# 2020 Dallas Fuel season

The 2020 Dallas Fuel season was the third season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League. The Fuel planned to host a league-high five homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Esports Stadium Arlington, Toyota Music Factory, the Allen Event Center, and two more undetermined locations. While the first homestand at Esports Stadium Arlington took place, all other homestands were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a 7–10 start to the season and failure to make it past the quarterfinals in any of the three midseason tournaments, the Fuel released head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins on August 3 and announced that assistant coach Kim Yong-jin served would as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Dallas finished the season with a 9–12 record, marking their third consecutive season with a losing regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 4 in the North America play-ins tournament took the Fuel out of postseason contention.

## Preceding offseason
### Organizational changes

On November 15, assistant coach Justin "Jayne" Conroy announced that he would be stepping down from his position to move to a content creation role within Envy Gaming. Weeks later, on December 5, the Fuel mutually parted ways with assistance coach Julien "daemoN" Ducros. The Fuel finalized their coaching staff heading into the 2020 season on December 9, announcing the return of head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins, the return of Louis "Tikatee" Lebel-Wong and Kang "Vol’Jin" Min-gyu as assistant coaches, and the signing of former Element Mystic assistant coach Kim "Yong" Yong-Jin as an assistant coach.

### Roster changes

Heading into the 2020 season, the Fuel's only free agent is only off-tank Lucas "NotE" Meissner, who was traded from the Boston Uprising to Dallas the previous season. Free agency officially began on October 7. NotE was re-signed to the Fuel on October 30.
The Fuel's first transaction of the offseason took place on October 29, when they traded main tank Son "OGE" Min-seok to the Los Angeles Gladiators in exchange for flex DPS Jang "Decay" Gui-un. In OGE's replacement, the team announced the signing of former Shanghai Dragons main tank Noh "Gamsu" Young-jin on November 4. A week later, the team signed Element Mystic DPS Kim "Doha" Dong-ha. On January 8, the team sent DPS Timo "Taimou" Kettunen down to their academy team Team Envy. The Fuel parted way with tank player Pongphop "Micke" Rattanasangchod just under two weeks before the beginning of the season; Micke moved to a content creator role for Envy Gaming. On February 3, Dallas announced their full roster, which included the promotion of support player William "Crimzo" Hernandez from Team Envy.

## Roster
### Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:
* On June 3, DPS Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo retired.
* On June 7, the Fuel acquired support Nolan "Paintbrush" Edwards from the Los Angeles Gladiators.
* On June 19, the Fuel signed DPS Stefan "Onigod" Fiskerstrand.
* On August 3, the Fuel released DPS Jang "Decay" Gui-un.
* On August 5, the Fuel released support Jonathan "HarryHook" Tejedor Rua.

## 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: 9–12) :
February–April: 3–4
1
February 08
Los Angeles Valiant
3
1
Dallas Fuel
Arlington, TX
6:00 pm CST
Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by Dallas Fuel
1
Lijiang Tower
2
2
Blizzard World
1
4
Horizon Lunar Colony
3
3
Junkertown
2
2
February 09
San Francisco Shock
3
1
Dallas Fuel
Arlington, TX
6:00 pm CST
Esports Stadium Arlington
Hosted by Dallas Fuel
2
Oasis
1
3
Eichenwalde
2
0
Horizon Lunar Colony
1
3
Havana
0
3
April 04
Dallas Fuel
0
3
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
10:00 pm UTC
4
April 06
Dallas Fuel
3
2
Los Angeles Valiant
Online
12:00 midnight UTC
5
April 12
Dallas Fuel
3
0
Washington Justice
Online
12:00 midnight UTC
6
April 18
Dallas Fuel
2
3
San Francisco Shock
Online
2:00 am UTC
7
April 26
Dallas Fuel
3
2
Houston Outlaws
Online
10:00 pm UTC :
May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
8
May 02
Dallas Fuel
3
0
Washington Justice
Online
7:00 pm UTC
9
May 10
Dallas Fuel
1
3
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
7:00 pm UTC
10
May 17
Dallas Fuel
0
3
Paris Eternal
Online
7:00 pm UTC :
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 1–2
11
June 13
Dallas Fuel
1
3
Florida Mayhem
Online
9:00 pm UTC
12
June 20
Dallas Fuel
0
3
Vancouver Titans
Online
11:45 pm UTC
13
June 27
Dallas Fuel
3
0
Toronto Defiant
Online
9:00 pm UTC :
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 2–2
14
July 17
Dallas Fuel
3
2
Houston Outlaws
Online
9:00 pm UTC
15
July 25
Dallas Fuel
3
1
Boston Uprising
Online
11:00 pm UTC
16
July 31
Dallas Fuel
0
3
Philadelphia Fusion
Online
7:00 pm UTC
17
August 02
Dallas Fuel
1
3
Atlanta Reign
Online
7:00 pm UTC :
August: 2–2
18
August 14
Dallas Fuel
0
3
Los Angeles Gladiators
Online
9:00 pm UTC
19
August 15
Dallas Fuel
3
0
Vancouver Titans
Online
9:00 pm UTC
20
August 22
Dallas Fuel
3
1
Toronto Defiant
Online
9:00 pm UTC
21
August 23
Dallas Fuel
1
3
Paris Eternal
Online
7:00 pm UTC :

### Midseason tournaments

2020 midseason tournaments game log :
May Melee: 1–1
Knockouts
May 22
Dallas Fuel
3
1
Houston Outlaws
Online
7:30 pm UTC
Quarterfinals
May 23
Dallas Fuel
1
3
San Francisco Shock
Online
7:00 pm UTC :
Summer Showdown: 0–1
Knockouts
July 03
Dallas Fuel
1
3
Paris Eternal
Online
7:00 pm UTC :
Countdown Cup: 1–1
Knockouts
August 07
Dallas Fuel
3
2
Washington Justice
Online
11:00 pm UTC
Quarterfinals
August 08
Dallas Fuel
0
3
San Francisco Shock
Online
7:00 pm UTC :
Bonus wins awarded: 0 :

### Postseason

2020 playoff game log :
North America Play-ins: 0–1
Round 1
First-round bye
Round 2
September 04
Dallas Fuel
0
3
Washington Justice
Online
11:00 pm UTC :