The one you call
I'm getting serious here
Listen to you
I'm getting when you call
I want you to follow
I'm getting serious here
Listen to you
I know you're wondering how it is so that your body can begin, loud and loud and let it in,
Building a lonely baby, the forces they won't win
Cause there's a firelighting out the door
We're gonna watch them fall
And if you need a little while in this car
I'll be the one you call
Yeah, there's a firelighting out the door
We're gonna watch them fall
And if you need a little wine and coffee, I'll be the one you call
Ooh, I'll be the one, the one and you
When we feel like no one will come
Like the feeling of a drunk
I'll be the one you call
Ooh, I'll be the one, the one and you
I'll be the one you call
Come and take me through the night
I'll be the one you call
It's your suit, it's only human
I'll be the one you call
Whoever watching, follow
I don't understand it, this wasn't the plan
The one I demanded, I don't want to care
And I never mentioned the time you went
And I never mentioned when you were the truth
I'm scared to lose it all
I will stand with the chains
In the middle of the night
What if I can't walk away?
I will stay away
I hope that I'm coming
The same will stay away
I
Scared to lose it all
I won't stand in the chains
And I don't wanna fake it
What if I can't walk away
Without me standing in the mirror
Hoping I don't make the same mistake
I'm just standing in the rain, hoping I don't make sense.
You're lost in the sound, thought that to the side
Let's go out of the dark
Into the light now
Let's go out of the dark
You're lost in the sun, go back to the sun
I'm not gonna stop without you, that's why
You all got a little too much
You all got a little too hard to take
These ripples broke a while before and so the ground again
Can't keep relieving my mistakes
She's mine, my first day
No big deal, no big deal
I ain't felt what I'm feeling
But I'm shaking right back in
I'm not the first day
Someone like me is the speed
For all this time
Rockin' League fans around the world, welcome to North America for the first time in the
The first championship Sunday on the road to Paris.
We've got six teams left.
One title of North American regional champion
on the line today.
We will crown that champion before our broadcast is over.
And boy, howdy.
Was yesterday exciting.
The best teams in the building here,
and they're ready to go here for what's
going to be a fantastic day of Rock U League.
Jordan B. Hercules and Stax are in the pre-show.
20 minutes, 27 seconds until Shopify Rebellion
kicking off against strictly business Stax.
This is going to be a good day.
It's finally championship Sunday.
We've had a long enough wait.
The road to Paris really kicks off now.
This is a big one.
I mean, Jorbey, yesterday, yesterday
we had some exciting action.
We had some big moments.
We're talking about on this pre-show.
But I don't know.
I think today was my topic.
Well, I mean, well, hang on a second.
I don't know.
But you know, if I get another lackluster North American
Sunday, knowing how some of these are most,
how you got to do that?
weekend because wave punk I've seen the story too many times and we just like
writing the same book over and over again over in this region. I would like to
write a new chapter today. We're gonna write a new chapter on the road to
Paris is the first time ever on the road to PRS people can get their tickets
they can go to the event. It's gonna be incredible. I'm excited for it. I'm
super searched for it. There's always like that 1% chance that somebody
takes down NRG. So it's never zero. It's never zero. Somebody exists and
and there's a couple Europeans in play.
So you never know.
It's never zero.
I feel like it's bigger than one, too.
I feel like the percentage lies somewhere else in the world.
All you people who have a home drum day join me,
I'm going to need you to not let me down in this next segment
because yesterday was awesome.
Don't undersell it here.
These are your top plays presented by Progressive.
Let's see the best stuff from Playoffs Saturday.
Of course, but I'll maybe show you also why.
Championship Sunday may go with the same number.
Six.
We downfield who is it? It's life. Nice reset with it. Just a little extra tap on it as beautiful right in the number five
So guys it just keeps on going somebody make a save back. You can't do nothing there
I gave him no chance at scoring this one. I thought at that time, but I was like, how was this even possible?
Absolutely ridiculous. You thought mech would get a hand on it, but nope and that's like a good idea. Appreciate it. That's insane
Now number four we got one more guess what beast mode he does it all the way
so many times a little pinch he's so good over time now times over you got it
boom uses the foot off the ground for that pinch I guess I'm doing anything with
that what a story that pinch number three no no
It's over!
No!
It's not over.
No!
It's a 10, no!
NRG versus SSG game six.
Overtime, you think SSG's got it in the bag right here.
No!
Atomic somehow dodges the demo, gets off the wall,
puts it to their end, they score.
And they'll win that series.
We'll see that final goal here in a second.
But first, it's first, killer!
Uh-oh!
How sick is this that this is probably not even
in the top 10 goals that he scored?
I'm still though. Okay, number one. Oh, there he is. This is insane. I swear he made a fake
challenge and still recovered to do this.
Oh, that's not real.
Jamalca's out folks. My goodness, incredible, incredible. That one to send us the game seven
or they managed to score in overtime to win for the first best of seven reverse sweep in three years.
I understand what you mean, Jordan. It's a tall bar. It's a tall bar set here on Saturday.
I'll be honest with you, we fit six plays in there, but we somehow didn't get the pre-jump from
foot in the top place. So I don't know, was it really the top place? I'm coming after you today,
Wave on. Look, there's a lot of action out there. Okay. I'm just talking about the
action that's in front of me and it's all been fantastic. So far, let's see.
We'll talk through, maybe we'll see him here to see that, that, that pre-jump here in our recap of what happened yesterday.
Because there are people who did not watch yesterday's game play.
And I feel like obviously the best of seven reverse sweep space station losing out to NRG is the top moment,
but that wasn't the only game seven we had on the day either.
No, it was not next to new Esports, Shopify or Beliang, go all the way to game seven, Shopify or Beliang.
kind of stressed for a bit because Iris Percy came out swinging as this like really gnarly duo panda
Very good and solid in his own right as well, but their performance was one
Definitely a two remember and keep in mind throughout this open and for the future
One big key from this whole match and another man other near mess
rebellion concedes what 11 goals on
on 45 shots in the first four games.
The last three games, they only give up 17 shots
and only three goals.
Like, you just talk about completely turning
everything around.
They just shut down this next to your team
that looked like they were not going to be stuck.
Rebellion took their time out after game three.
That got smoked five nothing.
And then just rose from the ashes
and looked like a completely different team
to close it out.
I mean, it was so bad halfway through the series.
I mean, it's like, you know,
it's like, you know, it's like
CJ CJ had stopped watching the
series is starting playing a
snake web game. And you know,
maybe gives you a sense of how
the first half of that series
went, but of course the boys
locked in and looked how they
should. Yeah, outside of I mean
else. They won game two, but
it was almost like we had two
reverse sweeps there because
they were they won that game
two, but then a lot of games
two and three and I get the
point of like losing taking
And somehow we're here with Shopify Rebellion and not with next to new what a performance from them
We'll get to see them here at the start of the day here against strictly is this let's talk about m80 versus team
One both teams coming in here. Jorgen with something to prove m80 doing a little bit better job of it
Yeah, I'm 80 with mech and life on this team really like them
but one had a lot of good looks where Alice really impressed me in his
his appearance on this roster, making it into the top six.
But the thing that they really struggled with is,
they just could not get any consistent pressure
or offense going, except in the middle of the series,
they finally get pressure, but just couldn't actually
get finishing touches on their tries.
And Mech and Life on defense, especially.
Normally, he's kind of just a given for me at this point,
very rock solid, able to help stabilize Mech and Life,
but they were really impressive,
both of them on defense.
We've seen him already on the highlight reel a couple of times this weekend, very creative on the ball and next well, it was next just his touches, not necessarily his mechanics that really impressed me in this series yesterday.
It never really felt like one was ever going to get a foothold in that series because of how good M80's defense was throughout the entire series.
which is saying something because it was one goal games top to bottom there.
So the one they kept it close, but never maybe never quite in the driver's seat against M80 who
found a way to win in a close match up there. Congratulations to M80 as they move forward to
today. Let's talk about the least ones, the least compelling match of the day on the table.
Stacks over strictly business. This one was one second. It was. I mean, Justin and chronic
can already come in averaging like a bajillion score per game between the two of them. And
it just continued. They didn't have an answer for Justin, who was all smiles, all series
long. He ends with what five goals, five assists. And there really was no one standout
player statistically. Like I can talk about Justin all I want. Chronic was the same way.
He was like three goals, four assists.
Cheese was four and three, I think.
Actually, I think he had five goals.
Just everybody was a three-headed attack.
And there is your free jump right there.
Product was up yesterday to drop that one in.
Just, again, they were so much faster than Strictly Business.
I don't want to disrespect them, but I
feel like Foot did all the work for me,
and this didn't look like they belonged out there with them.
I feel like this could be more for one.
think about like what went wrong for strictly business on this one. It was, like
Stack said, not a particularly like no one player popped off and yet they lost
to one game one, three one game two, four one game three, four one game four.
Like it got worse as the series went on there for strictly business. Do you
talk this up to like an error on the day or was this just a mismatch between
these teams?
It definitely a little bit of both, but I would argue it is a little bit more of
a mismatch. I feel like strictly businesses play style thrives a little
a little bit more when they
have the space in the
possession almost handed to
them. And a lot of teams
that's like a fault. But you
know, when you're going up
against foot, this team is
very, very well at spotting
each other. So it was almost
in simplistic terms like
watching two middle
schoolers play monkey in the
middle with some elementary
kids and just shooting in
their net. They did. They did
successfully get it in the net
I mean I was this was the match I was most hyped up for Jorbey. I was excited
I want to see like does the foot story continue here and it did but weirdly I felt like strictly business were so quiet
That I still feel like I didn't get like a real answer about foot, you know
Yeah, there's so much meat left on the bone like okay. We still haven't seen it
All right, where's the real ceiling of this team people feel like okay?
You haven't dropped a single game so the vibes are immaculate right now
now. And really their only quality victory so far is M80, who they also three own M80
look pretty decent.
So foot again way 100% with the wave haven't really been challenged, but you can only play
the matches that are in front of you. And if you're going to do it, you do it in the
convincing way that they have, you start believing that the ceiling might be pretty
high.
her key saying that Dignitas wasn't a. Yeah, I was literally I was like,
Jeremy, did you see how they were a competitive?
I mean, they three out, they three on M80 as well. They were both sweeps.
Again, foot has a good M80. It's hard. It's hard to make a comparison right now around foot and
be like, like, like the thing I said about strictly business like, oh, but certainly business
didn't really show up. So like we didn't really learn anything about foot. That's what every team
that has played foot has looked like so far in this event. So we'll see later on today.
They'll either get to play space station or M80 again.
Look at the rematch against M80.
Part of me is hoping that it's space station
just so we get to see a different data point
against this foot roster
as they're trying to make their way to the grand finals here.
It'll be an exciting one.
But we had one more match on the day yesterday
and we saved it for last
and it was the most spectacular.
It was incredible.
A best of seven in reverse sweep
from the reigning world champs
over the new hotness SSG.
Dude, one shot goes differently.
Space station, take down NRG on Saturday
and then we get the classic NRG championships
on the lower bracket.
Storyline, we don't get that though.
Space station, despite all of that,
despite how this went,
the start of this series was so good.
They were connecting on demos,
they were dictating pace of play.
They absolutely destroyed NRG on that kickoff
at the start of overtime.
They were vibing after game number three.
And then the demos started drying up on game four onwards.
Daniel gets the only goal there in game four,
had to squeeze it in against Diaz
And Beast Mode took over in the next game as well.
And then game six, the heartbreaker, there it is.
You dream of that opportunity to the top shelf
and Diaz on the inside of the bar.
Had to be completely gutted and literally 10 seconds later,
NRG put it in the back of their net.
Game seven is all momentum, NRG,
and there's just nothing space station could do.
They were starved most of this game seven, try as they may.
There was one opportunity in that game seven.
It was again Diaz on offense
couldn't get it done. He had looked so good throughout most of that series. And then two critical
moments falling apart. But I just want to say a lot of times when NRG reverse sweep a team,
they do it in dominating fashion. It doesn't even look like you belong in the field for most of that
most of those NRG wins outside of half of that game seven space station still looked like they
belong. They were still forcing NRG to play really solid rocket league. I'm excited to see that team.
I would not want to play space station if any of those lower bracket teams. It's it's I mean,
I mean, I mean, a reverse sweep stacks is such a mind bending concept because it means that the team that wins got beaten to match point in that series.
Right. I mean, like, as you cannot have a reverse sweep against a team, you wholly outclass like by definition, right?
And but still, that was the first time in history, NRG as a roster has reverse swept in the best of seven.
Usually also, they never even get to game six.
They never even failed a reverse sweep.
They've never gotten to the game 7 and then lost that game 7.
They've always lost in games 4, 5, or 6 before.
So like, it's such an interesting moment
to try and analyze like what broke down here.
Because statistically, the team still always win.
And to me, I go back to that save,
because that's the moment when that ball's
bouncing on the goal line in RLCS,
that never comes out of the net.
It always finds its way in.
It usually finds its way in ranked.
It'll find its way in most of the time, irrockedly, right?
The fact that Atomic actually got that ball of,
That was the moment they lost the series for me.
Yeah, apparently Danhousen cursed them or something
because they scored one goal in the last half hour
of the series.
That's got to be the most demoralizing part of it.
You know, like, they win game three,
and then they're held off the scoreboard
until they get one goal in game six,
and then everybody talks only about the goal
they didn't get in that game.
And then game seven.
Game seven is probably the only game in that series
where Space Station was actually outclassed
because they were just, you know, I think that, you know,
the reality it set in is like, okay, well, play time's over.
We had a good run at it and NRG was, you know,
finally locked in, but.
And again, I get it. I go back to the same.
That's the moment that your spirit's broken.
Well, you go, you, we didn't want it there.
And I got to play another game of Rocket League.
No, like that's one of the-
It's like a staff you afterwards is like,
yeah, they choked it last time.
So we weren't worried.
It's just crazy.
game is so hard right now here.
Well, the space station not out yet.
They will play later on today.
We'll see if they're able to bounce
back here for Championship Sunday.
Let's talk about players who which
players stood out to us.
Throw a halt yesterday,
not just players that won players
that lost to anyone who you think
had a performance work who was
who stood out to you?
I think I talked about it right before,
but areas in his matchup I just was so.
Impressed honestly,
this is a player that has made this
made it this far before right now.
But it was against Shopify rebellion that really it is difficult to have any time or space to get to pop off
But his team himself also set him up incredibly you saw the past with panda to him. They work so well
It's just it was just one of those like how do you say those like flow state e kind of moments despite falling to rebellion
This did show that they took their opportunity against such a high-level team very very seriously
And yeah, that shot alone it was the kickoff one that you were kind of just like wow. He's having a day
You know the thing about eris and really eris and panda they came into that series leading everybody in scoring
And I wondered okay, could they continue it and they did
Problem is they fell off finally at the end of that series because rebellion finally locked them down
I mean a difficult series to finish off against a team as strong as well
but Aaron did his absolute best.
And we'll get to see more of Aaron's later on this season.
I'm absolutely positive of it.
Jordan, let's talk, I want to talk about Zach.
How did, like, this was our first scene,
first time seeing Zach out of retirement,
first time seeing Zach in the main light.
They made it back here first run.
And obviously we just talked about
how tragic that result was, but aside,
how did you feel about seeing Zach here
back on the mainstream?
I mean, it's like he never took a break.
He just slotted right back in.
And to me, the big thing with Zach is, yeah, the Mexican clean,
yeah, decision making is good, but his buddy revealed,
revealed so much better with Zach on the pitch with him.
And it's just, again, really impressed with Space Station
on both halves of the pitch, not just against NRG,
but throughout this whole tournament so far.
It's very clear how much Zach adds to this roster
and how much comfort he adds to this roster as well.
So while he might not have lit up the scoreboard himself,
He was a huge facilitator, buying a lot of time for his team.
Does great job holding the ball and dictate,
it helped dictate the pace of play.
Like, Zach was just excellent on both halves of the field,
all weekend so far.
It's great to watch him play.
It's great to see him back.
I'm glad he decided he wanted to come back
and play some Rocket League
because we're all having much more fun for it.
Yeah, I'm excited to get more answers about him today
versus MADC if they could earn a match by against Foot.
And speaking of Foot here, Stax,
One of the longest running stories in Rockland,
let's talk about the rookie of the year.
I mean, Justin at this point, he's a player,
I've had a lot of question marks about over the last
two years of players, so.
And today, like yesterday in particular,
it started to feel like we're starting to turn
into exclamation points for the first time in a long time.
Yeah, and remember, your foot made a huge statement
going out, forfeiting all their points
to bring in chronic injustice.
And what happened on Friday,
is they were the leading duo in overall score per game.
And a large part of it was the fact that Justin finally
feels comfortable, I think for the first time this season,
on the rush he's on.
And again, I come back to something I said yesterday
during the series, imagine letting this guy go.
Like that is going to be the fumble of the century
from Gen G, letting him go and foot
and probably North American fans in general
very thankful they did, because now we get to see Justin completely unlocked, unchained.
He goes off for five goals, five assists yesterday, and there's more coming. Like,
now we're getting Sunday, Justin. Remember, Sunday, Justin used to be just as feared
as NRG is today. If we get that back, we could make a real big run here. Not just,
not just at this tournament, but making a run at Paris. Remember, they get more points in this
this split than you do in the last one.
So they could even make a run at Worlds.
Well, we'll see, we'll see.
Hey, can they make it to the grand finals today?
Very excited to see you play a little bit later on.
How do we feel about life?
I want to bring up life, you're hurt.
A really strong performance from this player today
and still alive today versus Space Station.
How do we feel about life?
I absolutely am so happy that this kid is on this roster
because it's one of those ones.
It feels almost like energy in a sense, right?
like you just unlocked the right combination of players.
Mech and life alone are just two very mechanical,
unhinged kids, but life is the one
that really needed to get refined.
And there was a time where you would not have described
Noly as being the one to like refine players.
He was like the life and mech of his time a little bit there.
So this combo has been set up really well.
Life's stand out performance.
He's not scared against to go up.
like you said, though, they haven't had crazy challenges as far as their run leading up to this point has gone, but I think being able to take down a team like one after the performance they've had this weekend is a really big accomplishment.
And it's getting them very much in the driver's here. We talked to the coach yesterday and he said they like, you know, they were definitely not on their correct foot when they started off on playoff Saturday.
playoff Saturday that match didn't begin the way that they wanted to but they
were able to correct and find a way to win in a series where they felt like they
weren't the better team mark of a good team we'll see if they can keep it going
here on championship Sunday. Speaking of championships the world champs still
alive after a best of seven reverse sweep in the semifinals and this is their
day unfortunately for every other team in contention so uh Herc said it was a
1% chance that they may be lose. Let's live in that 1% here for a second.
I had all my casters up here write some fan fiction of NRGG thrown. It's March 23rd. The article reads this is this is your headline stacks
What you got?
SSG do what they could not do before
Zack returns and scribbles NRG out of the finals
Interesting. Oh James bought a couple royalties there
But isn't this so poetic that it would be happening to NRG?
Okay, yeah, yeah, so so they needed Zach to return they couldn't do it, but they do before Zach returns
No, this was to be a this was to be a that's
Zach return also the other finals is another
They couldn't do it before Zach return. They needed to return for this to happen. Yeah, sure
All right, that's why that they you know had a chance to close them out yesterday and scored one goal at a half hour
Yeah, yeah, okay, okay, okay. All right. I this is seems believable
You've only got to beat M80 and foot to get there. But yeah, I mean, without how good
the games were yesterday, that one seems interesting. Okay. Hurt. What you got? What's your fan?
Gosh, I don't, we'll see how, how good this was. Okay. Okay. Breaking news. EU bubble
team discovers sixth land EU spot after sending an end plant CRL team to be NRG on NA soil.
Wait, are you calling, are you calling strictly business to make it to the finals?
Yes. Okay. Okay. I mean, I guess actually we're saying NRG dethroned. So to be clear, you're not actually saying they win the finals. You're just saying that they beat energy. Yeah, I'm just saying they beat energy granted. And if you guys didn't know, because I got refreshed on this one while looking it up, they actually win the head to head against NRG right now. So really?
What? How do they know?
It's 1-0, they won 3-1, and they outshot them at 13-8 or something like that.
Okay.
And so, run it back.
That's a Friday energy.
She has that energy.
I don't know how to go back.
It's just that, hey, she's not wrong, though, hey, you know, that the fanfiction lives and
breathes on little statistics like that one.
Okay, I can see it.
I mean, they're going to get you shot for a minute or two, but we'll see what happens.
Dorgon, what you got?
Got stunning, unexpected victory.
The kid carries the shield and Captain Stead,
Prodigal Son reclaims former throne
in Grand Finals Epic.
It's gonna happen.
Justin's taking the America back.
That is an air guarantee.
Okay, you don't have to think about it.
You know who the Prodigal Son is, the OG Prodigy.
He was then before Zen was even out of big keep mode.
All right, come on.
Hey, it was the rookie of the year in 2018,
but the rookie of the year for forever in my mind here.
Hey, you know, I mean, of all the, of all the fanfictions you guys wrote,
this one's the most realistic given that foot is already top four.
So they don't have to play three matches today, only two.
I like it though. I like it though. Chat, which one was your favorite?
Which one do you think is the most likely? Give us your votes in chat.
Just, just type it out there folks. Let's, let's talk about the matches.
We have five minutes. I got, we got to lock it.
We're locking for the first match of the day.
Lots of fun stuff happening folks.
And if you want to watch this action unfold in front of you,
Make sure you get your tickets to Paris.
It's going to be a fantastic event,
and I'm excited to see that event go down.
Which of these teams are going to play there?
We're going to find out here in a moment.
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Yes.
18 points on the line today, and it
will be awarded to one of these teams as well as $21,000.
Invert that number for second place, 12,000,
and 12 points there for the team that becomes runners
of lots of points.
Everybody today guaranteed at least 4,806 points.
Can they get more with every subsequent win?
Find out here in a moment.
Five matches to play today.
The quarterfinals that will seed teams
into the semifinals that will put us into the grand
finals and give us a trophy winner.
It's going to be a lot of fun,
five matches from the top of the bottom.
We're going to start in those quarterfinals
and work our way forward on the broadcast.
So we'll see NRG and footplay a little bit later on.
M80 versus space station sitting on deck,
waiting for the results of our first match.
Let's start to get into it folks.
Shopify Rebellion, first regional champs of the season,
taking on strictly business.
Some CRL players from across the pond apparently
that Hercas Ford told will be NRG today.
Man, if it happened, that would be a crazy story.
But they gotta get the fuck up for sure, Toby.
I mean, that was, sorry, that was all hair for a second.
No face.
Kofur, I have liked how he's looked this weekend.
I think rebellion, there's like a new rebellion almost.
Old rebellion had showed up a couple of times yesterday,
but they seem a lot more comfortable
and Kofur looks a lot more comfortable.
So hopefully that continues for them.
Cause I think, you know,
when first killer and company are playing well,
North America's better for it.
So I like what I'm seeing from Violent Panda and the boys.
But on the other side, Strictly Business, they got here.
They earned this spot somehow.
Crispy and Company get it.
Up here, again, I honestly don't know how
Strictly Business do it, because I love Relating Wave.
Been in the game a long time.
Great guy.
He's looking great these days as well.
But man, how are you up here?
Like, how does this happen every time?
It's crazy to me.
And a bubble to EU top is like the equal sign
with the line through it, older than handshake sign.
There's like no in between.
They're either like, can't keep up or like fully invested
and right now they're fully invested.
I was, I'm gonna keep it a fact, Jory,
I was kinda convinced after their win on Virtus Pro
that they could like do things to the top teams.
At the driveway pay you or something
cause he's not on the show
and he needs someone to show for his EU bubble teams.
Maybe I can't disclose, but do we know what hercules your hunch was wrong because they got absolutely smashed yesterday?
And so the whole cowboy shop a fire of belly, and I don't know if they're gonna have the same type of success that they saw on Friday
All right, thanks. What do you think I?
Think that strictly business got trial by fire yesterday
With a foot team that people were wondering how good they were
They found out the hard way and now they're up against a team that everybody everybody think or I didn't mostly everybody think should be really good and
Got off to a really really tough start yesterday, but
I don't know man like relating wave has always been great on every team he's been on and
You know, I I've been waiting for him to have like that big result now playing over here
maybe this could be the day.
I mean, listen, you started 0-0.
Who knows, if you can beat these guys,
you can beat the next guys,
and then, boom, you're in the finals.
Right, and the next guys are also NRG.
So, like, whatever.
But, you know, they've got to come into the mentality
that, you know, they start on equal footing with everybody.
They are in control.
And if they can do that,
if they can run that mindset through the whole series,
I give them at least a puncher's chance.
OK, well, Chalice, I know who you think is going to win.
Stax, I'm curious, is that puncher's chance
enough?
Who are you predicting?
No, no.
Everybody's got to plan until they get punched in the mouth.
I've got Shop of Fire Valley in here.
OK, OK, Herc, are you believing in the fan fiction?
In the off chance, my fan fiction comes true.
I'm going strictly business.
OK.
I believe.
I love it.
You know what fiction means?
What a bounce back it would be, though.
You know, what a bounce back. It would be, and then, and hey, it's, it's hard to call it a warmup given that there's been like 24 hours separation here,
Jorbey, but of all the ways to kind of get like woken up to what bracket plays like, strictly business had a great one yesterday and maybe that'll put them in the right gear here.
Going to Shopify who you got?
Yeah, while it's strictly rebellious, the Hercules, the obvious will happen. Shopify rebellion have this one easy.
For all.
They are the, they are the rebel.
For all.
Here's the thing. I've actually, before yesterday, I'm pretty confident I had perfectly incorrectly predicted Shopify to the point that embossed.
I had a conversation with a violent panda to tell him, like, if I predict against you,
that's a good thing. And he was like, okay, bet. And then yesterday we did the predictions.
I kind of forgot about it. And I just predicted them. And then they had that horrible start
to their match. And I was like, this is my fault because I predicted them here. But they
told me in the interview, I talked to my like an interview, he said, we practice an entirely
new play style coming into this season, coming into this half of the split. And we got it
fully online there. That's enough to overcome the cast or curse from wave bunk. And given
that we're not best cursed in them here, because I took strict by business. I got shot by fire
I got Shopify rebellion on this one. It's a new age is a new play style for this team
They're gonna be locked and loaded and ready to go. We'll see them play and RG a little bit later on look at us
7525 on the desk 7525 in chat. We're all aligned here
It's time to play some broccoli championship Sunday underway folks. This is what you came for shop of fire rebellion up against the new
Challengers strictly business will they keep it strictly business or will some shenanigans occur only one way to find out
Get up and get loud! It's game day.
Welcome to Manfield. Take a look around.
We got Rebels against Business looking for the crown.
Game 1 presented by Progressive Stacks.
This is going to be a good one. I feel like Leon Paper.
We're expected a 4-0 for Rebellion, but we know it's not that easy.
It's Championship Sunday. Let's get to it.
And it's Shopify Rebellion too. They have no problem making a series look
look a lot more difficult than it actually is. Aqua right off the rip you're trying to get an early start like next to new did against rebellion
yesterday, and I think that's kind of the big question right now for Shepardar Rebellion.
Will they have a similar letdown as they did yesterday?
They will not! First killer all the way to the sky, down to the ground, even through his own teammate. No problem.
Nothing can stop them.
This is what first killer does is that everybody carry this here in the back
I'm also gonna put Kroker in a good position to get the bump as well bumps him into a bump
Works out first killer yesterday by the end of that series was taking the team putting it on his back
Making plays happen and he starts off again here
An unreal performance out of first killer yesterday
But LJ was captain clutch at the end in the three games that
Rebellion had one to close out the series. He had five of their goals.
Let the team was seven. Let the team on defense as well.
With 16 assists, or rather 16 saves as LJ going to work here, beaten up by a relating wave.
Wave looking for Crispy who'd stayed back a little bit and that's going to slip right by him.
Now Aqua has a chance coming out of the corner. That's Crispy there.
That's forced right through and LJ will take over.
over. He's gonna come down to Oclav. I feel like on Friday he was great. Cobra has a chance
and a shot. Go stop left. Just misses first killer with the rebound. Will finish it off
a little bit counter attack here by the Rebels to take over Cobra. Great shot there. He has
it. That's half a quarter. He doesn't. But the bounce comes out fairly early for first
killer. Unfortunately for strictly business, the Rebels are very armed here. First minute
of them. Second minute looks like more of the same.
LJ is going to grab the midfield boost after relating Wave will
pull this away and boost is fine right now for
restricted business. Aqua's got an opportunity but first killer recovers
the final boss again shuts down SP relating Wave trying to
stretch out the defense and then first killer knocks Crispy into next week
and Kofor will clear outlet to LJ and it's just more of the same from
Shuffle Fire Rebellion picking up right where they left off yesterday.
Yeah, if we talk about group stages as well, Aqua looked so good on that day, which allowed business to beat on the top side of the bracket.
But yesterday, we really didn't see him do anything. Really his whole team didn't do anything they shot.
But measly 11% of that should be while they get swept. So, it was about as good a look for them. And it was also group A.
Everyone called that group the favorite group compared to Group B. Well, Group B went three.
Oh, but Aqua silenced in the haters here with a quick double-tepid, awkward on defense as well for LJ.
Wanted to go up the back wall, but decidedly to not go for it. Aqua, it's the anchor.
I think there's probably a little bit of, well, I mean, there's no way he actually hits it, right?
Oh, yes, he did, and LJ just reacting a little too late to it, but he'll get a chance at redemption immediately off the kickoff.
this spot already trying to get through crispy it's on the doorstep and crispy
comes away with that out to the quarter that's a great job by strict with
business tune when are you most likely to concede a goal right after you scored
one yourself they avoided that little pitfall but just rebellion is just a
little bit quicker to everything it seems first killer even strafing across
the backboard looking for the midfield boost didn't spawn for him can still
He'll float this up in the air, but that will probably end the attack there for Vrefelynda.
Relating with, he gets to that and he does, Crispy, one-on-one with Perse Killer.
There's a helicopter twirl, that didn't do much, and that will kill off their attack.
Oh, another chance here for Persecoe with the shot. Kofa is a little bit late.
Lane gets the touch after Crispy. Almost a counterattack, but LJ is there to keep the ball on the yardside.
He'll go through and take over with full boost against Crispy.
It'll lead out into the middle and off,
or I'm gonna look for another skim shot here,
but nothing, do you mean so?
Relating Wave though, up by himself, LJ up late.
A little bit of a heavy touch by Wave though,
so First Killer will get this clear act.
Crispy's gotta be careful here.
He's able to fight through First Killer.
Relating Wave wins the race,
and he's got his first goal of the weekend.
Wow, we talked about, you know, it's all rebellion and all of a sudden, here we go, relaying
the wave, getting the goal, it was just a speed race against that third defender and
we won it easily and got the shot and we are all square in game one.
Outscoreless, not that there were many goals to score yesterday, only four as a team against
but we're letting way of getting his first in the playoffs.
Now, Crispy trying to fight through two.
New life here for Strictly Business.
And this is also the peril
that Shopify Rebellion has to get dead with.
You let a team hang around, you don't put them away,
and all of a sudden, they are just one shot away.
As Ottawa now, trying to get one in midfield,
first killer wins that battle,
but Crispy will take this away in the quarter.
He's got a lot of space and a lot of boost to work with.
Only LJ to beat, but first killer there to rescue him.
This is what kind of happened yesterday as well.
Next to new was hanging around, getting some wind.
Hock was got a chance.
Relating wave dope from above.
And here we go, the underdogs.
Yet again, taking the lead all the sudden.
Relating wave, great 50.
Chase is Kofa into the net.
Kofa just about had it read, but he came out low.
And just like that, three on answer goals.
Strictly business less than a minute away from putting
Little shop of our million in a pretty precarious spot early on in the series
Super interesting too because I think a lot of people did think it was gonna be a 4-0 like Jorby said on the test just because of
Powerbellion finished yesterday and how businesses didn't show up, but I was got another opportunity here to get a two-goal lead
But he was accepted by first killer, but the play is still on this blue hat.
I love the slow play here by Crispy.
Oh, it set up for Leading Wave 2.
He really could have just banged that towards.
Nat Copper was ready for it, and instead he made him wait.
Stopped his momentum down to 8 seconds now.
Big clear by Leading Wave.
Crispy's got it open, and he's going to put it away.
Strictly business is like, we're here to play.
Yes, it was a fluke.
We are ready to take down one of the best in North America.
And right here, everyone from the rebellion side had a push forward.
It was the last moment they had to try for a goal.
So you expect a wide open net, and strictly business, open enough game, one win.
Huge for them as big underdogs.
I know we're supposed to be on biased observers and all of that, but boy,
do I love seeing relating ways go off.
100% full participation in Game 1 with the playmaker to help lead the way.
Yet the big clear at the end that sprung crispy for the open net to relieve the pressure once and for all.
Strictly business makes a huge statement in Game 1.
Yeah, Berlin Wave trying to get back to another top four finish.
Last time I think it was an open two of 20-25 in Team EVO.
Where they finished top four so really try to get back there
He's got some gas in the tank and we see here from shirt to business going down quickly early
But then some mistakes on defense from rebellion which we've seen
LJ and cofers have been a
Little bit iffy on defense at times and we saw that for those first two goals to get business back into this match
And now they're down one game
They are down one game again, you know, we've seen it before off to a rocky start in the series and you never know, but you know playing against what should be on paper a heavy underdog.
I guess it just proves that old adage. I know there's nothing of value to add here, but you play the games on the field, not on paper.
And now we go to game two at Forbidden Temple. This is the game yesterday that they won to avoid, you know, going down on two to avoid maybe having to burn their time out really early in the game.
Really early in the series
Let's see if it's a different story today. It's strictly business keep their momentum going. Krispy's already up
His shots through
The speed on the field for strictly business is unmatched
But we're late way beats out go for eating it's a little bit of a bump turns it into a pass to Krispy and
Speed has been the difference so far strictly business outside
11 shots in game one
One shot, one goal in the second as Crispy had that track all the way.
This little 180 wave dash to get that out of harm's way and out Kofa.
Going to work very slowly, waiting for first killer to come up and a speedball right by wave.
These are the plays you want to see out of the Rebels.
Is Kofa going up for a solo play, but it turns into a juicy rebound pass.
You need that one more man for the Rebels to move up and be in position for those 50 challenges.
First killer right place, right time, executable.
Gopher with assists on two of first killers, three goals.
I say first killers, not rebellions.
He's the only one scoring!
Oh, what a pass!
And a better finish!
Clang it up the corner!
Wow, space station.
Watch this one.
This is how you do bar down.
you four down, put your eyes on top right corner.
First killer, one and shot, what a pass
and a rebellion all of a sudden, even up.
First killer unleashed.
What more does he have?
Just throwing one down field, right at Aqua.
It's got relating wave and support.
He'll have to turn around to play this ball, does so.
But it's a giveaway to LJ,
crispy very wisely turning around
and opting to play in the air instead.
So that's now what, oh wow, Aqua already to the ceiling.
Crispy trying to force it through with Cophers there.
What a great breeze though by Aqua.
Feel like with all the players
that could really want this,
Aqua's got to be the guy that passed.
Just a little off the mark.
LJ didn't get the shot he needed.
So strictly business.
They know they're in for one here.
And Shuffle Fire Rebellion has had a very loud answer here in game two.
Yeah, the business has to play a lot of defense. Watch out for boosts, takes by the Rebels.
Because game six and game seven versus next to new, they doubled up on boosts fields.
Right here, Kofor just got a solo shot. The quick flip reset, the timing is perfect.
He gets it just by the last defend.
Everybody wants to see Kofor have one of those takeover games, takeover series.
It's gonna be the start of that.
Tumble assist, his first goal of the series.
He's been up so much here in these playoffs.
Spent more time in the offensive third than anybody yesterday in their match.
It goes Aqua, right up against LJ, Crispy will take over, trying to go low underneath.
Now we're letting wave each first skill into the punch but that means first
killer can use that midfield boost and the pass intended for LJ cut out by
Aqua who has been laser focused so far in this early stage of the series. Yeah we're
gonna see this midfield battle goon. I'll tip it a little more to the business part
of the field because they're down to I feel like they're playing a lot of defense
right now. A lot of great amount of score. Chances first skill at double tap, pass and tap.
4 shot attempt neither works out there business
they're all in doubt too they still have a chance to
LJ has a proper chance to hook the wave
hook the wave away but as this time takes down
we need to see this ball on the blue half way way more
very aggressive plays not a waterfall down
it's cleared out rebound form relating wave
didn't take the shot got the double double tap is set out
oh what a defensive effort
Now, Aqua gets there with the ball.
LJ dispossessed by Crispy.
He thought he had all day to play that.
Didn't realize Crispy was there.
He's got a full-taken boost.
And Gopher put nothing on the shot.
The real opportunity to possibly put this game away.
And instead, Strictly Business gets
to hang around a little longer.
As Relating Wave goes right on by that ball,
missed opportunity there for SB.
And now, Rebellion looking to just burn more time off
It's almost like they're playing with their food.
Yeah, I see how long they can do this for. 90 on the clock left.
Aqua is just gonna let the ball go by.
It's a demo for his efforts and Shopify Rebellion.
And again, on the other side of the field, just trying to get back on track.
Now, Crispy forced to stop all those momentum, pick up the midfield boost.
That's a good pass out to Relating Wave.
Kofa will easily have it to the corner.
They need something though, strictly business.
Just got a...
They've been going for...
It's a very aggressive play-down field.
The redirects.
Trying to catch the...
Rebellion defense napping.
Those are high-risk, high-reward plays.
The risks have not...
Handed out so far.
LJ trying to...
Sneak underneath.
Now we're letting wave.
Pop it over.
Pop was there as well.
And first killer doesn't care who's going for it.
He's got the stop at the pitch-down field.
field, but strictly business back on the back putt.
Shhh, strictly business.
Keep trying to go for those back wall plays,
but there's always a member left
for the rebellion squad to make place happen.
They're going to have to get more physical
and go slow it down on offense and get those demos.
Crispy yields to a relating way.
Now, Aqua needs somebody out of front.
Crispy's there, but so too is LJ.
And Tick-Tick goes to the clock.
Down to 15 seconds now.
And it's going to be Aqua taking over.
They've got a score right now to have a chance at a kickoff goal to tie.
And Crispy is in an echo for initially, but still got the rebound.
How did he hit this?
Oh, it's a great pass shot, but Koffers there.
Look at this, the flip reset, and he repositions in the air off the ball to get that shot.
Phenomenal by Crispy.
They've given themselves at least a chance.
Crispy won it through, but first killer is there to clear.
Aqua, four-relenting wave.
Gotta keep it in the air in the wall.
Rebellion levels the series.
Strictly business, though, but a scarer rebellion.
Again, that shot by Crispy is one of the best I've seen all split so far.
Man, oh man.
But strictly business, I think it really is going to come down to
when they have the ball, they're driving directly to the opponent's back wall.
But there's always a member left by the blue side by the rebels to be there to counter those plays
I need to see a little bit more infield passing or maybe slow it down and go for those physical plays
You go for those demos a separate belly
They felt like they got this leader really stacks and then they kind of didn't try and do too much
They were trying to believe the clock maybe a bit too much and not going for those off into place
So they got a little bit of a scare at the end of the game
But now we're all swear one-on-one
It just feels like, obviously the only objective
within the game, but they're content to do it
by the slimmest of margins.
And you still feel like they have the ability
to put away a team.
They can just kind of bleed the clock
and kind of put the game in a stranglehold.
And that's all well and good.
But it gets a team like Strictly Business
that just refuses to go away.
You know, eventually you've got to deliver a knockout punch.
We thought that next to new had done that to them yesterday.
Yeah, and when you're the favorite, you've got to just close the door as soon as you possibly can, right, for Rebellion.
We saw that yesterday against the next few, a lot of close games, and they went the opposite way,
so Rebellion knows that they have figured this out.
Quick pass here by First Killer, two co-för, co-för on zero boost, was in the play, didn't care, great kickoff here.
Here, first killer has the boost, has so much time.
Aqua, all he can do is pre-jump and hope for the best
from Rebellion with the kickoff strats to open game three.
Go for the second goal here in the series,
only five seconds into game three,
they're gonna add another, just about now,
Aqua cuts that off, it was intended for first killer.
And now Krofer quickly dashing through and crispy.
They had a winner step.
Relating wave is up with no boost, no problem.
And now Aqua, going off the backboard, but Crispy was not there.
The third man in the rotation was on his way out.
Now he's going to be forced back to the net for the moment as Aqua is demolished on the side wall.
Povert right out relating wave. Got to be real careful. Here he is.
That's LJ's on.
Oh.
Moving to do so first killer will help.
There and get the clear, but Crispy's got a little bit of space here.
And get the flipper set shot on target. He does, but LJ's turning away into the corner.
and I pinched that in front and Elgin was waiting for it the whole time.
Everybody waited for that cornered boost to spawn. Related Wave will grab it.
And now here goes Aqua with Crispy underneath and that's deflected away.
Out of his reach, Related Wave will keep the attack alive.
Crispy coming in, going after Kofir. Just a little too late to the play.
Kind of been a theme for Crispy's just back being very conservative.
You can appreciate that.
At some point, that's take a leap of faith, perhaps, especially against a team as quick as Rebellion.
It's a good business. Playing a lot of corner ball when they are on offense. They also, when they played foot, they actually held the ball on the offensive side more than foot did, but foot had two more shots per game.
So, it's definitely something they have to work on to not play that corner ball to get these scoring chances happening. So, we'll see if they can figure it out throughout the series.
That goes over top of Krispy relating wave by design and take it for Krispy here.
No rebound, Aqua, it's open and then slam shut at the end.
For the business though, their headscoring opportunities had a total shot scheme to Elchin.
The chance at a redirect to him, I get it, and now they're getting a few here as well.
So they're definitely not out of this game just yet.
Aqua for relating wave out of the corner first killer will cut this off now Kofur
out of the corner Aqua make sure there's no easy play LJ Teardrop and it's set up
by Crispy. Relating wave can't get to it as he gets swatted out of the play and
first killer gets his fifth bowl of the series. Great shot by LJ to put it directly on the goalie as well
So they can't really push it any way and then awesome gets a bump to follow it up great play by him there
It was a very difficult shot. He was challenged in the air
But if you put it directly on the goalie's bumper, he really can't do a lot with it and it turns into a juicy rebound
First killer set away from the wall
They'll come all the way back to grab that quarter boost make sure his team doesn't get starved out awkward now a
little awkward
And get that ball to crispy
easy clear by Kofa and
See now and shopfire rebellion can deliver
that big punch
To let strictly business know who's really in charge in this series or will SB be able to hang around and once again
Just put a little fear and doubt into their hearts
Starting to see the game plan unfold by rebellion game six and beat seven versus next to do again
It was all about loose steals.
We took so much boost away from next to new,
and we're starting to see that more often
when the ball's in the orange half.
They're actually choosing to go for the corner boost
over the ball most of these times.
But finally, we see business actually moving up field.
Chris has got a chance here.
We have all three men over late
to wave off the ball, though, and out.
Those are the kind of opportunities
that nobody up to challenge them,
overwhelmed them on defense,
but the finish was not clinical.
that needed to be. Relying Wave will pop one up
and Aqua realizes he's beat my co-fair.
First killer's there as well.
LJ just waiting patiently at midfield.
Il turned on this and he'll try to burn
Strictly Business now.
He's one more touch and Krispy wins that emphatically,
sending First Killer all the way to the backboard.
First Killer did a good job though to breathe that out,
but Strictly Business still has a chance there.
By Krispy, time is ticking down.
Relying Wave, can he get this middle to his teammates?
First killer will take over versus off in the air and 45 on the clock strictly business needs one needs one now
LJ only has awkward in front of him crispy rotating back on the opposite side
Up was done well to get through cofer, but first killer once again
Shuts down the attack relating wave looking for awkward. He's found him. Can you fight crispy? Yes
Three-man passing play not really gonna work out the passes just not where they need to be and that is gonna kill off any hope
You would think now down to only 15 seconds. They did score with seven left in game two sure
And they replicate that no they cannot first killer will just let this go by
It's a little awkward in front brick pilfer with an emphatic clear and Shopify rebellion
Two on the track, half way to the semi-finals.
This felt a lot like Game 2 where Rebellion gets a 2 goal lead and they kind of sit on it.
They didn't go for any more offensive pressure. They played a lot of that cornerball, just wasted time.
Only four shots in this game for Rebellion, but it was because they had that 2 goal lead.
They didn't want to take any chances whatsoever to get counterattacked and give up anything free to an underdog team.
and I can see why again yesterday's business shot a measly 11% so you want that to beat you and not give up any
three goals so rebellion same game plan from game two go up early and then sit on that lead
so Shopify rebellion again often to play this I don't really know the word to describe it
I guess conservative play style very very conservative. Yeah, and
You look on the other side
And you're seeing that at times from strictly business, but you see at the end of the game
Multiple instances where they realize a we've got to go chase this. I mean they had all three cars right up very deep into the offensive third
Going after the rebellion that and that's where that's where next to new was actually at their best early on in that series
And that's where it seems like strictly business is at their best where they're able to overwhelm and get those rebound opportunities
get a 50 that
Rebellion can't react you in time. I
don't know if it's a recipe for success against a team as talented as rebellion, but
It has been working. What hasn't been working is the kickoff game. It has been brilliant for rebellion
Here's another one. This time it's the bot kickoff.
First killer just delays it by a split second,
so the ball is filled up to him and he'll win that challenge.
But yes, the kickoff, strived by Rebellion, has been perfect.
Another kickoff throw here.
They send the house again.
First killer waiting to pounce. He's got all the boost in the world
and Crispy does a good job going underneath.
To prevent what would have been calamitous.
Great save by LJ. Acrobatik in his own net.
And Aqua just kind of a desperation heave to nobody in particular and that is what it seemed like rebellion to duty
He's got to throw the ball. Hope a teammate is there and unfortunately for them for often they're not they're not there
The LJ
That's a great ball by LJ too. It was close, but Aqua wins it out over first to her. It's gonna make hope for her to get back
relatively quickly
quickly business, trying to get up in the air.
Wave, Mrs. Thel, the first killer has a shot,
versus Krispy, 1-1, Krispy wins out.
Comfort with the shot, but relating ways there in support.
LJ up very far.
He haven't really seen that much in this series.
Still able to recover.
First killer trying to thread the needle,
and Aqua will stay with the play.
Strictly business catches a break, and they capitalize.
Going a little up and down here at this point.
Both teams trying for those counters.
Hockwell first place, double tap again.
Back wall defense by.
The Rebels have been perfect.
They always have a member of it.
Hockwell just runs out of juice.
Relating Wave has to cut in, grab the midfield boost.
Do you have a teammate that can help him out?
Hockwell, good reactions.
Crispy's right there to take possession.
First skill has got nothing in the tank.
So Crispy can ever go with this.
Setting up for Relating Wave.
Where's Hockwell?
There he is, his shot had nothing behind it, and we're letting Wave couldn't help it through.
Sure, because it's set to everyone as well, but if you get back in time, no counter-attack clean air for Rebellion, and Elges, you can go up here versus up here.
And that's just been a little iffy off those walls at times, trying to do a little bit too much, and a big aerial miss, yet again from him.
We're letting Wave almost got caught with his hand at the cookie jar. He was up very far. The clear was not on target.
They'll have another shot at it here just right down the middle that's not going to yield much
Crispy will have a go but Kofors beat him by a mile
Now we're letting Wave everybody's up here for strictly business
But nobody can connect on a pass it's LJ to clear it away
And that catches an awkward defensive deflection
Kofors to center nobody's home
See we're all rolling Wave quick double tap the back wall is finally open
But first go just gets back in time now. It's Chris. We start the solo play trying to get the rebound out the middle
He does so but off the loose without the first skill
That's what strictly business has to generate though
They have to generate those rebounds where they can read them and rebellion can't or just to never anybody there LJ shot
near the mark
Would have been his first goal of this series
Now crispy
Went low to try and influence this fall awkward to lead it out of the air
Copers got LJ with him, but more importantly he's got first killer back
Inside two minutes
Rebellion once again hold and nursing a very very slim Lee
But it's been
Still kind of one-sided as one-sided as a one-nothing game could be
Yeah, just holding possession not trying to do too much on offense again
I really feel like they just don't want to be counterattacked whatsoever.
Here's a chance by a wave.
But first we're getting is just sitting there waiting for these opportunities.
We'll get to clear, but strictly because this has to force these 50s on the opposite side.
I can hear teammates now.
All I do is play defense.
On five.
Just couldn't get to it though.
It rolls outside the dotted line.
Nobody could connect on a pass.
That's been the story of the series outside of game one for strictly business.
They finally got physical and they opened up a lane.
It was just so unfortunate.
It was a slow roller that wasn't going in.
So they really couldn't do anything with it.
Very unfortunate.
Out of the final minute, it is still just the one goal game.
Aqua in a tough spot in the corner.
LJ thought about an ill yield to Kofur.
Also got bumped out of the play.
Aqua's got a full tank and a good thing.
Kofur goes way past that ball.
Aqua, flip reset.
That's going to catch a deflection off the backboard and Relating is going to hide in wide.
And then the rebound, it looked like the... somebody got knocked out of the play, couldn't go for the double tap.
Now Aqua, that's still central, Ball's still alive. Aqua, to cross it again.
First killer's there and he will settle everything down for a shot by Fire Rebellion.
One last chance now for Strictly Business. Aqua's got to lay it and Kofor shuts it down.
down, relating wave, beating on the wall, crispy to wave, crispy knocked to the wall
and that's just going to die in front of it at great physical play, shot before Rebellion
paying it back to strictly business and now they've got three shots at match point.
And relating wave wants another one back, another high shot, his teammate set up the
pass to him, he was also going to try and land on to the goalie, the last member back
and he throws it high again late into this game.
So Strictly Business will use their timeout, might as well use it or lose it now that they're
facing triple match point.
You know, they win that first game 4-2 gives and every game in this series, except for one,
they've had double match points.
And every game in this series, except for one,
they've had double digit shots.
They've had the opportunities,
but they haven't been high quality chances.
And I think that's kind of the big difference
between what we saw from next to new yesterday
and what we're seeing from strictly business today.
I mean, they're just kind of throwing the ball
in the general direction of the net,
but they're not getting that redirect in front.
They're not getting a bump that causes a wayward deflection
that somebody can pounce on.
that they're not creating their own luck, so to speak.
And they haven't been rewarded
because they've got nothing to earn it.
Yeah, we talked about this a bit
throughout this match so far.
We've seen business just kind of throw the ball deep,
but that rebellion is playing
a very conservative game plan
where they always have someone back
and then they get the clear off the back wall
or something like that.
What we need to see is these aerial triple plays
where you turn it into 50-50 challenges,
right about the net and you need a follow-up, right?
We saw it occasionally by strictly business,
and it just hasn't panned out yet,
but I feel like we have to see that way, way more.
But for Rebellion, it really does feel like
they are purposely playing super conservatively.
They don't want to give up anything for free
because they know that with their kickoff strats
that we've seen, and then they'll get one
probably mechanical goal somewhere along the way,
and then they can just turtle up and play defense.
And it's worked out perfectly for them.
You can't fault before it.
It's a little bit of boring rock league.
I'm not gonna lie.
I bet T-Bates is very angry right now.
Because it's not the best thing to watch,
but it does get the job done,
especially against one of these underdog teams.
Big man, Crispy leads the way
for a strict to the business, three goals.
That's not where you wanna be through five games.
You wanna have somebody with, you know,
maybe five or six to kind of lead the way,
but still got a chance here as we go to Park de Paris.
This is where rebellion turned it around
against next to new yesterday.
When we see a similar story coming out of the timeout
for strictly business, the kickoffs have been immaculate
for rebellion and they do it again.
Three games in a row, three kickoffs and they get it done.
Koford going up in the air, gets the perfect kickoff.
Back to him, first skill at Grants of Booson
just waits for that rebound,
waits for that pass opportunity, and secures the first goal.
And again, another early lead for Rebellion.
And again, another opportunity off the kickoff
as LJ finds the back wall.
That's a great second touch, though, by Aqua
to send this away.
Only first killer at the back.
He tried to read first killer.
Got a plump from behind.
And first killer still stays with the play.
Shrinkly business looks a little bit tilted on defense.
First go has another opportunity here.
Now LJ has some space with the ball.
He's got the seal and quick pass out to first killer, but he backs off the opportunity.
Get assertive offense right now for rebellion, not trying to teach you any chances.
Strictly business under a lot of duress here in the first minute.
And a closeout opportunity for shot the fire rebellion.
LJ, welcome to the series.
You ever see the cat first killer?
He'll go up.
Everyone else is grounded.
They wait to see where this ball skills out.
LJ is there for the shot.
You're not going to see any pre-jumps by Rebellion.
I don't think I've seen one so far.
They wait to see where this ball goes
and then make the play happen.
Right place, right time there for LJ.
Seven goals yesterday, five in the last three games
against Next to New in that incredible comeback effort.
LJ has his first goal of this quarter final
and it comes in the, but will likely be the last game
unless strictly business town many rabbits up their sleeve this goes off the
backboard and first killer make sure we're letting we will get nowhere near
it we know the tortoise always beats the hair and I bet that's what we're about
to see here proper belly and a little bit turtle and up playing very
conservative offense so they don't get counterattacked on so strictly business
is gonna have to force the issue they almost get one there we're gonna have to
see physical play we're gonna have to see a lot of aerial challenge but a wild
since Strictly Business has got on the scoreboard.
Seven seconds remaining in game two.
First killer out at Crispy.
He's all alone at the back.
Trying to create here, trying to get the ceiling pinch
and LJ's ready for it all the way.
And the frustration, you can even see it a little bit
during the timeout.
Certainly setting in here for Strictly Business.
They have just been stifled by Shopify rebellion
Love midfield game is gonna be playing around crispy
We see wave they're trying to hunt for some bumps or demos
But misses out on all of them
But I expect to see more of that as this game goes on because strictly business cannot find the offense right now
So they're gonna have to create it by my moving one man up forward and goes to the public
Crispy a shot at redemption that's gonna drop down and first killer swipes this away again
go for it out
With related wave coming across just doing enough to make the stop
We're coming up on that two-minute mark
It has been all shot the fire rebellion
In game five
Related wave can't get through and it's up in the time and space and all the boost they could ask for
for rebellion. First killer almost developed another one.
Almost the Zen shop air off the ceiling pinch.
It just barely doesn't kill his way.
But there's been a lot of space open up because strictly business has to send everyone at these plays.
It's going to open up more space before rebellion to have time with the ball.
First killer's got LJ forward.
Redirect to the backboard off the crossbar.
Now, first-killer side-flip, that's an awkward opportunity.
Aqua will score the full-court clear.
What in the world was this first-killer?
Where are you going?
Like, the whole game plan we've seen for the last 30 minutes
is them having a deep third, man.
Don't just don't get beat.
It's the main goal here.
Instead, first-killer side-flips.
At a ball, he should never be going for it with a two-goal lead.
But maybe they just wanted to kick off.
They get another great kick off here.
here turns it to a pass for Elton with the shot Aqua a huge state of strictly business right back in this game
Well Aqua grabbed a quarter boost buddy immediately got deleted so
That's effectively a boost star
By rebellion big high bouncer there for LJ to play and relating wave will set it away
At least there's new life now on that momentary lapse
They crispy capitalized
It's off the post and then Relying Wave nowhere near.
Relying Wave again just doesn't get the angle right.
He had no boost trying to read that post
and he just reads it wrong.
But there's now three chances
where he could have scored in three games in a row
and he falls short.
Aqua against first killer, at least kept this out.
As of all that Krispy can run on too.
Has Relying Wave up in the air already
and looked it back for Krispy.
The design was there.
But they came up empty and then Crispy back the other way,
barely making the save to keep Strictly Business alive.
Ripley Business going through the pre-jumps they have to.
They gotta send everything at this point down to goal.
The time is ticking down.
LJ is just trying to kill that ball in the corner.
First killer with the shot, it goes wide.
So we see Aqua, he's got the opportunity.
First killer gave the,
trying to get to you.
We're late, we're late.
And that's probably gonna do it
Unless the ball stays up in the air.
Oh, another clearance, just like in game four,
the clearance at the end to set the ball down to the ground
and chop if our rebellion are through.
And we get just like we did in the semis of the group stage.
Rebellion gets NRG.
And oh, man, I felt like they took
The playbook of the old energy where they would play tons and tons of defense.
A lot of one goal games, but they seem to be Vincent.
But the problem with we're going is sometimes they get these mishaps and it gets a little bit
hairier than they expect, but they do get the win pretty comfortably in game five.
But the heart rates were maybe just a bit up there at the end stacks.
They hold strictly business scoreless for almost 15 minutes before they finally put
up just a little bit of a fight at the end.
It was a valiant fight, but first-killer Seven Goals
lead rebellion to another shot at NRG.
That's gonna be up later as the RLCS rolls on after this.
Oh, now this guy's going that way.
Now I'm getting the lay of the land.
Valets 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 lot.
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 bubble with us. I think you might have brought the wrong car
We have the red convertible
I
When I saw you leave, I felt you grow
I stole your toy
And I threw my distance
I'm not interested in it
So I speak like a spring
I'm afraid of your voice
I just turned 18, suffered the whole life in front of me, and to know what they are, but
I miss the day of the party
But I'm saying, I'm saying
Don't get hard, don't get hard
Because lastly I'm praying, praying now
She told me don't lie
If you're hard enough before
You're as my offender
We'll be waiting for you for what's wrong
Shit, show me your love
Baby, show me your love
Baby, now, show me your love
Baby, show me your, show me your love
Game 1 promised us a crazy barn burner of a series with Shopify going up 2 and then
strictly business rallying back for 4 to get the win.
And then that wasn't the case at all here.
Strictly business sent home, Shopify Rebellion figure it out here.
I'm joined by Kofa after the win.
Congratulations on the win, sir.
I want to get your thoughts on this new play style.
If you've all been told as you guys after Boston started implementing a new play style,
What's that adjustment been like for you?
Honestly, to me, it's been pretty easy.
Nowhere's obviously more aggressive.
We score way more goals.
I mean, for me, it's way more comfortable
than what we were playing before.
And for me, I'm gonna guess for players,
so it's really easy for me to base it.
That's really awesome.
I mean, hey, you're playing with two players
who are known for their aggression,
first killer and LJ.
What's it been like being teammates with them?
Honestly, I mean, it's been a great time.
I know I can trust them.
I'm tested.
They tested my capabilities,
going to test this like we're just like improving constantly.
You guys are clearly improving here,
but you're going to have to have another step up here.
Last time you played NRG, it was a sweep.
You got NRG now again.
What's going to be different this time?
I think our mindset will be different this time.
OK, well, we'll see if it delivers for you there.
I'm not going to take any more of your time.
Go get ready for NRG.
Thanks so much for the talk there,
Cole, for congratulations on the win.
Thank you.
I appreciate it.
Thank you.
All right, shot the fire rebellions.
Sounding good here, getting locked in
for their semi-final matchup with NRG.
And yeah, I mean, it gives, I thought,
I was really excited after game one.
I was really excited we were to get a good series.
And then Rebellion, I don't know where
this aggression is coming out of,
because we didn't see a lot of that in this match.
We saw it occasionally when they needed it early on,
but it really came down to kickoff goals by Rebellion.
And then they kind of just parked the bus.
There wasn't a lot of aggression.
And maybe, again, that is against a team like this,
when they play against NRG,
we'll have to see how that pans out.
But we have seen Kofor move up the field more compared to Split 1 stacks.
So that is always nice to see because that feels like his element.
Yeah, and when Kofor said, you know, hey, we were a lot more aggressive,
I thought is does he think way is asking about yesterday?
Because when you look at just the data from yesterday's series versus today,
everybody from Rebellion was way more,
way more aggressively positioned yesterday than they were in this series.
They were definitely in the shell,
But they made the most of their opportunities.
They had more high quality chances in greater volume
than they did in yesterday's series of next to new.
And, you know, Kofa was phenomenal,
but the kickoffs were insane for Shopper Car Rebellion
in this series.
I mean, you, but you want, I mean,
what is more aggressive than scoring on a kickoff, right?
Just going at like, like literally wasting no time
getting down the field and then saying,
hold on to the lead we've got here.
Yesterday they had to go to game seven
and they were trailing in so many of those games.
a 5-0 loss. Of course, they have to be more aggressive in a series where they're trailing
like that, right? So I think it makes sense for me here and I love seeing Shopify lock in like
this a team that we know has everything it takes to win it here in North America and they're gonna
get a great opportunity against NRG here in just a moment, folks. But we got a few matches to go
before we get there. One in particular, very excited to hop up here to the top of the quarterfinals.
Every match now, an elimination match. Congratulations to Strictly Business for making it to top six
and accomplishment here in North America. But their road does end here. They'll have to look
look to open number five to improve that result.
M80 versus space station,
gonna be the next match on the day.
FUT sitting there waiting for the results
of this one Shopify and NRG.
They get it some time to cool down
and get ready before their match.
Let's talk about it.
M80 versus SSG, SSG coming off of the heels
of the reverse sweep at the end of yesterday.
That is the big story for me here, Stax.
Can they bounce back?
How like even with a 24 hour reset,
Sometimes that's not enough for a lost half-roodle.
I don't know if you want to play a yawning
right before their quarter-final match, but here we are.
You know, it does have to be a short-term memory
for these guys, and they also have to remember that M80
has, like, massive stakes here, because M80 is chasing a team
like Space Station in the standings.
And it's only a couple of points that you make up
if you beat them here, but you also stop their progress
while you're still alive on the half of the bracket that
does not have NRG on it.
So, you know, Zach was all right yesterday.
We saw he had a couple of highlights.
Now the pressure's really on here on Sunday
to keep that advantage.
But on the other side, like I said,
M80 realizes they've got a bolden opportunity here
to make a big debt in the lead that SSG has over them.
And this has been a surprise.
We got a Nali Cam, which is great to see.
I feel like Nali's been playing incredibly well.
comes out of retirement and is looking fantastic. Most people had MAD as that borderline topping
team. They picked out next to new who was one of their peers. Then on Friday, just 48 hours ago,
they played space station. It went to game five, a ton of one goal games there. So MAD is really
elevated like into this conversation where they have a chance to make a major run, especially
because of that magic and space station where it was so close and one bound. So it goes a different
that they're going to be
playing in a different way
than maybe gets that win. So
they know that going to this
match, but also space station
knows that right? They know
that they can't downplay a
team like M 80. They probably
didn't game plan for them to
incredibly hard on a Friday,
but now knowing that they're
matching for about 20 hours at
this point, they're definitely
going to game plan a little bit
What do you think is going to be the big game plan?
Let's talk about M80.
Can they come in here as the team that lost the last match?
Or they went to game five, as she took that win.
What sort of adjustments do you think
we're going to see here on Sunday
that we didn't see on Friday?
I feel like Molly is going to be the one trying
to move up field to create space.
I think he's going to try and play that chaos ball that we
see like his former teammate, like apparently Jack.
He does that a lot where he'll just move up field
and just trying ball chase the entire time and B.
But basically that player to get a 50-50 challenge
when you're on offense, opens up the door for his two mechanical young kids with life
and neck to come in and make a place. Space station. We know if they have space, they're
going to make it work because all three of them are so gifted in the air. So it's going
to be, it's going to be interesting. Well, chat, let us know who you think is going to
win a hashtag MAD for MAD hashtag SSG for space station gaming here. There's a four
and two as organizations all time. SSG holding the lead in that series. So I mean, he could
start to cut down on that. But this is the only the second time they've played as these
rosters. The last time they played prior to this was back in 2024. It made you take a
little bit of time away from Rockleys. We're glad to see them back here. Let's see if they
can equal the record on this one. Stacks who you got man on paper. It's space station.
I just have a feeling though life in Mac had nearly identical stat lines yesterday. And
I feel like their problem in the past has been it's only been one or the other kind of have it a big series
He get them both on the same page going into this match. I think I made he could actually pull it off
I think it's a close one, but I got a matey here. Wow
Okay, I thought it was a great interview by coach Nick yesterday for M8 except for one obvious flaw
He was complaining about being old at 23 years old. Oh, please you're insulting me right now
I cannot pick you up those pieces
Incredible incredible reason to pick the favorite here
SSG I do think are the favorites and despite the fact that they lost in seven in a reverse sweep to NRG
They lost in seven in a reverse sweep to the reigning world champions and X spear
This is the time when he makes his money. Can he get his coat? It can get his players
Regrounded after a tough loss. I think that's all the ammo he needs
You took the best in the world the champions field over time
I think that this one is gonna be an SSG matchup and they're not gonna have a problem with it
So give me SSG on this one and maybe it's gonna be a it's gonna be a fight though. I'm excited for it
I really want to see it go down. Hey, look at we had we had 75 25 for the opening desk
And we have 60 almost almost perfectly split here 66 33 on on this one
Oh, we're almost there. Okay, never mind, but the players are ready. We're not gonna wait for the numbers to line up folks
Let's get into the matches and find out who's taking on foot east for two
got the chance to give them their first loss of the split. It's not going to be
any time soon though. We got seven games maybe. We'll find out in a moment.
M80 vs SSG. Let's get into it.
We've got explosive upsorts versus a liberal space station. Zach is back on
space station life mech and nollie. Love to get the one up on them here. M80
a bit on the cover. One more step to get into the top four. These two teams definitely are
going to be putting up an intense fight today here. SSG of course have had a ton of pressure,
but M80 seems to be a pretty decent matchup for a lot of these top teams here in North America,
Jorvi, and SSG it's not looking like it's going to be any different. A lot of the pressure
off the rip, straight to Emmy.
We're going to hold the ball.
Quick challenge from Zach, skips away from him,
and that touch is not going to get it done from Nolly.
Diaz will nuked out, looked for a little bit of redemption
after yesterday, because despite the one thing
that everyone will remember Diaz doing, which is missing
the game winning goal against NRG,
where's that series?
He looked rock solid.
I don't want to get back to business here, but Mech drops the reset, no play.
Life coming through, wants to try and drop it down, that clear out center, big demo.
Thought would have allowed possession to stay in, but they make the right call.
As far as I may be concerned, they stay playing a little bit further back.
A lot of respect is going to be given to this SSG squad after they took NRG to Game 7.
So they quite understand the level of difficulty they're up against here.
Zack a couple times now getting chased by Mech.
He's able to protect his corner boost earlier and prevented Mech from messing the rotation
up.
Now Mech gets a good pinch.
Zack puts it into safety.
About three demos in a row.
There's the fourth.
Holly with a double demo.
Space station had gotten the demo right before that as well.
He has forced to clear a lot of boosts for M80.
Nollie carrying it.
Very tight formation on defense from space station.
No more boost left.
This reveal will be the first on the point.
M80 will take the time and even take a little more space
here with Meck.
Meck was trying to get on that one too,
but Zach's challenge a little faster.
Almost got the set up.
He didn't get the shot.
Here comes Nollie to take it away.
A lot of us have been anticipating
that he would be a little bit more aggressive as that
initiator for the team, but for now they stay pushing their own half off the back
one. It's a shot straight down to Mech on goal line.
That's bad for Zach. He's got no boosts, but Mech dropped the ball.
Zach on small pads, happy he didn't have to save anything more threatening there.
And the last possession, M80, and trying to take space in their own half, and they end up giving up possession,
and they do it again. Zach, this time, finds the net shot on target set up here all by reveal of the great pass to Diaz.
Yeah, this one life was kind of just running around waiting to see when that shot was going to come through but the past
Just timed it enough to confuse him that he hesitated and space station get their lead
Off the kickoff life gets it
Who steal as well, but not only midfield it's blown apart by reveal
in that last time
Hustling down first man didn't have a ton of boost on that last play steals the corner
Everybody's back. Zack needs the corner reveal
Waiting for the rebound back to life. No, they went for the bump
The trip reveal up life will storm. This is a really good setup
He slows it down and fake so he can get the center over to life
And it's the same thing. They're just dishing out what it happened to them
Confusing that last man there and then maybe they've tied it up very confidently
And the good thing to respect, too,
is to be able to respond with adequate time.
You don't want to take too long, because then SSG
recognize you're just playing from behind.
It looked like Reveal may have got tripped up
by the attempted bump from Nolly,
but on the second review, Nolly just, or Nolly in the area
for sure, but Reveal, car in an awkward spot on the goal line
and couldn't really get his car turned around.
Still, M80 off the bar, just close enough.
They've dictated the last half of the game so far.
Space Station had some decent pushes earlier,
now having trouble hanging on to the ball.
Zack, 50 goes out.
Molly playing up the second man, up the bison time.
Everyone else reset on M80's defense.
Still locked one apiece.
Zack gets the boost steal, kicks it up.
Zack just kicks it himself.
Everyone was still rotating back for Space Station.
Revealable by some time.
That's about it.
Not able to get that corner boost
and met we'll drill through one.
Life.
Had a head on head challenge there.
50 left with shot from no lane.
Little slow on it.
They're still trying to regain this possession
so they played around in the air
but SSG coming through down center set off.
For now, SSG haven't had too much playing time
on the offensive front.
You see Zach going for the double demo and the bump it's a free net after all you got if you want reveal
You are absolutely
thanking Zach for everything he just did
I mean mech
Waiting for that ball his teammate gets demoed behind him
And there didn't seem to be any reaction there for mech how much reacting he could do
Right after it happened up in the air, but it felt really easy. I made we're just kind of planted in place
Those demos came a little too easy as it goes down to life with a game tireless save by Reveal.
Rebound the scope, Mech climbs the score real quick here and ties it up.
This is the level of speed too that has gotten this at many rocks through a lot of sticky situations, Reveal.
And it was initially a really, really good save. There just was no power on it.
It's a simple recognition from them and they throw that one back in 17 to go.
Well, life calls himself off the ball as soon as he saw the fake now reveal
Out of the ball you saw Zach creeping up on the left side of the rotation. Yes, there's no boost
He missed all the small pads as well have to
Slowly rotate to get back to it got the challenge anyway
Could have been a hairy situation instead we got overtime in game number one
See what we get off the kickoff here
Over to the side wall, Mollie has to be patient with it, takes his time, does get bumped off
the play for SSG, they just wait for this ball to get handed back to them, it dies for
now, 50 goes back though in favor of the M80.
Reveal having to avoid Mollie right below and there was still an angle for Diaz to really
hit it.
Reveal had a good spot initially, but again, back side defensive rotation for M80, forced
revealed forward is a little awkward.
Zach gets one more touch.
Space station keep possession,
but Diaz on the long side for that pop up for reveal.
All the space station come back.
No follow up touch Diaz.
Got a little space.
Life comes back.
Doesn't have a lot of boost.
Nollie with a full tank right behind
and that gets called off two on one all of a sudden.
And it's easy does it for Nollie.
Life will get credit for the goal at the end.
It's Nollie.
Sustained out.
Such a clean 1v1 too.
Look at this.
He just baits reveal high enough.
Here went over and left goes, don't worry,
I'm straight behind you with the power thrown in.
No stress to M80, such a solid OT win too.
Between the two, a very, very close game overall.
He also had second man looking at Met,
because it looked like Met initially was going for that ball.
Bates the rotation in, leading reveal all by himself,
having to defend a two on one all of a sudden.
A good play at the end there from M80,
good heads up play to get them that last goal.
A lot of opportunities for space station,
only six total shots, but they had some good possessions.
They even had some turns of their own.
But a couple of times, you see,
third man kind of get caught rotating around,
either missing small pads or just off the mark,
that was a good shot from life.
Still, if you're space station,
feel like you left a little bit on the table.
defense is just a little too uncomfortable.
And you do have to keep in mind these two did play each other,
not even two days ago.
So this is a very heavy rematch for them,
where it is on M80's shoulders to try and regain the win.
They lost in game five.
It did get taken all the way,
but it ultimately fell with SSG shaking
those final two games back to back.
And it's those back to back wins
where you understand that SSG does a really good job
of maintaining pressure once they figure it out against M80.
So it's on to M80 to really hold on to what this little piece
of momentum they found is here in game one.
M80 and the last contests came down
to that very last shot that was just in the third in game five,
could have tied it up.
instead had to eat the lost, DS.
Forces the 50, gets the book as well,
lights no touch, and no, they still get there.
Looked like it was for sure a space station goal,
and it still is not.
Mech diving across with a save,
and that one finally space station, by the way, through.
That actually should have been in a solid five seconds ago,
that initial shot just came in really, really slow,
and Prostas act again for just committing full on
is the third man there, but it did not need to be that big of an effort.
Not to take it with the way M80 have been playing defense these yesterday.
We need everything in a little bit more.
Space they should all wait and reveal gets that midfield boosts
Zach and reveal both.
Same wall, but there's no threat.
Mech is just sitting the whole way back in his third during that entire play.
Molly now behind life. Mech actually going to take second point here on the midfield line.
Molly third man has the boost. We'll be able to protect the ball. Mech actually gives this up.
They had a little bit of space. There was no immediate pressure. Now Zack is
forcing the pressure right back in front of the net and Diaz gets a demo.
I'm not sure if he's going to
get it back. I don't know.
Life will actually take it back.
Trying to get a little bit of
breathing room for M 80. It
seemed like they had some, but
two kickaways. Just keep
space station with possession.
Right now as this G of this
fight, you know, having this
much possession and control
might not be as strong as they
like, but it is more than enough
right now, especially without
one goal lead big bump on one
Noley is trying to throw himself forward.
The boys from SSG, they demo him out,
they bump him out of the way.
So they haven't quite had that fluid transition
that they've been hoping for.
And that is, again, props to SSG
for recognizing this pattern that MAD
is trying desperately to find.
See, well, MAD, a very interesting fallback.
Despite the space station pushing forward,
Mechit went downfield, trying to find a buff
on the second or third man and now life is back past it to his own net. This is a little
haphazard, but you see Mech get downfield a lot using all of his boost and then Space
Station have the ball. It just makes defense look a little more uncomfortable. Space Station
have the lead. Mech feel down trying to open some kind of gap in the Space Station rotation.
I'm able to do so just yet. He's finding the rotation right now on ball life on the left
side quick flick life has to wait a lot of power on that one too we haven't seen
them have the space to do too much with this ball the same not quite said for
SSG's that was going forward and this one only takes it away they're approaching
that second half of the game and 80 does need to really ramp up everything on
off front aggression and all of it you can see no lead down trying to go again
it was enough to move that last defender out of the way and give life all the
room from the ceiling, but Jordan, my goodness,
that's slot into the perfect pocket of the upper 90.
M80 might be back.
And you know, Nali got bumped.
And I think it slowed the rotation down just a little bit.
It opened up a little bit more space,
because Nali then goes for reveal afterwards.
But reveal, no chance he was getting to that ball.
It was a great shot.
It's exactly how you want it.
If you're M80, you'll take it.
I think that little chip into Nollywell,
he wasn't intending for it.
He did slow down space station.
But now space station with the ball,
revealed no boost.
Still hurrying up your D-E-I-S, feathers it,
and space station take the lead right back.
You could feel the hesitation a little bit too
on the goal line.
Mech had kind of gone back and forth on this one,
and then life was left to be a little bit awkward there.
They recognized full commit from SSG.
And that lead goes back to them feeling pretty comfortable
in a lot of the responses and situations
that they've been placing so far.
And I will commend SSG on the duo game
in every combination.
They've looked so solid.
What a follow of a 50.
The O'Protects his own booth, Space Station.
Lead man gets demoed.
Life gets a little bit of space.
good decision to just leave the ball didn't hit right back into that foot I
think they get a little tied up here life jumping up the plate with mech
mech playing with himself while we playing with the net and it's all games
here for M&A to tie it up this is so good it revealed and thrown it down but
no only not only enough that the tank to just like feel confident going in on this
shot but just the full commit this is what we were talking about when we were
saying no only is going to throw himself a little bit more upfield more than we've
in the past. It is working out here. It's a tie game all the way around.
Diaz on the left side of the midfield.
It's wide. A mech gets the 50 Zach underneath it. Nothing.
Diaz right behind revealed. He wants to leave it. Diaz pick the right spot there.
Wifty, wifty. The midfield. Zack uses the pre-flick. Couldn't get it into a dangerous spot. Reveal still in the corner.
Zack on the left side. Mech with no boost to defend. Man, he's so good at keeping that ball tight against the wall.
Actually getting it away from their corners, proving to be difficult. Molly does shake it out, but it's right back into space station.
Zack, as the first, leaves it for Diaz! Diaz! They're not hit by Nali!
M80 survived at the end of regulation.
Mech will kick it away, but Reveal gets there.
And M80's command's starting to wane, but just picking up sage here at OT.
Off the kickoff, Diaz and Zack follow their fallback,
then make sure resources are ready to go for this first initial attack.
Demo of one has to play it a little bit slower,
wanted to go for some sort of a fake on it,
and nobody there to follow through.
M-80 have some power under their cars on this first opening statement.
Mali had that incredible save at the end of regulation.
Matt wanting to go for that reveal is just always in the air.
That's like using all of his boosts just to be in the right spot, but his touches.
At the end of his line have been so good. Here's Zach with a quadruple tap back to reveal!
Zek gives him the squeeze and hits him once off the ceiling twice off the wall three times.
And the fourth goes to reveal Space Station take the game.
Having that potential punch, all of those was just enough that when Nolian first completely committed,
he's nose diving down to the save. If it had been a double, he might have had a chance.
But to play it that quickly, I mean, Flower is too huge.
to use space station.
What a way to respond to that first game loss.
I'm 80.
Just not able to do enough to control this ball
out of their own half.
They're able to keep it tight against the back wall.
How often do we see them actually lose their boosts?
Or just unable to actually handle the ball
and get downfield life?
They wanna get some goals.
Wait, I'm seeing it all.
Just a great shot from life.
These had two like that.
One was the bottom right that he slotted against Reveal.
That one topside this time.
And just too much for M80 on defense
where they're just not controlling the ball well.
The aerial touch quality has not been there.
Sure, they've been keeping the rebounds tight
on the back walk, but they're not able
to get momentum going.
Space Station are jumping with like 35, 40 boost
in their third and knocking the 50 away.
The ball is just too far away from their cars
to be able to command.
The touch quality has to go up off the back wall
towards the midfield for M80.
They can actually get some of that
and force Space Station to respect their touches.
I think they're gonna have a little bit more success,
but I do think that touch quality alone
was the difference maker there.
Absolutely agree.
Also, that second half of the game there,
you could see Space Station in the back end
just going for those boost skills,
really making things that much more difficult for M80.
to be able to maintain possession.
So if they keep that combo up of, you know,
just keeping them all away from them, slowing them down,
this could potentially turn into a walk in the park for us.
If you don't want to cause any jinxes,
then like I'll wave punk in this situation.
Catch some strays in the green room.
Life gets to this ball, and Diaz,
the lead support. Again, it's such a heavy touch.
He gets a little tighter on that first touch.
Zack doesn't get as much here.
Reveal doesn't get this ball.
Reveal doesn't threaten them.
Mack does keep this one tight.
Slips the 50 underneath.
Diaz squares it away from him.
Zack steals the corner.
Boos turns on the light.
No play there, but I think he saw a little microcosm
where the issues are for M80.
Getting the consistent touch quality to get it out,
get it down the field,
not just let space station fit through the ball away from you.
They clear out here for life, Smith wanted to try and follow it and finish it.
It actually has been working in their favorite hands up there.
I believe a crumb reveal that plays it out into the corner and then it's just shot opportunity for life.
When you do get on offense, it does look pretty good like when he gets the free ball and all the space station
unable to get back to that rebound.
Life shots pretty good. It's a great read.
I got to do four more minutes of this as M80 chased this ball down Field Mech, finds it back to life.
Molly racing now to get to the second man. Zach shaved off his own, Molly didn't want to go.
He was unsure if Zach was truly boxed out on that player or not.
I hope that ball is just going to sail over his head.
Still last man there as his team was rotating back.
with Diaz get down the field and then maybe play more defense.
Another attempted pass off this time, no only intercepting it,
that's a good shout for M80 to really just challenge a lot of these
attempted pass and plays quicker and quicker.
But there it is, it's those few moments that M80 do get the ball,
they just, they get there and they just head, pan.
It's two demos on one, they throw it back,
He tried to hit it on the nose as hard, but SSG, still all the power in the world.
Question towards the blue.
Mech gets the scoop.
Weaves his way around Diaz, reveal out into space, life back to Mech.
And they string it together a push.
Zack pops it up.
It was Diaz's chance at life back to Mech.
And life in Mech will not unlink here as they pick up the second goal for M80.
Look at this, Zach had already thrown it up on one, but just for mech to stay there and connect to the bit.
He knew there was a chance that that ball was going to fall straight back down to them.
Throws himself in the side of it, two nil up for me.
Space Station, give the give back to Reveal, and the kickoff, all those works!
They can't get through what they saved, initially from Nolly, and then mech picks up the follow-up.
Golang keeps this 2 nil. Reveal gets a full field clear and Nali gets boxed out of the play, falls back right in front of Diaz, Nali now getting the 50s right back down in M80.
While he able to dictate pace of play a little bit, now Scott, just hide.
No, let's turn on this one, too.
Like, it just, you can feel the difference between the last game and this one, and the 80 or now starting to catch up.
Play this a little bit closer, and what's happening is SSG haven't played M80 this quickly yet,
so a lot of these shots are coming just off target, off the mark.
Crossbar is their enemy at the moment.
Mustache, straight to the crossbar, is actually going to play a low life.
Make safe out to the side.
That must be head mustered
But reveal up to get back up there
Knowledge in a tough spot no boots
reveal almost had it's time to go down and
Goomba stomp life as well life avoids him now a counter attack
And maybe trying to get set up like prioritizes the ball
It's a handoff straight to reveal Zach's downfield harassing mech. We will help out
Life was on the other side.
Back facing some danger.
Give it go.
Diaz end up ahead of the ball.
Reveal still tries to squeeze.
Zach will half flip.
Try to kick mech out of the way.
Space station.
They can't get the ball.
They'll get the car.
50 right up to the ceiling.
Diaz gets chipped out.
Zach gets chipped across.
Reveal.
Half the goal.
Space station late in the game.
Bring it back to one.
Back to back to back.
And there is the whole zero.
As far as boost was concerned for M80,
it just bored them down way too thin.
SSG, and if find themselves on the board in a way
that's got to frustrate you a little bit too,
if you are M80, play such a strong game so far,
but it's something as simple as no-faceted,
it's ordered not being on the field,
that's gonna take you out of this.
Reveal, gets the double frag, and brings it real easy.
I thought for a second,
Ali was about to get that sick.
It's Zach maybe just needs to put that on net.
Ali had no booze, but hey, he got the goal.
No chance he was going to make the save.
36 seconds left.
The space station takes what?
About five seconds to score two goals.
Now Zach gets this one.
And another demo.
De-att to the left side.
Zach couldn't get the tip in.
Across the post, M80 feeling more pressure.
No booze, Zach can't do anything.
And Mech will get the clear, but for how long?
as life tried to feather that, but it's Diaz.
Almost found the shot for Zack.
Reveal, skip, oh, got a little skip there from Zack.
Off of reveal, no play, it looked like Space Station
had the game winning goal right there,
and they still might.
Diaz, it's a heavy touch.
Not gonna work, over time again, three games, three OTs.
We'll see how this one essentially could be any different
Or an only try to throw it over to like he was just a bit ahead, but they almost played the pinball game around
hesitation it was the fault in that one though
Nollian life
Just getting their life has no blues reveal off the ceiling picture pass the Diaz, but it was a pinball
Nox off of a blue card Diaz gets the demo
Zack somehow wins that 50 back against mex that can't get back to the ball desperate defense here for m80
low boost game. If I get the job done, get the clear, still reveal, get out of the ball,
and mech at the huge steal.
From the corner there, he tried to spot Noling on it.
Now I made each little bit too close together, going to have to separate.
Is that big clear hit come through?
Reveal center down over the deck.
It's just a classic SSG play to keep things simple.
An OT to space station gaming.
Oh, Zach!
Of course he's back! Got another one!
And since the game has been on point,
Space Station take the lead. They rip that game away from M80.
But a 2-go lead for most of that.
Space Station scored their first goal with what?
46 seconds left in the game.
It took them all 6 seconds to score their second.
Fourth DOT.
And it's Zach getting MVP honors.
the game. And the
team is going to be the
winners and space station.
Getting the game leading
win him 80 will call tactical
time out what you needed after
you just blew that lead.
Yeah, you definitely gonna need
one like that. They look so
good. Um, in that middle
center of this past game, they
had started to get a grip on
it, had some potential to
really like run circles around
space station at some point,
but once SSG got accustomed to
the pace of play that in me,
I mean, that last shot was a clear cut example of them having their way with them pinball
straight into the night.
No hands up.
And now in the 80, got to really dig deep to do something different.
Otherwise, this is just going to be a repeat of the last time they matched up.
At the beginning of the weekend, all of the talk was about that fifth through eighth placement
in North America, your Gen G's, your Dignitas's,
I guess above the fifth or eighth, even Virtus Pro,
which I don't think anybody expected
to not at least make it to a top six.
None of those teams are here.
M80 instead are the ones who pole vault over them,
get themselves a top six potential top four.
They had to play against Space Station on Friday,
it was close, went all five games,
came down to the final seconds,
and they couldn't get it done.
M80 and space station probably going to be competing for that fourth ish spot.
Although if space station could keep it up, maybe they do just reclaim or just
claim third. But either way, you're talking about the the back end of the
North America qualification for Paris here. It's a huge match for M80 with
the stakes to get to the major to get yourself some more points to maybe not
have to go to a last chance qualifier. They need a lot to go their way.
but Space Station is quite literally ahead of them
in the season points, so taking them down here,
getting a higher placement, is another step on that journey.
Right now, Space Station, they've just played the better game.
They've just had better control.
I still think M80 are really playing survival on defense
and unable to dictate pace.
Space Station have held the cards so far here
in the first half of the series.
Absolutely, great.
I think right now, SSU is definitely playing a clear game.
They've won against this team up before.
They are one away from that match point and off the kickoff.
They're just going to be one step closer to it.
This has also been something Space Station in this series
have pretty much won every single time on.
Nali, with the delayed kickoff and it doesn't even
get the ball, Reveal just kicks it straight in.
Yeah, Space Station.
I've won most of the kickoffs.
There's not been a fun time for N80 on defense.
No, not at all.
It's been a very questionable one, and it feels hesitating,
and it keeps throwing them out.
Matt tried to do his best, but revealed just going all in on,
and you can just feel SSG barreling down on the defensive line.
defensive line and what not even 18 seconds in not even 20 seconds total is two up this
this is the SHD that everybody was fearing throughout the group stage.
Again right off the kickoff you lose your boost you try to make a play in front of a
box with no boost then you can do about it you get dumped.
M80 ran out to a two goal lead last game we're unable to hold on to it now they face
a two-goal deficit. Barely 30 seconds in, make it. A one-goal deficit. SpaceD should get caught up.
You see Zach getting harassed from behind. Mech finally connects on a bump that he's been going
for. He has narrowly missing. Nolly recognizing his team needed help there, just could not connect at
the end. Nice heads-up play from Mech who has been trying for that most of the series and actually
It actually connects this time.
Wow, that's not it.
You hear this?
That's just one of those sounds that's going to haunt you later on.
He just straight up missed the ball.
Yep.
He went super solid.
The ball stayed still.
That's a goal though.
Spaces don't get this up.
In M80 you just can't get a handle on things.
All they catch that ball away. Life has no moves.
Corner's not exploding for him.
Man, look at the touch from Zach.
Mech had forced to dive across, but by the time Mech is in the play, you're already praying.
And that was just a perfect touch from Zack to get it across, and there was no chance Mech was getting to that ball.
And of course, over them priorities in the right spot, this one almost
lasered into the upper 90 there, off kickoff.
Zack is something I'm trying to get on this one now, because the roll itself on out.
Zack tries to take a slow roller towards Mech, and here comes M80's
First possession in quite some time. It was a slowing down toward the net and a medium of the transition back out.
Yeah, no, but that's not the story of the game for them.
The corner boost did just spawn for Nolly and you didn't have to use any of it.
I still can't get possession. Life gets to his other corner.
Nolly gets kicked out of the lane. Neck will get the corner boosts.
Boost issues going down now for M80, but ball possession.
Still a problem, like with space there, and with boosters, nobody around you.
And he sees Mech downfield trying to go get Mech.
But they've left fate up to the 50 games so often, and they have not won.
It's like, if you've got space, you've got the Mechs.
Why not use them? You want to get Mech downfield.
They've gone for that so many times. Mech doesn't even go for that one, reveals all over it.
That's exactly what's been happening.
I think there does have to be a level of understanding though, you know, from MAD that SDG is just as mechanical as they are, and they've proved it not once, but now four times.
Look at that down here. It's just taking a pretty picture.
Everything they do at this point has just been gorgeous, and honestly, it near flawless.
We're a vehicle. Excellent, will you there?
The Space Station are absolutely crushing M80 in this game.
This is the team that got reversed, swept by NRG, which is...
You're not really a positive thing, but I think what it actually kinda is.
Outside of that game 7, the situation looked quite good.
I was a little worried for M80 coming into this series.
They've just been so clean with it, taking advantage of it.
Zack, still producing beautiful Zen Touch.
Life has to chase him down.
He's beat by the simple air roll, and Nali's got no place to do anything about it, but
Zack's touch quality through the roof.
It's very rare to, you know, we get that these player cans,
you can have a small peek into what everybody is feeling
in that moment.
Noley was violently shaking his head,
knowing that Bob was going on in,
since the frustration, of course,
as these goals start to build to, you know,
a very stressful mark that you almost can't come back
from two minutes.
Just feel like a lot of time, but when you're down my board,
you're still getting shots, put on your net,
Like, what on earth can you do outside
than just a full mental reset into the next game?
M80 had the tactical time out as well.
Mech this time gets a good 50 and a bump.
He'd life some space.
Where's the threat?
And around Mech, good control, gets around it.
Look how revealed, just sits right with Nolly
that whole time, he doesn't have a ton of boost.
He's got less ground to cover.
He'd never gained golly any room to get a jump early.
It was always in the way.
Reveal had a splash moment or two in the series so far,
but most of his other productions have been quiet and steady.
Reveal has been the biggest benefactor to Zac
coming back to this team.
He just looks like his old self.
I mean, he has no answer right now.
No, none at all.
It's such a good shot to say that he's felt better
It's Zach returning. It's a huge thing for the mental when you're able to play with friends, people you know
that can let you thrive a little bit there and we've got nothing but that from this SSG roster.
He has up to one. He has to use his flip because not much in the tank.
He's that mid-boost take, the demo in front of him. He does have shot opportunity, but no, he managed to survive enough to keep him out.
And I think this is the big question for M80.
We talk about life in Mech and how new they are to the North American scene, how new they
are to the RLCS.
Though they have the mechanics, they've had some standout moments.
But when you start getting to the better teams in North America, how are you going to perform?
Right now, they've really put through their paces.
Only the veteran gets the 50 back up to life.
back to mech. It's some good ideas, but then reveal just off the ceiling, kicks the ball away.
And hasn't that just been the story for M 80? The ball is just too far away to do anything.
Ball gets 50 now. Space station. One more to go. Match point is officially been claimed.
SSG trying to take down M 80 much quicker than they have in the past. And by the past time,
literally two days ago, so clearly, you know, they've taken what they were up against. They've
I learned from Anthony.
I think this part-handing aggressive style
and also that boost,
having that boost advantage of just really
starving out M80, making them uncomfortable is doing what?
The winner of this goes on to play foot
who had yet to drop a single game this weekend.
Space Station only dropping a single game
here to M80 so far.
That came definitely the worst of them all the most goals scored in the game so far, but also just the most dominant front to back Nick and company.
How can they adjust sometimes really is just execution. I think that m 80s execution just has not been there.
Space station, winning the small stuff winning the 50 50s getting the better touches.
Right positioning from reveal tough to beat right now
Very tough to be right now right now reveal in zack alone like mentioned that duo is playing very clean
And all Diaz has to do is be that solid all around player not even necessarily stuck on third
SSG has had so much room to play around on the offensive front
And right now it just continues to be the same story as last
It's this time, Nali will leave that kickoff, gave me a chance at it,
Space Station got a challenge quickly off the kickoff.
I mean, he's trying to get some possession off kickoff,
but they can't get anything right after that initial try.
Reveal, good timing on the 50, Diaz coming in quick,
Zack threads the needle, a little uncomfortable,
Life kicks it back over to the corner, gets harassed by Diaz on the way back.
On this corner here
Maybe they really want to do that demo game open up. She's just annoyed reveal
Nothing to doing it to him. You saw that first not only demo, but then the bump on that map just to decide about the ways
I'm still getting my second one
Running riot for reveal
There's no killstreaks in Rocket League, there's no UAV, okay for him he doesn't need one.
Here's Zach, downfield.
He's got the goal, that might as well be the killstreak.
Here's Mech.
Trying to get something going, Light will take the 50 off the ceiling with the reset.
Dropped it down, but Space Station cover the gaps everywhere.
And there's no play.
Space Station get it clear.
It was also that big credit to Diaz too, right?
Like you said, covering those little gaps, him really rounding out this like
high powered, almost angry duo right now that want to close out this game.
He's doing wonders.
Millie trying to get the pass over to his teammate off the backboard.
No space given though.
All areas have been covered by SSG.
And still covered.
Nali just didn't even attempt going, knowing Zach was just going to jump right on top of him.
It just looks like such a three-man passing time, nobody from the station was even there.
Everyone's rotate around going to get through, somehow this is a shot for M-80.
It just looks so hard for M-80 to control the ball.
Yeah, I mean...
You can touch.
You got it.
Also understand it, SSG is so in their face right now.
But they weren't even there, that's what I mean,
it's like they were completely free,
there's no way around even challenging them,
and they're still smacking the ball around.
Like space station are breathing down their necks.
You gotta identify that space, find the control,
they do get some here though.
Only to catch on it.
A lot of these shot attempts are, you know, half taken,
they're not even that intimidating at this point.
Mech over one, it's a slow follow from life.
He does have that mid breeze, but Zack still
able to get around one.
Follow comes up a little bit slow here.
SSG out of the other side.
Zack full tank.
Not only getting harassed by Reveal, Zack somehow.
Fished that way back to Diaz, and the crossbar
comes back to Haunan, but he just gets back to the ball,
preventing the shot, and Reveal.
Maxmex attempt the lay even when that finds that first touch doesn't matter space station
They are right in your face. Here's
Another hit downfield and space station hold on to this lead is m80 hold on to the ball
Big demo nolly but still enough power at least gives m80 a chance to the shot next was wide and slow
SSG doing the skin thing and they keep sending this one to the back of it on this one.
M80 have at least managed to learn to cover it at almost all times at this point.
Fiffing back.
SSG just learning around and hear the demos behind them and slowly just trying to give
M80 a fighting chance out of their own side, but at this point even the own goals are starting
to come in.
The DS fires catapult from the ceiling, just got a chip actually, that's a blue trail.
As it came off, just on the challenge, it bounces back down off of the blue car giving it,
it bounces off the ceiling off the blue car giving it a perfect angle down to the net, impossible.
For M80 to save and when it rains it pours, M80 completely flooded right now.
Just a minute to go, you still got to catch up, I see nothing off kickoff.
Amade struggling to just have a turn with the ball at this point.
Life's going to try and do it himself, big shot!
On target, this could be what they need.
Life has scored every single goal for Amade in this series, and it's always this look.
This look, we just catch space station finally rotating back.
Nobody's there to immediately challenge me.
Look, he's going for boost.
I can shoot this and he's still got to put immense power on the shot to get that goal.
You take it if you're in the 80, you're alive in the series still.
And Nali had life with him and it's a long time to have a miscommunication.
Down over the D.A.
I knew that center was coming.
Taylor's all this time with this face station roster.
Just a classic center over their heads, no boost.
And it's that no boost that has done them dirty so many times
throughout the series.
Just a class game from Reveal.
Class series from Reveal.
You have that roster when they were with Kofa.
Kofa's downfield all the time.
revealed the great distributor and he refills that role right here with Zach
back on the team, Diaz picks up the save, the end of regulation, the end of what
looks like the series, Space Station.
Put their heel on the head of M80, unable to do anything about it.
It's a hard, clear down the field and a hard win for Space Station.
Just an overall well-rounded performance, not even one for the road home.
It is denied.
And a performance like that is what you're going to need if you're going up against
Foot Eastpoints, because that's what awaits them in the semifinal.
And then Foot have not dropped the game just yet, and they're unable to recreate a little
bit of the magic that they had coming into today.
space station after getting reversed swept by NRG in gut punch fashion they
find themselves into the top four and a chance to play for the Grand Final in
Zach's return after his very short retirement what a what a game from
space station much statement what a way to warm up before you go and play for it
that it definitely is a great performance, especially when you are rematching against somebody in such a short period of time.
That is the goal right to come back and win in an even better fashion than you had in the first.
This was well-rounded and like you said, popster reveal overall.
He just looked so solid and happy and excited to be there.
Zach is back. We'll see what SSG can give in their next years.
Now we move on to our semifinals here on Championship Sunday.
Oh, now this guy's going that way.
Now I'm getting the lay of the land.
Now lays can be a big test for a young homeowner
turning into their appearance.
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 lot.
I heard him. I was right here.
Let's just stand quietly.
All right.
I
Bet you guys have driven some great cars, huh? Progressive can't protect you from becoming a parents
But we can't protect your home in auto when you bundle with us. I think you might have brought the wrong car
We had the red convertible
I'm free, no, I don't call my son
I will see you on my tail, you'll see what I've got
I'll stand on the altar, and we'll drink on the car
The same old story, but inside my mind
Guys, I'm the first one
I see the bright side down
I just don't want to see you back
Well, don't be fooled
Generation, bad generation
I see the bright side down
I'm so sorry, I see you now
You're nothing, you won't find a reason
That's a reason now
Look outside your window
Creeping like a shadow
Spies are at the table
Keep an eye on stable
I'm not gonna hide
I do not waste time tonight
I'm so scared I'll see you down
You're not the one
Let's generate some good
Generations down
I do not waste time tonight
I'm so scared I'll see you down
You're not the one
I won't let it set on fire, it's too late to say
It's too late to say it's too late to say
I think my life's got to die
Smoky shows me, I see you burn
You're a world before
Generation, generation, yeah
I think my life's got to die
Smoky shows me, I see you burn
You're a world before
Generation, generation, yeah
I feel like I'm on my own right
I'm gonna get caught living in these eyes
But I'm never close or striking, I forgot
You can run, you can lie, you can slide back
Give it time, it's your mind, you're so far back
Yeah, if you want, you can hide
That's not right, just go find a love
And we'll find a way back home
You'll find your way back home
I
I feel looking out, I hold in love.
Come on in, get it, come on in.
Baby, in these eyes.
back in fourth you thought it was a close series with three over times for the first three games
and then it wasn't close at all five one a game for three one in game two ssg comes together in
style and they're now on the top four i'm joined by reveal sir congratulations on the win i gotta
I gotta quickly go back to yesterday though. I want to hear about what like what was the team dynamic like after that reverse sweep
And what did you guys do between then and now to get to this victory?
I mean, we didn't really like care because um
I thought like the game through just like unlucky, you know like that crossbar shot. I just like unlucky
So we didn't really like change anything. We just came here today and played our game
It certainly was unlucky
I think there's a really healthy mindset you had there and it paid off today.
It looked really, really strong out there against M80.
What was going on at the beginning of the series here against M80 that made it so close
versus the end where you guys were able to run away with it?
Well, it came out very hard and fast, so we just had to just chill out and play our game.
Yeah.
Well, you played it well here.
I want to ask, speak of playing your game, I want to ask what's it like playing with Zach
again?
Because what was, were you excited when you heard he was going to be coming back on the
team?
Of course, yeah.
He's my best friend.
Yeah.
Do you ever, do you ever call them scribbles still?
Is it, do you make, do you make that mistake?
Oh yeah.
I always call them scribbles.
Well, I got to ask, man, you got in the semifinals here, going up against foot esports, they
are 19 and 0 in this tournament.
They have yet to lose.
What's the game plan?
How are you going to give them that first L?
Um, we're just going to play our game and hopefully we can come out on top.
the game, the name of the game
here for space station reveal.
Thank you so much for taking the
time to talk with us. Good luck
in the semifinals. Thank you.
All right, Gibbs, they are playing
their game. You heard it.
They're playing their game, and
that game is a score and a lot of
goals. I guess that maybe they just
absolutely the offensive firepower
was absolutely fantastic. And maybe,
you know, they kept up with them in
that first game, and Ali with the
good pass play out to life. But
after that space station game,
Puttin' on the offensive shelf.
Man, that must be from life was so nice.
If only that was more.
That M80 had to look at, that was nice,
because, man, I just...
Trace station was more of a better unit.
Front to back.
In fact, there was some issues on defense
and ball handling from M80.
There were so many times where they actually had space,
and it looked like they didn't think they had space,
and they'd just be...
They'd knock at the ball around between themselves,
the game. You know, I mean,
I think you know, I mean,
I think the game is unable to
gain any momentum and move down
the field. It's basically
winning 50s. Oh, no, Bruce
were. You would think that any
business winning those 50s here.
They were tripping the ball
away reveal had such an
such an excellent series. Love
how he looked all series long.
Yeah, we've seen two like I don't
know if you know the loan to
phone mean we're just looking
up. There was times when we saw
that with that maybe they on the
goal line. Oh, no, I don't know.
I've had like they're all about
them. Space station just going
and you know, they're awesome performance all weekend long.
There was a really impactful moment. I felt like at the end of game two over time,
where SSG got the win you saw in the player cams, they popped off almost like they had won a series.
It was it seemed really impactful. If you think about it, that was their first win in six games,
which as much as reveal wants to say that they didn't care about the reverse sweep loss.
And then they were like, it's just unlucky. It's fine. Let's go next. And that's probably
how they felt about it. You still know as a competitor when you've lost five games in a row,
They finally getting it back like, okay, we can win. We can do this. That's a big deal. And from that point on, they didn't lose again.
So, 4-1 through SSG has a match with Foot East Sports. Can they be the team to finally give them their first loss here in this bracket?
We'll find out here in just a little bit, but let's hop to the bottom side of the bracket Shopify Rebellion to quick the care of business against Strictly Business earlier today.
And now they've got their hands full with the reigning
Rocket League champions of the world.
NRG versus Shopify Rebellion.
Round two for this tournament.
First round went cleanly to NRG here, Gibson.
And this used to be a contest.
I feel like last season we saw first killer versus NRG.
It was energy five to two, but first killer got a big win
at the Birmingham Major to make it to that grand final.
So there has been times when he would challenge energy
for that top spot in North America.
But so far this season, that has not happened at all.
He hasn't even won a single game against energy at this point.
So energy is 2-0 with two sweeps.
So it is going to be a difficult test.
Energy yesterday, I felt like, didn't play it their best,
but that's kind of what energy does.
They don't play their best easily when these matches.
Anyway, they won four games in a row versus space station game.
And can they continue that here?
Rebellion first killer.
Let's see what they got.
Yeah, I mean, Rebellion's offense looks so much better.
I really like how Rebellion have looked.
I was a little worried at the start of that
strict big business series, but after that,
they looked exactly how I expected them to.
I expect this to be close.
You know, we say NRG, well, they weren't at their best
yesterday, they still looked real good.
Daniel's my, the big one that I'm looking at though.
If we're gonna pick one player that didn't perform
the expectation throughout the series, it is Daniel.
And once, I mean, Daniel finds his form,
then NRG probably look unbeatable again.
It's just so hard to get back by this team.
But I think this new look rebellion offense,
I want to see how NRG's defense handles it.
Yeah, when Kofa talks about like in the interview
that they're being more aggressive,
I really feel like it's more he's being more aggressive.
And I think it's, we're kind of seeing that
because I felt like a rebellion overall
was a little bit passive in their last match,
except for Kofa, who is moving up the field a lot more,
which is what he used to do on his former teams
and excelled at that.
So we'll see if that continues here.
I feel like they absolutely have to do that to take down energy.
Yeah.
We were saying maybe energy didn't look their best yesterday,
but they still came out with the win.
And in the interview with Coach Sathie,
he was talking about how there's this switch that
Beast Boat can flip to then just be to really level up
and become the best team.
Cycle pass beast.
The team names, which we were talking about that later on.
I mean, give somebody other answers about, like, what does
that mean?
Like, why doesn't he just flip the switch in the beginning of game
one and just win 4-0, right?
And it's less about the fact that like he could just decide to be better,
but more when his team is struggling, how, how does he have what it takes to find that skill that he knows?
And can he, can he deal with the mental weight of we're not playing well and still find a way to be the best player in the world?
And that is a thing that can do it. And how instantaneous that change can be.
It'll just seem like in a moment like a switch flips and suddenly he's, he's in that level up game.
The fact that he was able to do that in a situation where they had to reverse sweep and they did so successfully is terrifying.
Not only are NRG 2-0 against this Shopify rebellion team,
they are 4-0 in the last meetings
against Shopify's organization,
and they've won 10 games straight.
This is, they have had Shopify's number for a while.
Jorbey, who you got?
So my favorite head-to-head matchup in North America
is first killer versus Atomic.
They've been playing like together
and against each other for over 10 years.
And Atomic's got the better of it.
Atomic's got the better team.
NRG win this one.
I think it's gonna be close.
I think rebellion get really close.
I think it's going to be seven again,
but I just think that the peace mode company too powerful,
too powerful.
Fun fact, fun fact as well.
We're talking about atomic.
Watch for his first assist of this series.
It'll be his 1000th career assist chat.
Kind of a fun thing you watch for.
Give us who you got.
Rebellion, normally I would be more on their side of things
where there's some momentum
and I got to hate on energy a little bit,
but I didn't like what I saw at a rebellion
in that first match.
I have energy winning this one pretty cleanly.
I'll give a rebellion one game.
It's going to be for this championship Sunday.
And if energy wins first killer gets another fourth finish,
I feel like this one's energy is game to win.
I feel like the history would be on their side here.
I do think it's going to be close.
I'll be the goes to game seven.
I think we go to game six, but let's see.
Fan favorites as well.
NRG right in world champs.
Best team in North America.
Can they prove them right here?
Do Shopify start to write a new story folks.
The winner of this gets to play for the title of North American regional champion here in open four and more or less secure a spot in Paris, folks.
Don't forget to get your tickets if you want to watch these teams play.
I bet we'll see them both there, but for now, we'll get to see them play right here online.
NRG versus Shopify Rebellion.
Hey, matchup, where most people would look at these guys and go,
All right, this is your grand final, right?
Nope, it's in the semis.
Kate has brought Shopify Rebellion and NRG together.
Game one brought to you by Professor, here we go.
This is going to be a really interesting one,
mainly because the last time Shopify Rebellion
didn't get swept by NRG
was in the Birmingham Open Major two.
So it has been quite some time for them
to try and get a grip on this NRG squad.
Otherwise, it is just the same old, same old.
First killer, looking for an early strike,
but she was able to do early and often
against strictly business.
But not this time.
Alkofer, up through the skies, up against Beast Mode.
Big step up here for Shelf of Fire Rebellion is LJ.
Well, pass one across.
First killer's there, and Beast Mode stops him.
It's just a different level now with these two on the field still scoreless here in the first minute despite three great opportunities
coming from rebellion
How beast mode
I'm gonna say so far it really has been the same story as before and just like that
It's beast mode to the center to atomic and I believe
No, that's not 1000. 1000 is the other way around. It's gotta be him to assist, no?
Sure, yeah. He's got it. 99 for the tournament though. His ninth goal to go with his nine assists.
It's Kofi now. Up the ladder. Met by Daniel. He talked about how Shepifur Valiant was able to sit on a lead.
NRG have done that time and time again and frustrated every single team in the land.
And here goes atomic again.
Right at LJ, Daniel looking to clean up.
Nope, he'll just turn off here, realize he was beaten.
And now it's rebellion that does need to counter a jack.
And B-Spoke just jacked him or is that one away?
Now that they cleared down, Kofur,
was a really big difference maker for his team yesterday.
And I think Energy are going to recognize that and try
and put the stops on him.
Another shot on target on Ness.
There it is.
It's a rebound.
Atomic gets credit for an assist on this.
Even though it wasn't one of his passes,
he's still running forward.
Pismoed the goal.
And for Atomic, 1,000 career is this.
The first in North America to reach that milestone.
He joins Corsas and Fever in Oceania at the 1K helper market.
He may get another here.
No, his Beast Mode brings one off the crossbar and that still recovers to get that away from First Killer.
Out made is it, Tom. Keeping on no boost still goes for that center there.
Daniel plays this one back. Gonna take the boost away just to inconvenience Cofer and slow down any Shopify rebellion attack.
back, and off to LJ. Everything from Shopify just feels a bit slow and lackluster right
now as NRG work together to get out of their half with the pass to Pismo that gives them
the breakaway.
Daniel deleted, no problem. Atomic's still there. It's the safety valve, but he'll guide
that up to the side. Every time Shopify rebellion has had some momentum, even a number's advantage.
As it matters as a comic, let's Kofor go on by.
No boost in the tank, it's still able to escape
out of the defensive zone.
And then this pitches all the way to the corner
and Kofor has recovered.
He's all the way back to start another counter attack
for the Rebels.
He's down, first killer to pitch all the way around on this.
Forced to go to the 10-dash.
First killer into that ball, just set it away.
He's got this vote on nine, he got forced into it.
Oh, Atomic. No one better than setting up his teammates.
He's supposed to lop one over. He's in Atomic's direction, but he was all the way back.
He's going to play defender now and does so with Beast Mode, screening LJ off the play.
That's a big win by Kofur. Daniel will just catch this, bring it to the back wall,
dance around LJ, dance around first killer. Now there's only one to beat and Kofur makes the stop.
this might have been himself the same as normal just really taking initiative for
this NRG squad to get taken into that blue side here around the corner again
most the chopper fireball he can do right now is just defend that's all they've
been given the space to do although with only one save it's giving me
accredited to them feels like so much more he's going off the crossbar for a
killing great save on out. This is on down. That's a missed opportunity and it's
gonna cost him. This ball never stops as LJ gets the
feet up to Kofir caught atomic on the way back. You ping one off the crossbow
with a chance to put the game away and all of a sudden it's back to a one-goal
game. Off kick off you shoot from shop of five.
These photos already up ready to go pinch off the ceiling to atomic takes this time
first killer will make sure that backboard is
nice and defended
30 seconds left to go still trailing my wine here comes corporate trying to get tight shot on net
Still prevail
I'm winding down. It's about to be a two-goal game again atomic with a second
He's had a hand at all three goals here for NRG
scoring two of them, Beast Mode, the exact opposite, and that's surely gonna do it.
A great setup, better finish, Shopify Rebellion only has 21 seconds.
That's right, they've been great on kickoff so far today, but that's against a different opponent.
Add atomic there to stuff out the quick rundown field, and that's just about to do it.
LJ will have a look here, and Beast Mode just lets him go by again.
Again, Daniel to the backboard.
Will there be any more for NRG?
They certainly don't need it.
They've got game one.
All, you know, roads have always led to NRG
and it's looking like it's the same shop of our belly.
They've had such an incredible weekend,
but it's almost like every time you are met up
against this giant center NRG,
there is no stopping them.
An atomic, well rounded out like we saw getting
his thousands career assist helping out with three of those states and shots to his name
on top of it.
You know, then meet the honors.
It's a great, great NRG, and they're allowing every single person to thrive today on their
road to another side.
And there it is.
You don't really see atomic get a touch on the, on the thousandth assist that he got
because he really did.
He just got to push it down the field.
You know normally somebody hits a milestone and they actually have like something that belongs on the highlight reel
Not not the case for atomic, but that's kind of been his career
He hasn't been the guy that's been all over the highlight reel. He has just made his teammates better
Even going all the way back to like the days goes definitely the days with Envy
Yeah, I used to say when we were doing like the team stream for team Envy that you could put a dime anywhere on the field and
He would hit it with a pass
He has been great for his entire career
I mean you have to have a lot of career longevity to hit a milestone like that
And as you can see the first in North America hit 1,000 assists now that that's out of the way
Now we can get back to some normal rocket. They go over to forbidden temple for game two after energy takes the first one three to one
What do they have for an encore?
Pretty standard here first killer does get that back use pad. It's gonna play this one out to the ground like
That little bit of defense there still keeps this in possession for Shopify.
They have shot opportunity tries to make the delay and already was up,
but Kofa cannot be stopped quite yet.
Kofa's got both goals for Shopify rebellion.
Atomic did what he could, but nobody could get a hand up on Kofa's rebound effort.
LJ had seven goals yesterday against next to new.
First killer dropped in seven earlier today,
against strictly business.
Maybe it's Kofor's time to go off,
as he's got them both right now for SOR.
First killer has Kofor forward,
and Atomic will clear this off the backboard.
Atomic's saying on the backboard there,
it's a good show because shot part of the lane
does tend to go there quite often
if they don't have the space for those passing plays.
You heard in the interview before,
Kofor said that they are coming into this
with a lot more aggression
and everybody should be used to from them,
so they're gonna see if that pattern is true or not.
LJ, the old Daniel just immediately sends it back
and wants to shop a fire of belly
and not much seems to have changed.
Marked out of the corner there from Daniel,
but first killer's all over it, you know, just,
I know a lot, there are a lot of people
that do want to see, you know,
gopher kind of like the space station gopher,
kind of the old cofer where you know he could just go off and score a million
goals and that's all well and good. They'll settle for the win and I think
that's part of a maturation process that a lot of young throws kind of have to
go through. Whereas a pendulum swings one way or the other right where you're
hyper aggressive and then you settle into kind of a team rotation and you
take a lot of that edge off. I think LJ kind of dealt with that a lot where it was
like, okay, when is he gonna get selfish again?
When is he gonna be the guy again?
And we've seen spurts of that this weekend out of LJ.
What a window by Beast Road!
Oh my!
Beast Road, this is no way,
all Beast Selfish enough for everybody on the field.
It's the musty forward into the dunk.
Don't really just let him know who's boss.
Tied again, Dan RG.
Well, that is how you respond after an early space station or rather rebellion goal, but
SSG on the mind, we may see them in the finals, they have looked impressive this weekend but
right now it's all about NRG and rebellion.
Who will get there in this half of the bracket?
First killer.
Seemingly from a standstill able to get plenty of momentum forward.
Who will blink next between NRG and Shopify?
So far, Shopify hasn't changed too much.
Like we said before, they said they're coming into this with a new playstyle.
Same can be said for NRG.
It's a battle of resilience.
We need to get to pass over to LJ off the backboard who's there to follow its first killer.
Has to hide down to himself but too up from NRG and had that been any more
Center that would have been a wide open net
for NRG
Well first killer running on here
After the decoy in the air
Rebellion did get very lucky not to have conceded a goal there to NRG
But they'll take that good fortune giving up on the two-minute mark now go for
Lighting through, Beast Mode just patiently waiting along the ground.
That's a loose ball for Atomic.
Beast Mode still forwarded.
Atomic sent a call his own number, and LJ swats that one away.
Daniel's shot just over the bar.
First killer, trying to get past Beast Mode on this one again,
has played to himself.
Atomic just already waiting, lurking in the mid, that mid line,
just constantly covered by this NRG squad.
Rare, clear out.
his first killer in the LJ to try and finish the attack.
I will say that third man is getting
scarily close to the midline for Shopify rebellion.
It doesn't matter this time,
he's in our, he was already in their half.
Game one, the shots were equal, ate a piece.
But the three goals from Atomic and Peace Mode
made all the difference.
Just about equal this time around.
Five shots for Shopify rebellion.
They have the first goal.
NRG looking for a lead here.
Beast Mode running on and Kofor jumps in the way
and gets that around a comic.
They've got Daniel at the back.
Beast Mode coming in to help as well,
but Daniel doesn't need him.
Bakes the initial stop.
Beast Mode trying to bump Kofor away from the corner.
Getting real physical here in the final minute.
LJ gonna take his effort.
Not happening.
Kofor will try, got it around the boards at least.
It's just nothing but possession.
No shots on target coming out of that trip downfield.
I like this cheeky little thing I'd say in the back end of it.
And it was LJ did a boost steal there from Beast Mode.
Just kind of made him a little bit
offered not enough to do too much here, first killer.
Trying to make a center instead of 50s back, 14
RG, 14 seconds on the clock here.
One last big push from NRG.
Daniel up top. He's going next. Can he take some sort of a shot?
See instead, it's a Shopify rebellion
attempt. First killer popped up over to LJ. LJ takes his time and down. It's a killed ball. Instead, it's going to be thought for in overtime.
Bowling ball here at the temple.
As rebellion have been great today on kick-offs, but they've been
and facing pressure early on on these restarts from NRG.
Bit back past the Daniel.
Slam it to the backboard.
First killer waiting and there's no rebound.
Daniel is going anatomic in their side.
See that powerful reset forward.
First kill, it cuts it off.
It quickly starts.
This is similar to what NRG did to rebellion
at the end of regulation.
They tried to starve them out.
Got a couple of boost deals here.
Daniel, cheeky flick up to the backboard and still up in there.
B-Smo tried to get around first killer, atomic,
looking to angle towards center, got the pass away.
Daniel's there.
LJ's got to be careful that he does have that away around one,
and then only off of B-Smo'd, off to the corner.
And that's a great job by Rebellion, not getting starved out.
And they're rewarded with a brief look
at the other side of the field.
And it is true that if the atomic makes that center to B-Smo'd,
They double commit from Shopify rebellion.
Although LJ manages to get them out,
that is not a good sign.
It's being over time.
Seven shots now for rebellion,
but it's NRG looking for their sixth through the winner.
And no shot there from Daniel.
Peace mode now, off to the side.
Looking to bring it back central.
And Daniel, he tried to pitch that across.
So it's one of the saddest things you can have happen
is a crooked declare.
Ligabur Betch and he's pan-taken.
That's just one of those like hard sigh moments
and you keep going.
Now he's getting all whacked.
He's trying to get that ball there.
It's LJ on two, atomic, to follow up, first killer.
Everybody from Shop Park going,
taking a turn and trying to challenge
each member of NRG and not necessarily failure,
they all get demoed, you know that happy,
a new scrap to keep NRG back.
Oh, Pismo's got this one away
and had Daniel downfield, led opposite him.
And Atomic realized he didn't have the boost
so there's time to go after this ball,
so he'll let Daniel take it from midfield.
Atomic now underneath.
One more touch to center.
There's the toughest this guy in North America,
but it's Pismo getting credit for it as Daniel
picks up by time to add his first to the series
and NRG's up to all!
Full commit from NRG in the final moment to that play there
and just forced themselves through in that night.
Little, little, little frustrating for NRG
in a couple of moments,
they were all cool, calm, and collected
and not quite the same can be said for rebellion.
They get pushed into a decision
where they will be calling their first time out.
Shots have been equal in this series, both games, even with the overtime.
The Bulls certainly have knocked.
Still favoring NRG, they get the overtime winner out of Daniel on the...
I don't know, what is it?
Third chance effort for NRG on that trip downfield.
And NRG, the reigning world champs in the driver's seat.
going to DFH Stadium after a brief pause here from Violet Panda and Shopify Rebellion.
It's been such an interesting, you know, leg of the land like you talked about it being the same
shots per game yet two very, very different stories in front of us.
of us, despite the shots being equal, you can tell that NRG just have so much more confidence
with how much control they have out on the field.
It is Shopify rebellion, just kind of not necessarily begging for some playtime on that
ball, but like really trying to almost, and it feels rude to say for how incredible of
a team this is, but punching up to try and get this ball and have it turn with it.
NRG have come into this one with a little bit more fire behind them, especially after yesterday.
I think that almost reverse sweep or the reverse sweep situation that they had been placed in
really let them know that they they got to come into a lot of these series and just show up and close out.
Every time I watch these teams, especially these two teams play each other,
I'm reminded of just how old I am and how long we've been at this.
I can vividly remember casting Violent Pandas, vividly remember casting Saphew's early games
in his career.
You guys who have been great ambassadors for the sport and now leading the top two squads
for my money in North America into DFH Stadium, but NRG with the 2-0 advantage.
to bring it back. See what they've got cooked up on this kickoff following their one time out here in this best of seven semi-final.
DFH's the backdrop as NRG looks to get one step closer to another North American final.
Sofer tried to make the across field pass to LJ and it is the same as before and you'll
see it again.
It's beast mode on the attack.
Double down.
Daniel just goes straight for the bump, trying to give atomic some sort of the opportunity
to shoot what shopper fight.
A little bit quicker on this one as far as throwing a hand up to slow down NRJ.
Now that Daniel's getting involved like that, it's just one more piece of the puzzle to
First shot, fire belly.
First kill, it didn't have much of the tank.
He'll be grateful actually for that.
3-30.
There's Atomic, plus that one.
Waterfall down from Daniel.
Out of beast mode.
With NRG just holding all the cards here.
Daniel reaches to the corner boost.
One by LJ.
And LJ will have that ball away.
That could have been very, very dangerous.
For the rebellion defense.
Now Kofa going right down Main Street.
the easy save and atomic. Well get this instructor. Looks like he was going to go for him with him.
And he'll start at the net now. See if something good happens. It might for NRG!
Oh, LJ with a save! Falling from the backboard! Right now if you are shot for a billion,
your defense has to be absolutely on block. They're doing the best they can to put
What they've got in the tank.
LJ down, Kofur.
Once he had a pinch, he does get a pinch to clear.
First killer is going to hang around no way
to put that boost to spawn.
And jump it loud enough.
Oh, my goodness.
That reminds me of Tuxer.
Somebody's trying to pinch against him,
and then he showed him how it was done.
Kofur, downfield, Daniel.
Matching them strike for stride.
Waiting for again a gap to open up here.
NRG have made the most of their opportunities.
It's created so many in this series.
First killer now.
With an eye towards Daniel.
LJ's got nothing in the tank.
You'll just throw it towards the net.
Nobody there to crash in.
And Beast mode will have it away.
I always have to play the long game here against either of these teams get incremental advantages to slowly get somebody out of position
wear them down a little bit stretch the defense burn their boost then 150 one shot away from opening it up
just feels like it's such a long road to get there though and nobody particularly close
No, it is really truly, it is just a repeat again the last time he faced off.
It was in that upper bracket, so my final review was a 3-0 in favor of NRG.
First two were 1-0 games, but it was that final moment of the series where it was just complete, shutout 72.
And it's looking for the same way.
Although less scoring on this side, although things could change here.
Beast mode tries to go forward. It's a Tomek of Necks from the ceiling, LJ.
Trying to get the boom-boom beast mode instead it just clears a spot and all three members and Shopify just swarming
Around the net but that is not where you want to be you want to be on the other end of the field
They just can't give themselves a chance
Daniel still having himself an impressive game here
He's got
Two of these six shots for NRG, but also one of their two saves a critical one
Back down there about 20 seconds ago, East Mode here, collected along the back wall,
even though Kofir's got the pump, oh, that ball just falls sparklessly to the ground,
for the Tarmac and LJ just kind of looking at each other awkwardly.
East Mode got the demo and the boost, but Kofir is the one who comes away with possession.
First killer now.
Y'all have a flip reset, not able to stay with the play.
This drops down and First Killer's back into the play,
but the Beast mode is the better of the two on this exchange.
It seems like they're destined to play forever,
but nobody breaking the scoreless deadlock.
Here, aggression for Shopify is not the answer right now.
It's almost a patient game right on goal line.
That patient I was talking about does pay off the poor energy.
Look at this. Beast mode was up.
You see the lurk in the back from Atomic.
He's done that so many times
where he's just a little bit further ahead than normal
One of them has that second man, and he just strikes.
Right where the moment is right.
Peace mode's first try is so important there as well.
Everybody flying right by him.
And now he's looking to put the game away.
Only LJ in his path, but he's good enough.
Atomic gets nutched away from the play.
Daniel diving in and Kofor, making sure Atomic doesn't get
another shot off, but first killer eats a demo as well.
LJ's gonna make a quick turn on this.
Does get around Beast Mode.
He beat him all.
No, Daniel to save again.
Out to the wing.
Another pass across, intended for LJ.
Go for it now.
They're just a little too slow.
First killer.
Better put the team on his shoulders.
Can Kofra find him?
It's gonna fall to LJ instead.
Nobody's forward for rebellion and NRG.
Have three in a row.
just a very classic showing from NRG, truly nothing out of the ordinary. They're not exhausting
themselves. They're not doing anything more than what they need. And because Rebellion,
the new plan, unfortunately, is just not enough against this squad. If anything, it's setting
up a Tommik and Daniel to have even more free reign with this fall than normal a little
although across the board, it is fairly equal participation for NRG.
So NRG in a somewhat familiar position.
I mean, there's certainly been a 3-0 in many series in their time together over the years.
Just yesterday, they themselves were staring down the barrel of an 0-3 deficit.
able to drag it all the way back against space station gaming now rebellion
past with doing the same and a day where and they they've gotten off to slow
starts really all weekend long but the slow start today a very long lived they
dropped the first game against strictly business then won four in a row they've
since lost three in a row here because they have not found an answer for the Stonewall
NRG defense. Only two goals in three games. Something's got to give here at Utopia.
Else NRG will sweep their way to Oham yet another final.
In about five minutes of regulation away from that.
You'll see how quickly that goes. Daniel down follow beast mode. What else can you say?
Miss Overwhelmed them.
Bofor makes the initial stop, then he disappears,
and the first killer is all alone.
Exclamation, point health.
This NRG spot is something special.
Even when there's times where you're like,
oh, they're going to waver a little bit, right?
It's been the same team for so long.
Somehow, Stafio and the boys just continue to find new ways
to challenge the entirety of North America in these online finals.
Beast Mode 50's out, Daniel already know ready to catch it, 30 seconds in and this
hasn't been much changed from Shopify.
A first killer with a good win there, LJ has got to get up there quick and Beast Mode stops
first killer and then he may count on that too as a wayward touch from Gopher
leads to this counter attack. Beast Mode doesn't have the second touch though
And first killer will take it away opportunity gone by the wayside for NRG
But they're gonna have plenty more you can imagine the time I count towards be smooth here. We go again
We'll battle here out for me to try to make pass over to Cole first you know up from NRG even on low-boost
Still managed to make that save almost had that clear out with LJ will stop them
It's a really good
Commit there from LJ, and I like that level of aggression. Oh
shot opportunity
But what they did with it was wrong
It was wide open. It's tough to get around on that angle
for ordinary humans
Not for these guys missed opportunity for rebellion. Koffer's got to get this. They got to put that out of their mind
He did a great job staying with that play an awkward ball coming up the backboard now atomic all alone up at the front
Daniel coming in with support and then atomic just trying to pick first killer's pocket from behind
and go for it too much with this play.
Beast mode now.
Look into double the NRG advantage,
but not this time, first killers in the way.
All right now, one is seeming to be more than enough.
Letting shop if I play their game here.
King ball around up on the ceiling, another shot wide.
And as soon as NRG make that first initial clear,
they just allow Daniel or atomic to follow it up.
Beast mode that's racing back, but this time,
Not fast enough, first killer finally makes that catch up on him.
You saw him work together with Kofa to get around.
And that's what I was talking about.
Usually it's beast mode racing back in time.
This time they just didn't expect that level of swiftness
to come out from FK.
That's a great give and go from Kofa and first killer.
Back to level footing as beast mode stops Kofa right out
front. Now Beast Mode again. He's got a Tomic underneath. LJ, wayward off the corner. Daniel
Shot deflected up by first killer, but a lazy rebound and Beast Mode's there on the other side.
It's a Beast Mode way to make up for what just happened. Daniel has a really powerful shot
on net, despite the fact that there have been two defenders in it. The net Beast Mode still has
the placement in their favor. Back off kickoff back in lead and on G. I see if they're working with here.
Eastbound put to the out of the corner there and goes to LJ.
Ah, he picks up for it jumping ahead of first killer. Now Daniel, the only gopher to beat
but he ran out of gas. LJ was there to pester him as well. First killer, gotta take over.
Now it falls to Kofa and the shot goes well wide and Daniel's got this clear. It is nothing but
free real estate in front. Daniel walks it home 3-1. This is just classic energy in the last time
that they caught you. He actually, he did! Oh no, you can't do that to them.
Oh
Shopify had been in the shell all of last round and now Daniel turtles on
I turn on the stream immediately just to see the face cams
I've never seen all three members of NRG Smiling and laughing that much on an online event.
That's just half the time they don't have the cameras on.
Beast Mode, how did Fred look at for atomic?
As he'll pass that across, atomic's there. This time,
scramble time now for Shuffle 5 Rebellion still down a goal.
Imagine if Daniels Turtles the game winner at Wolfie has copper,
That's taken it personally!
Four goals in the series now, and level ground in game four!
Not too shabby on this one, but right now we're coming back into it.
It is tight game, less than 90 to go here.
In shot form, you've got to walk right ahead of themselves.
They are taking one step forward to the right direction.
LJ making sure to get this at a home straight to the corner.
But now, Beast Mode has options.
Daniel coming on and being chased away by Kofor as LJ with no boost in the tank at all is able to get that past atomic.
Kofor had to respect the touch by atomic that time.
Oh, another rebound that ends up right out in front.
He's about not there to punish them this time.
There he is.
We get to the final minute.
Going head-hunting.
Took out Kofor.
First girl is going to be real careful as he let that one get away.
Hey, waiting for the boost to spawn and that's perfect for him.
Not too bad right now on this, another demo up top.
First killer gonna try and recover.
Can he get anything off the backboard?
No, Beast mode already up.
It's a shot.
Oh, a burn, just off the post.
Shopify rebellion, just trying to swarm and make
these quick cuts back out from mid.
They can't seem to fight each other until now.
It's first killer on LJ to take the lead.
By how quickly is LJ up for this?
Sees the pass, perfect placement for Beast Mode.
Can't reach it.
The slimmest of margins on a laser beam pass
from First Killer gives LJ his first goal of the series.
Will it be the one that extends this semi-final?
Rebellion on possession, Kofur.
No, LJ just wasting more time.
Energy's going to move, though.
15 seconds in this closeout opportunity.
Good win by Beast Mode.
He's already in the air.
Grounded, limit first-killer's options.
Little chip shot from Daniel.
Down to five seconds as LJ doing a little victory lap,
perhaps.
Gotta get this down to ground.
First-killer has just about done so, but not enough.
NRG, never out of it.
LJ to try and spike it down to the comic catch up.
There's no way, right?
There's absolutely no way NRG pulls this off,
The beast won't catch it up.
No way.
Atomic's already in the air and that will touch down.
Rebellion, hang on.
You keep saying no way and it looked like
there was always another chance before from Rebellion.
This time it works out.
The one goal to LJ's name is what keeps them in the series
and their finals hopes alive.
This is the only game so far in the series where Shopify Rebellion has outshot NRG and
Daniel's turtle gold is not enough to bury the rebels.
Not yet.
Not at Utopia.
It's just such an insane shot to me taking in the middle of a series.
You're up 3L.
You see his face?
I
This is the equalizer I believe it was from Kofir and the watch first killer see is LJ and what a pass
Right on the nose
So now those four
It's only one game
But that's what we said about space station yesterday. It's only one game
Then it's two, then it's three, then it's time out,
and then it's, oh no.
That's what NRG did to SSG yesterday.
We could still see those two in the final,
but first, the World Camps have a rebellion on their hands.
Here we go.
Two, they kick off one foot forward
in the race from Shopify Rebellion.
They've been trailing this entire time.
Daniel, reset forward, trying to go for the dunk.
The follow is slow.
NRG respects Shopify in that play there.
Allows them some time to go upfield.
That's a great touch by Kofor to set up.
First killer, but nothing on that shot at all.
And now Daniel will just boom this away,
only as far as LJ in the corner.
And that's a great redirect to get this to the backboard.
As Atomic sends it down with base mode already forward.
keep your head on a swivel defensively here as first killer just guides that up to the corner trying to
again wear down the nrg defense try to get them out of position
not happening on this occasion even despite the demos
a little bit of a power struggle here for this ball as well coming back from the court
but chopper fire playing their last two men a little bit further back on this one
almost going into their old ways there just because of
What they've been taking out into the field hasn't quite been working against the center of G squad first killer up next
It's 50 down on atomic and beast mode make it clear on out and these move will slowly
Not necessarily take a shot but fake it
You're coming shopfire balance drink
There's just out of his reach go for the book reset
Daniel throws one across these folks can get onto this one for sure
Good enough first touch
Saw centered over to atomic
Peaceboat chasing down Kofa into the net, but atomic that caught too far forward and Kofa strikes again!
Kofa, he spots this from way downfield too. As long as these are on center, you can find these rare moments of catching NRG just a bit too far, a little bit overconfident.
And you can make use of it. And they do. That first lead out to Shopify.
Kofor having himself a series and maybe it is indeed his turn already up to five
bowls now atomic tough angle against Kofor Daniel second touch into the corner
but easily dismissed by first killer all the way across towards LJ but finding
Daniel instead it is rebellion with the 1-0 advantage with Dr. Long!
Beast Mode ties it up!
Beast Mode has quite truly been on one today.
He has not allowed his team to stay behind for much longer than a minute at a time,
let alone the 30 seconds here since the last, and I'll kick up, we'll see.
What card's gonna be dealt on both ends?
Atomic has his time at the ball.
Can he fake it down? No, Copern has a read.
Beast Mode bumps him out for the attempt and they still make their clear.
Daniel had that demo to open the net wide open for Beast Mode to tie up game 5.
That is presence felt in every facet of the game.
Looking for an assist now.
Maybe a goal.
Comfort jumps in front so he couldn't get any momentum on the shot.
Beast Mode actually wins the race to the boost.
Atomic gets playing too.
Really, they've got a monopoly on the boost, but couldn't get the ball back towards the
shop with our rebellion at.
Now, Beast Mode.
Kick out try to dive bomb on the first killer just a little bit too slow and rebellion survives
Got a demo in the air taking out Daniel, but atomic the initial save B-Smod sends that out to the side as well
There's been so much patience in first killer as well
Although if you finally had to turn on that ball you guys gonna have to be back to Cofir
They make that boost steal but right now
Now, the patience that they are playing with this is not enough.
You are running at a time of minute 45 on the clock, and although it is a tight game,
you need to make that stretch ahead of NRG over to B-Smo, B-Smo.
No center given, instead it's a power-clear first killer around the corner.
Pofor, erased as first killer dies in.
LJ will win the race of the boost.
He's got the ball as well.
Flip reset, couldn't get by beast mode as Atomic will finish off the clearance for the world champs.
LJ can turn on this though. Coming up on the final minute, crunch time yet again for Rebellion.
It's Kofa, quickly out the first killer, he got a touch on this, but nobody else forward.
LJ gave it a look. At least going through the habits this time, but it's Atomic.
When Dan, you're running forward. Cooper, the stop.
Give him another savior medal. Give him everything in this series.
He has been brilliant for the Rebels.
He really and truly has. This is a stand-up performance for him.
I would at least say as far as this weekend is concerned.
But this is Doors Eye.
Beast Mode sends it back. First killer immediately to the return.
Janio up to kill this ball down out mid.
And all members of Chopper, Parameleon commit on this one.
Despite the demo, they're still pushing forward.
Think of LJ, didn't get an extra touch on that.
First killer is going to be able to run onto one.
Now Atomic with minimal boost.
So two is LJ.
Gopher's got plenty.
Treaded.
Take that back out towards first killer.
Get it away from NRG.
One slip of rotation could be costly.
As NRG have found out in this game,
as Atomic makes the save, along the goal line,
Beast Mode is there too.
And he'll just try to skim this one away.
First killer off the ceiling and atomic drops it down. We'll have sudden death at part the three
On kickoff
It's Kofa that's been doing it all he's gonna try to do it again here has his time has this
Sit off by Daniel it's LJ to follow and can't he fight him yet?
They've done it, and I like this.
I like this initiative from them too,
to recognize when Kofor needs to be the one
to be let off the reins.
So props to them because you stressed out NRG enough
to make them take their time out.
NRG will take a time out.
Sathu's got a real problem on his hands.
They gave him a gift at one clearance
that went over Atomic.
They saw that RG being a little too aggressive.
That RG did answer.
But LJ, mirror image of the past
that first-killer served up to him last game.
He's got the helper on Kofors' sixth goal of this series,
an OT winner to keep us dancing to Neo Tokyo.
We'll see now what changes have been made.
Something I saw that was really interesting in the final moments of that last game leading into that overtime was how Shopify does a really good job of
In real time, passing off who is going to be that initiator against our NRG. Who's going to lead the charge for about a minute or so?
It'll be FK at a time for a minute, could be Kofur.
The one constant has been that LJ has been waiting
to either set up or receive some sort of a play
from either of those two players on the front.
And the problem is they're so boxed into their own half.
They haven't had time to execute that.
But when they do, they show up the same way
that they do in that overtime and are able to take down NRG.
So right now, name of the game for Shopify rebellion is giving yourself the time and the space
to really execute what they've been trying to do this entire time.
Neo Tokyo will be the backdrop for an unlikely game six.
When you look at how the first three games of this series went,
Shopify rebellion was absolutely stuffed and NRG could do no wrong.
You get a shutout in game three
They think all right smooth sailing
Not the case the rebels are fighting back arm to the teeth here. We go at Neo Tokyo
Champions field waits on the horizon as we get set to kick it off in game six
NRG
in a
somewhat unfamiliar position, trying to fight a shop-fire
rebellion that's making the attempt to reverse
sweep them here for a spot in a cupidied
final that NRG has seen so many times before.
It starts off with some fighting out here mid, but NRG ultimately one inch at a
time of pushing forward towards this net.
A big news over in MENA. First of all, the fact that it's not Falcons and Twisted Minds as a
guaranteed final is incredible. R8 have had a weekend there on the verge of pulling off a
major, major upset. Back here now at Neo Tokyo. Could be an upset brewing here and maybe a reverse
Sweep after already seeing NRG accomplish this for the first time in three years yesterday to get to this point
Through with the irony being
If rebellion can do the same but Daniel's got other plans
Serve going up to atomic and he's put it right up the crossbar
Just a little bit too much power on it from atomic, but I like the play overall
Now it's a shock why to send it back Daniel
completely denied by LJ.
LJ is going to just throw this one forward
and you can see the rest of Shufflefire
and Lurking around the minute, around the side.
Demo from first killer. LJ reset to the next unit.
It is a two-man effort to get that ball on in,
but they managed to do it.
Got the demo down underneath.
The demo run on the goal line by first killer.
LJ adds to his tally,
And it is game on here 90 seconds in
In rebellion hold this lead
That was the level of aggression that Kofor was trying to make a mention to in his interview that everybody felt like was missing that yesterday they had way more of
But having to get a glimpse or getting to even get a clip here against energy is massive another one
Looked like they had another on its way
Saved out by the slimmest of margins blocked way out in front now LJ off the feet of first killer
able to set up LJ again, but Daniel is in the way
over
Gonna dive after this trying to take out Daniel
first killer also up
NRG
being pushed
Like they normally aren't in this region. You have to wait till the
international stage before you see NRG under this much duress, but through it all!
They always find a way. Atomic denied on that occasion.
LJ quickly back the other way only as far as B-Spoke.
Now, Shelf Five gotten to play that heavy offensive push that almost worked as defense,
although now on their own side, First Killer makes a massive clear out of the field.
Daniel to finish maybe double off the backboard you saw as soon as the backboard was open
That is unbelievable.
To make that shot.
Atomic getting to this to boom it all the way down field and Daniel being able to find that
in stride hit the perfect spot at midfield and stay with the play.
That's how NRG equalizes and that's why they're the kings of the region.
No lead is safe against the champs.
There's nothing that you can do to make yourselves feel comfortable against a team like NRG.
They've been together for so long.
The plays like that, that are the reason Atomic has been able to collect so many assists.
He's in the position that he is thriving as a player on this NRG squad.
And now they got it running back.
First killer has always derived on the offensive attack.
And he gets set up for his own.
The Tommik was ready for the initial shot.
Daniel the same.
And nobody could recover from there.
First killer adds only his second goal of this series.
It has been the Kofor show.
And he's involved in that one as well.
LJ, right-hack, piece mode, well positioned.
But NRG needs another answer if they want to prevent a trip to Champion's Field.
He went by first kill, or even better than a lot of NRG, it was Atomic sending that back down field.
Now LJ to the backboard. Kofor's there, but he mistrubbed it.
Just a minute left to go, too, and still trailing by one NRG needs to find something.
Handoff over to Atomic, these were already up in the air.
Kofor used what was left to the tank.
It's another shot on target, but everybody from Shockfire
Rebellion has had all bases covered,
and this clear from Thurskiller in that shot alone.
Good forcing, Champions Field.
There's a double commit by NRG.
Right before Thurskiller starts running downfield,
that leaves only one man who could possibly get back in time.
Daniel way too late to the party,
and Shockfire Rebellion are now 51 seconds away from...
this improbable trip to Champions Field.
It's been a long time coming for Shopify Rebellion to really figure out NRG.
Most times, rather than not NRG have just had their way with them, they almost to a game here
at Tommy's gonna place as one of the side LJs, enough to take them out into the corner and keep
this ball in a favorable position for Shopify that is hammered away another
strong defensive clearance Daniel knows he's gonna get it downfield quickly not
good enough atomic can only try to keep it in gotta score now to have a chance at
LJ says no we are headed to champions field as rebellions answered with three
in a row of their own.
A series of nothing but firsts
which started out with Atomic getting his 1,000th assist
in Daniel with a turtle goal.
All roads ended up leading to rebellion,
taking NRG to, I believe, their first game seven
here in an open.
It has been quite some time of these two battling it out,
head to head.
But it seems that this new place now
that VP has come up with,
is it seems to be working.
I'm pretty sure a few years back
we had back to back days with one of these.
Throwing all the way to game seven
and completing the reverse sweep.
We talked about how it had been a few years
since we had one in North America.
First killer was on the losing end of that reverse sweep
when Optic swept, reverse swept phase.
Now he has a chance to get NRG back after they had done it to space station gaming.
Just a wild turn of events here on the first championship Sunday of the Paris split.
We wouldn't have it any other way.
Herc Champions Field is ready.
The players are ready.
We hope you're ready at home as well or wherever you may be watching.
A spot in the grand finals on the line between Shopify Rebellion and the world champion at RG.
A new era for Shopify Rebellion is officially underway to go for the fake under.
Try to open this game with another shot. It's all denied by the one and only Atomic.
Shopify Rebellion understand exactly what is on the line.
While a wild Sunday gets even crazier, that result has gone final over Mina.
We will have neither Falcons nor Twisted Minds in a Mina Grand Final.
All these importer needs them.
Unbelievable turn of events.
Insane weekend around just for Rocket League overall.
Every region news stories and players and teams.
We're gonna see if Shopify can switch things up here for NA.
So one game away from it, a minute into this one, they've had more control,
more shot opportunity than they had in the last six.
First killer.
Gonna set this one up off the back way.
We play on here with Daniel striking first at Champions Field.
The feed from Atomic, but look at Daniel from the heavens!
Spick it down!
Road to 2000 assist is on the way!
From his end of the field, it was the perfect setup to Daniel and off kickoff too.
We'll see what we get from them.
Beast mode looks just 50 back.
Tries to defend his first killer goes up field.
Rust and Shot by Rebellion want to make their attacks, but slowly one by one, the plan from NRG is just deadfall this and make their clear on back.
for Shopify. There's a new level of confidence we haven't seen in quite some time.
First killer, quick turn up. Can you stay with this? Oh my gosh, he can.
Cooper's there too, but Beast Mode will hammer it away, and it's only LJ at the back.
Got past Daniel. Got the ball past Daniel, but he didn't get himself there.
Now, first killer, looking to take over.
The two, LJ to Kofa and Daniel with the save.
Massive clear as well, but straightening the nose of first kill.
He played it patiently.
Kofa's been trying to shadow him on this one,
but LJ remains that very, very strong third,
although it was questionable as that ball got passed in.
Nobody from NRG committed on this one.
They play the patient game just one challenge at a time
by your ties II holding on to this one goal. Oh
What a brilliant pass and even better defense in the demo and it looked like a surefire energy clear until exactly that point
first killer and Kofa come up to keep this fall in the zone Daniel's gonna use all this boost to
escape from harm and then
Atomic brings one off the crossbar
That's the margin
between Shuffle Fire Rebellion and NRG here in this semi-final.
A matchup that has delivered its billing and then some.
Another 50 out between LJ and them, the demos from NRG coming through.
You can feel the aggression.
They just want to take a shot and then will.
It goes up from Daniel.
Daniel's sneaking one in on the near side.
It's got to be absolutely perfect.
And it was, LJ got a piece.
It wasn't good enough.
NRG gets two from Daniel.
This was the score line when they
completed the reverse sweep yesterday against Space Station.
What does rebellion have left in the tag
after expending so much mental energy to get to this point?
I was going to take something fairly special,
because a 2-0 lead up for NRG is like trying to play the 99-0 challenge.
Kofor gonna take his turn, his time, it's a flip-up, it's just wide.
Everybody from NRG stays in the pathing of Shopify.
That boost did spawn perfectly for Kofor.
LJ doesn't have any momentum forward though, trying to get out of the zone.
Daniel and Atomic both up there. It's Daniel who takes charge.
Beast Mode patiently waiting.
Got a bump on first killer.
And Beast Mode's just going to play the possession game.
But LJ picked his pocket.
Now a chance out for a rebellion that's got to score quickly
without giving themselves as much time as possible
to try and drag this one back to at least overtime.
They need two.
Beast Mode knocked out of the way.
Kofi to drive, bounce one by, and Daniel's not having any other.
Daniel backboard. Here comes Atomic and Kofi.
gets it out of his way.
Kofi's still trying his best to keep them in this one,
but these mode is barging through the defense.
NRG are taking their time.
It's just one shot after the other to the backboard.
Planetly possession, two shock-fired belly,
and to give them some sort of a turn.
First killer tries to go down, it's LJ up,
but everybody from SR is in the wrong way,
so you just got to take it 150 at a time.
Time is running away from them.
For Daniel, they're not 50-50s, they're 90-10s.
That is incredible.
With the downfield, first skill is gonna have an 80 dozen.
NRG are going to survive.
They get forced to game seven, but in the end,
this one won't matter.
The world champs are still on top of NA.
They almost got reverse swept.
They almost did it to themselves yesterday.
It seems that nothing anybody can do can stop this NRG squad.
They truly are the inevitable.
On a day where, again, wild things are happening over in the MENA region.
In this region, there is still the one constant NRG into the Grand Finals and I wouldn't put
it past them to recover from this, play two games sevens in a row and then just casually
sweep whoever in the Grand Finals.
But it's a long road to get there for.
A very long road indeed, but they get some time.
Foot Esports and Space Station Gaming
are waiting on the other end of the bracket
to see who gets to face off against the giant's
waiter today.
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they made history yesterday with the first best of seven reverse sweep as a roster in
the first one in three years in RLCS. They almost made history again today by being the
first team ever to be reverse left after reverse sweeping in a best of seven. But they do come
on top. Energy is back into the finals and it's time for our weekly podcast of
Championship Sunday with Wayfunkin' Beast Mode. Beast Mode, how's it going? How are you feeling?
I'm doing good, man. Thank you for asking. Yeah, just, yeah, it was definitely a close one.
Definitely close as I expected, but yeah, I got the job done over on. Yeah, three grand finals.
Yeah, back in the grand finals again here. I want to ask you about the reverse sweep yesterday,
because that was y'all's first best of seven reverse sweep as a team. Was there anything
Special like emotionally about that. Did that win feel different than other wins?
Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean especially it being our first one
I mean it was a Tom x and I's first ever doing that as a versus seven reverse true
So that felt good, of course
Yeah, yeah, I think just like, you know going through that series
I think it was just an energy thing like we're kind of like struggling I guess with the with the energy thing like I kind of like
Like starting off series with the with the good amount of energy
So I think after we went down three now, I think we knew our life was on the line
obviously in that series. So we kind of, you know, brought it back. But yeah, it was just to put that on the resume of
our team obviously is a good feeling to know that we can do that in any series and just come back it and put that resilience
So it was a good feeling
Look, if you guys are struggling with energy, that's a problem because it's
Like this series we just watched you was incredible, right? Watching you going up against FK
And we've been talking about it kind of all week that it just it feels like it's inevitable no matter what the team rosters do
How no matter how they shuffle around it's energy on one side. It's first killer on the other
We as a casters like we sense like a rivalry there. Do you feel a rivalry there?
Do you have anyone you feel a rivalry with an RLCS?
Um, I mean, yeah, definitely like he's definitely like
Whatever team he's on he's obviously always playing against us
I mean he stopped at 3p like two or three times as well. So definitely kind of just so in for a stomach for that
You know one of the spares that we obviously have to beat in every turn, but yeah, just they're definitely a rival
I guess you yeah definitely would say and in a region
There's the team that we kind of live
You know if you want to play against the finals or just beat to advance the tournament
But yeah, I mean just overall we're just ready to be any team and face any team, but yeah
Well, you're taking care of Shopify here you get either foot or SSG you just played foot or played SSG yesterday
But everyone's hot on foot right now. They have yet to lose in this tournament
Who do you think you're going to be facing off against?
I mean, I'm just going to go with Foot, to be honest.
Like, we're scrimmage.
Yeah, we warmed up with them.
It looked like the second best team in North America
easy right now.
And I thought coming into this, they would honestly,
I just like, they all got like, either kicked or replaced.
And they all came together.
So it's also like really cool to see.
But yeah, I think they're a really good team.
They work really well with each other.
And I definitely want to play them
because obviously, they haven't lost a C on game.
And they're looking like the best team.
I want the best opponent do you think they do you think SSG gets a game
If they don't get a game, I'll be like I don't know just footer feeling it
But yeah, I think SSG are definitely gonna get a game or two
They're not they're not turning into grand finals undefeated, but I want to see it too
We want to see foot versus energy for the finals. We'll see if they get there
Maybe SSG gets the rematch either way. It's a great story. Beast mode. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us
Good luck in the finals. Absolutely. Thank you
All right, always great getting to talk to beast mode here and they are locked in for another one
They're still hunting down the three P here and this they have not won all three splits and all three rituals within a split
This is the first one
They got a win this one to start off and give them a social chance to do it here in this split on the road to Paris
Yeah, well, at least they give themselves a chance by you know making this main event
You know, they have not had a letdown like they did at the start of the Boston split,
but keep in mind they still did absolutely nothing in that first event and were still
the number one seed.
That's how good this team is when they finally lock in.
You know, there is just nobody better, at least in this region, but how about rebellion?
Back to back game winning plays.
The same pass, high in the corner, down to a man on the weak side.
never say die mentality. They were phenomenal in this comeback effort. But in the end, boy,
how about Daniel clutching up picture perfect placement?
Yeah, hard. I mean, it did genuine. I mean, SR here. So far, really definitely was the
better team at moments in this series. It was just that it's that game seven mentality
that that world championship mentality, your name hanging in the rafters on the map. You're
and I feel like it was the difference in this series.
Oh, for sure.
I think once we saw the turtle goal from Daniel,
you knew there was just always going
to be a little something extra in the tank with him.
And then they absolutely proved it,
that experienced if no matter how good of an opponent
you have, will most likely always be in their favor.
They have had a pretty, pretty long bracket, though.
14 out of 14 games, though, energy
has had to play going to Champions field both times.
But third of the grand finals, and who
Are they going to face off against that is the only question remaining on the day.
It's a spicy one.
You saw Beast Mode's eyes light up when we talked about it.
Space Station versus Foot East Sports.
The last remaining match to find out who's going to be in the grand finals here
and each one of them something to prove a great story to continue with a victory here.
I cannot wait to see stacks how this chapter here is going to resolve.
Defense wins championships.
It's an old tired mantra.
I get it, but the top three defenses in this tournament
are the only three teams still alive.
Space station at one and a half goals against NRG 1.3,
but who's number one?
These guys, 1.1 goals against.
Undefeated all weekend long and that man right there
has had a resurgence and it's not his first,
it's probably not his last.
Justin is back in the limelight
and I couldn't be any happier.
Man, I just, when you look at this roster as a whole,
and I'm talking about foot in particular,
it is just three players that you truly just always
wanted to see succeed, and they always get so close.
And I feel like they're also always under credited
at so many moments in time for themselves
in their career so far.
So the success they've had this weekend,
I think, is long overdue.
I'm stoked to see what they bring to the table here,
because this is their first true proper challenge.
A top team, like Space Station Gaming,
really is gonna prove to a lot of people around the world
how well this foot roster can be
in high pressure situations.
As G here coming off of a win earlier today
versus M80 reveal saying that they were just,
as long as they were playing their game,
they were strong, they felt good.
They had a little bit of a stumble there
at the beginning of that series,
but otherwise walked away with it
they looked better and better with every game that went by.
So they're bringing their A game right now
against a team that, again, has not lost this event.
19-0, footy sports has not dropped a game.
B-Smart thinks they're gonna drop a game here,
and I agree, I think this is definitely the biggest test.
If they get through this one with a sweep here, Stax,
this is going to be, this is the sweep that matters
in a way that all the other ones have not.
Yeah, this would definitely be the feather
in their cap for sure.
That's what a point out.
Herks said they haven't faced any real competition.
They swept Dignitas.
So, Dignitas, you got it, Mike.
Oh, I knew it.
I'm gonna tell him.
I knew it.
Okay.
Tell him.
Digi's right here.
He heard what you said.
He's still wearing the helmet, too.
You can't believe it here.
Parker, you got in this one.
SSG, or foot?
I'm going with foot because I adore cheese.
I think it's happening.
Okay.
Stacks?
1.1 goals against.
They have been outstanding.
to take so many shots to give me foot. I think it's a really it's a really strong pick folks.
But it's a would be a little disrespectful to how good SSG looked earlier and be they
had a warm up today. Foot's coming in cold. Give me SSG on this one. We'll see if they
can get it done. But funny sports. What a story would be if they make it back there.
A team of a team of rejects coming together and Dustin all the rest of the competition
looking to take on the world champs folks. 66% in chat. Look at that. Look at that. We're
We could have swept the desk, and we've got cold feet.
Yep.
Get this man off my screen, folks.
It's time to play some rock.
Get some people to know how to play this game up here.
I'm ready for him.
Foot's been waiting in the locker for their opportunities
to take on SSG, and now the time has come.
Seven games separate these teams from the grand finals
where there's only one spot left.
Who's got it?
Who gets to take on the world champs?
It's foot versus space station gig.
A familiar face waits in the grand final.
But somebody new is gonna take them on space station or foot here in game one brought to you by progressive.
Jorby, this is interesting.
I feel like they've had the favorite throughout the entire playoff bracket.
The entire time is won every single match.
There's been some buzzer beaters, but there's been some close calls.
But every single favorite has won all weekend long.
And I gotta say, in this statue, it really is no favorite.
This feels like a true point flip.
Space Station, but coming in on paper,
was probably a power-ranked higher team,
but Foot is perfect through the weekend.
Who's gonna take it?
Brand new roster, Chronic, facing this former team.
Zack came back in the place just in leaving Gen G
with Chronic to join Cheese and the Foot organization,
losing all their points.
But Chronic also sacrifices those points
that he had on space station, Justin on Gen G.
So all of them starting on zero points on the season,
but obviously making the Paris major.
Everyone started at zero,
but couldn't have had a better start
without a single game loss.
Justin awkward as he was only third man for a second
with cheese and la rispone.
So you know, it plays out again.
Two high powered offense.
Susan obviously the defense on both them
has been lights out throughout this tournament.
So which defense will break?
Will this be high squirter?
Will we get some low scoring affairs?
I'm gonna say we're gonna get some high score games here, and we're gonna open it up.
Perfect time, perfect cast.
Paul, look at me, Jordan, me, Zach, with the first goal due to the DFS.
I mean, there's a reason we call you the scriptwriter Gibbs.
Nice job from D.S. with that final touch.
Got a hard rebound out, no way.
Anybody from the foot we're going to get there,
Space Station pick up right where they left off in their last series.
especially in the back half against M8,
it just completely dominated them in possession.
Yeah.
And chances for definitely the bigger test.
But so far in the first minute,
Space Station's had the advantage.
Yeah, but it's tough for Foot
because they've also been waiting around all day.
They didn't warm up energy earlier,
but Space Station got to play a series
where they were very competent
and they dominated for RAP.
So a little bit of momentum.
I would say on Space Station's side,
for at least game one,
but we'll see if Foot can battle back
route and break up that moment. I love what revealed did there as well. He
stole the ball away from cheese, got the midfield boost, passed it back to the
Yaz, now revealed still sitting in the middle of the rotation, downfield no
boost, pick up some small pads, but looking for not just a clear, also midfield
possession. Justin threw the midfield line, Justin been back on the come up
somehow with, you know, his debut the whole way back in 2017 and out of style
in the Rocket League Rival series.
He got top two in North America, are in a rally open.
That's the last time we saw him in a Grand Final.
Online, chronic back to Justin, got a demo, no ball.
Cheese, drop her on the bounce and foot by the board.
Yeah, Cheese dives in.
I thought this was going to be safe,
but it looks like there's just all the people
sitting by the stage and Zach was backwards on his own post,
a very awkward spot.
He probably wanted to go up on the back wall,
but it was a little bit too late for it.
So, Cheese comes in, tides in, and ties it up.
Space station only kickoff versus M80, this one's just standard.
Justin, forcing reveal to make the grab.
He doesn't grab it, it's just a rebound, Crike.
Can't quite weave around DS.
He has to use all of his booze so he can't get to 50, but Justin ruined by the fourth man.
So, close, but now Zach has a chance.
And then he moves out and cheats up.
Look at a boost on defense.
Intercepts reveal up.
Yet again, go to the pass down, but limited.
Whoa.
Her space station gave in.
And what kind of do that?
That no one was worth any tax?
We'll go for the counter here with Justin.
The ball played to Cheese, who don't sit down.
Is there a follow-up shot?
There is not.
And space station will get the clear.
And Diaz, he went up to make it look like he was going
for the ball.
You saw it freeze.
Thoughts rotation just for a second to give him a chance.
Reveal shoveling them out of the back wall and chronic gets all of the 50 there
Zack he gets registered a shot, but
No shot really happens good coverage from foot on defense. He talked about
Gibbs who's got the better defense between these two squads
so far
You've had good stance on both sides, and then you had one gap
from Zach on the backside reveal drops it down to Diaz who was too high Diaz and
shooting high is an unlikely and unfavorable duo. Yeah so far G1
in the face station defense may be slightly more panicky but they've only
given up a goal so that's all that matters at the end of the day and foot
he's done a little bit of a better job but honestly it doesn't matter it's the
final minute of the play and whoever can put one home at this point can get a
huge advantage.
Three ball for space station.
Chronic in the middle of landing. This is awkward.
His cheese had no boost and Chronic was still recovering.
No problem. They were able to clear it.
Diaz demo downfield.
It's decent for space station. Zack just takes it to the ceiling.
So much momentum actually found past Diaz. Chronic.
Doesn't have to move too much.
Foot under a little bit more pressure.
Handling it just fine here in the corner.
here. Good work between Justin and Cheese to get another clear.
Cheese got that mid boost as well as if he followed up on Reveal. Great challenge
win there. He's got Diaz for the pass. He gets it out to him. The shot goes just
wide. Zach is here to finish it up.
Bass to Reveal is home. He may now back, but they cannot get it done.
Let's put this to quick. Diaz has another chance. Reveal's on small pads at the top
of the box and I can't connect Diaz. Squeezed it out. Reveal was ready for it.
He jumped for that read couldn't make contact with the ball Justin with no booze left
And we got overtime to start the series
Oh Diaz had options he had the pre-joe pass. He also had a juicy dish available
But it just barely doesn't work out the foot is very happy about that
We've catch for Justin
We go with the 50 space nation
Move all back to the corner another demo for reveal Diaz flinging them all down the field
Reveal, go through the redirect path, and Diaz on wide of the post, Zachary shock, nobody on foot has any boost.
Here's one on the backboard, and it's just done after done from Space Station.
Oh no, Diaz, another golden opportunity. We saw that yesterday versus Energy on the Otoquia, but again, it's the woodwork.
It's still going.
Gonna get the ball back.
Reveal.
Squirrels the ball away from almost everybody T-Hass was ready to take the winning angle
A good hold reveals already left the wall Zach on the right side the shots you leak
Reveal the speed off the sidewall no one expected that to pass out to Zach and then it's just
No one knows what to do. There's just panic panic will set in and the ball squeaks through
space station get the first game to speed of reveal and reveal continues to be
all over the place and Diaz happy that some of those shots that he had don't
come back to fight him in this game it was that very tight over time we've
watched it happen already just this weekend for Diaz a couple of times so
vibes have to be okay for him going in yeah we gotta talk about the impact on
this match because so this is a 4 point match for RLCS points and now it's a new in the final
like it could be a 10 point gap. Foot is a brand new roster they lost all their points and do you
know who was the NA4? Space Station Gaming at 23 points so if Foot can win this they bridge that gap
a little bit with four points and then if they can somehow take down energy they could bridge that gap
by 10 points like split that difference almost in the half that's how important it is for Foot
And it's also how important it is for chronic who gets booted off this team for a retired player at the time
And he like he wants to show that you guys made
The wrong call like yeah sure brings that in but not for me and chronic has been looking great
But obviously this first game it was a game of just one had a play at the end and overtime close one and space station gets the
win in space station
What made them successful against NRG in those early matches was their physicality was the demo game
They were able to get the bumps and demos on NRG
It was tough to recover and that's what helped get them so much offense
It happened kind of a lot the same in that last game, but they only got two total goals
Those demos those chips eventually you get worn down. You can't win your booze near the end of that game
We saw foot how many times they were getting starved on the back line to where your only option
Is eventually to panic when you can't avoid it, so
We'll have to make an early adjustment.
Reveal's been so tough to beat.
Yeah, pawn ball on his 50s downfield as a facilitator
and as a demo lead guy has been so good for Space Station.
Yeah, he's been downfilling a lot now.
He's looking for some ball place early in this game as well.
And again, that overtime goal was because the speed he got
off that side wall just made that play happen.
So let's see if you can keep that up.
Zach's got an opportunity here.
Just do a slow air dribble for the challenge, and Diaz has another up to me.
Pass to Reveal. No, it's a pass to Zach. All members of Space is upfield,
but Justin somehow keeps it out of the back of the net.
Yeah, he takes some acrobatics and some layers. There's no boost. I should be in.
Oh, he bounced it right into Justin. Here's another one.
Cross got boosted this time. Reveal. Fake. Back to Diaz!
And they score with all three players in net.
Oh, for Phil, I love this play by him.
He doesn't really have a lot of boost in the deck as well.
He goes for the fake.
It calls everyone out, and Diaz gets the shot.
But space stations, they've got to start getting more accurate
on these shots.
They do get the goal eventually, but again,
they've been a little bit sloppy at times on that off of the side.
If you want to point one thing for space station
is if your initial shot quality is way better,
we don't have to do all this fun and dance
to try to get a zero boost fake from Reveal to get a real shot as Diaz lost the ball.
Now foot with Kronik. It's chipped out Justin Third Man. Cheese trying to take the tight angle.
Kronik will cut in instead. Revealing Diaz use all of their boosts and there's just no way Diaz
was getting anything. Kronik easily takes it away. Kronik will take it away to Justin trying to get
get it over to Cheese, but a little bit of moving touch.
It works out.
Confusion will set in this time for the space station defense,
and Justin gets a free one.
I guess what Diaz, he dove back, or he dove a second man
earlier, and then you put Zach in a really difficult spot,
revealing just where covered.
That challenge was him just getting back from that try.
But Diaz, there was no way in the world
he was ever beating Chronik on that play.
You leave Zach alone.
You give foot all that space, and so space station,
Give one up, or maybe they shouldn't have.
Yeah, it just seemed like a miscommunication on who's actually
going to attack the ball and neither of them went for it.
Zack's had an opportunity to bring it back, though,
and he'll just throw it to the side.
Chronic will control this, and send it to Tarky.
Justin has to make a goal line save, and Cheese, though,
will get the hit.
Oh, maybe not.
Like, a mis-fudge there as well, Zack.
A quick double-tap.
Justin, another good save.
Diaz will boost for him.
Back to Zack.
Justin, better positioning.
Good challenge from Cheese.
Zach got a demo on the other side of the field.
Could have been a chance for foot, chronic no boost.
Zach don't have double tap available.
Ah, squeeze out along.
Cheese whipped it, whipped the end.
Cheese picks up credit for the save.
And there he just a little wide as Cheese
going back down the field reveal has the challenge.
The space station's offense, it looks a little sus at times.
Somehow you get these chances, put it back to the other corner, Gibbs.
Yeah, it feels like they're like 95% of the way there.
It looks great until that final touch, right?
They just can't get that final touch across the back,
and the chance of a kill is half.
It's a little bit more difficult than the DS.
The shot was just a little bit inaccurate,
so it allowed for it to save.
Space station is doing a lot of things right on the offside,
except for the 50.
Really has been the story for a lot of our eliminated teams this weekend.
Being able to hold pressure, being unable to actually threaten the net reveal.
Oh boy.
Has thrown tons of threats over the weekend, but now he's in full retreat.
He's got his corner boosts.
That just looks so dangerous.
They let Kronik have the corner.
Nobody decided to challenge at all, even though you're already one guy on the wall.
So what's real awkward there for Space Station still continues to be is Cheese gets a chance.
Good cut by Zack to cut the pass off.
Puts off from Justin and Space Station having to withstand Foot.
Here's another one, but Chronic and Cheese can't find a way and Cheese attempted double goes away.
Chronic off the ceiling, holds the ball.
Back to Cheese! Denied! Two had to commit from Space Station.
Chronic got in the way as well, but Foot can't open up Space.
And footers get the quality chances, which makes facing some jump with two members time and time again
But they're doing just enough to get the saves out so there's not a good rebound and foot just can't find the back of the net
Oh Justin might sneak that one in
Instead reveal gets the pass from Diaz off the ceiling chronic and jumped early to take that ball away from feel sack
How's the turn and run it almost gets caught out
Oh, it's been sloppy game play.
I think on both sides, it's going to come down to a mistake
or some moral be of a goal.
But Chronic wins this one up against Demo for his efforts
and reveal will try and get this through.
Justin has space, has time, go to the flip reset,
takes it around one, sacks it up,
with solid, Justin cannot do any more with it.
Now the counter set.
Dude, reveal got the demo on Chronic.
Justin leaves it.
Chronic was right behind it,
But he got the lead and reveal again.
Saves the day.
He's got no boost.
It hits the ground over time again.
Man, it's been sketchy.
It's been sketchy at times for both of them,
but another overtime.
Here we go.
Off to the top.
We got revealed.
Go for the flip where he said, finish.
What?
Turns it away.
Chronic used to make it saves like that.
Justin, 50 loss.
Zach got there.
DSS, no boost.
Cheese uses all of his.
Chronic beats reveal clean to the ball.
And now a race as Justin takes the midfield boost,
threaten Zach redirect and Zach's ready for it.
Oh, that's such a tough position for Zach.
You have so many options if you're Justin
and he's still able to make the save.
And Foot now has a lot of offensive pressure
because of that leg chronic going for some bump place,
but Justin is too far back, so they lose possession.
Oh, it skipped away from reveal.
Geez, fix that pocket.
Foot are in the series.
Everyone in space, they should distract a little
too far forward and reveal as the third man didn't get the ankle after the challenge and
she gets a free one and foot right back in.
Wow!
That was tight.
Fifty just skirts a little bit farther back.
Reveal has a chance right down the field but the margins are literal inches on the 50 and
it was adjusted to set it up.
Chronic with a whopping seven saves in that game.
And then that's what, a 14 total?
Jeez.
Yeah, Space Station was getting this ball.
Did not matter, a foot health service.
It'd be high spin, and we've had two, two, one overtime games.
So that was clearly wrong at this point.
The defenses are holding up.
Even if it doesn't look perfect at times,
they're doing just enough to keep these rebounds
from turning into passes.
But then one just slipped through the cracks,
and we're all dead.
You know how much energy is on that foot side.
I feel like we were being, we thought, look at Chronic.
Look at Chronic Slamming on that!
Look at cheese!
Look at Justin!
That hit Justin's energy comparatively there between the other two.
Not nearly as much, but you can feel it.
I mean, I don't think I've ever seen Chronic Slamming's desk before.
There's Float 1.
They want it bad.
Yeah, they're upset that they finally lost the game and they're like, this can never
happen again.
We got a really never single one from here on out.
Seven saves.
You can slam the desk as much as you want, Chronic.
But they know how much of this means, too.
four RLCS points at the bare minimum and to go to Paris it could be the difference.
Like these are the ones you want to make as many grand finals as you can.
Like if you make one grand finals and get two top sixes, you're probably a top four team as well.
So it's so incredibly important to get it when you have the opportunity.
Foot able to respond.
The first two games go to overtime.
Ibs, you said that these teams were dead even.
It's played out that way so far and we're going to pause the game.
Just add a little extra drama.
They always say the meal isn't complete
without a little extra salt.
Yeah, sometimes you've got to wait for the cook to, you know,
just work his magic in the background, right?
So we're just going to wait a little bit here.
You know, walk our needles.
We got the appetizer, and it was a one-on-one series.
And that was great.
Now we're waiting for that full course.
And it'll be.
I think Justin pulled his ethernet cable again.
I think that's what happened.
Sipacoh, where are you at?
Where are you at, Sipacoh?
It is space station. Come on. What's up? Wait, wait, wait, Gives, you're like the OG lore master.
So like I've been meaning the whole Justin Ethernet thing for a long time, but I can't remember if that was ever.
I know we had internet issues back in the day, but I don't think he ever actually accidentally ripped his Ethernet cable out, right?
Or did that? Oh, no, I don't think so. I think teams were getting annoyed because it kept happening or something.
Yeah, I remember that. I remember that span of time. So.
But we're getting a full restart.
We'll get a new kickoff here for this game three.
Very important game, obviously every game is important,
but I feel like these two teams,
these are the guys going to be fighting all split long.
I think for these major spots again, this match,
so important.
Anytime you make top four and energy is not on your side
of the bracket, it feels like it's a must win for both of you.
I mean, it could just be these two teams
at the end of the day, right?
We were talking about Virtus.Pro before the start of this weekend.
We didn't think there was any chance they wouldn't be here,
or at least competing for Championship Sunday.
There's no Gen.G. There's no Dignitas.
There's no M80 here.
These are the two rosters that just may find themselves
in this exact same spot again in the next open.
They both have looked that solid outside of Rebellion and NRG,
and they're fighting like it as well.
We've started officially game number three.
He answers a little bit of space here.
Chronicle no boost.
We'll get his corner though, plus the challenge.
Justin takes over, he's got to move it to a teammate because he's got nothing in the tank, but reveal again, the speed and the mid-fielder is fantastic, just not like that.
Justin had Diaz right behind him and Justin Bordel's game, but find the first.
Chronic just beating out Zack there, turns it into action like a 50 challenge, it turns into a pass and that is what you need to do.
When you're on the offensive side, you can get a 55th challenge.
That is what you want.
Those can turn into baskets, even if you don't even need them.
That's how it was very much planned.
The sidewall pass works out perfectly.
Great job, I trust you.
Yeah, leaving his car long ways at that last second
to make sure that all went as fast as possible.
Yeah, that was excellent.
Chronic up quickly for this.
I haven't seen a space station pushing
about two minutes of gameplay, including that overtime.
You might find a way through here.
High touch, force is crying up.
That's only the justice.
Chronix 50s.
Last couple of possessions, fully working out.
Four foot.
Jeez, another one revealed having to dive
to save that one off the bar.
Jeez, almost got a flip reset off that, too,
and maybe couldn't side roll into it,
but I don't think he actually got it.
So unfortunate for him, but Justice got a chance
He's thrown a deep in that lavacy needs to get some moves.
Chronic with 100 go for the power shot off the crossbar.
DS, great clear.
Reveal, showing the look.
Zack, muscles it through himself.
They lost the last 50, but he ain't losing this one.
And look at Reveal here.
He's got no moves.
The attack is if he knows he has no chance
to touch this ball.
But Foot does not know that.
They think he has Lucy Michaelford, a redirect.
So Justin has to wait for that play,
turns it to a great 50 and we're all time.
Reveals, he switched it up really well too.
A lot of those things have one zero boost.
Huge pass, but that was not the accurate shot
they were hoping for and Reveal gets great power.
Gets it through Cheese, DF gets the boost.
Reveal comes up quickly, but it's boomed away
by Justin, force exact to play defense.
And Cheese calls for another pause
as we take a break for station identification here
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Yeah, we got the full meal.
It came out of just a bit undercooked.
So we sent it back to the kitchen,
and we're just waiting just a little bit longer here
to get into it.
But yeah, we are virtually down, of course,
to our favorite, best of five.
We're tied at 1-1.
And 1-1 in this game will probably
be going to kick off somewhere in the three-minute range.
So we'll see how that goes.
But chronic had a little bit of a DC problem.
So we'll see how this all pans out.
But there was no goal scored or anything,
Jherby.
So I think everything's relatively clean so far.
Yeah, it looks like it was chronic DC.
So we're just making sure we get reset.
And yeah, no funny business.
No armchair social media analysts analyzing
every single frame of game play to figure out who DC win instead.
We just get a nice clean restart again.
Two pauses with two pauses this clean.
We could never be so lucky on a championship Sunday.
Got a little trauma because again, these teams so coin flip heavy like it
was this entire playoff bracket has been one favorite versus an undone.
The favorites come out every single time, but this really feels like quite
But we're starting at three minutes.
Three minutes left, Tide 1-1, the series, Tide 1-1.
Let's get it going.
Foot, get the kickoff.
Chronic will make sure they don't get a quick counter attack,
as Justin also gets the catch.
There's not really anything here for Foot.
They didn't win the boosts.
She's having to wait for Diaz.
That was good enough.
Diaz forced to give it up now, Justin.
a little mechie with it.
No one there for the setup though, in space they should get some breathing room.
Nothing developing here just yet.
Just kind of potshots out. This one starting to look a little dangerous. Zach?
No, no one wanted to commit for it. He couldn't get anything that Diaz wanted to do and reveal he's still sticking around as well.
And Spencer just has to bring it back to their side and collect some boosts for the full team.
Zach and Justin will meet in the middle.
A quick shot. Chronicle turned that way. Nothing too threatening yet, but TS has an opportunity.
A limited space. 150, challenge one. Zach with the shot. He beats out the last defender with the speed.
Zach, a limited boost does not matter. Beats out, I believe, was chronic, was on the back wall.
Had the land first, which is why he was slowed to that plane. Zach gets around.
Yeah, T.S. got that initial 50, I believe it was cheese coming across and then you're just straining if you're crawling.
Zach was ready for it. Nice work from Space Station. Zach, the owner of both goals.
T.S. wants to add to the total! Three goals for Space Station!
Oh, there's nothing better than a 1v1 play where you're like,
I'm just gonna sneak it in bottom left in your post. I'm just gonna power through.
I'm gonna make you jump, Justin, but I'm gonna do literally nothing with this ball until the very last moment.
Tiaz, one of those 1v1 great players in North America showing off his stuff there.
And now Foote.
In a tough position, and they come back down two.
Throw themselves at the ball.
And by themselves a moment, a window.
Chronic up early for this, was never going to win.
Reveal downfield up high.
And rebound, picked up by Sheez.
Space issue, get them in field.
Chronic, keeping Zach out of the way!
Chronic clearing the path, scoring the goal, one goal game.
Oh, Diaz, as the third man dived in,
but he's like, ah, we'll be fine.
Zack's in the rotation out.
The problem was Chronic was already upfield,
trying to disrupt everything.
He boxes out Zack, but also gets the redirect shot
in great play there by Chronic.
And plenty of time to get this game tying goal.
Justin responds with a moving touch.
Zach wants to go, backflips out of it,
Reveal gets his corner through,
as Chronic sees the opening, back to Justin!
This is your standard.
I'm just gonna mash it off the sidewall
as hard as I possibly can.
Two might keep it in,
Justin versus Diaz, Diaz not the right spot,
and Reveal cannot get back in time,
and all of a sudden, we're all tied up.
I mean, that's the awareness
that Chronic brings to the table.
He sees Reveal going back to get boost.
He already knows the guy on top of him
isn't gonna do anything,
So he knows, okay, well, Reel's gonna be playing net.
So I'm just gonna slap the ball in the side wall.
Awareness is peaking right now for Chronic.
Foot, with two quick goals,
he bought space stations, finally gets a breathing room.
Instead, foot.
Kinda cause a little exfixation
as Cheese gets a hard touch out with Zack right there.
He got a little touch there.
50 works out, he revealed, might be able to make it work.
Back over to Zack, Cheese gets there quickly on low boost.
Diaz sends it towards the box and foot are fine for now.
It's Justin will kick it away.
Yeah, that was great.
The space is to have the ball in an awkward spot,
but never got a shot on net.
So hold on by foot.
Hold on by cheese with the quick rotation on to the gate.
Any chance there.
Zack, Justin ripping it away from Zack.
Diaz still ready, but cheese got a little more comfortable
reading that play as soon as Justin got involved.
Still not a lot of boost here.
Diaz going back to his corner.
Zack will drop it off to him.
Chronic, all he's got to do is chase him down.
He actually didn't get a touch on the ball at all.
Diaz uses all of his boost.
Zack on the wing, not enough power, not enough time.
And over time again, Gibbs.
Ever again.
It's game three, three to three, and our third overtime.
Let's see if he can come out on top and take the edge.
And reveals a deal.
Cherry picking gets the redirect going right off the kickoff
space station. Get it done. He's just hanging out in the vineyard. Jesus deep in the corner reveals
just part this card. No ticket sighted. Four to three space stations. Convillage just like that
after a two go comeback. It's gotta be a gut punch for foot. We got a lot of kickoffs too in that
one because of the pauses as well as we had some bonus kickoffs in space station. They picked the
right kickoff at the right time at the very end in the overtime to take the win. He has seven shots
in that game, a lot of offense by Space Station and they find a way to get that game three wins.
Up to one in the series now. Man, and so many of your push to talk about one of
chronic's better games in the series. It's not the best game of the series so far. We're seeing
the pitch so well. Jofton had some good pushes as well. He had two goals and three shots, but
the top honors shooting like crazy on that seven shots for him alone out of the 14 total shots.
So you go to half of them. The space station find a way through all the pauses to keep things going.
And they still look uncomfortable on defense sometimes. I love leaving like Zach. Zach loves
being uncomfortable on defense. He will he will keep like eakin up and then just have to half flip
while a foot player is on top of them.
And man, that's just, that's such a tight window,
but they're making it work.
Yeah, we finally got our first high score in match.
I do feel like, yeah, it's not the perfectly polished
and rocky league that you might see an energy at times,
but that's okay.
Like, not every game has to be perfect.
You just gotta find a way to win.
Space Station found that they're obligated off.
Well done to them.
We had two low score defenders,
and then we just had a four for Riso.
Let's see what comes out of this one.
But all over time, these teams are so
in terms of looks.
Justin, trying to cut in between reveal and Zack.
I'll have to buy tons of time,
but for the whole way back,
Chronic, the boost finally spawns for him.
Quick, pass though!
And you just can't get in space,
nation to space, if you're kind of plate roots.
Well, you ain't gonna be able to move.
Yeah, this can't happen.
This just can't, but Chronic is the last one back.
It's just a messed up rotation that allows that quick infield pass, but there was so much time for someone to counter that, but because of all the rotations my foot just got messed up, space station capitalized on it, take it over me.
That was like using roost and then when someone was about to use earthquake and just knock out the right move.
Oh, right call! Diaz! The bells ringing! To nothing!
The pressure off these kickoffs as a match revealed great challenge on Justin T.S.
An incredible follow-up as well to read that so quickly and get the gold.
Space Station trying to take over.
It actually went very similarly last game. Space Station got the first two balls in the first minute.
But we're able to come back so here you go again, do it twice.
Oh awkward for Zack didn't have a ton of boost oh that's actually a really good
try from cheese to fish that's a chronic and heavy traffic chronic almost
making it awkward cheese maybe a little too desperate there but no boost for D
as a lot of power for Justin to worry about now space station had the midfield
The sack of high on the reset forces the 50 it's so hot court and Justin and chronic both getting credit
Just trying to keep the ball out of net Diaz adjusted with a gentleman's demo
Chronic gets a clear foot desperately needed it. Yes base. They should do a great job trying to keep this ball me off
But this time the ball spills away Justin gets a shot. It's his first week shot of the series
It feels like it just couldn't get it
I just be on a demo Diaz here reveal has full blues chronic beats him so Justin
is crying behind cuz well first man cheese was still downfield ahead of
the ball didn't want to take risks they're already down to nothing yeah
but that's the hard part when your first man is going for bumps I think
Superman has to be absolutely certain that he can make this play because if he
gets challenged it is not gonna be good it's gonna turn into a counter-attack
So you kind of hatch the hang back there down to where there's three minutes left.
You don't have to send it all just yet.
Good touch for Justin. Back to Chronic with some boost.
It was heavy though.
50, Cheese was playing wide.
Gets the catch. Justin demoed on the back end.
And he just goes straight for the ball.
On the 50, no boosts.
Now, Cheese is going to wait.
Chronic actually finds it back.
And Cheese, well, Chronic is all over the pitch right now.
He even wins this book.
As it gets wide to the net.
Justin meets them on the wall. She's nearby, but they might split the gap. Looks like it's gonna be okay here for Chronic.
Yeah, we see foot with Chronic and Cheese both going for these weird rotations that surprises the space station out in the midfield.
Just hasn't turned into any goals just yet. Zack's had an opportunity to pass out to Diaz. Chronic does get back in time.
But I do like what Chronic and Cheese are trying to do. Trying to increase that speed for those good field challenges.
Waiting for a good bounce from them so we could score.
I mean those touches aren't getting space too, it's just those awkward moments where we talked about it, right?
Like we just can't take the risk here.
Yeah, it's not the space.
Alright Justin, what do you move? It's really hard for him to choose his moments.
Oh here's one though for Cheese, but again he had to dive too far back.
Good catch Justin. Now he's gonna keep going.
Might be a bump.
No Diaz pops it right up from underneath him.
This is still a good push for foot.
Reveal, cuts the pass out, great positioning. Zack also keeps it tight. Little awkward. Cheese gets there.
And stills face-dation, no. Just smack that ball, make him uncomfortable. Here's a demo.
Free touch for Zack. Cheese ain't gonna get a corner boost. Justin spawns right underneath. Zack!
Just a shot! Denied! Chronic!
Zack with the chain dash. He's still got the backs. He might have retired for, you know, four months.
But he still knows how to play this game and doesn't know.
Yeah, probably wasn't enough. I'm sure he was still playing the game.
Oh yeah, but it's a little different when you get to play in all-CNS weekend again.
It's Justin. Not enough.
It actually makes up for it there and gets the ball away from Diaz.
Cheese gets a free touch. Chronic right behind him, but he rocks third man.
It's working out. Justin, all here in footnote. There's left in a minute left.
We need two goals. This is where the risks start happening.
Justin's getting pretty forward a lot more. He's been playing a heavy back third man and as we called it that's what happens
You're gonna send all three members up with just how much are the key thought there was gonna be a challenge one by
Exactly to cleanly try to guess it so they would have the numbers advantage
It doesn't work out space station gets the nail the coffin for free. I mean she took that challenge so high
I think the one time they took a risk is third man. Yeah, they got immediately punished
It was the time they needed to take the risk, but that's kind of it's got to hurt you a little bit if your foot you could not
Get anything going in this game for total shots on net
A lot saves you have five saves total no goals to speak of and
Space station fully in control of the series
The first three games went to OT, but this one five minutes was good for only one more for space station and a date
the game. We're going to be
rematch with energy in the
grand fight. Well, Zach, it's
another purpose. Zach. Why?
Well, that's one to the RLC.
It's well done by him. What a
shot. Little seal in resetting.
But space station completely
dominated this game and it all
goes back to know that overtime
kickoff, too, which places got
that mean got a ton of
right now it's very difficult. I think Justin is trying to figure out his spots. He's playing
third man a lot and he's got to wait for Chronic and Cheese to open up that door. And I think the
door is just not being opened wide enough just yet for him to be able to attack. There is a time
I've been out here for a foot, so they're going to talk it over and try to get his spot.
Now I really wonder what the comms are going to be because
We saw it during the game, at Chronic again, so good as first man.
And creating opportunities where it didn't, windows where it didn't look like there were.
And I think maybe that's part of the issue, is that Space Station's structure in that
last game, it didn't look like Chronic was going to get a touch into space.
So Second Man was just playing timid.
And then by the time they get the touch out, Second Man re-corrects, he has to take extra
time to turn back into the play, they actually win the 50, but because it's second man now
having to play first man, the team hasn't recovered, third man can't go.
So do you play a little more, I'm not even going to say risk, risk heavy as first and
second man.
Do you put a little more stress on your third man and just take the winning angle and have
a little more faith in some of these first man touches from chronic?
Because I do feel like they're coming out in unexpected places because it almost seems
like it surprises foot when they win it when they win that first man touch. Yeah. And it's
also those quick rotations right with cheese and chronic because there are times when they'll
just dive right back in. So they don't have the greatest angle on it. It's just going to
go off a side wall or something like that. But that can work at times. The problem is
then the third man has to be more flat footed. They don't have a lot of momentum. They can't
keep up with the pace of play because they have to wait to see where that ball is read
to right so maybe instead they're like hey let's go for wider rotations let's
bring cheese or chronic back move up right there man like Justin because now
he has freedom to actually do that because right now it feels like he's the
quarterback but he has to worry about all the linebackers coming in to try for
a sack and he's not getting a lot of help so maybe now bring it running back
back and when I do more football things and you know make them a blocker right
bring cheese or right set your feet square your hips take a left tackle
your job is to defend the quarterback.
Exactly. Pumped it, maybe a bit, and then throw a freaking attack.
But I want to see Justin maybe move it up a little bit further.
But I don't think it's necessarily on him.
I think it's just the team dynamic right now.
Well, I do think Foot has shown a lot of good.
Don't think it's going to take much to shorten the margin here against Spade Station.
Not in score on twice in the opening minute would be a great start to that journey.
And so far it's already started better than both of those games in the opening 20 seconds
Justin moving up a little bit here. She's playing a little bit third man there
So I'm a little bit weakly at the end of space station. Just do a little heat check here
But Zach will get the clear the flip percent product there to meet it Zach still burn with my all three members of foot
Around each other, but they do get it out
We've seen space station tied up like that too
Defenses
Yeah, I've been a suspect affair on both sides to be fair space station release did clean that up
I think recently especially that final game where there's really no double prints after that this point
But also not a lot of pressure by playing as well Zach has a chance
Good reaction from Kronik
He may not stack up again Justin full faith and cheese now he's got the air dribble underneath
And then Justin down the field, first goal.
Zach playing for the flip reset,
POMP and Justin's like, yeah, I saw what he did earlier.
I'll go for the low 50 near post side and get the goal.
I just, you know, maybe it's the nostalgia in me.
Maybe it's because I'm an old man now
and I love watching the old guys still show out and show up.
It's just great watching Justin continue to perform.
It'll never get old. Chronic. Shuffle this out real quick and reveal.
We're gonna find it back to Diaz. Diaz not gonna find cheese. Chronic, a demo on Zack on the back half of Space Station's rotation.
They have a lot of space. Diaz happy to let Chronic waste all of his boosts.
Oh, Zack came off with the flip just to try to go underneath him.
It doesn't work. It doesn't matter if a footballer able to get down the field.
She's actually getting back for that rebound.
It's spacious.
And Diaz wins it.
Cheese is gone.
And there's nobody home.
Diaz, great play here to just follow along with the play and try and guess how the challenge will go.
He guesses correctly and lands right on his hood.
And Justin has that third man again.
He gets just slightly off, but it's more because Diaz was in the perfect spot to get that flip.
Nice kick off for Space Station. Diaz gets the free touch.
Kronik at least gets the bump.
Zack last back.
Catch gets away from him. Kronik got harassed by Diaz.
Still doesn't matter. He missed that corner boost as well.
Justin will have to buy some time. He can't now reveal with the race.
Couldn't stay on it with the flick.
Drive to triple him up. Diaz with a nice catch. He's got a reset.
He set off the post, a ghost touch.
Reveal gets the demo.
It hit frustration.
We're going back and forth at this point.
Diaz, another go at it by himself.
Chronic will get the win.
But Reveal's got full boost on mistouch, though.
Zack will have to follow it up.
Chronic in the air to challenge.
Reveal to Diaz.
Diaz actually pulls back, playing it safe.
The corner goose is not available though so he's got to feed it to his teammate and just clear it off.
Cheese.
Forces Zach into a heavier touch than he wanted.
Reveal. Trying to find the safe spot.
A clear angle. Space agent in trouble.
Diaz makes the stop.
Quickly coming around the corner though as Justin.
Rips it off the wall. It came out for free.
No bump on reveal. He does get bumped this time.
Chronic gets a free touch out.
She steals the corner boost.
No one can go now.
Zack is stuck on the wall.
And he still makes the touch.
He won't get the boost steal.
Justin has to come in.
Diaz has a full tank.
Zack underneath on small paths.
Justin has a 50.
Back to Chronic off the board.
Zack up and flipped out.
Third man is cheese though.
He's got to get back to the ball.
Zack rips it.
No boost for Diaz hanging down field.
Now Justin and Chronic on the two on two.
Justin tries it again and Zack kicks it away.
Back to Cheese to Justin.
Goal!
Great play here by G.
It's great, pressure by Cliff for the last minute or so,
making Space Station dive in along his blows
for a great pass, though, but she's
right on the plumper of Justin.
No clues.
It doesn't matter.
He barely has to move to hit that shot,
because it's a perfect placement on the pass.
Foot not quite out of it.
Space Station trying to find a way to end things early.
Justin, the owner of two goals,
went off with an excellent pass from Cheese,
who takes the ball now.
Diaz, good catch, and he gets back to it.
McCronic is ready.
Zac got to the 50, Justin, time.
Cheese with no boost, has to turn tail and run.
Reveals, got plenty of the tank, ripped it back,
but there was just no one that we could go for that rebound.
No one had boost on space, there's your Diaz and Zac.
We're depleted, Zac got his corner,
and the ball's dumped back into the arch half.
Yeah, Bunny was gonna go for an outside shot,
and instead went for the pass, but no one was available.
So Foot get away with one a bit there
and try to hold on to the sleeve.
Nice one play, Cheese.
We'll get the big player half and then left.
This flip up from Diaz has to make a save.
Rebound, off the floor saves.
Rebound, go!
Chronic almost places this perfectly.
Just barely misses out, but Zach has to make
a desperation save, turns it to a nice juicy rebound
cheese to come in and clean up the chronic shots and foot to goal advantage 23
and the clock trying to make this a suit.
Should be going to Neo Tokyo.
Let's see what happens.
Zach, nice little touch.
Good stuff from cheese revealed on downfield Diaz on the ball.
Chronic no boost.
Justin gets up from cheese and that's going to kill enough time on the clock.
As reveal gets demo and foot come rolling back post timeout and hands space station a two-game loss
And Jarvis we talked about it. We want Justin more involved on the off at the side gets two goals in this match
Running for a bathroom break here as well. It looks like but Justin getting involved on offense. Well done
To foot using their timeout. Well, and yeah, we're going to at least you took you've we've seen a lot of these matches
happened where it goes to Champions
Field once you lose one. So,
Space Station knows that as well.
They're going to call the time out right now.
Certainly have to, and they do.
For foot.
You saw more of the same from
Kronik in this game.
His 50s hit me in that first man spot
just so good and just as follows.
Cheese though.
So much more lethal with his touches
in this game.
That past adjustment was immaculate.
Justin's shot also had to be good.
But you have those windows.
We talked about them not capitalizing on those small windows,
not being able to take risks because of how tight those windows were.
This time, Gibbs, they threw windows, we're still tight.
But they actually found a way to capitalize and take the win.
It's so close.
And they also just had a lot more pressure, right?
So it made Spaceship have to work more in defense.
I felt like last game, really, Spaceship defense looked fine
because they really didn't have to play a lot of it.
But this game, a lot more double commits
because the pressure was there by foot,
and then they kept the pressure up.
It wasn't a one-scored opportunity,
and the ball immediately leaves into the other half.
They were up there for a while,
getting multiple chances on net, and they found it.
We saw it there with Chronix off the post.
Turns into a G-shot as well.
So, Foot doing a good job to keep the ball
on the orange part of the field
and get the goals when they need them.
So, Foot, a little bit of momentum.
Space, as she calls her timeout early.
again, that's only a one game where they do call it normally it's two games in a row. But
again, we've seen this happen all weekend long. Once one team gets a little bit of
momentum, we go to champions field that feels like every single time.
I mean, if you pay attention to the boost levels on any of these pushes on both sides
of the field, that minimum, two players on one team have close to zero boost, if not
like 24 or less, but still like on both sides, still able to get a touch that buys them time
to get a pat or two, make another save,
or just able to perfectly jump up
and get to a challenge just in time.
But neither team has had a full boost advantage
for more than five seconds in this series.
It has been fun to watch who's gonna survive
in the resource game.
And now we're on Neo Tokyo Space Station.
Still got one more to go.
Here we go, Kent Space Station.
Break that momentum up and we'll flip.
Bring this to the Champions field.
We'll find out now.
Space station get a chance that diving in Justin followed it the whole way through
That won't be a play for Diaz. He'll actually 50 that out
Reveal quick catch he leaves the midfield booth for Diaz
Space station get to keep this push reveal leaving
The rotation is actually just sticking on small pads to stick right behind Diaz
The midfield booth spawns nothing developing but Diaz in the way. Oh, you got pulled up
into it in the review of Temple's chronic not exactly how space station drew
that up just get the clear for foot though that I yeah we'll take it that's
fine we'll get some loose in our tanks out of just to move it up again
throw a short throw one quick man that for reveal a lot of demos coming out on
both sides to the tree for a two to two just for a few seconds here
chronic up again for a foot set meant by TS but pressure-stall
Great infield, and that's for Justin, to have cheese and foot.
Keep it going, Wendricka.
Now, a straight line is the shortest line
to a beautiful passing play.
Justin turns his car on its back wheels, flips it right to cheese.
That was pretty.
Well, nothing for foot.
That pass was so good, like I've revealed.
Kind of saw that the last second and tried
to move out to get a block.
And he still couldn't reach it in time.
Justin brilliant pass there, and love
seeing him more involved in the outside.
And now he's alone on defense, and the entire Space Nation roster attacks right off the kickoff to tie it back up.
It was never going to be that easy, wasn't it?
Justin happened to fight four wheels and a giant metal post.
All he could do about it.
Space Nation keep things even, so completely dead now on any advantage.
We're right back to where we were at five minute mark.
Kronik actually flipped it up early.
Diaz was ready for that high.
Zack again, trying to drill the ball on his 50-50s.
He gets a demo as well.
Cheese lasts back.
And Reveal couldn't hop it over.
And still gets the corner booze steal.
Zack with the initial heavy touch gets the bump.
Diaz up high, and that's going to be too far for Reveal.
He has to turn quickly.
Cheese is getting him out of the way.
Zack turns it cross.
Kronik got demoed by Diaz.
Cheese demo's revealed, and there's no play.
It's getting physical demos across the board of both sides.
Even when you're on defense, they're still
templeing for offense.
It does not matter.
Both sides of the field getting very physical.
We saw spaces, and they scored because of the physical play,
getting the last defender out of the way.
They almost scored again, but the foot held on
with some demos of their own.
I don't know if that's how it was any better.
Might have been dead in the water.
Missed his corner boost, and he just
gets to the 50 against reveal.
All three players a foot stacked up
Justin gets a nice 50, gets the boost.
No redirects, but that's a great pop-up.
Chronic's too far back, has to wait,
gets the 50 back to Justin.
Justin has that beat, wants the buff on reveal,
with the fake bouncer Diaz, saves it for now.
The Chronic up high, fakes the approach,
reveal happy for it,
because he wasn't gonna be able to do anything about it.
Yeah, Chronic just didn't have enough boost.
I think he wanted that play,
because he knew there was no real fake option available,
but couldn't get the touch.
She's full push forward, Justin there as well.
probably left alone has to make the touch before getting bumped out.
He's not driving away from that one.
Diaz demoed to reveal he's got to buy time.
I think he's good enough, but that just got kicked.
Now Justin, actually a little shuffle step, throws this up.
Somehow it was a chance, but Zach was ready for that one.
Diaz will throw it down field, Justin has to rotate back,
and Cheese had to dive for the stop.
Justin there for support with a full tank.
Cheese gets his corner, and what precarious there for foot,
they get out of it.
It's a battle right now.
It feels like there's more car on car touches,
then ball touches at this point.
Both teams getting bump heavy, getting demo heavy
on both sides of the field.
Love to see.
They're really tight.
And even the organization for both teams,
they try to tighten it up.
Still really good at getting back,
making the grab they need to run off his pass
to reveal a cheese with that catch.
Diaz rebound, but there's nothing
he could do with the ball.
And him and Diaz get tied up together,
now reveal nothing he could do.
Chronic gets the 50 and it's just so hard to punch through either side right now. Reveal!
He's on top! Broke! Fix it! No chance! Cheese with a big clear!
I think Reveal wanted it just couldn't reach it in time.
Space station trying to threaten out Zach. A little bit of a side flip. He'll control it with Reveal.
See if they can push forward here. Zach's got full boost. He'll pass back with more bumps come out.
Justin's end up doing the best. Reveal big clear. Chronic has nothing. He'll throw it to you.
Off the ceiling as well.
She's actually throws it right back.
Again, it's one of those moments where I don't think
Space Station are expecting cheese to really do much there.
Reveal gets the ball.
Zack gets a free touch.
Shots on target!
Ooh!
Space Station have the lead!
The placement was perfect here by Zack.
He's got his moment to shine.
And he shows up in here.
Product turned upfield.
Probably should have went back to his goal line.
High-tech is 20-20 there with Zack.
Marrys it.
I'll now foot on tournament point.
They kick off.
It's Justin behind them all.
Looking for the pass.
They beat Diaz.
Chronic up high, but Reveal is there to defend.
Jeez, next up, hard touch.
No rebound.
Diaz getting scooped.
Justin from the grave.
Jeez!
Big muscles!
Big goal!
Targeting him!
Justin, this is a great placement on this back wall,
right on the waterfall.
Reveal has to go for the in and out save.
Cheese is ready for it.
Powers through two of them to tie back up.
Joss waiting a thought it might have been over.
Foot, one game seven.
Justin slips it on the kickoff, Zach.
And Diaz posted together.
Diaz underneath.
Decent enough 50, but it's wide.
And Justin and Diaz fighting.
Justin wins that one.
Reveal steals it away.
Chronicle gets there quickly.
Zach got the midfield boost.
was Justin's downfield spot, but Dias,
she's with the power of the...
Oh no, man!
Dias, come on!
I told you, I told you, I said, come on!
Whoa!
Post!
It was Dias again!
Zack, they want it!
Reveal!
The shopper's act denied!
Dias, Dias rushed it, because he thought
the ball was gonna hit the forehand zero,
so he tried to rush the shot as quickly as he could,
and it comes off the post and foot survived.
This is the way it is, Dias, again.
Now they got to find a way through.
What happened the last time on the Otoquio to Diaz?
You don't have to think very far.
It just happened yesterday.
Chronic on the catch.
Diaz feathering the boost for the 50.
Zack didn't want to go.
He saw cheese right there.
Diaz takes control of it.
Justin aggressive in the corner.
Reveals ready at the top of the box.
What a touch from G's.
Justin had Zack to contend with and Chronic wants
Justin downfield.
He's got him.
No boost, Reveal can scoop it up, but Kronik is barreling in.
Cheese on the rebound, has to catch, it's uncomfortable.
Everyone's flat.
There's no way to get it.
Kronik's got to get there, because Justin got demoed.
They're demoing out that third man for a foot.
Foot's going to be very careful with these offensive pushes.
Justin's got a chance off the ceiling.
Reveal will turn it away.
It's just going to be clear, and everyone
could breathe for a slip seconds.
Maybe not, or bumps come out.
Zach, an opportunity.
Justin meets him, reveal versus Chronic, back to himself.
Cheese gets the clear.
Good fake challenge there for Chronic.
Gave one chance and a clean touch.
Chronic wins his boost against reveal now.
Has Cheese downfield, Zach right in the area.
Justin, ready for this.
His team needs time to go get boost.
They're not gonna get much of it.
Cheese has to turn tail.
Diaz across on the bumps.
It's awkward, but they're still behind it.
Justin's back his third man now and foot trying to survive.
Reveal denied by Justin.
She's downfield, wants the shot, but Zack and Reveal are in the way.
Chronic against Diaz. Diaz winning the touch.
She's getting downfield again.
Just ends, they just can't get the final touch.
It's over, Boos.
Diaz, with a joint attempt, cannot get it down.
Zack with the follow-up, can't get it.
Justin gets a clear foot.
It's hanged on by a thread.
Justin tried for a challenge at Diaz.
Diaz will control it on the wall of the space station.
That's had a lot of this pressure,
but they need to finish it now.
Like after that miss at the end, they need it.
They need this test rate.
Like if Flick can bring two Champions field,
it's anyone's game.
Justin, one more time.
She needs to help out Zach.
Control it in the corner and get it clear.
Pass to Zach.
Chronic had to jump up and defend that.
Now Zach's back to reveal.
Justin was ready for it, already posted on the wall.
Chronic reveals already downfield still.
He has his left.
He might purchase some real estate.
He's finally getting out.
Diaz, the drop down, pass back.
She's gonna chase it, but he can't get there.
It's reveal, coming back for some second.
See him getting it.
Zack, against Justin, wins this much.
He's starting to slow down here in the corner.
Chronic looking for some room
and he doesn't even get this brilliant
even instead he gets fragged.
Space station, you can breathe a little bit
out of deep vents here and now they're going right back at it.
Reveal versus cheese.
Zack, unlimited boost.
More is play coming out by space station.
He has to beat with Justin.
Oh, cheese.
reveal this there, but cheese.
The quick rotation out of this run.
He has to.
Chronic was stuck.
Completely on the back wall.
Zach's got no boost.
Cheese beats two.
Raphiel blasts man back.
And he gets one heck of a touch.
Chronic has to re-aboriate himself.
And waste all of his boost for this play.
Oh, back to cheese to get the bump.
Justin has to turn around backwards.
Avoid one.
But he's not as excellent as you could do that.
You can do that.
Yeah, that was perfect for him.
He was offered as the third man, but he made it work.
That was D-Maged to get some blue,
so Chronic and Cheese now up front again.
You see Justin hanging back, the inpatient.
And everyone's getting a five down,
just a little bomb ball back and forth,
and everyone's flustered.
Okay, really?
He released his boom ball.
It's all missed.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
He's got it!
Fright!
Unbelievable mistake at the end!
And Space Station ripped the victory away.
Off to the grand final.
Cheese and Justin both go on a very timid ball.
There was nothing going on.
We were just talking about it.
No pressure from either team, and just a weird double commit in the midfield.
Koss foot, the series.
Diaz has got to be the happiest person in this lobby right now.
But after what happened in zero seconds, he just couldn't finish it.
But Space Station survived to get the rematch versus Energy.
I think Diaz needs to give Cheese part of his game check.
Because, man...
Oh
Just reeling from that can't believe after how perfect they were on their rotation
For all of that OT but the longer the OT goes. Here's the plan to more like
But I get what he's trying to do he had to rush it because if he hits that soft that bulls on the floor is zero
And it's not in so he's got to brush it. Wow DS
You find the way, anyway, space station.
Go to the grand finals.
That's up next versus NRG.
Oh, 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.
It's the garage is full. They go to the auxiliary.
He said if the garage is full, they'd 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 protect your home and auto when you bubble with us.
I think you might have brought the wrong car.
We had the red convertible.
I
It's an uphill climb
No more, no more
I see you behind
The stars, the fire
And we've got everything to heal us
Nothing we can fight
As we decide
To hold that distance that brings me last
Take it away, girl
Oh, I couldn't let it go
Take it away, girl
Oh, I couldn't let it go
I believe in you
Once in this place
I've got a spell tied
Searching my own space
So I still come back for more
Leaving me behind
Cause I'm always excited
But I'm always right
You know I'm wrong
I see you hide
The stars, the light
I make sure everything to heal is
I feel my thoughts as we decide to cut the distance between us
Take it away, dance
On your head, through the door
Take it away, dad.
I'm gonna take it away, son.
Take it away, dad.
I'm gonna take it away, son.
I
Oh man, the Grand Finals are set here folks, footy sports do take not only their first
game loss but their first series loss back and forth four over times for like over seven
minutes I think incredibly close matchup that comes down to some tragic touches a few small
decisions deciding it here that sends SSG for a rematch against NRG. The stories are
right in themselves here. This is a fantastic man. That was a fun match. It was messy at
times. Obviously that last play was messy, but it was so much pressure on both these
teams here. That's an eight point swing like right there for RLC points. The points that
foot desperately need because they're at zero at this point. Let us get some points
here, but space station find a way to prevail. Me and Jorby were just going nuts at the
We're like, we don't know what's happened at this point.
Over time, the place at zero seconds, it didn't matter.
It was a lot of fun to watch.
I mean, plays happened like that, where you're just diving
at the ball with no boost, hoping they think you're going
for it, and then that's how you get a goal.
And there was a couple more aerial fakes from Reveal.
Justin has one heck of a series.
I thought Chronic did as well.
There are so many good things that Foot had going
in this series, but Space Station, man,
They were just like one step above him.
I, the Zach reveal combo is nasty.
They are so good.
And I'm telling you, man, look,
we're all gonna like,
I'll be back on D guys a little bit
because this just keeps happening to him.
The last goal, the very last goal,
he had to shoot it, okay?
Like, it sucks that he didn't get it,
but at least his team didn't lose the game this time.
Now he gets a chance to redeem himself.
All right, here it is.
Here it is.
See, see look at that.
He had to rush the shot as quickly as he possible could
because he knew the ball was gonna be on the ground at zero.
So I understand what he's trying to do there.
It's not the worst open-ed history
in the history of rock league, okay?
I still think it's one yesterday's worst.
I still think it's worse.
His one against NRG was a sure-fire goal.
As long as he just places it high,
and he placed it way too high.
That one, I think, was worse than the one today.
I do feel like the warm up space station got here against M80 as you can see in the bracket foot coming in first match of the day
SSG manages to steal some wins in the beginning of the series and as foot was starting to heat up here
It was a 3-1 win for them in game five and a four minute overtime loss in game six that you over time easily
Could go the way and we're in game seven right now
I feel like SSG get now warm up did have a factor in them getting back to this rematch now
against NRG. See you up there in the upper break around one of the first matches or
that was the final match of yesterday. That reverse sweep, that energy got over SSG.
They're looking to get revenge, get the payback out there. Salty run back in
tournament and this one's actually for the title. You know, you couldn't hope for
a better spot to get your run back on a team that got a reverse sweep on to the day before.
A hundred percent. Like I said Diaz, he gets a chance to redeem himself a little bit,
But it's championship Sunday and our gene.
I don't know if Daniel is going to have as quiet of a series as he did yesterday,
especially if it's all earlier today.
Daniel looking like that.
I am worried for space station.
Diaz is the guy that I'm looking at.
All right.
Like I think you're getting a lot out of reveals having one of the best weekends.
I think I've ever seen him have online.
He is playing.
He's so well right now.
I know a lot of eyes are on Zach and his Zach's game, his aerial game, his aerial
50 game has been excellent.
But reveal man the times where you don't think he's actually going to get to a ball win a 50
He's generated so many chances for his team. I'm been so impressed with him
And then most players they want to play back-to-back right you want to win and then play immediately into the grand finals
I think you do when you don't expel a ton of energy in space station while it was only game six
Expelled a ton of energy. There was a ton of drama in that match
So it is very difficult to bounce back now energy on the other side obviously expelled a bunch of energy earlier
to go all the way to Champions
Field, but also energy has been
around the block a few times. So
they're kind of used to these
long days, especially when
we get to international land. So
I think energy will be just fine.
It comes down to our space station.
You're back with Zach as well, too.
You just felt a ton of energy. It's
going to be a difficult task to
ramp back up to play energy.
We heard
Beesmo talking about the energy was
maker for energy. If they felt like as a team, maybe not like physical, literal, you know,
caffeine energy, but like just the vibe of the team. If they're feeling good, if they're energized
mentally to play with each other, the difference it makes, and they're gonna have to lock in here
for these grand finals. The secret must be Sith Lord Daniel with his hood up in full evil mode,
because the way Daniel looked in the last series, I am genuinely worried if Space Station will have
that same force that they had when they won those first three games against NRG yesterday.
They can absolutely do it. It wouldn't be a shock to me at all, but it might take NRG playing
a tier down. We'll see what happens though. I think that Space Station played about as well as
you can coming into this against foot. They took care of business even when things got squirrely.
And that's what you want to see from a team on the come up, how they handled those moments of
of adversity coming back, not just from a reverse sweep,
but also in a game where foot were taking momentum from you
and you still came out the winner.
Let us know in chat who you think is going to win.
Hashtag SSG, hashtag NRG.
It was a goal.
It won all the way to game seven,
but it was a 2-0 victory on Champions Field for NRG
at last time.
Can they start the foot off differently?
This is the bigger question.
Is this what it's if the games went through three
going to be like here?
SSG cleanly had their number in those ones.
All one goal games included in overtime,
but they got the wins in those first three games.
Can energy change that story this time around?
Yeah, they did get those wins in those first three games,
but that also means that energy has now beaten
space station four games in a row,
and space station has scored one goal
between those four games.
So space station's gonna have to find a way
to get the offense working.
The defense actually looked pretty good
versus energy, even when they were losing four straight,
because energy did not score a ton of goals.
It was one zero, one zero, two one, and then two zero.
So space station, if they can clear up the defense,
because it was a little iffy at times,
like in their last match,
it should be right there with him,
but it really does come down to spaces
and has to find a way to break down that energy defense.
Well, chat, let us know who you think is gonna win.
Jorby, do they get the run back?
Does SSG take it down?
Or do NRG get there first of what they need three there?
There's looking for that three P, right?
This is a big one.
You lose the first one, it's over for the whole split.
So if anything, they get the most pressure on this one.
This is the one thing they have left to still,
the last accolade they've got left in their achievement book,
Did they get this one?
Well, I think that for Space Station,
what worked in those first three games against NRG?
It was physicality.
They were getting bumps.
They were getting demos.
And they were knocking NRG off their rotation.
What happened in the back four?
The demos plummeted.
I would say Space Station, we're feeling good.
I think Diaz gets a revenge over time goal here.
Give me Space Station gaming.
I think we'll stuff the three people before we get one.
I like it.
Gibbs?
It's all taken long.
The favorite is one every single match.
They were both going to go
into a second game, and I
remember that. I just couldn't
remember the game. I think
the only time that didn't
really happen, Space Station
and foot like I felt like it
was a coin flip, but it
doesn't matter. It'll probably
go Game seven because we've
had some weird things
happening. But energy is
going to find a way to win
their third regional in a row.
I'm going at energy. It'll be
the third in a row just won't
be quite a three because it's
standing across two splits
here. They're still hunting
for that when they're looking
for five on the season. I do
think energy has what it takes
to win again. I think the
first three games are going to
defense in the tournament and defense as stash was in earlier winning championships right now. So
we've got NRG as the favorite on the desk but it's pretty pretty close and chat got it split
pretty similarly here 70 30 folks can they get it done do NRG take yet another regional championship
title to SSG get back in the driver's seat for the first time been a long time folks let's play
at the grand final seven games separating these teams from that title as well as 18 points and
$21,000 on the road to Paris.
This is the big one.
It's Championship Sunday.
Get up and get loud.
It's game day.
A battle of resilience.
That is exactly what SSG versus NRG has been.
NRG has faced nothing but new challenges.
One after the other to get there.
but the final one is SSG with Zack.
One last battle to see which team truly is back.
Game one, as always, brought to you by Progressive.
Here at Manfields, we kick off our grand final.
Space Station had their shot at NRG yesterday.
They came up one short, despite getting as close
as you possibly could to sweeping the world champs.
What can they do now on the run back?
Diaz going to work early.
And Daniel shutting him down just as quickly.
Sir, two teams that have really changed a lot
of what we know of them both, right?
Not only has NRG come in with a new found
all patients on their offense of crime.
And it is not that different after all though.
Daniel all the way from his end,
gets the flip into it and not because he bumped on Diaz.
That is remarkable.
Daniel has been on another level this weekend
and that's hard to say with a team this great,
but he has put in a lot of work
and has been an absolute standout for NRG,
even by their standards.
He's going to work again, powerful, clear.
He'll chase this down, almost have to read on Diaz,
at the demo at least, trying to take out reveal as well.
And Zack doing all he can just to try and keep possession.
Get around peace mode.
Diaz will have a look.
Reveal the bump in and hit that atomic.
Watch as Diaz go right through him.
This is bull team effort.
I love the call off from it to reveal.
Left it for Diaz, Diaz had enough in the tank
to really position his car.
Duff Force dunked it on in.
It's a quick response for space station gaming
tight things up. And Diaz will collect this on his own back corner. Met by Daniel. Powerful
clear by Zach. Only as far as beast mode is coming right back. Oh look at Daniel downfield
to open Zach and to be very careful Diaz quick turn just off the market. Powerful clear by
beast mode. There's no time for wide shots or off mark shots by any means new opportunities
are going to be given.
Zach, look, this one down reveals the challenge.
A little bit slower on this as NRG
lined themselves up waiting for this pressure
to try and come from SSG, although Atomic's 50
does keep them out.
No flip, no boost, but still this ball pushes forward.
Deion's was up, but Daniel hit him to the punch.
Here's up the last game.
That's how quickly he got in the air.
Zach's going to turn on this.
Double commit with reveal, but Deion's going to fail him out.
Able to escape Daniel for now, got the pass out for Zack.
All that you do is puff it up and Daniel will have it over to Atomic.
We put up a close play style here from SSG just really trying to keep each other backed up,
mainly because they're such a low resource for them versus NRG right now.
Daniel hands us off to Atomic, peace mode waiting on the ground, playing off the pads.
They have to race back to this ball, they have the timing space to do so,
Saks already there off ceiling and SSG they want to take their turns. They're gonna have one here and you'll knock off the play
Diaz was trying to meet atomic at the corner atomic beat him
But he does not beat Zach makes a powerful save along the goal line
Diaz will have this one out towards reveal
But he's gonna have to turn back for boost and that puts SSG in an awkward spot
They do have plenty of boost to go around though 200 in the tank between the two and
and now atomic with reveal waiting at the goal line he'll start to shape towards
the corner and Diaz has to jump ahead of East mode two minutes remaining here
in game one as SSG gets another shot oh Zach made the save but Diaz is there to clean it up
See Diaz is definitely gonna be the one on the lookout to just redeem himself for any micro mistakes from the last one
but Zach accidentally saving the shot although SSG is on full commit for the
It's a crazy turn of events, but they still managed to pull through.
The reveal over here just going, my points!
They're all gone.
He has now.
Right back at it, with SSG in front.
This is where they lived through the first half of the series yesterday,
but a comic with a quick answer!
Misdirection in the air!
NRG equalizes!
This version of Daniel is got to be feared. He has set up everybody so well in a way that you cannot miss and Atomic is just on it with him.
Two to two, over their heads. It's tied game back to even Ground. You gotta see what SSG does to respond. They play this one further back in their head.
Still, almost hit another one over Diaz. He's not from the ceiling, tries to pinch it off and gets some power to disdain it to Atomic.
for the rare miss, but Daniel in just a time
where they got us played four times.
Reveal at atomic breathing down his neck.
He has got to be sure-handed here.
He had Reveal both going to the side wall for that.
Daniel head to his own back line.
His axe reflexes have been phenomenal.
He has been on point with every touch.
Lost that one a bit, but Daniel beat him.
Now, Atomic was revealed bearing down on him.
Zack has revealed coming off the back wall.
This pop-back downfield and space station will have all the time in the world.
To collect this, get boosted up.
300 in the tank, here we go.
Right now, NRG's being very respectful with SHG.
They understand this is the team that can hold this possession for quite some time.
It's a shot from Zack.
Daniel denies on the goal line here.
here. Being powerful clear is well that he has playing a little bit further back. Same
respect me given to energy on the flip side. Daniel trying to sneak it in just a little
bit hard. Why? He has standing back reading that demo was coming reveals got a full deck
though. Here he goes reveal up against atomic. Easy stop there to dish that back out to the
wing now Zach looking for a game winner not happening in our team we'll get the
last look of regulation peace mode beaten by reveal we go to overtime
because why not I mean why not SSG felt like they saw a million over times in
their last series against but he sports what's another reveal off the top follow
was a little so there it's atomic to keep on Mountain Zach keeping the pressure
going to reveal. Oh, yeah.
Diaz with a hat trick. Who says
the man can't finish the tournament's leading
score comes through in the clutch right past Dan.
It's a statement to win in overtime against NRG.
And that is exactly what space station have written out in front
of them. A crazy shot, also just a shot percentage
You didn't quite feel like it was this much, but this is what, 15, 16 shots to about 5 on NRG.
So, Space Station, they've had their time on that NRG side there, and they're making their due diligence with it.
Come into this final averaging just under 10 shots a game.
Averaging more than an RG and they are certainly now are now with 15 shots in game one.
The final being Diaz cleaning it up he goes three for five.
Diaz Captain Clutch in game one for Space Station Gaming.
Oh my gosh that is just, most people would assume after the series that SSG had just had
have, there's got to be some part of you that is exhausted in a small way after all the OTs,
after everything they were put up against, and yet they still have more in the tank to take on,
arguably, one of, if not the most difficult team in the world at times. So, props to them, but
this is a bust of seven. This is a long journey ahead of them. This is just one step in the
the right direction. They've been up for this one. I have a feeling as much as we
talk about teams having a short-term memory and not letting results get to
you, they've been looking for this one. A shot at redemption after being
reversed swept yesterday. Diaz over B-Spo, trying to get the dunk on atomic.
Reveal will take charge after Zach will back them away. Now Zach jumps in. Reveal
is there but so too is Daniel and he and Beast Mode will combine. This gets downfield into
space station territory. Oh that goes off of a vehicle, an awkward deflection and Daniel does a
great job improvising to bring that to the backboard to give his teammates time. Another one over to
the top right there, even on low boost it's still a powerful clear up field. Still trying to take the
shot, oh no, a weird double commit there from NRG, something easily to be shaken off though.
Daniel's already got three saves in the first minute that's off the crossbar reveal the follow and it's just a
bombardment on the energy half not too shabby you would think some people might panic just a tiny bit or maybe call
yourselves off with y'all. That has been the name of the game for SSG. This crazy, full confidence,
full blown commit to the event and it is paying off for them. 15 shots in game one, how about
six shots in the first minute? Now revealed. He'll take his time. Slow play. Interact for Diaz!
I mean Diaz realistically, he had his slip-up going, but not now, no mistakes made between
him and reveal off-kick off their already up two nil, this is for NRG to really figure
things out again, you feel that frustration out the demo off from Beast Mode, but that
He's not slowing SSG down by any means, another center, another shot from Reveal.
Sack dives in as well, Atomic's hit a full tank of boost. He can go to work now.
Try to slice and dice through the defense. Got it to Daniel. Second touch needed.
And it's, no, it's just up the crossbar. He had beaten everybody, but not the frame of the goal itself.
Atomic will bring this down, Reveal the clear outlet to Zack.
And space station gaming, escape unharmed.
The crazy thing is, two doesn't seem to be enough for them.
They're even going as far as sending one upfield like Zack
to just already mess with NRG.
Stress them out enough to know that when these two
are on their way, a shot is gonna find its way in.
They do it again.
It's a team effort to go up to three.
Zack with the 50 of the lifetime over beast mode
And Diaz slaps it perfectly.
He's got five goals in the first game and a half.
This is the performance that you have to bring
to be able to take down NRG.
They face this squad so many times in the past,
so many bestest sevens, even those handful of finals
and semi-final appearances have all led to this.
This is the most, the best honestly,
I think SSG has looked in a long time.
I just got getting de-wrapped on the NA record books for
Bull's N.A., an online final here in this region.
The way D.A.A.S. is going, he shows no signs of stopping.
D.A.A.S. is in behind Atomic this time.
Get the demo on Daniel behind the place,
and Beast Mode is going to be careful.
As Atomic gets us through, Beast Mode comes up
and can't get inside the post.
Got a bump on reveal who still stays with the play
and has plenty of boost in the tank if he's able to get back.
As Diaz will slow everybody down,
reveal is right there just over B-Smo.
I like this dude from Atomicist.
He does miss the boost on the play
and with B-Smo getting to the back,
they just kind of play this one a little bit more patiently.
NRG rarely on the low end of resource,
find themselves there and it gives Zach a break away.
He devils it down to go for the center.
Daniel enough back in time to make a clear, but it is only to the midline.
Spelt again, the big powerful clear, but reveal, bounceer in and easily dealt with by Daniel.
Uses all his momentum to play right through Diaz. Here's reveal. They could have numbers again.
He's spelled the only one back as Daniel's late rotating in. Space station looking to add to an
already impressive three goal lead.
Beast mode, try to come into it,
and he will, right by Reveal.
This is where that resilience is gonna start
to come into play for NRG.
Just a minute left to go,
they played the high centered ball here,
just over the nose, all but Reveal.
Well, a minute left to go,
more than enough time,
we'll see what they bring to kickoff.
Kickoff goes cleanly through to Reveal,
And he'll just keep it close to the vest.
Daniel not going to give him any time or space.
Atomic out to beast mode and reveal with a clever pop
as Zach throws one on target, full game.
From way down town, they spot each other too.
Revealed pops it up and you saw that Zach
just took the opportunity.
Keeping these shots on target has been a massive
difference maker between the two because Space Station
know that they have been able to get so many shots
in and towards that NRG net more than most teams ever can.
So props to them for NRG.
It's just becoming a wider gap to try and close.
They've only got 40 seconds to do it.
That felt like Zach calling game out of the corner.
He's got the clear after reveal,
takes out Beast Mode in the center of the field.
Thomas will race ahead.
Out of the corner again, Beast Mode couldn't jump for it.
He realized Zach had him beat again.
So now Diaz, four time off the clock,
and then that boost deal, take out Daniel,
reveal to chip one in as well.
The Beast mode will keep it a respectable three goal deficit.
And that will almost certainly be the final tally in game two.
Space station outshoots energy 15-5 in game one.
Everybody gets four shots of peace for SSG in the on-core.
And they've got a 2-0 lead in the finals.
This is exactly what SHD wanted to bring to the table.
A highly calculated, aggressive, but also equal playstyle
against NRG.
And with that, NRG take their first time out of the series.
So NRG find themselves always so hopeful when they can get
to the first grand final of a split.
like, all right, this is the time.
This is what we finally do it.
Normally, it's someone like First Killer in the way.
Today, it is Diaz in the way, who's
got five goals for the first two games.
Just a dominant performance from space station gaming, who
seemed determined to make amends for getting
reversed swept by this very squad yesterday.
The crazy thing is historically,
This is such an important head to head in North America.
You go back to that word resilience, right?
Not only throughout the weekend, but against each other,
just historically, Space Station
have been trying to take down this NRG squad for so long.
This is their seventh time matching up.
The last time SSG was actually able to pull off the win
was in 2025 in January at the Birmingham Open 1.
So it has been that long of trying and failing.
Zac even going into retirement, coming back,
might be the key to switching things around
after all this time.
This NRG trio has won their last eight grand final appearances
in this region.
Haven't lost in the finals since they were G2 back in 2024.
Space stations halfway there.
Just and again, you know, the the demons are going to pop up
at some point, right? Like, okay, we were here yesterday. We
had him to oh, we had him 30.
The mark of a great team is how do you overcome that? How do you
Push all of that out.
Space station gaming has to answer that question.
Right now they get the two-oh lead over NRG.
NRG has burned their time out.
They have to go the rest of the way in this grand final
and find a way back off of what Sathius told them
over the extra minute.
Here we go, at iconic DFH Stadium for game three.
Will SSG get another shot at sweeping the world champs?
Or the one where you find out it's right here.
And like you said, SSG has been in this position before.
They took that game three in their last Vesta 7 series,
and that's where everything went wrong.
So we're trying to change things up
here on Champs Sunday in this grand final.
DS, no connect, leaves this four-perveal, gets demoed out,
and Zach already made his quick cut there.
Saw that piece, but it was looking behind him on the play.
First 30 seconds have been the same as before a lot of pressure coming out from SSG
Diaz doing well to stay with the play again fucked initially kept his momentum
Now it's a tonic looking for the first strike for energy that falls back to beast mode and reveal
Or if he had beaten Daniel, it was home free
Reveals got a boost deal downfield Zach trying to beat Daniel to the punch
Champs will not be deterred
Well, that is awkward from reveal in front and Zack is there on the other side
They like this 54 as well everything fairly fluid from SSG
It's forcing and RG almost a little bit out of pace for their comfortability right now
And it's making them play a little bit further upfield they noticed that SSG keeps trying to send that one person all the way up find that peak
through the
Scribbling all of NRG's names into the depth though.
Able to beat Beast Mode after the demo on the back wall.
Space station gaming strike first again.
The eyes of Max gets this taken away from him.
Daniels had such a great performance this week.
I receive it's enough to slow down SSG.
And so far the answer's been no.
Eastmote on no boost, drops us down and straight to the nose of the enemy.
They try to waterfall, but Daniel does have that backboard covered and that'll be a big
difference maker if they can continue to keep all their bases covered.
But they keep playing that sneak attack.
One person from SSG just continuing to be a thorn in that side of NRG.
What a setup by Reveal, his opportunity still leading to this onslaught on the NRG half.
Beast Mode finally breaks free, has atomic and support in Reveal's having absolutely
nothing to do with any of this.
Not interested in yet another NRG comeback.
He has demoed behind the play, Zack has to stay with it and he does so.
he's done. Welcome back out of retirement to Zack and he'll take out a
trauma on the way back. Daniel doesn't have the second touch. Pismo doesn't
have it either. Zack, everybody, somebody eventually has to touch this ball and
finally it's in RG. And even though it's a short lived one too, when NRG seems to
get a touch on this ball, it doesn't actually turn into too much. That 50 back
in the hands of SSG and SSG recognizing that that a lot of these NRG
That's not actually turning into play, so they wait for their turn with possession of this ball and just really play the clock against NRG.
That is what is doing them in right now. They're playing the NRG game to NRG.
Patience has been what has separated the two so far and that one goal lead could do them in.
Diaz has it go right after piece mode. Daniel very quickly out of the zone.
They'll win that one away from Zack.
They couldn't beat Reveal.
But now, Zack, right back downfield.
Atomic and Beast Mode collide.
Our possession still remains with NRG as this goes across,
and it looks like there's some confusion between Beast Mode and Daniel at that point
over who is going to take charge.
NRG looking out of sorts here, coming up on a minute to go in regulation,
finding themselves still down a goal.
Atomic.
for one. Reveal, slow them down, beast mode. Can't get the tight angle double as Zach shuts it down
immediately and back they go. World champs only have a minute to go here in game three and Daniels
left that one for beast mode. They've been in this position before, they know that SSG will
stay pretty strong. They pass over to beast mode to hold down and then this could be the start to
changing things for NRG. What a setup again from Atomic. Beats beast mode who feeds himself.
NRG, right back level with SSG.
They refuse to go away as Beast Mode adds another
his impressive career highlight reel.
Same to Atomic as well, he's showing us why
he's had so many counted assists.
Almost everything he sets up just turns to gold.
You're gonna need a little bit more than that.
Still a tight game of 30 seconds left to go here
regulation. A little battle out in the corner here for this ball, but right now
SSG taking their time circling around waiting to see what does NRG actually
bring to the table in these final seconds.
Beast mode will bring this all the way to the skies. Only three shots as a team for
NRG getting out shot. Nine to three in that area. Diaz up to the skies will it
be SSG with the last look before we go to OD.
All of this is going back the other way.
Beespun can catch and Diaz will just power it out.
Atomic no longer interested.
We'll bring it down to ground.
Have another overtime.
This kickoff is going to be fairly important.
They go low for the delay.
This one sent back huge clear here for SSG.
SSG, they 50 down and Zack and Diaz right behind him,
but Daniel's gonna try and carry it out from the sky.
Beast mode up next to clear.
Can he get the double across?
Yes, but it was a precious boost that he might have needed.
Has to flip, has to challenge, but everything feels slow.
Diaz had Atomic in his way, so it's revealed
who has to take over.
Zack coming on from the wing and Beast mode.
Slides it right back in his face.
Atomic from around the corner too,
It's another shot for SSG.
They don't mind taking the wide ones as well
because they do still carry the momentum
from regulation into their SOT.
One challenge.
Touch there.
It's one challenge after the other,
but you can just feel the nerves from NRG
for the first time.
Well done by Zach, giving out of the zone,
a demo for his efforts though.
Beast mode, quickly around the boards.
Nobody on the other side though for NRG.
Now Diaz had a full head of steam and Atomic cuts him off.
Into the second minute of overtime now,
Zack and Reveal both up.
This could be dangerous as Diaz ducks into that.
He'll come out to pop that away.
Not quite the touch he was looking for though,
as Atomic breeze it right back in.
Double commit by Zack and Reveal.
Diaz has to play hero, and it's good enough
as Reveal's able to get boosted up.
Beast mode, still a nuisance.
Atomic waiting, and that's well done by Reveal.
It's all good and fun for Beast Mode to be a nuisance, you've got to be able to take the shots, they finally get one, it's revealed that keeps them out, they'll be next.
But a lot of these plays from NRG have been solo, they thrive, they're able to spot each other and have that extra bit of boop on net.
When the plays come out as a team, Daniel tried to clear path for Beast Mode, nothing to be found.
Oh, Beast Mode for Atomic and Diaz. Shut the door on him. Nobody has any boost except
Zack. And Diaz will gladly claim the backboard of Boost now as NRG gears up for another
trip into the offensive zone. It's Atomic with Beast Mode waiting. That's going to go
over top of him. Daniel pushes it wide and Zack able to do just enough to keep Beast
to be so annoying for energy as well. That's back and Diaz are doing these crazy wide rotations
past mid, not only just getting into that energy side and in preparation. Oh my, he's
nothing! They finally made it! Actually, there's a hitter in something they've been doing that
they go too far and the challenge comes through and it's time for me to be smooth. He goes
It was an entire half, and sets up for the play.
They finally get their one win in the series.
The wall became an ally for Atomic.
See, just blasted that pass right to beast mode
and even more power on the shot.
Just stunning SSG, and getting one back in the series
after the timeout.
I was talking about, you know,
going into their half through these wide rotations that are really on the way back.
They were trying to hit Beast Mode on in through mid and that was really about starting to make him mad.
And so finally Beast Mode kind of threw himself up there on that last play then saw Tommy,
like he said, have recovery off the sidewall. You can see it here in the replay after this.
And this is what I'm talking about. Beast Mode is so frustrating.
He just goes up finally, they just get to catch out SSG and you can see it's a celebration of just finally
Breathe for a second and then run it back
Well one thing that really worked for NRG in that particular game Diaz only took three shots
Did not score any of them on the SSG side
After scoring five times including a hat trick with an overtime winner in game one
Diaz has cooled off somebody else has to pick up the slack now for space station
gaming after NRG has won back and more their style a much more low scoring
affair in game 3 game on now as we go to utopia and Diaz trying to write the
ship now for space station your NRG you gotta play this series extremely close
No two game lead ahead whatsoever.
Tomic backflip, pass over to Daniel.
They send this one back up.
The other beast was already there, ready to collect.
Has his flip, tries to continue to force it through.
Tomic's even trying his hardest.
Daniel committed as well, but all of SSG just positioned in a way
where nothing was getting past him.
That's great patience by Reveal as well.
Waiting to dive in.
Some might think it was hesitation, some might think it was indecisiveness.
No, he was waiting for the perfect moment to finally commit.
With all that traffic in front of him, it takes immense patience.
Then the other way, Beast Mode jumps one down to Atomic,
and there was no reveal to save him this time.
No, Diaz was there on his lunch and he knew the bulk were on their way towards him on the challenge.
He didn't know whether the shot was going to come from Beast Mode or from Atomic.
He took his chances and his guess and unfortunately for him NRG was just they were having their way with it on this
Off the ceiling Daniels next in a better challenge there from DS to reveal
You see if they have the time of face with a shot down on the back end sends SSG home. Oh
Beast mode with a brilliant fake leads to a blast from atomic and then Zach will just drive down onto one
But again NRG they're prowling now
It's beast mode right ahead. He could play this one cleanly off the back wall. It is wide open and Diaz comes back to bail out SSG.
I like that from Diaz. A little bit of patience there on his first 50. Possession does stay with NRG. Diaz challenging the air.
Just a little bit too early there though. Lucky that the shot was wide and down.
And for SSG, and where it walks to their half with quite some time reveal, no touch, but
it doesn't matter, Diaz has the patience to go in.
As the patience, because he knows he has a lead blocker reveal, screens off, atomic
does just it up, as Diaz picks a spot he can't possibly reach.
We're all knotted up now with Diaz getting back on the scoreboard.
He's got six goals here in this final.
Such genuinely an incredible performance, even just from the two on either end, no matter
who you're looking at here.
Daniel has been trying to really regain his footing, it's a 50 forward for Bisco, they
pinch on the opposition here, doesn't get tied with it, not quite, still tied game overall,
but now NRG has their turn with this.
The wheel keeps this one up, it's not going to stop Bisco from taking another shot.
back all through the North American finals. Two players have scored nine goals in an NA final.
Let's you and Chad try to figure out who they are. We'll get back to you in a moment as
Daniel go to work after peace votes take it out. He's back into the play though.
That back's on Target and Zack has to go over top of Daniel trying to screen him away from the
play. He'll make a quick turn but Diaz is all over this. I sense you're going back to what
to help them win those first two games as well. They're sending that one person upfield, trying to
start the path and hoping their teammate has possession. Unfortunately for them, this is in
the hands of NRG right now. He's going with the boost, pinches it back to center. Atomic,
they're just trying to play their way around SSG with this ball. They do so successfully for now,
although all get stopped out mid. Zach, up to the sky again, push it down, reveal is there!
And SSG are back in front.
Zack off the sidewall, has his time.
He knew V's foot was on the backboard.
It was about placing it in a way that it was still
going to get down to play the low ball in the low shot.
So it's great calculation from SSG.
They re-extend the scoreboard, and they find their lead.
Daniel put the brakes on.
Cheating up on that kickoff.
He has a lot of the head reveals got the boost steel so atomic's got very little in the tank as he waits for Daniel to finish playing this.
He didn't even pluck many pennies but he got the corner boost out of the SSG half.
Inside 90 seconds now.
NRG need an equalizer again.
Familiar spotting in space station in this series.
In this tournament.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I was gonna say not even just the series alone but in the weekend as a whole.
Oh, what a shot!
I hate the shot, but a better save revealed has been fairly strong.
On the defensive end, nothing is scared in my any means.
He stays strong. Daniel, another attempted dribble down towards net.
It's been one challenge after the other, but no connections made.
Daniel, his first touch actually just serves that up for Zack.
He's got the clear and he'll take it himself.
Everybody first process for NRG, trying to keep space station up,
balance, and Daniel and Thomas get each other in the air.
Another similar opportunity, and Diaz sent it out.
It's all continuously getting sent out,
and a demo shot goes on in an SSG.
It's that quick transition out that is setting them apart
right now.
Daniel tried, but it's demoed for the effort,
and with Zach shadowing that close,
No matter where that ball had gone, it was getting followed up.
So that might be enough to finally put this one to bed
and give SSG three shots instead of four
and closing up the chance, but they still have
a little work to do.
One more for sure would do it,
and Zack has done just that.
What an emphatic exclamation point put on game four.
A solo effort, the timing, the shot, every bit of the combination of that play combined,
showing that Zack is absolutely back.
He took some time away, he came back here to finish the job, and now, space station
gaming are one away from potentially taking down NRG in a final.
enough talk about three beats NRG needs a repeat of yesterday one less needed but
still adopting tasks the way space station has handled the champs I gotta
say I feel like if you've been watching this entire weekend right stacks you
teams like foot esports had low state runs and it was the people like space
station gaming that were able to just stop them in their tracks and you know
really force a performance out of people that they hadn't quite put out yet and
now being able to keep yourself to that standard against a team like NRG this is
the level of play that they needed to be able to possibly take NRG down you're
and I think it's a good thing
that they're not forcing it.
RG. To play a version of these
those that they haven't quite
done it yet. You saw Saki talk
about it in the interview
yesterday, saying, you know, we
didn't know that we needed to,
you know that we could find a
level of resilience like that
because we haven't really been
challenged like that in a way
before. So they're running it
back in, you know, in our G's
most valued place to be a
North American online final
SSG can change history for this team for these two's had that
But the Eiffel Tower in the background. It's a closeout opportunity for space station
He has added a sixth goal of the of this final in that last game
Atomic is the record holder at nine
Holding that was typical
Atomic did it last year against space station gaming
Well, correction. We found one more.
Talk about retired players.
Chicago actually did it 11 times in the final.
Just a little bit before that.
Regardless, Tomic would have been threatened center for that one as well.
This one's Diaz, right through the middle, and he continues his march towards history.
Zach with the reset forward also flakes going for the second one there so of
course is a double commit out of NRG. Space station that opening lead has led
to some wins that NRG have been very very frustrated with so we'll see what
it takes for them to get a response.
Beast mode. The threat of dropping that down to Daniel did freeze space station for
just a moment and they finally commit.
Counts on that effort.
Here is Pismo to get from the side.
You would only get kept it in front.
Atomic loser for Daniel Lee just skies that went up
and Diaz has it easily.
A little bit of a miss there for Pismo.
He thought through a way of possession and not quite.
I don't know SSG just still get his shot towards neck.
This move will take us from the other side of the wall.
As it's flipped, all challenges and shots canceled out
as SSG just, again, that patient game on defense
is really what is keeping them in a tight race
against NRG in this fight.
Oh!
What a vicious strike from Atomic.
Beast mode, put it to a perfect spot.
All Atomic had to do was run onto it and time it,
And boy, did he ever.
That's the atomic that everybody fears, by the way.
Not the one that just can set his teammates up,
but can also do it on his own.
And now off kickoff, here comes NRG,
Barreling towards SSG's back line.
A free ball for Daniel.
Beast Mode is playing table center right now,
And he's doing it as well as anybody in the world!
I like this ship from NRG, just recognizing who is in the better position of being able to bob and weave into that SSG side.
And right now it has been D-S mode, but I like the mental and physical shift of invading the one to set up Daniel and Atomic, and really just throw them into a lead.
Peaceboat again and another 50 forward on tour.
He revealed to keep out Daniel another deny.
That's a great job I revealed to you
and a real awkward spot made it look very easy.
Diaz takes out Atomic.
Zach going to work.
Daniel didn't get attached with Peaceboat does.
Atomic from the ceiling is still trailed by one.
So they approach that second half.
NRG had a lot of momentum in their favor.
They're still trying to continue it here.
Set up over to Atomic off the head of SSG.
And a lot of these clears are just so slow from Space Station
that NRG continue to just have their way with them.
Zack has Diaz running forward, got the midfield boost as well,
but that's easily claimed by Atomic,
but just as easily taken away by Reveal for the moment.
And Zack will turn on this with a full canister.
He has, looking for a reveal instead of finding atomic.
Determined to at least have a shot at a 3P.
That first killer ruined it, not space station.
This battle for control has been going on for quite some time,
but having that one, the lead has been massive for NRG.
Since she almost got close there, but still get sent back to their side.
Zach's been playing this one a little bit further in the back, him and Diaz together.
Almost sent all the way back home here, but he's going to great read off the backboard
and a powerful shot to take NRG out of their side.
That just served up on a platter for Beast Mode. This is where he does his best work,
able to drop this down, but Reveal will guide it even further.
And again, Stymie NRG, but it is NRG with the lead here in Game 5. Again,
and they must win to prolong the final.
Diaz, desperation dive and got a piece of that.
He got it back towards reveal.
And now Zach will take charge again.
Diaz running forward.
He's in atomic wave and atomic get away from him
and made the save.
You can feel the plan forming to SSG or Loki trying
to force a 2v2 out of energy.
But it hasn't worked yet.
They just keep going for these little challenges
trying to find the demo on how it's all been up to Diaz
But it doesn't matter.
V-Sport and Atomic continue to work together
to take these shots as the line of SSG
try to make their way towards the death.
They're 54 to the end.
Well, Zach, not to be left out
as an impressive scoreline of his own
as he goes right through V-Sport.
Five goals to go with six assists.
And we're all tied up with 38 to go.
Tide game in the most important moments on match point here Daniel is going to try and get energy out of this situation.
East road is sealing to himself, but Tomic is already trying to go and make the catch.
It's just a bit wide off the shot and with 21 on the clock, Tyvee is racing away from energy.
Daniel guessed wrong on who to go after. Diaz made the stop.
Now Reveal trying to dive bomb on top of this and got around to Tomic with 10 seconds left.
One here would certainly win the tournament, but Daniel's got it away.
Beast mode.
There's no way he stays with it, or he does!
Follow up by a comic!
Meeting the buzzer!
The resilience of the elite!
That is what NRG Esports have!
The zero-second goal to show SSG exactly how it's done.
Space station stunned again.
It happened in overtime of game three
and now with no time left to end game five
and space station wants a timeout.
I don't blame them.
You got to take some time to yourself after that one.
Even if it's just to sit there and silence and really regroup
because I can you can see it on the wide cam.
If you weren't watching the crowd cam,
You could see
SSG's plan will almost started turning a little bit into desperation
the idea of sending
Diaz and Zac up so far forward in hopes that you could just demo NRG into
uncomfortability, but all that did was force NRG to where they are the most comfortable
Pushed up onto the offensive attack. They found themselves more often than not
and of course the buzzer beater shot that just really showed you who was boss.
Spacestation held to their lowest shot count of this final, only six shots on target.
Still impressive that they almost managed to pull it off. They had brought it back
to a level score line and it looked like we were headed to OT.
And then atomic called game off the feed by beast mode
And we just keep on going why wouldn't we they went to game seven?
Yesterday took the long route to get there with energy fending off four shots at match point by space station
Yes, I can hear everybody now. Hey guys. Did you know that space station got reversed whip by energy?
Yes, yes, we're going to keep bringing it up because history is just about to repeat itself
Not quite a reverse sweep, but another major comeback here as energy have played
Just about as many games as you can here in these playoffs
The crazy thing is when these two face each other it is always such high-level rocket league
It is some of the cleanest that
that NRG is forced to play here in North America
as far as the online events are concerned.
And they are one-way from tying up the series,
but for space station gaming,
one-way from changing everything
that has ever gone wrong against NRG.
There we go.
What else do SSG and NRG have in store for us
as we welcome back the RLCS.
The road to Paris has wasted no time heating up.
Diaz just pushing this one away for the moment.
Piece of hope, we'll find the ladder.
Cliff reset to drop it down
and we're gonna have a pause here as,
looks like there is a problem with space station.
So the drama will resume.
It will rise even more as we get through the,
Not even the first minute of game six again must win here or
NRG trying to bring it all the way back to champions field
Just a bizarre path to the final hearing these playoffs are today. They have the reverse sweep yesterday then
today against Shopify rebellion
Almost reverse swept themselves by SR in the semi-finals and now trying to bring back a 3-1
and deficit. Just again NRG are finding new and creative ways to win these
tournaments. I think that is always what has made NRG so incredibly special. As a
roster you very rarely get to see a combination of players including the
coach stick together for so long and find so much success throughout every
other combination of players and teams and things like that right because at some point in time it
almost becomes like the goal is just to defeat that version of NRG and you thought there would be
very few ways for them to elevate themselves and yet somehow South U and the boys have managed to
find this 2026 version that's forced everybody else to also elevate their gameplay and although it
It does feel like SSG have done it.
Somehow NRG continue to adapt,
even in the most frustrating of times,
like this series for, in particular.
So where this little disconnect here by Diaz happened
in the first 30 seconds, we're gonna reset the whole game here.
So we'll get a fresh kickoff,
with no score in that first 30 seconds.
NRG will go back to work following Space Station's timeout.
NRG was successful with theirs.
They took it after game two.
They did not want to have a repeat of
yesterday and to their credit, they did not.
They got the overtime winner from Beast Mode.
Atomic did a lot of heavy lifting to get that overtime winner.
And then Atomic himself cleaning it up with zero seconds left in game five to keep the world champs alive
As we get the players all set to go here at Neo Tokyo part two
Burke I will pose the question to you for space station to avoid a repeat of yesterday
X or blank must score
How many goals?
I kind of want to say Diaz must score at least three.
I need a Diaz hat trick like we had in game one.
I need a Diaz hat trick out of this because Zack I can trust on his lonesome is going
to get that extra one or two reveal has been fairly incredible on the defensive end but
And it's that Diaz pop-off that's really been missing to set them up over NRG.
Everybody's ready to go as...
We will bring it back now.
Diaz, he's up for this.
That comes out low.
Zack, they're cleaning up!
No! Diaz up the doorstep!
There's one!
Exactly what I was hoping for, that Diaz pop-off.
Look at this tune.
He kind of took his car back and forth,
makes the quick cut, turned around,
recognizes that all of energy had committed at that point there.
And he just has to go and move that ball into the net.
First lead to SSG.
31 goals for Diaz in open number four.
Reveal, has Zach to his left.
This could come down.
It does!
Right to Zach!
Two goals in 31 seconds!
This is exactly what I was talking about.
You can trust that Zach Andrewsville in this combo of players
is going to find their way around NRG.
And right now NRG is kind of scrambling,
especially off these kickoffs, these quick plays
are forcing them into something where they don't
have much time to think.
He has and Zach have combined for 14 goals in this final.
Reveal.
Another one to the back wall, and Daniel
And it read perfectly.
Energy found themselves trailing big,
but now peace vote after the demo by Atomic.
Daniel trying to sneak his way through.
That still stone walled back.
And Diaz just lobbed one down Field.
That Atomic has to address.
Almost found another one there too.
He tried to stay up Field, but does end up calling himself off
to go back to aid.
Says, you got it.
Still be respectful of who they are against Atomic.
He uses everything in the tank to get his team across the demo.
One third of NRG back to their own half.
Zano tries to push forward, they still trail.
Atomic, right off the heart of the backboard.
Now Zano coming in, but there are two there, Zach and Reveal.
And actually Diaz running into Reveal,
trying to help out SSG, because it forced both of them back.
They don't over commit here with a two goal lead.
East mode snuck his way over, and that NRG side actually
decided to stay there, and it couldn't give them
them some shot potential, but the rest of NRG does not commit on the play.
Instead, a couple of challenges out from SSG here as they 50 their way forward
into that orange side.
Daniel go into work, but reveal will take charge.
It's atomic over towards beast mode.
NRG trying to work in tandem, get out of the zone and get things back on the
right foot offensively for them.
The comics had nothing to work with.
So he's gonna go towards Daniel and Zach was going for him.
That's a good read by Daniel, but not good enough
as Diaz is all over this fall.
One more on target, Zach the redirect!
Right past the comic!
Such a great set up Diaz from way downtown
makes the massive clear in these sneak attacks
once again pays off to space station.
I'm glad Diaz decided to be just a little selfless for once.
That's only his first assist of this final as he has done the lion's share of the scoring
for SSG trying to take down NRG.
Once and for all Diaz pops this one away and Atomic uses all this boost to get back and
keep it a while.
Diaz and Reveal working together to keep this one down.
Zach, enough boost in the tank but you can see NRG just one after the other trying to
inch their way forward. These big clears that are keeping SSG in this, but two
minutes to go, three on the board, to nothing at NRG. Something has to change.
Atomic now all the way downfield. Everything that does not end up anywhere
near the space station net makes things even tougher for the world champs.
He has down for Zach and that'll just roll out towards Daniel
Will take a boost as he gets by reveal now only two to be cut over Zach the Tomah no double
And that's just popped up into the sky and more precious seconds burn off the clock
Beast mode looking for atomic and he pushed it too high
Real's gonna go for his 50 on this one too because right now SSG only have to play the clock a minute and 15 seconds away from
Finally, being able to take down NRGA,
a close shot on net from Atomic rolls on through,
and Beast Mode goes for the challenge
with a demoed Daniel off any potential to take a shot.
Beast Mode trying to feather that one forward.
It didn't work out.
Daniel's shot's gonna be a little wide.
There'll be no rebound.
It's all under Zack.
And now Diaz will come in as well.
And you can sense it now.
Diaz just misses wide.
That surely would have done it.
If it hasn't been secured already, Diaz all put the brakes on.
Got FISMO dancing in the air.
Zack, no off the crossbar.
And Atomic with the demo taking out reveal.
It is scramble time now for NRG.
They do not have any time left at all.
22 seconds.
FISMO denied by Zack and Space Station Gaming.
Every fellow so close are closing in now, but Daniel will delay the proceedings by just a moment.
Once have I ever seen two girls scored in 14 seconds?
It would have to happen again right here, right now, off the kickoff.
We'll see what we get to from NRG. They leave this two beast mode demoed out, atomic on the side,
involved 10 seconds to their name.
It's too little too late unless they sport something here.
Four seconds on the clock and SSG can finally say
that they have defeated NRG Esports
in an online grand final.
First time in nine appearances in an NA final,
this roster has lost and they fall to space station gaming.
a victorious return for Zach.
An insane performance.
This is a new version of SSG that we have never gotten to see before.
And I absolutely love it.
You can see the smiles.
This is what he wanted.
He takes some time away from playing in the RLCS to go and do life to go into his things
But he eventually he finds his way back home and
Takes down the one team that really was causing all those frustration for all that amount of time in his career
And to do it in that way. I mean SSG they have raised the bar here in North America
Diaz was incredible
So do with Zack. All the attention has been on reveal all weekend long.
Zack was the story, Reveal stole the show, not the case in this grand final.
Diaz scores eight times. Zack at seven of his own and space station gaming.
Kick down NRG.
And the fan fiction comes true SSG knock them off NRG's hope at a three-feet they have to look to
2027 to possibly pull off that achievement is already over here
And it was the first open for both the first split and the second split here Gibbs in 2026 interesting the first
Yeah energy kind of fall apart here and open one and a four. I mean to be fair fallen apart in relative terms
They still made it so that's strong. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, maybe falling for I mean last time
the game. They're going to
be a great team. They're
going to be a great team.
They're going to be a great
team. But yeah, so nice
place for this time. Energy
they still look great in this
match, which just shows how
good space station look even
more Diaz. I love the
openers here, right? We were
worried me and Jorbia three
least about Diaz like you've
had some hiccups on big time
plays and immediately over
time winner back in game one,
and he was scoring lights out
those first few games to get
that morale back up for
himself and the whole team
on the field, right place, right at all times, like, he feels like the true captain of the squad.
We're not talking enough about reveal. I feel like I talk about reveal every single time
Space Station comes up here. We're always talking about Zack Slash Scribbles. We were talking about
Kofo before when he was on the T-Words. We're talking about Cronk before when he was on the
T-Words. Put respect on reveal's name. What a freaking performance he had. And like Zack being back,
he looked excellent as well. Gibbs, you said it about Diaz. Space Station, they came back
with a vengeance Diaz was popping off on the cams he definitely felt like he exercised something there with the weekend and those big time struggles that he had and it felt like they were just trying to make it open net simulator for him in the grand final and he sank every single one of them.
But that is the that's where the new hope of that is supposed to be. We don't want NRG winning anymore. I love you beast mode. I love you. I love you guys.
It's hard for someone else. All right. And that was a convincing performance.
and we talked about it going into the weekend even space station game and was that any foreseed and
everyone's like all right we need them to kind of have a bad tournament so we can catch up in those
world championship points but instead space station game and coming out so strong getting 18 points in
this event alone very likely already clinching their spot in Paris as long as things don't go
completely off the rails so Zach he's coming back at the perfect time for probably the biggest major
we have ever played in RLCS history and they do it against energy in a final.
Link, the energy does not lose these finals. They never do. And to do it here, what a performance by all of them.
I mean, that goal that Atomic scored at zero seconds,
where it bounced underneath the second left and they do it to win that game.
Instead of it going to overtime, I thought then is when NRG were just going to lock in
and we were going to get another game seven heartbreaker. But Zach with a smart 50, he had tons of
great fifties all weekend long so many great things for space station there's
that zero second goal that atomic ad thought was going to be different game
six no demons for Diaz on this field Zach and reveal made sure of it that
it's looking like Dan mode when they first got together they are they're
getting out there reveal is back on the stream for a second time sir
congratulations on the championship win here regional champs I got the long day
for you. Three matches here. Which one was the most difficult energy one probably. Okay,
okay. That they looked pretty, they looked pretty strong out there. What did it take
to get over them this time? I mean, as I said last time, we just got unlucky, to be honest.
So game five, it's a zero second goal by energy. Like, is there any doubt like in the minds of
of the team at this point of like, here we go again,
energy coming back.
I mean, not really.
I mean, we just had our opportunities.
We just couldn't score.
So we just still confident in ourselves.
I mean, on not scoring reveal, you know,
when you guys played NRG yesterday,
that happened to Diaz in a couple of big moments.
The start of this grand final was the complete opposite
for him.
And you and Zach were clicking really well.
But what's going on behind the scenes
After you guys get reverse swept after those moments where Diaz wasn't able to sink those like what are you guys saying to him?
What's he saying to you guys and how do you help get get yourselves back level and get your mental ready for for a day like today?
I mean we really didn't do anything. We just know that like it's like a one-in-a-thousand chance that we'd like miss opportunity
That's like open it something like that
So we just came here today to play
Well play you did you get the title your reigning regional champs going into open number five
I mean any shout outs you got the floor is yours man. You're the champ. What you got to say?
Shout out X there
Andre
shadow cofer
Yeah, that's all
Sounds good. All right. Well, congratulations on the championship, but see you out there in open number five. Thank you
that is SSG back on top. It's
it's just showing up. He didn't
shut up. He hasn't Zach. Did he
show that he's got it? It's
important. That was probably
the most martial Lynch
interview that I think we've
ever had in the RLCS. My man.
My man was in and out of that
one, but the shout out the
Kofa was pretty funny. I mean,
he's just comfortable. Like I
think it's just what they
expected, right? They want to
be one of the best teams. And
when you do get there, there
are times when teams are just
to be here and that's what it
felt like there. But this
entire playoff racket against
me look like. Favorites one
every single match up until
the very last until that
grand final where spaces
finally will to thrown energy
and again that's after they
already played an upper
bracket round one massive
amount of points for
space station. They have to be
feeling fantastic about that.
They will be on top with 18
points here on the road to
pairs and additional 18 points
on top of their worlds total
on top of their world's total as they're looking towards that world championship at the end
of the season as well, an incredible weekend. And down the pipeline, fantastic games. If
this is, if you like the gameplay you're seeing on your screen, it's only going to get better
when we're live in Paris. So if you have the opportunity to go highly recommend it, but
what a weekend, Jorbian. I mean, like I feel like what, when we think about like all the
teams we had, all the questions we had about teams coming into this weekend, which one
you feel like you got the most answers about? I mean I got answers that I need to stop getting
excited about NA hopeful teams because I end up disappointed time and again you know we was all
the talk about Virtus Pro, Dignitas, maybe less so about Gen G but specifically those teams,
those teams faltered. Luckily, Space Station stepped up to the plate but it felt like we were
getting teased all weekend. We had close matches where it looked like we'd get an upset. It looked
Like we'd see something a little different and then we didn't get it. We kept not getting it. And finally space station at the very end, one match finally goes the opposite way that everybody picks it.
I mean, the ultimate question was that, right? He's coming out of retirement. Yeah. We're like, what do we expect here? I know everyone was very high in space station, but I'm usually a little bit more hesitant. I'm like, all right, he's come out of retirement. Yes.
He's been playing ranked, but it's just not the same, but he showed up in that final
He showed up like when the pressure mattered he showed up so congrats to him
He answered all the questions there space station now elevated into that like tier one
Teams in North America that has been only energy for a very long time. So congrats to them again
18 points to go to the Paris open. There's still two more opens
I should say for that, but they have a huge lead now and also they leapfrogged up a bit
in terms of world championship points.
They were fourth.
Now they're sitting in third pretty comfortably.
Well, we'll get to see those points updated a little bit
later on folks.
Energy will have to settle for second place in the region.
For the moment, space station gaming up on top.
And yeah, what I mean, they only lost one match this weekend.
And it was that reverse-weep energy.
You heard her feel something.
It's a 1 in 1,000 chance we lose in that spot.
And it was the truth.
They won every other match here.
Congratulations to space station.
That's open for concluded for North America,
but not for the rest of the world.
Europe is going to be playing their open for next weekend.
That'll be kicking off March 27th.
That'll be a Friday for their Friday broadcast as well.
We got open five and six and then we're in Paris, folks.
When we got last chance qualifiers,
one V1s, two V2s, the world championship.
It's a great time to be a Rock League fan.
If you have the opportunity to go, highly encourage you.
Scan that QR code on your screen.
Get a ticket.
See if you can watch, be in the building at the same time
when history is being made there for Rock League.
Thank you so much for watching this weekend.
Congratulations again to Space Station on their victory.
We'll be live on March 27th for the first Friday of Europe
here for open number four.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
Road to Paris continues next weekend.
We'll see you there.
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