Matthew "WARDELL" Yu has split from TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook . He has been a staple member of TSM since the organization first entered Valorant in late May 2020.

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Today, we mutually parted ways with @WARDELL416.

He's decided not to move to Texas with the rest of the team and has therefore chosen to step down.

Matt has been an important part of TSM from the beginning, and we wish him nothing but success in his future endeavors.
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Known for his oppressive Operator plays on Jett, WARDELL has lately found himself taking on the sentinel role with Chamber, who has seen a massive rise in popularity in professional play for his ability to wield the Operator like Jett, while allowing the highlight-centered duelist to entry into sites when needed for her team.

Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik now stands as the sole remaining member of the team's first roster that rose to dominance in the early days of North American Valorant. In 2020, TSM claimed four championships in various tournaments, but struggled to breach the top four of a VCT main event stage in the following year apart from their championship run in Stage 3 Challengers 2, which qualified them for the Stage 3 Challengers playoffs. However, an early exit from the Challengers playoffs ended TSM's 2021 tournament year well short of their expectations going into the inaugural year of the VCT.

Going into 2022, TSM opted to part ways with Stephen "reltuC" Cutler and James "hazed" Cobb and brought in Corey "corey" Nigra from FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le and Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo from the free agent market. However, their efforts didn't amount to a group stage berth in the 2022 Stage 1 VCT open qualifiers following defeats at the hands of Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo and Built By Gamers Built By Gamers Inactive in both open qualifier events respectively.

As of late, the team has found success in other tournaments, winning the YFP Winter Classic and the February edition of the Knights Monthly Gauntlet. TSM most recently participated in the March Knights Monthly, where they fielded Johann "seven" Hernandez in place of Wardell.

The next chance the team has to qualify for a VCT event is Stage 2 Challengers, which will take place in May following the conclusion of Masters: Reykjavik in April.

TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook is now:

  • Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik
  • Aleko "Aleko" Gabuniya
  • Corey "corey" Nigra
  • Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo
  • Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon (Head coach)
  • Andrew "aRubyz" Seewer (Coach)
  • Austin "Apex" Copeland (Assistant coach)