2020 Atlanta Reign season

The 2020 Atlanta Reign season will be the second season of the Atlanta Reign's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's second under head coach Brad "Sephy" Rajani. The team will look to improve upon 2019 season, when they posted 16–12 regular season record but were eliminated by the Hangzhou Spark in the season playoffs. Atlanta will host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season – the first at the Coca-Cola Roxy in late March and the second at a different, undetermined location in mid-June.[1]

2020 Atlanta Reign season
Head coachBrad "Sephy" Rajani
General managerPaul Hamilton
OwnerAtlanta Esports Ventures
Arena(s)Coca-Cola Roxy
Results
Record6–6 (.500)
Place

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In late October, the Reign announced the departure of player development coach Cas "Casores" van Andel.[2] The following month, Atlanta picked up GC Busan Kim "Mentalist" Chung-in as an assistant coach.[3]

Roster changes

The Reign enter the new season with no free agents, nine players which they have the option to retain for another year, and one player under contract.[4] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[5]

Acquisitions

The Reign's first signing of the offseason was announced on October 31, when the team promoted tank Xander "Hawk" Domecq from their academy team ATL Academy. In addition, the team also announced that tank Blake "Gator" Scott would no longer be on a two-way contract with ATL Academy and would strictly play for the Reign.[6] On November 12, the team announced the signing of GC Busan Wave DPS Kim "Edison" Tae-hoon.[7] The team added another DPS three days later when they signed Hugo "SharP" Sahlberg from Team Envy.[8] The Reign announced their full roster for the 2020 season on January 31, which included the promotion of former Reign support player Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger from ATL Academy and signing of support player Anthony "Fire" King.[9]

Departures

The Reign's first departure was on October 30, when it was announced that support player Daniel "FunnyAstro" Hathaway had been signed to the Philadelphia Fusion.[10] The following week, on November 8, the team announced that they would not pick up off-tank Seo "Daco" Dong-hyung's option for another season of play.[11] The following day, the team also elected not to exercise their option to retain DPS Ilya "NLaaeR" Koppalov.[12]

Roster
Atlanta Reign roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 10 Erster  Jeong Joon  South Korea  Lucky Future Zenith 
Damage 13 babybay  Francisty, Andrej   United States  San Francisco Shock 
Damage 7 Edison  Kim Tae-hoon  South Korea  GC Busan WAVE 
Damage 9 SharP  Sahlberg, Hugo   Sweden  Team Envy 
Tank 1 Gator  Scott, Blake   United States  GOATS 
Tank 8 Hawk  Domecq, Xander   United States  ATL Academy 
Tank 4 frd  Goebel, Nathan   United States  Gladiators Legion 
Tank 6 Pokpo  Park Hyeon-jun  South Korea  Element Mystic 
Support 11 Dogman  Bowerman, Dusttin   United States  ATL Academy 
Support 5 Kodak  Rosenberger, Steven   Germany  ATL Academy 
Support 66 Masaa  Kantanen, Petja   Finland  Team Gigantti 
Support 0 Fire  King, Anthony   United States  Team Envy 
Head coach
  • Brad "Sephy" Rajani
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (TW) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: January 31, 2020.

Standings
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD STK
Conference leaders
1 Shanghai Dragons PAC 16 2 .889 18 41–11–1 +30 W4
2 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 15 1 .938 16 44–14–0 +30 W8
Wild cards
3 San Francisco Shock PAC 13 2 .867 15 32–11–2 +21 W9
4 New York Excelsior ATL 12 4 .750 16 39–17–2 +22 W1
5 Guangzhou Charge PAC 11 6 .647 17 32–31–0 +1 W6
6 Florida Mayhem ATL 10 5 .667 15 27–18–0 +9 L1
Play-in tournament
7 Paris Eternal ATL 8 6 .571 14 29–26–0 +3 L1
8 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 8 6 .571 14 26–25–0 +1 W5
9 Hangzhou Spark PAC 7 8 .467 15 27–31–2 -4 L1
10 Atlanta Reign ATL 6 6 .500 12 24–18–0 +6 W1
11 Seoul Dynasty PAC 6 6 .500 12 14–20–1 -6 L3
12 Houston Outlaws ATL 6 10 .375 16 25–35–3 -10 W1
In the hunt
13 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 5 6 .455 11 21–23–3 -2 L1
14 London Spitfire ATL 5 7 .417 12 18–27–0 -9 L1
15 Toronto Defiant ATL 5 9 .357 14 25–31–0 -6 L1
16 Dallas Fuel PAC 4 8 .333 12 18–28–0 -10 L4
17 Chengdu Hunters PAC 4 12 .250 16 23–37–1 -14 L3
18 Vancouver Titans PAC 3 7 .300 10 11–23–0 -12 W1
19 Washington Justice ATL 3 12 .200 15 16–38–0 -22 L4
20 Boston Uprising ATL 2 12 .143 14 12–40–3 -28 L2

Game log
2020 game log (Overall record: 3–1)
February–March: 3–1
April–May: 0–0
June–August: 0–0
2020 season schedule

References
  1. Hayward, Andrew (September 25, 2019). "Atlanta Reign on 2019 OWL Homestand, Sponsorship Benefits of Having Team Home in 2020". The Esports Observer. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. Scrubasaurus (October 29, 2019). "Reign part with performance coach Casores". Over.gg. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. Snivy (November 20, 2019). "Reign pick up Mentalist as assistant coach". over.gg. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  4. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  6. Scrubasaurus (October 31, 2019). "Gator and Hawk promoted to Reign". over.gg. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  7. Richardson, Liz (November 12, 2019). "Edison joins Atlanta Reign". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "Atlanta Reign sign SharP". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  9. Richardson, Liz (January 31, 2020). "Atlanta Reign adds Fire, promotes Kodak". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  10. "Fusion, Fuel, Defiant and more make Overwatch League roster moves". ESPN. Reuters. October 30, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  11. Field Level Media (November 9, 2019). "Atlanta Reign release 'Daco'". Gwinett Prep Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  12. Knudsen, Connor (November 10, 2019). "Sources Confirm that both SharP and Edison have Signed with the Atlanta Reign". The Game Haus. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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