Orange Men’s Soccer

If there’s any indication to how strong a brand Palmer Bowman built Orange soccer, it was on the final day of tryouts. On July 31, new Orange men’s soccer coach Jose Hidalgo stood before 60 players, thanking them for their time and effort, but acknowledging some of them would be cut from the team. By…

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior soccer midfielder Dallas Johnson. This fall, Johnson helped the Orange men’s soccer team to the greatest season in school history. They won the Big 7 Conference championship, the first league title for a program that started in August 1987. Johnson was named to the 5A All-State…

Following the most successful season in Orange men’s soccer season, the Panthers cleaned up in the postseason honors. Senior Dallas Johnson has been named to the 5A All-State team by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association. The Panthers’ two leading scorers, Yurem Tapia and John Gomez, were named to the All-Region Team for the 4A/5A/6A…

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is men’s soccer forward John Gomez. This week, Gomez was named the Big 7 Conference Offensive Player of the Year after he led Orange with 15 goals. It helped Orange to the most successful season in the 38 year history of the program. On October 29, Gomez scored…

Photo by Kim Petrides  In less prosperous times, a cynic may have said it would be a snowy day when Orange men’s soccer would play in the round of 16 of the state playoffs. Turns out, they would have been right. After waiting 38 years to play in the third round of the state playoffs,…

This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is senior men’s soccer forward Yurem Tapia. For the past two years, Tapia has been the leading scorer during a golden era for Orange men’s soccer. This season, Tapia has 12 goals and 15 assists and paces the team with 37 points. Among the highlights was scoring both…

Sometimes the bigger the stakes are, the biggest surprises arise. Thursday night was just the second time that Orange men’s soccer hosted a state playoff game. It came against Seaforth in the round of 32 of the 5A State Playoffs. The Panthers’ top scorers, Yurem Tapia, John Gomez and Dallas Johnson, all had their moments….

For the first time ever, the Orange men’s soccer team has advanced to the round of 16 in the state playoffs. On Wednesday night, the Panthers defeated Seaforth 4-1 in just the second-ever home state playoff game at Orange Soccer Field. The Panthers scored the opener when Ajali Carter sent a cross into the penalty…

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There will be at least one more home game for the Orange men’s soccer seniors. It will be this Thursday in the 5A State Playoffs. The senior group of John Gomez, Yurem Tapia Mendez, Dallas Johnson, Carson Condon, Jay Parker, Durvin Lopez, Cris Lopez, Gabe Yen, and Logan Edwards have been the most successful group…