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USL Match Preview – #OCvTUL

By USLSoccer.com Staff, 08/14/17, 9:01AM EDT

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Orange County looks to get back in win column vs. Tulsa

IRVINE, Calif. – Orange County SC will play its first game at Championship Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night as it hosts Tulsa Roughnecks FC in a crucial contest for both clubs in the race for the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. PT.

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Orange County SC news and notes

  • Current record: 7-6-6, 27pts

  • Orange County earned a 1-1 draw against the Swope Park Rangers on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Victory Field, a result that saw the club’s winless streak run to four games.

  • Zach Kobayashi scored six minutes into the second half to answer the Rangers’ first-half goal for his second goal in five appearances this season.

  • Championship Soccer Stadium will host its first game on Tuesday night, with OCSC’s new permanent home set to host its final eight games of the regular season.

  • Orange County enters the contest two points behind eighth-place OKC Energy FC in the Western Conference standings, with three games in hand.

Tulsa Roughnecks FC news and notes

  • Current record: 10-9-2, 32pts

  • The Roughnecks claimed back-to-back home victories over the past week, including a 2-1 win against OKC Energy FC on Saturday night at ONEOK Field.

  • Ian Svantesson scored the winning goal for the Roughnecks against their Black Gold Derby rivals for his team-leading 10th tally of the season.

  • The victory saw Tulsa claim the Black Gold Derby series for the first time in three seasons with victory in the first two of three meetings this season.

  • The Roughnecks are 3-4-4 away from home this season, and are undefeated in their last three away games (1-0-2).

Series Notes

  • The Roughnecks took a 4-0 victory at ONEOK Field in the first meeting of the season on May 13, giving the club a 3-1-0 lead in the all-time series.

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, Jerry van Ewijk, Dusan Stevanovic, Amirgy Pineda, Kevin Jeon, Zachary Kobayashi, Frank Olijve, James Baxendale; F: Monday Etim, Duke Lacroix, Wuiilito Tavares Fernandes

  • Tulsa – GK: Donovan Ricketts, Bryan Byars, Fabian Cerda; D: Paris Gee, Modou Jadama, Jorge Corrales, Bradley Bourgeois, Kosuke Kimura, Brandt Bronico; M: Jacori Hayes, Jonathan Levin, Joey Calistri, Collin Fernandez, Joaquin Rivas, Brady Ballew, Jaime Ayala; F: Christian Thierjung, Juan Pablo Caffa, Brian Wright, Ian Svantesson, Pavel Kondrakhin

Discipline

  • Orange County – Accumulation warning: Richard Chaplow

  • Tulsa – None

Officials

  • REF: DANIEL RADFORD

  • AR1: Eduardo Jeff

  • AR2: Osvaldo Delgado-Landeros

  • 4TH: Robert Sarfaraz

Game hashtag:

  • #OCvTUL

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