Tacoma Defiance fell to Orange County Soccer Club on the road last evening in a match that was closer than the 4-0 scoreline suggests, at least for the first 70 minutes. Former Sounder Darwin Jones scored Orange County’s first goal of the game and was a menace for much of the night.

Darwin awakens

Orange County Soccer Club’s 27-year-old forward, and former Seattle Sounders Homegrown signing, looked to be on a mission Wednesday night against the Defiance; a team he scored a hat trick for in his first-ever professional start back when they were known as Sounders 2.