Oakland Roots vs. LA Galaxy II Match Live Blog

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Welcome to OaklandRootsBlog's first matchday live blog. 

The Roots take on LA Galaxy II under the lights at Laney tonight. Here's our official match preview to get you in-tune with both organizations. 

Oakland's on fire walking into Saturday’s meeting. Three points back of the playoff qualification zone, every match carries big implications. 

For those interested, join the live match discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/NPNM7jmJ

Here's a copy of the recent lineup against Tacoma: GK Paul Blanchette LB Soya Takahashi, CB Emrah Klimenta, CB Kai Greene, RB Memo Diaz, Mid. Ariel Mbumba (Max Ornstil), Mid. Wal Fall, Mid. Matias Fissore, Mid. Jose Hernandez, FW Lindo Mfeka (Tarn Weir), FW Johnny Rodriguez (Jeremy Bokila). 

Scroll down for our latest updates. 

Key Events 

• LA goal by PK at 75', Taylor Davila

Full time

Galaxy II with a 1-nil upset over Roots. 

Kai header saved - 90+1

The biggest chance missed. Header by Kai saved at +1

Kai chance saved 89'

Kai Greene shot goes straight to the keeper. 

Chance missed - 88'

Bokila misses header at 88'. Nice pass from Chuy along the touchline.  

Substitution Weir for Ornstil - 84'

Tarn Weir on for Max Ornstil at 84' 

Goal by LA pen

Penalty for LA's Taylor Davila at 75'. LA goes up 1-0 with 15 mins to spare

Sub, Memo for Soya

Memo Diaz subs on for Soya Takahashi at WB. 

Shot wide Johnny - 70'

Johnny Rodriguez has a shot curl just outside the far post at 70'. 

Substitution Bokila for Brown - 62'

Bokila on for Brown at 62'. 

Greene returns a hard tackle - 58'

Kai Greene with a big 1 on 1 tackle. Nicely done. 

Hard tackle on Ward - 54'

LA with a hard tackle on Ward at the start of the 54th in the area. Crowd wants a pen. 

Lindo shot wide - 51'

Lindo Mfeka with a shot in traffic, goes wide. 

Substitution 

Mati on for Ariel Mbumba at the half

First half notes:

Not a lot of action. Roots holding 63 percent possession with three shots and none on target. Galaxy has five shots, two on target. Two chances created for Roots. 

Lindo shot high - 41'

Lindo Mfeka shot off volley trails high over net. 

Paul Blanchette save - 36'

Huge 1 on 1 save by Paul Blanchette at 36'. Keeps it scoreless.

Header attempt miss - 29'

Emrah Klimenta header goes high over net from a corner

Shot missed - 24'

Shot by Mbumba at 24', goes over net. Nice play back from Brown

Empty chance - 20'

Lindo plays ball behind Brown in the box. 

Roots turnover

Joseph Nane bad turnover at midfield in the 16th. Leads to a corner. 

Galaxy draws foul - 12'

Galaxy draws foul above Roots' area. Shot goes over net

Galaxy slow shot - 4'

Slow shot on target in the 4th minute by LA. First action

Roots' starting 11

Paul Blanchette, Soya Takahashi, Emrah Klimenta, Kai Greene, Akeem O’Connor-Ward, Max Ornstil, Joseph Nane, Ariel Mbumba, Lindo Mfeka, Brian Brown, Johnny Rodriguez. 

Reaction: Debutes of Brian Brown and Joseph Nane. No Quincy, but Brown was expected. Johnny Rodriguez gets another start, seems he's winning the spot. 

No Wal Fall or Jose Hernandez in the lineup. Is this a sign of confidence? 

Hernandez and Fall not even on the bench, is Farrell showing Galaxy exactly the respect they deserve? - Bloom 

Talking points

• Brian Brown debut? Quincy time? 

It's the blog's understanding that Brian Brown and Quincy Amarikwa are both expected to appear in tonight's match. Brown has been waiting for clearance on his immigration status, while Quincy has been getting some rest over the last few games. 

We'll see how true this is once the starting 11 drops. 

Update: Brian Brown in the starting XI, Quincy not in the lineup. 

 • Can the momentum continue? 

Here's an excerpt from today's match preview: Roots won seven points in their first 13 matches, and have won 20 points in the following nine, starting with that 2-1 win against Los Dos. 

The Roots had eight goals (six coming in back-to-back weeks against Sacramento and LA) in those first 13 matches, and 16 in the nine since. 

This is the perfect opportunity for Roots to put a stamp on its push to the playoffs. 


 

 

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