{"id":287,"date":"2025-06-27T09:46:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:20:53","slug":"cdl-championship-2025-day-one-breach-stuns-la-thieves-optic-sweeps-faze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/27\/cdl-championship-2025-day-one-breach-stuns-la-thieves-optic-sweeps-faze\/","title":{"rendered":"CDL Championship 2025 Day One: Breach stuns LA Thieves, OpTic sweeps FaZe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cdl-champs-2025-stage-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of CDL Championship 2025 main stage illuminated with purple light\" class=\"wp-image-191742\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Call of Duty League<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a8390d6a5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The opening day of the 2025 <strong>Call of Duty League (CDL) Championship<\/strong> has come to a close, and already, the final event of the season has caused an unlikely upset.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a8390dcc8\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong>Miami Heretics<\/strong>, <strong>Toronto Ultra<\/strong>, and <strong>OpTic Texas<\/strong> remain in the upper bracket, alongside <strong>Boston Breach,<\/strong> which managed to score a shock victory over the <strong>Los Angeles Thieves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-6880a8390ea21\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-189548\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/black-ops-7-everything-we-know\">Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release: Everything we know about the sequel<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-186862\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-season-5-esports-world-cup-clash\">Call of Duty&#8217;s Season 5 update to clash with Esports World Cup<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-185658\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/05\/los-angeles-thieves-win-back-to-back-call-of-duty-league-majors\">Los Angeles Thieves win back-to-back Call of Duty League Majors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a8390f78c\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"miami_heretics_bests_vancouver_surge-2\">Miami Heretics Bests Vancouver Surge<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cdl-champs-2025-miami-heretics-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Miami Heretics Call of Duty League roster standing in front of camera\" class=\"wp-image-191741\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Miami Heretics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a8390fe3d\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The all-Spanish roster of <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-championship-2025-miami-heretics-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Miami Heretics<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>did battle against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-championship-vancouver-surge-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vancouver Surge<\/a><\/strong> in the opening match of the event. Vancouver Surge looked to showcase its skill from the outset, securing the opening Hardpoint 250-105 to take the early series lead. Miami Heretics responded and immediately took control of the match with a 6-4 Search and Destroy victory to level the series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83910433\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>With the momentum in favour of the Spaniards, Miami Heretics secured Vault Control 3-1 before keeping the ball rolling on Hacienda Hardpoint with a 250-156 victory to secure the series by three games to one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83910a2a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Vancouver Surge isn\u2019t out of Champs yet. The franchise falls into the elimination bracket, where it will face LA Thieves to remain in the tournament. For Miami Heretics, the franchise plays Boston Breach in the winner\u2019s bracket semi-final.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a8391103b\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"boston_breach_stuns_los_angeles_thieves-2\">Boston Breach Stuns Los Angeles Thieves<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/boston-breach-purj-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Boston Breach Purj posing in front of a dark background\" class=\"wp-image-191746\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Boston Breach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a839116b1\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Heading into Champs as the eighth seed, few expected <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-championship-boston-breach-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Boston Breach<\/strong> <\/a>to give the tournament favourite a run for its money. LA Thieves kicked off the series with a hard-fought win on Vault Hardpoint, but Boston Breach\u2019s superior Search and Destroy gameplay came to fruition in game two, levelling the series with a convincing 6-2 score line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83911c9b\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Breach continued to push the Major 3 and 4 winners to the limit, taking Vault Control 3-2. Los Angeles Thieves came back fighting, winning Rewind Hardpoint 250-132 to force a fifth and final map. Despite its best efforts, the Search and Destroy quality of Boston Breach shone through, winning Red Card 6-3 to send LA Thieves into the elimination bracket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a839122a5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-champs-2025-la-thieves-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Los Angeles Thieves<\/a><\/strong> now have to run the elimination bracket gauntlet in order to make another Grand Final appearance. LA Thieves play the Vancouver Surge in the first round. For Boston Breach, the eighth seed advances to the winner\u2019s semi-finals, where Miami Heretics await.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a839128b5\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"toronto_ultra_outlasts_defiant_carolina_royal_ravens-2\">Toronto Ultra Outlasts Defiant Carolina Royal Ravens<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/toronto-ultra-large.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Toronto Ultra team wearing branded hoodies while standing in front of car\" class=\"wp-image-191747\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Toronto Ultra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83912f37\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Following two surprise results, the hometown franchise of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-2025-team-preview-toronto-ultra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toronto Ultra<\/a><\/strong> kicked off its Champs campaign against the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-champs-carolina-royal-ravens-preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carolina Royal Ravens<\/a><\/strong>. Ultra immediately demonstrated its Hardpoint prowess, taking the opening map with a 250-117 win. Carolina responded immediately with a 6-4 victory in game two on Dealership Search and Destroy to level the series once more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83913541\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The Royal Ravens looked to take flight in Protocol Control, but a standout performance from <strong>Joseph \u2018JoeDeceives\u2019 Romero<\/strong> clipped its wings in the final seconds, winning the map 3-2 for Ultra to retake the series lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83913b26\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Rewind Hardpoint could\u2019ve gone either way, but Toronto Ultra held strong to win 250-230 to wrap up a 3-1 series victory. As a result, this sets up a tantalising semi-final against OpTic Texas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a83914145\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"optic_texas_sweep_aside_atlanta_faze-2\">OpTic Texas Sweep Aside Atlanta FaZe<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/optic-texas-shotzzy-large.jpg\" alt=\"OpTic Texas Shotzzy competing at Call of Duty League event. The player is wearing a headset while looking at a monitor.\" class=\"wp-image-191748\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: OpTic Texas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a839147c9\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The final match of the first day saw <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-championship-2025-team-preview-optic-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OpTic Texas<\/a><\/strong> battle against longtime rivals <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/call-of-duty-league-champs-2025-preview-atlanta-faze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlanta FaZe<\/a><\/strong>. A back-and-forth Hacienda Hardpoint went in favour of the Green Wall, taking a 1-0 lead with a 250-204 score line. The Green Wall continued to hold strong with a clinical 6-3 win on Protocol Search and Destroy, putting Atlanta FaZe on the verge of an early trip to the elimination bracket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a83914dd7\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>A resurgent OpTic Texas dominated the slaying department on Hacienda Control, winning Hacienda Control 3-1 to secure a 3-0 sweep over the two-time Black Ops 6 Major winners. With FaZe facing off against Royal Ravens in the elimination bracket, OpTic advances to battle Toronto Ultra in the winner\u2019s bracket.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6880a839153ff\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"whats_next-4\">What\u2019s Next<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6880a839159ef\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>With the round one matches concluded, attention turns to the first round of the elimination bracket and the winner\u2019s bracket semi-finals. Day two of the CDL Championship Weekend begins at 8 PM BST. Fans can tune into the action exclusively live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CODLeague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CDL YouTube channel<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/06\/cdl-championship-2025-day-1-recap\">CDL Championship 2025 Day One: Breach stuns LA Thieves, OpTic sweeps FaZe<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Call of Duty League The opening day of the 2025 Call of Duty League (CDL) Championship has come to a close, and already, the final event of the season has caused an unlikely upset.&nbsp; Miami Heretics, Toronto Ultra, and OpTic Texas remain in the upper bracket, alongside Boston Breach, which managed to score [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venquorladise.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}