Breaking: CLASIA confirms departure from Wildcard

Anthony "CLASIA" Kearney has confirmed his departure from Wildcard to Dust2.us, seeing the controversial star rifler leave the team a little over two months after joining Wildcard as part of their complete rebuild. CLASIA's departure from Wildcard comes in the immediate aftermath of a heartbreaking 2-3 loss to Voca in the PGL Bucharest NA Closed Qualifier, which saw Wildcard miss out on a spot at their first international LAN with the new roster.

During the qualifier CLASIA posted a decent 1.01 rating over 13 maps, however he went missing at the worst moment in the finals, sending the five-map series with a 0.84 rating. Overall, CLASIA had been more hot than cold during his time with Wildcard, showing off why some many teams have taken the leap on a player that is known to be difficult to work with at times.

Unfortunately, CLASIA did not respond to a request for comment asking why he is now out of Wildcard's roster, while Wildcard's CS2 manager Jeremy "Jeremy9000" Gray offered a brief statement while confirming CLASIA has been released from his contract:

"We appreciated Tony's time with us and wish him the best moving forward as we're committed to building the best team possible."

Wildcard's starting roster is now:

• Jaxon "Peeping" Cornwell

• Ethan "reck" Serrano

• Miłosz "mhL" Knasiak

• Jadan "HexT" Postma

• James "JamezIRL" Macaulay (Coach)

Wildcard will now look to find a new fifth before they head to Latvia for Urban Riga Open #3 on March 23rd.