Dallas Fuel Star Player Announces Return to the United States

The Dallas Fuel did not perform as well as they or anyone else in the community believed that they could have during Stage 1 of the Overwatch League. The team was able to end on a high note, as they defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators 3-1 to improve to 3-7 on the season. Now the team will have a week off to prepare for the beginning of Stage 2 of the Overwatch League and they will have one of their best players back, as he missed the match against the Gladiators. 

come back at wednesday <3

— Hyeon Hwang (@EFFECT) February 10, 2018

Hyeon "Effect" Hwang announced on his Twitter account that he would be returning to the United States from his home of South Korea this Wednesday. Effect had taken a leave of absence from the Fuel for personal reasons and returned to South Korea before their match against the Gladiators.  

We will be missing @EFFECT again for our match vs the @LAGladiators today. He has returned home to South Korea for personal reasons, but will rejoin the team next week in preparation for Stage 2. @A_Seagull and @DF_Taimou will be start at DPS. #burnblue pic.twitter.com/mAx7r8nbkd

— Dallas Fuel (@DallasFuel) February 9, 2018

Brandon "Seagull" Larned started in place of Effect and the team saw very good success with the DPS duo of Seagull and Timo "Taimou" Kettunen. The two talented players were able to give the Gladiators constant trouble throughout the match and gave fans a glimpse of what this Dallas Fuel roster can really accomplish, when they are playing to the best of their abilities. The return of Effect before the beginning of Stage 2 is needed though, as the team will be looking to practice with everyone on the roster in order to build as much synergy as possible before Stage 2 begins. 

Effect was one of the lone highlights of the Dallas Fuel during Stage 1, as the DPS player was able to provide game changing play after game changing play for his team. The whole organization will be excited to get Effect back under their roof and practicing with the rest of the team to make sure that Stage 2 is nothing like Stage 1 for the extremely talented roster.