Oakland Roots

Roots fans, players, and staff have a right to be ticked off at Head Coach Juan Guerra after his backroom dealings helped engineer his late-season departure to Phoenix Rising. The news followed weeks of online […]

First-year Roots head coach Juan Guerra was placed on administrative leave by the team after reportedly engaging in discussions with fellow USL Championship team Phoenix Rising about the club’s head coaching position. This afternoon the […]

All season long, the Roots have settled for draws. It was the same story against Detroit on Saturday. The Oakland Roots gave up a goal in the 87th minute to end up with another tie, […]

After a two-and-a-half-week break in the middle of the season, the Oakland Roots return to action on the road against Detroit City on Saturday afternoon. During the long break, the Roots fell to tenth in […]

The Oakland Roots were unable to break through the visitors’ determined defense and had to settle for a scoreless draw with Phoenix Rising on Wednesday night. The match was Phoenix’s third consecutive 0-0 draw. Oakland […]

The visiting Las Vegas Lights took full advantage of an untimely red card to Roots goalkeeper Paul Blanchette to claim a 2-0 victory over Oakland on Saturday night. Looking to build off their impressive victory […]

All season long Roots head coach Juan Guerra has been patiently waiting for a game like Saturday night’s 4-0 demolition of El Paso Locomotive. “We’re performance oriented,” noted Guerra after the game. “We created a […]

After stealing points all season, the Oakland Roots finally conceded two valuable points at the death against the Sacramento Republic, earning a 3-3 draw in the NorCal Derby. It would’ve been the Roots’ most impressive […]

The Oakland Roots could not overcome Charlie Dennis’ red card and conceded three second-half goals and fall 3-1 to LA Galaxy II at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles. Oakland and LA played a […]

The Oakland Roots outshot Atlanta United 2 by a margin of 29-5 on Saturday night, but it took second half heroics from Mikael Tørset Johnsen to help them earn a 3-1 victory. “I think he […]