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Boca Juniors to enter esports in 2021

The giant Argentinian soccer club will sponsor teams in League of Legends and CS:GO.
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Published: Dec 4, 2020 05:52 pm

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Boca Juniors, a legendary Argentinian soccer club, will enter esports for the first time next year, the club announced today.

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Boca plans to start its story in esports with teams in two titles: League of Legends and CS:GO. The club chose these two titles because League is the most-watched esports in the world, while CS:GO is one of the most popular FPS games.

“This milestone marks the beginning of a new stage for the club and we are very happy to take Boca’s history to new challenges to continue adding stars,” Boca said. Boca is the most successful club in Argentina, having won the Argentinian soccer league 34 times.

Boca’s biggest rival, River Plate, entered esports in 2016 and currently fields teams in both League and CS:GO, which will surely create an interesting storyline in the Argentinian scene.

River Plate isn’t the only big Argentinian club investing in esports, though. San Lorenzo, one of the country’s top-five soccer clubs, officially launched its League team yesterday.

The Argentinian esports scene is growing in both of the titles Boca plans to invest in. Isurus’ CS:GO team competed abroad at BLAST Premier Fall Showdown last month and two Argentinian players will compete in the LCS next year: Brandon “Josedeodo” Joel Villegas (FlyQuest) and Leandro “Newbie” Marcos (Golden Guardians).

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Staff writer and CS:GO lead. Leonardo has been passionate about games since he was a kid and graduated in Journalism in 2018. Before Leonardo joined Dot Esports in 2019, he worked for Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte. Leonardo also worked for HLTV.org between 2020 and 2021 as a senior writer, until he returned to Dot Esports and became part of the staff team.
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