Sources: Mexico set to name Atom and Deam as ENC coaches for VALORANT and League of Legends

As with France, Turkey, and Latvia, Sheep Esports is able to reveal the future coaches for Mexico at the Esports Nations Cup, in both VALORANT and League of Legends. According to our sources, Jorge "Atom" Noriega will take charge of the FPS side, while Deam "Deam" Saavedra Carranza will lead the MOBA division. Both will be responsible for building and managing their respective rosters, with a deadline set for the end of April to finalize five starters and two substitutes for the competition.

The duo will work alongside Emmanuel Neyra, the national manager selected by the Esports Foundation for Mexico. He is currently Team Operations Manager at LYON, which he joined following the Six Karma merger, where he had spent several years as Esports Director. Together, they will have a few weeks to assemble a roster and have it approved by the organizers. The rule states that a maximum of three players from the same club, including substitutes, can be selected per discipline.

Atom is currently part of , alongside his national manager, serving as head coach for the VALORANT division competing in Challengers Latin America North. The Guatemalan coach has therefore chosen to represent another country for this competition, which is allowed under the tournament rules, as is also the case for Deam in League of Legends. The Costa Rican analyst, currently with in the LEC, is expected to take charge of the Mexican lineup for the ENC.

Scheduled from November 2 to 29 for its inaugural edition in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, the nation-based competition, set to be the largest in esports history, is expected to bring together thousands of players from around a hundred countries, competing across nearly 16 titles. Alongside the VALORANT tournament, which will take place from November 8 to 15, national team competitions will also be held in Counter-Strike, Rocket League, and Rainbow Six Siege. For Riot Games’ FPS, around 32 teams, each representing a nation, will compete on site. As for League of Legends, the competition will run from November 21 to 29, during the final week, also featuring 32 teams.

Before that, participants must first be determined. The Esports Foundation, which oversees both the ENC and the Esports World Cup, has decided that 16 of the 32 teams will qualify directly for the main event based on their representatives’ results within Riot Games’ official circuits. The remaining teams will have to go through one of seven regional qualifiers, each granting two spots. The final two slots are expected to be distributed as wildcards by the ENC, likely at the discretion of the event organizer.