The Toronto Ultra pulled into a tie for first place in Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying thanks to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Surge on Friday.
Toronto and the idle New York Subliners are both off to 4-0 starts. Seattle fell to 0-3.
In the day’s other match, the Atlanta FaZe (2-1) logged a 3-0 sweep against the Minnesota Rokkr (0-4).
All 12 CDL teams will play seven qualifying matches ahead of the Stage 2 Major, scheduled for March 21-24 in Miami. Every team will advance to the double-elimination tournament, with the qualifying matches determining seeding.
Each qualifier win is worth 10 points. The prize pool for the tournament (money and CDL points) has yet to be announced.
The Ultra won the Stage 1 Major in January.
On Friday, the Ultra got past the Surge 250-145 on Karachi Hardpoint, 6-3 on Karachi Search and Destroy and 3-2 on Karachi Control.
The FaZe topped the Rokkr 250-193 on Rio Hardpoint, 6-4 on Invasion Search and Destroy and 3-2 on Invasion Control.
Week 3 action continues Saturday with three matches:
–Vegas Legion vs. Boston Breach
–OpTic Texas vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
–Los Angeles Guerrillas vs. Seattle Surge
Call of Duty League Stage 2 Major qualifying standings (points, match win-loss record, map win-loss differential, map win-loss percentage):
1. Toronto Ultra, 40 points, 4-0, plus-9, 80 percent
2. New York Subliners, 40 points, 4-0, plus-8, 75 percent
3. OpTic Texas, 30 points, 3-0, plus-6, 75 percent
4. Atlanta FaZe, 20 points, 2-1, plus-4, 66.7 percent
5. Vegas Legion, 20 points, 2-1, plus-1, 53.9 percent
6. Boston Breach, 20 points, 2-1, 50 percent
7. Carolina Royal Ravens, 10 points, 1-2, minus-1, 46.2 percent
8. Los Angeles Thieves, 10 points, 1-1, minus-2, 37.5 percent
9. Los Angeles Guerrillas, 0 points, 0-2, minus-4, 25 percent
10. Seattle Surge, 0 points, 0-3, minus-8, 10 percent
11. Minnesota Rokkr, 0 points, 0-4, minus-6, 33.3 percent
12. Miami Heretics, 0 points, 0-4, minus-7, 29.4 percent
–Field Level Media