Northern Forces pick up ESEA Advanced lineup

Northern Forces announced the acquisition of Sebastian "Florence" O. and co. prior to the opening game of their ESEA Advanced Season 41 campaign. The signing of Kinship marks the return of Northern Forces to North American Counter-Strike following the disbanding of their roster who were relegated in ESEA Premier Season 39.

The move to their new organization comes shortly after the new additions of Connor "TiCx" Hartman and Adam "freshie" Paterson to the roster. While under the Kinship organization, the team barely missed out on an opportunity at promotion to ECL, placing 6th in ESEA Advanced Season 40 playoffs with a 9-5 regular season record.

It was following this narrow disappointment that the roster decided to replace Sean "Subarashii" Tuttle and Mike "clipsanity" Yelnikov heading into the next season. With the additions of freshie and TiCx, the team picked up a comfortable win in their opening match of Advanced, beating Luxxury 16-7 on Nuke while representing their new organization.

As for Northern Forces, this roster comes as their re-entry into Counter-Strike following a brief five-month hiatus. Matthew "D4rtyMontana" Paplawskas and the rest of the team departed the organization after the conclusion of ESEA Premier Season 39, which saw them relegated to Advanced. With this new team, the organization will be aiming for a prompt return to ESL Challenger League.

The Northern Forces lineup is as follows:

• Matthew "Cryptic" Whitmore

• Sebastian "Florence" O.

• Benjamin "niise" Mauldin

• Connor "TiCx" Hartman

• Adam "freshie" Paterson

• Dave "Dave" Tereshin (Coach)

The team will be hoping to continue their winning ways in ESEA Advanced in their next outing against Take Flyte on May 4th.