2017 Orange County SC season
The 2017 Orange County SC season is the club's seventh season of existence, their third in the United Soccer League, and their first in the second tier of American soccer. This is the club's first year being branded as Orange County SC after previously being known as Orange County Blues FC from 2014 through 2017 and the LA Blues from 2011 to 2014.
2017 season | |||
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Owner | James Keston | ||
Head coach | Logan Pause | ||
Stadium | Champion Stadium | ||
USL | Conference: 10th | ||
USL Cup | DNQ | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round | ||
Highest home attendance | 4,963 | ||
Average home league attendance | 2,575 | ||
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Background
Playing the first season as Orange County SC, the team finished with a record of 11-11-10, 6-6-4 at home.[1] The team played their first four games away due to the ongoing construction of their temporary stadium at Orange County Great Park, while Championship Soccer Stadium was under construction. The first home game was week 7, May 6, 2017 against LA Galaxy II, resulting in a 4-0 Orange County victory.[2] Due to insufficient lighting in the temporary field games started at 5:00 pm PST.
The first game played in the new Championship Soccer Stadium was August 5, 2017 against Tulsa Roughnecks ending in a scoreless draw.[3]
The team finished the season in 10th place in the Western Conference and did not qualify for playoffs, three points behind Sacramento Republic FC in 8th place.
OCSC played three away games for the US Open Cup, defeating FC Golden State Force (5-2)[4] and LA Wolves FC (1-0),[5] before losing to LA Galaxy (1-3)[6] at Dignity Health Sports stadium.
At the conclusion of the season, Head Coach Logan Pause was released, announced Nov 27.[7]
Transfers
In
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
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1 | GK | Charlie Lyon | Seattle Sounders FC | Free | February 15, 2017 | [8] |
2 | DF | Oscar Sorto | LA Galaxy | Free | February 9, 2017 | [9] |
3 | DF | Joe Franco | Miami FC | Free | February 19, 2017 | [10] |
4 | DF | Beto Navarro | Jacksonville Armada FC | Free | March 7, 2017 | |
6 | DF | Victor Pineda | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Free | February 11, 2017 | [12] |
8 | FW | Gustavo Villalobos | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Free | January 28, 2017 | [13] |
11 | MF | Jerry van Ewijk | Go Ahead Eagles | Free | January 21, 2017 | [14] |
12 | MF | Sola Abolaji | Ventura County Fusion | Free | March 3, 2017 | [15] |
16 | MF | Amirgy Pineda | SCC Hawks | Free | February 19, 2017 | [10] |
18 | FW | Duke Lacroix | Indy Eleven | Free | March 15, 2017 | [16] |
19 | FW | Totti | UMass Lowell River Hawks | Free | April 7, 2017 | [17] |
22 | MF | Kevin Jeon | Blau-Weiß Friesdorf | Free | January 28, 2017 | [13] |
23 | MF | Zach Kobayashi | Dinamo Zegreb | Free | April 20, 2017 | [18] |
25 | GK | Casey Beyers | Wisconsin Badgers | Free | March 3, 2017 | [15] |
26 | GK | Michael Suchy | Orange County SC U-23 | Free | April 20, 2017 | [18] |
Loan in
No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
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5 | GK | Salomón Wbias | Pachuca | February 2, 2017 | November 30, 2017 | [19] |
9 | MF | Monday Etim | Los Angeles FC | May 5, 2017 | November 30, 2017 | [20] |
10 | MF | Carlos Alvarez | Los Angeles FC | March 23, 2017 | November 30, 2017 | [21] |
13 | DF | Juan Pablo Ocegueda | UANL | January 28, 2017 | November 30, 2017 | [13] |
Club
- ^ Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Los Angeles FC.
Preseason exhibitions [22]
25 February 2017 | Loyola Marymount Lions | 1-4 | Orange County SC | Los Angeles, California |
1:00 PM PST | Report | Stadium: Sullivan Field |
3 March 2017 | Cal State Northridge Matadors | 0-1 | Orange County SC | Northridge, California |
7:00 PM PST | Report | Stadium: Performance Soccer Field |
10 March 2017 | Orange County SC | 3-0 | Phoenix Rising FC | Irvine, California |
11:00 AM PST | Report | Stadium: Orange County Great Park |
15 March 2017 | Orange County SC | 3-1 | Real Monarchs | Irvine, California |
12:00 PM UTC-8 | Report | Stadium: Orange County Great Park |
18 March 2017 | LA Galaxy II | 0-4 | Orange County SC | Carson, California |
4:00 PM PST | Report | Stadium: StubHub Center |
Competitive
USL
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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6 | OKC Energy FC | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 49 | Conference Playoffs |
7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 46 | |
8 | Sacramento Republic | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 46 | |
9 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 44 | |
10 | Orange County SC | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 43 | |
11 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 35 | |
12 | Seattle Sounders 2 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 31 | |
13 | LA Galaxy II | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 29 | |
14 | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −5 |
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
25 March 2017 1 | Reno 1868 FC | 0-2 | Orange County SC | Reno, Nevada |
7:00 PM UTC-7 | USL | Duke Lacroix 31', 45+1' | Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5691 Referee: Victor Rivas |
1 April 2017 2 | Sacramento Republic FC | 4-0 | Orange County SC | Sacramento, California |
7:30 PM UTC−7 | Samuel Ochoa 23', 60' Wilson Kneeshaw 68' Harry Williams 90+1' |
USL | Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11569 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
8 April 2017 3 | Portland Timbers 2 | 1-2 | Orange County SC | Portland, Oregon |
7:00 PM UTC−7 | Augustine Williams 19' | USL | Jerry van Ewijk 9' (pen.) Victor Pineda 58' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 1834 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
22 April 2017 4 | LA Galaxy II | 1-1 | Orange County SC | Carson, California |
7:30 PM UTC−7 | Adrián Vera 66' | USL | Jean Engola 49' (o.g.) | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 2225 Referee: Timothy Ford |
6 May 2017 5 | Orange County SC | 4-0 | LA Galaxy II | Irvine, California |
5:00 PM UTC−7 | Jerry van Ewijk 28' (pen.), 31' Alex Juarez 34' (o.g.) Wuilito Fernandes 59' |
USL | Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 3408 Referee: Daniel Radford |
13 May 2017 6 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | 4-0 | Orange County SC | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
7:00 PM UTC−5 | Juan Caffa 19' Ian Svantesson 22', 81' Joey Calistri 79' |
USL | Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4119 Referee: Charles Murphy |
20 May 2017 7 | OKC Energy FC | 1-0 | Orange County SC | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
7:00 PM UTC−5 | Alex Dixon 35' | USL | Oscar Sorto 25' | Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 6059 Referee: Jon Freemon |
3 June 2017 8 | Orange County SC | 0-1 | Real Monarchs | Irvine, California |
5:00 PM UTC−7 | Wuilito Fernandes 10' | USL | Chandler Hoffman 1' Michael Gallagher 45+1' Jonel Desire 90+1' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2113 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal |
24 June 2017 9 | Orange County SC | 4-3 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | Irvine, California |
5:00 PM UTC−7 | Roy Meeus 10' (pen.) Christian Koontz 18' (o.g.) Carlos Alvarez 24' Dusan Stevanovic 59' Gustavo Villalobos 80' |
USL OC |
Riley Grant 17' Brian Nana-Sinkam 47' Lorenzo Ramos 64' Zach Mathers 72' (pen.) Charles Renken 87' Camilo Santiago 90+5' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2083 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
1 July 2017 10 | Orange County SC | 3-3 | Portland Timbers 2 | Irvine, California |
5:00 PM UTC-7 | Carlos Alvarez 57' Roy Meeus 63' (pen.) Victor Pineda 75' Richard Chaplow 78' Jerry van Ewijk 89' Amirgy Pineda 90' Gustavo Villalobos 90+1' |
USL OC POR |
Villyan Bijev 31', 85' (pen.) 78' Russell Cicerone 71' Lamar Batista 89' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2127 Referee: Timothy Ford |
8 July 2017 11 | Orange County SC | 1-1 | Phoenix Rising FC | Irvine, California |
5:00 PM PDT | Monday Etim 64' Roy Meeus 77', 84' |
USL OC PHX |
Miguel Timm 50' Didier Drogba 79', 90+4' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 4554 Referee: Malik Badawi |
16 July 2017 12 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 1-2 | Orange County SC | Tukwila, Washington |
2:00 PM PDT | David Olsen 30' Rodrigue Ele 41' Lorenzo Ramos 65' |
USL SEA |
Wuilito Fernandes 16' Monday Etim 37' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Attendance: 1112 Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
19 July 2017 13 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | 1-1 | Orange County SC | Edinburg, Texas |
7:00 PM CDT | Robbie Sagel 12' Eric Bird 27' (pen.) Victor Garza 90+2' Jorginho James 90+4' |
USL RGV |
Dusan Stevanovic 17' | Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 7304 Referee: Daniel Radford |
22 July 2017 14 | Orange County SC | 4-0 | Rio Grande Valley FC Toros | Irvine, California |
7:00 PM UTC-7 | Jeannot Esua 8' Roy Meeus 27' (pen.) Wuilito Fernandes 82' Zach Kobayashi 86' |
USL RGV |
Francisco Pungos 46' Eric Bird 58' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2014 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
29 July 2017 15 | Orange County SC | 1-0 | Whitecaps FC 2 | Irvine, California |
5:00 PM PDT | Victor Pineda 10' Jeannot Esua 28' |
USL OC VAN |
Thomas Gardner 37' | Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
2 August 2017 16 | LA Galaxy II | 1-0 | Orange County SC | Carson, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Alejandro Covarrubias 15' Ryo Fujii 57' Robert Castellanos 82' |
Report Box Score |
Juan Pablo Ocegueda Wuilito Fernandes 90+2' |
Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 636 Referee: Victor Rivas |
5 August 2017 17 | San Antonio FC | 1-1 | Orange County SC | San Antonio, Texas |
7:30 PM CDT | Kris Tyrpak 2' Rafael Arlex Castillo 27' Sebastien Ibeagha 56' Diego Restrepo 77' |
USL SAN |
James Baxendale 50' Jerry van Ewijk 90+5' (pen.) |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6725 Referee: Robi Hullner |
8 August 2017 18 | Orange County SC | 0-4 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | Irvine, California |
6:00 PM PDT | Alberto Navarro 63' Richard Chaplow 83' |
USL COS |
Luke Vercollone 19' Shane Malcolm 22' Mastanabal Kacher 39' Kevaughn Frater 72' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Timothy Ford |
12 August 2017 19 | Swope Park Rangers | 1-1 | Orange County SC | Kansas City, Missouri |
7:30 PM CDT | Kharlton Belmar 4' Lebo Moloto 36' |
USL SPR |
Zach Kobayashi 51' 86' Richard Chaplow 71' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
15 August 2017 20 | Orange County SC | 0-0 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Irvine, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Ami Pineda 36' | USL OC TUL |
Collin Fernandez 65' Jamie Ayala 90+3' |
Stadium: Champion Stadium Attendance: 1,543 Referee: Daniel Radford |
18 August 2017 21 | Orange County SC | 1-1 | Phoenix Rising FC | Irvine, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Richard Chaplow 16' Sola Abolaji 89' |
USL OC PHX |
Chris Cortez 18' A. J. Gray 43' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 4,963 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
25 August 2017 22 | Orange County SC | 1-2 | OKC Energy FC | Irvine, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Roy Meeus 28' Jerry van Ewijk 65' Wuilito Fernandes 66' Oscar Sorto 75' Sola Abolaji 79' |
USL | Alex Dixon 35' José Barril 39' Joe Franco 53' (o.g.) José Angulo 63' Michael Daly 77' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 1539 Referee: Marco Vega |
2 September 2017 23 | Orange County SC | 1-3 | Reno 1868 FC | Irvine, California |
7:00 PM PDT | Oscar Sorto 11' Irvin Parra 35' Zach Kobayashi 48' Sola Abolaji 56' Monday Etim 90+1' |
USL OC RNO |
Jimmy Ockford 13' Oscar Sorto 15' (o.g.) Jordan Murrell 37' Chris Wehan 67' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
6 September 2017 24 | Phoenix Rising FC | 0-0 | Orange County SC | Tempe, Arizona |
7:00 PM MST | Report Box Score |
Richard Chaplow 63' | Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 4536 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow |
9 September 2017 25 | Orange County SC | 2-1 | Swope Park Rangers | Irvine, California |
7:00 PM PDT | Jerry van Ewijk 43' (pen.) Irvin Parra 65' Wuilito Fernandes 89' |
Report Box Score |
Liam Doyle 34' Kharlton Belmar 46' Nansel Selbol 84' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
13 September 2017 26 | Orange County SC | 0-1 | San Antonio FC | Irvine, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Oscar Sorto 54' | Report Box Score |
Ben Newnam 55' Cesar Elizondo 61' Kris Tyrpak 68' Stephen McCarthy 85' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 1857 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal |
17 September 2017 27 | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1-2 | Orange County SC | University Endowment Lands |
4:00 PM UTC−7 | Marco Bustos 55' | USL OC VAN |
Zach Kobayashi 40' Jerry van Ewijk 83' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 1,244 Referee: David Gantar |
22 September 2017 28 | Real Monarchs | 0-0 | Orange County SC | Sandy, Utah |
7:00 PM MDT | Taylor Peay 23' Danny Cruz 45+2' |
Report Box Score |
Carlos Alvarez 59' Oscar Sorto 88' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 1,772 Referee: Victor Rivas |
30 September 2017 29 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 2-1 | Orange County SC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
6:00 PM UTC-6 | Kim Tae-seong 22' Kevaughn Frater 28' 31' Josh Phillips 45' |
USL OC COS |
Victor Pineda 24' Irvin Parra 55' |
Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 3059 Referee: Jacob Meyer |
4 October 2017 30 | Orange County SC | 3-1 | Sacramento Republic FC | Irvine, California |
7:30 PM UTC-7 | Rodrigo Pacheco 27' Dusan Stevanovic 80' Jerry van Ewijk 90+3' |
USL OC SAC |
Sammy Ochoa 43' James Kiffe 86' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 1879 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
7 October 2017 31 | Orange County SC | 1-4 | Reno 1868 FC | Irvine, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Zach Kobayashi 57' Irvin Parra 71' |
Report Box Score |
Jimmy Ockford 30' Luis Felipe Fernandes 65' Chris Wehan 81' (pen.) 89' Mackenzie Pridham 85' Lindo Mfeka 90+2' |
Stadium: Orange County Great Park Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
13 October 2017 32 | Whitecaps FC 2 | 3-4 | Orange County SC | University Endowment Lands |
7:00 PM UTC−7 | Myer Bevan 15' David Norman Jr. 43' 82' Kadin Chung 62' Matthew Baldisimo 90+1' |
USL OC VAN Box Score |
Irvin Parra 41', 76' Zach Kobayashi 63' Amirgy Pineda 78' Kevin Jeon 85' |
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Attendance: 618 Referee: Darnell Smith |
U.S. Open Cup
May 17 Second round | FC Golden State Force | 2–5 | Orange County SC | Glendora, California |
7:00 PM PDT | Verso 20' (pen), 47' | Report | Pineda 6' Etim 15' van Ewijk 26' (pen) Totti 46', 55' Wbias 73' |
Stadium: Citrus College Referee: Ceciah Valero |
May 31 Third round | L.A. Wolves FC | 0–1 | Orange County SC | Azusa, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Meeus 41' | Stadium: Azusa Pacific University Attendance: 500 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
June 14 Fourth round | LA Galaxy | 3-1 | Orange County SC | Carson, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Jose Villarreal 7' Jack McBean 36' (PK) Ariel Lassiter 73' |
Report | Roy Meeus 26' | Stadium: Stubhub Center Track Stadium Attendance: 2408 Referee: Ramy Touchan Assistant referees: Cameron Blanchard Salma Pérez Fourth official: Michael Radchuk |
Statistics
Goalscorers
Rank | Position | Player | Appearances | Goals |
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1 | MF | Irvin Parra | 30 | 11 |
2 | MF | Jerry van Ewijk | 29 | 8 |
3 | MF | Zach Kobayashi | 17 | 4 |
MF | Roy Meeus | 19 | 4 |
Assists
Rank | Position | Player | Appearances | Assists |
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1 | MF | Irvin Parra | 30 | 10 |
2 | FW | Wuilito Fernandes | 25 | 3 |
MF | Jerry van Ewijk | 29 | 3 | |
4 | MF | Carlos Alvarez | 19 | 2 |
Clean sheets
Position | Player | Appearances | Saves | Clean sheets |
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GK | Charlie Lyon | 31 | 95 | 7 |
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