Thieves rally, beat first-place OpTic in CDL Stage 5
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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.
Ultra stay unbeaten, top Mutineers in CDL Stage 5, Week 3
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24 Jul 2021, 10:19 GMT+10
In a matchup of unbeaten sides in Group B, the Toronto Ultra took down the Florida Mutineers 3-1 and improved to 4-0 Friday in Call of Duty League Stage 5 action.
In the only other match of the day, the Dallas Empire swept the Seattle Surge 3-0 and moved into a tie with Florida for second place in Group B at 3-1.
The Ultra took the first map by winning 214-202 on Garrison Hardpoint, but the Mutineers got revenge on Standoff Search and Destroy with a close 6-5 victory.
OpTic sweep Royal Ravens in CDL Stage 5, Week 3
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23 Jul 2021, 10:19 GMT+10
OpTic Chicago swept the London Royal Ravens 3-0 on Thursday to solidify its first-place standing in Group A of the Call of Duty League s Stage 5.
In the only other match Thursday in the Seattle Surge s home series as Week 3 began, the New York Subliners edged the Paris Legion 3-2.
The 12 teams are split into two groups of six across three weeks of action to determine seeding for the Stage 5 major, which begins July 29. All group-stage matches and playoff matches are best-of-five except for the Aug. 1 grand final, which will be best-of-nine.
Clayster to sit out Subliners next two CDL matches
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20 Jul 2021, 12:40 GMT+10
The New York Subliners, off to an 0-3 start in the Call of Duty League s Stage 5 group phase, will be missing one of their mainstays for their final two group matches.
James Clayster Eubanks won t be in action Thursday against the Paris Legion nor Sunday against the Atlanta FaZe. He will be replaced by Conor Diamondcon Johst.
The Subliners tweeted Monday, Part of the balance of competing at the highest level is knowing when to recharge. @Clayster will be taking a break from competition this week with @Diamondcon stepping-in for the series.
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