With its double-revolver logo forming the face of a bull, it is instantly clear that the Houston Outlaws are a Texan team through and through. They’re one of the Atlantic Division’s six teams who will be competing in the first season of the Overwatch League. Here’s everything we know about them.
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Houston Outlaws team information
- Owner: Hector Rodriquez
- Hector Rodriquez is the owner and CEO of OpTic Gaming, a long-running esports team based in the USA. They’ve seen success in Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of War, and Counter-Strike, with a total prize earning to date of almost a million dollars.
- Division: Atlantic
- Social links:Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
Houston Outlaws roster
The Outlaws roster includes some of the strongest North American players in the business, including several members for the USA national squad. They did put up a fight against the Korean team at World Cup 2017, but it doesn’t make them favourites by any stretch. Their coaching staff, however, is extremely well chosen.
- Russell ‘FCTFCTN’ Campbell, Tank, USA
- Matt ‘Clockwork’ Dias, DPS, USA
- Jiri ‘LiNkzr’ Masalin, DPS, Finland
- Jake ‘JAKE’ Lyon, DPS, USA
- Lucas ‘Mendokusaii’ Håkansson, DPS, Sweden
- Matt ‘coolmatt69’ Iorio, Flex, USA
- Alexandre ‘SPREE’ Vanhomwegen, Flex, Belgium
- Austin ‘Muma’ Wilmot, Tank, USA
- Daniel ‘Boink’ Pence, Support, USA
- Christopher ‘Bani’ Benell, Support/Flex, Canada
- Shane ‘Rawkus’ Flaherty, Support, USA
The team are backed up by a large organisation of managers and training staff, including head coach Tae-yeong ‘TaiRong’ Kim, who previously led South Korea to victory in the first Overwatch World Cup. He’s joined by two other coaches, Hyeon-woo ‘HyeonWoo’ Kim and Adam ‘MESR’ De La Torre, plus general manager Matt ‘flame’ Rodriguez.
Houston Outlaws skins
The Outlaws have chosen a black and green palette for their team uniform, with silver/grey accents. Here’s their jersey and t-shirt:
Like all team jerseys and t-shirts, these are purchasable on theBlizzard gear store.