The LCS is hosting a LoL showmatch between Team USA and Team Canada—and the rosters are stacked

LCS fans have long been awaiting an official League of Legends showmatch between the two neighboring giants, USA and Canada. They’ll finally get one this Friday.

On Aug. 7, LCS shout casters, including CaptainFlowers, Kobe, and Jatt, announced a League showmatch between the two countries “in the spiArit of the ongoing Olympics.” The video revealing the match was posted to X, and also describes the rosters. They’re pretty stacked, to say the least.

Each team consists of veterans and young prodigies, making the perfect mixture to bring dynamic and tactical gameplay to the Summoner’s Rift. Dhokla, Blaber, APA, Yeon, and Busio will represent the USA, while Licorice, Tomio, Jojopyun, Massu, and Vulcan will fight for Canada’s honor.

The match isn’t that far away. It takes place this Friday, Aug. 9, at 3pm CT. It will be streamed on the LCS YouTube channel, though given the rosters’ walkouts have already been recorded, the whole series could’ve been prerecorded. We’ll find out soon enough, though.

While it’s a simple showmatch, many fans are stoked. The announcement quickly made it to Reddit, where LCS viewers shared their excitement in an Aug. 7 thread. “This is actually so cool they are doing this since people have been shadow boxing these two line ups recently. I hope they actually take it semi seriously,” the top comment reads.

“We need more for fun matches as content,” another fan underlined. It does feel like a nice addition to the broadcast. A few fans expanded on the idea and proposed a semifinal bracket, where Team Korea and Team Europe could also compete. Given how many players from both regions there are in the LCS, it could be possible, but not likely.