Ventura County FC was defeated by San Jose Earthquakes II by a score of 3-1 on Friday, May 1 at William Rolland Stadium.

The visitors got on the board first in the 15th minute with a top corner strike from outside the 18 by Gabriel Bracken Serra. The goals for San Jose kept coming in the first half with Tomo Allen heading one home from close range in the 38th minute and Bracken Serra tucking one home off a rebound in the 42nd minute.

HALFTIME: VCFC 0 – SJ 3

VCFC were solid defensively in the second half, managing to keep San Jose from scoring a fourth.

In the 60th minute, a flurry of chances opened up for VCFC. Riley Dalgado had his shot saved from close range. Arnau Vilamitjana collected the loose ball and crossed it to the back post. Issak Luna got a head to Vilamitjana’s cross, putting it just wide of the post.

VCFC finally broke through in the 84th minute, thanks to Sebastian Hernandez. Eric Preston skipped past his defender, putting in a low driven cross. The ball deflected and fell to Hernandez who fired it past the goalkeeper from just inside the 6 yard box. This was the first professional goal for Sebastian Hernandez.

VCFC kept up the pressure, but it proved too little too late.

FINAL SCORE: VCFC 1 – SJ 3

MATCH DETAILS

Scoring Summary
15’ – SJ – Gabriel Bracken-Serra (Tomo Allen)
38’ – SJ – Tomo Allen
42’ – SJ – Gabriel Bracken-Serra
84’ – VCFC – Sebastian Hernandez

Disciplinary
82’ – VCFC – Issak Luna (Yellow)
89’ – SJ – Edwyn Mendoza (Yellow)

Statistics
Possession: VCFC 55% – SJ 45%
Shots: VCFC 14 – SJ 20
Shots on Goal: VCFC 4 – SJ 8
Saves: VCFC 4 – SJ 3
Fouls: VCFC 12 – SJ 15
Offsides: VCFC 1 – SJ 1
Corners: VCFC 6 – SJ 4

Ventura County FC
41. Sebastian Conlon, 60. Sebastian Hernandez, 20. Christopher Rindov (92. Issak Luna, 46’), 64. Jose Magaña (73. Enrique Martinez, 70’), 47. Arnau Vilamitjana (90. Brett Phan, 82’), 87. Gabriel Arnold (75. Aaron Medina, 82’), 50. Riley Dalgado (95. Eric Preston, 70’), 88. Mason Vanney, 49. Dylan Vanney, 57. Julian Placias, 45. Vincente Garcia.

San Jose Earthquakes II
91. Connor Lambe, 66. Alejandro Cano, 71. Niklas Dossmann, 73. Jacob Heisner (74. Martin Mukah Kwende Jr., 63’), 88. Diogo Brandes Baptista, 29. Kaedren Spivey (38. Edwyn Mendoza, 64’), 35. Rohan Rajagopal, 58. Gabriel Bracken Serra (77. Jermaine Spivey, 90’), 99. Shane De Flores (60. Yukin Kikuchi, 80’), 90. Zach Bohane, 70. Tomo Allen (52. Julian Donnery, 63’).