Hello and welcome to the blog’s live coverage of Oakland Soul traveling to the Davis Legacy Sports Complex to face California Storm for its second match against each other in less than a week. Well, it was a banner day for RootsBlog with Edgardo Rito’s transfer to Hartford Athletic, while we also broke Oakland A’s … More Live Blog: Oakland Soul at California Storm (June 8, 2023)
Oakland Roots confirmed on Thursday that they’ve transferred Edgardo Rito to Hartford Athletic in exchange for Jeciel Cedeño and cash. The blog was informed from multiple sources outside of the club that Rito was on the verge of being traded until it came to fruition Thursday morning. Headlines from last Friday’s match at Colorado Springs … More Oakland Roots transfer Edgardo Rito in exchange for Jeciel Cedeño
Oakland Soul continued its undefeated season on Sunday at Merritt College with a 3-2 win over California Storm, separating themselves from Storm in the USL W League’s Nor Cal Division by improving their record to 5-0-0. It marked the most important match of the first five games, firmly putting Oakland in second-place behind SF Glens, … More Oakland Soul beats California Storm in 3-2 comeback
Hello and welcome to the blog’s live coverage of Oakland Soul hosting Cal Storm at Merritt College in front of another sellout crowd in the Oakland Hills. Soul walks into the match at 4-0-0 and second-place in the Nor Cal Division while Cal Storm is coming off of its first loss at 3-0-1 after losing … More Live Blog: Oakland Soul hosts Cal Storm (June 4, 2023)
Oakland Roots walk out of Colorado Springs with three points following its 1-nil victory thanks to an early goal by Johnny Rodriguez in the 12th minute. The win improves Roots’ record to 6-2-4 and pushes them up to fourth place, their highest ranking ever at this point of a season. It was a very different … More Game Notes & Player Ratings: Oakland Roots move into 4th with 1-nil win over Colorado Springs
Hello and welcome to the blog’s live coverage of Oakland Roots traveling to Colorado Springs, coming to you from Line 51 Brewing Company–which was, ironically, made by my former PE teacher at Bohannon Middle School in San Lorenzo. Go Bulldogs. Roots enter the night coming off of its 2-0 win over San Diego Loyal, while … More Live Blog: Oakland Roots at Colorado Springs (June 2, 2023)
Oakland Soul is on a roll, getting the job done on Thursday at Merritt College by defeating Stockton Cargo 5-2 to improve its record to 4-0-0 through its 12-game season, officially 1/3 through the regular season. Although the match went into halftime in a 2-2 draw, Soul never trailed in the match after going ahead … More Oakland Soul wins 5-2 over Stockton Cargo, improves to 4-0-0
An unusual Friday night fixture for the Oakland Roots, who travel to Colorado Springs to face the Switchbacks at 6:00 p.m. Pacific at Weidner Field. The match will be available on ESPN+ or KTVU Plus. I talked about Colorado Springs in last season’s first preview post. I’m not about to move to Colorado Springs, but … More Colorado Springs Switchbacks vs. Oakland Roots – Match Preview (June 2, 2023)
Oakland Soul improved its record to 3-0-0 following a strong 4-nil clean sheet over Academica SC at Merritt College in the Oakland Hills. Soul is now 1/4 through its 12-game regular season with two matches scheduled within the next week; returning to Merritt hosting Stockton Cargo on Thursday, June 1 with just three days of … More Oakland Soul win 4-nil over Academica SC
How we feeling RootsFam!? Oakland Roots continued its domination over San Diego Loyal with a 2-nil victory at Pioneer Stadium, putting Roots up to fifth place with a 5-2-4 record and 17 points. Oakland is now three points behind San Diego and hold a game in hand, one point above Colorado Springs and also have … More Game Notes & Player Ratings: Oakland Roots shutout San Diego Loyal 2-nil