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Last second chaos – Orange & Black Soccercast

In the ninth minute, OC let it count. Chris Hegardt started a run and handed it over to Grayson Doody on the right, who quickly put him back on Hegardt on the left. Ryan Doghman finally got the ball at the end and crossed the ball back to Doody, who led the ball for the opening goal of the night into the opposite side of the network.

The construction in the game that led to the goal was an absolute master class. It showed the strength of Orange County on every side of the field and its ability to change the field quickly, to spread defense and to create dangerous scoring opportunities.

OCSC did it again almost ten minutes later when Molina sent a brilliant cross into the corner of the box, where Pedro Guimaraes went in to control the ball in front of the goal. Hegard's first shot was blocked and Ethan Zubak took the second chance of distraction, but goalkeeper Logan Ketterer saved him again.

The rest of the first half was an even fight between the two sides, with everyone found a few moments to test the other. Orange County ended strongly with some amazing moments by Tom Brewitt and Miles, but the tragedy hit in the additional time.

Guimaraes made a cup of the box, but instead of clearing the ball for a long time, he tried a short pass that intercepted and immediately sent to brewing drio Rodrigues in the six-yard box, so that it was easy to reach 1-1 before half.

Second half

Orange County SC increased the pace when the second half started and tried to be more aggressive in the attack. Hegardt took a volley on the top of the box, which hardly brought the network.

Lexington earned a free kick for OCS half minutes later. They started it quickly and gave it down to Kieran Sargeant. He crossed the ball to Marcus Epps, which was completely open in the box. Guimaraes tried to climb back in front of his husband to block the shot, but he declined his foot, hit the almost post and hopped into the net to give Lexington SC a 2-1 lead.

Ousmane Sylla was interrupted to replace Guimaraes when Orange County again extensively.

The boys in Blue continued to cut off well and not panic, even though it was a goal. However, the midfield of Lexington did phenomenal work to close the OCSC crime because it got too many shots for the goal.

Benjamin Barjolo and Mouhamadou was occurring to further strengthen the offensive than the time after a equalization went.

When the 90 minutes came to an end, Orange County was still eight minutes to steal one point and stay unbeaten. Sylla almost brought her up on the box after a big dribble. He fired a shot that was first stopped by the crossbar.

When the match entered its last 60 seconds, the County Boys continued to attack the box, while Lexington repeated them repeatedly. However, Hegardt finally found an opening and crossed. Ethan Zubak jumped the ball into the lower corner. The ball hit the post and Ketterer dived to push the ball from his line. The players of both teams surrounded the ball, and in chaos the war was able to score a goal for the equalizer. He hurried to the supporters to celebrate an inspiring celebration as a Redeemer of the night, and the match ended with a 2-2 goal line.

OVERVIEW

It was a well -struggling struggle between two strong western conference clubs, which showed that Orange County SC could not dominate every game as they did in the first week.

Lexington SC was able to achieve OCSC's midfield strength, and although Kyle Scott and Chris Hegardt again performed great achievements, Kevin Partida's lack of the entire game was strongly felt.

Although the County Boys could not control the game pace this week, they showed a hunger to never give up. The goal of Mouhamadou was in the last seconds of the game one of the best celebrations between the players and the section of the trailers and gave everyone an energy boost for the next weekend, which is still unbeaten in 2025.

The team will have a lot for training this week to iron out some of the coarse spots from this performance, e.g.

The home game of Orange County SC ends next Saturday, March 22nd, when they face Monterey Bay FC at the championship football stage at 7:00 p.m. PST.