Energy Draw With Blues

The Energy played Orange County to a draw on Saturday.

Saturday, July 11th 2015, 11:44 pm

By: News 9


Danni König scored his league-leading 11th and 12th goals of the season as OKC Energy FC played to a 2-2 draw with Orange County Blues FC Saturday night at Taft Stadium.

König's first goal came with OKC down 1-0 in the 38th minute when he grabbed the rebound of a Sebastian Dalgaard shot from about 18 yards out and booted a shot of his own from inside the Orange County six that sailed past Blues keeper Pepe Miranda to tie the score at one.

With Energy FC down 2-1 midway through the second half, König netted another equalizer when Casey Townsend sent a cross to the back side of the O.C. net, where König leapt above Blues defenders and headed the ball in for a 2-2 tie.

The two-goal performance was König's third multi-goal match of the season.

Despite OKC holding a 10-5 advantage in shots during the first half, including several quality chances in the early going, Orange County was first to get on the scoreboard. In the 20th minute, Didier Crettenand found Christopher Santana off a corner kick, with Santana beating OKC keeper Evan Newton for  an early 1-0 Blues lead.

With the match knotted at one in the 52nd minute, O.C. took a 2-1 advantage when Pavle Popara sent a pass into the OKC box, where Denzel Slager beat Newton.

In the closing moments of the match Energy FC mustered one last quality chance with König bidding for the first hat trick in OKC history. A throw in from 25 yards out on the left side of the O.C. defensive zone by Energy FC's Christian Duke was headed to the spot by Kyle Greig, where Chuy Sanchez headed to König in front of the net, but König's attempt was blocked by Miranda to preserve the tie score.

The draw was the second of the season for both teams, with Energy FC's record moving to 7-5-2 and Orange County's going to 7-8-2.

Energy FC is back in action next week at Taft Stadium, when it takes on in-state rival Tulsa Roughnecks FC at 7 p.m., with those in attendance receiving noisemakers compliments of Cox Communications.

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