North America has a new Call of Duty World League champion! After an upset-peppered first two days of the Stage 2 playoffs, Sundays grand final matchup between EnVyUs and Dream Team was rife with excitement and anticipation. While EnVyUs impressive 4-1 finals win may not have been on the same entertainment level as the epic conclusion to Stage 1, there were still plenty of storylines to lend drama to the moment. Lets look at how both teams made it to the big stage.A Tale of Two SemisOn one half of the bracket, Dream Team and Luminosity Gaming entered the semifinals after leaning on monster individual performances to secure upset wins over FaZe Clan and OpTic Gaming, respectively.Initially, Dream Team raced ahead to a 3-1 series advantage, thanks in large part to the heroics of Troy Sender Michaels and Steven Diabolic Rivero. Then Luminosity Gaming battled back to tie the series 3-3 after securing a dominating win in Round 5 Hardpoint as well as a tight 7-5 win in Round 6 Uplink.A masterful performance by none other than Adam Killa Sloss (7/4 KD) in the decisive Round 7 Search and Destroy map secured the semifinal victory for Dream Team, ensuring its spot in the championship finals.On the other half of the bracket, No. 1 seed Team EnVyUs found itself matched up against perennial powerhouse and No. 4 seed Rise Nation after both teams secured dominating wins over their quarterfinal opponents. Despite the fact that EnVyUs was the higher ranked team, it seemed as if the overwhelming majority of predictions favored Rise, thanks in large part to the star power of Sam Octane Larew and Daniel Loony Loza.While EnVyUs did win the series 4-1, it was anything but a blowout. Just two plays made the difference in their respective rounds: a brilliant two-piece by both Jordan Jkap Kaplan and Austin SlasheR Liddicoat in the opening seconds of overtime of Round 2 Uplink for EnVyUs, and a momentum-crippling dead slide by Rise Nations Josiah Slacked Berry in Round 4 Capture of the Flag.As was the case throughout the weekend, though, EnVyUs was truly at its best on one map: Hardpoint. In both Round 1 and Round 5 Hardpoint, EnVyUs managed to flummox the slaying power of Rise Nation, holding its entire opposition under the positive KD mark, thanks mainly to the duo of Johnathan John Perez and SlasheR. Every critical engage seemed to favor EnVyUs, with John securing a 77/53 KD and SlasheR slotting in at a neat 71/47 KD for both rounds.Dreams CrushedFrom there the stage was set: a matchup between the No. 6 seed upstarts Dream Team and the No. 1 seed Team EnVyUs.Once again, EnVyUs proved to be the dominant team in Hardpoint, securing an impressive 250-116 round win in the opening match of the series, despite a few unique ban/protect choices from Dream Team. Bryan Apathy Zhelyazkov, in particular, was amazing; he finished Round 1 with a 40/26 KD and over a minute and a half in the hardpoint, where he secured critical kills for his team as the rest of EnVyUs fanned out for better positioning.Round 2 saw Dream Team come alive, rallying to a 7-6 Uplink win behind the slaying power of Martin Chino Chino and Sender, who posted a combined 59/30 KD. Despite the round win, though, it felt as if EnVyUs still had much of the momentum, as it was within two points of Dream Teams score for the majority of the round.So perhaps it wasnt surprising to see EnVyUs claim the next three round wins en route to the Stage 2 title. However, what was surprising was the sheer level of dominance it displayed in each win.Starting with Round 3 Search and Destroy, EnVyUs put together the first 6-0 round sweep of the Stage 2 playoffs, allowing Dream Team just eight total kills. Next was one of the most brutally efficient Capture the Flags I have ever watched, with EnVyUs taking an 8-1 Round 4 win. With both Apathy (who also had a mind-rattling four captures) and SlasheR posting nearly double-positive KD numbers for much of the round, EnVyUs steamrolled Dream Team; at one point its scorestreaks included a Cerberus, Hellstorm, Lightning Strike and Dart.And then, just as it had done throughout the entirety of the Stage 2 playoffs, EnVyUs put together another consummate performance on Hardpoint in Round 5, securing a 250-150 victory to claim the Stage 2 title. Apathy was masterful once again in the deciding contest, posting a 34/20 KD as well as a minute in the hardpoint; he dictated the pace of the game while opening up space for his teammates, including John and Slasher, who each posted above a minute and 40 seconds in the objective.New Stars are BornIn a season dominated in large part by OpTic Gaming, it was refreshing to see a new team climb to the top of the pack and in such convincing fashion. While Dream Team failed to find its competitive groove in the finals, its run to the championship series was anything but a fluke; after all, it knocked off two of the better teams in the CWL in FaZe Clan and Luminosity Gaming.I know it kind of sucks to say, I lost in the finals, but, at the same time, Im proud of this team and how we all performed against FaZe and LG, said Chino. I think we can keep getting better.From one perspective, this tournament will go down as the rise of two slayers: John from EnVyUs and Chino from Dream Team. Both players had demonstrated signs of brilliance throughout Stage 2, but each player took it to another level during the Stage 2 playoffs.Even during Dream Teams collapse in the finals, Chino still managed to post a positive KD (130/101) in the series, and time and again came away with critical kills that kept the game from getting even more out of hand. His performance leading up to the finals was nothing short of spectacular, with his glittering KD marks a routine sighting throughout the tournament.And, while EnVyUs John may not have had as big of an impact during the finals, his performances against H2K and Rise Nation prior to that were easily the best of the week.John had quite a few maps where he just took over, admitted teammate Jkap.Ever the humble player, John refused to acknowledge his individual success, instead deferring to his team. I think we all played really well. Like, if you go watch, we all did amazing together; it wasnt like there was one player that was slacking. It was a team effort.Surrounded by a terrific cast of players on EnVyUs, John may have a chance to shine on the biggest stage come September as one of the rising stars of the CWL. Carl Nicks Jersey . Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. 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They have won four straight and nine of 12 while moving a season-high 12 games over .500.The Dodgers have won five of seven games against the D-backs this season, five of the last six, and they will attempt to win the weekend series Saturday when right-hander Brandon McCarthy, who opened the season on the disabled list after 2015 Tommy John surgery, faces his former team for the first time. McCarthy had a rough victory against the San Diego Padres last week, giving up three runs in five innings.Right-hander Archie Bradley gets the starting nod for the Diamondbacks, who have won three home series this season aand are 15-33 at Chase Field.dddddddddddd Bradley hasnt won since June 19, going 0-2 with a 4.30 ERA since. He gave up five runs in 5 2/3 innings against them in a loss June 14.Taylor is the latest addition to a Dodgers team that has had a lot of moving parts because of injuries this season. Andre Ethier has been on the disabled list all season, Joc Pederson has been out for two weeks and Clayton Kershaw has missed two turns through the rotation and left-handed starters Alex Wood and Brett Anderson are on the DL now.The Dodgers acquired Taylor for right-handed prospect Zach Lee on June 19 and promoted him to the majors on June 25. He has made four starts since, two at third base, one at shortstop and Friday night at second base.Weve liked Chris, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Personally Ive liked him from the other side. Hes a baseball player. He does a lot of things well. He can catch the baseball. Hes good on the team. And he can hit a gap. I knew it was in there, and Im lucky to have him.They had the third baseman back, and thats always been a part of my game, regardless of the hits, Taylor said. You put me in that situation again, Im going to try it. Unfortunately, I didnt have a good angle on it. The pitcher made a nice play. ' ' '