Here’s an updated list of all Oakland Roots’ offseason news and transactions. Bookmark this page to track every move going into 2026.
Current Roster:
- Roots sign former Stanford forward Jackson Kiil. (Team Site)
- Roots sign former Pittsburgh Riverhounds forward Bertin Jacquesson. (Team Site)
- Roots sign Emilio Martinez, Alejandro Caracheo Luna, Jonathan Polio, and Bradley Roberson to academy contracts. (Team Site)
- Roots sign midfielder Luka Rosic to academy contract. (Team Site)
- Roots sign center-back Michael Edwards. (RootsBlog)
- Roots sign former MLS Next Pro midfielder/defender Mark Fisher. (RootsBlog)
- Roots sign USL first-team All-League center-back David Garcia. (RootsBlog)
- Roots sign University of Virginia fullback Jesus De Vicente. (RootsBlog)
- Roots sign former Loudoun United forward/attacking midfielder Florian Valot. (RootsBlog)
- Roots sign former Loudoun United fullback Keegan Tingey. (RootsBlog)
- Roots sign former Loudoun United midfielder Tommy McCabe. (RootsBlog)
- Roots activated club options on Faysal Bettache, Danny Gomez, and Raphael Spiegel. (Team Site)
- Ilya Alekseev, Julian Bravo, Bobosi Byaruhanga, Ali Elmasnaouy, Tyler Gibson, Neveal Hackshaw, Kendall McIntosh, Wolfgang Prentice, Danny Trejo, and Peter Wilson return on existing contracts. (Team Site)
Goalkeepers (3): Alejandro Caracheo Luna, Kendall McIntosh, Raphael Spiegel.
Center Backs (4): Julian Bravo, Michael Edwards, David Garcia, Neveal Hackshaw.
Outside Backs (3): Jesus De Vicente, Jonathan Polio, Keegan Tingey.
Midfielders (8): Faysal Bettache, Bobosi Byaruhanga, Ali Elmasnaouy, Mark Fisher, Tyler Gibson, Emilio Martinez, Tommy McCabe, Luka Rosic.
Forwards (7): Jackson Kiil, Bertin Jacquesson, Wolfgang Prentice, Bradley Roberson, Danny Trejo, Florian Valot, Peter Wilson.
International Slots:
- Bobosi Byaruhanga (Uganda)
- Jesus De Vicente (Spain)
- Neveal Hackshaw (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Raphael Spiegel (Switzerland)
- Peter Wilson (Sweden)
Roster Departures:
- Roots released fullback Ilya Alekseev (Team Site)
- Danny Gomez signed with El Paso Locomotive.
- Morey Doner signed with Vancouver FC. (Team Site)
- Roots released midfielder Danny Gomez.
- Contract options declined on Jürgen Damm, Gagi Margvelashvili, Abdi Mohamed, and Timothy Syrel. (Team Site)
- Panos Armenakas and Morey Doner released by mutual consent. (Team Site)
- EJ Johnson’s contract was terminated. (Team Site)
- Kai Greene concluded his contract. (Team Site)
- Camden Riley retired. (Team Site)
Technical Staff Moves:
- Roots hire Jeremy Clark as first assistant. (Team Site)
- Roots promote Nana Attakora to Director of Soccer. (Team Site)
- Roots hire Dustin Cleaver as general manager. (Team Site)
- Roots officially hire Ryan Martin as head coach. (RootsBlog)
- Roots and technical director Jordan Ferrell mutually agree to part ways. (RootsBlog)
Clark began his coaching career as a goalkeeper coach with Michigan State in 2012. During his time with the Spartans, Clark was a player-coach for Detroit City FC as its goalkeeper coach while they were in the NPSL from 2012 to 2014.
From there, he became an assistant coach for the University of Evansville in 2014 before becoming UC Santa Barbara’s goalkeeper coach in 2016 until 2018. During that time, he was also Santa Barbara’s Soccer Club’s director of goalkeeping and head coach of its U14 and U18/19 squads.
He made his way to MLS in 2018 as Minnesota United’s head academy goalkeeper coach. In 2019, Clark became UC San Diego’s goalkeeper coach and concurrently held multiple roles with MLS Next club, Albion SC, for the next year. Oakland Roots then signed him as goalkeeper coach in January 2021.
Clark returned to San Diego in February 2022 as 1904 FC’s goalkeeper coach and first assistant. After that, the San Jose Earthquakes signed him as goalkeeper coach in January 2023, staying there until December 2024, when Monterey Bay FC signed him as first assistant under Frank Yallop, and then Jordan Stewart.
In 2026, the Committee will include Principal Owner Barney Schauble, President Lindsay Barenz, Vice President of Soccer Eric Yamamoto, General Manager Dustin Cleaver, Director of Soccer Nana Attakora, and Head Coach Ryan Martin.
Stadium Development
- Oakland Roots among two finalists for Howard Terminal site. (RootsBlog)
Note: * = academy.