# 2020 Boston Uprising season

The 2020 Boston Uprising season was the third season of Boston Uprising's existence in the Overwatch League and their first under head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis. Boston planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston, but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Uprising qualified for one midseason tournament, the Summer Showdown, in the 2020 season but were eliminated by the Washington Justice in the knockouts round. The Uprising ended the season with 2 wins and 19 losses in the regular season and were eliminated from postseason contention after losing to the Atlanta Reign in the North America Play-in tournament.

## Preceding offseason
### Organizational changes

In September 2019, Boston announced that former Florida Mayhem head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis would be the fill the team's head coach vacancy, which had been empty for over a year. A month later, the Uprising released assistant coaches Jordan "Gunba" Graham and Jackson "Shake" Kaplan; the team signed Ilias "iLka" Kaskanetas, who had most recently been the head coach of European Overwatch Contenders team Angry Titans, as an assistant coach. On December 9, the team signed former HSL Esports support player Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman as an assistant coach.

### Roster changes

Free agents :
| Role | Player | Player | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Role | Handle | Name | Contract status | Date signed | 2020 team |
| Support | Aimgod | Min-Seok Kwon | Free agent | November 8 | Washington Justice |
| Support | Kellex | Kristian Keller | Free agent | November 5 | Toronto Defiant |
| Legend  Re-signed/Retained by the Uprising.  Departed from the Uprising. ||||||
The Uprising enter the new season with two free agents, four players which they have the option to retain for another year, and four players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.

#### Acquisitions

Boston made their first offseason acquisitions on October 28, when they signed support Seo "Myunbong" Sang-min and DPS Min "Jerry" Tae-hui from Korean Contenders teams from O2 Blast and Meta Athena, respectively. On November 7, Boston promoted support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy and off-tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal from their academy team, Uprising Academy. While Swimmer was promoted to play strictly for Boston, Mouffin was put on a two-way contract. On November 21, Uprising signed former Seoul Dynasty DPS Sang-Beom "Munchkin" Byun, and a day later, they signed tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen.

#### Departures

The Uprising announced on October 21 that they would not elect to retain all four of their players with a team option – support Yang "Persia" Zion, support Renan "alemao" Moretto, off-tank Richard "rCk" Kanerva, and DPS Lee "Stellar" Do-hyung. Additionally, they also announced the same day that they would not re-sign either of their free agents – Kwon "AimGod" Min-seok and Kristian "Kellex" Keller. The following day, the team transferred DPS Jeffrey "blasé" Tsang to the Houston Outlaws.

## Roster
### Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
* On March 2, the Uprising released DPS Byun "Munchkin" Sang-beom.
* On March 3, the Uprising signed support Haley "Halo" Hamand.
* On April 4, the Uprising released tank Walid "Mouffin" Bassal.
* On April 14, the Uprising released support Gabriel "Swimmer" Levy.
* On May 11, the Uprising signed tank Leyton "Punk" Gilchrist.
* On May 12, tank Thomas "brussen" Brussen retired.
* On May 21, the Uprising signed tank Michael "mikey" Konicki.

## Standings

| Pos | Con | Teamvte | Pld | W | BW | L | PCT | MW | ML | MT | MD | Qualification |
| 1 | ATL | Philadelphia Fusion | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0.905 | 59 | 19 | 0 | +40 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | PAC | San Francisco Shock | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0.857 | 56 | 17 | 2 | +39 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | ATL | Paris Eternal | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.714 | 50 | 31 | 0 | +19 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | ATL | Florida Mayhem | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0.667 | 48 | 30 | 0 | +18 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | PAC | Los Angeles Valiant | 21 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.524 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 6 | PAC | Los Angeles Gladiators | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0.524 | 43 | 39 | 5 | +4 | Advance to play-ins |
| 7 | ATL | Atlanta Reign | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0.476 | 43 | 35 | 0 | +8 | Advance to play-ins |
| 8 | PAC | Dallas Fuel | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0.429 | 35 | 44 | 0 | −9 | Advance to play-ins |
| 9 | ATL | Toronto Defiant | 21 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0.333 | 32 | 48 | 0 | −16 | Advance to play-ins |
| 10 | ATL | Houston Outlaws | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 32 | 50 | 3 | −18 | Advance to play-ins |
| 11 | PAC | Vancouver Titans | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.286 | 23 | 48 | 0 | −25 | Advance to play-ins |
| 12 | ATL | Washington Justice | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0.190 | 21 | 54 | 1 | −33 | Advance to play-ins |
| 13 | ATL | Boston Uprising | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0.095 | 14 | 61 | 4 | −47 | Advance to play-ins |

## Game log
### Regular season

2020 game log (Regular season record: 2–19) :
February–April: 1–8
1
February 09
Boston Uprising
0
3
New York Excelsior
New York City, NY
3:00 pm EST
Hammerstein Ballroom
Hosted by New York Excelsior
0
Oasis
2
1
Blizzard World
2
2
Temple of Anubis
3
2
February 22
Boston Uprising
3
2
Houston Outlaws
Washington, DC
5:00 pm EST
The Anthem
Hosted by Washington Justice
2
Ilios
0
2
Temple of Anubis
2
3
Dorado
1
3
Blizzard World
3
0
Oasis
2
1
Nepal
2
2
Lijiang Tower
0
3
March 01
Boston Uprising
0
3
Philadelphia Fusion
Houston, TX
1:00 pm EST
Revention Music Center
Hosted by Houston Outlaws
0
Lijiang Tower
2
1
King's Row
2
1
Hanamura
2
4
March 07
Boston Uprising
1
3
Washington Justice
Washington, DC
7:00 pm EST
The Anthem
Hosted by Washington Justice
2
Busan
0
1
Havana
2
2
Eichenwalde
3
1
Horizon Lunar Colony
2
5
March 08
Boston Uprising
0
3
Atlanta Reign
Washington, DC
7:00 pm EDT
The Anthem
Hosted by Washington Justice
0
Oasis
2
1
Havana
2
2
Eichenwalde
3
6
March 28
Boston Uprising
1
3
Toronto Defiant
Online
8:00 pm UTC
7
April 11
Boston Uprising
1
3
Houston Outlaws
Online
10:00 pm UTC
8
April 18
Boston Uprising
1
3
Toronto Defiant
Online
1:00 am UTC
9
April 26
Boston Uprising
0
3
Florida Mayhem
Online
8:00 pm UTC :
May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
10
May 03
Boston Uprising
0
3
Florida Mayhem
Online
9:00 pm UTC
11
May 10
Boston Uprising
0
3
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
1:00 am UTC
12
May 16
Boston Uprising
3
2
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
10:30 pm UTC :
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 0–3
13
June 13
Boston Uprising
2
3
Paris Eternal
Online
7:00 pm UTC
14
June 21
Boston Uprising
0
3
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
7:00 pm UTC
15
June 27
Boston Uprising
0
3
Vancouver Titans
Online
11:00 pm UTC :
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 0–4
16
July 18
Boston Uprising
0
3
San Francisco Shock
Online
10:00 pm UTC
17
July 19
Boston Uprising
0
3
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
10:00 pm UTC
18
July 24
Boston Uprising
1
3
Atlanta Reign
Online
7:00 pm UTC
19
July 25
Boston Uprising
1
3
Dallas Fuel
Online
11:00 pm UTC :
August: 0–2
20
August 15
Boston Uprising
0
3
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
11:00 pm UTC
21
August 21
Boston Uprising
0
3
Vancouver Titans
Online
7:00 pm UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :
May Melee: 0–1
Qualifying match
May 23
Boston Uprising
2
3
Paris Eternal
Online
1:00 am UTC :
Summer Showdown: 0–1
Knockouts
June 28
Boston Uprising
1
3
Washington Justice
Online
11:30 pm UTC :
Countdown Cup: 0–1
Qualifying match
August 02
Boston Uprising
0
3
Vancouver Titans
Online
11:30 pm UTC :
Bonus wins awarded: 0 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :
North America Play-ins: 1–1
Round 1
September 03
Boston Uprising
3
1
Houston Outlaws
Online
7:00 pm UTC
Round 2
September 04
Boston Uprising
1
3
Atlanta Reign
Online
9:00 pm UTC :