Team SoloMid

The team first began competing in early 2011 with a lineup of Saintvicious, Reginald, Chaox, TheOddOne, and Locodoco. It was founded after Reginald's previous team, All or Nothing (AoN), had disbanded. On February 23 Saintvicious left TSM for Counter Logic Gaming. In April, Xpecial and The Rain Man joined TSM.[28]

The final roster included the players, Reginald, TheOddOne, The Rain Man, Xpecial and Chaox, Team SoloMid attended the Riot Season 1 Championship on June 20, 2011. TSM took first place in their group, ending 2-1 and being the only team to lose to the Singaporean team Xan. Team SoloMid then met the French against All authority squad in the semifinals of the double elimination playoffs. TSM was defeated by aAa 1-2 and knocked down to the loser's bracket. Team SoloMid defeated Epik Gamer 2-0 and advanced to the loser bracket finals, where they faced against All authority for a second time. aAa started the best-of-three series with a one-game advantage due to their previous win against TSM in the winner's bracket. TSM ended up losing in a close match. They finished 3rd place, winning US$10,000.[29]

Team SoloMid attended the National ESL Premier League Season 1 playoffs on July 16, 2011. In the group stage, Team SoloMid took first place, winning 10-1 and defeating Counter Logic Gaming, compLexity, unRestricted, Team Liquid, HKEGG, jpak and friends, Defy All Odds, OGODBEARS, Disciples of Da Gr8 Whale Lord, and LowELO, while dropping their only set against Rock Solid. In the playoffs of NESL Season 1, Team SoloMid lost to unRestricted in the semifinals 0–2, sending them to the third place match to play against Rock Solid, where Team SoloMid won 2–0.

The team participated in the ESL Major Series - Season VIII and defeated LowLandLions 2–1 in the semifinals, but lost to SK Gaming 0–2 in the finals, achieving second place.

On August 21, 2011, Team SoloMid attended the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne. They won 3–0 in the group stage, defeating Millenium, Team ALTERNATE and MyRevenge. During the playoffs, they defeated FnaticRC 2–1. At the grand finals, TSM played against Counter Logic Gaming, but lost 1–2 against them and taking second place at IEM Cologne.[30]

Team SoloMid attended the 2011 MLG Pro Circuit - Raleigh on August 26, 2011. At the event, Team SoloMid finished third place in the group stage, with a final standing of 1–2, defeating Curse Gaming but losing to Counter Logic Gaming and Epik Gamer.

On October 9, 2011, the team participated in the IGN ProLeague Season 3 in Atlantic City. TSM won against compLexity 2–0 in the first round, but lost to Epik Gamer 1–2 in the semifinals, sending them to play for third place. In the third place match, Team SoloMid faced Counter Logic Gaming and lost 0–2, ending with fourth place.

Four days later, Team SoloMid participated in the offline IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York. Team SoloMid finished in 7th-8th place and with a final standing of 0–3 in the group stages, losing to FnaticRC, Counter Logic Gaming and Team Dignitas.

In late October 2011, Team SoloMid moved into a gaming house in Lindenhurst, New York.

Team SoloMid took part in the 2011 MLG Providence tournament, which was held from 19th to the 20th if November. TSM won the first round against RFLX Gaming 2-0 and advanced to the second round, where they lost 1–2, to Epik Gamer. TSM advanced through the Loser's Bracket with a 2–0 victory over Dignitas and played against Epik Gamer in the grand finals. Due to Major League Gaming's extended series rule, Epik Gamer started off with a 2–1 lead against TSM. Team SoloMid won 4–2 over Epik Gamer and achieved first place.[31]

On December 18, 2011, Team SoloMid attended the National ESL Premier League Season 2. In the playoffs and won against RFLX 2–1, compLexity 2–1, and v8 Esports 2–1, placing them in the winner's bracket final, where they lost to Counter Logic Gaming 0–2. Team SoloMid then lost to Curse Gaming 0–2, placing TSM in third overall in the tournament.

The first tournament in 2012 that Team SoloMid attended was the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev, held on January 19. In the group stage, Team Solomid won 3-0 and took first, winning against SK Gaming, Curse Gaming, and White Lotus. At the playoffs, Team Solomid defeated team Dignitas 2–0, qualifying for the finals where they faced Moscow Five. In the grand finals, Team SoloMid lost to Moscow Five 1–2 and placed second place.[32]

Two months after Kiev, on March 13, 2012, TheRainMan resigned from Team SoloMid, citing differences in training regimen plans, as TheRainMan wanted to focus more on solo queue while the rest of Team SoloMid wanted to focus on full team scrims.[33] On the same day TSM announced that, Epik Gamer's Dyrus was picked to replace TheRainMan.[34] The main reason for the acquisition of Dyrus was due to him living in the TSM house and also being a top lane player.[35]

After the roster reformation, Team SoloMid played in the Leaguecraft ggClassic tournament, which ran from March 17 to April 1. At the event, Team SoloMid went undefeated with wins over Raise Your Weapon, Curse Gaming, Jpak and Friends and 4Not.Fire, resulting in them placing first place.[36]

On April 6, 2012, Team SoloMid attended IPL 4 in Las Vegas. During the playoffs they defeated v8 Esports 2–0 in the first round, Curse Gaming 2–0 in the second round and team Dignitas 2–1 in the third round, advancing to the grand finals. In the finals against Counter Logic Gaming, Team SoloMid lost the first set 0-2 but came back to win the tournament in the second set, defeating Counter Logic Gaming 2-0 and achieving first place.

On June 3, 2012, Team SoloMid placed 1st in the Reign of Gaming International Invitational. During the online playoffs, TSM defeated Ordinance Gaming 2–0 in the first round, Orbit Gaming 2–0 in the second round and Team Legion 2–0 in the third round and qualified for the finals. In the round robin offline finals event, Team SoloMid won all the matches, against Team SoloMid Evo, Teamless, and Curse Gaming EU 2–0. In the grand finals, Team SoloMid took on Team SoloMid Evo, whom TSM defeated 2–1.

They participated in the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit - Spring and placed first. Team SoloMid won the entire set of matches in the playoffs of the tournament, winning against MRN 2–0, Counter Logic Gaming EU 2–1, FnaticRC 2-0 and Dignitas 2–0. In the grand finals, Team SoloMid played against Counter Logic Gaming and lost, with Counter Logic Gaming picking up the first set 2–1. Team SoloMid recovered in the second set and won against Counter Logic Gaming 2–1.[37]

Team SoloMid participated in the GIGABYTE Esports LAN on June 15, 2012. In the group stage, TSM won 3–0 against, Counter Logic Gaming Black, Curse Gaming, and Team Green Forest. During the playoffs, Team SoloMid won against mTw.NA 2–0 and Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2–1. In the grand finals of the GESL, Team SoloMid faced off against and defeated Counter Logic Gaming Black 2-0 achieving first place.

From August 3 to 5, 2012, Team SoloMid participated in the first MLG 2012 Summer Arena for League of Legends, held in New York City. They would played against three teams: Curse Gaming, Azubu Blaze, and Team BLACK. Team SoloMid lost all three games against the Korean team Azubu Blaze. They won their next two matches against Curse Gaming and Team BLACK with 3–0. After Qualifying for the Grand Finals, they matched against Azubu Blaze and lost 0–2. They finished the MLG Summer Arena Championship in second place.[38]

The team participated in the IPL Face Off: San Francisco Showdown. Where they won the tournament without a loss to any team, defeating Orbit Gaming, Singapore Sentinels, Team Legion and Curse Gaming.

On August 30, 2012, Team SoloMid played a tournament in Seattle, Washington and competed in the Season 2 North American Regional Finals. During the quarterfinals of the playoffs, Team SoloMid won against Monomaniac Ferus 2-0 and advanced to the next round of the tournament. At the semifinals, Team SoloMid won 2–1 over Curse Gaming and 2–0 against Team Dignitas in the grand finals, allowing them to take first place and qualify for the Season 2 World Championship.

At the Season 2 World Championship in Los Angeles, Team SoloMid passed through the group stage through securing a regional first place. They lost 2–0 to Azubu Frost in the quarterfinals and finished in 5th-8th place, acquiring a prize of $75,000.

Team Solo Mid attended IPL 5 in Las Vegas on November 29. Placing in group C, TSM advanced 2–1 with wins over Meat Playground and Singapore Sentinels while losing a game against Curse Gaming EU. During the group stages, TSM was eliminated after losing 2–0 to both CLG EU and Azubu Blaze. TSM ranked 9th-12th at the event and received $1,500.

On January 25, Dan Dinh was announced as a substitute player for TSM.[39]

On February 7, 2013, it was announced that Team SoloMid would compete under the name Team SoloMid Snapdragon on behalf of the mobile processor brand of their sponsor, Qualcomm. Also announced was a partnership with Qualcomm and CBS to produce a web reality series, GameCrib, showing the daily lives of TSM players.[40][41][42]

on February 13, 2013, Team SoloMid announced the acquisition of Jason "WildTurtle" Tran and Daryl "wingsofdeathx" Hennegan as substitute players.

On March 25, 2013, it was officially announced that WildTurtle had replaced Chaox as Team SoloMid's AD Carry.[43]

TSM managed to place in first during the NA LCS Spring Season, securing their spot in the Summer Season. The team also won the NA LCS Spring Playoffs.[44]

At the NA LCS Summer Season TSM placed 3rd and ended the season with a .500 record of 14–14, coming .[44]

At PAX 2013 playoffs. TSM matched against CLG and won 2–0 against Team Vulcan, securing a finals spot at the Season 3 World Championship. They went up against Cloud9 and lost 0–3, placing TSM second in the playoffs.[44]

At the Season 3 World Championship, TSM took part in the North American fan favorite. In the group stage, TSM was paired with GamingGear.eu of the CIS, Lemondogs of Europe, OMG of China. Team SoloMid won only two matches out of eight, against Lemondogs and GamingGear.eu. TSM placed 11th-12th, along with Team Vulcun.

On October 20, 2013, it was announced that Ninjaken would join Team SoloMid as substitute.[45] The next day TSM announced that Dan Dinh and wingsofdeathx would no longer be substitutes for the team.[46]

On November 1, 2013, Team SoloMid announced Altec as a substitute.[47] The following day, Reginald stepped down from his role as mid laner to become coach and was replaced by Ninjas in Pyjamas's Bjergsen.[48]

Team SoloMid's first competition after the World Championship was the Battle of the Atlantic, in which North American teams competed against European teams. As the second seed of North America, TSM faced the second seed of Europe, the Lemondogs, and handily won 2–0 against a roster that had recently been completely replaced.[49]

TSM began the season by losing their first match against Cloud9,but won the rest of the matches. They entered Week 10 with a 19–3 record and a one-game lead over Cloud9, however, the team placed in second.

In that split's playoffs, TSM faced Counter Logic Gaming during the first series, thus Advancing to the finals, TSM matched with Cloud9 (C9) for the second playoff, and lost 0–3. Thus allowing C9 to achieve its tenth consecutive playoff win.[50]

In early May, between the Spring and Summer splits of the LCS, TheOddOne stepped down to become a coach for the team. Amazing, from the Copenhagen Wolves, joined the team as their new jungler, while support player Xpecial was benched and then removed from the team for his negative attitude, he was later replaced by Gleebglarbu of challenger team Cloud9 Tempest. Xpecial moved to Team Curse.

TSM placed fifth throughout the matches they played and placed second as the series went on. On May 27 TSM announced the addition of Lustboy to the starting roster to replace Gleebglarbu.,[51] TSM however, finished with third place with a 3–3 record.

During the summer playoffs at Pax Prime 2014, their first match was lost against Dignitas, but the team was able to win the series 3–1. Subsequently, TSM faced LMQ and won 3–2, thus making it through to the finals against Cloud9 and winning the series 3–2.

At the 2014 League of Legends World Championship, Team Solomid was placed in Group B. TSM eventually finished second in their group with a record of 4–2, advancing to the Playoffs. In the playoffs, TSM faced Samsung White in their first match and lost 3–1, placing 5th in the tournament.

On October 11, 2014, it was announced that Amazing was leaving the team.[52] Three days after the previous announcement Gleebglarbu announced that he left the team. Then, on November 28, 2014, Santorin was signed on to replace Amazing.[53]

In March 2015, Team SoloMid won Intel Extreme Masters Season IX – World Championship in Katowice after beating Team WE in the finals.[54] This was their first IEM world title, as well as their first international tournament win. TSM matched with Cloud9 in the finals of the LCS Spring playoffs in April and finished 3–1.[55] It was the third consecutive LCS final that featured the two teams.[55] By winning the LCS Spring playoffs, TSM was one of six teams to qualify for the inaugural Mid-Season Invitational, which was held from the May 7 to 10.[56] TSM lost 5 of their 6 games in the group stage and did not qualify for the quarter finals.

In the summer split, TSM finished 5th place in the regular season but was able to win their way to the summer finals where they lost 3–0 to Counter Logic Gaming,[57] thus finishing in second place. The team qualified for North America's second seed in the 2015 League of Legends World Championship by accumulating the highest total championship points from both the spring and summer split. In the group stages, TSM scored 1–5 in matches and stood last place at 14th–16th place.[58]

Shortly afterward their defeat at Worlds, TSM players Dyrus and Lustboy retired from professional League of Legends, choosing to pursue different career paths within eSports.[59] Lustboy remained with the team as an analyst, and Dyrus remained as a streamer. Soon after, TSM announced tryouts to fill the role of AD carry.[60]

Going into Season 6, Bjergsen was the sole member remaining from the Season 5 team. On October 31, 2015, it was announced that Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng would be joining the team as the new AD Carry, and that WildTurtle would remain on the roster as a substitute while seeking to sign a contract with other teams.[61][62] The team would later obtain Svenskeren, Hauntzer, and KaSing to complete the new roster. This team performed in the Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose[63] and finished 4th. After the event, KaSing decided to leave the team, which opened a support role. On December 1,Team SoloMid announced the signing of "YellOwStaR", Bora Kim.[64]

Team SoloMid ended the Spring Split regular season with a 9–9 record, placing them in a tie for 5th place with NRG Esports and qualifying them for the playoffs.

TSM won their first match of the playoffs against, Cloud9 in a 3–1 series win. In the semifinals, TSM was placed against Immortals and finished the series 3–0, advancing to the finals. In the finals, TSM played against the 2nd seed, 13–5, Counter Logic Gaming. TSM lost in a 3–2 series and ended the spring split in 2nd place.[65]

Prior to the summer split, YellOwStaR left TSM to return to Fnatic. TSM replaced him with a rookie, Biofrost, to fill the support role.[66] During the summer split, TSM won all games but one against Phoenix1 and ended with a 17–1 score.[67] In the playoffs, they went on to defeat CLG 3–0 to win the Summer Championship.

TSM qualified for the 2016 League of Legends World Championships as North America's first seed.[68] TSM was placed into Group D, with Samsung Galaxy, RNG and Splyce.[69] TSM lost their first game against RNG,[70] but were able to win their first games against Samsung[71] and Splyce[72] putting them in a three-way tie for first[73] with Samsung and RNG. In the second week, Samsung beat TSM[74] after Doublelift infamously dashed into the opposing mid laner, which forced them to not take the baron. TSM then won against Splyce[75] and lost to RNG.[76] They were eliminated in the group stage with a 3–3 record.[77]

During the preseason, TSM's starting ADC, Doublelift, announced that he would take the Spring Split off in order to rest and build his streaming career. The team's previous ADC WildTurtle, who had previously moved to Immortals, returned to play with TSM. Doublelift would later return to the team for the Summer Split and compete with WildTurtle for the starting position.[78]

TSM took part in the Spring Split and ended the split with a record of 15–3 and qualified for the six-team playoffs. TSM's top laner, Hauntzer, and TSM's mid laner, Bjergsen were voted onto the NA LCS All-LCS team for their performances during the season. In the playoffs, they defeated 5th seed FlyQuest 3-0 to advance to the finals. In the finals, TSM faced longtime rivals and 2nd seeded Cloud9. TSM defeated Cloud9 in a close 3-2 series to win their 5th championship.[79]

For winning the spring split, TSM was invited to the 2017 Mid Seasonal Invitational in Brazil. At the 2017 Mid Seasonal Invitational, TSM played against the Vietnamese team Gigabyte Marines (GAM) and won 3-2 qualifying for the main event. They ended with a score of 4–6, failing to make it to the knockout stage.[80]

After Doublelift's announcement and return to the team. They ended the Summer Split with a record of 14-4[81] being tied with Immortals in wins but having lesser losses, resulting in them taking first place. In the playoffs, TSM won against Team Dignitas 3–1 and defeated Immortals 3-1 in the finals, winning their third consequtive NA LCS finals.[82]

As LCS champions TSM represented North America as the first seed at the 2017 League of Legends World Championship. TSM was placed in group D along with Team WE, Misfits Gaming, and Flash Wolves. The team ended their first week with a 2–1 record, only losing a game to Misfits Gaming. However, in Week 2 TSM only won one game against Misfits Gaming and lost the rest, eliminating them from the World Championship. They ended the group stages with a 3–3 record.[83]

After not qualifying the group Stages, TSM dismissed Svenskeren, Doublelift, and Biofrost. In addition to more than half of the roster leaving, SSONG took over as head coach to replace Parth Naidu, although Parth stayed with the organization.[84] On November 23 and 24, MikeYeung, Zven, and Mithy were signed and replaced the missing slots for the Jungle, AD Carry, and Support position respectively.

TSM ended the Spring Split regular season with a record of 11–7.[85] After winning tiebreakers against Clutch Gaming and Team Liquid, they would qualify for the Spring Split playoffs as the 3rd seed. TSM lost their quarterfinals match against Clutch Gaming with a score of 3–2, ending their Spring Split playoff run.[86]

During the Summer Split, TSM would play tiebreakers after ending the regular season with a 10–8 record. They lost their initial tiebreaker game against Echo Fox before winning against FlyQuest to qualify for playoffs as the 5th seed. TSM placed third place in the playoffs after beating 100 Thieves 3–2 in their 3rd place match.[87]

TSM began their run in the Regional Finals by beating Echo Fox 3–0. They went on to lose their match against Cloud9 0–3, ending their run[88] and failing to qualify for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship.

After the Summer Split, TSM lost in the gauntlet to Clutch Gaming,[89] leading them to miss out their chance at Worlds again.

During the 2020 off-season, TSM dropped AD carry Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen and support player Andy "Smoothie" Ta in the bot lane, while picking up Splyce's AD Carry Kobbe,[90] and ex-TSM support "Biofrost" to fill up the gap.[91] The sub-par performance in the Jungle with junglers Jonathan "Grig" Armao, Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham, and rookie Mingyi "Spica" Lu was one that TSM had to solve. The team went onto add Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett, previously from OpTic Gaming.[92] TSM dropped their Head Coach, Tony "Zikz" Gray, who left to become the head coach of 100 Thieves. TSM's new roster then went to Shanghai to bootcamp in preparation for the 2020 LCS season.[93]

Team SoloMid placed 5th in the regular season of the 2020 Spring Split with a 9-9 record. They defeated 100 Thieves in the first round of playoffs, but fell to FlyQuest in the second round for a 4th-place finish overall. After Spring Split, TSM dismissed their AD Carry player Kobbe and jungler Dardoch. TSM signed Doublelift on as an AD Carry replacement from Team Liquid; Doublelift had previously played for TSM during 2016 and half of 2017. They also promoted Spica from their Academy league team to replace Dardoch. During the Summer Split, TSM tied for 3rd place with FlyQuest with a 12-6 record; despite an early 3-0 match loss in the Summer Playoff tournament to Golden Guardians, due to the tournament being reformatted to be double-elimination, TSM managed to narrowly win out the rest of the tournament, defeating Dignitas, Golden Guardians (in a rematch), Cloud9, Team Liquid, and eventually FlyQuest to win the Summer Split. This victory also guaranteed TSM a first seed slot at the World Championship, ensuring they wouldn't have to face the #1 teams from other major regions in the initial group rounds.

For the main event group stage of the 2020 World Championship, TSM was placed into Group C with Europe's Fnatic, Korea's Gen.G and China's LGD Gaming. TSM went 0-6; it was the first time that the #1 Seed of a major region went winless at the World Championship.[94]

Bjergsen announced his retirement from professional play on October 24, 2020. TSM also stated that he would be the team's head coach for the 2021 season.[95]

• League of Legends Championship Series (LCS)
  • Winners (7): 2013 Spring, 2014 Summer, 2015 Spring, 2016 Summer, 2017 Spring, 2017 Summer, 2020 Summer

• Intel Extreme Masters Season IX – World Championship — 1st
• 2017 Rift Rivals (NA vs EU) — 1st

• Soham "valens" Chowdhury (coach)
• Peter "dupreeh" Rothmann
• René "cajunb" Borg
• Nicolai "device" Reedtz
• Finn "karrigan" Andersen
• Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth
• Daniel "vice" Kim
• Timothy "autimatic" Ta
• Sean "Sgares" Gares
• Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan
• Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
• Hunter "SicK" Mims
• Skyler "Relyks" Weaver

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