On July 8, in a Twitter post, American esports organization TSM announced that it is disbanding its current Valorant team. One of the main reasons is the poor performance of the players since the start of the season.

In 2023, the team only managed to secure one podium spot in the tier-3 Ludwig x Tarik Invitational tournament. Meanwhile, the important regional event, Valorant Challengers 2023: North America Challenger Playoffs, ended with the team exiting at 7-8th place.

Latest TSM lineup

• Johann “seven” Hernandez
• Cory “corey” Nigra
• Anthony “gMd” Guimond
• Nicholas “NaturE” Garrison
• Erik “Kanpeki” Xu
• Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik (substitute)

History of the organization

One of the oldest esports organizations formed its first Valorant roster in May 2020. Despite the team showing high levels at the tier-2 stage, defeating many renowned opponents, their way to elite level tournaments was blocked. All attempts of the team to get into tier-1 events of the Valorant Champions Tour Masters ended in exits at 7-8th place and below. From the beginning of their career, thanks to victories at various tournaments, the team brought the organization $164,750.

In 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which were the main sponsors of the organization, collapsed. After this, TSM gave up a number of teams in other disciplines, and reduced the coaching staff in Valorant.

The organization is not leaving Valorant

TSM representatives warmly said goodbye to the current lineup and stated that, despite the fact that the team did not achieve the set results, they are grateful to everyone for their cooperation.

Despite the fact that we did not fulfill our dreams of rising together, we are proud of all the efforts that each player has put in, representing the black and white. Thank you, guys.

In addition, the organization assured fans that it has no plans to completely abandon the discipline. A renewed roster will be formed which will return to the professional scene at the start of the new season in 2024.