It’s finally here. Following the Kickoff Classic, competitive Call of Duty is now back for real. Indeed, the CDL 2021 Stage 1 will kick off the official season – every match counts from here on out within the format. Bearing that in mind, we’ve got you covered when it comes to How to Watch the second season of the Call of Duty League!
Event Background
The CDL 2021 Stage 1 will see the end of the off-season. All of the rosters have been finalized, with a temporary stand-in every now and then. Running for a couple weeks, the event will run from February 11th up to 28th. All of this builds up to the Major, one of five of the season, which will take place on March 1-7th. Here are the 12 teams fighting for those seeds:
- Atlanta FaZe
- Dallas Empire
- Florida Mutineers
- London Royal Ravens
- Los Angeles Guerillas
- Los Angeles Thieves
- Minnesota Rokkr
- New York Subliners
- OpTic Chicago
- Paris Legion
- Seattle Surge
- Toronto Ultra
Format
The format for the stage is entirely based around 2 round robin groups. Indeed, these groups were sorted at the Kickoff Classic. Within the 2 round robin groups, each play will play a total of 5 matches to earn CDL points and place higher in their group.
Here are the two groups which will be contesting any day now:
Group A
- Dallas Empire
- London Royal Ravens
- Los Angeles Thieves
- Minnesota ROKKR
- New York Subliners
- Seattle Surge
Group B
- Atlanta FaZe
- Florida Mutineers
- Los Angeles Guerillas
- OpTic Chicago
- Paris Legion
- Toronto Ultra
Schedule for the CDL 2021 Stage 1 (CET)
The schedule is split into three weeks, as mentioned:
- Opening Weekend (ATL Home Series) – Feb 11-14
- Week 2 – Feb 18-21
- Week 3 – Feb 25-28
As always with this section, we have a taster of the entire schedule. Accordingly, find the opening weekend schedule below:
11th February
- Los Angeles Thieves vs Minnesota Rokkr (21:00)
- Dallas Empire vs Seattle Surge (22:30)
12th February
- OpTic Chicago vs Paris Legion (21:00)
- Atlanta FaZe vs Los Angeles Guerillas (22:30)
13th February
- Los Angeles Guerillas vs Paris Legion (21:00)
- Florida Mutineer vs Toronto Ultra (22:30)
14th February
- Los Angeles Thieves vs New York Subliners (00:00)
- London Royal Ravens vs Seattle Surge (21:00)
- Dallas Empire vs Minnesota Rokkr (22:30)
15th February
- Atlanta FaZe vs OpTic Chicago (00:00)
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Predictions
The reason why everyone is so excited is possibly explained by the fact that we have no idea what to expect! Acting as showmatches, not much can be interpreted from the Kickoff Classic. Accordingly, below I’ll be presenting my predictions for the two groups – how will they end up?
Group A
- Dallas Empire
- Minnesota ROKKR
- Los Angeles Thieves
- New York Subliners
- London Royal Ravens
- Seattle Surge
Without question, Dallas Empire are your favourites heading into their group. At second place, I think that ROKKR are a strong and underrated competitor that will prove themselves shortly. They’re followed up by Los Angeles Thieves who are desperate to compensate for their thrashing at the Kickoff Classic.
Meanwhile, the New York Subliners and London Royal Ravens are both at the bottom due to roster problems. While the Subliners’ issues are more clear, Ravens just confirmed that “Zer0″ can’t make it to the US, so “Parasite” will be taking his place. Otherwise, Seattle Surge aren’t looking too hot.
Group B
- OpTic Chicago
- Florida Mutineers
- Atlanta FaZe
- Los Angeles Guerillas
- Toronto Ultra
- Paris Legion
This group is insanely difficult to predict. From the opening weekend, I found that all of these rosters are threats – especially the top three. OpTic, as usual, are looking like the strongest team in the beginning of the season closely followed by Florida’s youngsters. Atlanta look to get some work done while the bottom three are equally capable of stealing a series at any point.
Keep a close eye on Group B – I’m expecting upsets here!
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