Orange County FC is an American soccer club based in Lake Forest, California that currently plays in the

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. They previously played in the

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and SoCal Premier League. The club's colors are light blue and white. NPSL home matches are currently played at Portola High School.

History

Orange County FC was founded in 2009, and competed in the SoCal Premier League between 2009 and 2016.

NPSL

On November 15, 2016, the club announced that it would join the NPSL as an expansion team for the 2017 season.

2017 season

OCFC finished second in the NPSL Southwest in its inaugural season in the NPSL Southwest, with a record of ten wins, five draws, and only one defeat. The club qualified to the playoffs where it defeated Riverside Coras 1-0 in the Regional First round and eliminated conference leader

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in the regional semifinal by a score of 2–0. The victory meant that Orange County FC would qualify to the

2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup The 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 105th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, a knockout cup competition in American soccer. It is the oldest ongoing competition in the United States and was contested by 97 teams from leagues in the United State ...

. OCFC eventually fell to

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by a score of 1–0 in the Regional Final, one game away from reaching the national semifinals.

2018 season

Orange County FC qualified to the West Region Playoff for the second year in a row after finishing third in the NPSL Southwest behind conference winners ASC San Diego and conference runners-up FC Golden State. OCFC finished the season with seven wins, four draws, and one loss. OCFC defeated FC Arizona 3-0 in a Southwest Conference play-in match to advance to the regional quarterfinals. After a 3-1 win over ASC San Diego in the Quarterfinals, OCFC defeated FC Golden State 4-2 to advance to the Regional Finals for the second season in a row and qualified to the

2019 U.S. Open Cup The 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 106th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, a knockout cup competition in American soccer. It is the oldest ongoing competition in the United States, and was contested by 84 teams from leagues in the U.S. syst ...

. However, OCFC missed out on the national semifinals once again after a shocking 6-4 defeat to

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on July 21, 2018.

2020 season

The team was not listed as a member of the NPSL ahead of the 2020 season.

UPSL

2020 season

Orange County Football Club participated in the

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Western Conference - Socal North League. They played one match against USA Soccer Stars FC and won by a score of 6-3. The UPSL suspended their season on March 13th.

U.S. Open Cup

2018

Orange County FC qualified to the 2018 U.S. Open Cup by finishing as one of the top eight teams in the 2017 NPSL Playoffs. On April 4, 2018, the US Soccer Federation announced the pairings for the first round of the U.S. Open Cup in which OCFC drew Santa Ana Winds FC of the

. OCFC defeated Santa Ana Winds FC 3-0 in its U.S. Open Cup debut on May 9, 2018 and advanced to the second round to face

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of the

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. Orange County FC was eliminated in the second round after a 2-0 defeat in extra time to

2019

For the second consecutive year, Orange County FC qualified to the second round of the U.S. Open Cup after a hard-fought 2-0 win over FC Golden State Force of

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on May 7, 2019. Orange County FC was drawn with

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of the

for the second round in a match that would become labeled by soccer journalists as "The Battle of Orange County". It would be OCFC's first time playing against a professional soccer club in a competitive match. Orange County SC led 2-1 in stoppage time but center back Ryan Holland scored the equalizer to tie the game at 2-2. The match went to penalties and Orange County FC won 5-3 to advance to the third round to face

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. They lost the fourth round of the cup to the LA Galaxy, 3-0.

Current roster

Front office

* Nader Dejbakhsh – ''Co-Founder'' * Carmel Dejbakhsh – ''Co-Founder'' * Dara Dejbakhsh – ''Co-Founder''

References

External links

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History

NPSL

2017 season

2018 season

2020 season

UPSL

2020 season

U.S. Open Cup

2018

2019

Current roster

Front office

See also

References

External links