The Los Angeles Thieves pulled out a 3-2 win over the Miami Heretics on Friday to move into a tie for second place in qualifying for the Call of Duty League’s Stage 1 Major.
The Thieves and idle OpTic Texas are both 5-1, just behind the Toronto Ultra (6-0). The Heretics fell into a tie for eighth place at 2-4.
In other Friday action, the Vancouver Surge edged the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-2, and the Atlanta FaZe swept the Boston Breach 3-0.
Los Angeles opened with a 250-150 victory on Vault Hardpoint before Miami captured Protocol Search and Destroy 6-1. The Thieves again moved in front by claiming Hacienda Control 3-1, but the Heretics pulled level by winning 250-226 on Hacienda Hardpoint. The decisive fifth map, Hacienda Search and Destroy, went to Los Angeles 6-2.
Carolina prevailed 250-192 on Red Card Hardpoint, but Vancouver replied with a 6-4 win on Vault Search and Destroy and a 3-2 triumph on Hacienda Control. After the Royal Ravens took Skyline Hardpoint 250-218, the Surge sealed the match with a 6-5 win on Protocol Search and Destroy.
Atlanta downed Boston 250-234 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-1 on Protocol Search and Destroy and 3-0 on Protocol Control.
Qualifying concludes with six matches this weekend:
Saturday
–Vancouver Surge vs. Minnesota Rokkr
–Vegas Falcons vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8
–Miami Heretics vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
Sunday
–Boston Breach vs. Los Angeles Thieves
–Atlanta FaZe vs. Cloud9 New York
–Toronto Ultra vs. OpTic Texas
Call of Duty League 2025 Stage 1 Major qualifiers standings (win-loss record, map win-loss differential):
1. Toronto Ultra, 6-0, plus-10
2. OpTic Texas, 5-1, plus-8
3. Los Angeles Thieves, 5-1, plus-7
4. Boston Breach, 4-1, plus-4
5. Carolina Royal Ravens, 4-2, plus-5
6. Vancouver Surge, 3-3, even
7. Atlanta FaZe, 2-3, minus-2
8. Miami Heretics, 2-4, even
9. Minnesota Rokkr, 2-4, minus-5
10. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 1-5, minus-5
11. Cloud9 New York, 1-5, minus-8
12. Vegas Falcons, 0-6, minus-14
–Field Level Media
