Boston Breach, LA Thieves make statements at CDL Stage 3 qualifying

Boston Breach rallied from down 2-0 for a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Falcons on Sunday, the final day of Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying.

The Los Angeles Thieves also won on Sunday to finish atop the standings at 4-1 with a plus-11 map differential. Boston, the Vancouver Surge, the Miami Heretics and Toronto Ultra also went 4-1 and collected 40 CDL points apiece.

The Stage 3 Major qualifying round had the league's 12 teams each play five qualifying matches through Sunday to determine seeding for the Stage 3 Major playoffs, slated for April 24-27 in Boca Raton, Fla. All teams qualify, and each team received 10 CDL points for each win.

Boston Breach won a 3-2 battle with the Vegas Falcons, who led 2-0 after winning on Skyline Hardpoint 250-241 and Rewind Search & Destroy 6-0. Boston responded by winning 3-1 on Vault Control, 250-156 on Vault Hardpoint and 6-5 on Red Card Search & Destroy.

Atlanta FaZe suffered a 250-143 setback to OpTic Texas on Hacienda Hardpoint, then reeled off three close victories on Hacienda Search & Destroy (6-5), Hacienda Control (3-1) and Vault Hardpoint (250-244) to avoid a fifth map on Red Card Search & Destroy.

The Los Angeles Thieves swept the Carolina Royal Ravens, winning 250-134 on Hacienda Hardpoint, 6-2 on Rewind Search & Destroy and 3-0 on Vault Control.

Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying standings (with match record, map differential and CDL points awarded):

1. Los Angeles Thieves, 4-1, plus-11, 40

2. Boston Breach, 4-1, plus-8, 40

3. Vancouver Surge, 4-1, plus-5, 40

4. Miami Heretics, 4-1, plus-5, 40

5. Toronto Ultra, 4-1, plus-3, 40

6. Atlanta FaZe, 3-2, plus-3, 30

7. OpTic Texas, 2-3, minus-2, 20

8. Carolina Royal Ravens, 2-3, minus-3, 20

9. Minnesota ROKKR, 1-4, minus-4, 10

10. Vegas Falcons, 1-4, minus-5, 10

11. Cloud9 New York, 1-4, minus-9, 10

12. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 0-5, minus-12, 10

--Field Level Media