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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

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. In August, the team was announced into the league along with Detroit City FC and Chattanooga FC. 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.

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

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.

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.

Roster

Players

As of April 24, 2020

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Christian Herrera	United States
2	DF	Daniel Navarro	United States
3	DF	Wilfred Williams	Liberia
4	DF	Doueugui Mala	Ivory Coast
5	DF	Nana Attakora	Canada
06	FW	Matthew Fondy	United States
8	MF	Angel Heredia	United States
9	FW	Jack McInerney	United States
11	FW	Tristan Bowen	United States
12	MF	Peter Pearson	United States
13	DF	Francesco Tiozzo	Italy
15	MF	Khadim Seye	Senegal
16	MF	Niall Irwin	Republic of Ireland
17	MF	David Ochoa	Colombia
19	FW	Josiah Romero	United States
22	FW	Alex Garuba	United States
24	DF	Nikolai Littleton	United States
27	FW	Julio Cervantes	Mexico
32	MF	Manny González	Colombia
33	DF	Robert Hines II	United States
44	MF	Ariel Mbumba	DR Congo
47	GK	Taylor Bailey	United States
49	DF	Tarn Weir	United States
50	DF	David Abidor	United States
90	GK	Kevin Gonzalez	United States
91	MF	Yohannes Harish	Eritrea
98	MF	Jonathan Orozco	United States

Staff

• Jordan Ferrell – Head coach
• Dario Pot – Assistant coach
• Yuta Tanaka – Strength and conditioning coach

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

Friendlies

September 8, 2019 (2019-09-08) Friendly	Oakland Roots SC	2–4	FC Juárez	Oakland, California
5:00 p.m.	Seye  7' Joya 27' Masch 50'	Report	Rolán 2, 9, 43',  24' Lezcano 11'	Stadium: Laney College

October 13, 2019 (2019-10-13) Friendly	Oakland Roots SC	2–0	Club Atlético Zacatepec	Oakland, California
5:00 p.m.	McInerney 8',  36' Guzmán 46'	Report	Sánchez  51'	Stadium: Laney College

Competitions

NISA Fall season (Showcase)

Standings

Results summary

Last updated: 26 October 2019.
Source: Match reports

Matches

NISA Spring Season

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

Standings

Results summary

Last updated: 7 March 2020.
Source: Match reports

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

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

April 8 Second round	Sacramento Republic FC (USLC)	P–P	Oakland Roots SC (NISA)	Sacramento, California
7:30 pm PDT				Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Note: On March 13, U.S. Soccer’s Open Cup Committee announced the tournament would be temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Squad statistics

As of Match played 7 March 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Fall Season		Spring Season
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	USA	Christian Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	GK	USA	Taylor Bailey	2	0	0	0	2	0
90	GK	USA	Kevin Gonzalez	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	USA	Daniel Navarro	2	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF	LBR	Wilfred Williams	1	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	CIV	Doueugui Mala	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	CAN	Nana Attakora	2	0	0	0	2	0
13	DF	ITA	Francesco Tiozzo	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	USA	Nikolai Littleton	1	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF	USA	Robert Hines II	6	0	5	0	1	0
50	DF	USA	David Abidor	2	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
8	MF	USA	Angel Heredia	8	0	6	0	2	0
12	MF	USA	Peter Pearson	2	0	0	0	2	0
15	MF	SEN	Khadim Seye	6	0	5	0	1	0
16	MF	IRL	Niall Irwin	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	COL	David Ochoa	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	COL	Manny González	2	0	0	0	2	0
44	MF	COD	Ariel Mbumba	1	0	0	0	1	0
91	MF	ERI	Yohannes Harish	2	0	0	0	2	0
98	MF	USA	Jonathan Orozco	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
06	FW	USA	Matthew Fondy	2	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	USA	Jack McInerney	8	8	6	6	2	2
11	FW	USA	Tristan Bowen	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	USA	Josiah Romero	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	USA	Alex Garuba	1	1	0	0	1	1
27	FW	MEX	Julio Cervantes	2	0	1	0	1	0
Left during season
1	GK	USA	Larry Jackson	3	0	3	0	-	-
2	DF	USA	David Chavez	4	0	4	0	-	-
4	DF	ISR	Nadeer Ghantous	3	0	3	0	-	-
5	DF	HON	Víctor Bernárdez	2	0	2	0	-	-
7	FW	HON	Darwin Espinal	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	GAM	Salifu Jatta	2	0	2	0	-	-
7	FW	SLE	Dembakwi Yomba	4	0	4	0	-	-
8	MF	USA	Andres Jimenez	3	0	3	0	-	-
10	MF	USA	Benji Joya	6	0	4	0	2	0
11	FW	USA	Dylan Autran	5	0	5	0	-	-
13	DF	USA	Chris Christian	5	0	5	0	-	-
14	FW	MEX	Jesus Maldonado	0	0	0	0	-	-
17	MF	MEX	Octavio Guzmán	5	0	5	0	-	-
19	DF	MEX	Ricardo Guerra	0	0	0	0	-	-
21	MF	USA	Ryan Masch	5	3	5	3	-	-
23	DF	JPN	Satoshi Chaffin	5	1	5	1	-	-
25	GK	USA	Jairo Zermeno	2	0	2	0	-	-
28	DF	USA	Eric Gonzalez	5	0	5	0	-	-
67	FW	USA	Devante Dubose	3	0	3	0	-	-

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Fall Season	Spring Season	Total
1	FW		9	Jack McInerney	6	2	8
2	MF		21	Ryan Masch	3	-	3
3	FW		22	Alex Garuba	-	1	1
	DF		23	Satoshi Chaffin	1	-	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Fall Season		Spring Season		Total
4		DF	Nadeer Ghantous	1	0	-	-	1	0
5		DF	Nana Attakora	-	-	1	0	1	0
8		MF	Angel Heredia	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Andres Jimenez	1	0	-	-	1	0
9		FW	Jack McInerney	2	0	1	0	3	0
10		FW	Benji Joya	2	0	0	0	2	0
11		FW	Dylan Autran	1	0	-	-	1	0
13		DF	Chris Christian	0	1	-	-	0	1
15		MF	Khadim Seye	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Octavio Guzmán	1	0	-	-	1	0
21		MF	Ryan Masch	1	0	-	-	1	0
24		DF	Nikolai Littleton	0	0	1	0	1	0
28		DF	Eric Gonzalez	1	0	-	-	1	0
33		DF	Robert Hines II	0	0	0	1	0	1
91		MF	Yohannes Harish	0	0	1	0	1	0

Notes

1. ^ Signed initially to non-professional contracts; later made professional for 2020 season.
2. First professional signing.

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External links

• Official website

• Oakland Roots SC seasons
• American soccer clubs 2019 season
• American soccer clubs 2020 season
• 2019 in sports in California
• 2020 in sports in California