The Ocean City Nor’easters will play their second to last game of the regular season tonight at Carey Stadium (“The Beach House”) when they host Lehigh Valley United. The game is crucial as the Nor’easters are fighting for a division title and a spot in the 2023 USL League Two playoffs.

Ocean City enters the game undefeated with a 7-0-5 record, which puts them in first place in the Mid-Atlantic Division. They are just five points ahead of second place West Chester United. The two teams will square off in Ocean City’s regular season finale next week at the Beach House on Sunday, July 16. West Chester has three games remaining (including the July 16 match in Ocean City) If the Storm can hold off WCU, they would win a second straight division title and qualify for the playoffs for the third year in a row.

Tonight’s game vs. Lehigh Valley will be played at Carey Stadium in Ocean City, N.J., America’s Greatest Family Resort.

All home games kick off at 7 p.m. 

Single-game tickets can be purchased for $10 each (general admission). The easiest way to purchase tickets is to buy them online through the Nor'easters website (OceanCityFC.com). Tickets can also be purchased at the Carey Stadium gate either with cash or with a smartphone.

Any youth, high school or college soccer coach is entitled to a free season membership for all home games at Carey Stadium. Coaches interested in season tickets just have to register and fill out a short survey by clicking HERE. Also, youth soccer players from SJEB FC, New Jersey Surf and Cohansey Premier can get in free by wearing their club's shirt to Carey Stadium.

For fans unable to make it out to the Beach House, the Nor'easters are partnering with BFA Productions to provide a live video stream through the digital streaming platform Eleven Sports, Local broadcast veteran Mike Frankel will be handling the play-by-play duties. Fans can follow the action live at Eleven Sports HERE.

Ocean City will be playing on short rest after picking up a 3-1 home win over Philadelphia Lone Star FC on Friday night. Sander Roed (Louisville / Tranby, Norway) was involved in all three goals, scoring one and assisting on the other two by Nick Pariano (Duke / Philadelphia, PA) and Alessandro Arlotti (Harvard / San Remo, Italy).

With the win, the Nor’easters snapped a string of three straight draws and extended their club record regular season unbeaten streak to 27 games (19-0-8) dating back to 2021. The team’s last loss came on July 9, 2021 against West Chester United. That WCU game was also the last time the Storm lost a home game. Their home unbeaten streak at The Beach House is now at 12 games, which is the second-longest streak in club history.

Offensively, Sander Roed leads the team with seven goals, followed by Ryan Becher (UCLA / Hummelstown, PA) and Nick Pariano with three each. Alessandro Arlotti leads the team with seven assists.

Stefano Camerlengo (Missouri-KC / Pescara, Italy) has started all but one of the matches in goal for Ocean City. He is 6-0-5 with three shutouts and a 0.73 goals against average.

Lehigh Valley comes into the game still seeking their first win of the campaign (0-9-2). In their last game on July 1, they lost at West Chester United 3-1. Wilson Bibiano scored an early goal to put LVL in front, but WCU answered with three straight goals to pick up the win.

Sunday night marks the third and final meeting of the season between Ocean City and Lehigh Valley. On May 24, the second game of the regular season, the Nor’easters traveled to Bethlehem, Pa. and beat United 3-1. That day, Sander Roed scored a pair of goals and teenager Andrew Kitch (North Carolina / Medford, NJ) scored his first goal in an Ocean City uniform. Stefano Camerlengo made his debut in goal that day and picked up the win. LVU scored a late goal that day, which snapped the Storm’s club record shutout streak at 587 minutes.

In their last meeting in Ocean City, the Storm prevailed 4-1 on June 10. Ryan Becher scored a pair of goals (both assisted by Brad Dildy), while Galen Flynn (St. Louis / West Hartford, CT) and Leonardo D’Ambrosio (College of Charleston / Turin, Italy) each added one each to lead the way.

With that win, Ocean City improved its all-time record against LVU to 15-2-0. The only two losses have come on the road. The Nor’easters are 8-0-0 all-time against Lehigh Valley at the Beach House. The Storm have won the last seven meetings, including a two-game season sweep last year. On June 8, the Nor’easters came back to win 2-1 at Carey Stadium with Nicolas Cam Orellana scoring both goals in the final 20 minutes. Current Nashville SC (MLS) goalkeeper Ben Martino picked up the win in goal for the Storm. Three days later, Ocean City traveled to Bethlehem, Pa. where they won 3-1 on goals from Alessandro Arlotti, Daniel Diaz-Bonilla (Syracuse / Vienna, VA) and Galen Flynn.

Last year, Lehigh Valley struggled with a 1-12-1 record, finishing in last place in the Mid-Atlantic Division.