2019–20 Oakland Roots SC season

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The club’s inaugural season in the National Independent Soccer Association

Oakland Roots SC 2019–20 NISA soccer season

The 2019–20 Oakland Roots SC season was the club’s first ever and its first in the newly created National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), a newly established third division soccer league in the United States.

Overview[edit]

Oakland Roots announced on June 27, 2019 that the team would apply to join NISA after previously announcing it would take part in the NPSL Members Cup. a tournament put on by the National Premier Soccer League as a precursor to a proposed professional league in 2020.[1][2] In August, the team was announced into the league along with Detroit City FC and Chattanooga FC.[3] Unlike the other two teams, the Roots were announced as part of the Fall season and took part as members of the West Coast Conference.

On December 11, NISA announced the Oakland, Detroit, Chattanooga, and Michigan Stars FC had all been approved by the U.S. Soccer Board of Directors.[4][5]

Paul Bravo was announced as the Roots’ first head coach on May 9, 2019.[6] On October 31, following the fall season, the club announced they and Bravo had mutually parted ways.[7] Assistant coach Jordan Ferrell was named as interim head coach and later, on December 3, officially named as the new head coach.[8][9] The team won its first NISA match on March 7, 2020, 2–1, at home against Michigan Stars FC.[10]

The team played two friendly matches against Mexican professional teams early in the season, falling to Liga MX side FC Juárez in early September and beating second division side Club Atlético Zacatepec with both games selling out.[11][12]

On April 27, 2020, following a stoppage of play and subsequent extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NISA announced the cancellation of the 2020 Spring season.[13][14]

Players[edit]

As of April 24, 2020 [15]

Staff[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

# Pos. Player Signed from Details Date Source
20 MF United States Angel Heredia United States FC Tucson Free transfer August 21, 2018[note 1] [16][17]
14 FW United States Jesus Maldonado United States CD Aguiluchos USA Free transfer September 11, 2018[note 1] [18][17]
90 GK United States Kevin Gonzales United States CD Aguiluchos USA Free transfer September 11, 2018[note 1]
24 MF United States Nikolai Littleton United States San Francisco City FC Free transfer September 12, 2018[note 1] [19][17]
6 MF Republic of Ireland Niall Irwin Unattached Free transfer September 14, 2018[note 1] [20][17]
33 DF United States Robert Hines II United States San Francisco City FC Free transfer September 14, 2018[note 1]
67 DF United States Devante Dubose United States Phoenix Rising FC Free transfer February 19, 2019[note 2] [21][22][23]
91 FW Eritrea Yohannes Harish United States San Francisco Glens SC Free transfer March 18, 2019 [24][25][17]
27 FW Mexico Julio Cervantes Unattached Free transfer March 18, 2019 [26][17]
10 FW United States Benji Joya Mexico Irapuato F.C. Free transfer April 25, 2019 [27][28][29][17]
5 DF Honduras Víctor Bernárdez Unattached Free transfer June 14, 2019 [30]
23 DF Japan Satoshi Chaffin United States Seattle Sounders FC U-23 Free transfer July 3, 2019 [31][17]
7 FW Sierra Leone Dembakwi Yomba United States Reno 1868 FC Free transfer July 5, 2019 [32]
17 MF Mexico Octavio Guzmán United States CD Aguiluchos USA Free transfer July 5, 2019 [33]
1 GK United States Larry Jackson United States Fresno FC Free transfer July 15, 2019 [34]
19 DF Mexico Ricardo Guerra Unattached Free transfer July 19, 2019 [35][17]
21 MF United States Ryan Masch Unattached Free transfer July 19, 2019
28 DF United States Eric Gonzalez United States Las Vegas Lights FC Free transfer July 19, 2019
9 FW United States Jack McInerney United States Indy Eleven Free transfer July 24, 2019 [36][37][17]
13 DF United States Chris Christian United States San Antonio FC Free transfer August 16, 2019 [38]
4 DF Israel Nadeer Ghantous United States Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Free transfer August 17, 2019 [39]
2 DF United States David Chavez Unattached Free transfer —
7 FW The Gambia Salifu Jatta United States Corpus Christi FC Free transfer — [17]
11 FW United States Dylan Autran Norway Asker Fotball Free transfer —
15 MF Senegal Khadim Seye United States ASC San Diego Free transfer — [17]
44 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Ariel Mbumba Unattached Free transfer — [17]
11 FW United States Tristan Bowen Unattached Free transfer January 8, 2020 [40]
06 FW United States Matthew Fondy United States The Olympic Club Free transfer January 10, 2020 [41]
12 MF United States Peter Pearson United States Tormenta FC Free transfer January 28, 2020 [42]
22 MF United States Alex Garuba United States Des Moines Menace Free transfer January 28, 2020
17 MF Colombia David Ochoa United States Miami United FC Free transfer January 30, 2020 [43]
32 MF Colombia Manny González United States Tulsa Roughnecks Free transfer January 30, 2020
98 MF United States Jonathan Orozco United States San Francisco State Gators Free transfer February 3, 2020 [44]
5 DF Canada Nana Attakora Canada Ottawa Fury FC Free transfer February 5, 2020 [45]
1 GK United States Christian Herrera United States Orlando City B Free transfer February 7, 2020 [46]
2 DF United States Daniel Navarro United States El Paso Locomotive FC Free transfer February 7, 2020
3 DF United States Wilfred Williams United States Orlando City B Free transfer February 7, 2020
19 FW United States Josiah Romero United States Holy Names Hawks Free transfer February 11, 2020 [47]
4 DF Ivory Coast Doueugui Mala United States Phoenix Rising FC Free transfer February 13, 2020 [48]
13 DF Italy Francesco Tiozzo United States Portland Pilots Free transfer February 13, 2020
50 DF United States David Abidor Israel Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. Free transfer February 13, 2020
47 GK United States Taylor Bailey United States CCSF Rams Free transfer February 14, 2020 [49]
7 FW Honduras Darwin Espinal United States New York Cosmos Loan for NISA Spring Season February 18, 2020 [50][51]
49 DF United States Tarn Weir Greece Panthiraikos F.C. Free transfer April 24, 2020 [52]

Out[edit]

# Pos. Player Signed to Details Date Source
67 DF United States Devante Dubose United States Richmond Kickers Free transfer December 12, 2019 [53]
1 GK United States Larry Jackson Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019 [17]
2 DF United States David Chavez Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
4 DF Israel Nadeer Ghantous Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
5 DF Honduras Víctor Bernárdez Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
7 FW Sierra Leone Dembakwi Yomba Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
8 MF United States Andres Jimenez Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
11 FW United States Dylan Autran Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
13 DF United States Chris Christian Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
17 MF Mexico Octavio Guzmán Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
21 MF United States Ryan Masch Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
25 GK United States Jairo Zermeno Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
28 DF United States Eric Gonzalez Unattached Not retained December 17, 2019
7 FW The Gambia Salifu Jatta Unattached Released —
14 FW United States Jesus Maldonado Unattached Released —
19 DF Mexico Ricardo Guerra Unattached Released —
23 DF Japan Satoshi Chaffin Unattached Released —
7 FW Honduras Darwin Espinal New York Cosmos Loan Terminated March 5, 2020 [54]
10 MF United States Benji Joya Unattached Released April 16, 2020 [55]

Friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

NISA Fall season (Showcase)[edit]

Standings[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
6 0 3 3 10 13  −3 3 0 2 0 4 4  0 0 1 3 6 9  −3

Matches[edit]

NISA Spring Season[edit]

Details for the 2020 NISA Spring season were announced January 27, 2020.[56]

Standings[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on March 8, 2020. Source: NISAofficial.com
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 1 1 0 3 2  +1 4 1 1 0 3 2  +1 0 0 0 0 0  0

Matches[edit]

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

Oakland will enter the 2020 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the National Independent Soccer Association teams in the Second Round.[59][60][61] It was announced on 29 January that their first opponent would be USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC.[62][63]

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played 7 March 2020

Appearances and goals[edit]

Goal scorers[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Signed initially to non-professional contracts; later made professional for 2020 season.
  2. ^ First professional signing.

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