Oakland Roots fall to Orange County in a game that saw ten players receive cards. While possession was split evenly, Roots struggled to find rhythm after several players rejoined the team having spent several weeks away from the field. Roots were on the front foot early in the second half before a red card to defender Max Ornstil forced Oakland to play a man down. Roots now focus all efforts on the long-awaited return to Laney College on Wednesday.
Head Coach Jordan Ferrell
What are your first initial thoughts about the game?
It was tough, I thought we had chances. We had chances. That’s the toughest part. I’m not one to complain about referees but I think there were some questionable decisions across the board. They (Orange County) clearly knew we were trying to get in behind them and when we put a ball across the face and it’s blocked, when there was no card there, that could have put them down to ten men. Those kinds of decisions build up and frustrate the players but we gotta keep our heads. Big credit to them because even down two and down a man we were creating some good chances. There’s good stuff there, we just have to turn those chances into wins.
You guys had a couple good chances before they scored their first goal, and even a few good chances when you were playing down a man, what do you think that says about the team?
It’s progress, big progress. The last couple games we’ve been playing without a center forward so it’s tough to create chances without someone that’s comfortable in front of the net. Tonight we had Brandon and were able to bring Bokila back as well, it makes a big difference. We’re still getting guys back fully fit which is positive and I think being able to produce the chances that we did and the performance we had under those circumstances was a big positive.
Oakland Roots SC vs Orange County SC
USL Championship | July 31, 2021
Venue: Las Positas College, Livermore, California
Kickoff: 5:30 PM
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny
SCORELINE: 1 2 FT
OAK: 0 0 0
OC: 2 1 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
OC: Kobi Henry 31’
OC: Ronaldo Damus 36’
OC: Aidan Apodaca 76’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY:
OAK: Kai Greene (Yellow 15’)
OC: Thomas McCabe (Yellow 21’)
OC: Brent Richards (Yellow 43’)
OAK: Memo Diaz (Yellow 51’)
OAK: Max Ornstil (Red 55’)
OC: Brian Iloski (Yellow 55’)
OC: Christopher Wehan (Yellow 57’)
OAK: Tarek Morad (Yellow 65’)
OAK: Jeremy Bokila (Yellow 81’)
OAK: Emrah Klimenta (Yellow 82’)
OAKLAND ROOTS LINEUP: Paul Blanchette, Memo Diaz (Saalih Muhammad 74’), Soya Takahashi, Kai Greene (Tarek Morad 45’), Max Ornstil, Emrah Klimenta, Joseph Restani (Yohannes Harish 71’), José Hernández (Wal Fall 74’), Luis Flores, Tarn Weir, Brandon Allen (Jeremy Bokila 70’)
Unused subs: Zeus de la Paz, Akeem O’Connor-Ward
Shots: 12 | Shots On Goal: 4 | Corner Kicks: 10 | Fouls: 17 | Offside: 2 |
ORANGE COUNTY SC LINEUP: Patrick Rakovsky, Brent Richards, Michael Orozco, Kobi Henry, Rob Kiernan, Eric Calvillo, Mikko Kuningas (Sean McTague 90+1’), Thomas McCabe, Brian Iloski (Raymond Drai 83’), Christopher Wehan (Aidan Apodaca 71’), Ronaldo Damus
Unused subs: Abraham Romero, Darwin Jones
Shots: 11 | Shots On Goal: 7 | Corner Kicks: 2 | Fouls: 13 | Offside: 3 |
Officials:
Referee: JJ Bilinski
Assistant Referee 1: Corbyn May
Assistant Referee 2: Bhavik Dutt
4th Official: Turan Ozdemir
Oakland Roots fall to Orange County in a game that saw ten players receive cards. While possession was split evenly, Roots struggled to find rhythm after several players rejoined the team having spent several weeks away from the field. Roots were on the front foot early in the second half before a red card to defender Max Ornstil forced Oakland to play a man down. Roots now focus all efforts on the long-awaited return to Laney College on Wednesday.
Head Coach Jordan Ferrell
What are your first initial thoughts about the game?
It was tough, I thought we had chances. We had chances. That’s the toughest part. I’m not one to complain about referees but I think there were some questionable decisions across the board. They (Orange County) clearly knew we were trying to get in behind them and when we put a ball across the face and it’s blocked, when there was no card there, that could have put them down to ten men. Those kinds of decisions build up and frustrate the players but we gotta keep our heads. Big credit to them because even down two and down a man we were creating some good chances. There’s good stuff there, we just have to turn those chances into wins.
You guys had a couple good chances before they scored their first goal, and even a few good chances when you were playing down a man, what do you think that says about the team?
It’s progress, big progress. The last couple games we’ve been playing without a center forward so it’s tough to create chances without someone that’s comfortable in front of the net. Tonight we had Brandon and were able to bring Bokila back as well, it makes a big difference. We’re still getting guys back fully fit which is positive and I think being able to produce the chances that we did and the performance we had under those circumstances was a big positive.
Oakland Roots SC vs Orange County SC
USL Championship | July 31, 2021
Venue: Las Positas College, Livermore, California
Kickoff: 5:30 PM
Weather: 84 degrees, sunny
SCORELINE: 1 2 FT
OAK: 0 0 0
OC: 2 1 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
OC: Kobi Henry 31’
OC: Ronaldo Damus 36’
OC: Aidan Apodaca 76’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY:
OAK: Kai Greene (Yellow 15’)
OC: Thomas McCabe (Yellow 21’)
OC: Brent Richards (Yellow 43’)
OAK: Memo Diaz (Yellow 51’)
OAK: Max Ornstil (Red 55’)
OC: Brian Iloski (Yellow 55’)
OC: Christopher Wehan (Yellow 57’)
OAK: Tarek Morad (Yellow 65’)
OAK: Jeremy Bokila (Yellow 81’)
OAK: Emrah Klimenta (Yellow 82’)
OAKLAND ROOTS LINEUP: Paul Blanchette, Memo Diaz (Saalih Muhammad 74’), Soya Takahashi, Kai Greene (Tarek Morad 45’), Max Ornstil, Emrah Klimenta, Joseph Restani (Yohannes Harish 71’), José Hernández (Wal Fall 74’), Luis Flores, Tarn Weir, Brandon Allen (Jeremy Bokila 70’)
Unused subs: Zeus de la Paz, Akeem O’Connor-Ward
Shots: 12 | Shots On Goal: 4 | Corner Kicks: 10 | Fouls: 17 | Offside: 2 |
ORANGE COUNTY SC LINEUP: Patrick Rakovsky, Brent Richards, Michael Orozco, Kobi Henry, Rob Kiernan, Eric Calvillo, Mikko Kuningas (Sean McTague 90+1’), Thomas McCabe, Brian Iloski (Raymond Drai 83’), Christopher Wehan (Aidan Apodaca 71’), Ronaldo Damus
Unused subs: Abraham Romero, Darwin Jones
Shots: 11 | Shots On Goal: 7 | Corner Kicks: 2 | Fouls: 13 | Offside: 3 |
Officials:
Referee: JJ Bilinski
Assistant Referee 1: Corbyn May
Assistant Referee 2: Bhavik Dutt
4th Official: Turan Ozdemir
