Counter-Strike 2

The German organization BLUEJAYS has announced its return to activity in Counter-Strike by signing the North American BOSS quintet and their coach, Matt "⁠Warden⁠" Dickens.

The American side is currently 48th in Valve's Global Ranking, 14th in the Americas, and they sit atop the ESL Challenger League in North America with a 14-2 record.

They were close to securing a spot at BLAST Open Lisbon, but fell to M80 at the last hurdle, and finished third in the IEM Dallas qualifier after losing to Nouns in the consolidation final.

Before crossing the Atlantic, BLUEJAYS started out fielding lower-tier teams from the DACH region in the mid-10s before moving to the Balkans in 2019 with Serbian, Bulgarian and, most notably, North Macedonian rosters.

Players like Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro, Pavle "⁠Maden⁠" Bošković, or Falcons' current in-game leader Damjan "⁠kyxsan⁠" Stoilkovski all represented BLUEJAYS at one point before the organization went inactive at the beginning of 2023.

BLUEJAYS is now:

United States - Kyle "⁠Wolffe⁠" Greenfield
Canada - Adam "⁠freshie⁠" Paterson
United States - Gavin "⁠Fruitcupx⁠" Norman
United States - Keller "⁠SLIGHT⁠" Nilan
United States - Wyatt "⁠snav⁠" Phillippi

United States - Matt "⁠Warden⁠" Dickens (coach)