Before the grand final of the main tournament of the year — BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 — viewers are in for a special treat: a show match between Team USA and Stream Team, featuring North American CS legends, streamers, and the creator of Counter-Strike himself — Minh Le, known as Gooseman.

The creator will appear in the game on the big stage for almost the first time, and it's going to be legendary. He mentioned he doesn't play much, but no one cares; everyone wants to see him play. He will be playing for Team USA, which will definitely have strong support.

Team USA Roster:

• Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham — Major champion with Cloud9
• Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert — his former teammate and iconic showman
• Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski — FaZe star and one of the best riflers in the world
• Michael "Grim" Wince — Complexity player
• Minh “Gooseman” Le — creator of CS

Stream Team Roster:

• Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann — Popular European streamer
• Alexandre "gAuLeS" Borba — Popular Brazilian streamer
• Edona “Dona” Muliu – Manager of ohnePixel and European streamer
• Maxim “shadowkekw” Pavlov and Vadim “Evelone192” Kozakov— popular streamers from Europe

Details of the show match are still unknown, but judging by past experiences, BLAST will host a fun match where determining a clear winner is impossible. You must attend and watch Gooseman's gameplay. The stream will be on the original BLAST broadcast.

History of Show Matches at Previous Majors

Over the last 10 majors, there have been as many show matches, featuring various themes, from player mixes to country battles.

• Team HAI vs Team BYE — PW Shanghai Major 2024
• ECSTATIC vs Danish tier-2 players — PGL Major Copenhagen 2024
• France vs team s1mple and smooya — BLAST Paris Major 2023
• Sweden vs Brazil — Rio Major 2022
• Mix of players and talents — PGL Major Antwerp 2022
• GeT_RiGhT and company vs Copenhagen Flames — Stockholm Major 2021
• No show match — StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
• Danger Zone mode — Katowice Major 2019
• smooya vs rain — FACEIT Major London 2018
• Player mixes — ELEAGUE Major Boston 2018

The match will take place at 12:30 PM CDT (7:30 PM CEST) at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. You can follow the match on the official BLAST stream on Twitch.