Team:Team SoloMid

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Team SoloMid
Location	Los Angeles, United States
Owners	Andy Dinh (Reginald) Søren Bjerg (Bjergsen, minority owner)
Sponsors/Partners	Logitech LEGION by Lenovo Twitch GEICO Grubhub GAMEFUEL
Other games	League of Legends Hearthstone Counter-Strike: Global Offensive SMITE Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege Fortnite Apex Legends Magic: the Gathering PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (Desktop & Mobile) Teamfight Tactics Valorant

Team SoloMid (TSM), officially 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 Leffen on March 10th, 2015. Later that year, ZeRo would also get sponsored, now expanding with in the Smash 4 scene. With those recruitments, TSM boasted two of the best and 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 Tweek.

Pro Smashers

	ID	Name	Game	Main(s)	Join Date
	Leffen	William Hjelte	Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. Ultimate		2015-03-10
	Tweek	Gavin Dempsey	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate		2019-01-24

Former members

	ID	Name	Game	Main(s)	Join Date	Leave Date
	ZeRo	Gonzalo Barrios	Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Wii U		2015-08-01	2018-11-07

Other smashers

•  Charles Thoren (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 The Big House 5 and four other American tournaments. Although Leffen was temporarily allowed into the country up until the end of July 2016, which allowed him to attend 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. In addition, his work visa was denied, primarily for reasons that questioned Melee's legitimacy as a sport. The video showing the rejection letter started the #FreeLeffen 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. On October 3rd, 2016, Leffen's US visa was fully processed and approved, allowing him to enter future tournaments such as EVO 2017.

Contrary to popular belief, fellow Swedish smasher Armada did not need a work visa as he has a European sponsor.

Other Famous Players

• Søren Bjerg (Bjergsen) Multiple League of Legends Championship Series winner, current coach and minority owner
• Ali Kabbani (Myth) Fortnite streamer and influencer
• Hikaru Nakamura (Hikaru) Professional Chess player, Grandmaster since 2003
• Heo Seung-hoon (Huni) League of Legends Worlds Championship runner-up (2017) and current top laner
• Hú Shuò Jié (SwordArt) League of Legends Worlds Championship runner-up (2020) and current support

External links

• Official website
• Twitter account
• Facebook page
• Youtube channel
• Secondary Youtube channel for vlogs
• Twitch Channel