ESPN has revealed the 32 Magic pros that will compete in the Magic Pro League in 2019.
The Magic Pro League will officially start at the first ever Mythic Championship at PAX East in Boston, MA, which will take place between March 28 March 31, 2019. The tournament will be an invite-only event for the 32 players on the MPL and will have a prize pool of $1 million.
Those players are:
- Alexander Hayne – Canada
- Andrea Mengucci – Italy
- Andrew Cuneo – United States
- Ben Stark – United States
- Brad Nelson – United States
- Brian Braun-Duin – United States
- Carlos Romao – Brazil
- Christian Hauck – Germany
- Eric Froehlich – United States
- Gerry Thompson – United States
- Grzegorz Kowalski – Poland
- Javier Dominguez – Spain
- Jean-Emmanuel Depraz – France
- John Rolf – United States
- Ken Yukuhiro – Japan
- Lee Shi Tian – Hong Kong
- Lucas Esper Berthoud – Brazil
- Luis Salvatto – Argentina
- Marcio Carvalho – Portugal
- Martin Juza – Czech Republic
- Matthew Nass – United States
- Mike Sigrist – United States
- Owen Turtenwald – United States
- Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa – Brazil
- Piotr Glogowski – Poland
- Rei Sato – Japan
- Reid Duke – United States
- Seth Manfield – United States
- Shahar Shenhar – Israel
- Shota Yasooka – Japan
- William Jensen – United States
- Yuuya Watanabe – Japan
Andrew Baeckstrom, a name many expected to see on the list above, confirmed on Twitter that he declined his invitation to be a part of the MPL, saying that he “couldn’t make it work with the demands of [his] career.”
