Oakland Roots announced they parted ways with head coach Noah Delgado and named Gavin Glinton interim head coach going forward.
It looked like a change was inevitable for Oakland Roots with the squad off to a 2-1-5 start to the season. The clock was already ticking prior to Oakland’s bad 2-nil loss to Colorado Springs on Saturday night, handing them its first win of the season. This tweet sure aged well.
The shortcomings of Roots so far this season has been noticeable. They’ve carried a streak without a clean sheet for 20 matches in USL Championship games, dating all the way back to a August 4 of last year. Despite having a boisterous home crowd, Delgado’s cast has mustered just two wins at home in the last 17 matches.
At the end of last season, I wrote about what it would mean for Delgado to return. With a disastrous start, which included four games without a goal, Delgado’s seat became hotter with each passing day. He spoke about having Oakland be defensively solid before the offense came together, but the streak without a clean sheet showed his plans were not coming together.
Delgado, 44, was a member of Oakland’s staff under Jordan Ferrell in 2021 and is the only holdover from the 2022 staff. He was a member of the El Salvador National Team’s staff as an assistant under manager Hugo Perez.
Roots named Delgado interim head coach in August of 2022 when Juan Guerra was put on administrative leave before his departure for Phoenix. He helped catapult Oakland to the postseason after taking over with just nine games remaining, going 5-1-3 over that span, including a big 3-0 upset of San Diego in the opening round.
He finishes his time in Oakland with the most games in charge and most wins for a manager in the organization’s brief history. For his coaching career with Roots, Delgado has established a record of 19-11-23.
Gavin Glinton
Glinton, 45, is a native of Livermore and played internationally with Turks and Caicos Islands from 2004-2014. He was most recently New Mexico United’s assistant coach in 2020-2021 where he coached alongside Roots’ goal keeper coach Peter Davis. He was the technical director of Sacramento United Soccer Club, which is a high-level youth club that competes in MLS Next, UPSL, National Premier League, and NorCal Premier Soccer.
He spent 2018-2020 as Sacramento Republic’s U13 and U14 academy coach 2018-2020 and was Impact Soccer Club’s technical director (now East County Revolution Football Club) in Brentwood from 2012-2016. Glinton began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Bradley University, from 2004-2006.Glinton comes with experience from a long 14-year career playing professionally. After playing at Bradley University, he spent 2001 with the Chicago Fire Reserve before playing the next two years with the LA Galaxy–making 31 appearances and scoring three goals.
From there, he joined FC Dallas in 2003 and began his international career with Turks and Caicos Islands in 2004. He signed with Charleston Battery in 2006, making 26 appearances and scored 13 times.
Glinton returned to LA Galaxy in 2006-2007 and played 20 matches, scoring four times. He signed with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2008, playing six times. In 2009, he made 16 appearances and scored twice for North Carolina FC and wrapped up his pro career at Nahm Dinh Football Club in Vietnam in 2010-2011, making 45 appearances and 18 goals. With Turks and Caicos, he played 10 matches and scored four times.
We’ll provide more information about Oakland Roots’ coaching position in the coming days.
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