The VCT Americas Partnership league has announced the ten organizations competing. However, announcements will soon flow, and teams will be shuffling.
This article will function as a roster tracker for VCT Americas, which will be updated daily.
Thursday, Oct. 20
7:19 p.m. EST: LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho have welcomed Roberto "Mazino" Rivas to the roster. He joins after spending most of his VALORANT career over at KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro .
5:17 p.m. EST: Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have officially released Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan from the organization. They have also inducted him into the "Sentinels Hall of Fame" for his efforts as an IGL and world champion.
Wednesday, Oct. 19
/ 7:19 p.m. EST: Agustin "nzr" Ibarra has joined LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho for the 2023 season. nzr joins after spending most of his career on FURIA FURIA Brazil Unranked heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt . He is the first signing the team has made since being accepted to the Americas league.
3:28 p.m. EST: Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have re-signed Hunter "SicK" Mims. He re-enters the team after a six months of inactivity. SicK is the sixth man for the 2023 season and now remains the only original player from Sentinels' entrance to VALORANT in early 2020.
1:05 p.m. to 1:11 p.m. EST: 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk has announced that Head Coach Sean "seangares" Gares has stepped down from his position and will pursue content creation. Michael "Mikes" Hockom has been promoted from Assistant Coach to Head Coach in his place.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
- / 5:44 p.m. EST: Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have completed their starting roster with the signing of Rory "dephh" Jackson. He reunites with previous XSET XSET Inactive player Zachary "zekken" Patrone and Head Coach Don "SyykoNT" Muir.
Monday, Oct. 17
- / 3:01 p.m. EST: Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang have overhauled their roster adding Zellsis , yay , qpert and coach mCe .
Sunday, Oct. 16
- 12:01 p.m. EST: Rahul "curry" Nemani's has officially been released from Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang nearly a month after he announced his restricted free agency.
Saturday, Oct. 15
- 5:57 p.m. EST: LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho have released Marco "Melser" Eliot Machuca Amaro and Benjamín "adverso" Poblete from their contracts.
Thursday, Oct. 14
/ 11:08 a.m. EST: 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares bolstered their roster with Facundo "rubkkoide" Chavez and David "david" Olivares.
5:15 p.m. EST: Diondre "YaBoiDre" Bond has announced his retirement from professional Valorant. He now takes on a position at Riot Games as a QA Engineer. He most recently played for Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le icy Jacob Lange yay Jaccob Whiteaker and NYFU NYFU Inactive oderus Chad Miller YaBoiDre Diondre Bond ShoT_UP Andrew Orlowski neptune Jason Tran JSUNG Jason Sung .
Thursday, Oct. 6
While there was no announcement for his arrival, Andrew "aRubyz" Seewer has joined TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland as their Head Coach. He arrives after the departure of Danial "RedKoh" Hakim just 2 months ago.
9:47 p.m. EST: Michael "dapr" Gulino has announced that he is an unrestricted free agent. He makes this announcement after being offered a spot on Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid as a substitute player. He will now be looking for options heading into the 2023 franchise season.
/ 8:21 p.m. EST: Ethan "Crunchy" Laker has been sent to the bench on Soniqs Soniqs Inactive . He was part of the original EXO Clan EXO Clan Inactive Crunchy Ethan Laker dizzyLife Kyran Crombie iyen Iyengaran Raju pl1xx Christopher Li Bob Bob Tran that moved from Oceana to NA under the Soniqs title. He is now a restricted free agent seeking offers for 2023 and is willing to relocate.
5:07 p.m. EST: RAINMAKER 's contract with INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado bnj Benjamin Rabinovich has expired and he is now a free agent looking for offers in any region for 2023.
3:33 p.m. EST: Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid ' Analyst Matthew "Weltis" Liu has been informed his contract will not extend into the 2023 season. He is now a free agent looking for Tier 1 or 2 offers.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
6:46 p.m. EST: Zachary "zekken" Patrone has been officially signed to the Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid roster. He will be reuniting with his previous Head Coach on XSET, Don "SyykoNT" Muir
5:03 p.m. EST: A report by George Geddes indicates that Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid will be signing Rory "dephh" Jackson and Zachary "zekken" Patrone. Shortly after, CEO Rob Moore announced that Sentinels have moved away from resigning Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan for the 2023 season. ShahZaMk says he now seeking Tier 1 or 2 opportunities.
/ 2:43 p.m. EST: Former XSET XSET Inactive player Jordan "AYRIN" He has joined APAC partnership team Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista as their in-game leader and sole import.
10:53 a.m. EST: Players Rafael "mNdS" Mendes and Gustavo "gtn" Moura as well as coach Jordan "stkJ" Nunes have announced that they are looking for offers outside of MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos for 2023.
Tuesday, Oct. 4
8:03 p.m. EST: After a short time on the bench of Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang , James "JamezIRL" Macaulay has departed the organization. He is now a free agent looking for coaching opportunities in 2023.
/ 6:00 p.m. EST: Knights Knights Inactive have announced the departure of Amgalan "Genghsta" Nemekhbayar after two weeks on the bench. He is a unrestricted free agent looking to compete in the franchise or ascension league, he is looking for Americas and APAC offers due to holding a dual citizenship.
/ 5:12 p.m. EST: LEVIATÁN GC LEVIATÁN GC Latin America South Unranked allie meleliita ataraxia almndra has said goodbye to "Bunnileyah" as she takes a step away to deal with medical issues. She will continue to stream but is not a free agent for the 2023 season.
9:22 p.m. EST: Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng parted ways with Tanner "geeza" McGhee to allow for Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro's return to the roster.
Monday, Oct. 3
/ 7:32 p.m. EST: The final original member of TSM TSM North America Unranked seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook , Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik, has announced he is a priority to remain on the team but is open to offers from franchised teams as a controller or initiator.
/ 4:14 p.m. EST: Knights Knights Inactive have officially released Drake "Exalt" Branly. He is now a unrestricted free agent for the 2023 VCT season.
4:09 p.m. EST: Due to not being accepted into the Americas franchise league, TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Unranked vit9ine desire Leandro Araújo Needy Champzera Joaquim Alves Myssen Rodrigo Myssen has allowed all their players to seek new opportunities for the 2023 VCT season.
3 p.m. to 4:07 p.m. EST: Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have announced two new additions to their coaching staff with Don "SyykoNT" Muir as Head Coach and Adam "kaplan" Kaplan as Strategic Coach. They have also revealed the departure of their previous Head Coach, Shane "Rawkus" Flaherty. He assisted the team during Stage 2 of VCT and NA LCQ. He is now looking for opportunities in 2023.
/ 1:11 p.m. EST: XSET XSET Inactive have released Zachary "zekken" Patrone, Brendan "BcJ" Jensen, coach Don "SyykoNT" Muir, and analyst Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth from their contracts. Additionally, Rory "dephh" Jackson and Jordan "AYRIN" He have announced they are unrestricted free agents and are looking for a new team. The release of all the aforementioned members now means that XSET no longer has an active roster.
Sunday, Oct. 2
/ 6:54 p.m. EST: Zander "thwifo" Kim has announced his unrestricted free agency, citing import slot limitations as a catalyst for the split from T1 T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) .
6:05 p.m. to 7:04 EST: Matias "MatiS" Salgado, a player for Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Unranked Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ , has announced he is a free agent for the 2023 year. He is looking at offers in both Latin America and Brazil. "Fearay" has also departed the team, he has now retired from the competitive VALORANT scene and will continue to stream in his offtime.
Saturday, Oct. 1
/ While there was no announcement for his departure, Kyran "dizzyLife" Crombie has left Soniqs Soniqs Inactive . This leaves Lucas "Rojo" Rojo as their only coach and staff after joining their roster yesterday.
5:42 p.m. EST: Logan "skuba" Jenkins is now a restricted free agent. He is looking for any opportunities for 2023. He most recently played for Knights Knights Inactive .
4:10 p.m. EST: Josh "jdm" Marzano has announced he is no longer under contract with FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le as Head Coach and is looking for any 2023 opportunities.
/ 2 p.m. EST: Knights Knights Inactive ' Coach Kyle "OCEAN" O'Brien has announced he is looking at coaching opportunities for the 2023 season. He is also interested in support roles for a franchised team.
/ 1:05 p.m. EST: With the news that TSM TSM North America Unranked seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook did not get accepted into Americas franchising, Anthony "gMd" Guimond has announced he is looking for 2023 opportunities as a restricted free agent.
12:44 p.m. EST: Latin America's most famous team, KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , has decided to make changes releasing Angelo "keznit" Mori, Joaquin "delz1k" Espinoza and Roberto "Mazino" Rivas before the 2023 season.
Friday, Sept. 30
6:19 p.m. EST: With franchising on the horizon, Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang has decided to make changes to their coaching staff. Head Coach James "JamezIRL" Macaulay has announced he is a restricted free agent looking for opportunities for 2023.
/ 5:14 p.m. to 9:12 p.m. EST: One of the 5 NA teams to make Americas franchising, NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold are set to make some roster changes. Ethan "Ethan" Arnold, James "hazed" Cobb, Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic and Ian "tex" Botsch have been allowed to explore options for the 2023 franchise season. The teams coaches Anthony "Zikz" Gray and Josh "JoshRT" Lee have also been allowed to explore options.
1 p.m. EST: The VCT 2022 Champions LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira are making roster changes. The organization has announced the release of head coach Matheus "bzkA" Tarasconi. He is open to coaching offers for the 2023 season.
Thursday, Sept. 29
- / 5 p.m. to 5:02 p.m. EST: 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk is the first franchised America's team to make a signing move. The team has signed Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban from XSET XSET Inactive . The team has also announced that William "Will" Cheng is set to be released and will be seeking 2023 opportunities.
Wednesday, Sept. 28
/ 5:15 p.m. EST: XSET XSET Inactive analyst Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth has announced that he is looking for new opportunities following XSET's failure to make franchising.
2:58 p.m. EST: Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch 's Tanner "TiGG" Spanu has announced his unrestricted free agency and is looking for a new team.
Tuesday, Sept. 27
- 6:10 to 6:12 p.m. EST: Marco "Melser" Eliot Machuca Amaro and Benjamín "adverso" Poblete from LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho are exploring their options ahead of the partnership league.
Monday, Sept. 26
6:52 p.m. EST: Angelo "keznit" Mori's contract with KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro has ended. He is now an unrestricted free agent. He played in five straight international VCT events for KRÜ since being picked up during Stage 3 of 2021.
10 a.m. EST: The players of Liberty Liberty Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano pepa Matheus Colleto duhT Eduardo Teixeira Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo tockers Gabriel Claumann have been allowed to explore other options for 2023. The lineup made the group stage of VCT Brazil Stage 1 and 2 in 2022.
Saturday, Sept. 24
7:18 p.m. EST: Former T1 T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) player, Braxton "brax" Pierce revealed that he is looking for a home for the upcoming year.
6:49 p.m. to 7:42 p.m. EST: All players of Latin American team E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Latin America North Unranked Mited Luis Gutierrez Jow Juan Camilo Preciado Ordoñez Feniz Thomas Molina Virtyy Leandro Moreno Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia have announced that they will be looking for offers heading into 2023.
5:04 p.m. EST: Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban has announced that he is looking for new opportunities heading into the new year as a restricted free agent.
6:03 p.m. EST: Guilherme "Nyang" Coelho is looking for new opportunities in 2023. He was most recently the IGL of Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive and he played controllers for them since June 2020.
Friday, Sept. 23
- / 2 p.m. EST: Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid analyst Dani "Dani" Hashweh has announced that he is looking for new opportunities as a restricted free agent prior to his contract with the organization running out at the end of the month.
Thursday, Sept. 22
3:44 p.m. to 4:20 pm EST: Following FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le 's failure to make the Americas league, Phat "supamen" Le, Xavier "flyuh" Carlson, and Quan "dicey" Tran have all become restricted free agents.
3:42 p.m. EST: After the franchising announcement, Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse has released James "Nurfed" McFadden after 9 months with the organization. He is now a unrestricted free agent.
12:59 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. EST: With the announcement of TSM TSM North America Unranked seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook not making it into the Americas league, all of the TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive players are looking for new opportunities as restricted free agents.
12:24 p.m. EST: After making the franchise league in Americas, Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have decided to release Eric "Kanpeki" Xu as an Unrestricted Free Agent for the 2023 year.
/ 12:19 p.m. to 1:29 p.m. EST: Joshua "steel" Nissan and team manager Dallas "Branchies" Branch are seeking opportunities with partnered teams in the Americas league as it was confirmed T1 T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) would be competing and moving to Seoul, South Korea for the Pacific league.
6:57 a.m. to 11:32 a.m EST: Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang 's Rahul "curry" Nemani and Mitch "mitch" Semago are now restricted free agents and are actively exploring offers. Cloud9 is one of the partnered teams in the VCT Americas league.
Wednesday, Sept. 21
5:08 p.m. EST: After being denied into the 2023 America's league, Version1 Version1 Inactive has allowed all players to seek new opportunities on partnered teams. VersionX VersionX Inactive coach Martin "Anderzz" Schelasin has also been allowed to seek new offers.
4:43 p.m. to 4:59 p.m. EST: A majority of Knights Knights Inactive players have begun to seek new opportunities in 2023. This includes Amgalan "Genghsta" Nemekhbayar, Damion "XXiF" Cook, Drake "Exalt" Branly as well as Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive players Ashton "Frosty" Rakoske and Vincent "PureVNS" Nguyen.
4:08 p.m. EST: The COO of Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive announced that the entire squad has been allowed to explore options.
/ 2:07 p.m. EST: Kaleb "moose" Jayne has been allowed by Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch to explore opportunities.
2:07 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. EST: Corey "corey" Nigra and Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo have been allowed to explore their options outside of TSM TSM North America Unranked seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook .
11:53 a.m. EST: FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le 's manager, Karim "Infamous" Mahmoud has stepped away from managing the roster and is moving to produce tournaments for FaZe.
/ 11:42 a.m. to 6:01 p.m. EST: All members of The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch excluding Trent "trent" Cairns have announced that they are exploring offers for the 2023 season. Head coach Matthew "mCe" Elmore has been allowed to explore other options but intends to stay with the team.
10:27 a.m. to 11 p.m. EST: OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive 's Victor "Victor" Wong and Austin "crashies" Roberts are now unrestricted free agents and are searching for a new team. This is OpTic's first roster move since August 2021, when they signed Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker under the Envy Envy Inactive Marved Jimmy Nguyen Victor Victor Wong crashies Austin Roberts FiNESSE Pujan Mehta yay Jaccob Whiteaker banner. OpTic's Head coach, Chet "Chet" Singh, Pujan "FiNESSE" Mehta, Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker have also indicated they are looking for new opportunities within the 2023 franchise league.
Monday, Sept. 19
- 3:50 p.m. EST: Puleule is exploring other options outside of 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares .
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