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Evil Geniuses are one step closer to defending their American Championship title, with a very quick match against Desire 2 Excel, winning 2-0, they move on to the Grand Final against compLexity.

While the first semi-final of the day was very exciting and intense, the second semi-final was over in just a little more than one hour of play, as Evil Geniuses won 2-0 against Desire 2 Excel.

Desire 2 Excel, with the EG WCG stand-in Travis "tuBBy" Bechtol, only managed to take four rounds off the defending American Champions and there was never any doubt that EG had a lot more to give, notable performance during the two maps came from captain Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen and AWPer Danny "fRoD" Montaner.

IEM5 American Championship FinalsBest of 0 Evil GeniusesMatchpage 2 0 9th October 2010 Desire 2 Excel 2Best of 3 0

Evil Geniuses	K - D	+/-	ADR	-

Desire 2 Excel	K - D	+/-	ADR	-

Evil Geniuses have now secured a spot at the IEM5 World Championship in 2011, the Grand Final against complexity tomorrow will determine which of the two will be the American Champions for season five, but also who will take a $11,000 cheque with the first place and who will have to do with $5,500 for second.

The match will be played at 18:15CET and will be broadcasted by ESL TV. The third/fourth place decider match between DINC and Desire 2 Excel is schedule for 16:00CET and will feature HLTV. For results, standings and demos head over you our coverage section, while you can find statistics from the event by clicking here.