy's going that way.
Now I'm getting the lay of the land.
L.A.s can be a big test for a young homeowner turning into their parents.
There's an overflow lot somewhere in the vicinity.
If the garage is full, they go to the auxiliary.
He said if the garage is full, they go to the overflow line.
I heard him. I was right here.
Let's just stand quietly.
I bet you guys have driven some great cars, huh?
Progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents.
But we can't protect your home and auto when you battle with us.
I think you might have brought the wrong car.
We had the red convertible.
Still, for some time
I've never lied
With these days, I thought so
That makes it easier to leave behind
I just wanna get to know
A writer's lesson to be held
So come here, whisper, bend back
The things that one would understand
I just wanna get to know
Like I'm life in Tokyo
So I can't miss broken
When you're in one way, I don't know the feeling of walking through these streets like that, buddy
Trying to find a way to new beginnings, somewhere in a different place
I just want to get to know
Violet rising to the beat
So I'll hear it whisperin'
That everything's a one-off thing
I just want to get to know
Violet rising to the beat
So I'll hear it whisperin'