Alameda PostThe Oakland Roots made team history at the Coliseum on Wednesday, April 22 against the Las Vegas Lights. Peter Wilson, a Liberian who plays as a forward for the Roots and for the Liberian national team, scored a hat trick, the first for the Roots as a USL Championship club. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/historic-hat-trick-fuels-roots-4-2-victory-las-vegas-lights/
Oakland started hot and clawed to the finish line in a gritty 1-1 draw with visiting league leaders FC Tulsa on Saturday night, April 18. Catch their next match against Las Vegas Lights FC at the Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday night, April 22. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/roots-earn-point-gritty-1-1-draw-vs-league-leading-fc-tulsa/
Emily Gladstone ColeThe #OaklandRoots soccer team is playing at the Oakland Coliseum tonight.
That rusting decaying pile of concrete is where I truly learned to love sports. My #baseball team is gone from there now (asshole team owner John Fisher wanted more $$), but it's lovely to see the stadium in use.
That "Let's Go Oakland" chant ringing in the stands is making me feel things, let me tell you.
The Oakland Roots are off to the best start in team history, after tying the first-place Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday night, April 11. The draw was the first blemish to the Rowdies’ previously perfect record, and resulted in the strongest five-game start to a season in the Roots’ history. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/oakland-roots-tie-league-leading-tampa-bay-rowdies-2-2/
For the first time this season, Oakland left the pitch without picking up a point, as the Roots fell 1-0 to visiting Orange County SC at the Coliseum. The Roots will now observe a bye week before returning to action vs. the Tampa Bay Rowdies on April 11 in Petersburg, Florida. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/roots-fall-1-0-to-orange-county-sc-at-coliseum-first-loss-in-2026/
It looked like the Oakland Roots were just minutes away from their first 3-0 start in club history, but two late goals from Phoenix Rising FC leveled the match in a 2-2 draw in Arizona on Saturday night. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/oakland-roots-earn-point-2-2-draw-phoenix-rising-fc/
The Oakland Roots SC remained undefeated in their 2026 home opener at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday night, March 14, with a victory over visiting New Mexico United by a final score of 2-1 in front of nearly 15,000 fans. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/roots-start-2026-with-back-back-wins-defeat-new-mexico-2-1-home-opener/
The Oakland Roots started their new season on a high note at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, controlling the pitch for most of the game en route to a 1-0 road victory over in-state rivals Monterey Bay FC. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/roots-defeat-monterey-bay-fc-1-0-2026-opener/
Australia’s men’s soccer team will make the Bay Farm training facility their official Base Camp site for the FIFA World Cup 2026™. Coach Tony Popovic remarks, "The local community, including everyone at the Oakland Roots and Soul Soccer Club, has been very accommodating and a pleasure to work with.” https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/harbor-bay-training-facility-base-camp-australian-national-team/
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It’s official. The Oakland Roots and Soul training facility at Harbor Bay Business Park will serve as a Team Base Camp for FIFA World Cup 26, which will take place June 11 to July 29 next year. https://alamedapost.com/features/sports/alameda-facility-selected-fifa-world-cup-26-team-base-camp/
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