Space Soldiers narrowly overcome Misfits
It's time for teams with a 1-1 record to play, and this game saw Misfits face off against the Turkish superstars of Space Soldiers. With both teams looking to get an advantage in the next round of games, the two teams faced off on Train.
The Americans began the map with the pistol round on their T-side, followed up with the two anti-ecos. Misfits did take the first buy round, but the damages they took saw them fall immediately in the fifth round, kicked off with an Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli 3k. The Turkish team continued that run until they secure their fifth round, thanks to an Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş ace.
Misfits returned to the game with the next two rounds, just as Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan started to get into the game with his team. But from then on it was just a Space Soldiers display as the Turkish team took round after round to go into the half 9-6 up.
The second half saw Misfits start in a similar vein to the first half, as the Americans looked to remain in the game. They secured the pistol and first anti-eco, but a force from Space Soldiers saw them take that round. Misfits instantly answered back to continue their run, with David "devoduvek" Dobrosavljevic securing a 1v2 clutch to even the game up.
With Misfits taking another round to go ahead, Space Soldiers suddenly came alive. With two fast site takes they started to blow Misfits out of the water. XANTARES and Buğra "Calyx" Arkın linked up in multiple rounds to keep their team dominant and head onto match point. The Americans managed to take two more rounds, but it was just delaying the inevitable as Space Soldiers took the game 16-13.
MisfitsSpace Soldiers| Misfits |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan |
28 - 20 | +8 | 90.1 | 75.9% | 1.28 |
 François 'AMANEK' Delaunay |
21 - 19 | +2 | 68.5 | 69.0% | 1.01 |
| Hunter 'SicK' Mims |
18 - 22 | -4 | 75.3 | 58.6% | 0.95 |
| David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic |
13 - 22 | -9 | 57.4 | 58.6% | 0.73 |
| Sean 'seang@res' Gares |
8 - 21 | -13 | 41.9 | 55.2% | 0.56 |
| Space Soldiers |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş |
27 - 19 | +8 | 93.9 | 69.0% | 1.46 |
| Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın |
24 - 16 | +8 | 80.8 | 75.9% | 1.26 |
| Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca |
19 - 16 | +3 | 70.6 | 72.4% | 1.15 |
| Engin 'ngiN' Kor |
17 - 17 | +0 | 59.4 | 72.4% | 0.89 |
| Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli |
17 - 21 | -4 | 61.5 | 58.6% | 0.83 |
This result sends Misfits to the 1-2 bracket tomorrow, and Space Soldiers take a 2-1 record. The next game at the Major will see Sprout take on Na`Vi, whereas the next North American competition shall see Renegades face Liquid at around 4:15pm ET.
