Overwatch League Off-Season Tracker: All Roster Changes In One Timeline
The Overwatch League off-season is about to turn up the heat. Starting October 12, teams are allowed to re-sign existing player contracts and submit trades between Overwatch League teams to the League Office for approval. Extending contracts signed in 2020 needs to be done by October 16 (with 2019 contracts needing confirmation until November 13) with the real action starting on October 24 when teams are allowed to sign free agents. By January 4, every team is required to have signed at least seven players to their active roster. A lot will happen between now and then, but a lot of announcements have already been made.
Overwatch League Roster Announcement Tracker
Oct 16 - Philadelphia Fusion: Josue "Eqo" Corona becomes a free agent.
Oct 16 - London Spitfire: Dae-han "JMAC" Choi is released from his contract.
Oct 16 - Atlanta Reign: Anthony "Fire" King, Nathan "frd" Goebel, Dusttin "Dogman" Bowerman, Hyun-jun "Pokpo" Park and become a free agent.
Oct 16 - Los Angeles Valiant Caleb "McGravy" McGarvey, Rick "GiG" Salazar, and Damon "Apply" Conti have been released into free agency.
Oct 16 - Vancouver Titans: Carson "CarCar" First, Alhumaidi "KSAA" Alruwaili, and Samir "Tsuna" Ikram leave the Titans.
Oct 16 - Los Angeles Gladiators: Assistant coach James "Faustus" Frye parts ways with the org.
Oct 16 - Dallas Fuel: Stefan "Onigod" Fiskerstrand, Nolan "Paintbrush" Edwards, Ashley "Trill" Powell, Won-sik "Closer" Jung, Lucas "NotE" Meissner, and Stefan "Onigod" Fiskerstrand have been released into free agency.
Oct 16 - London Spitfire: Ysabel "Noukky" Müller has been promoted to the General Manager position for the London Spitfire. (More info)
Oct 16 - San Francisco Shock: Assistant coach Ji-won "Arachne" Lee has left the Shock and is looking for a head coach position.
Oct 16 - Los Angeles Gladiators: Min-seok "OGE" Son has been released. (More info)
Oct 16 - Houston Outlaws: Tae-hong "MekO" Kim has announced that his contract with the Outlaws will be expiring soon.
Oct 15 - Guangzhou Charge: Cai "Krystal" Shilong and Qi "Wya" Haomiao leave the team.
Oct 15 - Houston Outlaws: The good luck charm of the Overwatch League and former assistant coach of the Outlaws Dong-eun "Hooreg" Lee parts ways with the org.
Oct 15 - Chengdu Hunters: Lo "Baconjack" Tzu-Heng and Chen "ATing" Shao-Hua are released into free agency.
Oct 15 - Guangzhou Charge: Both main supports Alberto "neptuNo" González and Jung-yeon "Chara" Kim leave the Charge.
Oct 15 - Seoul Dynasty: General Manager Ho-cheol "Hocury" Lee parts ways with the organisation.
Oct 15 - Houston Outlaws: Jae "Junkbuck" Choi joins the Outlaws as co-head coach.
Oct 15 - London Spitfire: Jung "ALTHOUGH" Hyun-Wook, Park "Babel" Sang-Jun, Lee "Schwi" Dong-Jae, Cho "Clestyn" Gun-Hee, Kim "jihun" Ji-Hun, Jung "Krillin" Yunghoon, and Lee "Highly" Seung-Hyeok. are released. (More info)
Oct 15 - Houston Outlaws: The players Seung-soo "Jecse" Lee, Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang, Jiri "LiNkzr" Masalin, and Austin "Muma" Wilmot have announced on their respective socials that their contracts had not been picked up for another season at this point in time. Assistant Coach Chris "Dream" Myrick also parted ways with the organisation. (More info)
Oct 14 - Florida Mayhem: Seong-ju "Byrem" Lee, San-ha "Karayan" Choi, Jun-soo "Kris" Choe, and Jung-woo "Sayaplayer" Ha have been released from Mayhem.
Oct 14 - Hangzhou Spark: Huang "Xiaogui" Tsung-Y replaces "Longduo" as supervisor. (More info)
Oct 12 - Los Angeles Gladiators: Roni "LhCloudy" Tiihonen parts ways. (More info)
Oct 12 - Philadelphia Fusion: Isaac "Boombox" Charles has been released into free agency (More info)
Oct 8 - Los Angeles Gladiators: Assistant coach Rohit "CurryShot" Nathani is released.
Oct 8 - Boston Uprising: Michael "mikeyy" Konicki and Kobe "Halo" Hamand party was with the Uprising.
Oct 6 - Dallas Fuel: Benjamin "uNKOE" Chevasson has announced that he will be leaving the Fuel and is looking for a team in VALORANT. (More info)
Oct 6 - Los Angeles Gladiators: The Gladiators release players Jonas "Shaz" Suovaara, Hyung-seok "Bischu" Kim, Jason "Jaru" White, and Benjamin "BigG00se" Isohanni. (More info)
Oct 6 - Guangzhou Charge: Hyo-jin "J1N" Cho, Seung-min "Tydolla" Jung and Sung-woo "Sungwoo" Hong are released. (More info)
Oct 5 - Boston Uprising: Seung-hyun "Lori" Kim is announced as the new head coach for the Uprising. (More info)
Oct 2 - Washington Justice: Assistant Hae-joon "Wiz" Lee is released.
Oct 1 - London Spitfire: The Spitfire release their entire Korean coaching staff in Cheolyong "Agape" Hong, Hyeon-sang "Pavane" Yu and Young-bin "Twinkl" Lim and Geon-Yong "Sqix" Kim
Oct 1 - Dallas Fuel: Assistant coach Min-gyu "Vol'Jin" Kang parts ways with the Fuel.
Sept 25 - Vancouver Titans: Assistant coach Eric “Wheats” Perez has parted ways with the organisation.
Sept 23 - Boston Uprising: Analyst “spackle” and assistant coach Rollon "Mini" Hamelin are released.
Sept 18 - Chengdu Hunters: Coaches Murong "Chen" Chen, Chang "Ray" Chia-Hua, and Guan "Garry" Li depart from the organisation. Season 2 head coach Xingrui "RUI" Wang who had stepped down to due personal reasons will be taking the charge at the Hunters once again.
GGRecon will keep you updated on all upcoming roster developments, keeping the tracker up to date.
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