FaZe beat Liquid to win ESL One New York

17-9-2017 22:50

FaZe have won the 2017 edition of ESL One New York following a 3-0 clean sweep of Team Liquid in the final.

The first map of the series, Inferno, began with a great retake from FaZe in the pistol round as Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač turned a tricky 2v3 afterplant in their favor. After losing an eco round, Liquid went for a risky buy, only to get overrun while entering the B site, which left their economy in shambles.

Regardless of what they did, Liquid simply could not find a way to break through the Europeans' stern defense. At 0-12, Liquid came close to getting a round on the board after finding an opening in B, only to get shut down by NiKo, who picked up a quad-kill. FaZe would go on to win the remaining two rounds of the half to secure a perfect 15-0 lead.

After drawing blanks for the entire first half, Liquid finally managed to win a round by stomping FaZe in the banana. FaZe almost locked down the map in the third round as Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer picked up an ace, but the last kill came after the defuse had been completed. The finishing blow from the Europeans came in the following round, as karrigan picked up three kills in the A site to give his team a comfortable victory.

FaZe win first title with the new roster

Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski opened up Overpass, FaZe's map pick, by picking up three quick kills in the upper park, putting Liquid in the lead of the first time in the series. The following two rounds also went Liquid's way, but FaZe came fighting back in the first gun round with a sensational quad kill from NiKo in the B site.

FaZe kept pressing on and eventually took the lead at 4-3. Liquid then fought back, thanks to two key frags from Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz in a flank push, but they could not follow it up as FaZe regained control of the game - only taking their foot off the pedal once they closed out the half with an 11-4 lead.

The European team added to their lead by taking the pistol round with four quick kills from Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard in the upper park. Liquid rallied back with a third-round buy, which caught the Europeans off-guard and brought chaos to their economy.

The rounds that FaZe were able to get after that were few and far between, and even though they reached map point at 15-10, they just could not close the map out. Inch by inch, Liquid closed the gap between themselves and their opponents, but then they shockingly fell at the final hurdle, against a FaZe side on a shoddy buy.

Liquid were no match for FaZe on Inferno and Mirage

Mirage began with FaZe getting out to a quick 3-0 lead on the CT side. After buying up, Liquid picked up two rounds in a row with B executions, the second of which courtesy of a 1v2 clutch from Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken.

That was the only time that Liquid were able to string rounds together in this half. With the North Americans struggling to break through FaZe's defense, they had to rely on moments of true individual brilliance to get something going. Two key frags from Twistzz in a 2v2 situation and a 1v2 clutch from EliGE still gave Liquid's fans some hopes, but as the half came to an end the North American team knew they had a mountain to climb to turn the game around.

After losing the pistol round, Liquid nearly pulled off an eco win, but rain came up huge and clutched a 1v3 situation. The first full gun round would also go FaZe's way, leaving Liquid with no money in the bank to prevent the Europeans from finishing the match in style on their first opportunity.

ESL One New York 2017Best of 5

Liquid

Matchpage

17th September 2017

FaZe

Inferno

Overpass

Mirage

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	50 - 56	-6	74.9	56.5%	0.97
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Twistzz	40 - 52	-12	58.7	58.0%	0.82
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz stanislaw	32 - 58	-26	65.3	55.1%	0.69
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	28 - 56	-28	49.7	55.1%	0.59
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	22 - 55	-33	47.0	55.1%	0.57

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač NiKo	68 - 31	+37	111.5	85.5%	1.74
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard rain	56 - 37	+19	90.9	81.2%	1.39
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen karrigan	49 - 30	+19	72.7	76.8%	1.25
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács GuardiaN	52 - 36	+16	71.0	78.3%	1.19
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer olofmeister	51 - 38	+13	75.2	78.3%	1.16

ESL One New York final standings:

1. FaZe - $125,000
2. Liquid - $50,000
3-4. SK - $25,000
3-4. Cloud9 - $25,000
5-6. Natus Vincere - $8,500
5-6. Astralis - $8,500
7-8. Virtus.pro - $4,000
7-8. Envy - $4,000

ez faze rainmonsta top1

2017-09-17 22:50

18 replies

global elites vs silvers

2017-09-17 22:51

actually karrigan top1 u see him on inferno? he rape baby

12 replies

Wtf was JDM doing the whole match? This just ruined what potentially is his best-ever performance in a LAN tournament.

2017-09-17 22:54

10 replies

EZZZ4AF #FaZeUP

2017-09-17 22:58

3 replies

Skillful players > tactics by NA CAN CLOSE TOPIC LoL

2017-09-17 23:01

1 reply

That was so dominant throughout the entire tournament from FaZe

2017-09-17 23:13

Ez for FaZe

2017-09-18 07:42

#FreeElige

2017-09-17 23:05

2 replies

What cunt?

2017-09-17 23:08

LOL

2017-09-17 23:27

It was expected though, he's total garbage 99% of the time. If liquid fans weren't totally delusional they'd see that Liquid needs an actual awper that hits shots in everyday matches. Even a guy like Shahzam would be a massive improvement.

2017-09-18 09:05

I dunno man shahzam is a decent awper but he seems to not play coordinated with team so well. Maybe JDM and Stan for ska and Tim would be interesting

2017-09-18 12:54

Too busy lounging. Kind of annoying to see faze win so fast. I wanted to watch them play more.

2017-09-18 09:25

Why would karrigan do that to a baby. Sick fuck

FAZE TOP1 BOIS FAZE UP

ggwp faze!!

Clean

2017-09-17 22:52

Monster niko

GG well played both team but in the end its EU > NA once again

I wish SK 2016 or Fnatic 2015 Could play against this FaZe. What a strong team!! they barely give rounds to enemies.

Im sure it will be likw that when they play g2

2017-09-17 23:03

Olofmeister playing vs Olofmeister in same match? :thinking:

2017-09-18 20:19

izi rekt from faze

fazeup

wow

As expected, Liquid was a wasted spot. SK, Astralis, and even VP would've been a better matchup.

9 replies

but TL raped sk

2017-09-17 22:53

Raped? Sk take more rounds in the bo3

2017-09-17 23:09

Skgaming have dedefinely fall off when they ge fuckd by liquid 2 events in a row

2017-09-18 06:51

2017-09-17 22:55

Or faze is just top1, SK suck lol.. Lost to liquid. So SK was a wasted spot

wasted spot lol nt, Faze too strong

2017-09-17 23:02

Wasted spot... they all lost. Thats why

> Wasted spot on a grand finalist who beat SK > VP better matchup I want what you are smoking bro :D

2017-09-18 01:57

you realize both vp and astralis both played faze, and they also got raped, if you think the team that beat astralis and sk to get to the final was a wasted spot you are a moron.

2017-09-18 03:39

GG EZ

so ez

2017-09-17 22:57

ez!

Expected

one sided final (:

faze n1

eazy for Fatal Anal eZy Electric

FaZe looks unstoppable.

that was ez

ez faze

gg almost liquid <3

that wasnt even close...

GG, FaZe deserved this , but Liquid had an amazing run , respect to them.

Non fake +1

2017-09-18 00:01

eZaF for FaZe!

#FaZeUp<33 ez mai bois

Faze Era Inc

ez FaZe

Niko mvp

NA CS

expected

very boring final

Nikogod

rain to MVP!

Wow, well played NiKoKo, and FaZe.

Wow Faze looking strong

Faze to Faze

SO FKING EZZ SO FKING EVIL NIKO !

feelsbadman

Gratz i feel for jdm he played incredibly during the whole ESL NY and grandfinal was a total nightmare for him

112 - 39 rounds 7-0 maps 1-0 championship

rain mvp

EASY FAZE

FazE Top 1

Way too easy

serbia lost but faze wont let me down

Well Team B played instead of Team A... I was surprised that we made that far with those players. Still a good result tho.

Yeah its clearly a win for Serbia I dont think that serbia will lose another final tho

2017-09-17 23:07

Slovenia got carried by two masterminds, Serbian masterminds, so im not surprised by the outcome. Without these two they wouldn't even make into quarterfinals. #carriedbyserbs

2017-09-17 23:11

deserved, good job! <3

what a beating rip NA

NiKo top 1 2017

Most dominant tournament win in the history of cs go.

I think there prob was a win by NiP in 2012/13 that was more dominant but not sure

2017-09-17 23:22

can someone pls upload it to pornhub?

EZ NIKO

Serbian fan of Serbia, ughhh...

8 replies

2 Serbian flags > 1 Serbian flag

7 replies

Selecting Croatia would be the same.

2017-09-17 22:56

6 replies

lul edit: jebem ti sudije

5 replies

xD Alpine Serbia just won euro basketball 2k17 btw

2017-09-17 22:59

4 replies

ikr if Teodosic was there,... Raduljica and others we would've raped them but we'll get revenge

Well Team B preety much. Way to many players missing.

I agree with you brother wish you good night

Same thing buddy

2017-09-17 23:06

I bet this article was written before faze wins the 3rd map EksDi

Yep

EZ FOR FAZE

Gg faze. Still so proud of liquid from the bottom to the second step

ezaF

Ez Pz

FaZe TOP 1 INC.

Finally FaZe! So happy for em, especially for rainmonsta! WP

This team <3 so sick GZ

Perfect way to show that they are still a top team. WP FaZe and Liquid

Well played FaZe, unlucky to Liquid,but still there will be other chances tho.LET'S GO LIQUID!

Aggre!

no chance

de_stroyed

Liquid threw, because this was incredible

After faze started winning everyone started +fan them xd, am i the only true fan?

I'm not a fan since day one, but as GuardiaN is my favorite player for years now, and Olof is my second favorite, FaZe became my favorite team the second this roster was made official, not when they started winning :)

2017-09-18 18:02

FaZe top 1, SK "era" was over. Gz FaZe!

IT didn't even start

SK era stoped like 2007. Vilden ruined SK.

2017-09-17 23:43

There is no such player "vilden". Wtf you talking about? Sk era ended 2017. They were dominant until now

2017-09-20 08:13

Re-think and reply. SK's real ERA was 2005. There is no SK era in csgo.

2017-09-27 22:48

eZaF

ez 4.000$ for virtus pro

That's even less than their salary per person

2017-09-18 02:10

yeah they have 20k $ per person

2017-09-18 03:18

Cry is free for NA right now

happy for FaZe, keep it to major

Very boring finals, rip

Top 5 players 2017 1-Niko 2-Niko 3-Njko 4-NiKo 5-NiKo -btw sk throwed against liquide LUL

2017-09-17 23:00

Yeah they rather throw and lost vs Liquid so it looks like it was just lucky upset than facing Faze in final and getting raped so everyone know they are not #1 like hltv is trying to say cough cough BR owners BR sponzors cough cough. Calling it now take a screenshot SK will be still listed as #1 at the end of 2018 with 0 won tournaments. "BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT CONSISTENCY" :DDD Yeah being consistent in getting raped in quater or semi finals xD.

2017-09-19 06:27

FaZe looking so strong !

rekt

#freeelige #freetwistzz

autistic 22-55

Beating two NA teams in a bo3 isn't really that impressive, although they played awesome cs at this tournament. Then again, they could've won this easily with allu and kio, no doubt about that. Im not convinced with this lineup until they win bo3's against: SK (in terrible form currently but they'll bounce back eventually) G2 (atm they might be ahead of faze, time will show) Astralis (pretty much in a slump atm but I bet a match between these two would be pretty even)

2017-09-17 23:04

I believe that any of the teams you quoted would lose the final against FAZE today. It's so good to see guardian playing well. What to talk about the NIKO? He's a monster. I also want to see this FAZE against G2 or SK at its best. Congratulations Faze.

Very nice comment, +1000 respect! I'm very excited to see a bo5 sk-faze... It'll be gruesome xD

2017-09-18 00:19

G2 ahead of faze ever lmao nt

2017-09-17 23:23

lmao when has G2 ever beaten FaZe on LAN in Bo3? also Astralis? they couldn't win when FaZe has allu and Kio, what makes you think they could beat them now? they got destroyed in the groups. atleast try to use your little brain however tiny it might be

2017-09-18 22:34

Zews is the greatest coach but he's not a magician.

And SK don't care too much about ESL New York.

SK era is done, the sooner you realize that the better

There'll be no FaZe era, the sooner you realize that the better.

2 many cheaters on faze, other teams will have to make rosters changes when they see that they can't beat faze

2017-09-17 23:14

FAZE <3 GUARDIAN <3

Worst final ever..lame as fuck

Nah. Cologne and the major final were worse than this.

2017-09-18 00:39

What major? Krakow? Hell no, that final was awesome, it went all three maps and they were all close, with great clutches and plays. Also in Cologne at least Cloud9 put up some fight. This was a great final if you like seeing americans get slaughtered. Really disappointed by TL performance, was expecting more.

2017-09-18 07:01

Ty for odds Jebaited

Ez MVP for ma boi rain

2017-09-17 23:12

nah it'll go to niko but rain played fkn amazing aswell

liquid can't play good 3 days in a row

Faze gg boys .

If they got so destroyed, how in the world did they beat SK? SK throw? lol

Faze might have started to.blend!! Thats scary

2017-09-17 23:16

what a rape

SKÅL!

2017-09-17 23:20

#howtorapeNA #jdmthrew #fuckinghellNA Cmon yo. Liquid choking every final. Fucking hell man. No way nitr0 is igl. They deff said that to take pressure off stanislaw. Fuckckckckkckckck Then u got Rape9 who cant fucking get there shit together

It's ESL One Cologne 2016 all over again. They come from the bottom and take down some huge names. Then they eat shit in the finals. I'm still confident and proud of the progress they made. They lost handily but they took down Astralis, SK, and their own personal demon Virtus.pro. That's a good tournament if you ask me. Next up is ELEAGUE. I'm sure they'll blow peoples minds there too! Let's get it! #TLWIN #TLGO #LETSGOLIQUID

2017-09-17 23:24

Did u watch Cologne 2016?Two different perfomances cuz in Cologne they had a 100% chances to win but unfortunately they've became chokevid. Now they just got brutally rekt by Faze!

2017-09-18 02:05

?? In Cologne they got straight bodied just like they did here. Except to a lesser degree. They lost 8-16 and 7-16. That's not a choke. That's SK being the better team. Same for FaZe. Props to them

2017-09-18 14:43

I admit that this is pretty much superstar team. Still -30 is not acceptable, especially not from jdm.

2017-09-17 23:26

2 times in a row for GuardiaN GG FaZe

2017-09-17 23:28

Good job Guys! DESERVED WIN!

2017-09-17 23:30

GGWP to both teams. FaZe looks really scary when all the players are clicking, they can literally destroy any team. The other aspect that's gonna play a role now is - consistency. Hope they can keep up this form, if so, they will be top 1 by the end of the year no doubts.

2017-09-17 23:33

nV and VIRTUS HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2017-09-17 23:39

now navi will take guardian back also ??? xD but guardian not like zeus i guess he will stay :)

#freeelige?

2017-09-17 23:47

GG for them. They are way too good. Expecting top2/top1 if they beat G2 with this roster. This win still has a salty taste : I feel like it was way too easy. 4 star player team -> domination. If there is a domination, there won't be any real show, with matches full of tension and surprise. i'm not the kind of person to be a glory fan and to follow a team in which they're sure they will be able to win. I will always cheer for the underdog/crowd team. I would have personally loved to see a fourth map if Liquid had won second map. Sad for them, sad this tournament passed so fast. I was starting to really enjoy it.

2017-09-17 23:58

Liquid = trash bags

Liquid AND Cloud9 are wasted spots as usual.

2017-09-18 00:55

IGL Choke. Teammates die no re-frag because everyone didn't had a good rest and then braindead at the stage and then choke.

2017-09-18 01:21

#fazeup

2017-09-18 02:47

liquid beat sk to do this?

2017-09-18 02:52

Like any team would have done any differently. Nice run anyway Liquid. Faze looking scary af.

2017-09-18 03:33

3 map -33 nice games jdm

2017-09-18 03:56

So much money was spent just to let Niko play a deathmatch on LAN ;)

2017-09-18 05:24

BRooklyn BangerS' \o/

2017-09-18 05:58

"Josh 'jdm64' Marzano" "-33" First, sit correctly on your chair. Then we can talk again.

2017-09-18 06:53

two new guys getting carried

2017-09-18 07:31

They both have positive stats, how're they getting carried?

2017-09-18 08:25

it was a joke. obviously it was a team effort. olof and guardian are stat-wise only marginally worse.

2017-09-18 12:02

Operation Clean Sweep Confirmed *beep*

2017-09-18 08:30

Ez for Faze Bruuhhh

2017-09-18 09:22

FaZe is now the strongest slovakian team. Quite sure they can beat any team atm.

2017-09-18 09:47

"USA USA USA" - Stupid crowd

2017-09-18 09:52

Rip allu

2017-09-18 11:16

BOTDM LUL

2017-09-18 11:38

Everytime we beat the big names in majors,lans and in the final we eat shit.NVM still Liquid supporter after all. #GOLIQUID

2017-09-18 12:37

At this rate, this is the new choke. Like Astralis and their semis choke, Liquid will probably start consistently fucking up finals. I trust stan and zews though. Team Liquid is in good hands #TLWIN #TLGO #LETSGOLIQUID

2017-09-18 14:46