2020 Boston Uprising season

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2020   Boston Uprising season
Head coachVytis "Mineral" Lasaitis
Owner Robert Kraft
ConferenceAtlantic
DivisionNorth
RegionNorth America
Results
Record2–19 (.095)
Place
May MeleeDid not qualifty
Summer Showdown Knockouts
Countdown CupDid not qualify
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$0

The 2020 Boston Uprising season was the third season of Boston Uprising's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis. Boston planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston, [1] but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

The Uprising qualified for one midseason tournament, the Summer Showdown, in the 2020 season but were eliminated by the Washington Justice in the knockouts round. [2] The Uprising ended the season with 2 wins and 19 losses in the regular season and were eliminated from postseason contention after losing to the Atlanta Reign in the North America Play-in tournament. [3]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In September 2019, Boston announced that former Florida Mayhem head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis would be the fill the team's head coach vacancy, which had been empty for over a year. [4] A month later, the Uprising released assistant coaches Jordan "Gunba" Graham and Jackson "Shake" Kaplan; the team signed Ilias "iLka" Kaskanetas, who had most recently been the head coach of European Overwatch Contenders team Angry Titans, as an assistant coach. [5] On December 9, the team signed former HSL Esports support player Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman as an assistant coach. [6]

Roster changes

Free agents
RolePlayerContract
status		Date signed2020 team
HandleName
Support AimgodMin-Seok KwonFree agentNovember 8 Washington Justice [7]
Support KellexKristian KellerFree agentNovember 5 Toronto Defiant [8]
Legend
  Re-signed/Retained by the Uprising.
  Departed from the Uprising.

The Uprising enter the new season with two free agents, four players which they have the option to retain for another year, and four players under contract. [9] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7. [10]

Acquisitions

Boston made their first offseason acquisitions on October 28, when they signed support Seo "Myunbong" Sang-min and DPS Min "Jerry" Tae-hui from Korean Contenders teams from O2 Blast and Meta Athena, respectively. [11] On November 7, Boston promoted support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy and off-tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal from their academy team, Uprising Academy. While Swimmer was promoted to play strictly for Boston, Mouffin was put on a two-way contract. [12] On November 21, Uprising signed former Seoul Dynasty DPS Sang-Beom "Munchkin" Byun, [13] and a day later, they signed tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen. [14]

Departures

The Uprising announced on October 21 that they would not elect to retain all four of their players with a team option – support Yang "Persia" Zion, support Renan "alemao" Moretto, off-tank Richard "rCk" Kanerva, and DPS Lee "Stellar" Do-hyung. Additionally, they also announced the same day that they would not re-sign either of their free agents – Kwon "AimGod" Min-seok and Kristian "Kellex" Keller. [15] The following day, the team transferred DPS Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to the Houston Outlaws. [16]

Roster

2020 Boston Uprising roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage  17Colourhex Birse, Kelsey  New Zealand 
Damage  1Jerry Min Tae-hui South Korea 
Tank  10Axxiom (I) Park Min-seob South Korea 
Tank  25Fusions Bosworth, Cameron  United Kingdom 
Tank  3mikeyy Konicki, Michael  United States 
Tank  5Punk Gilchrist, Leyton  Australia 
Support  24Halo Hamand, Kobe  United States 
Support  13Myunbong Seo Sang-min South Korea 
Head coach
  • Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: May 21, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

Standings

2020 Overwatch League North America standings
#TeamConferenceWBWLPCTPMRMD
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL1952.9052159–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC1873.8572156–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL1546.7142150–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL1437.6672148–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC11110.5242141–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC11010.5242143–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL10011.4762143–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC9012.4292135–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL7114.3332132–48–0 -16
10 [lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL6015.2862132–50–3 -18
11 [lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC6015.2862123–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL4017.1902121–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL2019.0952114–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers
  1. 1 2 Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 2–19)
February–April: 1–8
1February 09Boston Uprising0–3 New York Excelsior New York City, NY
3:00 pm EST     Hammerstein Ballroom
Hosted by the New York Excelsior
0 Oasis 2
1 Blizzard World 2
2 Temple of Anubis 3
2February 22Boston Uprising3–2 Houston Outlaws Washington, DC
5:00 pm EST     The Anthem
Hosted by the Washington Justice
2 Ilios 0
2 Temple of Anubis 2
3 Dorado 1
3 Blizzard World 3
0 Oasis 2
1 Nepal 2
2 Lijiang Tower 0
3March 01Boston Uprising0–3 Philadelphia Fusion Houston, TX
1:00 pm EST     Revention Music Center
Hosted by the Houston Outlaws
0 Lijiang Tower 2
1 King's Row 2
1 Hanamura 2
4March 07Boston Uprising1–3 Washington Justice Washington, DC
7:00 pm EST     The Anthem
Hosted by the Washington Justice
2 Busan 0
1 Havana 2
2 Eichenwalde 3
1 Horizon Lunar Colony 2
5March 08Boston Uprising0–3 Atlanta Reign Washington, DC
7:00 pm EDT     The Anthem
Hosted by the Washington Justice
0 Oasis 2
1 Havana 2
2 Eichenwalde 3
6March 28Boston Uprising1–3 Toronto Defiant Online
8:00 pm UTC    
7April 11Boston Uprising1–3 Houston Outlaws Online
10:00 pm UTC    
8April 18Boston Uprising1–3 Toronto Defiant Online
1:00 am UTC    
9April 26Boston Uprising0–3 Florida Mayhem Online
8:00 pm UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
10May 03Boston Uprising0–3 Florida Mayhem Online
9:00 pm UTC    
11May 10Boston Uprising0–3 Los Angeles Valiant Online
1:00 am UTC    
12May 16Boston Uprising3–2 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
10:30 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 0–3
13June 13Boston Uprising2–3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    
14June 21Boston Uprising0–3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    
15June 27Boston Uprising0–3 Vancouver Titans Online
11:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4
16July 18Boston Uprising0–3 San Francisco Shock Online
10:00 pm UTC    
17July 19Boston Uprising0–3 Los Angeles Valiant Online
10:00 pm UTC    
18July 24Boston Uprising1–3 Atlanta Reign Online
7:00 pm UTC    
19July 25Boston Uprising1–3 Dallas Fuel Online
11:00 pm UTC    

August: 0–2
20August 15Boston Uprising0–3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
11:00 pm UTC    
21August 21Boston Uprising0–3 Vancouver Titans Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 0–1
Qualifying matchMay 23Boston Uprising2–3 Paris Eternal Online
1:00 am UTC    

Summer Showdown: 0–1
KnockoutsJune 28Boston Uprising1–3 Washington Justice Online
11:30 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup: 0–1
Qualifying matchAugust 02Boston Uprising0–3 Vancouver Titans Online
11:30 pm UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 0

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
North America Play-ins: 1–1
Round 1September 03Boston Uprising3–1 Houston Outlaws Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Round 2September 04Boston Uprising1–3 Atlanta Reign Online
9:00 pm UTC    

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