Team Liquid have announced that they will attend the offline qualifier for MLG Columbus with Echo Fox's Mohamad "mOE" Assad as a stand-in.

The 29-year-old is expected to fill in for Eric "⁠adreN⁠" Hoag, who is believed to be heading for the exit door as Liquid close in on Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen.

The former Enemy talent, who will make his debut for Liquid tonight, against Noble, is unable to attend the MLG qualifier with his new team due to eligibility issues as he could only play for the team with which he had qualified.



mOE to play for Liquid at the major qualifier

This left Liquid on the lookout for a fifth player for the event, and the North American giants turned to Echo Fox's Mohamad "⁠mOE⁠" Assad, who had already acted as a substitute for the team during the first day of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals, in December.

Should Liquid qualify for MLG Columbus, then mOE will also be playing for the team at the major - which will be the first of his career.

We'll be bringing @m0E_tv to the MLG Major Qualifier! Like if you'd want that m0E sticker on your weapons ;-) pic.twitter.com/dNrjnocMx8 — TeamLiquidPro (@TeamLiquidPro) February 19, 2016

Liquid have been drawn against mousesports, HellRaisers and Team YP for the group stage of the qualifier, taking place from February 26-28.

With mOE's addition, Liquid will attend the event with the following roster: