April 20th, Match #7 - Orange County SC vs Sacramento Republic FC
One thing that has been shown in the 2024 OCSC season is that this is a resilient team. They have had to deal with a lot of injuries to the starting XI while having played a number of tough away games. Yet they have found a way to earn a point in every game up to this point with a large number of players scoring goals. For a club that historically does not start off well, Morten Karlsen’s first full year as head coach has been pretty positive.
POST-MATCH REVIEW: ORANGE COUNTY SC WINS 2-2
March 9th, Match #1 - Orange County SC @ Sacramento Republic FC
Expectations and excitement levels are always high at the beginning of new seasons. But this season might just take that to a whole other level. For Orange County SC, the pieces are there to compete for another USL title. It is the first full season for now full-time head coach Morten Karlsen. The first with certainty around calling Championship Soccer Stadium “home" for the next few years. It is also the first…
POST-MATCH REVIEW: BEST IN THE LEAGUE
August 26th, Match #26 - Orange County SC @ Sacramento Republic FC
Orange County SC with a win on Saturday can break a club record for most consecutive wins in the regular season. Orange County SC can further solidify a guaranteed home playoff game on Saturday. Orange County SC will face off against Sacramento Republic FC, the Western Conference leaders in points and longtime USL rival.
The month of August has been the toughest stretch of the season by a wide margin with each opponent being in the top five of their respective conference (San Diego, Pittsburgh, and Charleston). The last opponent OC will face in August, Sacramento, will continue this trend as they are first in the Western Conference at 48 points. OC will enter the contest tied for third in the West with 40 points.
Orange County SC will have to go for 3 points without their leading scorer Milan Iloski. Iloski picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Charleston which resulted in a one game suspension. The forward depth, which has been good for OC this season, will have a big task at hand.
May 17th, Match #11 - Orange County SC vs Sacramento Republic FC
It has officially been 10 games for Orange County in league play and in all honesty it has been an abysmal 10 games. After getting shutout 0-3 in Oakland on Saturday, the Oranges return back to Irvine for a midweek matchup. With the setup of USL, the top eight teams of each conference qualify for the playoffs out of a total 12. In 10 games, OCSC have played only 3 teams who are currently out of a playoff spot. Does that mean OC will play an opponent that is level in quality this time? No.
Three More Against Sacramento
A Massive Three Points
A week after a tough road loss to Tacoma to open their season, Orange County Soccer Club returned home to welcome not only Sacramento Republic to town, but also fans back into the stadium. The team looked a little flat their first game so Orange County was hoping that their home crowd would fire them up and fire them up they did.
