Oakland Roots Lose And Fall Out Of The Playoffs On Final Day
October 15, 2023 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
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Oakland Roots on game night
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El Paso Locomotive got on the front foot first scoring within the 8th minute of kickoff as Emmanuel Sonupe found the back of the net to give the visitors the lead.
Locomotive doubled the lead in the 14th minute through Noah Dellenmayer as the road team took full control of the game.
Johnny Rodriguez had a chance to pull one back just before the half but former Roots Goalkeeper Benny Diaz saved the penalty kick to hold the lead at 2-0 into the half.
Oakland pulled one back right as the second half started when substitute Anuar Peláez scored a bicycle kick in the 48th minute as the score went 2-1.
Oakland Roots fought to the end but it was not to be as the team finished in 10th place missing the playoffs for the first time in history.
Oakland Roots SC vs El Paso Locomotive FC USL Championship | October 14, 2023 Venue: Cal State University, East Bay, Hayward, California Kickoff: 7:00 PM PT Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy
SCORELINE: OAK: 1 ELP: 2
SCORING SUMMARY: ELP: 8' Emmanuel Sonupe ELP: 14' Noah Dellenmayer OAK: 48' Anuar Peláez
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY: OAK: 14' Johnny Rodriguez (yellow card) ELP: 19' Erik McCue (yellow card) ELP: 31' Louis Herrera (yellow card) OAK: 34' Lindo Mfeka (yellow card) ELP: 39' Eric Calvillo (yellow card) OAK: 65' Memo Diaz (yellow card) ELP: 82' Ricardo Zacarías (yellow card) OAK: 90'+ Memo Diaz (2nd yellow card) ELP: 90'+ Aaron Gomez (yellow card)
OAKLAND ROOTS LINEUP: Paul Blanchette, Danny Barbir, Tarek Morad (Etsgar Cruz), Emrah Klimenta, Baboucarr Njie (Luis Saldaña), Memo Diaz, Daniel Gomez (Napo Matsoso), Irakoze Donasiyano (Trayvone Reid), Jeciel Cedeño, Lindo Mfeka (Anuar Peláez), Johnny Rodriguez
Unused subs: Wolfgang Prentice, Tim Syrel
Shots: 18 | Shots On Goal: 5 | Corner Kicks: 12 | Fouls: 12 | Offside: 3 |
EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC LINEUP: Benny Diaz, Miles Lyons, Erik McCue, Marc Navarro, Noah Dellenmayer, Liam Rose, Louis Herrera, Eric Calvillo, Aaron Gomez, Emmanuel Sonupe (Nick Hinds), Petar Petrovic (Ricardo Zacarías)
Unused subs: Javier Garcia, Jose Carrillo, Javier Monsálvez, Denys Kostyshin, Chris Garcia
Shots: 4 | Shots On Goal: 2 | Corner Kicks: 0 | Fouls: 16 | Offside: 3 |
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