Wildcard part with duo amid Swedish links

The North American organization's new roster is expected to include only two players from the region.

Wildcard have announced that they are moving on from Adam "⁠Grizz⁠" Golden and Keller "⁠SLIGHT⁠" Nilan, with the latter being placed on the benched and made available for transfer.

The news comes amid reports that the North American organization is close to signing Swedish duo Love "⁠phzy⁠" Smidebrant and Tim "⁠susp⁠" Ångström. The former is a free agent after spending six months with Chinese organization Rare Atom, while the latter has been on Metizport's bench since early May.

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Grizz stepped in on trial last month after Qihao "⁠C4LLM3SU3⁠" Su was forced to return to China for personal reasons. He averaged a 1.06 rating during his time with the team, helping it to qualify for ESL Pro League 20 via the ESL Challenger League.

SLIGHT has been on Wildcard's books since April 2023, when the North American organization signed the DETONATE roster. While on the team, he attended IEM Chengdu and the Americas RMR leading to PGL Major Copenhagen.

"There aren’t enough words to describe what Keller has meant to our CS division, as he has been here since its inception," a statement from Wildcard read."Every day he brought a competitive attitude and a pure desire to win that is unparalleled while helping guide our rosters to many victories and qualifications.

"Thank you, Keller, we appreciate everything you gave to Wildcard and have no doubt you will find success wherever you go."

With these changes, Wildcard currently have:

Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz
Josh "⁠JBa⁠" Barutt
Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek

Keller "⁠SLIGHT⁠" Nilan (benched)

João "⁠horvy⁠" Horvath (coach)