2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #2 Brinks João Victor gobera Vitor Gobo qck Gabriel Lima xenom Eduardo Soeiro frz Leandro Gomes announced that Eduardo "xenom" Soeiro will not be present with the team at Monterrey's Americas LCQ due to a denied visa application. Head Coach Gabriel "gaabxx" Carli will play in his stead while Alexandre "NegaraL" Lopes occupies the coaching booth.

2Game stressed in its statement that it exhausted many options in an attempt to secure xenom's participation at Mexico's tournament, but was not met with the necessary support from Mexico's consulate in São Paulo.

gaabxx image gaabxx last competed as a player in 2025's Americas Ascension with RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #10 prozin Wallacy Sales forbanz sw Jadisson Rayan Urango Victor Rodrigues RgLMeister Matheus Rodigoli . (Photo: Riot Games)

Following his tenure with MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #1 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos in 2025 that culminated in a top six finish at Champions Paris, xenom began competing in Brazil's Challengers League with LA MASIA LA MASIA Brazil Rank #5 Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo Palla Davi Alcides mazin Matheus Araújo tuyz Arthur Andrade jzz João Pedro for a single stage before signing with 2024 Ascension Champions 2G.

The new 2G performed well in Stage 2 of Challengers and progressed all the way to the grand final, but it was xenom's old team of LA MASIA that emerged victorious after a thrilling five-map series, ultimately denying 2G a direct invite to the Americas Play-Ins.

Thanks to enough accumulated points throughout the year, 2G qualified to the Americas LCQ alongside Shopify Rebellion Black Shopify Rebellion Black North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri satellite exa Kim Lee-hwan (김이환) Smoke NaturE Nicholas Garrison and the – yet to be determined – loser of the LATAM Finals, where it will compete for the final ticket to Los Angeles and a chance at making Champions Shanghai.

gaabxx and the rest of 2G will first play Shopify Rebellion Black in the Swiss Stage on July 28.

2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #2 Brinks João Victor gobera Vitor Gobo qck Gabriel Lima xenom Eduardo Soeiro frz Leandro Gomes will field the following roster throughout the Americas LCQ: