Oakland Roots

The Roots came into the season with many questions about how they would score goals after not returning several attacking players. Those answers were not supplied against Rio Grande Valley, as Oakland fell 1-0 on […]

Despite a successful run into the postseason, several of the Roots’ important players from 2021 left after the season. Notable players that didn’t return include Wal Fall, Quincy Amarikwa, Jeremy Bokila and Kai Greene. In […]

The Oakland Roots chose a coach with a lot of potential but little experience, selecting former Venezuelan international Juan Guerra to lead the club starting next season. It will be the first head coaching role […]

When the Oakland Raiders left for Las Vegas, it disappointed many local fans. But Oakland Roots are taking advantage of the infrastructure the Raiders left to have a training facility of their own finally. On […]

After a scoreless 120 minutes, Orange County’s Ronaldo Damus converted his team’s sixth penalty kick to knock Oakland out of the USL Playoffs. Moments earlier, Roots defender Akeem Ward had his penalty shot saved by […]

Super-sub Jeremy Bokila scored minutes after entering the game, and the Oakland Roots stunned the top-seeded El Paso Locomotive in their first-round USL playoff game in Texas. “People can continue to overlook us, and that’s […]

On August 11th the Oakland Roots faced off against their archrivals, the Sacramento Republic, in the thirteenth game of the season. Through the first twelve games of the season, the team had earned only six […]

The Oakland Roots find themselves on the verge of making the USL playoffs in their first season in the league. They sit at 38 points, tied with the Tacoma Defiance, and one point behind LA […]

It looked like the Oakland Roots had blown their chance to make the playoffs. Up 3-1 with fifteen minutes left, the Roots looked sure to defeat San Diego Loyal. Then in ten minutes, Oakland conceded […]

The Roots traveled to Washington desperate for a win and three points. However, they could not put a ball into the back of the net against the Tacoma Defiance, settling for a scoreless tie that […]