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Orange County SC

2018 season
Owner	James Keston
Head coach	Braeden Cloutier
United Soccer League	Western Conference: 1st
USL Playoffs	Conference finals (knocked out by Phoenix Rising)
U.S. Open Cup	Second round (knocked out by Golden State Force)
Top goalscorer	League: Thomas Enevoldsen (20) All: Thomas Enevoldsen (21)
Highest home attendance	5,189 (November 3 vs. Phoenix, Playoffs)
Lowest home attendance	500 (May 16 vs. Golden State, USOC)
Average home league attendance	3,095
Home colors Away colors
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The 2018 Orange County SC season was the club's eighth season of existence, and their eighth consecutive season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer. Orange County also competed in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covered the period from October 14, 2017, to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.

OCSC won the Western Conference in the regular season, finishing one point ahead of runners-up Sacramento Republic. It marked the second time in club history that Orange County had topped the conference, after 2015. However, the club would be knocked out in the conference finals by eventual USL Cup runners-up Phoenix Rising. In the U.S. Open Cup, Orange County were eliminated in the second round by Golden State Force, failing to win a game in the competition for the fourth time in club history.

2018 marked the first season with Braeden Cloutier as the club's head coach, and Cloutier's first season as a professional head coach. The season averaged 3,095 fans per home match, and was the second consecutive season that the average attendance had increased.

Roster

As of match played November 3, 2018

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Casey Beyers		GK	(1994-03-21) March 21, 1994 (age 30)	2017	Wisconsin Badgers	6	0
12	Andre Rawls		GK	(1991-12-20) December 20, 1991 (age 33)	2018	New York City FC (loan)	30	0
25	Aaron Cervantes		GK	(2002-03-20) March 20, 2002 (age 22)	2018	Pateadores SC	0	0
Defenders
2	Kevin Alston		RB, LB	(1988-05-05) May 5, 1988 (age 36)	2018	Orlando City SC	23	0
3	Joe Amico		RB, LM	(1995-04-17) April 17, 1995 (age 29)	2018	Swope Park Rangers	30	0
4	Alex Crognale		CB, LB	(1994-08-27) August 27, 1994 (age 30)	2018	Columbus Crew SC (loan)	26	4
5	Jos Hooiveld		CB	(1983-04-22) April 22, 1983 (age 41)	2018	Twente	17	1
6	Noah Powder		LB	(1998-10-27) October 27, 1998 (age 26)	2018	New York Red Bulls II	23	3
21	Thomas Juel-Nielsen		CB	(1990-06-18) June 18, 1990 (age 34)	2018	AGF	18	1
23	Owusu-Ansah Kontor		LB	(1993-08-24) August 24, 1993 (age 31)	2018	AEL	16	0
26	Walker Hume		CB	(1993-08-21) August 21, 1993 (age 31)	2018	FC Dallas	31	0
Midfielders
10	Richard Chaplow		CM, AM	(1985-02-02) February 2, 1985 (age 39)	2016	Doncaster Rovers	57	4
11	Zach Kobayashi		MF	(1997-08-20) August 20, 1997 (age 27)	2017	Dinamo Zagreb	18	4
14	Aodhan Quinn		DM, CM, AM	(1992-03-22) March 22, 1992 (age 32)	2018	FC Cincinnati	38	12
15	Nicolás Czornomaz		CM	(1995-07-08) July 8, 1995 (age 29)	2018	Los Angeles FC (loan)	5	0
16	Amirgy Pineda		LM	(1997-01-03) January 3, 1997 (age 27)	2017	Santiago Canyon Hawks	23	1
20	Christian Duke		CM, DM	(1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 33)	2018	Swope Park Rangers	32	2
22	Koji Hashimoto		CM, LM, RM, LW	(1986-04-22) April 22, 1986 (age 38)	2018	Mito HollyHock	24	2
24	Mats Bjurman		RM, LM	(1994-03-09) March 9, 1994 (age 30)	2018	Saint Louis FC	59	5
Forwards
7	Thomas Enevoldsen		ST, RW, LM	(1987-07-27) July 27, 1987 (age 37)	2018	NAC Breda	38	21
9	Michael Seaton		ST, LM	(1996-05-01) May 1, 1996 (age 28)	2018	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	30	15
13	Darwin Jones		ST	(1992-04-04) April 4, 1992 (age 32)	2018	IFK Värnamo	16	2
19	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy		ST	(1995-04-15) April 15, 1995 (age 29)	2018	UC Irvine Anteaters	32	4
27	Rafael Espinoza		FW	(2001-01-14) January 14, 2001 (age 23)	2018	Slammers FC	0	0

Non-competitive

Preseason

March 9 Friendly	Orange County SC	1–1	Las Vegas Lights	Irvine, CA
11:00 AM PST	17'	Report	Kanan 77'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium

Competitions

USL

Standings

Results summary

Source: USL standings

Results by round

Match results

In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season would span 34 games, the longest regular season the league had ever run. The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Indy Eleven, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.

On January 14, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Orange County opened the season with a home match against Phoenix Rising, marking the first season-opening match to ever be played at Championship Soccer Stadium. In 2017, the club played its first four matches on the road before getting to open the new stadium on May 6.

The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released on January 19. Orange County played three times against both LA Galaxy II and Phoenix. They played every other Western Conference team twice.

March 17 1	Orange County SC	1–1	Phoenix Rising	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Seaton  28' Quinn  68' Crognale  83', 90'	Report	Asante 11',  36' Mala  20' Dubose  85'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Michael Radchuk

March 24 2	Orange County SC	0–1	Sacramento Republic	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Hashimoto  18' Segbers  50' Sorto  58' Seaton  76' Crognale  81'	Report	Iwasa 66' Bijev  90+3'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

March 28 3	OKC Energy	0–1	Orange County SC	Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM PDT	Adjei  81'	Report	Enevoldsen 13' Sorto  36' Quinn  60'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 2,574 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

March 31 4	Tulsa Roughnecks	0–5	Orange County SC	Tulsa, OK
1:00 PM PDT	Montano  13' Binns  26' Cerda  31' Rivas  37' Arce  63' Jusino  66' Lennon  72'	Report	Enevoldsen 15', 29', 77' Chaplow 19' Powder  78' Hashimoto  80' Seaton 81'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,058 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

April 7 5	Orange County SC	3–0	LA Galaxy II	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Segbers 45', 58' Powder  56' Enevoldsen  71' Juel-Nielsen  82' Seaton  84' Selbol 88',  89'	Report	Engola  30' Méndez  54' F. López  83'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Mark Allatin

April 14 6	San Antonio FC	0–3	Orange County SC	San Antonio, TX
5:30 PM PDT	Felix  55' Elizondo  72'	Report	Crognale  6' Sorto  24' Hashimoto 48' Enevoldsen 83' Ramos-Godoy 86'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,090 Referee: Elton Garcia

April 25 7	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	2–0	Orange County SC	Edinburg, TX
5:00 PM PDT	Rodríguez 36' Ontiveros  40' Aguilar  47' Quintanilla 89'	Report	Amico  82' Segbers  88'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,145 Referee: Mark Allatin

April 28 8	Orange County SC	1–0	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Quinn 6' (pen.) Amico  8' Crognale  90+3'	Report	Ajeakwa  90+3'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,742 Referee: Michael Radchuk

May 4 9	Real Monarchs	2–1	Orange County SC	Herriman, UT
6:00 PM PDT	Chang 6' Adams  26',  82'  Mare 90+1',  90+1' Sparrow  90+4'	Report	Quinn  38', 45+1' (pen.) Amico  89'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,644 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 12 10	Orange County SC	1–1	Saint Louis FC	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Juel-Nielsen  30' Kavita 78' (o.g.) Enevoldsen  82'	Report	Hilton 82' Barden  90+2'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,209 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez

May 26 11	Orange County SC	3–0	Fresno FC	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Enevoldsen 10',  45+1' Duke  50' Seaton 66' Ramos-Godoy 90+3'	Report	Fiddes  42' Ribeiro  48' Daly  57'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,846 Referee: Brandon Stevis

June 2 12	Sacramento Republic	1–0	Orange County SC	Sacramento, CA
8:00 PM PDT	Hall 58' (pen.) Turnley  80' Moffat  81'	Report	Hashimoto  10' Amico  26',  90+3'  Kontor  32' Juel-Nielsen  90+1' Ramos-Godoy  90+2'	Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Malik Badawi

June 10 13	LA Galaxy II	0–1	Orange County SC	Carson, CA
5:30 PM PDT	Aguilar  44' Appiah  62'	Report	Enevoldsen 82'	Stadium: StubHub Center Track Stadium Attendance: 1,313 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

June 16 14	Orange County SC	2–2	Reno 1868	Irvine, CA
6:00 PM PDT	Hooiveld  54' Enevoldsen 62' Juel-Nielsen 69' Quinn  82'	Report	Brown 55' (pen.) Musovski  73', 83'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,840 Referee: Daniel Radford

June 23 15	Orange County SC	6–1	Tulsa Roughnecks	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Hooiveld 16' Enevoldsen 37' Crognale 61' Quinn 66' (pen.) Duke  69' Czornomaz  84' Pineda 86' Bjurman 90'	Report	Levin  27' Bakero 58'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,046 Referee: Ceciah Valero

June 29 16	Phoenix Rising	1–0	Orange County SC	Tempe, AZ
6:30 PM PDT	Cortez 13' Wakasa  35' Asante  37' da Fonte  55' Woszczynski  89'	Report		Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 7,001 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 3 17	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	0–1	Orange County SC	Colorado Springs, CO
6:00 PM PDT		Report	Seaton 2' Duke  14' Kontor  88'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Adam Zarrin

July 7 18	Orange County SC	0–3	LA Galaxy II	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Crognale  41'	Report	Zubak 3' Acheampong  15',  45+1'  F. López 23' Jon. Hernandez 52' Sylvestre  62'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,246 Referee: Alfredo Sandoval-Victorio

July 14 19	Orange County SC	3–0	San Antonio FC	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Bjurman  23', 63' Enevoldsen 33' Quinn  75' Seaton  81', 90+3' Pineda  90'	Report	Lopez  28' Guzmán  41' Restrepo  52' Elizondo  73' Hedrick  85' Roushandel  88'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,712 Referee: Ramy Touchan

July 18 20	Swope Park Rangers	0–4	Orange County SC	Kansas City, KS
5:30 PM PDT	Hernandez  58'	Report	Seaton 13' Enevoldsen 71' Ramos-Godoy 79' Quinn 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Luis Guardia

July 21 21	Saint Louis FC	2–2	Orange County SC	Fenton, MO
5:30 PM PDT	Greig 70' da Silva 79'	Report	Bjurman 30',  90+1' Segbers  52' Alston  55' Ramos-Godoy 76'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 3,697 Referee: Malik Badawi

August 1 22	Orange County SC	2–2	Portland Timbers 2	Irvine, CA
12:30 PM PDT	Quinn 62' Enevoldsen 84'	Report	Loría 13' Barmby 31'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,124 Referee: Joseph Salinas

August 4 23	Orange County SC	2–1	Swope Park Rangers	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Jones 16', 43'	Report	Hernandez 19' Minter  25' Smith  57'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,204 Referee: Samantha Martinez

August 11 24	Phoenix Rising	3–4	Orange County SC	Tempe, AZ
6:30 PM PDT	Fernandez  38' Mala  59' Asante 68' (pen.), 90+4' Dubose 73'	Report	Seaton 39', 67',  40' Enevoldsen 48' Quinn 65' (pen.) Alston  90+1'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex Attendance: 6,330 Referee: Malik Badawi

August 15 25	Orange County SC	3–1	Las Vegas Lights	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Enevoldsen 26' Seaton 29', 65',  81' Rawls  56' Alston  90+2'	Report	Thomas 16'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,360 Referee: Tim Ford

August 22 26	Portland Timbers 2	2–3	Orange County SC	Portland, OR
7:00 PM PDT	Conechny 44',  57' Langsdorf  54', 79'	Report	Enevoldsen 9', 85' Quinn  27' Crognale 65'	Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 1,017 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

August 25 27	Orange County SC	0–2	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Hooiveld  57'	Report	Zaldívar 30' Small 45+2' Wharton  90'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Elton Garcia

September 2 28	Seattle Sounders FC 2	1–1	Orange County SC	Tacoma, WA
1:30 PM PDT	Daley 12',  63' Usman  52' Roldan  59'	Report	Crognale 57' Alston  70'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 2,526 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

September 8 29	Orange County SC	3–2	OKC Energy	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Seaton 24' Powder 90+4' Quinn 90+5' Hooiveld  90+6'	Report	Rasmussen 20' (pen.) Ibeagha  32' A. Dixon 64'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,468 Referee: Daniel Radford

September 16 30	Fresno FC	0–1	Orange County SC	Fresno, CA
7:00 PM PDT		Report	Powder  44', 84' Duke  49' Enevoldsen  80'	Stadium: Chukchansi Park Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Michael Radchuk

September 19 31	Orange County SC	5–2	Real Monarchs	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Crognale  22' Quinn 36', 80' (pen.) Powder 37' Duke 77' Amico  81' Enevoldsen 88'	Report	Portillo  1', 63' Ryden 7',  79' Chang  82'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,238 Referee: Mark Allatin

September 26 32	Las Vegas Lights	3–5	Orange County SC	Las Vegas, NV
8:00 PM PDT	J. García 36' Garduño 45+3',  81' Ochoa 48',  77' Torres  80' R. Garcia  83'	Report	Quinn 8' Enevoldsen 31', 90+4' Seaton 54', 76' Amico  90+1'	Stadium: Cashman Field Attendance: 3,875 Referee: Jon Freemon

October 6 33	Orange County SC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC 2	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Chaplow 62' Quinn 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Burke-Gilroy  13' Daley  22' Gonzalez 60' Malone  85' Vargas  90+3'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Omeed Azadpour

October 13 34	Reno 1868	3–1	Orange County SC	Reno, NV
6:00 PM PDT	Griffiths 15',  83' Hoppenot 44', 63' Gonzalez  70'	Report	Enevoldsen 58'	Stadium: Greater Nevada Field Attendance: 5,136 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Postseason

October 20 Quarterfinals	Orange County SC	4–0	Saint Louis FC	Irvine, CA
6:00 PM PDT	Seaton 11', 29', 64',  21' Quinn  47' Bjurman 66'	Report	Walls  21' Hertzog  88'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Ramy Touchan

October 27 Semifinals	Orange County SC	1–0	Reno 1868	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Alston  21' Quinn 29' Duke  90+2'	Report	Richards  12' Brown  41' Hoppenot  45+2'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Victor Rivas

November 3 Finals	Orange County SC	1–2	Phoenix Rising	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Chaplow  47' Hashimoto 82'	Report	Cortez 2' Drogba 73' Forbes  90+7'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Tim Ford

U.S. Open Cup

May 16 Second round	Orange County SC	2–4	Golden State Force	Irvine, CA
7:00 PM PDT	Duke 28' Enevoldsen 33'	Report	Villalobos 30' Allisson 48' (pen.),  76' Goñi 67' García  80' Fonseca 89',  89' Miranda  90+2'	Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Omeed Azadpour

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Casey Beyers	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	Kevin Alston	20	0	3	0	0	0	23	0
3	DF	Joe Amico	26	0	3	0	1	0	30	0
4	DF	Alex Crognale	23	4	3	0	0	0	26	4
5	DF	Jos Hooiveld	14	1	3	0	0	0	17	1
6	DF	Noah Powder	21	3	1	0	1	0	23	3
7	FW	Thomas Enevoldsen	34	20	3	0	1	1	38	21
9	FW	Michael Seaton	26	12	3	3	1	0	30	15
10	MF	Richard Chaplow	21	2	3	0	1	0	25	2
11	MF	Zach Kobayashi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	Andre Rawls	26	0	3	0	1	0	30	0
13	FW	Darwin Jones	13	2	3	0	0	0	16	2
14	MF	Aodhan Quinn	34	1	3	1	1	0	38	12
15	MF	Nicolás Czornomaz	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
16	MF	Amirgy Pineda	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
19	FW	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy	29	4	2	0	1	0	32	4
20	MF	Christian Duke	29	1	2	0	1	1	32	2
21	DF	Thomas Juel-Nielsen	17	1	0	0	1	0	18	1
22	MF	Koji Hashimoto	21	1	2	1	1	0	24	2
23	DF	Owusu-Ansah Kontor	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
24	MF	Mats Bjurman	28	3	3	1	1	0	32	4
25	GK	Aaron Cervantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Walker Hume	20	0	0	0	1	0	21	0
27	FW	Rafael Espinoza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
2	DF	Oscar Sorto	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
17	MF	Mark Segbers	19	2	0	0	0	0	19	2
18	GK	Luis López	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
18	FW	Nansel Selbol	8	1	0	0	1	0	9	1

Source: OCSC stats

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
2	DF	Kevin Alston	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
3	DF	Joe Amico	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
4	DF	Alex Crognale	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5	DF	Jos Hooiveld	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6	DF	Noah Powder	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	FW	Thomas Enevoldsen	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9	FW	Michael Seaton	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
10	MF	Richard Chaplow	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
12	GK	Andre Rawls	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	MF	Aodhan Quinn	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
15	MF	Nicolás Czornomaz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Amirgy Pineda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	Christian Duke	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
21	DF	Thomas Juel-Nielsen	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	MF	Koji Hashimoto	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	DF	Owusu-Ansah Kontor	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	Mats Bjurman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left the club during the season:
2	DF	Oscar Sorto	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	MF	Mark Segbers	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18	FW	Nansel Selbol	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Source: OCSC stats

Clean sheets

No.	Name	USL	USL Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total	Games Played
		1	Casey Beyers	1	0	0	1	4
12	Andre Rawls	8	2	0	10	30
25	Aaron Cervantes	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
18	Luis López	2	0	0	2	5

Source: OCSC stats

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Christian Duke	Swope Park Rangers	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	December 14, 2017
MF	Aodhan Quinn	FC Cincinnati	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	December 15, 2017
MF	Mats Bjurman	Saint Louis FC	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	February 7, 2018
FW	Thomas Enevoldsen	NAC Breda	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	February 10, 2018
DF	Thomas Juel-Nielsen	AGF	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	February 14, 2018
DF	Joe Amico	Swope Park Rangers	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	February 16, 2018
DF	Owusu-Ansah Kontor	AEL	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	February 26, 2018
DF	Noah Powder	New York Red Bulls II	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	February 27, 2018
FW	Nansel Selbol	Swope Park Rangers	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	March 8, 2018
FW	Michael Seaton	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	March 12, 2018
FW	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy	UC Irvine Anteaters	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	March 12, 2018
DF	Walker Hume	FC Dallas	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	March 15, 2018
GK	Aaron Cervantes	Pateadores SC	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	March 15, 2018
MF	Koji Hashimoto	Mito HollyHock	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	March 16, 2018
DF	Jos Hooiveld	Twente	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	June 5, 2018
DF	Kevin Alston	Orlando City SC	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	June 8, 2018
FW	Darwin Jones	IFK Värnamo	Terms of the deal were undisclosed.	July 17, 2018
FW	Rafael Espinoza	Slammers FC	Signed to a USL Academy contract.	August 16, 2018

Loan in

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
GK	Andre Rawls	New York City FC	Duration of the 2018 USL season.	March 15, 2018	November 4, 2018
DF	Alex Crognale	Columbus Crew SC	On a match-by-match basis.	March 15, 2018	May 5, 2018
				May 22, 2018	June 2, 2018
				June 18, 2018	November 4, 2018
MF	Mark Segbers	New England Revolution	Duration of the 2018 USL season.	March 15, 2018	August 29, 2018
MF	Nicolás Czornomaz	Los Angeles FC	Duration of the 2018 USL season.	April 24, 2018	November 4, 2018
GK	Luis López	Los Angeles FC	On a match-by-match basis.	July 13, 2018	July 26, 2018
				August 1, 2018	August 5, 2018
				August 22, 2018	August 24, 2018

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
DF	Sola Abolaji		Contract expired. Retired.	October 14, 2017
MF	James Baxendale	Alfreton Town	Contract expired. Signed for Alfreton on December 19, 2017.	October 14, 2017
DF	Jeannot Esua		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
FW	Wuilito Fernandes	North Carolina FC	Contract expired. Signed for NCFC on January 25, 2018.	October 14, 2017
DF	Joe Franco		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
MF	Kevin Jeon		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
FW	Duke Lacroix	Reno 1868	Contract expired. Signed for Reno on April 19, 2018.	October 14, 2017
GK	Charlie Lyon	Los Angeles FC	Contract expired. Signed for LAFC on March 2, 2018.	October 14, 2017
DF	Roy Meeus		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
DF	Beto Navarro	Fresno FC	Contract expired. Signed for Fresno on March 17, 2018.	October 14, 2017
MF	Frank Olijve	De Graafschap	Contract expired. Signed for De Graafschap on January 10, 2018.	October 14, 2017
MF	Irvin Parra		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
MF	Victor Pineda		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
MF	Dusan Stevanovic	California United FC II	Contract expired. Signed for Cal United II for the 2018 UPSL season.	October 14, 2017
GK	Michael Suchy		Contract expired.	October 14, 2017
FW	Jerry van Ewijk	Reno 1868	Contract expired. Signed for Reno on January 26, 2018.	October 14, 2017
FW	Gustavo Villalobos	California United FC II	Contract expired. Signed for Cal United II for the 2018 UPSL season.	October 14, 2017
DF	Oscar Sorto		Departed through mutual consent.	May 9, 2018
FW	Nansel Selbol		Departed through mutual consent.	June 25, 2018

Awards

USL Team of the Week

Week	Starters	Bench	Opponent(s)	Link
3	Thomas Enevoldsen	Alex Crognale	OKC Energy Tulsa Roughnecks
4	Mark Segbers		LA Galaxy II
5	Andre Rawls	Thomas Enevoldsen	San Antonio FC
7		Thomas Juel-Nielsen	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Colorado Springs Switchbacks
11		Thomas Enevoldsen	Fresno FC
13		Andre Rawls	LA Galaxy II
15	Aodhan Quinn	Thomas Enevoldsen	Tulsa Roughnecks
18	Aodhan Quinn		San Antonio FC
19	Aodhan Quinn	Giovanni Ramos-Godoy	Saint Louis FC
21	Darwin Jones	Aodhan Quinn	Portland Timbers 2 Swope Park Rangers
22	Michael Seaton		Phoenix Rising
23	Michael Seaton	Thomas Enevoldsen	Las Vegas Lights
26	Aodhan Quinn		OKC Energy
27	Walker Hume		Fresno FC
28	Aodhan Quinn		Real Monarchs
29	Michael Seaton	Thomas Enevoldsen	Las Vegas Lights
30	Jos Hooiveld		Seattle Sounders FC 2

USL Player of the Week Week Player Opponent(s) Link 3 Thomas Enevoldsen OKC Energy Tulsa Roughnecks 23 Michael Seaton Las Vegas Lights

Postseason USL All-League First Team FW Thomas Enevoldsen MF Aodhan Quinn

Kits

Home

Away

See also

• Orange County SC
• 2018 in American soccer
• 2018 USL season

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v t e USL Championship
Eastern Conference	Birmingham Legion FC Charleston Battery Detroit City FC Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Loudoun United FC Louisville City FC Miami FC North Carolina FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Rhode Island FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso Locomotive FC Las Vegas Lights FC Monterey Bay FC New Mexico United Oakland Roots SC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising FC Sacramento Republic FC San Antonio FC FC Tulsa
Future teams	Lexington SC (2025) Brooklyn FC (2026) Buffalo Pro Soccer (2026) Milwaukee Pro Soccer (2026) Ozark United FC (2026) Santa Barbara Sky FC (2026) Sporting Club Jacksonville (2026) USL Dallas (2027) USL Pro Iowa (TBD) USL Palm Beach (TBD) OKC Energy FC (on hiatus)
Former teams	Antigua Barracuda FC Atlanta United 2 Austin Aztex Charlotte Eagles Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Dayton Dutch Lions Fresno FC LA Galaxy II Memphis 901 FC FC Montreal Nashville SC F.C. New York New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Orlando City SC Ottawa Fury FC Penn FC Philadelphia Union II Phoenix FC Portland Timbers 2 Puerto Rico United Real Monarchs Reno 1868 FC Richmond Kickers Rio Grande Valley FC Toros River Plate Puerto Rico Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC San Diego Loyal SC Sevilla FC Puerto Rico Sporting Kansas City II Tacoma Defiance Toronto FC II VSI Tampa Bay FC Whitecaps FC 2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC
Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Miscellaneous	Foreign players USL Championship Final United Soccer League USL League One USL League Two

• Orange County SC seasons
• 2010s in Orange County, California
• 2018 USL season
• American soccer clubs 2018 season
• 2018 in sports in California