2020 Dallas Fuel season

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2020   Dallas Fuel season
Head coachAaron Atkins (rel. Aug 3)
Kim Yong-jin (Interim)
General managerMathew Taylor
Owner Mike Rufail
Kenneth Hersh
Arena(s) Esports Stadium Arlington
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionNorth America
Results
Record9–12 (.429)
Place
May Melee Quarterfinals
Summer Showdown Knockouts
Countdown Cup Quarterfinals
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$10,000

The 2020 Dallas Fuel season was the third season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League. The Fuel planned to host a league-high five homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Esports Stadium Arlington, Toyota Music Factory, the Allen Event Center, and two more undetermined locations. [1] While the first homestand at Esports Stadium Arlington took place, all other homestands were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents

After a 7–10 start to the season and failure to make it past the quarterfinals in any of the three midseason tournaments, the Fuel released head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins on August 3 and announced that assistant coach Kim Yong-jin served would as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. [2] Dallas finished the season with a 9–12 record, marking their third consecutive season with a losing regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 4 in the North America play-ins tournament took the Fuel out of postseason contention. [3]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

Kim Yong-jin became the interim head coach on August 3. Coach Kim Yong-jin.jpg
Kim Yong-jin became the interim head coach on August 3.

On November 15, assistant coach Justin "Jayne" Conroy announced that he would be stepping down from his position to move to a content creation role within Envy Gaming. [4] Weeks later, on December 5, the Fuel mutually parted ways with assistance coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros. [5] The Fuel finalized their coaching staff heading into the 2020 season on December 9, announcing the return of head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins, the return of Louis "Tikatee" Lebel-Wong and Kang "Vol’Jin" Min-gyu as assistant coaches, and the signing of former Element Mystic assistant coach Kim "Yong" Yong-Jin as an assistant coach. [6]

Roster changes

Heading into the 2020 season, the Fuel's only free agent is only off-tank Lucas "NotE" Meissner, who was traded from the Boston Uprising to Dallas the previous season. Free agency officially began on October 7. [7] NotE was re-signed to the Fuel on October 30. [8]

The Fuel's first transaction of the offseason took place on October 29, when they traded main tank Son "OGE" Min-seok to the Los Angeles Gladiators in exchange for flex DPS Jang "Decay" Gui-un. [9] In OGE's replacement, the team announced the signing of former Shanghai Dragons main tank Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin on November 4. [10] A week later, the team signed Element Mystic DPS Kim "Doha" Dong-ha. [11] On January 8, the team sent DPS Timo "Taimou" Kettunen down to their academy team Team Envy. [12] The Fuel parted way with tank player Pongphop "Micke" Rattanasangchod just under two weeks before the beginning of the season; Micke moved to a content creator role for Envy Gaming. [13] On February 3, Dallas announced their full roster, which included the promotion of support player William "Crimzo" Hernandez from Team Envy. [14]

Roster

2020 Dallas Fuel roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 10aKmBignet, DylanFrance
Damage 20DohaKim Dong-haSouth Korea
Damage 27OnigodFiskerstrand, StefanNorway
Tank 3NotEMeissner, LucasCanada
Tank 30TrillPowell, AshleyAustralia
Tank 1 Gamsu Noh Young-jinSouth Korea
Support 17CloserJung Won-sikSouth Korea
Support 12PaintbrushEdwards, NolanUnited States
Support 24UnkoeChevasson, BenjaminFrance
Support 28CrimzoHernandez, WilliamCanada
Head coach
  • Kim "Yong" Yong-jin (Interim)
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: August 5, 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: 9–12)
February–April: 3–4
1February 08 Los Angeles Valiant 3–1Dallas Fuel Arlington, TX
6:00 pm CST     Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by the Dallas Fuel
1 Lijiang Tower 2
2 Blizzard World 1
4 Horizon Lunar Colony 3
3 Junkertown 2
2February 09 San Francisco Shock 3–1Dallas Fuel Arlington, TX
6:00 pm CST     Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by the Dallas Fuel
2 Oasis 1
3 Eichenwalde 2
0 Horizon Lunar Colony 1
3 Havana 0
3April 04Dallas Fuel0–3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
10:00 pm UTC    
4April 06Dallas Fuel3–2 Los Angeles Valiant Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
5April 12Dallas Fuel3–0 Washington Justice Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
6April 18Dallas Fuel2–3 San Francisco Shock Online
2:00 am UTC    
7April 26Dallas Fuel3–2 Houston Outlaws Online
10:00 pm UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
8May 02Dallas Fuel3–0 Washington Justice Online
7:00 pm UTC    
9May 10Dallas Fuel1–3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    
10May 17Dallas Fuel0–3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–2
11June 13Dallas Fuel1–3 Florida Mayhem Online
9:00 pm UTC    
12June 20Dallas Fuel0–3 Vancouver Titans Online
11:45 pm UTC    
13June 27Dallas Fuel3–0 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 2–2
14July 17Dallas Fuel3–2 Houston Outlaws Online
9:00 pm UTC    
15July 25Dallas Fuel3–1 Boston Uprising Online
11:00 pm UTC    
16July 31Dallas Fuel0–3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    
17August 02Dallas Fuel1–3 Atlanta Reign Online
7:00 pm UTC    

August: 2–2
18August 14Dallas Fuel0–3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
9:00 pm UTC    
19August 15Dallas Fuel3–0 Vancouver Titans Online
9:00 pm UTC    
20August 22Dallas Fuel3–1 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
21August 23Dallas Fuel1–3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 1–1
KnockoutsMay 22Dallas Fuel3–1 Houston Outlaws Online
7:30 pm UTC    
QuarterfinalsMay 23Dallas Fuel1–3 San Francisco Shock Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown: 0–1
KnockoutsJuly 03Dallas Fuel1–3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup: 1–1
KnockoutsAugust 07Dallas Fuel3–2 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
QuarterfinalsAugust 08Dallas Fuel0–3 San Francisco Shock Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 0

Postseason

2020 playoff game log
North America Play-ins: 0–1
Round 1  First-round bye  


Round 2September 04Dallas Fuel0–3 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    

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