2020 Dallas Fuel season

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2020 Dallas Fuel season
Head coachAaron Atkins (rel. Aug 3)
Kim Yong-jin (Interim)
General managerMathew Taylor
OwnerMike Rufail
Kenneth Hersh
Arena(s)Esports Stadium Arlington
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionNorth America
Results
Record9–12 (.429)
Place
  • North America: 8th
  • League: 13th
May MeleeQuarterfinals
Summer ShowdownKnockouts
Countdown CupQuarterfinals
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$10,000

The 2020 Dallas Fuel season was the third season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League. The Fuel planned to host 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.

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[]

Kim Yong-jin became the interim head coach on August 3.

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 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[]

2020 Dallas Fuel roster
Players Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality
Damage  10 aKm  Bignet, Dylan   France 
Damage  20 Doha  Kim Dong-ha  South Korea 
Damage  27 Onigod  Fiskerstrand, Stefan   Norway 
Tank  3 NotE  Meissner, Lucas   Canada 
Tank  30 Trill  Powell, Ashley   Australia 
Tank  1 Gamsu  Noh Young-jin  South Korea 
Support  17 Closer  Jung Won-sik  South Korea 
Support  12 Paintbrush  Edwards, Nolan   United States 
Support  24 Unkoe  Chevasson, Benjamin   France 
Support  28 Crimzo  Hernandez, William   Canada 
Head coach
  • Kim "Yong" Yong-jin (Interim)
Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: August 5, 2020.

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[]

2020 Overwatch League North America standings
  • v
  • t
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 19 5 2 .905 21 59–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC 18 7 3 .857 21 56–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL 15 4 6 .714 21 50–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL 14 3 7 .667 21 48–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 11 1 10 .524 21 41–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 11 0 10 .524 21 43–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 0 11 .476 21 43–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC 9 0 12 .429 21 35–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL 7 1 14 .333 21 32–48–0 -16
10[a] Houston Outlaws ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
11[a] Vancouver Titans PAC 6 0 15 .286 21 23–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL 4 0 17 .190 21 21–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL 2 0 19 .095 21 14–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers
  1. ^ a b Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log[]

Regular season[]

2020 game log (Regular season record: 9–11)
February–April: 3–4
1 February 08 Los Angeles Valiant 3 – 1 Dallas Fuel Arlington, TX
6:00 pm CST     Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by the Dallas Fuel
1 Lijiang Tower 2
2 Blizzard World 1
4 Horizon Lunar Colony 3
3 Junkertown 2
2 February 09 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Dallas Fuel Arlington, TX
6:00 pm CST     Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by the Dallas Fuel
2 Oasis 1
3 Eichenwalde 2
0 Horizon Lunar Colony 1
3 Havana 0
3 April 04 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
10:00 pm UTC    
4 April 06 Dallas Fuel 3 – 2 Los Angeles Valiant Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
5 April 12 Dallas Fuel 3 – 0 Washington Justice Online
12:00 midnight UTC    
6 April 18 Dallas Fuel 2 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
2:00 am UTC    
7 April 26 Dallas Fuel 3 – 2 Houston Outlaws Online
10:00 pm UTC    

May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
8 May 02 Dallas Fuel 3 – 0 Washington Justice Online
7:00 pm UTC    
9 May 10 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    
10 May 17 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–2
11 June 13 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Online
9:00 pm UTC    
12 June 20 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 Vancouver Titans Online
11:45 pm UTC    
13 June 27 Dallas Fuel 3 – 0 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 2–2
14 July 17 Dallas Fuel 3 – 2 Houston Outlaws Online
9:00 pm UTC    
15 July 25 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Boston Uprising Online
11:00 pm UTC    
16 July 31 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Online
7:00 pm UTC    
17 August 02 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 Atlanta Reign Online
7:00 pm UTC    

August: 2–2
18 August 14 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
9:00 pm UTC    
19 August 15 Dallas Fuel 3 – 0 Vancouver Titans Online
9:00 pm UTC    
20 August 22 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Toronto Defiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
21 August 23 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Midseason tournaments[]

2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 1–1
Knockouts May 22 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Houston Outlaws Online
7:30 pm UTC    
Quarterfinals May 23 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Summer Showdown: 0–1
Knockouts July 03 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 Paris Eternal Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Countdown Cup: 1–1
Knockouts August 07 Dallas Fuel 3 – 2 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    
Quarterfinals August 08 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
7:00 pm UTC    

Bonus wins awarded: 0

Postseason[]

2020 playoff game log
North America Play-ins: 0–1
Round 1   First-round bye  


Round 2 September 04 Dallas Fuel 0 – 3 Washington Justice Online
11:00 pm UTC    

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "Dallas Fuel coach Jayne moves to content creation role". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  5. ^ Field Level Media (December 5, 2019). "Fuel part ways with coach 'daemoN'". Gwinnett Prep Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Bishop, Sam (December 10, 2019). "Dallas Fuel's new coaching team includes Aero once more". GameReactor UK. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  7. ^ Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Samples, Rachel (November 4, 2019). "Gamsu signs with Dallas Fuel for 2020 Overwatch League season". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  11. ^ Samples, Rachel (November 12, 2019). "Dallas Fuel sign former Element Mystic DPS Doha". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  12. ^ Duwe, Scott (January 8, 2020). "Taimou joins Team Envy's Overwatch Contenders squad". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Michael, Cale (June 3, 2020). "ZachaREEE retires from Overwatch, will pursue VALORANT". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  16. ^ Samples, Rachel (June 7, 2020). "Dallas Fuel acquires Paintbrush from Los Angeles Gladiators". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  17. ^ Richardson, Liz (June 19, 2020). "Dallas Fuel adds Onigod to Overwatch League roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  18. ^ Ocal, Arda (August 3, 2020). "Decay, coach Aero leave Dallas Fuel". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  19. ^ Ocal, Arda (August 5, 2020). "Dallas Fuel release HarryHook due to player misconduct". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
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