The Mid-Atlantic Division champion Ocean City Nor’easters will host their final home game of the 2022 regular season when they welcome West Chester United to Ocean City, N.J., America’s Greatest Family Resort.

The match will take place at Carey Stadium (“The Beach House”). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

In honor of the club's 25th season, the club is also welcoming Nor'easters alumni to the Beach House for this special game. Any former players are encouraged to attend as the team celebrates a special anniversary and prepares for another postseason run.

Entering the weekend, the Nor’easters, who are ranked No. 1 in USL League Two's latest power rankings, are one of five remaining undefeated teams in the league. If Ocean City can manage to win their two remaining games, they would finish the regular season undefeated for the first time since 2004.  

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.

Once again, 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 of both of this weekend's games through the digital streaming platform Eleven Sports, Local broadcast veteran Mike Frankel will handle the play-by-play duties. A link to the online broadcast will be posted on the Nor'easters social media accounts two hours before kickoff.

This will be the third meeting of the season between the two clubs. On May 29, Ocean City overcame an early West Chester United goal to come back to win 2-1 at the Beach House. Nicolas Cam Orellana scored the game-winner deep into second half stoppage time. On June 29, Alessandro Arlotti scored the game-winner in the second half to give the Storm another 2-1 comeback win.

In their last game, the Nor’easters managed to keep their undefeated season alive with a scoreless draw on the road against Philadelphia Lone Star FC this past Wednesday. Ocean City goalkeeper Felix Schafer earned his fourth shutout of the season, which drops his goals against average to 0.54, which is approaching a single-season club record. 

Alessandro Arlotti continues to be the Nor’easters’ top scorer with five goals and four assists. Out of those nine scoring plays, six of them have been game-winners, which is among the league leaders.

It's a big game for West Chester as they are fighting for a playoff spot. According this year's playoff format, the second place team with the best record between the Mid-Atlantic Division and the Chesapeake Division will qualify for the postseason. Right now, West Chester has a one point lead over Christos FC for the wild card spot. However, Christos has three games remaining this season and including tonight's game with Ocean City, WCU has two.

United helped their cause by defeating Lehigh Valley United last Wednesday by the score of 6-0. Dominick Bachstein, the team's top scorer, led the way with a pair of goals. West Chester United, which was founded in 1976, has quickly become one of the top amateur clubs in the region since their first season of their adult soccer program in 2008. And while they have a long list of accomplishments in various leagues and tournaments, last year was United's first season as a member of USL League Two. Their inaugural season was a successful one, winning the Mid-Atlantic Division title with an 11-1-2 record.

For the first time in club history (and what is very rare in league history), Ocean City played against West Chester United four times. The two teams met three times in the regular season and once more in the postseason. Ocean City handed WCU their first (and what turned out to be their only) loss in the Storm's home opener on May 23 by the score of 2-1. The two teams would share a point after a scoreless draw at West Chester on June 16, which gave Ocean City an 8-game unbeaten streak to start the season (the best start since 2004). The two teams would meet in a crucial late-season matchup in Ocean City with WCU winning 2-1 which clinched the division title for them, and clinched second place for the Nor'easters. The two teams would meet for the fourth time in the Conference Semifinals with West Chester edging the Nor'easters 1-0 on a neutral field in Leesburg, Va.