TORONTO, Ont.—After a strong showing at the second tournament of the season, Toronto FC’s professional EA Sports FIFA 20 player Phil “PhilB94” Balke has qualified for the 2020 eMLS Cup.
The Toronto-native propelled himself into the seventh overall in the eMLS table (out of 25 teams) after getting through to the knockout stages at League Series Two in Portland on Feb. 15. After a strong start to the competition, Balke eventually lost in the quarter-final to the 11th-ranked FIFA player in the world, Atlanta United FC’s Paulo Neto 2-1 in extra time—a match which PhilB94 arguably controlled the majority of.