​ North American organization NRG Esports is set to release coach Ian “Immi” Harding, according to multiple sources close to the team. This move comes on the heels of a group stage exit at the Season 7 ESL Pro League Finals, still currently underway. Immi was unavailable to coach the team at this event because of problems acquiring a proper visa, which he mentioned in a tweet last weekend.

Sadly I won't be attending EPL Dallas with @NRGgg due to Visa issues. — Ian Harding (@Immicsgo) May 13, 2018

NRG finished second in North America in the regular season of ESL Pro League behind Team Liquid, putting the team easily into the playoffs. But NRG wasn’t able to replicate that success on LAN. NRG lost badly to the newly-formed Heroic in a best-of one before recovering with a best-of three victory against MVP PK. Waiting for NRG in the lower bracket semifinal was Mousesports, which ultimately led to the team’s exit of the event.





The next event for NRG is StarLadder StarSeries Season 5 at the end of the month in Kiev, Ukraine. This leaves them with less than two weeks to find a new coach, should it want one at the tournament. StarSeries lacks some of the better teams in the world like Astralis and FaZe Clan, which will give some lower level teams an opportunity to make a deep run.





NRG could not initially be reached for comment.





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