There is no sign of a drop in performance after the final defeat in the Rocket League autumn major at NRG: in the first tournament of the RLCS winter split, the Americans did not lose a game and thus secured their second tournament victory of the season.

"We lost a lot of our test matches before the tournament. Actually, all the teams that changed in the winter seemed better than us, " NRG captain Garrett "GarrettG" Gordon said in an interview after the final. "We didn't expect to win the first tournament after the winter break".

After a 3-0 defeat after matches in the group stage, the US team also remained unbeaten in the knockout round. It actually only came close for NRG once. In the Upper Bracket final, the team was at times at the back with a score of 2:3 against FaZe Clan and threatened to slip into the Lower Bracket. However, NRG turned the game into a 4:3.