Reshuffling the Deck: A Summary of the RLCS 2026 Transfer Window
Another fun mid-season transfer window has come to a close. While no blockbuster moves happened at the very top of each region, we still have quite a few changes to go over to get you ready for the second split of the RLCS 2026 Season!
North America
Spacestation Gaming
Roster: Reveal, Diaz, Zach
Spacestation offered up one of the surprise moves of the trade window, as they opted to replace Chronic with the recently retired Zach (formerly Scrzbbles).
The 16-year old opted to retire to focus on school after the 2025 World Championship, but will be making his return to full-scale competition for the second split of the 2026 season, slotting beside his former teammate Reveal, as well as Brazilian prodigy Diaz.
Zach and Reveal qualified for the Raleigh Major, Esports World Cup, and 2025 World Championships together in their sophomore seasons, and brought Spacestation the org’s first RLCS regional championship since Season X.
FUT Esports
Roster: Cheese, Jstn, Chronic
After missing the first major of the season, FUT Esports decided to do a near full rebuild and parted ways with Sosa and Frosty. Because of this, the Turkish organization opted to lose all of the points they gained in the first split to pick up two players in the trade window portal.
Their first addition is Spacestation’s Chronic. The American ended up being the odd man out on his former team and will look for a fresh start for split 2. Joining him and Cheese is the Season 8 World Champion Jstn, whose production had looked solid in the first half of the season.
The veteran was fourth among qualified players in NA with 0.78 goals per game, and his team led the league in production with 2.08 goals per game. With FUT’s offensive production lacking in the last split, this could be the move that gets them on the right side of the North American regional bubble.
Gen.G Mobil1 Racing
Roster: MajicBear, Rise, Frosty
While FUT needed more offensive output, Gen.G needed someone to hold down the fort on defense. Jstn was a major presence in front of the opponents net, but was also a bit above league average on defense.
His teammates, Rise and MajicBear, were hovering at or below that average. The addition of Frosty, who ranked 6th in North America in saves last split, more than bolsters their defensive front, while allowing Rise and Majic more time in the upper third of the field.
Frosty has been both a mechanically and statistically impressive player for the past couple of seasons. One question still remains: can he finally break through to a Major this season?
Europe
Geekay Esports
Roster: ApparentlyJack, Joyo, TempoH
EU’s five seed surprised everyone when they survived Group B in the Boston Major and secured a spot in the playoffs, then nearly stunned Karmine Corp in a 7-game thriller.
Despite their top 8 finish, however, the G-Men opted to make a change, benching veteran Seikoo and snagging Danish breakout TempoH from Manchester City.
While Seikoo was the main scoring threat for Geekay in split 1, especially in the major, TempoH averaged more shots and goals per game.
More importantly, TempoH was also a more accurate shooter than any of the three players on Geekay’s split 1 roster, scoring on 23.53% of his chances on goal.
While this is only a bit above league average, shooting accuracy was something that plagued Geekay in the first split. With the Saudi org looking to secure their EU5 status, or even make a jump up the ladder, this seems like a move in the right direction for their offense.
Manchester City Esports
Roster: Ejby, Accro, Seikoo
The trio of Ejby, Accro, and TempoH saw themselves finally really break through into the upper echelon of the European scene with their Last Chance Qualifier run, losing to Team BDS in the semifinals. Then in the offseason, they got some more mainstream attention, qualifying for the Coupe de France Slash 2025 LAN with the likes of Team Vitality, Gentle Mates, and Karmine Corp.
Finally, under Manchester City, they made an appearance at the Kickoff Studio LAN at the very beginning of the season. Stringing together 3 playoff appearances, including a top 4 in the final open, knotted them up with Geekay Esports in points and forced a tiebreaker.
They ended up losing 2-4 and missed Boston, and now they’ve lost TempoH to Geekay as well. As a consolation, they picked up Geekay’s leading scorer and will be looking for some sweet, sweet revenge in split 2.
Magnifico
Roster: AtomiK, Nico, Yujin
It’s not an offseason without drama, and Magnifico kicked off our trade window with plenty of it. After Tox left the duo of AtomiK and Rezears, Magnifico added Nico (another new Danish breakout) for the second split.
Unfortunately for AtomiK and his RLCS points, things are never quite that simple. Rezears seemed to get the call from Manchester City after the major, as they had just lost TempoH to their standings rivals. This left AtomiK looking for another third and, losing him his RLCS points.
AtomiK looked to Yujin to replace his German counterpart and round out his roster. Meanwhile, things fell through between Rezears and City, leaving the German looking for a team.
This new look Magnifico does have a dynamic feel to it, as Yujin and Nico are very capable, mechanical youngsters. AtomiK proved that unc does indeed still have it last season, making plenty of highlight reel plays on the biggest stage.
Look out for Magnifico to cause some upsets in split 2, and make a run for it in the Last Chance Qualifier.
GentleBench (now Team Vitalité)
Roster: Radosin, MtzR, Alpha54
Gentle Bench looked like one of the marquee unsigned teams heading into this season. With a couple of top French prospects in Yujin and mtzR and French veteran and World Champion Radosin, the squad seemed like a true Major contender.
After missing the kickoff LAN with a loss to NOVO, however, things went downhill fast. They then missed the playoffs in Open #2 with losses to Geekay and Karmine Corp, and then missed the Open #3 Main Event entirely by going 2-3 in the Swiss Stage. They recorded losses to Man City Esports, WIP Esports, and GHT to end their split.
The free agent squad decided to part ways with Yujin and replace him with another French veteran in Alpha54. Together, 2/3rds of the second Team Vitality World Champion roster combine forces with another young French talent to see if they can make another crazy last split run.
Unnamed (Formerly Magnifico)
Roster: Tox, Rezears, Bibbaba
What seemed like a full disband for Magnifico with Tox leaving the team and Rezears reportedly working on a deal with Man City has now come nearly full circle. Tox and Rezears will reunite together for Split 2 and take Magnifico’s points, while adding a very promising up-and-comer.
Hungarian prodigy Bibbaba joins the two Germans as he gets his best shot yet in his rookie season. The 15 year old made his RLCS debut in EU Open #2 of this year under the WYLDE banner, and qualified for his second ever main event in the next open as well.
His mechanical talent causes fits against other teams, and he almost led WYLDE to an upset win over the eventual Major Champions, Gentle Mates, back in the Swiss Stage of Open #2. The Mates reverse swept WYLDE to qualify for the second weekend.
Being placed alongside two very capable German veterans may be all need Bibbaba needs to throw a curveball at some of the EU Mainstays in future events.
South America
Team Secret
Roster: Motta, Drufinho, Suco
The biggest roster move in SAM comes from Team Secret, an org and team that had been playing second fiddle to FURIA for a few seasons now.
With new org on the block, MIBR, popping off and Aztromik and Sad returning to form alongside El Toro himself, Team Secret found themselves missing their first RLCS LAN since the Copenhagen Major in the 2024 season.
Motta and Drufinho decided to part ways with longstanding Secret member Kv1 and give Suco his biggest chance yet.
Suco is a circuit era product that made his RLCS debut back in the 2021-22 season, and had only strung together a couple of playoff appearances until he finally broke out in RLCS 2024.
On Godfidence alongside Aztromik and Bemmz, Suco was finally a true contender in South America, and he earned his first regional final appearance against FURIA at the end of Split 1 of that same season.
He ended up falling just short of the RLCS World Championship last season, losing to Corinthians, now MIBR, in the finals of the SAM Last Chance Qualifier.
This season, Suco played with Amethyst and exited in the semifinals 3 events in a row, with all 3 losses coming to the top 2 big dogs of the region.
As Secret looks to leapfrog back over MIBR and FURIA to their rightful place back on the world’s stage, Suco could be just the talent they need to get over that hump.
Amethyst
Roster: Wisty, Crn, Kv1
Kv1 will be sticking around near the top of South America, despite his removal from Team Secret. Joining Wisty and Crn, he’ll have a chance to take a couple of other Circuit Era breakouts to the next stage, and his experience could prove to be just the thing Amethyst needs to finally get a big win over FURIA or MIBR, or even get revenge on his old team.
Despite a slight dip in scoring production this season, Kv1 remains one of the best set-up men in the region, and maybe even the game. He had 53 assists in split 1, good for the most in the region.
As they’re a team with a staunch defense, having someone that can provide more scoring opportunities could be just what this team needs to make a jump from SAM4.
Middle East & North Africa
MMT (likely to soon be called “MNT”)
Roster: M7sn, T7LM, Nadr
While the trade window was incredibly calm in MENA compared to most transfer periods, we did get one change that’ll be pretty relevant to the MENA rankings. Regional mainstays T7LM and M7sn have opted to swap Mesho out for Nadr heading into the second half of the season.
Statistically, it seems like an upgrade. Nadr is a great outlet man and most teams are able to play through him to increase their offensive output. He’s 15th in the region in assists and 9th in the region in goal participation.
Mesho had a bottom third offensive efficiency both in terms of assists and goals, categories that MMT desperately need to bolster if they want to make up ground on the four teams ahead of them.
They currently only score just under 2 goals a game, whereas top MENA competition like Twisted Minds, Team Falcons, and R8 Esports average anywhere from 2.2 goals per game to 3.16.
With the usual roster chaos just about done, it’s time to put these rosters to the test on the pitch, rather than just paper. Qualifiers for RLCS Open #4 start internationally this coming weekend. Stay tuned!
Gentle Mates
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