2020 Boston Uprising season

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.

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

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
SupportAimgodMin-Seok KwonFree agentNovember 8Washington Justice[7]
SupportKellexKristian KellerFree agentNovember 5Toronto 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 17 Colourhex  Birse, Kelsey   New Zealand 
Damage 1 Jerry  Min Tae-hui  South Korea 
Tank 10 Axxiom (I)  Park Min-seob  South Korea 
Tank 25 Fusions  Bosworth, Cameron   United Kingdom 
Tank 3 mikeyy  Konicki, Michael   United States 
Tank 5 Punk  Gilchrist, Leyton   Australia 
Support 24 Halo  Hamand, Kobe   United States 
Support 13 Myunbong  Seo Sang-min  South Korea 
Head coach
  • Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: May 21, 2020.

Transactions

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

  • On March 2, the Uprising released DPS Byun "Munchkin" Sang-beom.[17]
  • On March 3, the Uprising signed support Kobe "Halo" Hamand.[18]
  • On April 4, the Uprising released tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal.[19]
  • On April 14, the Uprising released support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy.[20]
  • On May 11, the Uprising signed tank Leyton "Punk" Gilchrist.[21]
  • On May 12, tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen retired.[22]
  • On May 21, the Uprising signed tank Michael "mikey" Konicki.[23]

Standings
2020 Overwatch League North America standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 19 5 2 .905 21 59–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC 18 7 3 .857 21 56–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL 15 4 6 .714 21 50–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL 14 3 7 .667 21 48–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 11 1 10 .524 21 41–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 11 0 10 .524 21 43–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 0 11 .476 21 43–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC 9 0 12 .429 21 35–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL 7 1 14 .333 21 32–48–0 -16
10[lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
11[lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC 6 0 15 .286 21 23–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL 4 0 17 .190 21 21–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL 2 0 19 .095 21 14–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers

  1. 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
May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 0–3
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4
August: 0–2

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 0–1
Summer Showdown: 0–1
Countdown Cup: 0–1
Bonus wins awarded: 0

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

References
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  2. Rockwood, Bryan (June 30, 2020). "The Uprising's Summer Showdown is Cut Short by the Justice". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  3. Alford, Aaron (September 5, 2020). "Gladiators Narrowly Advance; Excelsior Slide By at OWL Playoffs". Hotspawn. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  4. Howard, Brandon (September 5, 2019). "Boston Uprising Find Their Head Coach For The 2020 Season". TheGamer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Boston Uprising remove 2 assistant coaches, add more staff". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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  8. "Overwatch League moves: Defiant add Kellex". ESPN. Reuters. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  9. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
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  11. Scrubasaurus (October 28, 2019). "Uprising sign Myunbong and Jerry". Over.gg. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  12. Richardson, Liz (November 7, 2019). "Boston Uprising promote Swimmer and Mouffin". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  13. "Boston Uprising sign DPS player Munchkin". ESPN. Reuters. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  14. Richardson, Liz (November 22, 2019). "Boston Uprising sign Brussen". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  15. Richardson, Liz (October 21, 2019). "Boston Uprising release 6 players". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  16. "Boston Uprising trade Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to Houston Outlaws". GamingLyfe. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  17. Richardson, Liz (March 2, 2020). "Munchkin leaves the Boston Uprising". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  18. Castelot, Ophelie (March 4, 2020). "Halo joins Boston Uprising". ESTNN. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  19. "Boston Uprising release Mouffin following allegations of sexual misconduct". ESPN. April 4, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  20. Samples, Rachel (April 14, 2020). "Swimmer steps away from competitive Overwatch, parts ways with Boston Uprising". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  21. Linhares, Nádia (May 11, 2020). "Boston Uprising adds Punk to Overwatch League roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  22. Richardson, Liz (May 12, 2020). "Brussen leaves Boston Uprising, retires from Overwatch". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  23. O'Dwyer, Samuel (May 21, 2020). "Boston Uprising signs new main tank player, mikeyy". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
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