The Oakland Roots lost their final USL Cup match of the season to Orange County SC on Saturday, July 26, at the Oakland Coliseum.
The Roots created the game’s first chance inside six minutes, as Morey Doner and Faysal Bettache forced a quick double save from Tetsuya Kandono.
Oakland registered a third shot on target inside 20 minutes, a tame effort from Faysal Bettache, before Orange County responded a minute later with a tame shot of their own for their first effort on target.
Orange County opened the scoring somewhat against the run of play, as Bryce Jamison found the net off the inside of the post in the 30th minute to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. The score remained at 1-0 in favor of Orange County as the two sides headed into halftime.
Coach Benny Feilhaber made two halftime changes, one of which led to substitute EJ Johnson forcing a goal-line save from Orange County early in the second half.
Oakland ramped up the pressure, controlling play in the Orange County half through the 80th minute.
The Roots made one final late substitution, bringing on forward Luis Saldaña in a last push to chase the game.
Despite recording six shots on goal, Oakland was unable to find an equalizer, as the match ended in a 1-0 loss to Orange County.
Oakland will host Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at the Coliseum on August 9 at 7 p.m.
Talking with the Head Coach
After the match, Oakland Roots Head Coach Benny Feilhaber spoke with the press. See video below.
Summary
Scoring:
- OAK: Bryce Jamison 30’
Discipline:
- OC: Pedro Guimaraes 32’ (yellow card)
- OC: Ashton Miles 32’ (yellow card)
- OAK: Bobosi Byaruhanga 48’ (yellow card)
- OC: Koa Santos 81’ (yellow card)
- OC: Gavan Karam 87’ (yellow card)
- OC: Oliver Kurnik 90+’ (yellow card)
Oakland Roots SC
Lineup: Gagi Margvelashvili (Neveal Hackshaw), Camden Riley (Luis Saldaña), Wolfgang Prentice, Panos Armenakas, Tyler Gibson (Bobosi Byaruhanga), Jürgen Damm (EJ Johnson), Morey Doner (Ilya Alekseev), Kai Greene, Raphael Spiegel, Ali Elmasnaouy (Daniel Gomez), Faysal Bettache
Unused subs: Julian Bravo, Emilio Martinez, Timothy Syrel
Line: 10 | Shots On Goal: 6 | Corner Kicks: 5 | Fouls: 13 | Offsides: 0
Orange County SC
Lineup: Koa Santos, Tom Brewitt (Nico Benalcazar), Cameron Dunbar (Mouhamadou War), Bryce Jamison (Tristan Trager), Pedro Guimaraes, Benjamin Barjolo, Cheick Koné (Oliver Kurnik), Stephen Kelly (Efren Solis), Gavan Karam, Tetsuya Kadono, Ashton Miles
Unused subs: Ousmane Sylla, Chris Hegardt, Nicola Ciotta, Fernando Aguirre
Line: 8 | Shots On Goal: 4 | Corner Kicks: 4 | Fouls: 19 | Offsides: 1
