Oakland Roots

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 […]

With their playoff hopes on the line, the Oakland Roots lost their cool. A Jose Hernandez red card for violent conduct in the 54th minute sucked the life out of the game for the Oakland […]

The Oakland Roots could not finish a handful of chances in the last ten minutes of the game to tie division-leading Phoenix Rising on the road Saturday evening. In the 81st minute, Roots defender Soya […]

The Oakland Roots delivered one of their finest performances to date, defeating their NorCal rivals, the Sacramento Republic, 2-1, at Laney College on Wednesday night. After a back and forth first half, the Roots got […]