San Antonio controlled most of the early portions of the game but never truly threatened the goal of Oakland keeper Tim Syrel as the score remained scoreless through most of the first half.
The best chance of the first half fell to Oakland Roots and Trayvone Reid, whose curling effort in first half stoppage time was saved by San Antonio’s Pablo Sisniega, keeping the score at 0-0 heading into the halftime break.
Oakland got on the board first in the 65th minute when Trayvone Reid’s cross found Miche-Naider Chéry, who opened the scoring to give Roots the 1-0 lead.
San Antonio struck back in the 73rd minute when Juan Agudelo finished a cross into the box to level the spring at 1-1.
The lead was then overtaken when San Antonio’s Kevon Lambert scored off another cross into the box to give the home side the advantage at 2-1.
Oakland fought back as defender Thomas Camier earned a penalty for Roots. Oakland forward Johnny Rodriguez stepped up to score, once again leveling the score at 2-2 in the 84th minute.
Both sides fought it out until the end, resulting in a draw as Oakland and San Antonio each picked up a point.
Roots will return to the Bay Area to face MLS side San Jose Earthquakes in the Round of 32 of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday May, 7th at PayPal Park in San Jose.
Oakland Roots SC vs San Antonio FC
USL Championship | May 4, 2024
Venue: Toyota Park, San Antonio, Texas
Kickoff: 5:30 PM PT
Weather: 78 degree, cloudy
SCORELINE:
SA: 2
OAK: 2
SCORING SUMMARY:
OAK: Miche-Naider Chéry 65’
SA: Juan Agudelo 73’
SA: Kevon Lambert 79’’
OAK: Johnny Rodriguez 84’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY:
SA: Machop Chol (yellow card) 30’
OAK: Etsgar Cruz (yellow card) 42’
SA: Mohamed Omar (yellow card) 55’
OAK; Trayvone Reid (yellow card) 68’
OAK: Baoucarr Njie (yellow card) 76’
SA: Kevon Lambert (yellow card) 82’
SA: Pablo Sisniega (yellow card) 83’
OAKLAND ROOTS LINEUP: Timothy Syrel, Camden Riley (Gagi Margvelashvili), Thomas Camier, Ilya Alekseev, Baboucarr Njie, Napo Matsoso (Neveal Hackshaw), Kieran Bracken Serra, Ali Elmasnaouy (Daniel Gomez), Etsgar Cruz (Justin Rasmussen), Trayvone Reid, Miche-Naider Chéry (Johnny Rodriguez)
Unused subs: Bryan Tamacas, Edwin Rodriguez
Shots: 6 | Shots On Goal: 3 | Corner Kicks: 5 | Fouls: 16 | Offside: 1 |
SAN ANTONIO FC LINEUP: Pablo Sisniega, Kendall Burks, Mohamed Omar, Luke Henandez, Lucas Silva (Kameron Lacey), Bura Nogiera, Juan Agudelo, Shannon Gomez, Kevon Lambert, Trova Boni, Machop Chol (Richard Windbic)
Unused subs: Kendall Mcintosh, Jose Mulato, Daziel Ozuna, Eduardo Fernandez, Gio Padilla
Shots: 9 | Shots On Goal: 5 | Corner Kicks: 7 | Fouls: 19 | Offside: 3|
