2017 Orange County SC season

The 2017 Orange County SC season was 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 was 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 (8/18 v. PHX)
Lowest home attendance1,539 (8/25 v. OKC)
Average home league attendance2,575
Biggest winOC 4–0 LA (5/6)
OC 4–0 RGV (7/22)
Biggest defeatSAC 4–0 OC (4/1)
TUL 4–0 OC (5/13)
OC 0–4 COL (8/8)
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Background

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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

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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

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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

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

Preseason exhibitions [22]

Competitive

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Table

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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

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Overall Home Away
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

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

Results

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March 25, 2017 1 Reno 1868 FC 0–2 Orange County SC Reno, Nevada
7:00 PM UTC-7 USL Lacroix   31', 45+1' Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5691
Referee: Victor Rivas
April 1, 2017 2 Sacramento Republic FC 4–0 Orange County SC Sacramento, California
7:30 PM UTC−7 Ochoa   23', 60'
Kneeshaw   68'
Williams   90+1'
USL Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 11569
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
April 8, 2017 3 Portland Timbers 2 1–2 Orange County SC Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM UTC−7 Williams   19' USL van Ewijk   9' (pen.)
Pineda   58'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 1834
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
April 22, 2017 4 LA Galaxy II 1–1 Orange County SC Carson, California
7:30 PM UTC−7 Vera   66' USL Engola   49' (o.g.) Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 2225
Referee: Timothy Ford
May 6, 2017 5 Orange County SC 4–0 LA Galaxy II Irvine, California
5:00 PM UTC−7 van Ewijk   28' (pen.), 31'
Juarez   34' (o.g.)
Fernandes   59'
USL Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 3408
Referee: Daniel Radford
May 13, 2017 6 Tulsa Roughnecks FC 4–0 Orange County SC Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM UTC−5 Caffa   19'
Svantesson   22', 81'
Calistri   79'
USL Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 4119
Referee: Charles Murphy
May 20, 2017 7 OKC Energy FC 1–0 Orange County SC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7:00 PM UTC−5 Dixon   35' USL Sorto   25' Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 6059
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 3, 2017 8 Orange County SC 0–1 Real Monarchs Irvine, California
5:00 PM UTC−7 Fernandes   10' USL Hoffman   1'
Gallagher   45+1'
Desire   90+1'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2113
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
June 24, 2017 9 Orange County SC 4–3 Seattle Sounders FC 2 Irvine, California
5:00 PM UTC−7 Meeus   10' (pen.)
Koontz   18' (o.g.)
Alvarez   24'
Stevanovic   59'
Villalobos   80'
USL
OC
Grant   17'
Nana-Sinkam   47'
Ramos   64'
Mathers   72' (pen.)
Renken   87'
Santiago   90+5'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2083
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
July 1, 2017 10 Orange County SC 3–3 Portland Timbers 2 Irvine, California
5:00 PM UTC-7 Alvarez   57'
Meeus   63' (pen.)
Pineda   75'
Chaplow   78'
van Ewijk   89'
Pineda   90'
Villalobos   90+1'
USL
OC
POR
Bijev   31', 85' (pen.),   78'
Cicerone   71'
Batista   89'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2127
Referee: Timothy Ford
July 8, 2017 11 Orange County SC 1–1 Phoenix Rising FC Irvine, California
5:00 PM PDT Etim   64'
Meeus   77',   84'
USL
OC
PHX
Timm   50'
Drogba   79',   90+4'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 4554
Referee: Malik Badawi
July 16, 2017 12 Seattle Sounders FC 2 1–2 Orange County SC Tukwila, Washington
2:00 PM PDT Olsen   30'
Ele   41'
Ramos   65'
USL
SEA
Fernandes   16'
Etim   37'
Stadium: Starfire Sports
Attendance: 1112
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
July 19, 2017 13 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–1 Orange County SC Edinburg, Texas
7:00 PM CDT Sagel   12'
Bird   27' (pen.)
Garza   90+2'
James   90+4'
USL
RGV
Stevanovic   17' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 7304
Referee: Daniel Radford
July 22, 2017 14 Orange County SC 4–0 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Irvine, California
7:00 PM UTC-7 Esua   8'
Meeus   27' (pen.)
Fernandes   82'
Kobayashi   86'
USL
RGV
Pungo   46'
Bird   58'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2014
Referee: Ramy Touchan
July 29, 2017 15 Orange County SC 1–0 Whitecaps FC 2 Irvine, California
5:00 PM PDT Pineda   10'
Esua   28'
USL
OC
VAN
Gardner   37' Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Michael Radchuk
August 2, 2017 16 LA Galaxy II 1–0 Orange County SC Carson, California
7:30 PM PDT Covarrubias   15'
Fujii   57'
Castellanos   82'
Report
Box Score
Ocegueda  
Fernandes   90+2'
Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 636
Referee: Victor Rivas
August 5, 2017 17 San Antonio FC 1–1 Orange County SC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Tyrpak   2'
Castillo   27'
Ibeagha   56'
Restrepo   77'
USL
SAN
Baxendale   50'
van Ewijk   90+5' (pen.)
Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6725
Referee: Robi Hullner
August 12, 2017 19 Swope Park Rangers 1–1 Orange County SC Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 PM CDT Belmar   4'
Moloto   36'
USL
SPR
Kobayashi   51'   86'
Chaplow   71'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
August 15, 2017 20 Orange County SC 0–0 Tulsa Roughnecks FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM PDT Pineda   36' USL
OC
TUL
Fernandez   65'
Ayala   90+3'
Stadium: Champion Stadium
Attendance: 1,543
Referee: Daniel Radford
August 18, 2017 21 Orange County SC 1–1 Phoenix Rising FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM PDT Chaplow   16'
Abolaji   89'
USL
OC
PHX
Cortez   18'
Gray   43'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 4,963
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
August 25, 2017 22 Orange County SC 1–2 OKC Energy FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM PDT Meeus   28'
van Ewijk   65'
Fernandes   66'
Sorto   75'
Abolaji   79'
USL Dixon   35'
Barril   39'
Franco   53' (o.g.)
Angulo   63'
Daly   77'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 1539
Referee: Marco Vega
September 2, 2017 23 Orange County SC 1–3 Reno 1868 FC Irvine, California
7:00 PM PDT Sorto   11'
Parra   35'
Kobayashi   48'
Abolaji   56'
Etim   90+1'
USL
OC
RNO
Ockford   13'
Sorto   15' (o.g.)
Murrell   37'
Wehan   67'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2,017
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
September 6, 2017 24 Phoenix Rising FC 0–0 Orange County SC Tempe, Arizona
7:00 PM MST Report
Box Score
Chaplow   63' Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 4536
Referee: Baboucarr Jallow
September 9, 2017 25 Orange County SC 2–1 Swope Park Rangers Irvine, California
7:00 PM PDT van Ewijk   43' (pen.)
Parra   65'
Fernandes   89'
Report
Box Score
Doyle   34'
Belmar   46'
Selbol   84'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2,419
Referee: Ramy Touchan
September 13, 2017 26 Orange County SC 0–1 San Antonio FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM PDT Sorto   54' Report
Box Score
Newnam   55'
Elizondo   61'
Tyrpak   68'
McCarthy   85'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 1857
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
September 17, 2017 27 Whitecaps FC 2 1–2 Orange County SC University Endowment Lands
4:00 PM UTC−7 Bustos   55' USL
OC
VAN
Kobayashi   40'
van Ewijk   83'
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 1,244
Referee: David Gantar
September 22, 2017 28 Real Monarchs 0–0 Orange County SC Sandy, Utah
7:00 PM MDT Peay   23'
Cruz   45+2'
Report
Box Score
Alvarez   59'
Sorto   88'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 1,772
Referee: Victor Rivas
September 30, 2017 29 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2–1 Orange County SC Colorado Springs, Colorado
6:00 PM UTC-6 Tae-seong   22'
Frater   28'   31'
Phillips   45'
USL
OC
COS
Pineda   24'
Parra   55'
Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3059
Referee: Jacob Meyer
October 7, 2017 31 Orange County SC 1–4 Reno 1868 FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM PDT Kobayashi   57'
Parra   71'
Report
Box Score
Ockford   30'
Fernandes   65'
Wehan   81' (pen.)   89'
Pridham   85'
Mfeka   90+2'
Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 4,229
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
October 13, 2017 32 Whitecaps FC 2 3–4 Orange County SC University Endowment Lands
7:00 PM UTC−7 Bevan   15'
Norman   43',   82'
Chung   62'
Baldisimo   90+1'
USL
OC
VAN
Box Score
Parra   41', 76'
Kobayashi   63'
Pineda   78'
Jeon   85'
Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 618
Referee: Darnell Smith

U.S. Open Cup

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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 Villarreal   7'
McBean   36' (pen.)
Lassiter   73'
Report 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

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Goalscorers

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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

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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

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Position Player Appearances Saves Clean sheets
GK   Charlie Lyon 31 95 7

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Orange County SC Schedule". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 Orange County SC Schedule". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "2017 Orange County SC Schedule". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Staff, orangecountysoccer com (May 18, 2017). "Orange County SC Cruise Into the 3rd Round of the U.S. Open Cup". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Nation, Alicia Rodriguez-Soccer (June 1, 2017). "Orange County SC Grab U.S. Open Cup Revenge On LA Wolves FC". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Staff, orangecountysoccer com (June 23, 2017). "Orange County SC Return Home Following Their Hard-Fought Battle Against L.A. Galaxy at U.S. Open Cup". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  7. ^ Staff, OrangeCountySoccer com (November 27, 2017). "Former FC Barcelona and Manchester United Coach Frans Hoek Named Orange County SC's Technical Director and Senior Advisor". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
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  9. ^ Serrano, Adam (February 9, 2017). "Former LA Galaxy defender Oscar Sorto signs with Orange County SC". LA Galaxy. lagalaxy.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
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  11. ^ "Orange County SC Bring Back Fan Favorite, Beto Navarro". Orange County SC. orangecountysoccer.com. March 7, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  12. ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (February 11, 2017). "Orange County SC sign midfielder Victor Pineda". Angels on Parade. SB Nation. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  13. ^ a b c Rodriguez, Alicia (January 28, 2017). "Orange County SC sign Juan Pablo Ocegueda, Gustavo Villalobos and Kevin Jeon". Angels on Parade. SB Nation. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  14. ^ "Van Ewijk Leads Trio of Orange County Signings". Phoenix Rising FC. phxrisingfc.com. January 21, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Rodriguez, Alicia (March 3, 2017). "Orange County SC sign defender Sola Abolaji, goalkeeper Casey Beyers". Angels on Parade. SB Nation. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  16. ^ "Orange County SC Sign Forward Duke Lacroix". Orange County SC. orangecountysoccer.com. March 15, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  17. ^ Fido, Austin (April 7, 2017). "Wuilito Fernandes signs with USL's Orange County SC". Once A Metro. SB Nation. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Orange County SC announce signing of Zach Kobayashi, Michael Suchy". April 20, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  19. ^ "Orange County SC acquire defender Salomon Wbias on loan from Pachuca - Angels on Parade". angelsonparade.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  20. ^ "Orange County SC Sign LAFC Forward Monday Bassey Etim". Orange County SC. orangecountysoccer.com. May 5, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
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