Los Angeles FC have had a reasonably successful first half to their season with six wins, four draws and two losses. That leaves us sitting third in the Division 2 table, but only two points behind the leaders. Every chance of promotion, the divisional title still within reach.
We are happy with the makeup of the squad. We have introduced two wingers this season, one through a transfer deal, the other an auction buy, and with a third coming up through our academy next season, we will be able to play in our preferred style. Training is progressing well, and the fitness of the squad, though not ideal, is holding up pretty well.
Our junior team, Orange County, are lying fifth in Divition 3 with four wins, three draws and five losses. We’re holding our own, which is all we really ask from our youth team, and we’re training up three promising youngsters who will move across to LAFC in the close season.
I’m enjoying being back at OASL!
Once again coming into this season our goal was automatic promotion. We brought in one of the top skill squads in the league but this season got off to a bad start. We also expected to put up a showing in the cups like last year and after a semifinal showing in last year's Al Sellers Cup we were surprised as we finished bottom of our group this season. That poor form continued on into the start of the league campaign as we only picked up one point from our first 3 league games leaving us a quick five points out of our goal position of at least second. An up and down few weeks followed but we were able to close out the first third of the season with a win at home before moving on to the neutral site section of the league campaign. It turns out that game was a turning point and it is now 5 games in a row with wins and we've shot up from 7th to 2nd only one point behind the league leaders. We are now back on track with our goal and hope that this form carries through to the rest of the season.