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.

Orange County SC
2017 season
OwnerJames Keston
Head CoachLogan Pause
StadiumChampion Stadium
USLConference: 10th
USL CupDNQ
U.S. Open CupFourth round
Highest home attendance4,963
Average home league attendance2,575

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
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 [11]
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
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
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Charlie Lyon  United States
2 Defender Oscar Sorto  United States
3 Defender Joe Franco  United States
4 Defender Beto Navarro  United States
5 Defender Salomón Wbias (on loan from Pachuca)  Mexico
6 Midfielder Victor Pineda  United States
7 Midfielder Richard Chaplow  England
8 Forward Gustavo Villalobos  United States
9 Midfielder Monday Etim ([A])  Nigeria
10 Midfielder Carlos Alvarez ([A])  United States
11 Forward Jerry van Ewijk  Netherlands
12 Defender Sola Abolaji  United States
13 Defender Juan Pablo Ocegueda (on loan from UANL)  United States
14 Midfielder Dušan Stevanović  Serbia
16 Midfielder Ami Pineda  United States
17 Defender Roy Meeus  Belgium
18 Forward Duke Lacroix  United States
19 Forward Wuilito Fernandes  Cape Verde
20 Defender Jeannot Esua  Cameroon
22 Midfielder Kevin Jeon  United States
23 Midfielder Zach Kobayashi  United States
25 Goalkeeper Casey Beyers  United States
26 Goalkeeper Michael Suchy  United States
28 Midfielder Frank Olijve  Netherlands
38 Forward Irvin Parra  United States
44 Midfielder James Baxendale  England
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with MLS affiliate Los Angeles FC.
    2.

Preseason exhibitions [22]

25 February 2017 Loyola Marymount Lions1-4Orange County SCLos Angeles, California
1:00 PM PST Report Stadium: Sullivan Field
3 March 2017 Cal State Northridge Matadors0-1Orange County SCNorthridge, California
7:00 PM PST Report Stadium: Performance Soccer Field
10 March 2017 Orange County SC3-0Phoenix Rising FCIrvine, California
11:00 AM PST Report Stadium: Orange County Great Park
15 March 2017 Orange County SC3-1Real MonarchsIrvine, California
12:00 PM UTC-8 Report Stadium: Orange County Great Park
18 March 2017 LA Galaxy II0-4Orange County SCCarson, California
4:00 PM PST Report Stadium: StubHub Center

Competitive

USL
Main article: 2017 USL season

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: 2017 USL standings
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
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
32 11 10 11 43 47  −4 43 6 4 6 26 25  +1 5 6 5 17 22  −5

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundAAAAHAAHHHHAAHHAAHAHHHHAHHAAAHHA
ResultWLWDWLLLWDDWDWWLDLDDDLLDWLWDLWLW
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2017. Source: USLsoccer
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results
25 March 2017 1Reno 1868 FC0-2Orange County SCReno, Nevada
7:00 PM UTC-7 USL Duke Lacroix  31', 45+1' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5691
Referee: Victor Rivas
1 April 2017 2Sacramento Republic FC4-0Orange County SCSacramento, 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 3Portland Timbers 21-2Orange County SCPortland, 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 4LA Galaxy II1-1Orange County SCCarson, 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 5Orange County SC4-0LA Galaxy IIIrvine, 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 6Tulsa Roughnecks FC4-0Orange County SCTulsa, 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 7OKC Energy FC1-0Orange County SCOklahoma 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 8Orange County SC0-1Real MonarchsIrvine, 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 9Orange County SC4-3Seattle Sounders FC 2Irvine, 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 10Orange County SC3-3Portland Timbers 2Irvine, 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 11Orange County SC1-1Phoenix Rising FCIrvine, 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 12Seattle Sounders FC 21-2Orange County SCTukwila, 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 13Rio Grande Valley FC Toros1-1Orange County SCEdinburg, 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 14Orange County SC4-0Rio Grande Valley FC TorosIrvine, 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 15Orange County SC1-0Whitecaps FC 2Irvine, 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 16LA Galaxy II1-0Orange County SCCarson, 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 17San Antonio FC1-1Orange County SCSan 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 18Orange County SC0-4Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCIrvine, 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 19Swope Park Rangers1-1Orange County SCKansas 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 20Orange County SC0-0Tulsa Roughnecks FCIrvine, 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 21Orange County SC1-1Phoenix Rising FCIrvine, 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 22Orange County SC1-2OKC Energy FCIrvine, 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 23Orange County SC1-3Reno 1868 FCIrvine, 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 24Phoenix Rising FC0-0Orange County SCTempe, 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 25Orange County SC2-1Swope Park RangersIrvine, 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 26Orange County SC0-1San Antonio FCIrvine, 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 27Whitecaps FC 21-2Orange County SCUniversity 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 28Real Monarchs0-0Orange County SCSandy, 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 29Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC2-1Orange County SCColorado 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 30Orange County SC3-1Sacramento Republic FCIrvine, 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 31Orange County SC1-4Reno 1868 FCIrvine, 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 32Whitecaps FC 23-4Orange County SCUniversity 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
Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup
May 17 Second roundFC Golden State Force 2–5 Orange County SCGlendora, 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 roundL.A. Wolves FC 0–1 Orange County SCAzusa, California
7:30 PM PDT Meeus  41' Stadium: Azusa Pacific University
Attendance: 500
Referee: Michael Radchuk
June 14 Fourth roundLA Galaxy 3-1 Orange County SCCarson, 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
Assistant referees: Salma Pérez
Fourth official: Michael Radchuk

Statistics

[23]

Goalscorers
Rank Position Player Appearances Goals
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
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
GK Charlie Lyon 31 95 7

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