{"id":8756,"date":"2019-11-25T04:33:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T04:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8756"},"modified":"2019-11-25T04:33:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T04:33:44","slug":"brussen-completes-boston-uprising-roster-for-owl-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/brussen-completes-boston-uprising-roster-for-owl-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Brussen completes Boston Uprising roster for OWL 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Uprising recently announced the signing of the Netherlands national Overwatch player Thomas \u201cbrussen\u201d Brussen, who will take over the role of flex\/tank for the upcoming OWL campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the new signing surfaced Friday, November 22 on Boston Uprising&#8217;s official Twitter account, unveiling brussen as their newest member and the first Dutch player to compete in the <a href=\"\/overwatch-league\/\" title=\"OWL esports betting\">Overwatch League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brussen reportedly caught the attention of Uprising&#8217;s President of Gaming, Chris \u201cHuK\u201d Loranger, with his performances at the 2019 Overwatch World Cup, where he helped the Netherlands reach a historic fifth-sixth place finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrussen had a standout performance in the recent World Cup,\u201d said Mr Loranger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think he will synergise well with the rest of his teammates, and we\u2019re glad to welcome him here to Boston.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alright, let&#39;s not drag out the teases any longer. <\/p>\n<p>Welcome the newest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BostonUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BostonUp<\/a> flex tank and first Dutch player in OWL, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brussenn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brussenn<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Full announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WI7Cu2YiMA\">https:\/\/t.co\/WI7Cu2YiMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LDea6sRUNd\">pic.twitter.com\/LDea6sRUNd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boston Uprising (@BostonUprising) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BostonUprising\/status\/1197967999195594752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The Dutch Overwatch pro kicked off his career in March 2018 when he joined Freefall. He also played for One.PoinT, Bazooka Puppiez, and Young and Beautiful before moving to Angry Titans in the European Contenders this July.<\/p>\n<p>While brussen and his teammates did not fare too well in the Contenders league, where Angry Titans were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs, his performances stood out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"\/overwatch\/\" title=\"Overwatch esports betting\">OVERWATCH BETTING SITES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His time to shine came on the international stage, where brussen played a key role as the Netherlands produced one of the biggest upsets in Overwatch history when they decimated Finland 3-0 in preliminaries en route to the knockout stage. While they ended up losing to France in the quarter-finals, the Dutch went above and beyond all expectations with their fifth-sixth finish.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Euro Contenders and the Overwatch World Cup, brussen displayed impeccable skill on Sigma, which is one of three champions (alongside D.Va and Roadhog) he is very proficient with.<\/p>\n<p>With the arrival of brussen, Boston Uprising have finalised their roster for the upcoming OWL season <a href=\"\/boston-uprising-release-six-players-after-owl-s2-disaster\/\" title=\"More Boston Uprising news\">after undertaking a complete overhaul<\/a> in the wake of their 19th-place finish last term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Uprising recently announced the signing of the Netherlands national Overwatch player Thomas \u201cbrussen\u201d Brussen, who will take over the role of flex\/tank for the upcoming OWL campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[113,4,31,85,853,5],"class_list":["post-8756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-boston-uprising","tag-featured","tag-overwatch","tag-overwatch-league","tag-thomas-brussen-brussen","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8756"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8759,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8756\/revisions\/8759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}