NRG beat Swole Patrol on Nuke, 16-10, at Twickenham Stadium in London, to get the Americas Minor underway.

NRG and Swole Patrol kicked the Americas Minor off on Nuke, with the former taking the pistol round after a play on the lower bombsite that their rivals were unable to stop. NRG then tried an A split after flashing yard and trying to run into garage, but Derrick "⁠LILMAN⁠" Boyne and Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir downed the Terrorists before they could get to the site. Swole Patrol then took the following two rounds, with the last one seeing Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold unable to stop defuse in time in a 1vs2 despite eventually killing both enemies.

NRG win the Group A opener against Swole Patrol

The map quickly started to slip away from Swole Patrol's grip as NRG warmed up and took four rounds in a row for a 7-3 lead before Samuel "⁠SileNt⁠" Portillo & co. could reply. Having reset Swole Patrol the following round, NRG took control of the economy late in the half and closed it out 10-5.

Ethan and Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov, with a triple and a double, respectively, stopped Swole Patrol on their tracks. Having won the anti-ecos and the first gun round, NRG took the 14-5 lead to create a large cushion. SileNt was then able to win a 1vs2 after plant on A, which became a catalyst as Swole Patrol tried to bring the deficit back winning several rounds in a row. With 14-10 on the board, Ethan was able to win a 1vs1 against SileNt on the A site to defuse the bomb and get his team on match point. NRG then closed it out the following round, to take the match 16-10.

Americas Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 1 NRGMatchpage 16 10 7th July 2018 Swole Patrol 16Nuke 10

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	26 - 15	+11	89.2	1.42
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	21 - 14	+7	90.2	1.32
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	20 - 13	+7	72.1	1.28
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	15 - 13	+2	74.6	1.15
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	17 - 17	0	79.7	1.12

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadirfreakazoid	19 - 21	-2	80.0	1.04
Austin 'Cooper' AbadirCooper	17 - 19	-2	69.5	0.90
Samuel 'SileNt' PortilloSileNt	17 - 20	-3	66.5	0.89
Derrick 'LILMAN' BoyneLILMAN	10 - 19	-9	65.3	0.75
Jordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroZellsis	9 - 20	-11	34.5	0.52

Samuel 'SileNt' Portillo Age: 23 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 524 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.71 Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir Age: 25 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 575 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Age: 18 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 531 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Swole Patrol #49 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirSamuel 'SileNt' PortilloDerrick 'LILMAN' BoyneJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Derrick 'LILMAN' Boyne Age: 24 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 225 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.70 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