2021 Oakland Roots SC season

The 2021 Oakland Roots SC season is the club's third season of existence and first in the USL Championship. Prior to this, the team played two seasons in the third division National Independent Soccer Association.

Oakland Roots SC

2021 season
Chairman	Steven Aldrich
Head coach	Dario Pot
Stadium	Laney College Football Stadium

Squad information

First team squad

As of February 4, 2021 [1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
4	Defender	Max Ornstil	United States
8	Midfielder	Saalih Muhammad	United States
91	Midfielder	Yohannes Harish	Eritrea
—	Goalkeeper	Ben Beaury	United States
—	Forward	Jeremy Bokila	DR Congo
—	Midfielder	Memo Diaz	United States
—	Forward	Chuy Enríquez	United States
—	Midfielder	José Hernández	Mexico
—	Midfielder	Ariel Mbumba	DR Congo
—	Defender	Lindo Mfeka	South Africa
—	Defender	Tarek Morad	United States
—	Forward	Johnny Rodriguez	United States
—	Midfielder	Wal Fall	Germany
—	Defender	Akeem Ward	United States
—	Defender	Tarn Weir	United States

Coaching staff

As of February 1, 2021

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Dario Pot
Assistant Coach	Christopher Malenab
Assistant Coach	Nana Attakora
VP of Soccer	Eric Yamamoto
Technical Director	Jordan Ferrell
Director of Performance	Ben Stadler
Director of Team Operations	Valentin Saldaña Jr.
Team Operations Manager	Berdi Merdanov
Athletic Trainer	Quentin Higgins
Athletic Trainer	Crystal Lee
Head Team Physician	Kevin M. Roth, MD
Team Chiropractor	Rafael Zamora
Message Theropist	Betsy Abel

Source: Oakland Root SC

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Saalih Muhammad	New Mexico United	Free transfer	November 24, 2020	[2]
4	DF	Max Ornstil	Portland Timbers 2	Free transfer	December 1, 2020	[3]
91	MF	Yohannes Harish	Oakland Roots SC	Re-signed	December 8, 2020	[4]
	DF	Tarn Weir	Oakland Roots SC	Re-signed	December 10, 2020	[5]
	MF	Ariel Mbumba	Oakland Roots SC	Re-signed	December 11, 2020	[6]
	FW	Johnny Rodriguez	Oakland Roots SC	Re-signed	December 14, 2020	[7]
	DF	Tarek Morad	San Diego Loyal SC	Free transfer	December 21, 2020	[8]
	FW	Jesús "Chuy" Enríquez	Reno 1868 FC	Free transfer	December 29, 2020	[9]
	MF	José Hernández	OKC Energy FC	Free transfer	January 8, 2021	[10]
	MF	Memo Diaz	El Paso Locomotive FC	Free transfer	January 11, 2021	[11]
	DF	Akeem Ward	North Carolina FC	Free transfer	January 13, 2021	[12]
	DF	Lindo Mfeka	Unattached	Free transfer	January 19, 2021	[13]
	FW	Jeremy Bokila	Ankara Keçiörengücü SK	Free transfer	January 21, 2021	[14]
	GK	Ben Beaury	New Mexico United	Free transfer	February 1, 2021	[15]
	MF	Wal Fall	Saint Louis FC	Free transfer	February 4, 2021	[16]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
2	DF	Daniel Navarro	Unattached	Not re-signed
06	FW	Matthew Fondy	Unattached	Not re-signed
8	MF	Angel Heredia	Unattached	Not re-signed
9	FW	Jack McInerney	Unattached	Not re-signed
10	MF	Nelson Blanco	Unattached	Not re-signed
11	FW	Tristan Bowen	Unattached	Not re-signed
12	MF	Peter Pearson	Unattached	Not re-signed
16	MF	Niall Irwin	Unattached	Not re-signed
19	FW	Josiah Romero	Unattached	Not re-signed
27	FW	Julio Cervantes	Unattached	Not re-signed
32	MF	Manny González	Unattached	Not re-signed
33	DF	Robert Hines II	Unattached	Not re-signed
47	GK	Taylor Bailey	Unattached	Not re-signed
50	DF	David Abidor	Unattached	Not re-signed
88	DF	Seo-In Kim	Unattached	Not re-signed
90	GK	Kevin Gonzalez	Unattached	Not re-signed
22	MF	Diego Casillas	Reno 1868 FC	Loan completed	October 1, 2020
5	DF	Nana Attakora	Unattached	Retired, joined coaching staff	November 17, 2020	[17]
98	MF	Jonathan Orozco	Unattached	Joined coaching staff	December 10, 2020	[5]
1	GK	Christian Herrera	Tacoma Defiance	Free transfer	December 15, 2020	[18]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source

Competitions

USL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
5	Las Vegas Lights FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
6	New Mexico United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
7	Oakland Roots SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
8	OKC Energy FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
9	Orange County SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points per game; 2) points; 3) total wins; 4) total goal differential; 5) total goals scored; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 2 February 2021.
Source: [19]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Kickoff times are in PDT (UTC-07) unless shown otherwise

U.S. Open Cup

Squad statistics

As of Match played October 2, 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular Season		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK		Ben Beaury	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
	DF		Lindo Mfeka	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Tarek Morad	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Akeem Ward	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Tarn Weir	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Max Ornstil	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
	MF		Memo Diaz	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		José Hernández	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Ariel Mbumba	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Wal Fall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Saalih Muhammad	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
91	MF		Yohannes Harish	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
	FW		Jeremy Bokila	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Chuy Enríquez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Johnny Rodriguez	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Regular Season	U.S. Open Cup	Total

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Regular Season		U.S. Open Cup		Total

References

1. "2021 Squad". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
2. SC, Roots (24 November 2020). "Dear Oakland, Love Saalih". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. SC, Roots (1 December 2020). "Dear Oakland, Damn I've Missed You". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
4. SC, Roots (8 December 2020). "Roots Original Yohannes Harish Returns to Play for his Hometown team in USL Championship". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
5. "Roots Re-Sign Two More Oakland Born and Raised Players from the 2020 Squad". Oakland Root SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
6. SC, Roots (11 December 2020). "Roots Re-sign Standout Bay Area Teenager Ariel Mbumba". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
7. SC, Roots (14 December 2020). "Oakland Roots Re-Sign Striker Johnny Rodriguez". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
8. SC, Roots (21 December 2020). "Where We Come From Makes Us Who We Are, by Tarek Morad". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
9. SC, Roots (29 December 2020). "Roots Sign East Palo Alto Raised Winger Jesus "Chuy" Enriquez to the 2021 Squad". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
10. SC, Roots (8 January 2021). "Roots Sign Mexican Born Midfielder Jose Hernandez". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
11. SC, Roots (11 January 2021). "Roots Sign Midfielder Memo Diaz". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
12. SC, Roots (13 January 2021). "Roots Sign Former MLS SuperDraft Pick Akeem Ward". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
13. SC, Roots (19 January 2021). "Roots Sign South African Midfielder Lindo Mfeka". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
14. SC, Roots (21 January 2021). "Roots Sign Democratic Republic of the Congo National Team Striker Jeremy Bokila". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
15. SC, Roots (1 February 2021). "Roots Sign Goalkeeper Ben Beaury". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
16. SC, Roots (4 February 2021). "Roots Sign German Born USL Veteran Wal Fall". Oakland Roots SC. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
17. Zimmerman, Douglas (18 November 2020). "Nana Attakora, star with Oakland Roots, SF Deltas, SJ Quakes, retires". SFGate. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
18. "TACOMA DEFIANCE ADDS THREE PLAYERS, EXERCISES PLAYER OPTIONS ON THREE MORE". Tacoma Defiance. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
19. "Oakland Root SC". oaklandrootssc.com.

External links

• Official website