Expectations and excitement levels are always high at the beginning of new seasons. But this season might just take that to a whole other level. For Orange County SC, the pieces are there to compete for another USL title. It is the first full season for now full-time head coach Morten Karlsen. The first with certainty around calling Championship Soccer Stadium “home" for the next few years. It is also the first time that OCSC will don kits created by Danish company Hummel.

With such an eventful offseason, the regular season begins with Orange County on the road for their first two match days. This will be the first time since 2017 (pre Championship Stadium) that this has happened. As mentioned before, this was the first full offseason for Morten Karlsen to have an impact on, and the club brought in a number of attacking options to offset the departure of one Milan Iloski. Orange County will get to see their new weapons against a very familiar opponent in Sacramento Republic FC.

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