Cloud9 beat TSM, to Major qualifier

Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims picked up three USP-S kills defending the Ivy area of Train to start the match, but his team was quickly overwhelmed, resulting in Cloud9 taking the pistol round. Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert's team continued strong, taking a 5-0 lead thanks to a smartly played 1v3 from the 26-year-old.

TSM got a round on the board to make it 5-1, but were promptly reset as their double-AWP setup was unable to deal with Cloud9's fast A execute.

At 11-2, Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta managed to get a forward position on the A site to help out his team's attack, but Skyler "⁠Relyks⁠" Weaver's kill on the bomb planter combined with the low amount of time remaining got TSM the third round of the game.

After finishing the half 12-3 down, Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen and co. were in dire need of the Terrorist pistol round, but were once again unable to capitalize on their openings. n0thing and Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham combined for three kills, making it 13-3 and effectively closing out the first match. 

In the end it was 16-3, as TSM's force-buy attempts ended up being unsuccessful.

Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta's team finally won a pistol on Cache, getting a 3-0 lead to start the second map of the series. Unfortunately for them, they weren't able to continue with the momentum as Skadoodle picked up a double kill with the AWP to help his team get the first gun round.

Following that, Cloud9 took over the momentum, with a 2v4 retake of the A bombsite in round 9 being crucial in their run.

At 8-3, Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken traded two for one as Cloud9 tried to aggresive on the B site and his team managed to convert the lead to get another round. In the end that was all they got as Terrorists, as Cloud9 closed it out 11-4.

The second pistol round went the way of TSM as well, but this time they were able to string a couple of rounds together, shrinking their deficit to five rounds.

Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip got an opener for his team that then made it 12-8, but Cloud9 were reset straight after that, as a frantic round on B went the way of TSM. Just as the match got tied at 12-12, Skadoodle stepped up with three AK-47 kills on the B site offensive.

That ended up being all they needed, as the low-economy TSM wasn't able to hold on against autimatic and co. anymore, and ended up losing the map 16-12.

Americas Minor - ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3

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Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	41 - 22	+19	83.6	80.9%	1.52
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	36 - 31	+5	93.4	83.0%	1.37
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	41 - 29	+12	87.4	78.7%	1.32
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	35 - 28	+7	84.3	74.5%	1.24
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	27 - 27	0	55.1	83.0%	1.09

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	36 - 34	+2	83.3	63.8%	0.99
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	29 - 35	-6	66.8	63.8%	0.93
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	24 - 37	-13	65.9	61.7%	0.76
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks	26 - 37	-11	70.8	63.8%	0.76
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	21 - 37	-16	50.0	57.4%	0.57

Final standings for the Americas Minor:

1. Immortals - Major Qualifier
2. Cloud9 - Major Qualifier
3. TSM
4. Muffin Lightning 

With the Americas Minor being brought to the end, we have the final team list for the Major Qualifier: 

Ninjas in Pyjamas	OpTic	MOUZ	CLG
Dignitas	Envy	FaZe	G2
TYLOO	Renegades	Vega Squadron	Spirit
GODSENT	HellRaisers	Immortals	Cloud9

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