CDL London Day 2 recap: Subliners suffer upset, playoff bracket set CDL[jwplayer br5AuoVJ]Day 2 of the Call of Duty League\u2019s London Home Series is over, leaving just four teams\u2014including one major surprise\u2014to compete on Championship Sunday. So far, the season\u2019s penultimate event weekend has featured as much entertainment and standing shifting as one could imagine, with upsets and drama galore. While there weren\u2019t any internet issues like yesterday, the New York Subliners were shockingly knocked out of action by the Paris Legion while the Florida Mutineers had to claw back into Sunday\u2019s slate of games after being reverse-swept by the hosting London Royal Ravens. Today\u2019s action booked Sunday semifinals tickets for the Legion, Royal Ravens, Dallas Empire, and Florida Mutineers. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Guerrillas, Seattle Surge, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, and, to everyone\u2019s surprise, Subliners were eliminated. Group A London Royal Ravens 3 \u2013 2 Florida Mutineers The Royal Ravens don\u2019t care if their opponent has twice as many CDL points or even if they have a 2-0 lead. The (virtual) home team pulled out the clutch factor with a reverse sweep of a Florida roster that hadn\u2019t lost a match since Joseph \u2018Owakening\u2019 Conley was added to the lineup. With a tremendous, balanced team performance, London was able to break the Mutineers\u2019 hot streak and send them off to the losers\u2019 bracket while locking in a semifinals spot on Sunday. And it all started down 2-0 with a tight, single-digit win that kept the Royal Ravens alive and swung momentum in their favor. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1284569783518793728 OpTic Gaming Los Angeles 3 \u2013 1 Seattle Surge Friday was a big day for both OGLA and the Surge, as the former debuted two new starters and the latter went through more internet controversy than an episode of Silicone Valley. But OpTic\u2019s new players, Zack \u2018Drazah\u2019 Jordan and Darien \u2018Hollow\u2019 Chverchko, helped mold a successful new identity for the team \u2014 the Surge were unable to turn their anger into winning momentum. Although Seattle lost 3-1, the team did get to enjoy one cathartic moment, as Sam \u2018Octane\u2019 Larew pulled off an unbelievable 1v4 clutch during S&D and snuck in a quick victory lap. A nice moment in what was ultimately a lopsided affair. Absolute filth from @OctaneSam \ud83d\ude31 Seattle couldn\u2019t win the map, but that 1v4 earns some serious style points.#DrownThemOut | #CDL2020 pic.twitter.com\/Q08bR56h69 \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) July 18, 2020 OpTic Gaming Los Angeles 1 \u2013 3 Florida Mutineers Until their loss to the Royal Ravens, the Mutineers were on an absolute tear. That shakiness seemed to persist as OGLA won a tight first map, but Florida kicked it back into gear with clutch performances across the roster as well as some consistent lethality at the hands of Owakening and Maurice \u2018Fero\u2019 Henriquez. Playing Florida twice in your new lineup\u2019s first event is a tough draw, so OpTic should be content with how competitive they kept each series. Florida, meanwhile, gets a trip to the Sunday semifinals and confirmation that the team is now locked in for a first-round bye, at least, in this season\u2019s Champs. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1284654643142897664 Group B Dallas Empire 3 \u2013 0 New York Subliners The day\u2019s most highly anticipated matchup ended up being one of its most disappointing, as the Empire looked completely comfortable ending New York\u2019s 12-map winning streak and sweeping them into the losers\u2019 bracket. While each map was somewhat close, the Subliners never truly seemed to gain momentum. Dallas, meanwhile, seemed so unconcerned that Ian \u2018Crimsix\u2019 Porter even brought out the Grau for a very rare appearance outside of Verdansk. But, with Indervir \u2018iLLeY\u2019 Dhaliwal rocking the sniper on S&D, Anthony \u2018Shotzzy\u2019 Cuevas-Castro proved why Dallas continues to stroll into Championship Sundays: their SMG players have ice in their veins. COLD-BLOODED \ud83e\udd76@Shotzzy with the 1v3 S&D clutch.#BuildAnEmpire | #CDL2020 pic.twitter.com\/gckXzEQGJ1 \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) July 18, 2020 Los Angeles Guerrillas 1 \u2013 3 Paris Legion Last week, the Legion swept the Guerrillas for their first win in what felt like an eternity. This week, Los Angeles tested them but the result ended up being the same as Paris\u2019 pure domination on S&D shifted the entire series in their favor. With Luke \u2018Louqa\u2019 Rigas clicking heads as the S&D sniper while Matthew \u2018KiSMET\u2019 Tinsley and Denholm \u2018Denz\u2019 Taylor slayed out on respawn maps, Paris appeared to nestle into a strong rhythm \u2014 at the expense of the Guerrillas. It was Paris\u2019 first St. Petrograd Hardpoint victory this season and the cementing of a 12th-place finish for the Guerrillas in 2020. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1284593514714669056 Paris Legion 3 \u2013 0 New York Subliners An absolute shocker. Before today, the Legion had been considered one of the league\u2019s worst teams while the Subliners had proven themselves, just last week, to be among its best. New York\u2019s 3-0 loss against an imposing Empire roster was disappointing but somewhat understandable, this sweep was on a completely different level. A rough note to end the season on, but the Subliners have done enough this year, with 140 CDL Points, to ensure a Winners\u2019 Bracket Round 1 seed for August\u2019s Champs. The Legion still have more work to prove, but their Day 2 performances showed impressive poise and balanced control over their preferred maps. https:\/\/twitter.com\/CODLeague\/status\/1284637317479661570 Looking ahead to Championship Sunday Can the Mutineers win a third consecutive Home Series? What didn\u2019t feel feasible at the start of Day 2 now most certainly looms as a possibility. But first they\u2019ll need to beat an Empire lineup that looks remarkably comfortable in this new meta. The Royal Ravens feel like a lock to beat the Legion on one side of the semifinals, but so did the Subliners \u2014 so that feels impossible to predict. Conversely, the Empire and Mutineers matchup presents an entirely different conundrum. Each is an obvious top-tier team with 17 wins and each has been dominant online. Dallas does seem to benefit most from their SMG stars, iLLeY and Shotzzy, while Florida\u2019s strength often stems from Owakening\u2019s impact on AR, so this matchup will be a riveting one for fans curious to see how this new meta plays out at the highest level. Day 3 Schedule \u2013 July 19 Group A Bracket Group B Bracket Playoff Bracket Remember, you can keep up with all of the Call of Duty action and watch these matches live via our London Home Series hub, which includes live streams, updated scores, brackets, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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