Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC ended Orange County SC’s historic unbeaten streak this last weekend. Despite looking like the better team, Orange County couldn’t find the back of the net.

As the boys in orange took to the pitch, one element stood out: in the goalkeeper position was the newest signing of SoCal native Eric Lopez.

Orange County started things off quickly as they pressed forward with three dangerous strikers. Thomas Amang quickly dribbled up the middle and looked to Kevin Lankford on the right side, who used his high speed to break past Colorado's backline. Milan Iloski then came up on the left. He asked for the switch, and Lankford kept the pass on the ground and set Iloski up for a perfect opportunity. Still, unfortunately, he could not get over the ball, and the shot skyrocketed away without any serious challenge on goal.

Back in their gold kits in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Orange County SC took to the field with the hope of getting an early lead. In the first couple of minutes, Brian Iloski earned a corner kick and sent the ball toward the box, but El Paso cleared it away quickly.

Kevin Partida showed some impressive aggression early on. He held onto his mark after getting beat once on the line and never let up. His push eventually led to a foul just outside the 18-yard line, but Thomas Amang cleared the free kick away and gave possession back to OCSC.

El Paso had the second offensive chance by passing it up the center after another free kick. They took a shot, but Orange County's central defense cleared it out, keeping young keeper Juan Santana from being challenged. One element that has kept the team in such strong form has been the center defenders, Dillon Powers and Markus Nakkim, who are a constant wall in preventing any danger from reaching their keeper.