CDL Champs Dallas Empire sign FeLo as substitute Dallas Empire TwitterThe reigning Call of Duty League Champions, Dallas Empire have signed 23-year-old veteran Tyler \u2018FeLo\u2019 Johnson as their first substitute for the upcoming 2021 campaign. FeLo is set to join the Empire as a substitute player after playing for Triumph. A specialist in Search & Destroy, he\u2019s expected to bolster the team\u2019s prowess in the stringent game type now that the league is moving to a 4v4 format. \u201cBringing FeLo to the team was a natural move for us as we prepare to repeat our championship run from the League\u2019s first season,\u201d Empire\u2019s Head Coach Ray \u2018Rambo\u2019 Lussier said. \u201cHe\u2019s a world-class Search & Destroy player and helped us prepare for the Grand Finals last year, so we\u2019re expecting great things from him.\u201d Years ago, FeLo made a name for himself online as one of the best S&D players, and the Team Envy-owned org is relying on him to bring a new type of heat to Dallas\u2019 heavy-hitting squad. Welcome the newest member of the Empire, @FeLo! pic.twitter.com\/ngl3kFIXGq \u2014 Dallas Empire (@DallasEmpire) January 19, 2021 \u201cBlessed to be a part of such a great organization, going to help the boys in any way I can this year,\u201d FeLo said of the announcement. \u201cThank you guys for all the love.\u201d During the 2020 North American Challengers Final, Triumph managed to claim the top prize of $50,000 while only dropping one map of S&D during their playoff run to first place. While the Empire had one of the strongest overall offenses in the CDL last year, their Search & Destroy was a glaring point in their game that would look shaky against the best in the league. Read more: How to watch CDL Kickoff Classic 2021 – By signing FeLo, Empire gives themselves some flexibility to switch out Cuyler \u2018Huke\u2019 Garland or Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter for someone that has a wealth of experience navigating S&D. Even after departing with James \u2018Clayster\u2019 Eubanks due to the new Black Ops Cold War format, the Empire\u2019s starting roster has to be considered among the strongest in the league. Now Rambo will have to find the best ways to maneuver his five-man squad when going up against tough competitors like Atlanta FaZe, OpTic Chicago, and more. FeLo has signed with Dallas Empire, but the move is pending league approval. Dallas Empire\u2019s 2021 CDL Roster: Anthony \u2018Shotzzy\u2019 Cuevas-Castro – Cuyler \u2018Huke\u2019 Garland – Indervir \u2018iLLeY\u2019 Dhaliwal – Ian \u2018C6\u2019 Porter – Tyler \u2018FeLo\u2019 Johnson (Substitute) –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CDL Champs Dallas Empire sign FeLo as substitute Dallas Empire TwitterThe reigning Call of Duty League Champions, Dallas Empire have signed 23-year-old veteran Tyler \u2018FeLo\u2019 Johnson as their first substitute for the upcoming 2021 campaign. FeLo is set to join the Empire as a substitute player after playing for Triumph. A specialist in Search & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}