Vancouver Surge surpassed Cloud9 New York 3-2 on Sunday in qualified Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major.
Vancouver took an early leadership of the prevailing 250-181 at Vault Hardpoint, but it could never pull away from New York. Cloud9 took two of the next three maps to set up a winner-take-all meeting on the protocol, where the over-voltage cruised to a 6-1 victory while playing Search & Destroy.
Each of the 12 CDL team will play seven qualified matches until March 16 and set up sowing for Stage 2 Major, scheduled for March 20-23 in Dallas.
In the second action on Sunday, Los Angeles Thieves and Toronto Ultra were each with a 3-1 victory. Los Angeles beat Vegas Falcons, while Toronto tackled Carolina Royal Ravens.
The Minnesota Rokkr had no problem getting past optical Texas and winning 3-0 by taking Skyline Hardpoint 250-226, Vault Search & Destroy 6-4 and Vault Control 3-2.
Week 2 In Step 2 Major qualifying start Friday with three matches:
-Minnesota Rokkr vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
-Miami heretics vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8
-Vega’s Falcons vs. Cloud9 New York
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major Qualifying Standings (with match record and map differential):
T1. Los Angeles thieves, 2-0, plus-5
T1. Minnesota Rokkr, 2-0, Plus-5
T3. Boston Breach, 2-0, Plus-3
T3. Vancouver Surge, 2-0, Plus-3
5. Cloud9 New York, 1-1, Plus-2
6. Atlanta Faze, 1-1, Plus-1
7. Toronto Ultra, 1-1, minus-1
8. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-1, minus-1
9. Miami heretas, 0-1, minus-2
10. Vegas Falcons, 0-2, minus-4
11. Carolina Royal Ravens, 0-2, minus-5
12. Optic Texas, 0-2, minus-6
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