The Swope Park Rangers (9-8-6, 7th place) would fall 2-1 to Orange County SC (12-6-5, 2nd place) at Champions Soccer Stadium on Saturday night. Two Orange County goals from Darwin Jones would spell defeat for SPR.
In the 12th minute, Chase Minter would take a long shot from outside the box off a Tyler Blackwood pass, but it would be saved by Orange County’s goaltender Casey Beyers in the bottom left corner.
Jones would take a difficult shot unassisted in the 16th minute and would find the back of the net past SPR goalie Christian Herrera to give OC an early 1-0 lead.