Editing Chris Lasoya (section)

=== Early career and Avalanche ===

LaSoya began competing professionally during the era of traditional woodland and ten-player tournament paintball.

His early playing career included [[Easy Company]] before he became a prominent member of Avalanche, one of the leading professional teams of the late 1990s.[4]

Contemporary tournament records confirm his membership of Avalanche by 1999, when he competed at the Skyball tournament in Toronto, Canada.[5]

During this period, Avalanche fielded players including [[Rocky Cagnoni]], [[Steve Rabackoff]], [[Ed Poorman]], [[Todd Martinez]] and [[Travis Lemanski]].

LaSoya became particularly associated with the team's aggressive approach to tournament competition.

At the 2000 [[Campaign Cup]] in England, Avalanche won the professional division of the [[Millennium Series]] event.

Contemporary reporting specifically highlighted LaSoya's attacking movements through the centre of the field as an important part of the team's success. The victory was Avalanche's fifth consecutive tournament win.[6]

LaSoya remained with Avalanche during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, appearing on the team's official [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) professional rosters.[7][8]