On the night they hosted punk rock band and local legends, Social Distortion, Orange County SC had visitors FC Tulsa feeling a bit distorted themselves. OCSC found “Another State of Mind” led by a hat trick from Milan Iloski, en route to a 5-1 victory at Championship Soccer Stadium on Friday, May 13.
Erick “Cubo” Torres got the fireworks started early in the fifth minute, as he was the first to meet Mikko Kuningas’s cross from a set piece.It was Torres’s fourth goal of the season.
Back in the starting lineup, Kuningas made his presence felt creatively. He found Milan Iloski with a through ball in behind the Tulsa defense for his first goal of the night in the 9th minute.
Iloski would strike again from close range off Brent Richards’ assist from a counter in the 21st minute.
Just seven minutes later, Iloski would make a push for his hat trick, but was taken down by FC Tulsa defender Adrian Diz Pe. Diz Pe saw red for his challenge and Daniel Pedersen slotted home the penalty into the lower left corner and helped OCSC go up 4-0.
In the final moments of the first half, Iloski found his hat trick, the fourth in club history and first to be done in a single half, with a strike from just outside the 18-yard box.It now also makes him the club’s leading goal scorer at five goals on the season.
This was just the tenth time in USL Championship history that a club scored five goals in a single half.
OCSC put FC Tulsa in a hole in the first half with five goals which has only happened nine previous times before tonight in USL Championship history. and kept them there, as they controlled the majority of play in the second half.
Tonight also marked the professional debut of 16-year-old midfielder Jonathan Gomez coming in as a substitute in the 81st minute. Gomez signed a USL Academy contract with OCSC last month.
FC Tulsa notched a consolation goal from Brian Bown in the last minute of stoppage time.
This result keeps OCSC undefeated on their homestand. The homestand concludes with the second Beer Fest of the season on Saturday, May 21 against El Paso Locomotive FC. To reserve your spot in the beer garden, checkout orangecountysoccer.com/beerfest.
| TEAM | FIRST HALF | SECOND HALF | FULL TIME |
| OCSC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| TUL | 0 | 1 | 1 |
SCORING SUMMARY:
5’ Cubo Torres (OCSC)
10’ Milan Iloski (OCSC)
21’ Milan Iloski (OCSC)
30’ Daniel A. Pedersen – PK (OCSC)
45’ Milan Iloski (OCSC)
90 + 2’ Brian Brown (TUL)
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY:
ORANGE COUNTY SC
None
FC TULSA
28’ Adrian Diz Pe (RED)
33’ Ronald Rodriguez
42’ Eric Bird
ORANGE COUNTY SC LINEUP:
Patrick Rakovsky (GK); Brent Richards, Michael Orozco (C), Hunter Gorskie, Albi Skendi, Alex Villanueva (Seth Casiple 58’); Daniel Pedersen (Tommy McCabe 58’), Kevin Partida (Korede Osundina 67‘), Mikko Kuningas; Milan Iloski (Ugo Okoli 58’), Cubo Torres (Jonny Gomez 81’)
Unused subs: Colin Shutler (GK)
Head Coach: Richard Chaplow
Possession: 61% | Shots: 17 | Shots On Goal: 9 | Corners: 5 | Fouls: 15 | Offsides: 3 |
FC TULSA LINEUP:
Sean Lewis (GK); Adrian Diz Pe, Ronald Rodriguez, Matheus Silva (Johnny Fenwick 46’), Jorge Corrales; Eric Bird (Kembo Kibato 46’); Petar Cuic (Abuchi Obinwa 34’), Lebo Moloto (C), Joaquin Rivas; Rodrigo da Costa (Marlon Ramirez 46’), JJ Williams (Brian Brown 67’)
Unused subs: Austin Wormell (GK), Dario Suarez
Head Coach: Michael Nsien
Possession: 39% | Shots: 8 | Shots On Goal: 4 | Corners: 1 | Fouls: 16 | Offsides: 5 |
Orange County SC vs FC Tulsa
2022 USL Championship | Matchday 9
Date: May 13, 2022
Kickoff: 7:06 PM PDT
Venue: Championship Soccer Stadium (Irvine, CA)
Weather: Socially Distorted.