Orange Men’s Soccer
Odds and Sods: Orange freshman Wilking scores brace in tie vs. First Flight; Cedar Ridge’s Brown, Galindo-Woodring win in doubles vs. W. Alamance
Orange’s annual visit to WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary resulted in a freshman earning his first brace. Samuel Wilking scored both goals for the Panthers in a 2-all tie against First Flight at the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association Select Kickoff Classic on Friday afternoon. This year’s event brought together 170 teams for 85 matches…
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Porter’s Penalty Kick Pushes Orange Men’s Soccer Past Eastern Alamance 2-0, Hidalgo Earns 1st Win as Panthers Head Coach
After winning division championship after division championship as head coach of the Stanback Middle School Bulldogs, Jose Hidalgo has his first win as a high school soccer coach. Will Porter scored on a penalty kick late in the first half for the game-winning goal as Orange defeated Eastern Alamance 1-0 at Fred Brady Stadium in…
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Following first Conference Title in Team History, Hidalgo Takes the Reigns of 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…
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Orange Panther of the Week: Dallas Johnson
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…
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After Conference Championship, Orange soccer’s Johnson named All-State; Tapia, Gomez named All-Region
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…
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Orange Panther of the Week: John Gomez
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…
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