Friday, November 27, 2009

Santa Cruz Breakers Promoted to Barclays Premier League

The Breakers Inaugural 2009-2010 Season in D2 was an amazing year. The Breakers end the season with a 3rd Place Finish allowing them to be promoted to the esteemed Barclays English Premier League!

The Breakers record was 12-18-4.
Overview of Breakers Stats:

12-18-4 (record)
55 League Points (3rd Place)
28 Goals For
20 Goals Against
8 Goals Differential

Goal Rankings
5th Place in League Play: Chow (11)
9th Place in League Play: Manning (9)

Assist Rankings
5th Place in League Play: Bock (5)
19th Place in League Play: V.Nam (3)

Overview of Season:

The Breakers were knocked out in the first Round of the English Cup by FC Porto. The first of two matches ended in a 0-0 draw and the second ended with FC Porto winning 1-0.

The only 4 league losses came against the following teams:

FC Zenith St. Petersburg (1-2)
Shakhtar Donetsk (3-0)
Shakhtar Donetsk (1-0)
FC Bayern Munchen

Important victories came against:

Sporting (1-0)
SC Internacional (1-0)
FC Zenith St. Petersburg (1-1)

The Breakers season was well played especially when it counted with winning their final 3 matches allowing them to sneak into the Third Spot!

Starting in April with a tough (1-0) loss to FC Bayern Munchen the Breakers went 5-3-1 with big wins against Sporting and SC Internacional.

The Breakers defense allowed the team to stay in most matches and allowed the Breakers to get many more draws than losses. Although their offense struggled most of the season with Chow and Manning combining for 20 out of the 26 goals, the Breakers were able to win just enough matches especially their final 3 months of play and in particular their final 5 matches to move up to the Barclays Premier League.

The following Barclays Premier League 2009-2010 teams will be demoted to D2:

West Ham United 34 points (7-13-16)
Birmingham City 30 points (6-12-18)
Burnley 16 points (4-4-28)

Others on the fringe:
Wolvehampton 34 points (8-10-18)
Fulham 34 points (8-10-18)

Congratulations to the Breakers for an amazing first season and good luck with the promotion!
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