Early on in Friday’s game between the Tacoma Defiance and Orange County SC things looked dire for the home side. Aleks Berkolds and Antonee Burke-Gilroy were not up to the task of stopping a hungry Darwin Jones. The former Sounder tore the Defiance backline apart for the first 20 minutes. He assisted on the one goal and could have easily scored a couple.
After those opening minutes though, the Defiance took over the game and kept Orange County pinned in their own half with a fantastic press. It was probably their only chance of slowing the OC attack down and it worked.