Orange County SC and Sacramento Republic FC shared a 1-1 draw in the USL Championship. Christopher Hegardt put the hosts ahead in the 61st minute, and Aaron Essel’s 83rd-minute equaliser earned the visitors a point.
Hegardt scored from Ryan Doghman’s assist after Sacramento had enjoyed the greater share of possession. Essel then scored from Memo Rodríguez’s assist to level the match with seven minutes of normal time remaining.
The statistics were heavily in Sacramento’s favour: they had 65% possession, 14 shots to Orange County’s four, nine corners to two and 425 accurate passes to 187. Orange County still led from the 61st minute until Essel’s late reply, showing that control of the ball did not translate into a winning lead.
