Roots Secure Back-to-Back Victories, to Face Colorado Springs Saturday, June 1
The Oakland Roots [1] took the lead against FC Tulsa [2] in the 20th minute when Miche-Naider Chéry found the back of the net on the turn, giving the visiting Roots a 1-0 lead at Oklahoma’s ONEOK Stadium on Friday, May 24.
The rest of the half played to a stalemate on the tight Tulsa home field, with each side picking up one yellow card. The score remained 1-0 into the break.
The Roots made two substitutions, bringing on Lindo Mfeka and Irakoze Donasiyano about 15 minutes into the second half. Paul Blanchette made a couple of good saves to keep Oakland’s shutout intact until the end, as Oakland picked up their first back-to-back victories since last July, with a 1-0 victory.
The Roots will hit the road again on Saturday, June 1, to face Colorado Springs.
Summary
Scoring:
OAK: Miche-Naider Chéry 20’
Discipline:
OAK: Napo Matsoso (yellow card) 38’
TUL: Phillip Goodrum (yellow card) 45’+
OAK: Camden Riley (yellow card) 69’
TUL: Alex Dalou (yellow card) 83’
OAK: Paul Blanchette (yellow card) 90’+
OAK: Memo Diaz (yellow card) 90’+
Oakland Roots SC
Lineup: Paul Blanchette, Justin Rasmussen, Neveal Hackshaw, Gagi Margvelashvili, Memo Diaz, Camden Riley, Napo Matsoso (Irakoze Donasiyano), Trayvone Reid (Lindo Mfeka), Jeciel Cedeño, Baboucarr Njie (Bryan Tamacas), Miche-Naider Chéry (Etsgar Cruz)
Unused subs: Daniel Gomez, Ilya Alekseev, Timothy Syrel
Shots: 8 | Shots On Goal: 3 | Corner Kicks: 1 | Fouls: 16 | Offside: 4
FC Tulsa
Lineup: Michael Creek, Camilo Ponce (Milo Yosef), Boubacar Diallo, Blaine Ferri (Alex Dalou), Phillip Goodrum, Rashid Tetteh, Stefan Stojanovic, Patrick Seagrist, Bradley Bourgeois, Owen Damm (Harvey St Clair), Justin Portillo (Sebastian Sanchez)
Unused subs: Jose Roggeveen, Aaron Kacinari, Santiago Sanchez, Diogo Pacheco
Line: Shots: 15 | Shots On Goal: 3 | Corner Kicks: 8 | Fouls: 17 | Offside: 1
Oakland Soul Earn Draw in Davis Against Cal Storm
Cal Storm [3] scored one of the quickest goals possible—within 15 seconds—when Giana Riley capitalized on an Oakland Soul [4] mistake to take an early 1-0 lead at Davis Legacy Soccer Complex on Saturday, May 25. But the Oakland Soul team gained control of the game after the opening-minute lapse and found the equalizer in the 25th minute through Sam Tran, making the score 1-1.
Both sides went into the break level at 1-1 after a balanced first half of play.
The Soul side made multiple second-half substitutions in search of the go-ahead goal to take all three points back to Oakland, but it was not to be as the game ended 1-1.
Oakland Soul will now return home on Thursday, May 30, to face Pleasanton Rage at Merritt College in Oakland. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Summary
Scoring:
CAL: Giana Riley 1’
OAK: Sam Tran 25’
Oakland Soul
Lineup: Layla Armas, Alice Barbieri, Henar Urteaga, Vickie Jones (Sydney Shepherd), Alessandrea Carpio, Arianna Veland (Tatiana Cunningham), Lizzie Vranesh (Madison Samillo), Clare Robke (Aaliyah Schinaman), Miranda Nild (Kennedy Schoennauer), Shae Murison (Cecilia Gee), Sam Tran
Unused subs: Cassia Souza