OC Blues’ Season Ends in Extra Time to 9-Man Swope Park Rangers

The Orange County Blues second USL playoff game followed much of the same script of their first playoff game. On Sunday, against Swope Park Rangers in Kansas City, Missouri, the Blues were underdogs, took some time to get their feet under them in the game itself, but really got into the action in the second […]

OC Blues Look to Extend USL Playoff Run in Kansas City

The Orange County Blues are in Kansas City this weekend, not looking to check out the barbecue (ok, maybe they’ll have a taste, but that’s not why they are there) but to see if they can extend their USL Cup playoffs run this season, with a Western Conference semifinal meeting against Swope Park Rangers on […]

OC Blues Grab USL Playoff Upset; LA Galaxy II Crash Out of Postseason

It was a weekend of differing fortunes for the Southern California USL teams in the first round of the 2016 USL Cup Playoffs, but the results likely did not go the way most expected. First, the Orange County Blues won their first ever playoff game on Saturday, taking Sacramento Republic to the brink at Bonney […]

OC Blues Aim for History in Playoff Match-Up vs. Sacramento

The Orange County Blues made the 2016 USL Cup playoffs in the most dramatic of fashions, but the real business of the season is here on Saturday, as they take on Sacramento Republic in the first round of the playoffs.  OC qualified for the postseason by what must be described as the most narrowest of […]

LA Galaxy II Attempt Another USL Playoff Run in 2016

The USL Cup playoffs are here, and no surprise, LA Galaxy II are here for the third straight year. In 2016, ahead of their first game, on Friday against playoff debutants Swope Park Rangers in Kansas City, the question of whether Los Dos are capable of making another run to the USL Cup final dominates the […]