| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| Galen | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Galen Holgate | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | November 24, 1997 (age 26) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | Moon | |
| Soloqueue IDs | 14a | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Galen "Galen" (▶️ listen) Holgate is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for Counter Logic Gaming. He was previously known as Moon.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Frank Fang Gaming | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | Jun 20152015-06-01 | ≈3mo | ejel | ||
 Winterfox | Jun 20152015-06-30 | Jul 20152015-07-05 | 5d | ejel | ||
 Team Imagine | Jul 20152015-07-05 | Nov 20152015-11-16[1] | 4mo 11d | ejel | ||
 NRG Esports | Nov 20152015-11-16[3] | Apr 20162016-04-26[2] | 5mo 10d | ejel | ||
 Apex Gaming | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Jan 20162016-01-27 | 5d | On Loan ejel | ||
 Team Liquid | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Jul 20162016-07-13 | ≈2mo 12d | ejel | ||
| TL Academy | May 20162016-05-05[5] | ≈Nov 2016≈2016-11-?? | ≈5mo 27d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Dec 20162016-12-03[7] | Dec 20162016-12-07[6] | 4d | ejel | ||
 FlyQuest | Jan 20172017-01-09[9] | Nov 20172017-11-22[8] | 10mo 13d | ejel | ||
 Clutch Academy | Jan 20182018-01-01[11] | Nov 20182018-11-19[10] | 10mo 18d | ejel | ||
 CLG Academy | Dec 20182018-12-06[14] | Sep 20192019-09-16[13] | 9mo 10d | ejel | ||
| CLG | Jan 20192019-01-26 | Sep 20192019-09-16[15] | 7mo 21d | ejel | ||
 Radiance | Mar 20202020-03-09[17] | May 20202020-05-01[16] | 1mo 23d | ejel | ||
 Orgless | Mar 20202020-03-21[18] | Apr 20202020-04-14 | 24d | ejel | ||
| CLG Academy | May 20202020-05-01[20] | Nov 20202020-11-18[19] | 6mo 17d | ejel | ||
| CLG | Nov 20202020-11-18[19] | Nov 20212021-11-15[21] | 1yr 27d | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Fang Gaming | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | Jun 20152015-06-01 | ≈3mo | ejel | ||
| Winterfox | Jun 20152015-06-30 | Jul 20152015-07-05 | 5d | ejel | ||
| Team Imagine | Jul 20152015-07-05 | Nov 20152015-11-16[1] | 4mo 11d | ejel | ||
| NRG Esports | Nov 20152015-11-16[3] | Jan 20162016-01-22 | 2mo 6d | ejel | ||
| NRG Esports | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Jan 20162016-01-27 | 5d | Loaned Out ejel | ||
| Apex Gaming | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Jan 20162016-01-27 | 5d | On Loan ejel | ||
| NRG Esports | Jan 20162016-01-27 | Apr 20162016-04-26[2] | 2mo 30d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Jun 20162016-06-01[22] | ≈1mo | ejel | ||
| TL Academy | May 20162016-05-05[5] | Jun 20162016-06-03 | 29d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jun 20162016-06-01[22] | Jun 20162016-06-05 | 4d | ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Jun 20162016-06-03 | Jun 20162016-06-16 | 13d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jun 20162016-06-05 | Jul 20162016-07-13 | 1mo 8d | ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Jun 20162016-06-16 | ≈Nov 2016≈2016-11-?? | ≈4mo 15d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Dec 20162016-12-03[7] | Dec 20162016-12-07[6] | 4d | ejel | ||
| FlyQuest | Jan 20172017-01-09[9] | Nov 20172017-11-22[8] | 10mo 13d | ejel | ||
| Clutch Academy | Jan 20182018-01-01[11] | Nov 20182018-11-19[10] | 10mo 18d | ejel | ||
| CLG Academy | Dec 20182018-12-06[14] | Sep 20192019-09-16[13] | 9mo 10d | ejel | ||
| CLG | Jan 20192019-01-26 | Sep 20192019-09-16[15] | 7mo 21d | ejel | ||
| Radiance | Mar 20202020-03-09[17] | May 20202020-05-01[16] | 1mo 23d | ejel | ||
| Orgless | Mar 20202020-03-21[18] | Apr 20202020-04-14 | 24d | ejel | ||
| CLG Academy | May 20202020-05-01[20] | Nov 20202020-11-18[19] | 6mo 17d | ejel | ||
| CLG | Nov 20202020-11-18[19] | Nov 20212021-11-15[21] | 1yr 27d | ejel |
News
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
 FFG | March (approx.), Frank Fang Gaming is reformed. BrandonFtw, Moon, and goldenglue join. LattmaN and BonQuish rejoin. | |
| FFG | June 1, Frank Fang Gaming is disbanded. BrandonFtw, Moon, goldenglue, Lattman, babyeator, Leviathan (Coach), BonQuish (Analyst), and L0CUST (Analyst) leave. | |
 WFX | June 30, Moon and Lohpally join. Ken moves to substitute. | |
| WFX | July 5, Moon leaves. | |
 IMG | July 5, Chunkyfresh, Moon, Intense, and Baby join. mancloud moves to starting roster. Ron, Dardoch, Massacre, and Indivisible move to substitutes. Wolfe, xSojin, and SoJaded leave. | |
| IMG | November 16, Moon leaves.[1] | |
 NRG | November 16, NRG eSports acquires the LCS spot of Team Coast. Impact, Moon, GBM, Altec, KonKwon, Charlie (Head Coach), Hermit (Strategic Coach), Archon (Analyst), and Empyre (Analyst) join.[3][4] |
| NRG | January 22, Moon is loaned to Apex Gaming. | |
 APX | January 22, Big ol Ron and Indivisible join as substitutes. BIG is loaned from Echo Fox. Moon is loaned from NRG Esports. | |
| APX | January 27, BIG's loan from Echo Fox ends. Moon's loan from NRG Esports ends. | |
| NRG | January 27, Moon returns from loan to Apex Gaming. | |
| NRG | April 26, Quas, Santorin, and KiWiKiD join. Impact, Moon, and KonKwon leave.[2] | |
 TL | May (approx.), Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, and Stunt join as substitutes from academy roster. fabbbyyy rejoins as substitute from academy roster. SirhcEz (Sub/Top to Streamer) changes position. IWDominate (Coach) and Caelan (Jungle Coach) leave. | |
| TL.A | May 5, Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, and Stunt join. zig leaves.[5] | |
| TL | June 1, Moon moves to starting roster. Dardoch moves to substitute.[22][23] | |
| TL.A | June 3, Dardoch rejoins. Lourlo, FeniX, Piglet, and Matt rejoin as substitutes. Moon moves to substitute. chocopie leaves. | |
| TL | June 5, Dardoch moves to starting roster. Moon moves to substitute. | |
| TL.A | June 16, Moon moves to starting roster. Dardoch moves to substitute. | |
| TL | July 13, Viper, vvian, Yusan, Arcsecond, and Jynthe join as substitutes. Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, Piglet, and Stunt leave for academy roster. | |
| TL.A | November (approx.), Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, Piglet, and bobqinXD leave. | |
| TL | December 3, Moon (Analyst) rejoins.[7] | |
| TL | December 7, Moon (Analyst) leaves.[6] |
 FLY | January 9, Balls, Moon, Hai, Altec, LemonNation, and Thinkcard (Head Coach) join. bigfatlp and Remilia join as substitutes.[9] | |
| FLY | November 22, Moon leaves.[8] |
 CG.A | January 1, Moon and Sun join.[11][12] | |
| CG.A | November 19, mcscrag (Head Coach)'s contract expires but departure is not confirmed. Moon's contract expires.[10] | |
 CLG.A | December 6, Moon and Call Lin join.[14] | |
| CG.A | December 6, Moon's departure is confirmed.[24] | |
| CLG.A | December 11, Moon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[25] |
| CLG | January 26, Moon joins from academy roster. | |
| CLG | September 16, FallenBandit, Moon, and Auto leave.[15] | |
| CLG.A | September 16, FallenBandit, Moon, and Auto leave.[13] |
 RAD | March 9, Moon (Coach) joins.[17] | |
 ORGL | March 21, Panda, Aki no Ki, Joey, and Moon (Coach) join. Siddywiddy, Vex, Cat Ears, and Kitzuo leave.[18] | |
| ORGL | April 14, Team disbands. 3in1warrior, Lawrence, Panda, Siddywiddy, Young Mid, Joey, and Moon (Coach) leave. Lutano and Vex (temporary substitutes) leave. | |
| RAD | May 1, Engo, Im Avi, Young Mid, Andybendy, and Ugandan Royalty join. Moon (Coach) leaves.[16] | |
| CLG.A | May 1, Moon (Head Coach) rejoins.[20] | |
| CLG.A | November 18, Moon (Head Coach) leaves for main roster.[19] | |
| CLG | November 18, Moon (Head Coach) rejoins from academy roster.[19] Moon renames to Galen.[26] Galen (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2023.[27] |
Biography[]
2015 Season[]
Galen "Moon" Holgate joined Frank Fang Gaming in March 2015, part of a new roster that included himself, LattmaN, BonQuish, BrandonFtw, and goldenglue. The team quickly became a favorite in the Challenger scene and took second place in the AlphaDraft Challenger League, behind Misfits. However, after they were eliminated in the first round of the NACS Summer Qualifier by Cloud9 Tempest, the team disbanded. Moon received offers from multiple teams that had qualified and first played a game with Winterfox in the second week of the NACS summer season before joining Team Imagine, where he started as their jungler in the third week of the season when the team fully replaced their starting lineup.
Imagine finished fourth in the regular season, with a 6-4 record. In the 2015 NACS Summer Playoffs, they lost in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Renegades, but won the third place match against Cloud 9 Tempest to secure a spot in the 2016 LCS Promotion Tournament. Chosen by Team 8, they lost 3-1 - out of LCS qualification, but regardless retaining their 2016 NACS spring season placement.
2016 Season[]
Moon joined NRG, a new team that purchased Team Coast's spot for the NA LCS 2016 Spring Season, in November 2015. NRG started the LCS strong, tied for either first or second place through the first four weeks, but after the fifth week they fell down to fifth place and remained there for the rest of the season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
Moon initially joined Team Liquid Academy in May, but started the summer split on the LCS team after Dardoch was suspended. Team Liquid lost their first three games with him starting, and Moon was moved back to the academy team before the start of Week 2 and remained there for the rest of the year. TLA had a strong summer split, finishing second, a single game behind Cloud9 Challenger. In the playoffs, they swept Nova eSports in the semifinals, but lost in the finals to Cloud9 Challenger in five games, after controversially being denied a remake when Piglet mistakenly locked in 
Rammus in game five. They still qualified for the promotion tournament, but lost another five-game series to Echo Fox in the elimination round, sending the team back to challenger.
2017 Season[]
In the offseason, Moon initially announced that he would join Team Liquid as an analyst, but ended up joining FlyQuest, who had purchased Cloud9 Challenger's LCS seed, as their starting jungler. FlyQuest started the spring split with a surprisingly strong 6-2 record but went 1-7 over the next four weeks. However, a 2-0 final week let them squeak into the playoffs as the fifth seed.
In the quarterfinals, FlyQuest faced off against fourth seed Counter Logic Gaming, who were favored due to FlyQuest's weak late-season performance. After going to 0-2 in the series, FlyQuest roared back to win the next two games and eventually reverse sweep CLG off the back of some questionable aggressive calls in game seven. Unfortunately, the Cinderella story ended there, as they were quickly swept by eventual champions TSM in the semifinals, and fell to Phoenix1 in the third-place match despite taking a 2-1 series lead.
Unfortunately, despite their playoff performance, the struggles that had begun for FlyQuest in the spring split continued in the summer. FlyQuest never managed to climb higher than seventh place or reach a .500 record and only avoided relegation by winning their final two games. Although the team didn't make playoffs, due to having 30 championship points from the Spring Season, they were eligible to play in the 2017 Regional Finals. With little expected of them, FlyQuest managed to shockingly sweep Team Dignitas in the first gauntlet match and take the first game of the second series off of CLG before eventually falling in a close 3-1 series, ending their Worlds hopes.
2018 Season[]
In the offseason, Moon left FlyQuest and joined Clutch Gaming Academy to play in the newly-formed NA Academy League. Clutch Gaming Academy had a mediocre spring split, spending the first half of the season around the .500 mark before declining down the stretch, ending up in seventh place with an 8-10 record.
Moon stayed with the team for the summer split. The team started 0-4 but improved later on, ending up 10-8 and in fourth place. Moon also played two games for the LCS team in Week 6 of the summer season but both were losses.
Clutch Gaming Academy also played in the academy playoffs, where they were matched up against FlyQuest Academy. CG.A took the series to all five games, but eventually fell, ending their season.
2019 Season[]
Moon was announced as the jungler for CLG Academy for the 2019 season, but in an echo of 2016, started the season with the LCS team. Moon ended up started the first game of Week 1 and both Week 7 games, but all three ended in losses. His stint on the academy team was slightly more successful, and the team went 7-7 over the first seven weeks of the spring academy season. However, he was replaced by LCS jungler Wiggily for the final two weeks, and the team went 3-1, ending up in a four-way tie for third place. Moon returned for the playoffs against Team Liquid Academy, but his return was brief as CLG.A lost the first two games with him starting and eventually lost the series in game 3.
Moon stayed with CLG Academy for the summer academy split and this time played every game for the team. However, this stability didn't lead to success, as CLG.A was one of the bottom teams for most of the split, ending up 6-12 and in eighth place, outside of playoffs.
2020 Season[]
In the offseason, Moon announced that he would be taking a break from competitive play. He remained in the League of Legends scene, joining Radiance, a new organization run by his former teammate Hai, as a coach. He stayed with Radiance until May when he announced that he would be returning to CLG.A, this time as their head coach. Under his guidance, CLG.A finished fifth in the summer academy split, but fell to eventual academy champions Cloud9 Academy in the playoffs.
Trivia[]
- Known for his
Evelynn, picking her even when she's not in meta. - Close friends with fellow jungler Akaadian.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- January 12, Player Interview: Galen “Moon” Holgate with , and on NRG
- May 20, Power Outage - Moon on the playoffs: 'It felt like all the work was just gone' with , and on theScore Esports
- January 22, Moon on FlyQuest's all American roster: 'A lot of teams have Koreans and imports and there’s always problems with that' with , and on The Score
- January 24, Moon on FlyQuest: “We didn’t have computers (for practice) or anything, so we weren’t really expecting much this first week.” with , and on Slingshot
- January 30, FlyQuest's resurgent Moon: 'Dardoch's my rival' with , and on ESPN
- January 31, FlyQuest Moon: ‘I’m learning a lot but our scrims are really, really terrible right now’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- February 2, FlyQuest's Moon Reaches for the Stars by Xander Torres & Cass Marshall on Red Bull
- February 8, Moon on his practice routine: ‘I spend an hour in Sandbox mode every day testing stuff’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- February 22, Moon talks about FlyQuest's scrim performance, his time with TLA, and learning to shot-call from Hai with , and on Blitz Esports
- February 22, NALCS Mid Season Awards by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
- March 9, Moon: “After a win or a loss, you want to have a positive mindset.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- March 10, Moon x Akaadian: two junglers discuss their rivalry and hint at a secret language with , and on Yahoo Esports
- March 29, FlyQuest Moon on the team’s performance ‘We didn’t have any effective practice for the entire split’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- April 7, Moon Rising - A Yahoo Esports Feature with , and on Yahoo Esports
- April 11, Moon on his mentality after falling behind 2-0 to CLG: “I thought we would just lose 3-0, to be honest.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- April 12, Moon on Evelynn pick: 'I shouldn't have picked it, if we had lost I would have been so depressed' with , and on Yahoo Esports
- April 19, FlyQuest's Moon: 'I guess I’ve just grown up? I guess I’m not a kid anymore.' with , and on Yahoo Esports
- April 27, Moon on Vancouver crowd: “It was way better than I imagined.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- April 27, FLY Moon on the NA finals pigeon: ‘I was scared for my life’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- June 6, Moon on losing to Akaadian, missing Akaadian, and never being as buff as Akaadian with , and on Blitz Esports
- June 8, Moon on FlyQuest: “I think a lot of my players would consider retiring and stuff like that if they don’t make worlds.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- July 5, Moon: “Playing in NA can be really depressing because when you look at the grand scheme of things, we’re (3-7) in NA, and NA sucks compared to LCK…We’re in one of the worst regions, and we suck in that region.” with , and on Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
- July 27, FLY Moon: “I actually love imbalanced patches. I think they’re really fun.” with , and on Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
- August 7, FlyQuest Features - Kayn in the Jungle ft. Moon by , and on FlyQuest Sports
- August 10, FlyQuest Features - Baking Desserts ft. Moon by , and on FlyQuest Sports
- August 11, Moon: 'Right now the game is actually pretty enjoyable and it seems like it's in a good spot' with , and on Travis Gafford
- September 9, Moon discusses FlyQuest's game against Dignitas, shares expectations for his team's future with , and on Travis Gafford
- August 2, CG Moon on Becoming a Leader, Playing In Academy, and His Return to the NA LCS with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- March 11, Moon explains why CLG is the best org he's been a part of with Travis Gafford on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-22 | NA Academy 2019 Summer |  FLY.A vs  CLG.A | Link |
Images[]
IMG Moon, NACS 2015 Summer
NRG Moon, NA LCS 2016 Spring
TL Moon, NA LCS 2016 Summer
FLY Moon, NA LCS 2017 Spring
CG.A Moon, NA Academy 2018 Spring
CG.A Moon, NA Academy 2018 Summer
CLG.A Moon, NA Academy 2019 Spring
CLG.A Moon, NA Academy 2019 Summer
Name Pronunciation
| Moon | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Riot |
| Voiced By | Raafaa |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sacramento Kings co-owners buy LCS spot, recruit GBM, Impact dailydot.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Quas, Santorin and KiWiKiD join NRG Esports espn.go.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sacramento Kings co-owners buy LCS spot, recruit GBM, Impact dailydot.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NRG eSports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Team Liquid Academy brings on Goldenglue, Solo, Stunt, and Moon espn.go.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Moon's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Moon Steps Back teamliquidpro.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Moon's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 FlyQuest confirm Moon as jungler thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2018-11-18; after change - NA - 2018-11-19
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Radiance League of Legends Roster 2020 youtube.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Radiance's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 UPL 2020 Spring Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 CLG's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Meet Moon - Jungler youtube.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Meet 2016 NA LCS Summer Split teams. lolesports.com
- ↑ Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-12-11
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-11-17; after change - NA - 2020-11-18
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-11-17; after change - NA - 2020-11-18