2017 Orange County SC season
ClubOrange County SC
Season2017
ChrtitleOwner
ChairmanJames Keston
MgrtitleHead coach
ManagerLogan Pause
StadiumChampion Stadium
LeagueUSL
League resultConference: 10th
Cup 1USL Cup
Cup1 resultDNQ
Cup 2U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 resultFourth round
Highest attendance4,963 (8/18 v. PHX)
Lowest attendance1,539 (8/25 v. OKC)
Average attendance2,575
Largest winOC 4–0 LA (5/6)
OC 4–0 RGV (7/22)
Largest lossSAC 4–0 OC (4/1)
TUL 4–0 OC (5/13)
OC 0–4 COL (8/8)
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Socks 1000
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Prevseason2016
Nextseason2018

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.PosPlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource
1GKCharlie LyonSeattle Sounders FCFreeFebruary 15, 2017[8]
2DFOscar SortoLA GalaxyFreeFebruary 9, 2017[9]
3DFJoe FrancoMiami FCFreeFebruary 19, 2017[10]
4DFBeto NavarroJacksonville Armada FCFreeMarch 7, 2017[11]
6DFVictor PinedaFort Lauderdale StrikersFreeFebruary 11, 2017[12]
8FWGustavo VillalobosTulsa Roughnecks FCFreeJanuary 28, 2017[13]
11MFJerry van EwijkGo Ahead EaglesFreeJanuary 21, 2017[14]
12MFSola AbolajiVentura County FusionFreeMarch 3, 2017[15]
16MFAmirgy PinedaSCC HawksFreeFebruary 19, 2017[10]
18FWDuke LacroixIndy ElevenFreeMarch 15, 2017[16]
19FWTottiUMass Lowell River HawksFreeApril 7, 2017[17]
22MFKevin JeonBlau-Weiß FriesdorfFreeJanuary 28, 2017[13]
23MFZach KobayashiDinamo ZegrebFreeApril 20, 2017[18]
25GKCasey BeyersWisconsin BadgersFreeMarch 3, 2017[15]
26GKMichael SuchyOrange County SC U-23FreeApril 20, 2017[18]

Loan in

No.PosPlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource
5GKSalomón WbiasPachucaFebruary 2, 2017November 30, 2017[19]
9MFMonday EtimLos Angeles FCMay 5, 2017November 30, 2017[20]
10MFCarlos AlvarezLos Angeles FCMarch 23, 2017November 30, 2017[21]
13DFJuan Pablo OceguedaUANLJanuary 28, 2017November 30, 2017[13]

Club

No.PositionNationPlayer

Preseason exhibitions [22]

Competitive

USL

Main article: 2017 USL season

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

[23]

Goalscorers

RankPositionPlayerAppearancesGoals
1MFIrvin Parra3011
2MFJerry van Ewijk298
3MFZach Kobayashi174
MFRoy Meeus194

Assists

RankPositionPlayerAppearancesAssists
1MFIrvin Parra3010
2FWWuilito Fernandes253
MFJerry van Ewijk293
4MFCarlos Alvarez192

Clean sheets

PositionPlayerAppearancesSavesClean sheets
GKCharlie Lyon31957

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. ^ "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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ "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.