Rainbow Six: US Division teams, groups, and schedule
In line with the start of the new Rainbow Six Siege season “Steel Wave”, the teams and groups of the first phase of the US division are now known. Here you will find the most important information regarding group composition, rust and change of players of the participating teams.display
The starter season prize pool is $ 250,000. This was split up for the individual phases. For the first and the second phase, $ 50,000 are available. The remaining $ 150,000 is reserved for the finals.
The groups
The first team in Group A is the winner of last season’s North America Spacestation Gaming. These were then allowed to designate one of the three other teams in their group. The same was true in Group B for the runner-up team SoloMid. An overview of both groups follows.
| Group A | Group B |
| Spacestation gaming | Team SoloMid |
| Disrupt gaming | Susquehana Soniqs |
| eUnited | DarkZero |
| Oxygen Esports | Tempo Storm |
Transfer and team overview
Spacestation gaming
Current line-up:
- Troy ‘Canadian’ Jaroslawski
- Javier ‘Thinkingnade’ Escamila
- Nathaniel ‘Rampy’ Duvall
- Dylan ‘Bosco’ Bosco
- Alec ‘Fultz’ Fultz
Disrupt gaming
Departures:
- Adam ‘Drip’ Kolodkin
(The team separated from him)
Additions:
- Nick ‘NJR’ Rapier
(Was hired as a replacement for ‘Drip’)
Current line-up:
- Zachary ‘Nyx’ Thomas
- Nick ‘NJR’ Rapier
- Aaron ‘Shuttle’ Dugger
- Read ‘Read’ Adams
- Alexander ‘Retro’ Lloyd
Annotation:
The organization recently joined the North American League. No Challenger League, relegation, qualification or previous ProLeague spot was required to participate in the new league.
eUnited
Departures:
- Declan ‘Bugs’ McWilliams (Analyst)
Additions:
- Matthew ‘meepeY’ Sharples (Analyst)
Current line-up:
- Roman ‘Forrest’ Breaux
- Seth ‘Callout’ Mik
- Leo ‘Alphama’ Robine
- Alexander ‘Yeti’ Lawson
- Pablo ‘GRYXR’ Rebeil
Oxygen Esports
Current line-up:
- Davide ‘FoxA’ Bucci
- Gabriel ‘Laxing’ Mirelez
- Franklin Andres ‘Vertcl’ Cordero
- Spencer ‘Slashug’ Oliver
- Khalil ‘B1ologic’ Pleas
Team SoloMid
Departures:
- Owen ‘Pojoman’ Mitura
(Resigned as a player and coached the team now)
Additions:
- Braden ‘Chala’ Devenport (takes over the vacant space from ‘Pojoman’ within the grate ; ‘Chala’ previously worked for Spacestation Gaming before playing the previous Challenger League season with PogChamp)
Current line-up:
- Matthew ‘Achieved’ Solomon
- Braden ‘Chala’ Devenport
- Jason ‘Beaulo’ Doty
- Bryan ‘Merc’ Wrzek
- Emilio ‘Geometrics’ Leynez Cuevas
Susquehana Soniqs
Departures:
- Scott ‘NeptuneZ’ Webber
Additions:
- David ‘Iconic’ Ifidon
Current line-up:
- Seth ‘ supr’ Hoffman
- Alex ‘SlebbeN’ Nordlund
- Santino ‘Gomfi’ de Meulenaere
- Kevin ‘Easilyy’ Skokowski
- David ‘Iconic’ Ifidon
Annotation:
The organization recently joined the North American League. No Challenger League, relegation or previous ProLeague spot was required to participate in the new league.
DarkZero
Current line-up:
- Kyle ‘Mint’ Lander ‘
- Tyler ‘Ecl9pse’ McMullin
- Paul ‘Hyper’ Kontopanagiotis
- Alexander ‘Skys’ Magor
- Matthew ‘Hotandcold’ Stevens
Tempo Storm
Additions:
- Mark ‘MarkTheShark’ Arismendez (came as a stand-in)
Current line-up:
- Manuel ‘Sloppy’ Malfer
- Tim ‘Creators’ Humphreys
- Mitch ‘Dream’ Malson
- Giuliano ‘Krazy’ Solon
- Mark ‘MarkTheShark’ Arismendez
- Alex ‘Butterzz’ O’Campo (paused)
Which organizations are not represented?
There are some changes to the new Rainbow Six Siege e-sports season. These also affect the teams or organizations used by fans.
Luminosity gaming
The organization separated from its line-up and lost its place in the league.
Evil Geniuses
The organization separated from its line-up and lost its place in the league.
Team Reciprocity
The roster went to Oxygen Esports.
The North American broadcast line-up
| Host | Jacki Jing |
| Analyst | Loviel ‘Velly’ Cardwell |
| Analyst | Jesse Chick |
| Caster | Parker ‘Interro’ Mackay |
| Caster | Michael ‘KiXSTAr’ Stockley |
| Caster | John ‘BLU’ Mullen |
| Caster | Samuel ‘Stoax’ Stewart |
When does it start? – The Schedule
The first phase of the upcoming North American League season starts on Monday, June 22nd in the first game day. The game is always played at 6:00 PM EDT. According to German time, this is on Tuesday at 0:00 a.m. The matches on the first day of the game are:
Group A
- Oxygen Esports vs. Disrupt gaming
- Spacestation Gaming vs. eUnited
Group B
- Tempo Storm vs. Team SoloMid
- DarkZero vs. Susquehanna Soniqs
Then the following Wednesday, or Thursday after German time, continues with the second game day. The winning teams and the losing teams meet there. All games in the first phase of the US division will be played on Mondays and Wednesdays (North American figure). That phase runs until July 22, 2020.
Changes in the rules
With the release of Operation Steel Wave there were also changes in the rules of competitive games and competitions. The first change was already indicated by the rules of the Challenger League qualification. This set of rules said that Oregon replaced the border in the map pool.
There was also a very important change to the cosmetic content required by the professionals. From now on there is a white list on which content is listed that may be used in e-sports. All other cosmetic content is prohibited.
Allowed content includes:
- Pilot program phase 1 & 2 team skins
- ProLeague gold sets
- Standard skins
- Future phase 3 e-sport skins
About Rainbow Six Siege
If you don’t like fast, hectic and sometimes chaotic gameplay, the tactical shooter Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is the right choice. Developers Ubisoft Montreal and publisher Ubisoft offer a very balanced and constantly developing e-sports title with unique mechanics on the PC, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which culminates every year with the big “Six Invitational”.