Photo by Gary Baum
game they played came down to the wire, including one
of the craziest game we’ve ever seen (more in a minute),
Image continued to find a way to win. In their game against
Philly Xtreme both teams had a played sprinting to the
buzzer and whoever got their first would win the match,
sending their team to the semifinals. In a true photofinish that would make the Kentucky Derby proud, it was
Montreal Image hitting the buzzer hundreds of a second
before Xtreme. That game sent Image to the semifinals
where they beat Raleigh Bloodhounds 6-3 and then onto
the finals where they ended Brooklyn Bears season 3-2.
In Division Three X-Ball Houston Hate went wire to wire
without a loss. In the Ochofinals they beat DZ All Atars 4-1;
they beat New World Order 4-2 in the quarterfinals; they
sent West Coast Killers packing in the semifinals 3-2; and
won the event with a 3-1 win over the Noobies. Capital
Edge DMG Titanium beat TB Nortorious 3-2 to take the
Division Four X-Ball division.
Dirtbags beat West Coast Sharks to take the Open FiveMan division; Maryland Militia won the Division 3 FiveMan; Jungle Bears took the Division 4 Five-Man and weR1
took Division 5 Five-man.
The NXL World Cup was without a doubt the best pro/am
event of the season in the U.S. The location was great, the
caliber of play was amazing, the game endings were some
of the best ever and the pomp and circumstance and vibe
were about as lively as we’ve seen in years.
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