2020 Dallas Fuel season

2020 Dallas Fuel season
Head coachAaron Atkins (rel. Aug 3)
Kim Yong-jin (Interim)
General managerMathew Taylor
OwnerMike Rufail
Kenneth Hersh
Arena(s)Esports Stadium Arlington
ConferencePacific
DivisionWest
RegionNorth America
Results
Record9–12 (.429)
Place
May MeleeQuarterfinals
Summer ShowdownKnockouts
Countdown CupQuarterfinals
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$10,000

The 2020 Dallas Fuel season was the third season of the Dallas Fuel's existence in the Overwatch League. The Fuel planned to host a league-high five homestand weekends in the 2020 season at Esports Stadium Arlington, Toyota Music Factory, the Allen Event Center, and two more undetermined locations.[1] While the first homestand at Esports Stadium Arlington took place, all other homestands were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a 7–10 start to the season and failure to make it past the quarterfinals in any of the three midseason tournaments, the Fuel released head coach Aaron "Aero" Atkins on August 3 and announced that assistant coach Kim Yong-jin served would as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[2] Dallas finished the season with a 9–12 record, marking their third consecutive season with a losing regular season record. A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 4 in the North America play-ins tournament took the Fuel out of postseason contention.[3]

  1. ^ Magelssen, Tommy (August 20, 2019). "2020 Dallas Fuel schedule released: Esports Stadium Arlington gets opening-weekend fixtures". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. ^ Collins, Sean (August 3, 2020). "Monday was a day of turmoil for the Dallas Fuel. A shift was brewing for a while". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Collins, Sean (September 4, 2020). "'It's me that failed': 'Yong,' Dallas Fuel's underwhelming season com's to abrupt halt in 3-0 loss to Washington Justice". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 14, 2020.