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)

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.

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 United States Charlie Lyon United States Seattle Sounders FC Free February 15, 2017 [8]
2 DF United States Oscar Sorto United States LA Galaxy Free February 9, 2017 [9]
3 DF United States Joe Franco United States Miami FC Free February 19, 2017 [10]
4 DF United States Beto Navarro United States Jacksonville Armada FC Free March 7, 2017 [11]
6 DF United States Victor Pineda United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers Free February 11, 2017 [12]
8 FW United States Gustavo Villalobos United States Tulsa Roughnecks FC Free January 28, 2017 [13]
11 MF Netherlands Jerry van Ewijk Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles Free January 21, 2017 [14]
12 MF United States Sola Abolaji United States Ventura County Fusion Free March 3, 2017 [15]
16 MF United States Amirgy Pineda United States SCC Hawks Free February 19, 2017 [10]
18 FW United States Duke Lacroix United States Indy Eleven Free March 15, 2017 [16]
19 FW Cape Verde Totti United States UMass Lowell River Hawks Free April 7, 2017 [17]
22 MF United States Kevin Jeon Germany Blau-Weiß Friesdorf Free January 28, 2017 [13]
23 MF United States Zach Kobayashi Croatia Dinamo Zegreb Free April 20, 2017 [18]
25 GK United States Casey Beyers United States Wisconsin Badgers Free March 3, 2017 [15]
26 GK United States Michael Suchy United States Orange County SC U-23 Free April 20, 2017 [18]

Loan in

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
5 GK Mexico Salomón Wbias Mexico Pachuca February 2, 2017 November 30, 2017 [19]
9 MF Nigeria Monday Etim United States Los Angeles FC May 5, 2017 November 30, 2017 [20]
10 MF United States Carlos Alvarez United States Los Angeles FC March 23, 2017 November 30, 2017 [21]
13 DF United States Juan Pablo Ocegueda Mexico UANL January 28, 2017 November 30, 2017 [13]

Club

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.
    2.

Preseason exhibitions [22]

Competitive

USL

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

Results

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 Red card 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 Yellow card 10' USL Hoffman 1'
Gallagher Yellow card 45+1'
Desire Yellow card 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 Yellow card 59'
Villalobos 80'		 USL
OC		 Grant Yellow card 17'
Nana-Sinkam 47'
Ramos Yellow card 64'
Mathers 72' (pen.)
Renken 87'
Santiago Yellow card 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 Yellow card 75'
Chaplow Yellow card 78'
van Ewijk Red card 89'
Pineda Red card 90'
Villalobos 90+1'		 USL
OC
POR		 Bijev 31', 85' (pen.), Yellow card 78'
Cicerone 71'
Batista Red card 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 Yellow card 64'
Meeus Yellow card 77', 84'		 USL
OC
PHX		 Timm Yellow card 50'
Drogba Yellow card 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 Yellow card 41'
Ramos Yellow card 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 Yellow card 12'
Bird 27' (pen.)
Garza Yellow card 90+2'
James Red card 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 Yellow card 46'
Bird Yellow card 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 Yellow card 28'		 USL
OC
VAN		 Gardner Yellow card 37' Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Michael Radchuk
August 5, 2017 17 San Antonio FC 1–1 Orange County SC San Antonio, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Tyrpak 2'
Castillo Yellow card 27'
Ibeagha Yellow card 56'
Restrepo Yellow card 77'		 USL
SAN		 Baxendale Yellow card 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 Yellow card 36'		 USL
SPR		 Kobayashi 51' Yellow card 86'
Chaplow Yellow card 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 Yellow card 36' USL
OC
TUL		 Fernandez Yellow card 65'
Ayala Yellow card 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 Yellow card 16'
Abolaji 89'		 USL
OC
PHX		 Cortez 18'
Gray Red card 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 Yellow card 28'
van Ewijk 65'
Fernandes Yellow card 66'
Sorto Yellow card 75'
Abolaji Yellow card 79'		 USL Dixon 35'
Barril Yellow card 39'
Franco 53' (o.g.)
Angulo Yellow card 63'
Daly Yellow card 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 Yellow card 11'
Parra Yellow card 35'
Kobayashi Yellow card 48'
Abolaji Red card 56'
Etim 90+1'		 USL
OC
RNO		 Ockford 13'
Sorto 15' (o.g.)
Murrell Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 89'		 Report
Box Score		 Doyle Yellow card 34'
Belmar 46'
Selbol Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54' Report
Box Score		 Newnam 55'
Elizondo Yellow card 61'
Tyrpak Yellow card 68'
McCarthy Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 1857
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal
September 22, 2017 28 Real Monarchs 0–0 Orange County SC Sandy, Utah
7:00 PM MDT Peay Yellow card 23'
Cruz Yellow card 45+2'		 Report
Box Score		 Alvarez Yellow card 59'
Sorto Yellow card 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' Yellow card 31'
Phillips Yellow card 45'		 USL
OC
COS		 Pineda Yellow card 24'
Parra 55'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3059
Referee: Jacob Meyer
October 4, 2017 30 Orange County SC 3–1 Sacramento Republic FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM UTC-7 Pacheco 27'
Stevanovic 80'
van Ewijk 90+3'		 USL
OC
SAC		 Ochoa 43'
Kiffe Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Orange County Great Park
Attendance: 1879
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
October 7, 2017 31 Orange County SC 1–4 Reno 1868 FC Irvine, California
7:30 PM PDT Kobayashi Yellow card 57'
Parra 71'		 Report
Box Score		 Ockford 30'
Fernandes 65'
Wehan 81' (pen.) Yellow card 89'
Pridham 85'
Mfeka Yellow card 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', Yellow card 82'
Chung 62'
Baldisimo Yellow card 90+1'		 USL
OC
VAN
Box Score		 Parra 41', 76'
Kobayashi 63'
Pineda Yellow card 78'
Jeon Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Attendance: 618
Referee: Darnell Smith

U.S. Open Cup

May 17 Second round FC Golden State Force California 2–5 California 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 Red card 73'		 Stadium: Citrus College
Referee: Ceciah Valero
May 31 Third round L.A. Wolves FC California 0–1 California 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 California 3–1 California 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

[23]

Goalscorers

Rank Position Player Appearances Goals
1 MF United States Irvin Parra 30 11
2 MF Netherlands Jerry van Ewijk 29 8
3 MF United States Zach Kobayashi 17 4
MF Belgium Roy Meeus 19 4

Assists

Rank Position Player Appearances Assists
1 MF United States Irvin Parra 30 10
2 FW Cape Verde Wuilito Fernandes 25 3
MF Netherlands Jerry van Ewijk 29 3
4 MF United States Carlos Alvarez 19 2

Clean sheets

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

References

  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.
  8. ↑ "Orange County SC Signs Former Seattle Sounders Goalkeeper, Charlie Lyon". Orange County SC. orangecountysoccer.com. February 15, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  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.
  10. 1 2 "Orange County SC Sign Local Standouts, Joe Franco & Amirgy Pineda". Orange County SC. orangecountysoccer.com. February 19, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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.
  21. ↑ "Former Second-Overall Pick in MLS SuperDraft to Join Orange County SC". Orange County SC. orangecountysoccer.com. March 23, 2017. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Orange County SC release 2017 preseason schedule". Alicia Rodriguez, Angels On Parade. February 19, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Orange County SC Team Stats". USLsoccer.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
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