The team's first starting roster was Karma, Octane, Apathy, Enable, and Slacked who were all coached by Joey "Nubzy" DiGiacomo.

[8] They also named Sam "Fenix" Spencer as the new head coach and Brandon "Novus" Hewitt as the new general manager.

[9] In the league's first official LAN tournament of the new COD year and title, Call of Duty: Vanguard, the Seattle Surge took 2nd place in the 2022 Kickoff Classic, losing 3–1 map count in the Grand Finals to the Toronto Ultra.

[10] They won a match against the 2021 COD World Champions Atlanta FaZe,[11] and also defeated an experienced NYSL team.

Seattle Surge went on to defeat the Atlanta Faze in the CDL 2022 Major 3 Grand Final to secure the franchise's first tournament win ever.