2025 Orange County SC season

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Orange County SC
2025 season
OwnerJames Keston
Manager Danny Stone
Stadium Championship Soccer Stadium
Irvine, California
  2024
2026 

The 2025 Orange County SC season will be the club's fifteenth season of existence, and their fifteenth consecutive season in the United Soccer League Championship, the second tier of American soccer.

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After leading the team from out of playoff positioning to the conference semi-finals, former interim head coach Danny Stone became the official head coach of Orange County in the mid-December 2024. [1]

Roster

As of January 19, 2025 [2]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Colin Shutler (Captain)
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Owen Lambe
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Charlie Asensio
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dillon Powers
6 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Andrew Fox
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Dunbar
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Seth Casiple
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ethan Zubak
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brian Iloski
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bryce Jamison
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashish Chattha
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 FW Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Christian Sorto
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kevin Partida
21 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Thomas Amang
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joseph Buckley
23 DF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ryan Doghman
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Benjamin Barjolo
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Scott
33 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashton Miles
MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Hegardt
FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tristan Trager
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Technical staff

Role [3] Name
President of Soccer Operations & General ManagerPeter Nugent
Head Coach Danny Stone
Assistant Coach Didier Crettenand
Goalkeeping Coach Victor Nogueira
Performance Data AnalystAmanda Preciado
Performance ConsultantDan Guzman
Head Academy ScoutShawn Beyer
Team Operations CoordinatorMario Lemus

Competitions

Exhibitions

In preparation for the 2025 USL Championship season, Orange County played in eight pre-season friendlies, mainly against local collegiate, MLS, and fellow USL teams. [4]

January 25 Orange County SC 1–2 Portland Timbers Irvine, California
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Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 0

USL Championship

Standings

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
6 New Mexico United 00000000 Playoffs
7 Oakland Roots SC 00000000
8 Orange County SC 00000000
9 Phoenix Rising FC 00000000
10 Sacramento Republic FC 00000000
First match(es) will be played: March 8, 2025. Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots

Match results

On December 19, 2024, the USL Championship released the regular season schedule for all 24 teams. [5]

All times are in Pacific Standard Time.

March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

USL Cup

Orange County will participate in the second edition of the USL Cup, the first edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One. [6] [7]

Standings

PosLgTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
3 USLC Monterey Bay FC 000000000
4 USLC Oakland Roots SC 000000000
5 USLC Orange County SC 000000000
6 USLC Sacramento Republic FC 000000000
7 USL1 Spokane Velocity FC 000000000
First match(es) will be played: April 26, 2025 (2025-04-26). Source: USL

Group stage

References

  1. USLChampionship Staff (December 13, 2024). "Orange County removes interim tag, appoints Danny Stone as Head Coach". USL Championship. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  2. "Roster". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  3. "Technical Staff". Orange County SC. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  4. "ORANGE COUNTY SC ANNOUNCES 2025 PRESEASON SCHEDULE". Orange County SC. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  5. USLSoccer Staff (December 19, 2024). "USL Championship reveals the 2025 season schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  6. Lewis, Michael (December 12, 2024). "ANOTHER COMPETITION: USL adds Jägermeister Cup for Championship, League One teams". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  7. Silverman, Alex (December 12, 2024). "USL expanding Jägermeister Cup to all teams". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved February 1, 2025.