The roster Seattle Sounders FC 2 brought to Southern California was unexpectedly limited due to the weekend’s USSDA playoffs. Five of S2’s best players, Denso Ulysse, Rodrigue Ele, Shandon Hopeau, Sam Rogers and Felix Chenkam, spent the weekend playing for the organization’s U18 Academy team. The team was also without Ray Saari due to a Red Card suspension. S2 had to call up two previously off-the-radar U16 players, Christian Koontz and Camilo Santiago, and bring a recovering, unlikely to play, Seyi Adekoya to have even a semblance of a bench. Add to that both Zach Mathers and Lorenzo Ramos playing out of position and the first half went about how one would expect, even against a struggling Orange County Soccer Club.
S2 put up valiant fight in second half of loss to Orange County SC
