Orange County SC




For the USL Premier Development League team, see Orange County SC U-23. For the National Premier Soccer League team, see Orange County FC.
















































Orange County SC
Orange County SC logo.svg
Full name Orange County Soccer Club
Founded 2010; 9 years ago (2010)
Stadium
Championship Soccer Stadium
Irvine, California
Capacity 5,000
Owner James Keston
Coach Braeden Cloutier
League USL Championship
2018 2nd, Western Conference
Playoffs: Conference Finals
Website Club website

















Home colors













Away colors



Current season

Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California suburb of Irvine, California, United States. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team plays in the second-tier USL Championship.


The team plays its home games at Championship Soccer Stadium, located inside Great Park in Irvine, CA.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Colors and crest


  • 3 Stadium


  • 4 Players and staff


    • 4.1 Current roster


    • 4.2 Staff


    • 4.3 Head coaches




  • 5 Record


    • 5.1 Year-by-year




  • 6 Honors


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


The then Los Angeles Blues were founded by Iranian-American businessman Ali Mansouri and announced as a USL Pro expansion franchise on November 7, 2010.[1][2][3][4][5] The team was associated with the United Soccer Leagues W-League team LA Blues, and is part of the larger Orange County Blues organization, which has competed in Los Angeles-area amateur leagues since 1998. They introduced their first three players—goalkeeper Oscar Dautt and midfielders Cesar Rivera and Josh Tudela—at a formal launch event on December 14, 2010.[6]


After an extensive pre-season, the Blues played their first games in the Caribbean over the weekend of April 15–17, 2011, a 3–0 victory over Sevilla Puerto Rico, and a 2–1 victory over Antigua Barracuda. The first goal in franchise history was scored by Cesar Rivera.[7]


In January 2012, the Blues announced the hiring of Steve Donner (formerly CEO of Orlando City) as vice president of business operations to focus on improving marketing for the club and to bring professionalism to the front-office.[8] The first game of the 2012 season reflected these efforts with a 2,432 attendance compared to 696 for the first home game in 2011 (the Blues averaged 382 during the 2011 season).


In 2016, the team became the USL affiliate of Los Angeles FC in a multi-year deal, which was ended after 2018.[9][10] The team later changed its name to Orange County SC and was purchased by American businessman James Keston.[2] The team won the Western Conference Regular Season Title in 2018 with 20 Wins, 8 losses and 6 ties. They defeated Saint Louis FC and Reno 1868 FC before losing 2–1 to Phoenix Rising FC in the Western Conference Final.[11]Thomas Enevoldsen scored 20 goals and was named to the All-League First Team along with Aodhan Quinn.[12]



Colors and crest






  • The inaugural Los Angeles Blues Soccer Club logo.







  • LA Blues logo through the 2013 season.







  • Orange County Blues logo (2014)







  • Orange County Blues second logo (2015–2016)






Stadium




  • Titan Stadium; Fullerton, California (2011–2013)


  • Anteater Stadium; Irvine, California (2014–2016)


  • Championship Soccer Stadium; Irvine, California (2017–present)



Players and staff



Current roster


As of November 4, 2018[13]










































































No.
 Position
 Player
 Nation
3
Defender
Joe Amico

 United States
9
Forward
Michael Seaton

 Jamaica
13
Forward
Darwin Jones

 United States
14
Midfielder
Aodhan Quinn

 United States
19
Forward
Giovanni Ramos-Godoy

 United States
20
Midfielder
Christian Duke

 United States
23
Defender
Owusu-Ansah Kontor

 Ghana
25
Goalkeeper
Aaron Cervantes

 United States
26
Defender
Walker Hume

 United States
—
Midfielder
Charlie Adams

 England
—
Midfielder
Sebastien Des Pres

 United States


Staff




  • Switzerland Oliver Wyss – Executive Vice President Soccer Operations and General Manager


  • United States Braeden Cloutier – Head Coach


  • Peru Jerry Tamashiro – Assistant Coach


  • United States Victor Nogueira – Goalkeeping Coach


  • Argentina Claudio Trabattoni – Strength & Conditioning Coach


  • England Peter Nugent – Assistant GM & SVP of Player Recruitment & Soccer Operations


  • Netherlands Frans Hoek – Technical Director & Senior Advisor



Head coaches




  • United States Charlie Naimo (2011–2012)


  • Spain Jesus Rico-Sanz (2012–2013)


  • Iran Dariush Yazdani (2013–2014)


  • Switzerland Oliver Wyss (2014–2016)


  • England Barry Venison (2016)


  • United States Logan Pause (2017)


  • United States Braeden Cloutier (2018–present)



Record



Year-by-year























































































Year
 Division
 League
 Regular Season
 Playoffs
 Open Cup
 Avg. Attendance
Los Angeles Blues
2011
 3
USL
 3rd, National
 Divisional Semifinals
 3rd Round
 440
2012
 3
USL
 8th
Did not qualify
 2nd Round
 687
2013
 3
USL
 6th
 Quarterfinals
 3rd Round
 718
Orange County Blues FC
2014
 3
USL
 13th
Did not qualify
 2nd Round
 760
2015
 3
USL
 1st, Western
 Conference Semifinals
 4th Round
 1,398
2016
 3
USL
 8th, Western
 Conference Semifinals
 2nd Round
 1,010
Orange County SC

2017
 2
USL
 10th, Western
Did not qualify
 4th Round
 2,575

2018
 2
USL
 1st, Western
 Conference Finals
 2nd Round
 3,095


Honors


USL Championship



  • Western Conference (Regular Season)

    • Winners (2): 2015, 2018



References





  1. ^ "Irvine-based soccer team changes ownership". Orange County Register. September 8, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab Staff, USLSoccer.com (September 8, 2016). "Blues Purchased by Southern California Businessman Keston". United Soccer League. Retrieved June 1, 2018.


  3. ^ "Mehrshad Momeni: Consumed by the Game". OurSports Central. August 10, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2018.


  4. ^ "OC Blues 2015 Player Postmortem: Mehrshad Momeni". Angels on Parade. Retrieved June 1, 2018.


  5. ^ LA Blues Set to Play in USL PRO Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.


  6. ^ Los Angeles Blues Sign First Three Players


  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 23, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2011.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  8. ^ Scott French (April 13, 2012). L.A. BLUES: Starting over, with a plan. ESPNLosAngeles.com.


  9. ^ Staff, USLSoccer.com (December 7, 2016). "LAFC, Orange County Blues FC Announce Multi-Year Partnership". United Soccer League. Retrieved December 10, 2017.


  10. ^ Staff, MLSSoccer.com (December 14, 2018). "LAFC announce end of USL affiliation with Orange County SC". Alicia Rodriguez. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  11. ^ Merk, Carson (November 4, 2018). "Record Season for Orange County Ends. Phoenix Rises". OrangeCountySoccer.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  12. ^ "Orange County SC Aodhan Quinn and Thomas Enevoldsen Named to 2018 USL All-League First Team". Orange County SC Staff. OrangeCountySoccer.com. November 5, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  13. ^ "Orange County SC roster". OrangeCountySoccer.com. Retrieved March 18, 2018.




External links



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