Sentinels Adds Sacy, pANcada to Complete 2023 Valorant Roster Rebuild

Two of the reigning Valorant Champions 2022 winners, Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi and Bryan "pANcada" Luna, have officially signed with Sentinels, the North American esports organization announced Saturday.
The signing of the star Brazilian duo effectively rounds out Sentinels' starting roster for 2023 VCT International League competition.
Told you we’re not fucking around
— Sentinels (@Sentinels) October 15, 2022
A new chapter for the World Champions
Bem-vindos @sen_sacy & @pANcada pic.twitter.com/ys8V87mmk5
With the number of North American organizations eligible to compete in the 2023 VCT Americas League limited to just five, it appears Sentinels has just taken a giant step in establishing the new normal — a superteam comprised of players from both North and South America.
Sacy and pANcada, the former Initiator and Controller players for LOUD, respectively, will join Tyson "TenZ" Ngo, Zachary "zekken" Patrone and Rory "dephh" Jackson in the lineup.
Former XSET head coach Don "SyykoNT" Muir and former Ghost Gaming head coach Adam "kaplan" Kaplan will team up to handle the coaching duties.
Of the aforementioned names, the only move that has yet to receive an official announcement is the addition of dephh, though it has been previously reported as a done deal by Dot Esports.
Being that all 30 of the partnered teams competing in the 2023 VCT International Leagues must field at least six players, it remains to be seen whether or not the substitute role for SEN will be filled by Michael "dapr" Gulino or someone else.
Sentinels have offered me a role as a sub but have given me the ability to look for a new team as an unrestricted free agent
— mike (@dapr) October 8, 2022
The offseason has proven to be surprisingly rocky for LOUD, as the defending champs have lost Sacy, pANcada and former head coach Matheus "bzkA" Tarasconi.
Per The Enemy, LOUD is set to retain its core of Erick "aspas" Santos, Matias "saadhak" Delipetro and Felipe "Less" de Loyola, and is in advanced talks to acquire two Brazilian players in Cauan "cauanzin" Pereira of Ninjas in Pyjamas and Arthur "tuyz" Vieira of TBK as replacements.
The 2023 Sentinels Valorant roster is:
- Tyson "TenZ" Ngo
- Zachary "zekken" Patrone
- Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi
- Bryan "pANcada" Luna
- Rory "dephh" Jackson (IGL)
- Don "SyykoNT" Muir (Head Coach)
- Adam "kaplan" Kaplan (Strategic Coach)
UPDATE 10/18/22: Sentinels has officially announced the signing of dephh for its Valorant roster.
The final piece of the puzzle
— Sentinels (@Sentinels) October 18, 2022
Let's get to work @dephhgg pic.twitter.com/ImOP77T5wY
UPDATE 10/19/22: Sentinels has officially announced that Hunter "SicK" Mims will be staying with the team to be its sixth player.
We’re gonna have a SICKTH man
— Sentinels (@Sentinels) October 19, 2022
The secret weapon returns @SicK_cs pic.twitter.com/1ASywvuqWb
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