Team SoloMid have released their CS:GO team as a result of the ongoing conflict between the organization and former player Sean "sgares" Gares and have transferred the players to a new, unnamed organization..

"It is extremely unfortunate that our experience in CS:GO has resulted in a situation such as this, and we are extremely disappointed that we were unable to keep the squad together underneath the TSM banner," TSM said in a press release. "Nonetheless, there are no grudges held over the result and we wish them all the best of luck in their continuing careers."

In the press release, TSM said that the organization's relationship with the team has slowly fallen apart over the past few weeks, and that the players wanted to continue to play with sgares. The news was initially reported by Slingshot's Jarek "DeKay" Lewis.

"As for the EPL spot, earned by Semphis, FNS, Relyks, SicK, and Twistzz, we will be transferring that to their new organization," TSM said.

Team SoloMid’s conflict with their CS:GO roster began in December, when sgares and the rest of TSM’s players signed an open letter asking the team owners affiliated with the Professional eSports Association not to bar their players from participating in the EPL. TSM then parted ways with sgares after he released a series of screenshots of conversations between himself and TSM founder Andy “Reginald” Dinh in which Reginald claimed that sgares never spoke to him about the concerns in the open letter, and that signing it hurt TSM’s brand.

PEA teams then gave the players the ability to choose between the EPL and the PEA-operated league, and players chose to stick with the EPL, leading the PEA to cancel their league. However, Reginald and sgares continued to clash on Twitter and Reddit, while the remainder of TSM’s players unanimously voted to play in the EPL.

TSM re-entered CS:GO with an all-North American roster in January 2016, following their Danish roster leaving the organization to become Astralis. However, TSM saw plenty of turnover over the course of 2016, leaving Hunter ”SicK” Mims as the only member left from TSM’s original 2016 roster. Russell “Twistzz” Van Dulken joined the team as a stand-in in March, Skyler “Relyks” Weaver was signed in August, and both Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan and sgares joined in December.

TSM did not state in their press release whether or not they intend to stay in CS:GO by signing a new roster.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.