Despite having made the Playoffs in every previous season, the Knights just could not seem to get over the final few humps to bring home the USCL title.  In 2009 though that all changed as the Knights started their season very solidly, after having done miserably in the early season for several years, and comfortably locked up their Playoff spot.  But the Knights' tendency to really heat up in the late season was one thing that did not change as they defeated their archrivals, the Boston Blitz, in the Quarterfinals and then the powerful New Jersey Knockouts in the Semifinals, both in very tight matches where New York was facing draw odds.

     New York then looked poised to win the Championship Match in regulation, but the Miami Sharks fought back tenaciously and managed to send the match to the Blitz Tiebreaker.  It appeared early on that 2009 might be a repeat of 2006 for the Knights, where New York had fallen in the Blitz Tiebreaker, as Miami eliminated all but one player from the New York squad in the Tiebreaker while still having three players left themselves.  But New York's rock, GM Giorgi Kacheishvili, pulled off a heroic performance, knocking out all three remaining Sharks and bringing the USCL Championship home to the Knights.

     In addition to Kacheishvili's heroics in the Championship, the Knights had many other bright spots, with SM Yaacov Norowitz going undefeated in eleven games, making the All Star Team and receiving Rookie of the Year Honors.  Also, GM Pascal Charbonneau did very well winning some critical games for the team and also making the All Star Team while NM Matt Herman had a very solid season, scoring fifty percent despite being outrated in all of his games, including a key victory in the Championship which assured New York of reaching the Tiebreaker.

     It's really anyone's guess at this point how the Knights might construct their 2010 Roster with Norowitz having a much higher rating at this point.  But given their players' great tenacity, it seems certain that they will defend their 2009 Championshp with great determination, and it should be an interesting storyline as to whether New York, like their Championship predecessors, the Dallas Destiny, can also manage to win two Championships in a row.