2020 Dallas Fuel season
The 2020 Dallas Fuel season was the third season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League. The Fuel planned to host a league-high five homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Esports Stadium Arlington, Toyota Music Factory, the Allen Event Center, and two more undetermined locations.[1] While the first homestand at Esports Stadium Arlington took place, all other homestands were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| 2020 Dallas Fuel season | |
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| Head coach | Aaron Atkins (rel. Aug 3) Kim Yong-jin (Interim) |
| General manager | Mathew Taylor |
| Owner | Mike Rufail Kenneth Hersh |
| Arena(s) | Esports Stadium Arlington |
| Conference | Pacific |
| Division | West |
| Region | North America |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–12 (.429) |
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| May Melee | Quarterfinals |
| Summer Showdown | Knockouts |
| Countdown Cup | Quarterfinals |
| Season Playoffs | Did not qualify |
| Total Earnings | $10,000 |
After a 7–10 start to the season and failure to make it past the quarterfinals in any of the three midseason tournaments, the Fuel released head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins on August 3 and announced that assistant coach Kim Yong-jin served would as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[2] Dallas finished the season with a 9–12 record, marking their third consecutive season with a losing regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 4 in the North America play-ins tournament took the Fuel out of postseason contention.[3]
Preceding offseason
Organizational changes
On November 15, assistant coach Justin "Jayne" Conroy announced that he would be stepping down from his position to move to a content creation role within Envy Gaming.[4] Weeks later, on December 5, the Fuel mutually parted ways with assistance coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros.[5] The Fuel finalized their coaching staff heading into the 2020 season on December 9, announcing the return of head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins, the return of Louis "Tikatee" Lebel-Wong and Kang "Vol’Jin" Min-gyu as assistant coaches, and the signing of former Element Mystic assistant coach Kim "Yong" Yong-Jin as an assistant coach.[6]
Roster changes
Heading into the 2020 season, the Fuel's only free agent is only off-tank Lucas "NotE" Meissner, who was traded from the Boston Uprising to Dallas the previous season. Free agency officially began on October 7.[7] NotE was re-signed to the Fuel on October 30.[8]
The Fuel's first transaction of the offseason took place on October 29, when they traded main tank Son "OGE" Min-seok to the Los Angeles Gladiators in exchange for flex DPS Jang "Decay" Gui-un.[9] In OGE's replacement, the team announced the signing of former Shanghai Dragons main tank Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin on November 4.[10] A week later, the team signed Element Mystic DPS Kim "Doha" Dong-ha.[11] On January 8, the team sent DPS Timo "Taimou" Kettunen down to their academy team Team Envy.[12] The Fuel parted way with tank player Pongphop "Micke" Rattanasangchod just under two weeks before the beginning of the season; Micke moved to a content creator role for Envy Gaming.[13] On February 3, Dallas announced their full roster, which included the promotion of support player William "Crimzo" Hernandez from Team Envy.[14]
Roster
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Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
- On June 3, DPS Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo retired.[15]
- On June 7, the Fuel acquired support Nolan "Paintbrush" Edwards from the Los Angeles Gladiators.[16]
- On June 19, the Fuel signed DPS Stefan "Onigod" Fiskerstrand.[17]
- On August 3, the Fuel released DPS Jang "Decay" Gui-un.[18]
- On August 5, the Fuel released support Jonathan "HarryHook" Tejedor Rua.[19]
Standings
| Pos | Con | Team | Pld | W | BW | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
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| 1 | ATL | Philadelphia Fusion | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0.905 | 59 | 19 | 0 | +40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | PAC | San Francisco Shock | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0.857 | 56 | 17 | 2 | +39 | |
| 3 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.714 | 50 | 31 | 0 | +19 | |
| 4 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0.667 | 48 | 30 | 0 | +18 | |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 21 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.524 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | PAC | Los Angeles Gladiators | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0.524 | 43 | 39 | 5 | +4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 7 | ATL | Atlanta Reign | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0.476 | 43 | 35 | 0 | +8 | |
| 8 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.429 | 35 | 44 | 0 | −9 | |
| 9 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.333 | 32 | 48 | 0 | −16 | |
| 10 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 32 | 50 | 3 | −18 | |
| 11 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 23 | 48 | 0 | −25 | |
| 12 | ATL | Washington Justice | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.190 | 21 | 54 | 1 | −33 | |
| 13 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.095 | 14 | 61 | 4 | −47 |
Rules for classification: 1) Wins plus bonus wins 2) winning percentage (excluding bonus wins); 3) map differential; 4) head-to-head record; 5) head-to-head map differential
Game log
Regular season
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Midseason tournaments
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May Melee: 1–1
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Countdown Cup: 1–1
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Postseason
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North America Play-ins: 0–1
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References
- Magelssen, Tommy (August 20, 2019). "2020 Dallas Fuel schedule released: Esports Stadium Arlington gets opening-weekend fixtures". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- Collins, Sean (August 3, 2020). "Monday was a day of turmoil for the Dallas Fuel. A shift was brewing for a while". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- Collins, Sean (September 4, 2020). "'It's me that failed': 'Yong,' Dallas Fuel's underwhelming season com's to abrupt halt in 3-0 loss to Washington Justice". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "Dallas Fuel coach Jayne moves to content creation role". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- Field Level Media (December 5, 2019). "Fuel part ways with coach 'daemoN'". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- Bishop, Sam (December 10, 2019). "Dallas Fuel's new coaching team includes Aero once more". GameReactor UK. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- Magelssen, Tommy (October 30, 2019). "Dallas Fuel re-sign Lucas 'NotE' Meissner, paving the way for more roster moves". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Magelssen, Tommy (October 29, 2019). "Dallas Fuel ship OGE to Los Angeles Gladiators for Decay in blockbuster trade, more moves appear on the horizon". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- Samples, Rachel (November 4, 2019). "Gamsu signs with Dallas Fuel for 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- Samples, Rachel (November 12, 2019). "Dallas Fuel sign former Element Mystic DPS Doha". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- Duwe, Scott (January 8, 2020). "Taimou joins Team Envy's Overwatch Contenders squad". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- Collins, Sean (January 28, 2020). "Dallas Fuel's Mickie is now a full-time content creator for Envy". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- Collins, Sean (February 3, 2020). "Meet the Dallas Fuel: A look at the Overwatch League team's newly constructed roster". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- Michael, Cale (June 3, 2020). "ZachaREEE retires from Overwatch, will pursue VALORANT". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- Samples, Rachel (June 7, 2020). "Dallas Fuel acquires Paintbrush from Los Angeles Gladiators". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- Richardson, Liz (June 19, 2020). "Dallas Fuel adds Onigod to Overwatch League roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- Ocal, Arda (August 3, 2020). "Decay, coach Aero leave Dallas Fuel". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- Ocal, Arda (August 5, 2020). "Dallas Fuel release HarryHook due to player misconduct". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
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