All OWL 2020 Off-Season Roster Changes

Overwatch League’s free agency period for 2020 began Oct 7. Teams have until Nov 15 to sign a minimum of eight players to their rosters.  After that point any extra roster signings or player transactions must resolve by June 15. 

Roster changes by team are listed in chronological order:

Boston Uprising

Changes:

• Assistant coaches Shake and Gunba are dropped, iLka signed to fill their role

Current Roster:

• Jeffrey “Blasé” Tsang (DPS)
• Kelsey “Colourhex” Birse (DPS)
• Do-Hyung “Stellar” Lee (DPS)
• Cameron “Fusions” Bosworth (Tank)
• Richard “RCK” Kanerva (Tank)
• Min-Seob “Axxiom” Park (Tank)
• Zion “Persia” Yang (Support)
• Renan “Alemao” Moretto (Support)

Florida Mayhem

Changes:

• Assistant GM BEARHANDS leaves, yeHHH is promoted to GM
• Xepher, Swon, HaGoPeun, RAin and coach KHL are released.

Current Roster:

• Sang-Bum “Bqb” Lee (DPS)
• Jeong-Woo “Sayaplayer” Ha (DPS)
• Pan-Seung “Fate” Koo (Tank)
• San-Ha “Karayan” Choi (Tank)
• Seong-Joo “Byrem” Lee (Support)
• Jun-Su “Kris” Choe (Support) 

Houston Outlaws

Changes:

• TaiRong and HyunWoo depart from Outlaws
• Former Vancouver Titans assistant coach Harsha signs as
• Outlaws head coach 

Current Roster:

• Dante “Danteh” Cruz (DPS)
• Jake “Jake” Lyon (DPS)
• Jiri “Linkzr” Masalin (DPS)
• Matt “Coolmatt” Iorio (Tank)
• Alexandre “Spree” Vanhomwegen (Tank)
• Austin “Muma” Wilmot (Tank)
• Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty (Support)

London Spitfire

Changes:

• Coach Jfeel departs from Spitfire
• Birdring, Guard, and Nus are dropped

Current Roster:

• Jun-Young “Profit” Park (DPS)
• Jun-Ho “Fury” Kim (Tank)
• Jae-Hui “Gesture” Hong (Tank)
• Young-Hoon “Krillin” Jeong (Support)
• Seung-Tae “Bdosin” Choi (Support)
• Ji-Hoon “Quatermain” Song (Support)

Los Angeles Gladiators

Changes: 

• Head Coach dpei is dropped.
• dpei is re-signed as both Head Coach and General Manager

Current Roster:

• Gui-Un “Decay” Jang (DPS)
• Chang-Hoon “Roar” Gye (Tank)
• Byong-Ho “Panker” Lee (Tank)
• Riku “Ripa” Toivanen (Support)
• Benjamin “BigGoose” Isohanni (Support)
• Jonas “Shaz” Suovaara (Support)

Los Angeles Valiant

Changes:

• Assistant coach Promise is released

Current Roster:

• Brady “Agilities” Girardi (DPS)
• Johannes “Shax” Nielson (DPS)
• Kyle “KSF” Frandanisa (DPS)
• Russell “Fctfctn” Campbell (Tank)
• Caleb “McGravy” McGarvey (Tank)
• Indy “Space” Halpern (Tank)
• Scott “Custa” Kennedy (Support)
• Young-Seo “Kariv” Park (Support)

New York Excelsior

Changes:

• Fl0w3R is released

Current Roster:

• Yeon-Gwan “Nenne” Jeong (DPS)
• Do-Hyeon “Pine” Kim (DPS)
• Jong-Ryeol “Saebyeolbe” Park (DPS)
• Hae-Seong “Libero” Kim (DPS)
• Dong-Gyu “Mano” Kim (Tank)
• Seong-Hyun “Jjonak” Bang (Support)
• Tae-Sung “Anamo” Jung (Support)

Paris Eternal

Changes:

• Fefe parts ways with the roster

Current Roster:

• Karol “Danye” Szcześniak (DPS)
• Nicolas “Nicogdh” Moret (DPS)
• Georgii “Shadowburn” Gushcha (DPS)
• Terence “Soon” Tarlier (DPS)
• Finnbjörn “Finnsi” Jónasson (Tank)
• Benjamin “Benbest” Dieulafait (Tank)
• Roni “Lhcloudy” Tiihonen (Tank)
• Luís “Greyy” Perestrelo (Support)
• Damien “Hyp” Souville (Support)
• Harrison “Kruise” Pond (Support)

Philadelphia Fusion

Changes:

• Kirby leaves Fusion
• Coaches Hayez and NamedHwi no longer with Fusion
• Fusion declines to renew contract with EQO and neptuNo (as posted on the Overwatch League website.)

Current Roster:

• Finley “Kyb” Adisi (DPS)
• Gael “Poko” Gouzerch (Tank)
• Su-Min “Sado” Kim (Tank)
• Isaac “Boombox” Charles (Support)
• Elijah “Elk” Gallagher (Support)

San Francisco Shock

Changes: 

• Nevix leaves the roster

Current Roster:

• Min-Ho “Architect” Park (DPS)
• Dong-Jun “Rascal” Kim (DPS)
• Jay “Sinatraa” Won (DPS)
• Nam-Ju “Striker” Gwon (DPS)
• Hyo-Bin “Choihyobin” Choi (Tank)
• Matthew “Super” DeLisi (Tank)
• Myeong-Hwan “Smurf” Yoo (Tank)
• Min-Ki “Viol2t” Park (Support)
• Grant “Moth” Espe (Support)

Seoul Dynasty

Changes: 

• KDG is dropped

Current Roster:

• Dong-Eon “Fits” Kim (DPS)
• Byung-Sun “Fleta” Kim (DPS)
• Je-Min “Illicit” Park (DPS)
• Min-Seo “Marve1” Hwang (Tank)
• Min-Hyuk “Michelle” Choi (Tank)
• Sung-Hyuk “Highly” Lee (Support)
• Seung-Soo “Jecse” Lee (Support)
• Je-Hong “Ryujehong” Ryu (Support)

Shanghai Dragons

Changes: 

• Coaches BlueHas and Levi leave Dragons
• Moon signs as Head Coach

Current Roster:

• Jin-Hyeok “Dding” Yang (DPS)
• Min-Sung “Diem” Bae (DPS)
• Young-Jin “Youngjin” Jin (DPS)
• Weida “Diya” Lu (DPS)
• Kang-Jae “Envy” Lee (Tank)
• Se-Yeon “Geguri” Kim (Tank)
• Gyeong-Woo “Coma” Son (Support)
• Min-Chul “Izayaki” Kim (Support)
• Sung-Hyeon “Luffy” Yang (Support)

Toronto Defiant

Changes: 

• GODS is released
• Im37 dropped from roster 
• RoKy becomes a two-way player
• Former Eternal coach Fefe joins Defiant
• Yakpung is released

Current Roster:

• Seung-Hyun “Ivy” Lee (DPS)
• Andreas “Logix” Berghmans (DPS)
• Laim “Mangachu” Campbell (DPS)
• Normunds “Sharyk” Faterins (Tank)
• Se-Hyun “Neko” Park (Support)
• Joo-Sung “Roky” Park (Support)
• Jae-Yoon “Aid” Ko (Support)

Washington Justice

Changes: 

• Ado, Hyeonu, Janus, and SanSam are released
• Gido becomes free agent
• Washington Justice declines to re-sign Sleepy

Current Roster:

• Ethan “Stratus” Yankel (DPS)
• Corey “Corey” Nigra (DPS)
• Elliot “Ellivote” Vaneryd (Tank)
• Lukas “Lullsish” Wiklund (Tank)
• Gido “Gido” Moon (Support)

The changes so far will definitely shape the landscape of competition for the next season. With more time left in the free agency period, players, fans, and organizations alike, wait to see what follows next.

Written by Jash Rai