TSM announced the release of Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen and Pujan "FNS" Mehta, who have been replaced by Echo Fox's Sean "seang@res" Gares and Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan.

TSM's lineup change comes after a series of mixed results, including a 9th-12th finish at Northern Arena - Toronto, last place at iBUYPOWER Masters and third place at the Americas Minor Championship.

The organization believes the team "has become relatively stagnant since the departure of Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta" and as a result decided to bring in Echo Fox's former players, Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares and Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan, who will take over in-game leadership and AWPing, respectively.



ShahZaM and seang@res join TSM

In the meantime, Canadian duo Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen and Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta have been relieved of their duties in TSM, with their future yet to be unveiled.

Due to roster rules, TSM will participate in the Mountain Dew League Global LAN Finals from January 5-8 with the previous lineup, who qualified via the North American division of ESEA Premier Season 23.

At the same event, TSM will play against Rush as a part of the promotion process for ESL Pro League. The winner of that match will go on to play Splyce in an online environment for a spot in ESL Pro League Season 5.

"Although we didn't end the year on a good note, I think these new changes will definitely help some of the younger players on the team improve. I want to thank TSM for everything they've done for me individually. I wish my ex-teammates nothing but the best of luck moving forward." Pujan "FNS" Mehta said in a statement given to TSM.

TSM now have the following lineup:

The new lineup will debut in the DreamHack Masters Las Vegas North American qualifiers, which are set to take place in January.