NRG take out eUnited in the Group A Winners' match on Overpass, 16-9, to secure the first spot in the Americas Minor playoffs.

The Group A winners' match between NRG and eUnited on Overpass kicked off with NRG winning the pistol round on the defense. Having planted in the first round, eUnited forced and a triple with an AK from Brandon "⁠Ace⁠" Winn leaving it in a 4vs2 made it look like eUnited could take the second round but a triple by Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold kept his team in charge.

CeRq had a great match against eUnited with 29 kills

eUnited then won the first gun round to make it 1-3 after an execution on A. The success would be short-lived, however, as NRG won the following round and got the economic advantage back on their side. With Ethan and Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov as the team's engines, NRG ran away with the first half with a 13-2 score before switching sides.

eUnited managed to stay alive, however, winning the second pistol round with a triple by Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino. Having lost the following eco, NRG were then able to win the first gun round after opening up the A site and planting the bomb. NRG were then able to get on match point 15-6, but eUnited, with a CZ buy, managed to play a fast round to stay alive. Ultimately, however, it was NRG who sealed the deal, 16-9, to clench a spot in the playoffs.

Americas Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 NRGMatchpage 16 9 7th July 2018 eUnited 16Overpass 9

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	29 - 15	+14	116.6	1.85
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	24 - 13	+11	94.8	1.49
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	18 - 13	+5	64.2	1.07
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	10 - 14	-4	55.0	0.89
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	14 - 18	-4	66.1	0.88

eUnited	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michael 'dapr' Gulinodapr	22 - 19	+3	114.2	1.40
Brandon 'Ace' WinnAce	19 - 18	+1	70.5	1.13
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks	13 - 18	-5	60.3	0.80
Kaleb 'moose' Jaynemoose	10 - 19	-9	46.4	0.62
Will 'dazzLe' LoafmandazzLe	9 - 21	-12	45.3	0.49

eUnited #44 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn Michael 'dapr' Gulino Age: 19 Team: eUnited Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 263 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Age: 18 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 531 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Brandon 'Ace' Winn Age: 23 Team: eUnited Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 351 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 NRG #7 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Age: 18 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 449 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68