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2008 Pirates



Welcome to the Orange Coast College men's soccer page!

The Pirates are looking forward to the upcoming season with a strong corps of returning lettermen as well as an outstanding group of freshmen and tranfer players.

Since 1977, the success of the OCC Men's Soccer program includes the following ...

Two State Championships (1989 & 1991)

One State Runner-Up (2000)

  • .744 winning percentage
  • Seven Conference Championships
  • 10 Conference Runner-Ups
  • Two Community College All-Americans 

 


Men's soccer: Pirates cruise past Cypress, 7-1
 
CYPRESS -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team ended its 2008 regular season with a 7-1 Orange Empire Conference win over Cypress on Friday.
 
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Men's Soccer: Pirates blanked by Santa Ana, 2-0
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team couldn't find success against the top team in the Orange Empire Conference as Santa Ana topped the Pirates, 2-0 on Friday at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates slam Rustlers, 6-0
 
HUNTINGTON BEACH -- A five-goal outburst over a 13-minute span of the second half helped lift the visiting Orange Coast College men's soccer team past Golden West, 6-0, in Orange Empire Conference action on Tuesday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fall to Irvine Valley
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team came out hot, but couldn't sustain the momentum during Friday's 2-1 Orange Empire Conference loss to visiting Irvine Valley on Friday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates' strong second half results in 3-1 win over Tigers
 
COSTA MESA -- With a strong second-half offensive outburst, the Orange Coast College men's soccer continued its unbeaten streak with a 3-1 Orange Empire Conference win over visiting Riverside on Tuesday at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates breeze past Cypress, 7-0
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team ended its first round of Orange Empire Conference play with a loud bang after posting a 7-0 win over visiting Cypress College on Tuesday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates settle for scoreless tie against Fullerton
 
COSTA MESA -- It was a game dominated in just about every statistical category EXCEPT goals for the Orange Coast College men's soccer team on Friday against Fullerton.
 
The Pirates controlled things from the opening whistle, but had to settle for a 0-0 tie with the first-place Hornets in Orange Empire Conference action at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates round up Rustlers, 4-0
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team saw firsthand what type of potential it has, thanks to a brilliant first-half barrage that led to a 4-0 Orange Empire Conference over visiting Golden West on Friday.
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Men's soccer: Pirates snap skid with 2-1 win over Lasers
 
IRVINE -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team ended its five-game losing streak with a hard-fought 2-1 Orange Empire Conference win over Irvine Valley College on Tuesday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates open OEC with 2-1 loss to Santiago Canyon
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team opened Orange Empire Conference play with a 2-1 loss to visiting Santiago Canyon on Tuesday at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates humbled by Cerritos, 6-0
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team is heading into Orange Empire Conference play with a three-game losing streak, thanks to Tuesday's 6-0 nonconference loss to visiting Cerritos.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates come up short against Mt. San Antonio
 
COSTA MESA -- Going through one of the toughest stretches of the season hasn't been easy for the Orange Coast College men's soccer team. Following a 4-0 loss at L.A. Harbor on Tuesday, the Pirates hosted Mt. San Antonio and came up on the wrong side of a 3-2 final score on Friday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates top Rio Hondo, 4-1
 
WHITTIER -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team notched its second straight road win by topping Rio Hondo 3-1 on Friday afternoon in nonconference action.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fall to Long Beach City, 2-1
 
COSTA MESA -- After a pair of convincing victories to start the season, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team found itself on the wrong end of a 2-1 nonconference decision to visiting Long Beach City on Friday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates blank Palomar, 3-0
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team continued its winning ways on Tuesday, defeating Palomar, 3-0, at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Season opens with 7-1 win for Pirates
 
COSTA MESA -- What a difference a year makes for the Orange Coast College men's soccer team.

While it's true the season is just one game old, the Pirates found some midseason offensive cohesiveness in Wednesday's 7-1 nonconference win over visiting El Camino.
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Women's Soccer: Pirates end season with 1-0 loss to Riverside
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College women’s soccer team wrapped up its 2007 season with a 1-0 loss to visiting Riverside on Thursday in Orange Empire Conference action.

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Men's Soccer: Pirates blanked by IVC, 3-0
 
IRVINE -- After two gruelling matches the past two days against Golden West and Santa Ana, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team had very little left in the gas tank as Irvine Valley posted a 3-0 Orange Empire Conference win on Wednesday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates hang tough, but fall to Santa Ana
 
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's soccer team gave conference kingpin Santa Ana all that it could handle, but in the end, it was the visiting Dons who pulled out a 2-1 Orange Empire Conference win on Wednesday at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates take control and top Riverside
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team found some extra life in the second half and used it to rally past visiting Riverside 2-1 on Monday in an Orange Empire Conference make-up game from last week.
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Men's Soccer -- Friday's game at IVC postponed
 
COSTA MESA -- Orange Coast College announced that Friday's men's soccer game at Irvine Valley has been postponed due to unhealthful air quality following this week's brush fires throughout Southern California.
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Soccer: Tuesday soccer games rescheduled
 
COSTA MESA -- Tuesday's soccer action for Orange Coast College's men's and women's teams have been postponed due to poor air quality as a result of the ongoing fires scattered throughout the area.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fall late to Santiago Canyon
 
ORANGE -- After a strong first half, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team watched a 2-1 lead disappear in the second half as Santiago Canyon rallied for a 3-2 Orange Empire Conference win on Friday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fall late to Fullerton
 
COSTA MESA - Looking to head into the second round of Orange Empire Conference play with some momentum, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team instead came to a screeching halt with a 3-2 loss to visiting Fullerton on Tuesday at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates, Rustlers end in scoreless tie
 
HUNTINGTON BEACH - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team finished in a 0-0 tie with rival Golden West on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates rally to top Cypress
 
COSTA MESA - As deflating as Friday's loss to Santa Ana was, Tuesday's dramatic 2-1 win over Cypress could not have come at a better time.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fall at Santa Ana
 
SANTA ANA - Despite being shorthanded for most of the second half, the Santa Ana College men's soccer team rallied from a late deficit to top visiting Orange Coast, 3-2, on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates, Lasers battle to scoreless tie
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College and Irvine Valley College men's soccer teams battled to a 0-0 tie on Tuesday in Orange Empire Conference action, but the lack of scoring wasn't from a lack of effort or opportunities.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates win wild one at Riverside
 
RIVERSIDE - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team found its scoring touch on Friday and held off host Riverside 3-2 in a rough and physical Orange Empire Conference matchup.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates open OEC play with loss to Santiago Canyon
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team opened Orange Empire Conference play with a 2-0 loss to visiting Santiago Canyon on Tuesday at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's Soccer: Schedule change for Pirates
 
The Orange Coast College men's soccer team had its schedule altered this week, according to head coach Laird Hayes.
 
The Pirates will play AT Mt. San Antonio on Friday at 2 p.m. The original schedule had OCC hosting the Mounties on Friday at 3 p.m. but Mt. SAC requested a schedule change and one was provided.
 
OCC will return to the Pirate Soccer Complex on Tuesday when they open up Orange Empire Conference play against Santiago Canyon, beginning at 3 p.m.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates blank L.A. Harbor
 
COSTA MESA - Thanks to an early goal and a couple of key first-half saves, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 2-0 nonconference win over visiting L.A. Harbor on Tuesday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates tie Falcons, 1-1
 
CERRITOS - After a slow start to the non-conference game against Orange Coast College on Friday afternoon, the Cerritos College men’s soccer team scored late in the first half and played to a 1-1 tie. The draw puts the Falcons at 5-2-2 on the year, while the Pirates are now 3-1-2.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates cruise past Glendale
 
COSTA MESA - With each passing game, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team continues to show improvement and Tuesday's nonconference match with Glendale was no exception.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fit to be tied with Long Beach
 
COSTA MESA -- The learning lessons continue for the Orange Coast College men's soccer team after Friday's 2-2 nonconference tie with visiting Long Beach on Friday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates top Palomar, 2-1
 
SAN MARCOS - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team notched its second straight road with with a 3-1 victory over host Palomar on Tuesday in nonconference action.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates rally to top Moorpark, 2-1
 
MOORPARK - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team picked up its first win of the season with a 2-1 victory over host Moorpark in nonconference action on Friday.
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Men's Soccer: Pirates fall in season opener, 2-0
 
COSTA MESA – The Orange Coast College men’s soccer team dropped its season opener to visiting Rio Hondo, 2-0, in nonconference action on Tuesday.

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Men's soccer season ends with 5-1 loss at El Camino
 
TORRANCE - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team lost a 5-1 decision to El Camino in the first round of the Southern California Regional Playoffs on Saturday.
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Five Pirates earn all-conference honors
 
COSTA MESA - Three Orange Coast College men's soccer players earned first-team, All-Orange Empire Conference honors and two others were selected for second-team honors.
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Men's, Women's soccer teams advance to playoffs
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's and women's soccer teams have earned an invitation to the first round of the Southern California Regionals.
 
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Crimson tied: Pirates, Rustlers end physical matchup all even
 
COSTA MESA - Anytime the Golden West College Rustlers and Orange Coast College Pirates tangle, it's going to be a hard-fought struggle, no matter what the sport.
Friday's men's soccer game proved that as the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 tie on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Pirates tie Irvine Valley 1-1 to push unbeaten streak to seven
 
IRVINE - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team pushed its unbeaten streak to seven straight games with a 1-1 tie against host Irvine Valley on Tuesday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's soccer comes alive, topples Santiago Canyon
 
ORANGE - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team managed to cram about a month's worth of goals into a 90-minute game on Tuesday, cruising past host Santiago Canyon, 5-1, on Tuesday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Pirate men score late, salvage tie with Riverside
 
COSTA MESA - On the plus side, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team is unbeaten in its past for games.
The bad side -- only one of those games finished in a win.
The Pirates earned their third tie in their past four games -- a 1-1 deadlock with Riverside on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's soccer hangs on to top Fullerton, 2-1
 
FULLERTON - As snake bitten as the Orange Coast College men's soccer team has been, Tuesday's matchup against Fullerton couldn't have started any better.
Just 22 seconds into the contest, a clearing chance by Hornet goalkeeper Carlos Guerra banked off of the head of Pirate forward Adam Hare, past the stunned Hornet netminder and into the back of the net, paving the way for Orange Coast's 2-1 road win.
 
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Fit to be tied: Pirates, Dons finish 1-1
 
COSTA MESA - With 3 minutes left in the game, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team had the season's biggest upset win within sight.
Santa Ana's Miguel Cucue dimmed those sights with a game-tying goal in the 87th minute as the Dons escaped the OCC Soccer Complex with a 1-1 tie with the host Pirates on Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's soccer salvages tie with Rustlers
 
HUNTINGTON BEACH - The same, unfortunate script was being written on Tuesday night for the Orange Coast College men's soccer team -- give up early goal, get a bunch of chances, but come up a goal short.
John Clark changed the ending of this story for the better as he scored in the 85th minute to help the Pirates earn a 1-1 tie with Golden West in Orange Empire Conference action.
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Men's soccer burned by Lasers, 3-1
 
COSTA MESA - Unfortunately for the Pirates, there would be no second-half magic this time.
Despite a nice rally to tie, the men's soccer team saw a pair of late Irvine Valley goals ruin their plans as the visiting Lasers prevailed, 3-1, in Orange Empire Conference action on Friday.
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Men's soccer falls short to Cypress, 1-0
 
COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team did just about everything BUT score a goal on Tuesday as the visiting Cypress Chargers held on for a 1-0 Orange Empire Conference win at the OCC Soccer Complex.
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Men's soccer rallies for 2-1 win over Santiago Canyon
 
COSTA MESA -- With an anxious OCC crowd yelling "Shoot the ball!" in the game's final minute, Matt Schirmer answered their request, ripping a shot into the upper-left corner of the goal to lift the Pirates past Santiago Canyon 2-1 on Friday at the Orange Coast College Soccer Complex.
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Men's soccer drops OEC opener to Riverside
 
RIVERSIDE - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team lost a 1-0 decision to host Riverside on Tuesday in both teams' Orange Empire Conference opener.
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Men's soccer holds off L.A. Harbor
 
CARSON -- John Clark and Juan Meza each scored goals to lead the Orange Coast College men's soccer team to a 2-1 nonconference win over L.A. Harbor on Tuesday at Cal State Dominguez Hills.
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Men's soccer snaps skid, blanks Glendale
 
GLENDALE - The Orange Coast College men’s soccer team snapped a two-game losing streak with a 2-0 nonconference win against host Glendale on Friday night.
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Men's soccer falls to Long Beach
 
LONG BEACH -- What started out well, finished not-so-good for the Orange Coast College men's soccer team on Friday.
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Men's soccer falls to Mt. SAC
 
COSTA MESA - Mt. San Antonio scored early and late to post a 3-0 win over host Orange Coast on Tuesday in nonconference men's soccer action.
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Men's soccer blanks Palomar, 1-0
 
COSTA MESA - Following a bunch of first-half near-misses, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team found pay dirt in the second half.
 
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Men's Soccer falls to Rio Hondo
 
WHITTIER - The Orange Coast College men's soccer team fell to 1-1 for the season with a 2-1 loss to host Rio Hondo College on Friday in nonconference action.
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Men's soccer opens season with strong win over Moorpark
 
COSTA MESA - While the trip to Costa Mesa was as accomodating as possible for Moorpark, the Orange Coast College men's soccer team made sure the fun stopped there.
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