Liquid sweep EG to win ESL Pro League Season 11 North America

Liquid defeated Evil Geniuses 3-0 to clinch the title in ESL Pro League Season 11's North American division.

The Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella-led squad once again showed that they have the upper hand against Evil Geniuses, bringing them down for the third consecutive time in the league, this time in rather convincing fashion as they extended their overall streak against their North American rivals' core to nine series victories in a row.

The grand final came down to a brilliant performance from Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic, who ensured Liquid's victory on Dust2 before Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski joined him at the top of the scoreboard on Vertigo while the star duo pushed their team to the 3-0 sweep.

NAF and EliGE shone in the grand final

The two teams first met on Dust2, where they had had a 1-1 record against each other from their two previous close encounters in Pro League over the past two weeks. After a back-and-forth start, this time it was Liquid who amassed a great defensive half spearheaded by NAF and went on to extend their lead further when they got on the offense.

Down 5-13, Evil Geniuses found a way back with five consecutive rounds and looked to make their rivals sweat when the economy swung their way, but a key 1v3 clutch by NAF helped Liquid lock down the first map at 16-11 for a 2-0 series lead.

With their backs against the wall, EG started off well on Vertigo thanks to a 2v4 turnaround from Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold and Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik in the pistol round, but soon NAF started running rampant again as the two teams began to trade blows. As Vincent "⁠Brehze⁠" Cayonte shone on the other side, the score was nearly even at halftime, but then EliGE joined the fray with big multikills and Liquid were able to run a dominant offense and clinch the victory without conceding a map at 16-9, 3-0.

ESL Pro League Season 11 North AmericaBest of 5 LiquidMatchpage 3 0 12th April 2020 Evil Geniuses 1Default 0 16Dust2 11 16Vertigo 9

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	53 - 29	+24	106.5	1.65
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	44 - 25	+19	90.3	1.29
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	30 - 27	+3	68.5	1.17
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	32 - 25	+7	63.1	1.12
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	28 - 29	-1	69.4	0.98

Evil Geniuses	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	38 - 33	+5	79.5	1.09
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	28 - 36	-8	62.0	0.84
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	29 - 41	-12	67.2	0.84
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	24 - 41	-17	56.8	0.64
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	16 - 36	-20	36.0	0.62

The final standings of ESL Pro League Season 11 North America are:

1. Liquid - $90,000
2. Evil Geniuses - $45,000
3. FURIA - $33,000
4. MIBR - $23,000
5. 100 Thieves - $15,000
6. Swole Patrol - $13,000

Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte Age: 21 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 896 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 MIBR #19 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloIgnacio 'meyern' Meyer Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1242 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 Evil Geniuses #7 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 100 Thieves #8 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1267 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Liquid #6 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1203 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Swole Patrol #32 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirVictor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir FURIA #11 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 24 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1267 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Age: 20 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 847 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67