Into the Breach part ways with team, close in on new roster for 2023

The British organization is looking for a fresh start in the new year with a new lineup.

Into the Breach have decided to part ways with their roster, allowing the Swedish-British mix to explore their options in the market as free agents ahead of the winter tournament break. Additionally, the organization revealed that it is in talks with a new lineup, to be revealed in the first week of January 2023.

The news comes during the team's involvement in three different events: ESEA Advanced Season 43 Europe, CCT Central Europe Series 4, and Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2, and it is unclear whether the squad will continue as a unit beyond these tournaments.

Adam "⁠Adam9130⁠" Ahmad's team was a consistent presence at the top of the British region but failed to take the next step and crack into the top 30 despite the signings of William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin and Alfred "⁠RuStY⁠" Karlsson in the summer.

draken's stint with Into the Breach only lasted five months

Into the Breach revamped their earlier roster in July after parting ways with Kirk "⁠Tadpole⁠" Stephens and Yaroslav "⁠isk⁠" Issakov. The team experimented with Thomas "⁠Thomas⁠" Utting and Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield, but eventually landed on the Swedish duo of draken and RuStY, which immediately propelled them to a trophy run at Assembly Summer 2022. The short burst of form drove Adam9130 and company from the No. 79 spot in the rankings to their all-time peak at No. 41 after a semi-final run at CCT Central Europe Series 2.

The British-Swedish squad eventually ran out of steam and by October they were unable to replicate their early successes. Disappointments at events such as Elisa Invitational Fall 2022, CCT Central Europe Series 3, and CCT North Europe Series 2 dragged the team back down to No. 66 in the rankings.

"Our over year long road with a core U.K. trio comes to an end today, as we say goodbye to our CS:GO roster with immediate effect," reads team manager Marvin "Punico" Matthes' statement. "We are finalizing negotiations with a new roster, to be announced in the first week of January. ITB will see you back on the server 2023!"

Into the Breach used to field the following roster:

Sweden William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin
Sweden Alfred "⁠RuStY⁠" Karlsson
United Kingdom Adam "⁠Adam9130⁠" Ahmad
United Kingdom Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson
United Kingdom William "⁠dobbo⁠" Dobson

Portugal Gustavo "⁠Juve⁠" Alexandre (coach)

United Kingdom William 'dobbo' Dobson
William 'dobbo' Dobson
Age:
19
Rating 1.0:
0.91
Maps played:
424
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.66
Sweden Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson
Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1422
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.67
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.18
Maps played:
916
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.62
Sweden William 'draken' Sundin
William 'draken' Sundin
Age:
27
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
1225
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.63
United Kingdom Thomas 'Thomas' Utting
Thomas 'Thomas' Utting
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
967
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.68
United Kingdom Kirk 'Tadpole' Stephens
Kirk 'Tadpole' Stephens
Age:
19
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
195
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.68
United Kingdom Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson
Age:
19
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
366
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.71
United Kingdom Adam 'Adam9130' Ahmad
Adam 'Adam9130' Ahmad
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
597
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.72
Ukraine Yaroslav 'isk' Issakov
Yaroslav 'isk' Issakov
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
146
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.60
unlucky
2022-12-10 18:01
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#2
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Sweden HaasF1Team
Fakk
2022-12-10 18:01
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#3
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Saint Lucia baitmaster_69
RIP
2022-12-10 18:01
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Draken back to NIP confirmed
2022-12-10 18:01
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6 replies
Nawwk is better tho. But hes not free agent
2022-12-10 21:16
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No Godsent draken confirmed
2022-12-10 21:51
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3 replies
or begrip, they are doing the same thing as godsent rn
2022-12-10 22:58
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2 replies
Would be dope, happy to see a revival of the swedish scene
2022-12-11 20:23
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Lol Begrip trashed Legacy with 15+ RP server well done
2022-12-12 19:13
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OH GOD YES!!!
2022-12-11 19:39
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draken looked pretty good there, hope he gets a shot at a bigger team, would be fun to see
2022-12-10 18:01
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nah ratio
2022-12-10 18:01
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Godsent Drakk
2022-12-10 18:02
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#8
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Bosnia and Herzegovina dc4
kk
2022-12-10 18:02
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dont waste money on cs, focus on dota
2022-12-10 18:02
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2 replies
i forgor they dont have a roster anymore and lost spot in 1st divsion💀
2022-12-10 18:09
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1 reply
#71
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Peru YbnStrika_
Cierto xxd
2022-12-11 02:31
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ITB welcomes benched heroes
2022-12-10 18:02
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3 replies
#12
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Saint Lucia baitmaster_69
would be huge
2022-12-10 18:03
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1 reply
hope smooya/thomas is in it
2022-12-10 18:04
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I think you're right and this would be quite exciting! Watch this space.
2022-12-10 19:43
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draken keeps getting shafted lol
2022-12-10 18:02
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That explains the performance today... unluko adam9130 :( cya dude I look forward to new roster POG
2022-12-10 18:03
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#15
h4rn | 
China pix3w
losing to jw and flusha in 2022 really made them hate their own roster
2022-12-10 18:04
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#16
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Estonia void1337
saw it coming after the game with HEET , something was clearly fucked in that team
2022-12-10 18:04
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#17
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Estonia fezco
Next time say this shit before the games 🤣
2022-12-10 18:05
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They lost to Eyeballers and then straight afterwards disband unluko maluko
2022-12-10 18:06
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with dobbo and adam they have no future so expected
2022-12-10 18:07
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Draken Godsent bound
2022-12-10 18:12
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draken/rusty good core for future any swedish roster
2022-12-10 18:13
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2 replies
#44
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Sweden Niloist
Godsent?
2022-12-10 19:52
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1 reply
for example
2022-12-10 19:55
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To noones surprise
2022-12-10 18:23
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draken needs a good team
2022-12-10 18:29
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#25
Faceit plus user Faceit level 9  | 
Czech Republic maXX_CZ
Well, i am curious who picks up draken. Rest is pretty much T3 role players at best...
2022-12-10 18:31
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They had no future anyway so it was inevitable
2022-12-10 18:33
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draken is a bad player.... normal stuation
2022-12-10 18:35
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4 replies
#45
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s1mple | 
Finland Lapatzu
you clearly dont know anything. He carried this team and they still lost many times
2022-12-10 19:52
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3 replies
it doesnt matter.if he was good, his club wouldn't be closed
2022-12-10 20:02
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2 replies
#50
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s1mple | 
Finland Lapatzu
if REST OF HIS TEAM were good they would still be in the game
2022-12-10 20:13
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1 reply
I agree with you however that doesn't change anything anymore
2022-12-10 21:27
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#28
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United States Gonginator
What did they expect with such a shit roster lol. Draken is the only saving grace on that roster, but even then I'm not sure if his attitude / personality has evolved to the point where good players want to play with him as a long term goal.
2022-12-10 18:36
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#29
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North America soduk_db
-es3tag +draken/nawwk
2022-12-10 18:41
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#30
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Canada LooneyLoney
LOL I just look to see if EYEBALLERS won, they did, then this pops up like 5 mins after hahaha get rekt
2022-12-10 18:46
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#31
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Russia Renji465
AHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
2022-12-10 18:48
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#32
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Sweden BigOouf
2022-12-10 18:49
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BNE inc?
2022-12-10 18:53
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1 reply
No budget for bne bro :(
2022-12-10 18:56
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#36
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
JW | 
Sweden gNeJS
Rusty to godsent confirmed
2022-12-10 19:00
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they needed a break to celebrate football coming home
2022-12-10 19:01
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#38
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Canada K1nGoldY
NIP it's sign of the time, sign draken you guys need an awper quick, just make it happen! Yay go nip go go nip go!!, and es3tag to astralis in place of mistr let's gooo!!! Let's go scandavian region let's gooo!!!
2022-12-10 19:04
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3 replies
#46
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s1mple | 
Finland Lapatzu
+1
2022-12-10 19:54
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#58
B1ad3 | 
Finland n3iki
how 'bout no
2022-12-10 21:33
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1 reply
#74
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Canada K1nGoldY
Or maybe a yes cmon try it you can do it
2022-12-11 03:28
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deserved they were shit
2022-12-10 19:03
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RIP UK CS
2022-12-10 19:16
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1 reply
was never alive to begin with
2022-12-11 03:37
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#41
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Romania Pecea
brit'ish things
2022-12-10 19:28
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draken in 2k22
2022-12-10 19:33
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#49
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Norway Gjellan
Surely this will fix "into the breach" team. Surely...
2022-12-10 20:04
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Draken hopefully gets a new decent team soon
2022-12-10 20:25
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draken - > nip
2022-12-10 20:25
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draken should get a second(third) chance in nip
2022-12-10 20:30
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#54
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Barbados Smellly
Yes man
2022-12-10 20:40
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#55
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United Kingdom JupiterACE
must have gotten too expensive to field em
2022-12-10 20:46
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Oof
2022-12-10 22:08
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#61
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Australia NgeL
a little expected
2022-12-10 22:47
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Peppzor, Joel, Plessen, Twist (or different IGL), Draken Godsent please
2022-12-10 22:49
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kcorp come pls
2022-12-10 22:55
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Godsent or Begrip is probably drakens new team i bet on godsent
2022-12-10 23:00
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4 replies
godsent: draken heap peppzor friberg f0rest
2022-12-11 03:40
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3 replies
begrip: joel ztr nilo susp fransson/spooke
2022-12-11 04:06
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2 replies
nilo is already signed in nip academy, isnt he?
2022-12-11 04:07
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1 reply
according to quix, young ninjas have a low contract salary so its not gonna be hard to convince nilo to join a new team. i just hope his transfer is not too expensive.
2022-12-11 09:02
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#66
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Hungary Tramada
matchfixer dogs have to go. They made enough money, now can part ways and separete them to different teams.
2022-12-10 23:23
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sadge, they had a good start but then it looked like they lost motivation
2022-12-11 00:17
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who?
2022-12-11 00:39
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no smooya no win
2022-12-11 01:37
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Tier2 scene lloks like: disband kick add kick launch add stand-in kick
2022-12-11 01:51
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#72
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Peru YbnStrika_
Buy benched heroes
2022-12-11 02:33
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zzzzzzzz smooya team
2022-12-11 02:47
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and smooya is back on stream since 4days....
2022-12-11 03:36
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RIP
2022-12-11 04:08
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they were trash tier3 anyway
2022-12-11 04:35
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Into the Disband. RIP
2022-12-11 12:16
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#85
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Belarus Azy_421
ITB can actually signs BNE
2022-12-11 15:52
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#87
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Greece Fangu1
Who cares, they were bots anyway
2022-12-11 20:06
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#90
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Yugoslavia PLAYER927
finally a team for McSmooya(R)
2022-12-16 01:25
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