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CS:GO | Cloud9 Academy Roster 2022 - Adding New Players

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C9 is the protagonist of one of the most important news of the summer break on the CS:GO competitive scene. The legendary North American organization continues its commitment to Russian players and will have Gambit’s coach as the project leader.

After more than three months of returning C9 to CS:GO, the club has announced the creation of an academy. The latter will be composed of five prospects from Russia that have little experience within the competitive scene of Valve’s shooter. Nevertheless, these young players will be directed by Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov, who has previously worked as Gambit’s head coach.

Currently, the fifth season of WePlay Academy League is underway, one of the events that has motivated squads to create second teams focused on training. Even though we think the C9 academy roster would be classified for the event, WePlay managers haven’t yet decided to invite the club to the league. Thus, the participation of the Cloud9 subsidiary is in question at the moment. But if you don’t want to miss out on any updates, visit the cover.gg webpage.

Nevertheless, before Cloud9 academy takes a step on the professional CS:GO stage, this is the perfect time to take a closer look at the main causes for its creation, the new players for the roster, and the future goals for this squad. Without further ado, let’s get started!

The Reasons for Roster Changes

The CEO manager of C9 gave an interview to HLTV about the creation of the academy. His intentions for its academy roster were mainly based on the three causes. First of all, the opportunities offered by Cloud9 as an organization, merged with the coaching experience, can expand by creating another team appealing on the competitive stage.

Second of all, the new academy C9 roster will present their club in events in which the first team is unable to participate. The last reason why the North American organization decided to organize the academy is because it can use the players as substitutes for the first squad, something that NiP or Fnatic already do.

Cloud9 Academy Roster - Rebuilding Time

The acquisition of this competitive and young roster defines the formative nature of the project in its respective CS:GO division. At the moment, there is no info about what upcoming matches and tournaments the club will participate in. That said, Cloud9 and North American fans will be celebrating after receiving any decisive news from the team on the competitive scene. The roster will consist of:

     Artem "sstr1ct" Mesnyankin

     Maxim "dekz" Korolev

     Vladislav "Н1te" Khait

     Matvey "sm3t" Gogin

     Daniil "alpha" Demin (IGL)

As we have said earlier, the new prospects of the team have little to no experience in the competitive scene of CS:GO, except for Vladislav “⁠Н1te⁠” Khait, who has played more than 60 maps on the professional stage.

Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov as the First Coach

The CIS players were not going through their best due to the conflict in Ukraine. In this regard, the Russian Gambit team decided to sell the roster to Cloud9 after its players had to play the last tournaments without representing the organization. In addition, with new C9 players, there was also a change of role of Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov, the Gambit’s head coach. Since Cloud9 bought the Russian team, F_1N has worked mainly as an analyst at the club.

However, his arrival on the NA academy team as the project leader will help its players to get competitive experience and return to the champion in Valve's shooter academies.

Future Goals for the Team

In the same interview, Aleksandr Shсherbakov explained that he would like to see the Cloud9 academy compete in the fifth edition of the WePlay Academy League. However, and as we have said earlier, the participation of the NA academy depends on whether the organizers decide to invite the club to the league.

With that being said, C9 managers have serious intentions for the possible future of the club. The C9's official channel tweeted a quote within the intentions for its new roster. Following the announcement, Cloud9’s initial goals for this team were to obtain experience on the professional scene and establish itself as a top 30 CS:GO team on the planet.





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