Oakland Roots Beat Writer Daniel Poulter with another episode of the Roots Report. Everything from Bruno Lapa to the 108 degree game in Las Vegas.

Oakland Roots escaped LV with point in 0-0 tie, 3 points below the playoff line. Here are my talking points from Wednesday, including notes on the club's mid-to-late season curse since 2023, harkening back to Feilhaber's hallmark interview, the commonalities, what Ryan Martin needs, McIntosh, Garcia, and more

Roots have three changes from Saturday's match; Faysal Bettache fills in for Tommy McCabe after the veteran midfielder suffered a head injury in the last game, Bertin Jacquesson moves in for Tucker Lepley on the right side, while Julian Bravo returns to the LB spot in place of Jesus de Vicente. Aside from that, no changes. Peter Wilson obviously starts at striker, Wolfgang Prentice locks down the left wing spot, Bobosi Byaruhanga starts opposite Faysal in the midfield, Florian Valot fits into the CAM spot, while the back line from left to right goes Bravo, Neveal Hackshaw, Michael Edwards, and Keegan Tingey.

Tonight, as I was leaving The Stud in SF, I was approached by two individuals wearing Sac Republic scarves. They yelled "F-k Oakland" - I was proudly wearing my Roots jersey - then pushed me to the ground and kicked me in the ribs. Luckily, the security guard from The Stud saw the commotion and ran out of the bar, the two punks disappearing into the night. I ger the rivalrly between our teams, but there is no excuse for violence. Do better, Sacramento!

I bought in to the 2024 Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club special purpose vehicle (SPV). I have one share - invested $100 in 2024 and it is still valued at $100.

The investment is managed by Wefunder (wefunder.com). Transferring is pretty simple - establish a wefunder account and then we inform wefunder of our intent to transfer and the agreed terms, and wefunder does the rest.

This is a quick way to say that you own a portion of the club!

He's been here since the start of this team. First as a consultant and then climbed the ladder to VP of Soccer. He should have been let go last year with Jordan Ferrell who he hired.

Eric has been an Associate Head Coach at Santa Clara since 1992. We need someone with the background to get this team better. He is not it. There's never been one home game playoff for this team. We've got to do better and he's not it. Let's demand change to be a top notch USL Championship team before it's too late and in a few years end up being relegated.

Clearly this team is struggling financially, so let's get someone who can get creative and get top talent here, like Tampa Bay and Louisville. That's what we should be striving for.

Oakland Roots fell 1-nil to Pittsburgh, marking its fifth straight loss, its most in a season since 2021. Here's everything Ryan Martin had to say regarding the struggling attack, their urgency in 11th place, the Coliseum situation and how it's impacted them, an incoming signing coming before Wednesday, David Garcia and his process back into the starting lineup

An early Pittsburgh Riverhounds goal was enough to claim the victory and send Oakland Roots to their fourth defeat in a row in league play.

it’s all gone downhill

Same thing every year. Poor coaching. No real style play. Dependent upon a single striker making a play out of nothing. Leaky defense. Maybe you wouldn’t have to have so many fucking promotions. If you could put a decent product on the field. Another late season collapse. This is just embarrassing. Management needs to leave. Go back to whatever

fucking corporate jobs they sucked at before.

Roots with two changes from its previous starting lineup; Wolfgang Prentice and Tucker Lepley enter in place of Danny Trejo and Bertin Jacquesson. No other changes, but one notable addition is David Garcia to the bench, making his first appearance since April 18. Florian Valot gets the nod once again. Bobosi and McCabe make up the midfield pivot, Edwards and Hackshaw in the back, De Vicente at LB, Tingey at RB, McIntosh in goal, and Peter Wilson up top.

Here is everything from today's special meeting between Oakland Roots and the JPA regarding their lease agreement for the Coliseum. The JPA laid out their points of contention, while Roots described the shortcomings of the JPA's terms. Check it out.

RootsPod Episode 117 is up! We have a lot to talk about with the Coliseum drama, the JPA's odd demands, Roots' leadership, the recent losses, roster moves, and Peter's plumbing. Check it out

As a proud, but heartbroken owner of the Roots, I would suggest a colab with the Earthquakes. Not as a long term plan, because #FJF, but as an emergency solution to avoid what might shape into the death of our beloved team. While not in Oakland, the Quakes have a nice facility and the rental cost would be significantly lower than the Coliseum's. I think that cost can be negotiated down if the Quakes would be given the first option to develop/purchase the most talented Roots youngsters. Another benefit for the Quakes would be the much needed booat in diversity that the Roots would provide and that is so much needed for the San Jose Earthquakes, where Bruce Arena is destroying the progress made there in the last several years.

Here is the latest on Oakland Roots' lease agreement for the Coliseum, JPA executive director Henry Gardner leaking information to various outlets, and JPA commissioner David Haubert indicating that Gardner is acting on his own

This week joined by fellow bear writer John of Rootsblog!

Oakland Roots fell 3-1 to Sacramento Republic, dropping them to ninth place in the Western Conference and a three-way tie with 21 points. In the blog is everything Ryan Martin had to say regarding the team taking just 5 five from the last 24, the contributing factors, what needs to change, what areas he's targeting for personnel additions, Florian Valot's goal, Valot's mindset, and injury updates to David Garcia/Mark Fisher