To Everyone in the NC Battalion/SoCal Surf Community, First of all, we’d like to thank you all for your interest in and support for the soccer journey we’ve travelled over the last two years. It’s been a thrilling experience thus far for all of us involved and it’s been a privilege to have you all along for the ride. With 2018 now in full swing, we wanted to let you all know of some exciting new developments for our soccer club and detail our plans for this year and beyond. On the heels of our successful first season in the USL’s PDL (www.uslpdl.com), a season in which we finished in a solid third place in our division and nearly made our second consecutive playoff appearance, SoCal Surf was named as a finalist for the league’s prestigious “Best New Franchise” award at the most recent USL/PDL Annual Conference. We were privileged and humbled by this great honor. We were also thrilled that one of our 2017 players, Justin Fiddes, was drafted in the first round of the most recent MLS Super Draft by the Vancouver Whitecaps. We congratulate Justin and thank him for being living proof of our #pathtopro mission as a proud PDL franchise. Impressed by all of our accomplishments on and off the field as SoCal Surf, the USL’s Orange County Soccer Club (“OCSC”) approached us and asked if they could acquire our club and have join the operating team of their U-23/PDL-level soccer club for 2018 and beyond. After a good deal of thoughtful consideration, we have accepted Orange County’s offer and merged our operations with theirs. The benefits of this latest evolution of our soccer club are numerous. Specifically: 1. We are now 100% integrated into a complete professional soccer organization spearheaded by OCSC, one of the founding members of the 333 team USL, America’s most successful Second Division soccer leagues and a league that drew more than 2 million fans in 2017, has many of its games broadcast on ESPN, and that is setting the standard for our nation’s ongoing professional soccer boom. For more details on the dynamic USL, please visit www.uslsoccer.com and to learn more about OCSC’s USL team, please visit www.orangecountysoccer.com. 2. As part of our integration into the OCSC organization as their U-23 PDL team, we are now an official affiliate of the newest MLS franchise, Los Angeles Football Club (“LAFC”). As such, players from our team will have before them a true “pathway” to professional soccer and an opportunity to leverage successful play for our team into a professional contract with OCSC’s USL team and potentially, a chance to play for LAFC or even professional teams beyond the borders of North America. 3. We will now train and play all of our home games at the new Orange County Great Park Sports Complex (http://www.orangecountysoccer.com/about) in Irvine, one of Southern California’s premier soccer-only facilities. This stadium and training facility and its wide grass pitch will not only be of tremendous benefit to our players and coaches but it will also give our supporters an entirely new, high-quality game day experience that will include great sightlines and full-service concessions (including alcoholic beverages). While we are a bit sad that we are moving our operations a bit north of our North County San Diego birthplace, we are thrilled with the many benefits that our players, coaches, and supporters will derive from our integration into the OCSC organization and cannot wait to begin our third season of competition in May 2018. We hope that all of you will join us in Irvine for what we promise will be the same intense, competitive soccer and fan-friendly experience you have come to expect from us. To thank you all for your support and make you feel welcome to both our matches and those of OCSC’s USL team in 2018, our title sponsor Sunrise (www.sunrisecapital.com) has generously agreed to purchase a 2018 season pass to both our OCSC U-23 team and OCSC’s USL team (which begins play soon) for the first 50 NC Battalion/SoCal Surf supporters who sign up to follow OCSC on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and then send an e-mail to tickets@orangecountysoccer.com mentioning Sunrise and this generous offer.

In addition, OCSC has invited all soccer fans from North San Diego County to form and join a North County Battalion OCSC Supporters Group and looks forward to speaking with members of that group regarding a preferred seating arrangement for OCSC matches, special access privileges for the group, and more. Again, we wish you and yours the best possible holiday season and thank you all for your heartfelt support over the past two years. JASON BARBATO and JASON GERLACH