Fashionable French organisation Light Mates has entered Counter-Strike 2 with the signing of the Iberian Soul roster. The organisation acquired its begin in VALORANT, and has since expanded to Name of Responsibility, Rocket League, and League of Legends amongst different disciplines.
Consisting of Alejandro “alex” Masanet, Alejandro “mopoz” Fernandez-Quejo Cano, Pere “sausol” Solsona Saumell, David “dav1g” Granado Bermudo, and AWPer Antonio “MartinezSa” Martinez, the Spanish roster that made up Iberian Soul has been making waves in Tier 2 just lately. Eligible for Wildcard invitations on account of their victory at epicLAN 45, the place they performed with UK CS legend Owen “smooya” Butterfield as a stand-in for the Kettering-based LAN, Iberian Soul has additionally gained the OMEN Roman Imperium Cup I, Exort The Proving Grounds Season 2, and Galaxy Battle 2025 Part 3 in current months.
A run that has seen them rise to twenty ninth within the international VRS standings and twentieth inside Europe (As of August 4th), the roster is anticipated to climb additional within the September launch of VRS, placing them simply outdoors of the StarLadder Budapest Main qualification spots.
Contemplating they’re additionally but to play DraculaN Season 1 in Bucharest, Romania and StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2025 in Budapest, Hungary, the crew has a implausible alternative to climb additional within the rankings and declare a spot on the greatest occasion within the second half of 2025. At the moment among the finest groups in tier two CS, the squad does have the appropriate pedigree for selecting up large ends in Tier 1. The core of the crew that used to compete collectively on Movistar Riders (alex, dav1g, and mopoz) gained ESL Challenger Valencia and completed within the high 4 of IEM Cologne again in 2022. MartinezSa has additionally achieved large outcomes, having reached the highest 4 of IEM Dallas in 2024.
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Extra motion in Counter-Strike 2
Light Mates isn’t the one organisation making strikes in Counter-Strike 2 in the intervening time. FUT Esports, one other crew well-known for successes in VALORANT, has made a change to its new roster, benching Kevin “misutaaa” Rabier lower than a month after signing the ex-NAVI Junior crew. misutaaa shall be changed on the crew by Laurentiu “lauNX” Tarlea, with FUT now hoping it is going to be in a position to activate the potential proven by the Romanian when he first burst onto the scene in 2022 with Sprout for the IEM Rio Main cycle.
German organisation BIG has additionally undergone adjustments, benching coach Robin “ScrunK” Ropke after lower than a month with the organisation. Its additionally made a change to its energetic roster, with David “prosus” Hesse returning to the crew after a second stint on BIG Academy and Can “kyuubii” Ali being demoted in his place.
Brazilian organisations are additionally busy making strikes, with Felipe “skullz” Medeiros becoming a member of Imperial to exchange Portuguese star Jose “Shr” Gil, and AWPer Rafel “saffee” Costa being benched by MIBR after two years with the crew.
