ESL One New York groups and talent announced

The team list for the $250,000 event was complete after Cloud9 earned their spot by defeating Rise Nation 2-1 in the Americas Closed Qualifier. And now it just so happens that former member of the squad Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert will be trying his hand at some talent duties.

Main stream

OJ Borg - Host

Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner - Desk Host

Duncan "Thorin" Shields - Analyst

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

Jason "Moses" O'Toole - Commentator

Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Commentator

Heather "Sapphire" Garozzo - Observer

DJ "Prius" Kuntz - Observer

Secondary stream (Friday)

Tres "Stunna" Saranthus - Host

Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert - Analyst

James "JamezIRL" Macaulay - Analyst

Mohan "Launders" Govindasamy - Commentator

Conner "Scrawny" Girvan - Commentator

John "Blu" Mullen - Commentator

Erik "da_bears" Stromberg - Commentator

In addition to the team that will be bringing you the action, the groups and  initial match-ups for the event were also announced. The format for the event will be the standard dual GSL groups, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the single-elimination bracket.

Group A	Group B
SK	FaZe
Natus Vincere	Astralis
Cloud9	Virtus.pro
EnVyUs	Liquid

As for the opening matchups, they are as follows:

SK	vs.  EnVyUs
Cloud9	vs.  Natus Vincere
FaZe	vs.  Virtus.pro
Astralis	vs.  Liquid

ESL One New York will kick off the group stage on September 15, and dust2.us will be there giving you live updates.