Caitlin Akeman and Graceanne Rettig, longtime teammates and friends in the Breakers soccer club, have each signed a letter of intent to play college soccer. Caitlin is a senior at Harbor High School and Graceanne is a senior at Aptos High. They just concluded an extremely successful final year with the Breakers, having won the Norcal Regional Academy League, The West Regional tournament and placing 3rd in the National Cup. Caitlin Akeman committed to Hawai' i Pacific University( NCAA DII) in the PacWest conference. Caitlin fell in love with the Hawaiian Islands at a young age while visiting … [Read more...]

BREAKERS GOALKEEPER JOHNSON'S DREAM COMES TRUE When she was nine years old and not long after meeting then Santa Cruz County Breakers soccer coach Devvyn Hawkins MacBeth - a starting midfielder for the 2001 National Champion Santa Clara University Broncos and former member of the U.S. Women's National Team – Emily Johnson began to dream of playing college soccer at Santa Clara. Seven years after her dream began, Johnson – a team captain and goalkeeper for the Santa Cruz County Breakers 94G White squad – has verbally committed to Santa Clara and will begin playing for the Broncos in … [Read more...]

SCC Breakers 99G clinch 1st in CYSA Division 1 Silver Elite league On Sunday, the Santa Cruz County Breakers Under 12 girls clinched first place in the CYSA Division 1 Silver Elite league. Led by father-daughter coaching team, Heidi and Art Romswinckel-Guise, the team of seventeen girls from across the county played clubs from around the Bay Area this year and wrapped their undefeated season with a 1-0 win over Mountain View-Los Altos. The girls now move on to the state cup tournament in February. … [Read more...]

BREAKERS ACADEMY MIDFIELDER MEEHAN COMMITS TO STANFORD UNIVERSITY Making a college decision is not an easy task, especially when a student athlete is recruited by institutions such as Stanford University, Princeton, USF and equally prestigious schools. Slater Meehan, a team captain and technical midfielder for the Santa Cruz Breakers Academy finally came to a conclusion in his college choice. The strong, talented player has verbally committed to Stanford University and will look at making an impact on the program as a freshmen. Meehan is a great role model for the Santa Cruz Soccer … [Read more...]

SCC Breakers 94G White has Success in 2011 US Club National Cup X Regionals – Champions RAGE College Showcase – 2nd Place US Club National Cup X – 3rd Place NorCal Regional Academy League – Champions The SCC Breakers 94G White put a cap on a very successful soccer year by clinching first place in the Womens U18 State Premier 2 division of the NorCal Regional Academy League. The final two league matches were played as part of the NorCal Regional Academy League Showcase, held the weekend of November 19-20 in Davis, CA. College coaches from throughout the western United States … [Read more...]

From an early age when he first learned to walk, he was with a soccer ball at his feet. Later, going to all the practices of his older brother, Anthony Gooch, Lynden was always playing on the side lines and learning. He would emulate all of his brother moves and the way he would play. Lynden would be everywhere that his brother and his team was, The Lionhearts. He would follow them in the sun, rain, or snow, it didn’t matter. When it was Lynden’s turn to play at five years old, he had practiced so much against older players that he was phenomenal in his own age group. He scored so many … [Read more...]