[WCT USA] - Semi-Final 1 - Hollywood Freerunners v GNF 

Dang, GNF just needed someone other than David to stay in this match. They totally gassed him out trying to stay alive. But damn! Kyle with that massive endurance to seal the deal.

I like how much respect everyone has for each other

Massive respect for all these athletes, especially the ones who made big moves this match!

If the damn Iceman didn’t catch Kyle then I would have firmly believed no one could.

You know someone is a threat when the opponents gameplan around one guy.

Kyle is the best in the world. He has dominated great teams like I’ve never seen before

One of the best matches ever. Tactics are getting more seriously implemented.

Kyle’s stamina is what separates him from every other great evader. Davis is amazing, but was exhausted trying to keep up with him. I can’t wait to see if Seth Wang and the rest of Apex can contain him, assuming Apex makes it to the finals. Kyle is the G.O.A.T.

"the tax man couldn't catch him" god I love you commentary guy

I feel like Miguel has progressed sooo much over this tournament! 🔥

When Ruji is having a hard time catching him, that's when GNF knew they were in trouble. They needed both to be able to catch Kyle.

Literally waiting for this semifinal for over a week

Just let play Kyle and David all the rounds next time lol

At this point Kyle is an anime protagonist and David just became his rival.

This was intense! Greetings to Hollywood Free Runners and to GNF, both are fantastic teams.

You can tell HFR have been really studying Kyles moves. Now lets see if Kyle can pit against Mark Bowles the PATH FINDER

this game was really won( or lost) by the tactics. GNF should have put Seth first. as even if Kyle chased him, the next chaser will go their best chaser- Davis. instead they got what we've seen. super happy for HWF. they really improved as a team during the tournament. as well, if you guys will give Awards after the tournament( if not, you should start to! with Best Chase, Best Evade, Best Team Spirit, Best Sportsmanship, Best strategy...whatever else) I'd give Kyle the MVP no matter what happens in the finals( honestly I can't believe anybody can stop APEX from winning the cup).

People talk about how good Kyle is, but they really underestimate the power of the rest of the team. I mean what a dive by Dale at 6:52! Same with GNF, Davis really proved himself capable in this match. Great vid all around, can't wait for the next one!

This match was amazing! I know you guys have been trying new stuff lately, like with the commentary videos with Jimmy, which are great. For the next tournaments I think it would be very cool if there were some quick interviews with the athletes after the match, so we can hear from them what went wrong in their opinion, what worked, what they expect from the next matches and this sorta of thing. For example, I would love to know more about their decisions on who plays the match, if it was solely motivated to stop certain players, or with they have someone injured, etc. This has really become my favorite sport to watch lately, excited for the finals!

The tactics in this game are exceptional.

I think Kyle has bigger job to do in finale. He better get some rest. Lol

I haven't left a comment in weeks because each match leaves me speechless each time. This is no exception.

Davis single-handedly carried GNF damn. Def one of my favorite teams this season, I know it's not the last time I'm seeing them.

"slippery Kyle soderman, the tax man couldn't catch him" that had me dying 😂😂 Awesome content wct, keep it up :)

I’m sorry but I absolutely have to see Mark Bowles vs Kyle! I also need to see Haroon vs both of them to see if either one can break the 100% tag rate.

HWF are giving shocks after shocks, sadly we didn't get to see Seth on fire today. Also we can appreciate just how good of a team GNF is to stop Kyle at only 2 evasions. Can't wait to see Kyle vs. Apex (predicted) in the final.

0:51 You know you've really started to filter down to the best of the best, when two excellent players just run around in a blur and one makes such a huge dive. Amazing. For Kyle to be able to still make sound decisions when followed so closely is also extraordinary.

Seth Ruji vs Soderman (1st evasion) might be the best unsuccessful attempt at a tag I’ve ever seen. What an effort.

For once, I don't think it was Kyle Soderman who carried a match. He did excellent, as always, but I think Davis's performance in this match was heroic! He was in for half of the entire match, caught Kyle Soderman *twice* and evaded *twice* and you could tell at the end her had given all he had to give to carry his team. Unfortunately, nobody else on his team stepped up and they had to bow out early. Seth did well too though. I think if he had chased Kyle after Kyle had to evade once, he could've also gotten the tag. That first chase was a beauty to watch. I was disappointed that he didn't get an evasion later in the match. Similar to APK Grey earlier on, we saw both teams put in their strong players a lot and leave their weaker players on the bench. I don't know if this will become a trend in future tournaments and/or necessitate a rule change, but it feels unfair to be able to run Kyle Soderman almost as many times as everyone else combined. I did want to point out chase 10. Davis's route in that chase was really cool. His use of the mountain wasn't like most people use it, where it's a route from the back of the Tilted Cube and Loading Bay just straight over the top, he used it to get some quick height, convert it to speed, and create some space. If you notice, there was only one point where he slowed down in that entire chase and it was near the end. I'm not sure if he should've done what he did or gone around the corner, it's an interesting question, but irrelevant because he had created so much space from darting through spaces where his chaser had to slow down. This was an excellent match. I've been looking forward to this match for a week and I'm going to love these next few ones as well, I'm sure! Will HWF face APK Grey and we see a battle of carries, Kyle Soderman vs Mark Bohles, or will they face Apex and we see their teamwork against the carry style? I think Seth Wang has a good chance of catching Kyle. We'll see what happens these next few weeks!!

MAN ON MAN. THIS IS WHAT I'm talking about. The team strategy, the expert use of everyone. Soderman shined, of course, but his team really stepped up--LET'S GO MIGUEL! GET YOUR RESPECT ON. Also, holy crap, Davis. Once Davis had Soderman's number, the gameplan became to tire him out. Like you could see the strat taking place in the moment. Davis is truly just that good. So many great action dives in this set--way to make USA look great--everyone was really going for it. CAN'T WAIT. Oh man. Maybe--just maybe we'll finally see the match of the centrury: SODERMAN v MARK. Slippery Soderman vs. Magic Mark. Let's goooooooooo

That's the best match of the tournament so far for me. The stakes were high, the top guns stepped up and performed brilliantly and in the end Kyle Soderman mate it happen. ❤️ Kudos to Davis for his efforts, he nearly turned the tie around. Hollywood Freeruners, excited to see you in the Final ! 🤩

GNF clearly were playing against the Soderman strats, and it still wasn't enough! This is ridiculous...

Man, I discovered this sport a few days ago and I can't stop watching it! I still don't know how the points system works tho.

Seth vs Kyle amazing chase again💥

I just started watching this sport like 3 weeks ago, and this is awesome!

This actually already feels like the finals. but hey, we still have apk gray and apex coming. very exciting!

I just love how these guys can question tags or not and do so while shaking hands and hugging lol shows a level of sportsmanship you don't see in today's more popular sports.

This might be one of the best matches in the series so far. This match was a lot of fun with a lot of back and forth! Grats to both teams!!

God, I'm gonna have a heart attack watching these matches near the end! So good! Watching these teams that have made their way to the top with amazing athleticism and game play is exhilarating! HF was killin' it, but GNF was not letting them get it for free. I feel like I haven't seen evaders so tired after a successful evasion, none of these chasers are making it easy on anyone.

Davis' curse at it again: 6:55.

GNF strategy: KEEP KYLE OFF THE QUAD HFR strategy: Hey Kyle, if you can pull even with Seth and Davis, our supporting cast can beat theirs.

Kyle is now officially a legend

So I watched this thing three times and here’s what I’ve got: GNF lost because they didn’t let Soderman go first. Soderman is a stamina player, and they thought Vasconcellios could get into his head with the Ice Man persona. Instead, Soderman’s cool won out and gave him the chance to get a point on the board while Davis was catching his breath. Davis was the player who could chase down Soderman. They lost two rounds and a point before he could do it because they gave themselves the intuitive advantage and it backfired. The other major part of this is how morale and the score took a nosedive with Diaz: (1) Hand on hand DTR, but Davis is an amazing sport about it. And (2) Diaz got a looooong breather during that DTR and Porter was an instant too late for the buzzer with his tag. Both of these contribute to Bear’s outburst/bad sportsmanship in chase 8, which is when things really start going downhill. I can’t say I blame him for being frustrated, that spike was brutal. It just makes them look like really sore losers. Finally, after a good few rounds off its child’s play for Soderman to defend their lead despite the ground they manage to gain. They just kept Ice Man to save them despite his obvious exhaustion and sadly it’s the thing that allowed the reigning champs to be taken out by my favorite underdogs. This tournament just keeps gettin’ better and better...

I'm witnessing the speed of Kyle Soderman once more!

AWESOME MATCH. I'm just a little confused as to why both teams didn't put out all their players. Anyone else realize that Kyles shirt is on backward in his profile pic? Really made me laugh!

I think there needs to be a limit on how many times you can use each player. While I like seeing Kyle. It’s kinda weird to see him over and over and barely see other players.... You should have to use every body once before going back. At the moment the best team doesn’t matter. It’s who has the best stat player

I didn't realize the teams can put any of their players in at any time without some kind of order. It seems kinda odd that they can just play their top few players instead of the whole squad...

oh man, I've been super hyped for the semi-final matches and so it begins!! I've never seen davis and kyle put in so many times (i didn't know you could switch the rotation?), but feelsbad to davis because you could definitely see him starting to wear out after all those chases. you can clearly see that HWF is banking on kyle, but major props to miguel for the double to keep them in the lead! hope kyle and HWF get to rest a bunch before their next match because they're definitely going to need it. kyle's seriously insane though. i love the way he runs (small steps and looks like a low center of gravity for balance) and paces himself; never too close to the chaser but always keeping a solid distance away. he's got superb stamina (which he'll definitely need if/when HWF runs into apex) and you can see how fast he calculates his pathing and the chaser's distance and pathing. the hype only gets stronger from here on out!! probably the only way that other teams can get HWF out is if they tire kyle out because HWF keep putting him in to chase. anyway, great match, great strats and evasions, and i can't wait to see the other matches!

Kyle tags Davis in Chase 1! Kyle evades Seth Ruji for the second time! They change Julius to Davis to try and tag Kyle! And the plan works, Davis tags Kyle for the second time! Miguel tags Davis! Miguel evades Jake! Jake looks like his moving so heavy not like in WCT 4, he moves lightly! Julius almost tags Miguel but Miguel evades Julius for the second time! Bear stops and tags Miguel for the second time! It seems like Kyle & Davis being send back and forth on the quad! This seems like Deja vu! Kyle tags Bear for the second time, What happens in their Group A Game happens here slight! But instead of Seth Ruji they sending back Davis to try and tag Kyle for the third time! And Davis tags Kyle for the 3rd time, Davis could be Kyle's weakness! Davis evades Antonio, this is the first time Antonio couldn't make the tag! Davis evades Dale for the second time! Justin tags Davis, Davis looks so tired and it looks like his the only Athlete of GNF who's been moving in this game! Seth Ruji tags Justin but Hollywood Freerunners sendin' back Kyle again! And Kyle tags Seth Ruji but instead of Davis, GNF sends Jake, Davis is too tired! And Kyle evades Jake! Damn! Two of my Favorite Team of WCT USA, this is hard for me to see GNF fell short but they can still be a 3rd Placer on Play-Offs! So Hollywood Freerunners are on the Finale and could face the winner of Semi-Final 2 | American Parkour Grey v Apex 2! And GNF would face who ever get defeated in Semi-Final 2 | American Parkour Grey v Apex 2! (@WorldChaseTag, @WCTfans & @WorldChaseTagJP) #WorldChaseTag #WorldChaseTagUSA #WCT #WCTUSA #KnockOutFinals #QuarterFinals #QuarterFinal1

I'm soooo excited for future matches. WTC always is a highlight of the day for me

Soderman vs Apex huh? Soderman's backpack is huge, but I think Apex has this tourney

GNF shouldn't have started with davis, might've been able to throw him in more fresh against kyle for the last chase if they would've saved that initial chase and thrown in someone else

What a war! This was one of my favorite matches because there was such a story to it. GNF was doing everything in their power to stop Kyle but they just couldn't quite do it. I've been a Hollywood Freerunners fan from the first match they were in, and I've wanted to see Kyle Soderman vs Mark Bowles for weeks. I'd pay to watch that. *Fingers crossed* it's in the Finals!

great job by HFR. nevertheless, when seth comes on - boss music plays (but even bosses gotta be beatable, or else it's no fun to play the game!). but it's crazy how much davis has kyle's number! and the weirdest part: watching certain parts of this match, someone could assume that Seth can't score, and that Kyle can't evade...and that's just crazy talk.

exactly what i meant when i said the game cannot be won by a few star players. like ik for a fact now that apex will be in the final and win cuz they arent trying to win against a team they are trying to win against soderman

Waited all week for this! Let's goooooooo GNF

I am really confused on how the rotation of the players works. Do they basically just choose who they put it at any time? I thought they chose an order...but apparently not. Is it that the chasing team picks whomever they want?

Seth didn’t catch Kyle damn

Everybody will have to watch and dissect the clips from this match. This is a very bizarre match compared to everything before it.

The moment Davis let Kyle tag him in chase 1, I knew it was going to be an interesting match. This sport is amazing.

WOW. Kyle is soooooo good. Excited to see them go against Apex. They need to fix some of their issues, those being knowing when they are being herded so they don’t get herded lol

Shoutout to the commentators for the reaction analysis (Davis pulling his hand in) on the controversial tag. WCT is down to the wire nonstop. Love from India

I'm new to the sport, as a spectator, but I love how everyone seems to be a good sport about it all.

An edge-of-your-seat match. If most matches in WCT become this intense, an Olympic event would be the next logical step.

No dislikes. Let's keep it like that 🔥

That was everything I waited for! Now let's bring on Semi #2! Can't wait to see who Kyle goes up against next.

I can’t wait to see Kyle trying to evade Apex members like Seth Wang

Fantastic experience, watching top players hunt down each other to complete exhaustion - Kyle, David, Seth, Miguel and Mike all showcased all their strenghts, but ultimately it was Kyle that proved to be a deadly weapon in his team.

Man, Davis and Kyle is such a great matchup. A real battle of titans

can you guys add blank screen at the end of the video like 10-15 minutes, which makes the result umpredictable. One other thing is the you see celebrating team when you move your cursor onto the video. It would be a lot better if you would make it a stable photo which doesnt give a clue about the result.

0:31 Kyle Vs Seth what a battle.

If Apex wins their match, which I'm expecting will happen, it'll be stopping Kyle that'll be a huge difference. Apex has allowed the least number of evasions, but Kyle is a beast. HF might be able to put off another upset.

man, 10 minutes goes by fast when you are really enjoying it. wish these were like 30 mins long.

Unbelievable... The chase intensity since the first ever playoffs is only getting better. They're starting to play more strategic.

Excellent performances, particularly from Davis, Miguel and Seth. And of course Kyle. Oh lordy I almost felt sorry for Kyle at @5:00, blinking sweat out of his eyes, like "okay, I'm going out again? Sure thing guys, just...just gimme a sec" Poor guy went out four times, active in seven rounds. But he sent it. I'm wondering if he can keep up that same pressure in the final. As much as I'd love to see HF vs. Grey... Apex took 4:1 against Grey in the Group stages, and while they have Mark, Frank, and Ethan, I can see Grey struggling again. If it does come to HF vs. Apex... same issue. HF rely too much on Kyle and Miguel, whereas Apex are a scarily well-balanced team. Rooting for Grey to win, but I think it'll be Apex.

Its hard to see GNF out. But Hollywood Free-runners deserve that win. And I feel like Kyle has improved the more techinical and strategic side of WCT because of the movements he made to evade and chase.

Hollywood Free Runners Anticipated the Game But GNF is the Best Team will fight back in Next Year Competition....Go GNF Go

What an insane match, I'm still processing what just happened, but it's very clear that Kyle Soderman has truly dominated this WCT tournament, congrats to Hollywood Freerunners, and I hope GNF at least gets third.

I was sure there was an order to chasers and evaders. Not till Kyle Soderman did I realise you can just keep sending the same player. No one did it before because no one was as insane OP as him. The endurance on him is bonkers. At first I though I had accidently skipped back a few minutes. Davis was clutch too for GNF. Him and Seth I though might run away with it but they just couldn't catch the goat. Be interesting to see Apex win and go up against that Deus Ex Machina of a WCT runner.

Kyle Soderman is the Tom Brady of WCT. Undisputed MVP.

Kyle vs Seth !! I have been waiting for this one for a long time.

Now i want to see Kyle vs Seth Wang

Noooo i was rooting for gnf😔 good game though. apex let's go!

I think I rewound the video 5 or 6 times just to watch that first chase between Kyle and Seth. Unreal

Seconds in and look who's in the first 2 chases.... this match is too hype

Best best match. Kyle was so good. I support Hollywood freerunners

Wow the fact that tag is a real sport makes me happy

Would it be a good idea to add still footage filler to get each video a 15 min length, so we won't know who wins by seeing the video length? We won't have a spoiler this way :) It is now pretty easy to predict which team is going to win halfway watching the video.

Kyle seems to be only one who could break Haroon's chase record

Soderman's tag on bear, you can see he used a hand grip to jump up like he was going to chase him one way to lure him in to the other direction. The dude is full of subtle deception.

This sport needs to be bigger!!!

Alternative Title: Kyle Soderman vs Davis Vasconcellos (ft. Seth Ruji)

I'm sayin it now. Hollywood freerunners vs. APK Grey. I wanna see Soderman vs Bowles

crazy match!! best one so far this season those lines were awesome

Not sure if you're open to course suggestions, but I would recommend moving the starting block back a bit and extending the 45 degree angled perimeter boards in front of the starter block. There's been a few crashes into those sharp edges throughout this tournament that this small configuration adjustment would easily avoid in the future.

Favorita: Chase 5 con Miguel ❤️Awesome

So sad to see Davis get knocked out of the tourney, his calm style of evading was amazing to watch. Kyle is just too super Saiyan though, good lord.

My fav teams against each other wow pretty wonderful for me

Amaaaazing semi-final. I love this sport so much. 🤩

We had Justin moves vs Seth jumps in this match and that's just funny af