Scottish Call of Duty (CoD) coach Mark ‘MarkyB’ Bryceland has joined the Los Angeles Guerrillas in the CoD League.
He moves from Toronto Ultra, where he helped them take third place at CoD Major 3. He worked with a mix of UK players there including Insight, Hicksy, Cammy and Bance, with the latter two moving to the Minnesota RØKKR.
MarkyB, who retired as a pro player in 2018, said he’s extremely excited about the move and is looking forward to working with the players and staff at the LA Guerrillas.
LA Guerrillas current players include North American CoD talent Huke, Spart, Neptune and Arcitys.
Asim, SlasheR and Gunless recently left the team, with SlasheR joining Atlanta FaZe and the other two currently free agents.
Alex Rubens, who leads The Guard, the LA Guerrillas’ parent organisation (which is part of Arsenal FC owners Kroenke Sports & Entertainment), said:
“Stoked to have Mark leading our team into the future. He’s a proven leader and fits perfectly into our ethos of winning the right way and playing for the long game.”
Alex Rubens, LA Guerrillas
“I can’t wait to see what he’s able to do with this squad, the season can’t come soon enough!”
The Guard also has the Overwatch League team, the LA Gladiators.
The news comes after the UK’s CoD League franchise team, the London Royal Ravens, announced one of their UK players – Afro – had left to join Minnesota RØKKR last month.
This means Minnesota now have three UK players – Afro, Bance and Cammy.
We’ll update this article after other UK Call of Duty players move teams during what’s known as ‘rostermania’.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
