VANCOUVER, B.C. – Orange County SC will look to rebound from a midweek defeat when it visits Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 on Sunday afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium looking to keep its hopes a place in the 2017 USL Cup Playoffs alive. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. PT.
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 news and notes
Current record: 5-14-8, 23pts
WFC2 earned a 0-0 draw with OKC Energy FC last Sunday evening at Taft Stadium as Sean Melvin recorded a seven-save shutout.
Melvin’s performance earned him a place on the USL Team of the Week on Tuesday, with the shutout his second of the season and fifth overall for Vancouver.
The draw almost erased Vancouver’s hopes of a return to the USL Cup Playoffs as the side now sits 11 points out of eighth place with five games remaining.
Midfielder David Norman Jr. leads WFC2 in both chances created with 28 and tackles won with 103 this season, his first in the professional ranks.
Orange County SC news and notes
Current record: 8-9-9, 33pts
Orange County fell 1-0 to San Antonio FC on Wednesday night in its last outing, keeping the side in 10th place in the USL Western Conference standings.
OCSC is a point behind both eighth-place Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC and ninth-place OKC Energy FC going into this weekend’s action as it looks to return to the playoffs for a third successive year.
Orange County has won only once in its last 11 games, going 1-5-5 over that span, while scoring only seven goals.
Sunday’s game opens a three-game road trip for Orange County, which will also face Western Conference-leader Real Monarchs SLC and Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC on its travels.
Series Notes
Squads
Vancouver – GK: Spencer Richey, Sean Melvin, Thomas Hasal, Mark Village; D: Cole Seiler, Jacob Nerwinski, Francis DeVries, Dominick Zator, Andy Thoma, Brett Levis, Daniel Barbir, Chris Serban, Deklan Wynne, Kadin Chung; M: Marco Bustos, David Norman Jr., Patrick Metcalfe, William Seymore, Terran Campbell, Thomas Gardner, Matthew Baldisimo, Michael Baldisimo, Noah Verhoeven; F: Gloire Amanda, Thomas Sanner, Myer Bevan, Theo Bair
Orange County – GK: Charlie Lyon, Casey Beyers, Michael Suchy; D: Oscar Sorto, Joe Franco, Alberto Navarro, Oluwanisola Abolaji, Juan Pablo Ocegueda, Roy Meeus, Jeannot Esua, Walker Hume; 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: Rodrigo Pacheco, Monday Etim, Duke Lacroix, Wuiilito Tavares Fernandes, Irvin Parra
Discipline
Vancouver – Accumulation warning: David Norman Jr.
Orange County – Accumulation warning: Oscar Sorto
Officials
REF: DAVID GANTAR
AR1: Jasmain Parr
AR2: Erina Cho
4TH: Darnell Smith
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Twitter social handles
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – @WFC2
Orange County SC – @OrangeCountySC
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