IRVINE, Calif. – Orange County SC and Phoenix Rising FC meet for the first time this season with both teams aiming to gain ground on the playoff positions in the Western Conference when the take to Orange County Great Park on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. PT.

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Orange County SC news and notes

• Current record: 4-4-2, 14pts

• Orange County played to a 3-3 draw last Saturday against the Portland Timbers 2 in its most recent outing at Orange County Great Park.

• A stoppage-time goal by Gustavo Villalobos earned the hosts a point as they had squandered a second-half lead against T2, for whom Villyan Bijev scored twice.

• Orange County finished the game with nine men after Amirgy Pineda and Jerry van Ewijk were both sent off late in the game.

• Both players will be unavailable for Saturday’s game, but Van Ewijk’s suspension was reduced on appeal to three games. The appeal of Pineda’s six-game suspension was denied.

Phoenix Rising FC news and notes

• Current record: 5-5-3, 18pts

• Phoenix played to a 0-0 draw last Friday night against Reno 1868 FC at Greater Nevada Field to remain undefeated in its last four outings.

• Goalkeeper Josh Cohen recorded six saves for Phoenix’s first shutout of the season, and claimed both Team of the Week and Fans’ Choice Save of the Week honors for his performance.

• Rising FC Head Coach Patrice Carteron was sent from the bench in the game against Reno, but will be back on the sideline after having his one-game suspension overturned.

• Phoenix has drawn three consecutive games after going without a draw in its first 10 games of the 2017 season.

Series Notes

• Phoenix leads the all-time series between the teams with a 6-4-1 record.

Squads

• Orange County – GK: Charlie Lyon, Casey Beyers, Michael Suchy; D: Oscar Sorto, Joe Franco, Alberto Navarro, Salomon Wbias, Oluwanisola Abolaji, Juan Pablo Ocegueda, Roy Meeus, Jeannot Esua; M: Victor Pineda, Richard Chaplow, Gustavo Villalobos, Carlos Alvarez, Dusan Stevanovic, Kevin Jeon, Zachary Kobayashi; F: Duke Lacroix, Wuiilito Tavares Fernandes, Monday Etim

• Phoenix – GK: Carl Woszczynski, Josh Cohen, Nolan Wirth; D: Eder Arreola, Jordan Gibbons, Brock Granger, Amadou Dia, J.J. Greer, A.J. Grey, Peter Ramage, Kody Wakasa, Victor Vasquez, Jordan Stewart, Uchenna Uzo; M: Alessandro Riggi, Eric Avila, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Romilio Hernandez, Blair Gavin, Miguel Timm, Matt Watson; F: Mike Seth, Jason Johnson, Matthew Hurlow, Chris Cortez, Omar Bravo, Didier Drogba

Discipline

• Orange County – Suspended: Amirgy Pineda, Jerry van Ewijk

• Phoenix – Accumulation warning: Omar Bravo, J.J. Greer

Officials

• REF: MALIK BADAWI

• AR1: Jorge Partida

• AR2: Togayhan Tarim

• 4TH: Jamie Padilla

Game hashtag:

• #OCvPHX

Twitter social handles

• Orange County SC – @OrangeCountySC

• Phoenix Rising FC – @PHXRisingFC