2015 Orange County Blues FC season

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Orange County Blues FC
2015 season
OwnerMansouri Family
Head Coach Oliver Wyss
Stadium Anteater Stadium
USL Conference: 1st
Overall: 3rd
USL Playoffs Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup Second Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Christopher Ramirez (10)
All: Christopher Ramirez (10)
Average home league attendance1,398
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The 2015 Orange County Blues FC season was the club's sixth season of existence, and their sixth season playing in the third tier of American soccer, USL.

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The Blues were dominant all season, winning fourteen games and placing first in the Western Conference, with a record of 14–5–9, [1] which automatically qualified them to the USL Playoffs Semi-Finals. [2] Despite their dominance all season, they were ultimately shut-out in a 2–0 defeat against rivals LA Galaxy II away at StubHub Center. [3]

Roster

As of June 30, 2024 [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Josh Cohen
3 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nikola Paunic
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Milton Blanco
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Beto Navarro
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jummy Turner
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Christopher Santana
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jiovanni Santana
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Cortez
10 MF Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Luka Petričević
11 FW Flag of Curacao.svg  CUW Denzel Slager
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amani Walker
13 DF Flag of Iran.svg  IRN Mershad Momeni
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Josh Suggs
15 DF Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Junior Burgos
16 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Seung-ju
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nikola Ilich
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Billy Thompson
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jacob Barron
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson McCracken
21 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Didier Crettenand
22 FW Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Christopher Ramírez
23 DF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Brenton Griffiths
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Estrada
27 FW Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Tyler Feeley
29 DF Flag of Guatemala.svg  GUA Jefrey Payeras
30 GK Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB José Miranda
31 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryan Felix
37 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Romeo Filipović
87 MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Pavle Popara

Competitions

United Soccer League

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Orange County Blues 2814593834+447 Conference semi-finals
2 Oklahoma City Energy 2813874436+847
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 28144105335+1846 First round
4 Sacramento Republic 2813784331+1246
5 LA Galaxy II 28143113931+845
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL, the Blues entered the U.S. Open Cup in the second round, matched up against amateur club PSA Elite, a member of the USASA. [5]

May 20, 2015Second Round PSA Elite 2-1 Orange County Blues FC Irvine, California
7:00 PM PST Salazar Soccerball shade.svg19'
Bjurman Soccerball shade.svg61'
Wallace Red card.svg 82'		 Report Feeley Soccerball shade.svg90'Stadium: University High School

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 USL Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  2. ↑ admin, usl (2015-10-17). "2015 USL Championship Hub". USL Championship. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Los Dos Continue Run With Victory Against Blues - United Soccer League". web.archive.org. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Roster". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  5. ↑ "2015 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup results". thecup.us. 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
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