Thieves rally, beat first-place OpTic in CDL Stage 5
Field Level Media
25 Jul 2021, 11:05 GMT+10
The Los Angeles Thieves pulled off a reverse sweep Saturday to top OpTic Chicago 3-2, handing OpTic their first loss of the Call of Duty League's Stage 5.
Chicago (4-1) easily won the first two maps, taking Moscow Hardpoint 250-72 and Express Search and Destroy 6-1, but Los Angeles claimed Checkmate Control 3-1 and Checkmate Hardpoint 250-196.
The Thieves (3-2) earned a 6-3 victory on Moscow Search and Destroy to complete the comeback. On the decisive fifth map, the United States' Zack "Drazah" Jordan led Los Angeles with an 8-4 kill-death ratio.