By: Nikita Selene Xue
Earlier this year, USC Esports founded their Call of Duty team, headed by manager Jose “Kikko” Garibay. This fall, they’re looking to expand their group, and hosted tryouts this past Sunday for their varsity and JV teams.
“The CoD team was founded last semester,” Kikko explains, “but we couldn’t yet complete because we didn’t have enough [players] to fill a team.” Their top goal this year is to make a competitive team that will be able to play in collegiate leagues. “We’re looking to compete in the Collegiate CoD League, which is the official collegiate partner of [CoD’s] competitive league.”
Although the current Call of Duty team is small, they’re mighty. Familiar with each other and the game, they’re excited to launch a new season of CoD with USC Esports and grow bigger and even better. “An exciting thing is three of us on Varsity have all played against each other at a collegiate level. We have all come to USC and decided to play together so it’s always exciting seeing how that’ll play out,” Kikko tells me.
If you’re interested in Call of Duty, make sure to check out the CoD team for events by checking out their Discord server!
