Swole Patrol have picked up their first victory at ESL Pro League Season 11 North America after beating Liquid on two maps.

Despite being by far the lowest-ranked side at in the North American division (currently 56th), the Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir-led squad has certainly made their presence known after coming in as a replacement for one of the teams who withdrew from the competition.

Although Swole Patrol lost their opening match to 100 Thieves on Thursday, they made the Australian team sweat in a three-map series before going on to secure a confident victory against the division's favorites, Liquid, to finish the first two days of the event with a 1-1 record.

Cooper- put on a show on Overpass

Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's team initially looked in control on the offensive side of Vertigo, but the series quickly went sideways when Swole Patrol picked themselves up after a 0-5 start. By the end of the half, they had recovered with six rounds to their name and looked comfortable when sides switched, winning their pick 16-11.

Their dominance continued on Overpass, where they flew off the line with a 10-1 lead as CT on the back of a great combination from the Abadir duo. Picking up a 11-4 half in the end, Swole Patrol looked to close the series with ease when they converted a second-round forcebuy and a couple of clutches, including a 1v3 from Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir, and although Liquid made a valiant effort to come back, the series came to a close at 16-12, 2-0

ESL Pro League Season 11 North AmericaBest of 3 Swole PatrolMatchpage 2 0 27th March 2020 Liquid 16Vertigo 11 16Overpass 12

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Austin 'Cooper' AbadirCooper	49 - 36	+13	86.9	1.29
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	42 - 35	+7	86.4	1.21
Jordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroZellsis	41 - 32	+9	79.7	1.19
Victor 'food' Wongfood	36 - 34	+2	75.9	1.12
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	29 - 26	+3	62.5	1.11

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	40 - 36	+4	85.0	1.16
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	43 - 41	+2	78.7	1.07
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	26 - 40	-14	59.4	0.85
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	25 - 38	-13	52.0	0.82
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	27 - 43	-16	64.1	0.82

With another match between Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves still yet to be played on day two of the North American division, the standings are as follows:

Group A TEAM M P 100 Thieves 1 3 Liquid 2 3 Swole Patrol 2 3 Evil Geniuses 0 0 FURIA 0 0 MIBR 1 0 Evil Geniuses #8 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Chet 'Chet' Singh Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir Age: 27 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 853 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.69 MIBR #25 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloIgnacio 'meyern' Meyer 100 Thieves #9 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović FURIA #12 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Nicholas 'guerri' Nogueira Evil Geniuses #8 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 100 Thieves #9 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 24 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1255 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Liquid #6 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Swole Patrol #56 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirVictor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Liquid #6 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Eric 'adreN' Hoag Austin 'Cooper' Abadir Age: 25 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 514 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.63