Los Angeles Guerrillas

The Los Angeles Guerrillas is an American professional Call of Duty League (CDL) esports team based in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Guerrillas is owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

Los Angeles Guerrillas
FoundedAugust 20, 2019
LeagueCall of Duty League
Team historyLos Angeles Guerrillas
(2019–present)
Based inLos Angeles, United States
Colors     
Parent group
WebsiteOfficial website

History

On August 20, 2019, Activision Blizzard announced that Kroenke Sports & Entertainment had purchased one of the two new franchise slots for the Call of Duty League.[1] According to ESPN, the publisher was looking to sell slots for approximately $25 million per team.[2][3] On October 18, 2019, branding was revealed as the Los Angeles Guerrillas.[4][5]

Current roster
Los Angeles Guerrillas roster
PlayersCoaches
HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Apathy  Zhelyazkov, Bryan   United States  Seattle Surge 
Assault  Garcia, Adam   United States  Minnesota RØKKR 
Chino (S)  Chino, Martin   United States  OpTic Gaming Los Angeles 
Exceed (S)  Stockdale, Kaden   United States  Minnesota RØKKR 
MentaL (S)  Putnam, Billy   United States  UYU Gears of War 
Nero (S)    United States  Team WaR 
SiLLY  Fargo-Palmer, Justin   United States  Minnesota RØKKR 
Vivid  Drost, Reece   United States  Hybrid Gaming 
Head coach
  • Embry Bevils
Assistant coach(es)
  • Richard "Ricky" Stacy
  • Doug Liebe
Legend
  • (S) Substitute
  • (TW) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (SS) Suspended
  • (L) On loan
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: October 12, 2020.

References
  1. Miller, Hawken (August 20, 2019). "Call of Duty league adds franchises in Los Angeles, Florida". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. Wolf, Jacob (October 17, 2019). "Kroenke Sports & Entertainment expands esports front office". ESPN. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. Bhat, Keshav (May 2, 2019). "Five cities have purchased a spot in the upcoming franchised Call of Duty league". Charlie INTEL. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  4. Byers, Preston (October 18, 2019). "Kroenke Sports & Entertainment reveals CoD franchise team name—Los Angeles Guerrillas". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  5. Fitch, Adam (October 21, 2019). "Los Angeles Guerrillas introduced for Call of Duty League". Esports Insider. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
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