MSL replaces JuGi in North

North officially announced the signing of OpTic player Matthias "MSL" Lauridsen, who took part in the presentation of the club's new design of the uniform of the day before. He replaced Jacob "JUGi" Hansen in the main roster.

2/2 "Nobody doubts Mathias' abilities to lead the team, and I'm sure we are entering into a new era for North after a rocky 2019 with his strong structured approach to the game."

— North (@TheNorthIsHere) January 17, 2020

MSL played for the North from January 2017 to September 2018, as an in-game leader. Under his leadership the team became the champion of DreamHack Open Montreal 2017, DreamHack Open Tours 2018, DreamHack Open Valencia 2018 and DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018. After leaving, he played in the line-ups of Rogue and OpTic.

JUGi joined North in May 2019. Together with him, the Danish team became champions of DreamHack Open Sevilla 2019, took 3rd-4th place at ECS S7 Finals and won the North European qualification for World Electronic Sports Games 2019-2020.