Golden ruled out for ECS Season 6 Finals; valens to stand in

For the second time in one month, Cloud9's coach will fill in for Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim, who will miss the entirety of the Texas event because of ongoing health issues, FACEIT have confirmed to HLTV.org.

Golden will miss action at the second event in a row, as the Swedish in-game leader also sat out the first day of matches at BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2018 earlier this month.

The 24-year-old came back to play on the second day in the Danish capital, but FACEIT have now confirmed to HLTV.org that he will also miss the ECS Season 6 Finals in Arlington, Texas due to health issues. Standing in for the Swede will be Cloud9's coach Soham "⁠valens⁠" Chowdhury, who also took over in Copenhagen.

Golden will miss another event due to his health

In spite of retiring as a player in 2015, valens held his own at BLAST Pro Series, as the 29-year-old garnered a 0.93 rating over two maps, including a best-on-one win against MIBR.

After the first day of matches, valens said in an interview with HLTV.org that he still plays a lot with teammates and friends, and also stated that he believes the best way of being a coach is to "keep playing the game, stay up to date with the meta.".

With Golden ruled out for the ECS Season 6 Finals, Cloud9 will field the following lineup in Texas:

Robin "⁠flusha⁠" Rönnquist
Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey
William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba
Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta
Soham "⁠valens⁠" Chowdhury

MIBR #6 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Soham 'valens' Chowdhury Age: 29 Team: Cloud9C Maikil 'Golden' Selim Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 439 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.69 Cloud9 #24 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaMaikil 'Golden' Selim William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 886 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Timothy 'autimatic' Ta Age: 22 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 862 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 24 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1136 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Age: 25 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1413 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65