Orange County SC U-23 is an American

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team based in

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. Founded in 2011 as the Los Angeles Blues 23, the team plays in

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, the fourth tier of the

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. The team plays its home games at the

Orange County Great Park The Great Park is a public park located in Irvine, California, with a focus on sports, agriculture, and the arts. It is a non-aviation reuse of the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro. The Orange County park comprises 28.8% ...

. The team's colors are black, orange, and white. The club was known as Los Angeles Blues 23 in 2011, Pali Blues in 2012, OC Blues Strikers FC in 2013, OC Pateadores Blues in 2014 and Orange County Blues U-23 in 2015–2016.

History

Los Angeles Blues 23 was announced as a

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

expansion franchise on April 7, 2011 as a replacement for the

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franchise, which left the PDL for the

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just before the start of the 2011 PDL season. The team is part of the development program of the

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team, which joined in 2011, and its sister club is the

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of the

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W-League, whose name it adopted as of 2012. The team played its first competitive game on April 29, 2011, a 0–0 tie with

Fresno Fuego Fresno Football Club U-23, formerly Fresno Fuego FC, was an American soccer team based in Fresno, California, United States. Founded in 2003, the team played in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club drew an ave ...

, and achieved its first victory on May 28, 2011, a 2–0 win over the

Los Angeles Misioneros LA Laguna FC was an American soccer team based in the Los Angeles area, United States. Founded in 2010, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL) (now USL League Two), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southw ...

, with both goals – the first in franchise history – being scored by Daniel Martinez.

Players

Current roster

Year-by-year

Head coaches

* Agustin Rodriguez (2011) * Federico Bianchi (2011–2016) * Chris Volk (2017–2018) * Jerry Tamashiro (2019)

Stadia

Vanguard University Vanguard University of Southern California is a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California. It was the first four-year college in Orange County. The university offers over 39 undergraduate degrees and emphases in 15 different departme ...

Stadium,

Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa (; Spanish for "Table Coast") is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John Wa ...

(2014–present) * Stadium by the Sea at

Palisades Charter High School Palisades Charter High School (usually colloquially known as Pali or Pali High and abbreviated as PCHS) is an independent charter secondary school in Los Angeles, United States. The high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, ...

;

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(2011–2013) * Titan Stadium;

Fullerton, California Fullerton ( ) is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 143,617. Fullerton was founded in 1887. It secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa ...

1 game (2011)

References

External links

Official site

Official parent club site
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