After notching their first point of the year on the road at New Mexico United, Roots get to host Tampa Bay Rowdies. Woof. In our season preview, I predicted that Tampa would return to the USL Cup championship from the Eastern Conference. (If you stand next to an Orange County fan for more than 5 … More Know the Enemy: Tampa Bay Rowdies
After two matches there are two teams behind Oakland on goal differential in the West: El Paso Locomotive (?!) and Monterey Bay FC Union. Theoretically, then, something has to give this Saturday, when Monterey Bay travels to Laney to take on the Roots. The early part of Monterey Bay’s schedule resembles Oakland’s from last year: … More Know the Enemy: Monterey Bay
Memphis 901 FC scuffled at the start of last season, often failing to put the ball in the net, before finding their footing and closing the season on a really impressive run of form (8-1-2 over their final 11 regular season contests) to secure what for much of the season seemed like an unlikely playoff … More Know the Enemy: Memphis 901 FC
We touched on these on the Pod, but here in all their gory details are the Bloggers’ predictions for the Oakland Roots 2022 season. Jon On RootsPod, I went screaming that Oakland would win the cup. Literally everything would have to go their way to achieve that, but the focus around the organization is to … More RootsBlog Season Predictions
The Oakland Roots begin their season on March 12 at H-E-B Park in Edinburg, Texas, against RGV Toros. And who, exactly, are these Oakland Roots? The Road Ahead First, some basics: The USL is changing things up a bit this year. Rather than run out four divisions, this year the league is divided into two … More Know Thyself: The 2022 Oakland Roots
When it comes to player signings, apparently when it rains it pours. In the last few weeks, the Oakland Roots have added Alejandro Fuenmayor, a central defender who played most recently for MLS’s Houston Dynamo, brought back fan-favorite and 2021 Player of the Season Emrah Klimenta, and engaged in talks with Edgardo Rito, a right-sided … More Reports: Roots discussing adding Dariusz Formella on 2-year deal