New York Excelsior are the team representing NYC in the Atlantic Division of the Overwatch League. They’ll be playing in the very first season, and are one of five teams from North America. Here’s everything we know about them.

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New York Excelsior team information

Owners: Jeff Wilpon

Jeff Wilpon is the COO of baseball team The New York Mets, and executive vice-president of Sterling Equities, a real estate company. Thus, New York Excelsior marks Wilpon’s first expansion into esports.

Division: Atlantic

Social links:

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube

New York Excelsior roster

Excelsior’s roster is made up exclusively of South Korean players, including almost the entirety of the Korea-based LW Blue Overwatch team.

Jong-yeol ‘Saebyeolbe’ Park, DPS, South Korea

Do-hyun ‘Pine’ Kim, DPS, South Korea

Hye-sung ‘Libero’ Kim, DPS/Flex, South Korea

Tae-hong ‘Mek0’ Kim, Flex, South Korea

Jun-hwa ‘Janus’ Song, Tank, South Korea

Dong-gyu ‘Mano’ Kim, Tank, South Korea

Sung-hyeon ‘JjoNak’ Bang, Support, South Korea

Yeon-joon ‘ArK’ Hong, Support, South Korea

In addition to the players, South Korean coaches Hyeong-seok ‘WizardHyeong’ Kim and Hyeon-sang ‘Pavane’ Yu will be part of the team, plus American assistant coach Andrew Kim. Scott ‘BEARHANDS’ Tester acts as the team’s director of player personnel.

New York Excelsior skins

Mimicking the United States flag, NYXL’s skins use a red, white, and blue colour scheme. Here’s their jersey and t-shirt:

Like all team jerseys and t-shirts, these are purchasable on theBlizzard gear store.