# 2021 Oakland Roots SC season

The 2021 Oakland Roots SC season was 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.

## Squad information
### First team squad

    As of September 28, 2021
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Zeus de la Paz | Curaçao |
| 2 | MF | Ariel Mbumba | DR Congo |
| 3 | DF | Soya Takahashi | Japan |
| 4 | DF | Max Ornstil | United States |
| 5 | MF | Wal Fall | Germany |
| 6 | DF | Tarek Morad | United States |
| 7 | MF | Matías Fissore | Argentina |
| 9 | FW | Jeremy Bokila | DR Congo |
| 10 | MF | Lindo Mfeka | South Africa |
| 11 | MF | Chuy Enríquez | United States |
| 12 | MF | Joseph Nane | Cameroon |
| 14 | FW | Tyler Blackwood | England |
| 15 | DF | Akeem Ward | United States |
| 16 | DF | Travian Sousa | United States |
| 17 | DF | Tarn Weir | United States |
| 18 | MF | José Hernández | Mexico |
| 19 | FW | Joseph Restani | United States |
| 20 | GK | Paul Blanchette | United States |
| 21 | DF | Emrah Klimenta | Montenegro |
| 23 | MF | Memo Diaz | United States |
| 25 | FW | Quincy Amarikwa | United States |
| 28 | FW | Brian Brown (on loan from New Mexico United) | Jamaica |
| 29 | FW | Brandon Allen | United States |
| 30 | FW | Javier Mariona | United States |
| 33 | DF | Kai Greene | United States |
| 47 | GK | Taylor Bailey | United States |
| 61 | FW | Johnny Rodriguez | United States |
| 91 | MF | Yohannes Harish | Eritrea |
| 99 | GK | Marco Brougher | United States |

### Coaching staff

    As of February 1, 2021
| Position | Staff |
| Interim Head Coach & Technical Director | Jordan Ferrell |
| Assistant Coach | Christopher Malenab |
| Assistant Coach | Nana Attakora |
| Assistant Coach | Noah Delgado |
| Goalkeeeping Coach | Jeremey Clark |
| VP of Soccer | Eric Yamamoto |
| Director of Performance | Ben Stadler |
| Director of Team Operations | Valentin Saldaña Jr. |
| Team Operations Manager | Berdi Merdanov |
| Team Scout | Jonathan Orozco |
| Athletic Trainer | Crystal Lee |
| Head Team Physician | Kevin M. Roth, MD |
| Team Chiropractor | Rafael Zamora |
| Message Theropist | Betsy Abel |
| Mental Health & Sport Performance Specialist | Lisa Bonta Sumii |
Source: Oakland Roots SC

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 8 | MF | Saalih Muhammad | New Mexico United | Undisclosed | November 24, 2020 |
| 4 | DF | Max Ornstil | Portland Timbers 2 | Free transfer | December 1, 2020 |
| 91 | MF | Yohannes Harish | Oakland Roots | Re-signed | December 8, 2020 |
| 55 | DF | Tarn Weir | Oakland Roots | Re-signed | December 10, 2020 |
| 10 | MF | Ariel Mbumba | Oakland Roots | Re-signed | December 11, 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Johnny Rodriguez | Oakland Roots | Re-signed | December 14, 2020 |
| 14 | DF | Tarek Morad | San Diego Loyal | Free transfer | December 21, 2020 |
| 25 | FW | Jesús "Chuy" Enríquez | Reno 1868 | Free transfer | December 29, 2020 |
| 22 | MF | José Hernández | OKC Energy | Free transfer | January 8, 2021 |
| 3 | MF | Memo Diaz | El Paso Locomotive | Free transfer | January 11, 2021 |
| 24 | DF | Akeem Ward | North Carolina FC | Free transfer | January 13, 2021 |
| 21 | DF | Lindo Mfeka | Unattached | Free transfer | January 19, 2021 |
| 23 | FW | Jeremy Bokila | Ankara Keçiörengücü | Free transfer | January 21, 2021 |
| 26 | GK | Ben Beaury | New Mexico United | Free transfer | February 1, 2021 |
| 5 | MF | Wal Fall | Saint Louis FC | Free transfer | February 4, 2021 |
| 1 | GK | Zeus de la Paz | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer | February 17, 2021 |
| 15 | MF | Matías Fissore | San Martín de Tucumán | Free transfer | March 4, 2021 |
| 11 | FW | Tyler Blackwood | Saint Louis FC | Free transfer | March 11, 2021 |
| | DF | Soya Takahashi | Umeå FC | Free transfer | March 29, 2021 |
| | MF | Danny Flores | Philadelphia Union II | Free transfer | April 19, 2021 |
| | GK | Taylor Bailey | Oakland Roots | Re-signed | April 20, 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 06 | FW | Matthew Fondy | Unattached | Not re-signed | |
| 8 | MF | Angel Heredia | Unattached | Not re-signed | |
| 9 | FW | Jack McInerney | Unattached | Not re-signed | |
| 11 | FW | Tristan Bowen | Unattached | Not re-signed | |
| 16 | MF | Niall Irwin | 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 | |
| 88 | DF | Seo-In Kim | Chicago House AC | Not re-signed | |
| 90 | GK | Kevin Gonzalez | Unattached | Not re-signed | |
| 22 | MF | Diego Casillas | Reno 1868 | Loan completed | October 1, 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Nana Attakora | Unattached | Retired, joined coaching staff | November 17, 2020 |
| 98 | MF | Jonathan Orozco | Project 51O | Joined coaching staff and reserve team | December 10, 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Christian Herrera | Tacoma Defiance | Free transfer | December 15, 2020 |
| 2 | DF | Daniel Navarro | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Not re-signed | February 5, 2021 |
| 12 | MF | Peter Pearson | North Carolina FC | Not re-signed | February 17, 2021 |
| 19 | FW | Josiah Romero | Los Angeles Force | Not re-signed | March 23, 2021 |
| 10 | MF | Nelson Blanco | North Carolina FC | Not re-signed | March 26, 2021 |
| 50 | DF | David Abidor | Chicago House AC | Not re-signed | June 4, 2021 |

### Loan in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

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

### USL Championship

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### League table

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | MT | New Mexico United | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | MT | Austin Bold FC | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 42 | |
| 10 | PC | Oakland Roots SC | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 11 | PC | LA Galaxy II | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 39 | |
| 12 | PC | Tacoma Defiance | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 39 | |

### U.S. Open Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played October 2, 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regular Season | Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CUW | Zeus de la Paz | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | USA | Ben Beaury | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | USA | Taylor Bailey | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | USA | Max Ornstil | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Tarek Morad | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Akeem Ward | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | USA | Tarn Weir | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Soya Takahashi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 23 | MF | USA | Memo Diaz | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Wal Fall | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Saalih Muhammad | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | COD | Ariel Mbumba | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Matías Fissore | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | DF | RSA | Lindo Mfeka | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | José Hernández | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | ERI | Yohannes Harish | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Danny Flores | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Chuy Enríquez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 14 | FW | ENG | Tyler Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 61 | FW | USA | Johnny Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COD | Jeremy Bokila | 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 | Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |