Light Mates have entered the Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) esports with the signing of the organisation-less Spanish workforce Iberian Soul.
The French esports organisation’s inaugural roster options skilled tier-one and tier-two gamers who’ve beforehand represented the likes of KOI, MAD Lions and Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Light Mates First Counter-Strike 2 Roster
- Alejandro ‘mopoz’ Fernández-Quejo
- David ‘dav1g’ Granado
- Pere ‘sausol’ Solsona
- Alejandro ‘alex’ Masanet
- Antonio ‘Martinez’ Martinez
- Eloy ‘deLonge’ Suárez (Head Coach)
- Angel ‘repk3ys’ Navarro (Assistant Coach)
“Happiness is the one factor that involves thoughts proper now, very completely happy to have the ability to be a part of this nice membership and again with all my teammates that is simply getting began,” shared the workforce’s new AWPer, Martinez, on X (previously Twitter).
Iberia Soul had been competing within the tier-two European CS2 scene since its formation in January this 12 months. Most lately, the squad gained the Roman Imperium Cup I and EPIC.LAN 45.
The roster’s first match beneath the Light Mates banner will happen as we speak at 5:30 PM BST on Squeezie’s official Twitch channel.
The organisation was based in 2023 by former Workforce Vitality participant Kevin ‘BroKeN’ Georges, Vitality co-founder Corentin ‘Gotaga’ Houssein and French content material creator Lucas ‘Squeezie’ Hauchard.
Since then, the organisation has constructed a loyal fanbase round its founders and flashy model id. As of now, Light Mates competes in quite a few titles, resembling Rocket League, League of Legends and Age of Empires.
The organisation additionally fields a number of FPS rosters, together with Name of Obligation, VALORANT and Fortnite. Nevertheless, after M8’s relegation to tier two attributable to an underwhelming 2025 efficiency, the way forward for its VALORANT roster stays unclear.
