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Oakland Roots SC vs. Orange County SC Match Notes

November 13, 2021 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
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Matchup: Oakland Roots SC vs. Orange County SC

Competition: USL Championship

Date: November 13, 2021

Kick off time: 7:00 PM PST

Weather Forecast: 72 degrees, sunny

Venue: Championship Stadium, Irvine, CA

Match Preview:

Oakland Roots will travel to Pacific Division rival Orange County SC with a spot in the Western Conference Final on the line. After earning the last USL Championship playoff spot on the final day of the season, Roots backed that up with an upset win over top Mountain Division seed El Paso Locomotive last Friday night.

Roots and Orange County have faced off on four occasions this season with Orange County coming out on top in all four previous meetings between the two sides. The first match up took place on June 12th with Orange County coming away with a 1-0 victory in a very tight game. The second meeting happened on July 31st when Roots Max Ornstil saw red forcing Oakland to play down a man at Las Positas College leading to a 3-0 victory for OC. The third meeting was on September 25th a 2-1 win at home for OC. OC scored off two stoppage time set pieces in each half while Roots scored their lone goal against Orange COunty via an early Ariel Mbumba strike. The Final of the four meetings played out in Oakland at Laney College on October 16th when Roots Jose Hernandez saw red leading to a 1-0 Orange County win.

Oakland Roots ended the season on 41 points 11 points behind Orange County in the division, but picked up 35 of those 41 points after August 11th. Making Oakland one of the most in form sides in the entire playoffs. Roots showed that form in the first round of the playoffs, knocking off an EL Paso Locomotive side that was unbeaten at home in 470 days heading into the first round match up. Paul Blanchette picked up the clean sheet as the back line held firm. Late supper sub Jeremy Bokia scored the game's lone goal just minutes after coming onto the field from a perfect flick pass from Chuy Enriquez.

Orange County played the following night, knocking off high scoring Colorado Switchbacks by a score of 1-0. Following an early red card to OC's Rob Kieran, Orange County was forced to play down a man for 60n minutes. Despite the man disadvantage OC took the lead through Ronaldo Damus in first half stoppage time and then held that lead through to the final whistle to advance. Orange County will be without Rob Kieran via the red card and Kobi Henry who will be with the US U-20 team. Orange County also officially made Richard Chaplow the Head Coach, pulling the interim tag off on Monday.

Last 3 Games:

November 5, 2021 vs El Paso Locomotive

ELP 0, OAK 1

October 30, 2021 vs Sporting KC II

OAK 1, SKC 0

October 24, 2021 vs San Diego Loyal

SD 3, OAK 4

Starting XI vs. El Paso Locomotive:

GK Paul Blanchette

D Akeem Ward

D Kai Greene

D Emrah Klimenta

D Memo Diaz

M Joseph Nane

M Matias Fissore

M Jose Hernandez

M Chuy Enriquez

M Johnny Rodriguez

F Quincy Amarikwa

Injuries

Lindo Mfeka - Out

Brandon Allen - Out

Roots Goal Scoring Leader

Jeremey Bokila - 6 (5 regular season, 1 playoff)

Roots Assist Leader

Lindo Mfeka - 4

Chuy Enriquez - 4 (3 regular season, 1 playoff)

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