Top laner Paul "sOAZ" Boyer and jungler Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider have left Origen, the team announced Tuesday.

"It is really sad for me to separate from these two teammates that have given so much to me and Origen during the last two years," team owner Enrique "xPeke" Cedeno Martinez stated in a press release. "I want to thank them personally for believing in Origen and myself even before we qualified for challenger series. Thanks for all the memories we have shared together and I hope the best for both of you in the future."

While it is unclear if the players were kicked off of the team or left of their own volition, a report from ESPN’s Jacob Wolf states that sOAZ is looking to join another team and will be free to seek other opportunities once his contract expires. LoL esports lists sOAZ's contract expiration date as Nov. 11, 2016.

“I will keep it as short as possible but I would like to thank everyone whom I played withduring these 2 years,” sOAZ stated in the press release. “I learned a ton about myself, how a team should operate and most importantly matured a lot.

“It was a risky bet for me and everyone involved when we first started, trying to qualify for CS and then LCS. It was scary but in the end it was all worth it, so thanks Alfonso, Jesper, Maurice, Tristan and xPeke for all the good memories.”

sOAZ has played for Origen since the team was founded in January 2015, and has played on the same team as xPeke since the two joined Fnatic in 2012. Amazing was another one of Origen’s original members and previously played for Team SoloMid and the Copenhagen Wolves.

“But all things must come to an end,” Amazing stated in a press release. “And as someone that strives for greatness in order to never leave anywhat-if scenarios behind, I think it’s time to move on and allow both myself and Origen to grow independently from one another in order to explore our future potential.”

While Origen have been considered a strong team in Europe over the past few seasons, they took a hard fall in the back half of 2016. Origen placed second in the 2016 EU LCS Spring Playoffs, then placed ninth in the 2016 summer season and barely qualified for the 2017 season after a 3-2 win over Misfits in the promotion tournament.

Origen also stated that mid laner Tristan “PowerofEvil” Schrage and AD carry Augustas “Toaster” Ruplys will be taking part in the upcoming tryouts, which will be open to LoL players who are 17 years old or older and are of Master level or above.

“For Origen, the first order of business is now to find suitable replacements, complete tryouts and start practice for the upcoming season,” coach Titus “LeDuck” Hafner stated in the press release.

“Rebuilding a team from scratch is not an easy task, especially with the competition for next year looking fiercer than ever. However, I remain confident with the talented players we have tested and the many more we will still trial. In League of Legends we have seen time and time again how successful newly formed teams can be and we are positive we can repeat the trend with our expertise.”

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