An Le () better known as Balls, is an American ''

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'' player who most recently played professionally as the top laner for

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. As a member of

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, Balls lost the ''League of Legends'' Championship Series North America (NA LCS) twice and qualified for the

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every year he was a part of the team.

Playing career

Le began his career in 2011 as a part of North American team APictureOfAGoose. From late 2011 to late 2012, the team was picked up by and renamed and, later, picked up by Monomaniac eSports and renamed to . Le left the team in October 2012 and subsequently signed with team Meat Playground. Ten days after the 2013 NA LCS Spring Split qualifier, Meat Playground disbanded. Shortly after, Le signed with

. On July 17, 2015, Balls was listed as a substituted of C9 Tempest, the Challenger Series team. On April 21, 2016, Cloud9 created its Challenger team headlined by Hai and Balls. In 2017, Le signed with

. Although he never announced his retirement, Balls did not sign with another team after the 2017 season.

Tournament results

Cloud9

* 5/8th - 2013 League of Legends World Championship * 3rd/4th -

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- Cologne * 5/8th -

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* 2nd - 2015 North American League of Legends Championship Series Spring Playoffs * 9/11th -

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References

Cloud9 (esports) players American esports players American people of Vietnamese descent 1994 births Counter Logic Gaming players Living people League of Legends top lane players People from Pharr, Texas MTw players FlyQuest players {{eSports-player-stub