2020 Boston Uprising season
# 2020 Boston Uprising season

The 2020 Boston Uprising season was the third season of Boston Uprising's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis. Boston planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston, but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Uprising qualified for one midseason tournament, the Summer Showdown, in the 2020 season but were eliminated by the Washington Justice in the knockouts round. The Uprising ended the season with 2 wins and 19 losses in the regular season and were eliminated from postseason contention after losing to the Atlanta Reign in the North America Play-in tournament.

## Preceding offseason

### Organizational changes

In September 2019, Boston announced that former Florida Mayhem head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis would be the fill the team's head coach vacancy, which had been empty for over a year. A month later, the Uprising released assistant coaches Jordan "Gunba" Graham and Jackson "Shake" Kaplan; the team signed Ilias "iLka" Kaskanetas, who had most recently been the head coach of European Overwatch Contenders team Angry Titans, as an assistant coach. On December 9, the team signed former HSL Esports support player Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman as an assistant coach.

### Roster changes

Free agents :

| Role | Player | Player | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Role | Handle | Name | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Support | Aimgod | Min-Seok Kwon | Free agent | November 8 | Washington Justice |
| Support | Kellex | Kristian Keller | Free agent | November 5 | Toronto Defiant |
| Legend  Re-signed/Retained by the Uprising.  Departed from the Uprising. ||||||

The Uprising enter the new season with two free agents, four players which they have the option to retain for another year, and four players under contract. 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.

**Acquisitions**

Boston made their first offseason acquisitions on October 28, when they signed support Seo "Myunbong" Sang-min and DPS Min "Jerry" Tae-hui from Korean Contenders teams from O2 Blast and Meta Athena, respectively. On November 7, Boston promoted support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy and off-tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal from their academy team, Uprising Academy. While Swimmer was promoted to play strictly for Boston, Mouffin was put on a two-way contract. On November 21, Uprising signed former Seoul Dynasty DPS Sang-Beom "Munchkin" Byun, and a day later, they signed tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen.

**Departures**

The Uprising announced on October 21 that they would not elect to retain all four of their players with a team option – support Yang "Persia" Zion, support Renan "alemao" Moretto, off-tank Richard "rCk" Kanerva, and DPS Lee "Stellar" Do-hyung. Additionally, they also announced the same day that they would not re-sign either of their free agents – Kwon "AimGod" Min-seok and Kristian "Kellex" Keller. The following day, the team transferred DPS Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to the Houston Outlaws.

## Roster

### Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

* On March 2, the Uprising released DPS Byun "Munchkin" Sang-beom.
* On March 3, the Uprising signed support Kobe "Halo" Hamand.
* On April 4, the Uprising released tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal.
* On April 14, the Uprising released support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy.
* On May 11, the Uprising signed tank Leyton "Punk" Gilchrist.
* On May 12, tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen retired.
* On May 21, the Uprising signed tank Michael "mikey" Konicki.

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | Pld | W | BW | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ATL | Philadelphia Fusion | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0.90 | 59 | 19 | 0 | +40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | PAC | San Francisco Shock | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0.86 | 56 | 17 | 2 | +39 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.71 | 50 | 31 | 0 | +19 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0.67 | 48 | 30 | 0 | +18 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 21 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.52 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | PAC | Los Angeles Gladiators | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0.52 | 43 | 39 | 5 | +4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 7 | ATL | Atlanta Reign | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0.48 | 43 | 35 | 0 | +8 | Advance to play-ins |
| 8 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.43 | 35 | 44 | 0 | −9 | Advance to play-ins |
| 9 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.33 | 32 | 48 | 0 | −16 | Advance to play-ins |
| 10 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.29 | 32 | 50 | 3 | −18 | Advance to play-ins |
| 11 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.29 | 23 | 48 | 0 | −25 | Advance to play-ins |
| 12 | ATL | Washington Justice | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.19 | 21 | 54 | 1 | −33 | Advance to play-ins |
| 13 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.10 | 14 | 61 | 4 | −47 | Advance to play-ins |

## Game log

### Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 2–19) :

February–April: 1–8

1

February 09

Boston Uprising

0

3

New York Excelsior

New York City, NY

3:00 pm EST

Hammerstein Ballroom

Hosted by the New York Excelsior

0

Oasis

2

1

Blizzard World

2

2

Temple of Anubis

3

2

February 22

Boston Uprising

3

2

Houston Outlaws

Washington, DC

5:00 pm EST

The Anthem

Hosted by the Washington Justice

2

Ilios

0

2

Temple of Anubis

2

3

Dorado

1

3

Blizzard World

3

0

Oasis

2

1

Nepal

2

2

Lijiang Tower

0

3

March 01

Boston Uprising

0

3

Philadelphia Fusion

Houston, TX

1:00 pm EST

Revention Music Center

Hosted by the Houston Outlaws

0

Lijiang Tower

2

1

King's Row

2

1

Hanamura

2

4

March 07

Boston Uprising

1

3

Washington Justice

Washington, DC

7:00 pm EST

The Anthem

Hosted by the Washington Justice

2

Busan

0

1

Havana

2

2

Eichenwalde

3

1

Horizon Lunar Colony

2

5

March 08

Boston Uprising

0

3

Atlanta Reign

Washington, DC

7:00 pm EDT

The Anthem

Hosted by the Washington Justice

0

Oasis

2

1

Havana

2

2

Eichenwalde

3

6

March 28

Boston Uprising

1

3

Toronto Defiant

Online

8:00 pm UTC

7

April 11

Boston Uprising

1

3

Houston Outlaws

Online

10:00 pm UTC

8

April 18

Boston Uprising

1

3

Toronto Defiant

Online

1:00 am UTC

9

April 26

Boston Uprising

0

3

Florida Mayhem

Online

8:00 pm UTC :

May Melee qualifiers: 1–2

10

May 03

Boston Uprising

0

3

Florida Mayhem

Online

9:00 pm UTC

11

May 10

Boston Uprising

0

3

Los Angeles Valiant

Online

1:00 am UTC

12

May 16

Boston Uprising

3

2

Los Angeles Gladiators

Online

10:30 pm UTC :

Summer Showdown qualifiers: 0–3

13

June 13

Boston Uprising

2

3

Paris Eternal

Online

7:00 pm UTC

14

June 21

Boston Uprising

0

3

Philadelphia Fusion

Online

7:00 pm UTC

15

June 27

Boston Uprising

0

3

Vancouver Titans

Online

11:00 pm UTC :

Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4

16

July 18

Boston Uprising

0

3

San Francisco Shock

Online

10:00 pm UTC

17

July 19

Boston Uprising

0

3

Los Angeles Valiant

Online

10:00 pm UTC

18

July 24

Boston Uprising

1

3

Atlanta Reign

Online

7:00 pm UTC

19

July 25

Boston Uprising

1

3

Dallas Fuel

Online

11:00 pm UTC :

August: 0–2

20

August 15

Boston Uprising

0

3

Los Angeles Gladiators

Online

11:00 pm UTC

21

August 21

Boston Uprising

0

3

Vancouver Titans

Online

7:00 pm UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :

May Melee: 0–1

Qualifying match

May 23

Boston Uprising

2

3

Paris Eternal

Online

1:00 am UTC :

Summer Showdown: 0–1

Knockouts

June 28

Boston Uprising

1

3

Washington Justice

Online

11:30 pm UTC :

Countdown Cup: 0–1

Qualifying match

August 02

Boston Uprising

0

3

Vancouver Titans

Online

11:30 pm UTC :

Bonus wins awarded: 0 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :

North America Play-ins: 1–1

Round 1

September 03

Boston Uprising

3

1

Houston Outlaws

Online

7:00 pm UTC

Round 2

September 04

Boston Uprising

1

3

Atlanta Reign

Online

9:00 pm UTC :

