2020 New York Excelsior season

The 2020 New York Excelsior season was the third season of New York Excelsior's (NYXL) existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol. New York planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center.[1] While the first homestand took place, all other homestand events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 New York Excelsior season
Head coachJeong "imt" Yong-cheol
General managerKim Yo-han
OwnerJeff Wilpon
Arena(s)Hammerstein Ballroom
ConferenceAtlantic
DivisionNorth
RegionAsia
Results
Record13–8 (.619)
Place
May MeleeSemifinals
Summer ShowdownSemifinals
Countdown CupSemifinals
Season PlayoffsAsia Lower Finals
Total Earnings$290,000

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

On October 21, 2019, New York parted ways with head coach Ty "Pavane" Hyun-sang, as he joined the London Spitfire as an assistant coach. Pavane had been with the team since its inception and led them to a 56–12 regular season record over his career with the team.[2] In his replacement, New York promoted assistant coach Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol as their new head coach on November 19.[3] On December 1, NYXL signed former Seoul Dynasty assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyub as an assistant coach.[4]

Roster changes

The Excelsior enter the new season with one free agents, one players which they have the option to retain for another year, and seven players under contract.[5] 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.[6]

Acquisitions

NYXL's first offseason acquisition was on February 15, when the team announced the signing of former Guangzhou Charge off-tank Choi "HOTBA" Hong-jun.[7] The following week, the team promoted off-tank Kim "BiaNcA" Dong-wook from their academy team, XL2 Academy.[8] On November 26, New York signed support player Kim "Mandu" Chan-hee from Korean Contenders team O2 Blast.[9] The following week, on December 4, the team signed DPS player Lee "WhoRU" Seung-joon from Fusion University.[10]

Departures

On October 8, the Excelsior announced that they would not pick up their option to keep DPS Yeon-Oh "Fl0w3r" Hwang on the roster another year.[11] A week later, the team announced that they would not re-sign off-tank Kim "MekO" Tae Hong, who had been with the team since their inception in 2017.[12] On December 6, the team announced that DPS player Kim "Pine" Do-hyeon had retired from professional Overwatch and would become a streamer for NYXL.[13]

Roster
2020 New York Excelsior roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 9 Saebyeolbe (C)  Park Jong-ryeol  South Korea 
Damage 10 Libero  Kim Hae-seong  South Korea 
Damage 23 WhoRU  Lee Seung-jun  South Korea 
Damage 31 Nenne  Jeong Yeon-kwan  South Korea 
Damage 1 Haksal  Kim Hyo-jong  South Korea 
Tank 7 Mano  Kim Dong-gyu  South Korea 
Tank 17 HOTBA  Choi Hong-joon  South Korea 
Tank 13 BiaNcA  Kim Dong-wook  South Korea 
Support 44 JJoNak  Bang Seong-hyun  South Korea 
Support 97 Anamo  Jung Tae-sung  South Korea 
Support 2 Mandu (I)  Kim Chan-hee  South Korea 
Head coach
  • Jeong "imt" Yong-cheol
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: June 5, 2020.

Standings
2020 Overwatch League Asia standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 19 8 2 .905 21 59–15–1 +44
2 Guangzhou Charge PAC 14 4 7 .667 21 44–39–1 +5
Play-ins
3 New York Excelsior ATL 13 3 8 .619 21 50–30–2 +20
4 Hangzhou Spark PAC 10 2 11 .476 21 36–40–2 -4
5 Seoul Dynasty PAC 9 3 12 .429 21 33–40–2 -7
6 Chengdu Hunters PAC 7 1 14 .333 21 33–47–1 -14
7 London Spitfire ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 27–51–0 -24

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 13–8)
February–April: 7–1
May Melee qualifiers: 2–2
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–2
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 1–2
August: 1–1

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 1–1
Summer Showdown: 1–1
Countdown Cup: 1–1
Bonus wins awarded: 3

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
Asia Play-ins: 1–0
Asia Bracket: 1–2
Upper Round 1 September 06 New York Excelsior 1 – 3 Shanghai Dragons Online
9:00 am UTC    
Lower Round 1 September 12 New York Excelsior 3 – 0 Guangzhou Charge Online
9:00 am UTC    
Lower Finals September 13 New York Excelsior 0 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Online
9:00 am UTC    

References
  1. Newman, Heather (August 20, 2019). "The Overwatch League Travels In 2020, Starting In A Historic New York Ballroom". Forbes. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. Field Level Media (October 21, 2019). "Pavane parts with NYXL, joins Spitfire as assistant". Gwinett Prep Sports. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. Peres, Pedro (November 19, 2019). "New York Excelsior promote IMT to head coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  4. Scrubasaurus (December 1, 2019). "WhyNot joins Excelsior coaching staff". over.gg. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  6. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  7. Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "New York Excelsior add HOTBA". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  8. Samples, Rachel (November 22, 2019). "New York Excelsior promote BiaNcA from XL2 Academy". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  9. Samples, Rachel (November 26, 2019). "New York Excelsior sign Mandu ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  10. Richardson, Liz (December 4, 2019). "Whoru joins the New York Excelsior". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  11. Howard, Brandon (October 10, 2019). "New York Excelsior Release Flow3r". TheGamer. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  12. Richardson, Liz (October 17, 2019). "New York Excelsior part ways with MekO". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  13. "Top prospect WhoRU signs with Excelsior, Pine retires". ESPN. Reuters. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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