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
No.PositionNationPlayer
Staff Jordan Ferrell – Head coach Dario Pot – Assistant coach Yuta Tanaka – Strength and conditioning coach
Transfers
In #Pos.PlayerSigned fromDetailsDateSource20 FC TucsonFree transferSigned initially to non-professional contracts; later made professional for 2020 season.14 CD Aguiluchos USAFree transfer90 CD Aguiluchos USAFree transfer24 San Francisco City FCFree transfer6UnattachedFree transfer33 San Francisco City FCFree transfer67 Phoenix Rising FCFree transferFirst professional signing.91 San Francisco Glens SCFree transfer27UnattachedFree transfer10 Irapuato F.C.Free transfer5UnattachedFree transfer23 Seattle Sounders FC U-23Free transfer7 Reno 1868 FCFree transfer17 CD Aguiluchos USAFree transfer1 Fresno FCFree transfer19UnattachedFree transfer21UnattachedFree transfer28 Las Vegas Lights FCFree transfer9 Indy ElevenFree transfer13 San Antonio FCFree transfer4 Cal Poly Pomona BroncosFree transfer2UnattachedFree transfer—7 Corpus Christi FCFree transfer—11 Asker FotballFree transfer—15 ASC San DiegoFree transfer—44UnattachedFree transfer—11UnattachedFree transfer06 The Olympic ClubFree transfer12 Tormenta FCFree transfer22 Des Moines MenaceFree transfer17 Miami United FCFree transfer32 Tulsa RoughnecksFree transfer98 San Francisco State GatorsFree transfer5 Ottawa Fury FCFree transfer1 Orlando City BFree transfer2 El Paso Locomotive FCFree transfer3 Orlando City BFree transfer19 Holy Names HawksFree transfer4 Phoenix Rising FCFree transfer13 Portland PilotsFree transfer50 Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C.Free transfer47 CCSF RamsFree transfer7 New York CosmosLoan for NISA Spring Season49 Panthiraikos F.C.Free transfer
Out #Pos.PlayerSigned toDetailsDateSource67 Richmond KickersFree transfer1UnattachedNot retained2UnattachedNot retained4UnattachedNot retained5UnattachedNot retained7UnattachedNot retained8UnattachedNot retained11UnattachedNot retained13UnattachedNot retained17UnattachedNot retained21UnattachedNot retained25UnattachedNot retained28UnattachedNot retained7UnattachedReleased—14UnattachedReleased—19UnattachedReleased—23UnattachedReleased—7New York CosmosLoan Terminated10UnattachedReleased
Friendlies
Competitions
NISA Fall season (Showcase)
Standings
Results summary
Matches
NISA Spring Season
Details for the 2020 NISA Spring season were announced January 27, 2020.
Standings
Results summary
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.
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers
! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders
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! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards
! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Left during season
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNameFall SeasonSpring SeasonTotal1 FW9Jack McInerney6282 MF21Ryan Masch3-33 FW22Alex Garuba-11DF23Satoshi Chaffin1-1
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameFall SeasonSpring SeasonTotal4 DFNadeer Ghantous10--105 DFNana Attakora--10108 MFAngel Heredia1000108 MFAndres Jimenez10--109 FWJack McInerney20103010 FWBenji Joya20002011 FWDylan Autran10--1013 DFChris Christian01--0115 MFKhadim Seye20002017 MFOctavio Guzmán10--1021 MFRyan Masch10--1024 DFNikolai Littleton00101028 DFEric Gonzalez10--1033 DFRobert Hines II00010191 MFYohannes Harish001010
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