Two of the top three teams in the Southwest Conference clashed, as FC Arizona and Orange County FC looked to claim the top spot in the standings. Yet like their first match, that outcome came out to be a 0-0 draw. Photo Credit: Victor Higuera FC Arizona was coming into the match off an impressive home 4-0 victory over SoCal SC, allowing FC Arizona to claim the top spot in the standings. OCFC looked to claim a valuable home victory and
Toronto FC extended their winning streak to five games with a 2-1 victory over Columbus Crew SC thanks to a second half brace from substitute Tosaint Ricketts. Most of the game TFC looked like a team that was completing its third game in eight days and was second best until they came alive in the last ten minutes with some helpful defending from Crew SC. Ricketts’ winning goal came on 90 minutes and it was from a left field cross provided
Orange County SC launched their new stadium at the Orange County Great Park with a dominating 4-0 win over rivals LA Galaxy II in the I-405 derby. Photo Credit: Victor Higuera/ISNSoccer.com OCSC introduced their new facility for the first time this season after four consecutive road matches. With the rain showers seemingly looking to affect the big opener, approximately 4,000 still showed up ready to cheer on the home side. OCSC got off to a fast start and created two scoring chances
The game was over at halftime, but Orange County FC wanted to make a statement to the league. OCFC manhandled SC Corinthians USA for an 8-1 home victory to remain undefeated. Photo Credit: Victor Higuera/ISNSoccer.com Corinthians was hoping to not just solidify a road win, but their first win of the season. With a huge match against first place Riverside Coras next for OCFC, this was a possible trap game and they could not take SC Corinthians USA lightly. Head coach Paul
FC Arizona forward Cesar Mexia has been selected as the seventh Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “It’s a great privilege to receive this award,” Mexia commented. “I just want to say thank you to all my coaches and teammates for believing in me. I’m looking forward to more weeks like this.” Photo Credit: Garrett Cleverly/FC Arizona The striker tallied two goals and one assist in a 4-0 win over Temecula FC. He currently leads FC Arizona
Orange County FC midfielder Connor Gordon has been selected as the sixth Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “It is a great honor and privilege to receive this award, but most of the credit has to go to God, the coaches, and my teammates,” Gordon commented. “One of the best things that I saw in my first game with the team was that they really believed in me and made me feel welcome and I was
Draws can be victories when they come under such impressive circumstances. After being down 3-0 at home, OCFC managed to crawl out of such a deficit to draw 3-3 against SoCal SC. OCFC was playing just their second home game as new franchise in the NSPL. OCFC was undefeated so far in league play and coming across a SoCal SC team that was looking to solidify a road win. Photo Credit: Victor Higuera SoCal SC came out of the gate fast. Putting
Columbus Crew SC continued their impressive home record this season with their third win on the trot at MAPFRE Stadium, the winning goal coming from Justin Meram for his fourth off the season. Tonight’s game was the first of three against Toronto FC over the next six weeks. Photo Credit: Ken Tishenkel/ISNSoccer.com Toronto had started the game in impressive fashion, pressing high up the field and forcing Columbus to play long from the back and dominating possession in the early exchanges. The
SoCal SC forward Roonie Moreno has been selected as the fifth Mitre National Player of the Week for the 2017 NPSL season. “We’ve had two tough weeks before this match and I was very happy that everything we trained during the week was well executed on the field,” Moreno commented. “As a striker, I always work to score goals and I am glad that I could make it on the opportunities I had.” Photo Credit: Raul Martinez Moreno scored a brace in
