Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik will represent eUnited in the first North American open qualifier for IEM Sydney.

The Canadian player has been added to eUnited's ESEA roster in time for the qualifier, which will see the top two sides advance to a closed stage.

The news comes as no surprise, as on Tuesday evening in-game leader Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta parted ways with the organisation following a disappointing run at the Americas Minor in Katowice, where the team were eliminated from the race for a Major spot after losing to Brazilian duo FURIA and TeamOne.

According to Dust2.us, Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir will likely be the in-game leader in the qualifier, but it is unclear at this point whether he will be given the role permanently.

Currently without a squad, Subroza spent nearly a year with Ghost before being replaced by Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir, in December. During this time, the team competed at three Big Events, ESL One Belo Horizonte, DreamHack Masters Stockholm and the ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals, and had top-four finishes at the ZOTAC Cup Masters and DreamHack Open Atlanta.

With the addition of Subroza, eUnited will field the following roster over the course of the first North America open qualifier for IEM Sydney 2019:

Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino
Will "⁠dazzLe⁠" Loafman
Austin "⁠Cooper⁠" Abadir
Kaleb "⁠moose⁠" Jayne
Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik (stand-in)