Editing Team:Team SoloMid

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{{Infobox Team
| name       = Team SoloMid
| image      = [[File:TSMLogo Updated.png|250px|class=invert]]
| location   = Los Angeles, United States {{Flag|USA}}
| owners     = Andy Dinh (Reginald)<br>Søren Bjerg (Bjergsen, minority owner)
| manager    = 
| sponsors   = [http://gaming.logitech.com/ Logitech]<br>[http://www.lenovo.com/legion LEGION by Lenovo]<br>[https://www.twitch.tv/ Twitch]<br>[https://www.geico.com/ GEICO]<br>[http://grubhub.com/ Grubhub]<br>[https://www.gamefuel.com/ GAMEFUEL]
| othergames = ''League of Legends''<br>''Hearthstone''<br>''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''<br>''SMITE''<br>''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege''<br>''Fortnite''<br>''Apex Legends''<br>''Magic: the Gathering''<br>''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'' (Desktop & Mobile)<br>''Teamfight Tactics''<br>''Valorant''
}}
{{art-wikipedia|Team SoloMid}}

'''Team SoloMid''' ('''TSM'''), formerly '''Team SoloMid FTX''' for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Esports organization based in the United States. Founded in 2009 as the team of ''League of Legends'' community site SoloMid.net by brothers Andy Dinh (Reginald) and Dan Dinh, it became one of the most popular and successful ''League'' organizations before expanding into ''Hearthstone'' with some of the most popular players in that scene.

They entered ''Smash'' by signing the ''Melee'' player {{Sm|Leffen}} on March 10th, 2015. Later that year, {{Sm|ZeRo}} would also get sponsored, now expanding with in the ''Smash 4'' scene. With those recruitments, TSM boasted two of the best and most popular players in their respective game. Three years later, ZeRo left TSM after announcing his retirement from the ''Smash 4'' scene. With ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' released, TSM expanded into the scene by sponsoring {{Sm|Tweek}}.

==Pro Smashers==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!
!ID
!Name
!Game
!Main(s)
!Join Date
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}
|{{Sm|Leffen}}
|William Hjelte
|''Super Smash Bros. Melee''<br>''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|{{head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=24px}}<br>{{head|Pokemon Trainer|g=SSBU|s=24px}}
|2015-03-10
|}

==Former members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!
!ID
!Name
!Game
!Main(s)
!Join Date
!Leave Date
|-
|{{flag|Chile}}
|{{Sm|ZeRo}}
|Gonzalo Barrios
|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''
|{{head|Diddy Kong|g=SSB4|s=24px}}{{head|Sheik|g=SSB4|s=24px}}
|2015-08-01
|2018-11-07
|-
|{{flag|USA}}
|{{Sm|Tweek}}
|Gavin Dempsey
|''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|{{head|Diddy Kong|g=SSBU|s=24px}}
|2019-01-24
|2023-02-28
|} 
===Other smashers===
*{{Sm|Charles Thoren|USA|c1=Wolf|g=SSBU}} (Coach)

==Leffen's work visa situation==
Because Leffen is from Sweden and Team SoloMid is an American sponsor, the United States considers Leffen to be "working" in the country, which would require a worker's visa. However, as Leffen did not have one, he was denied entrance to the country in October 2015, causing him to miss out on {{Trn|The Big House 5}} and [[Tournament:Smash Summit|four]] [[Tournament:GENESIS 3|other]] [[Tournament:Battle of the Five Gods|American]] [[Tournament:Smash Summit 2|tournaments]]. Although Leffen was temporarily allowed into the country up until the end of July 2016, which allowed him to attend {{Trn|EVO 2016}}, because his visa was going through additional processing during that period of time, he was eventually deported from the country, causing him to miss the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tsm.gg/news/leffen-visa-situation-update|title=Leffen Visa Situation Update}}</ref> In addition, his work visa was denied, primarily for reasons that questioned ''Melee''{{'}}s legitimacy as a sport. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdVejIOYp-M The video showing the rejection letter] started the <nowiki>#FreeLeffen</nowiki> movement in hopes of reversing the decision. Due to the movement, a petition was created on the White House petition site "We The People" in hopes of having the country recognize esports as a legitimate sport, however the White House declined to address the issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fansided.com/2016/06/29/esports-athletes-petition-gets-official-white-house-response/|title=‘eSports as athletes’ petition gets an official White House response}}</ref> On October 3rd, 2016, Leffen's US visa was fully processed and approved, allowing him to enter future tournaments such as {{Trn|EVO 2017}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thescoreesports.com/smash/news/10741-leffen-s-visa-approved-unclear-whether-he-will-attend-the-big-house-6|title=Leffen's visa approved, unclear whether he will attend The Big House 6}}</ref>

Contrary to popular belief, fellow Swedish smasher {{Sm|Armada}} did not need a work visa as he has a [[Alliance|European sponsor]].

==Other Famous Players==
*{{Flag|Denmark}} Søren Bjerg (Bjergsen) <small>Multiple ''League of Legends'' Championship Series winner, current coach and minority owner</small>
*{{Flag|United States}} Ali Kabbani (Myth) <small>''Fortnite'' streamer and influencer</small>
*{{Flag|United States}} Hikaru Nakamura (Hikaru) <small>Professional Chess player, Grandmaster since 2003</small>
*{{Flag|South Korea}} Heo Seung-hoon (Huni) <small>''League of Legends'' Worlds Championship runner-up (2017) and current top laner</small>
*{{Flag|Taiwan}} Hú Shuò Jié (SwordArt) <small>''League of Legends'' Worlds Championship runner-up (2020) and current support</small>

==External links==
* [https://tsm.gg/ Official website]
* [https://twitter.com/tsm Twitter account]
* [https://www.facebook.com/SoloMidDotNet/ Facebook page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/SolomidDOTnet/ Youtube channel]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/TSMVlog Secondary Youtube channel for vlogs]
* [https://www.twitch.tv/tsm Twitch Channel]

==References==
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[[Category:American sponsors]]
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