sosa to compete in South American LCQ with Royales and Motta

Former FUT Esports professional Gianluca "sosa" Petrozza announced he will be competing alongside Matheus "Royales" Rodrigues da Silva and João Vitor "Motta" Brito Motta in the Rocket League South American Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) with hopes of securing a spot at Fort Worth. The trio will play under the moniker Plot Twist, a bubble team name that was last used by sosa during RLCS 2024. They will be joined by Argentinian coach Juan Ignacio "Stolen" Bravo, who worked with Royales this season, and American coach Christopher "revenge" Lantagne. The team will be bootcamping in South America for a month and are looking for an organization to represent during the qualifier.

Sosa is no stranger to competing in other regions. After a prolonged period of mediocre results in North America, the 22-year-old rejuvenated his career in RLCS 2025 by competing in Asia-Pacific. During the season he won all six Regional Opens alongside fellow import Leonardo Raffael "Catalysm" Christ Ramos and Malaysian star Nik Aiman Hakim "Sphinx" Bin Nik Azhar. Together, the team qualified for sosa’s first RLCS LAN, the Birmingham Major, before completing the trifecta by reaching the Raleigh Major and 2025 World Championship, representing notable organizations Luminosity Gaming and Virtus.pro in the process.

The Canadian’s success abroad enabled him to return to North America for RLCS 2026 with FUT Esports, where he earned some of the highest placements of his career domestically, including a top-four highlight in Open 2. Despite this, with a fifth-place finish overall in the Split 1 rankings, the team narrowly missed out on the Boston Major. As a result, FUT Esports moved on from sosa, allowing him to explore his opportunities in February. The Canadian chose to take a break from competing ahead of Split 2, citing a lack of time to find a suitable team to move forward with. Now he looks to fashion himself a unique path to the 2026 World Championship, becoming one of only a few players to compete in three separate regions.

Sosa will be joining two South American professionals, each with their own abnormal circumstances. Royales was a long-time RLCS player in South America, regularly earning top-four finishes before moving to North America in 2025 to become part of the collegiate scene. The 21-year-old joined Fisher College last September, where he has built a strong collection of results for his college and in the RLCS, appearing in four Regional Opens this season. Most recently, he managed a second-place finish in the CRL Spring 2026 Championship, losing to Maryville University. In this new project, the Brazilian professional will hope he can go one step further and finally reach an RLCS LAN for the first time in his career.

On the other hand, Royales’ new teammate Motta can be considered one of the most experienced LAN players in South America. The former Team Secret star has competed at three World Championships in his career, appearing at seven RLCS LANs in total. This year, he has struggled to match his previous highs and ended the season with a 9th-12th finish in Open 6. Despite this, Motta represents one of the premium talents in the region and puts this new team firmly in contention to win the LCQ. In a recent post on X, the 19-year-old also announced that he would be competing in North America next season, both in the RLCS and the collegiate scene. Subsequently, the LCQ will be his final appearance in South America for some time.

The LCQ will be the final chance for teams from the top-four performing regions in RLCS 2026 to qualify for the World Championship in Fort Worth. This season, Europe, North America, South America, and the Middle East will each have one available spot to fight over across July. Last year Shopify Rebellion, Corinthians Esports, ROC Esports, and Ninjas in Pyjamas were all beneficiaries of the qualifier, with the latter reaching the playoffs.