2021 Toronto Defiant season

The 2021 Toronto Defiant season will be the third season of Toronto Defiant's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first under head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun.

2021 Toronto Defiant season
Head coachKim "KDG" Dong-gun
OwnerChris Overholt
RegionWest
Results
Record0–0 (–)

Preceding offseason

Free agents
Position Handle Name 2021 team Date signed Notes
Damage Agilities Brady Girardi Los Angeles Valiant December 9[1] Option declined
Tank Beast Adam Denton Toronto Defiant November 6[2] Option declined; re-signed
Support Kariv Bak Young-seo Guangzhou Charge November 10[3] Option declined
Support Kruise Harrison Pond
Damage Logix Andreas Berghmans Toronto Defiant October 23[4]
Damage Mangachu Liam Campbell
Tank Nevix Andreas Karlsson Option declined
Tank Numlocked Sebastian Barton Retired[5] Option declined
Support Roky Park Joo-sung Retired[6]
Damage Surefour Lane Roberts Retired[7] Option declined
Damage Zykk Thomas Hosono Retired[8] Option declined

Signings
Position Handle Name 2020 team Date signed
Support Aztac Park Jeong-su Uprising Academy (OWC) November 17[9]
Support Ansoonjae An Soon-jae Element Mystic (OWC) November 19[10]
Tank Sado Kim Su-min Philadelphia Fusion November 21[11]
Tank Michelle Choi Min-hyuk Seoul Dynasty November 24[12]
Damage Na1st Lee Ho-sung T1 (OWC) December 11[13]

Trades

Current roster
Toronto Defiant roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 22 Logix  Berghmans, Andreas   Belgium 
Damage Heesu  Jeong Hee-su  South Korea 
Damage Na1st (I)  Lee Ho-sung  South Korea 
Tank 3 Beast  Denton, Adam   United States 
Tank SADO  Kim Su-min  South Korea 
Tank Michelle  Choi Min-hyuk  South Korea 
Support ANSOONJAE  An Soon-jae  South Korea 
Support Aztac  Park Jeong-su  South Korea 
Head coach
  • Kim "KDG" Dong-gun
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: December 11, 2020.

References
  1. Czar, Michael (December 10, 2020). "Agilities returns to the Los Angeles Valiant". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. Richardson, Liz (November 6, 2020). "Toronto Defiant re-signs main tank Beast". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. Howard, Brandon (November 12, 2020). "Guangzhou Charge Add KariV, Mandu". TheGamer. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  4. McMahon, Mallory (October 23, 2020). "Toronto Defiant Sign Logix for 2021 Season". The Game Haus. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  5. Field Level Media (January 21, 2021). "Numlocked announces retirement from OWL". Reuters. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. Joo-sung Park [@OW_RoKY] (November 9, 2020). "Player retirement and new challenge" (Tweet). Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. Michael, Cale (February 3, 2021). "Sentinels signs former Overwatch League pro Surefour as a content creator". Dot Esports. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  8. Michael, Cale (January 17, 2021). "ZYKK retires from Overwatch to pursue VALORANT". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  9. Richardson, Liz (November 17, 2020). "Toronto Defiant signs flex support Aztac". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  10. Michael, Cale (November 19, 2020). "Toronto Defiant signs ANSOONJAE". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  11. Czar, Michael (November 21, 2020). "Sado signed by the Toronto Defiant". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  12. Richardson, Cale (November 24, 2020). "Toronto Defiant signs off-tank Michelle". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  13. Czar, Michael (December 12, 2020). "Flex DPS Na1st signs to the Toronto Defiant". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  14. Richardson, Liz (November 23, 2020). "Toronto Defiant acquires former Fusion DPS Heesu". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
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