Santa Cruz County Breakers

Football club infobox | clubname = Santa Cruz County Breakers


fullname = Santa Cruz County Breakers
nickname = The Breakers
founded = 2007
ground = Carl Connelly Stadium
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chairman = Larry Johnson
manager = Michael Runeare
league = National Premier Soccer League
season = 2007
position = 3rd, did not make playoffs
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Santa Cruz County Breakers are an American soccer team, founded in 2007. The team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northwest Conference against teams from Sacramento, Salinas, San Jose and Santa Rosa.

They play their home games at Carl Connelly Stadium on the campus of Cabrillo College in the city of Aptos, California, nine miles east of downtown Santa Cruz.

2007 Roster

Year-by-year

Youth Set-Up

The Club also feature a very strong youth program which serves as a feeder the NPSL team as well as many college programs. The Breakers Blue 88 is the Flagship youth team of the Club. Led by captain and midfielder Jose Gonzalez, who also plays for the US U-18 national team, they have won 5 of 6 Norcal state cup titles in the last 6 years. They also feature many top players from top high school programs such as Watsonville and Bellarmine. The team adavnced to semis at the national west region tournament and well as the far west regional tournament and played against top European professional youth academies at the Belizona tournament in Switzerland. Gonzalez was also named CCS sophomore of the year, and to the ALL Merc-CCS team as well as the All-America high school soccer team.

Besides Gonzalez, other notable standouts include Miguel Silva, who led Watsonville High School's soccer team to a #1 national ranking and two CCS championships, and was named an NSCAA All-American. Silva also led the club, which at the time was called the SCC Chivas, to a state championship. He was a member of the US U-15 boys team. Another notable standout from the SCC breakers is David "Samurai" Estrada. He is currently the leading scorer for UCLA, and a member of the U-18 national pool. He was named CCS player of the year after leading Alisal High School to a #2 national ranking, and scoring a national record of 70 goals including 12 in one game. His accomplishments in college soccer include being named to the PAC-10 second team, the NCAA tournament first team, Freshmen of the Year award, and leading UCLA to the NCAA finals, where he scored two goals against Virginia the in semifinals.

External links

* [http://sccsoccer.org/NPSL/ Santa Cruz County Breakers]