This coming weekend, the Call of Duty League’s first European Major will unfold in Madrid, Spain. This monumental event is sure to be a hit with fans across Europe, who have been starved of a CDL event for more than five years.
In recent days, OpTic Texas secured the top seed ahead of the event, landing a 6 – 1 record through the qualifying stage and ending with a slick win over Toronto Ultra.
Major I will be one heck of an event – and I’ll be there live and on the ground reporting the latest COD esports news, just for you.
OpTic On Top
OpTic Texas, last year’s COD Championship victor, sits in the top spot in this season’s standings. In second place is Atlanta FaZe, which clawed its way up the board following a paltry start to the season. It helped massively that the team was able to win the first CDL Minor recently, giving the squad a much-needed injection of CDL points.
The other end of the scale is occupied by the Vegas Falcons, one of the newest teams to enter the CDL. Presently, the team has yet to secure a single win this season, and the 14% map win record is one of the lowest we’ve ever seen.
OpTic Texas has had a blinding few weeks, going from strength to strength since winning the CDL Championship last year on home turf. The brief drama involving Pred and his disappearance from the team has all but dissipated, and the squad (with Huke, who stepped in for Pred) is fixing up to win big at Major I.
At the Major in Madrid, OpTic Texas will first need to contend with the Miami Heretics. This match-up hasn’t been seen since Major IV of the Modern Warfare 3 season, and it has been more than six months since these teams last did battle. With a 25% win record so far this year, the Heretics aren’t presenting too much of an issue, but the team will go into the Major with a home team buff.
Whatever the result, this weekend will be a huge event for the Call of Duty League. Thousands of fans will be in attendance at the venue in Madrid, and many more will tune in from all around the world. I’ll be there, backstage, securing the latest news and interviews for Insider Gaming Esports.
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