San Antonio holds off Orange County SC at home

SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — San Antonio defeated Orange County SC 2-1 on Saturday at Toyota Field. Emil Cuello put San Antonio ahead in the 15th minute, and Cristian Parano doubled the lead in the 58th. Christopher Hegardt pulled one back for Orange County in the 86th minute. Nelson Flores assisted Cuello’s goal, while Yaniv Bazini set up Hegardt’s strike. Yellow cards went to Orange County’s Kelly in the 20th, San Antonio’s Tiago in the 63rd, Orange County’s Benalcazar in the 69th and Orange County’s Brewitt in the 90th. San Antonio improved to 2-0-1 in this competition and across all competitions. Orange County fell to 0-3 in this competition and across all competitions. San Antonio had entered as the home side and protected its advantage after building a two-goal cushion. Orange County’s late goal came after a series of second-half substitutions but was not enough to erase the deficit.