Quincy Crew vs Team Liquid Prediction: the Americans to Fight Back

One of the most important international Dota 2 tournaments, the PGL Arlington Major 2022, will begin on Thursday, August 4. Quincy Crew and Team Liquid will play in the first round of the group stage.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 - an international cyber-sports tournament in Dota 2 with the status of the major. The contest in the U.S. will be the second and final major event of the 2021/22 DPC cycle. The top 17 teams from around the world will compete for $500,000 and 4,570 DPC points from August 04-14.

Quincy Crew is the winner of the first North American Regional this DPC cycle 2021/22. They were the most outraged about the cancellation of the first major, which was no surprise since they became the strongest team in North America and should have been preparing for the playoffs in the majors, but ended up with another four-team regional showdown. So the players did fail at was the regional finals, becoming only the third team in their region to receive no extra DPC points. Whether that was the result of a reluctance to play after the cancellation is possible, but in the second DPC league the guys blew the replay. With 6 wins and only 1 loss, the Quincy Crew was forced into replay, fell and missed a major.

In the new summer tour, the team was once again formed around the first and second playing position, Quinn and YawaR, joined from Alliance by Brazilian carry LESLÃO, with MSS and Fata as the supports. Quincy Crew is still a formidable force, the team was second in the summer tour, so the American squad will perform for the home audience. The main thing is to have something to show and not to fail miserably.

Team Liquid has been doing well throughout Europe's 2021/22 DPC cycle. The team achieved the championship in the winter tourney and finished second in the regional winter finals, where extra DPC points were awarded. In the spring, the team finished third in the regional league and went to the majors, where they performed mediocrely, taking 9-12 places. Due to failure in the Majors, the European squad tried to play well in the Regional League Summer Tour. They succeeded, becoming second, getting a ticket to the August Majors in the U.S.

The European team played with a substitute at the Riyadh Masters 2022 Arabian LAN tournament at the end of August. The great and mighty Ana replaced the Finnish carry MATUMBAMAN. Why the Finn didn't go to the UAE is unknown. It was more important to get their leading player to the USA with the team, and in UAE, Ana will go. The Australian isn't the same that was at TI8, TI9. In 2021 he tried to make a comeback in O.G., but after playing for precisely two months, he left. And he didn't show anything in Team Liquid. Now he'll be on replacement in RNG at the majors, and the Liquid with MATUMBAMAN is on full alert.

On the one hand we want to believe in the success of Team Liquid. They play consistently and achieve positive results in their region, but as soon as they come to the LAN international, they have problems. On the other hand, Quincy Crew doesn't look like they're ready to destroy any European team, that's why we expect a draw.

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