All players, including the coach, are no longer part of The Guard organization, and Riot Games has changed its mind and given the players the opportunity to find a new organization to participate in the VCT Americas League.

The Guard's roster was as follows

• Trent "trent" Cairns 
• Jonah "JonahP" Pulice 
• Michael "neT" Bernet 
• Ian "tex" Botsch 
• Jacob "valyn" Batio 
• Josh "JoshRT" Lee (head coach)

A few days ago, Riot Games announced that The Guard would not participate in the VCT Americas League because the organization did not meet the requirements necessary for partner team status. Therefore, they were excluded from the league and informed that no other team could replace them in the top league, and the list of teams would remain as it was last year. More detailed information about this situation can be found in this article.

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Possible Future of the Roster

Most likely, The Guard's roster may be signed by another organization, but with possible changes in the roster, as one of the players, namely Ian "tex" Botsch, was noticed testing in the NRG organization. More detailed information about this can be found in this article.

There is a possibility that the organization that will sign the former The Guard roster may be OpTic Gaming, as one of the owners, namely H3CZ, liked a tweet with the news that the players were given the opportunity to participate in the league next year. However, information about the new organization and changes in the roster remains just rumors for now. For accurate information, official announcements need to be awaited.