Back to the Roots Investors (40) Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info; Consumer Ventures: Venture Capital: Minority: 000 0000: . Thank you. Theyve trained and educated women and minority coaches to help them get their coaching licenses. In a time when the city's professional sports landscape is looking increasingly grim, the Oakland Roots, a lower-division professional soccer club, has provided a refreshing "Oakland first" attitude it tries to embody in every aspect of game day. As a result, most Oakland residents have found themselves either disabused of the inclination to believe in their favorite teams, or, conversely, robbed of the ability entirely. Follow him on Twitter @DmoWriter. Oakland, CA. The club for us is about purpose and community off the field, Hodul said. Something went wrong. Oakland Roots Soccer Club President Lindsay Barenz at their training facility, which was the same for the Oakland Raiders in Alameda, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. I've been coming to Mio since late 2013, but I was hesistent to make an appointment this year in Feb after an orangey ombre balayage I received in 2014. The Roots rise is real, but it has not come easy. Larry Gallegos, a program manager with Oaklands office of economic and workforce development, said the city went through Californias Surplus Lands Act process prior to planning the auction. The Roots unusually emphatic prioritization of public service. NFL. [34], The team went on to play multiple games at Las Positas College before finishing the season back home at Laney. The Roots are as much a social movement as soccer . According to Gallegos, theres been a good deal of interest on the property so far. Company Type For Profit. The teams and experiences who buoyed that reputationthe Raiders and the Black Hole; the Warriors and Roar-acle Arenawere internationally recognizable institutions. The 2021 Oakland Roots SC season is the club's third season of existence and first in the USL Championship. Please try again later. They recognized in each other complementing skill sets. We do our best . Into that infrastructure, the club made a number of key investments. On May 24, 2022, Oakland Roots SC launched their women's team, Oakland Soul. As a fan, sports tend to be most fulfilling when you can allow yourself to believefor a goal, a game, a series, a seasonthat the fortunes of your favorite team matter for reasons nobler than private profits, and that your favorite players compete not just for a paycheck, but the pride of the community they play for. [30], In April 2021, Marshawn Lynch joined the Roots ownership group. The spirit and the atmosphere is special. No matter. I want to be the biggest sports club in the world., We knew when we started that the Raiders had left [and] that the Warriors were about to leave, Mike Geddes, the Roots chief purpose officer, told me recently. Soon, the club had an online database consisting of thousands of names and email addresses, all eager to follow the Roots on their journey from concept to competition. Thank you. Hodul said the facility has been a major boon for the team, which previously trained at Las Positas College in Livermore, a 40-minute drive away. The Roots also support Chapter 510 with financial contributions. As we watched over the game, he swayed on his heels with his arms crossed, betraying the impatient sadness of an athlete at rest, preserving energy while silently longing to be on the field. Here, though, we must pause. Several times this year, in a stadium designed to hold twelve times fewer fans, the Roots have even outdrawn the As. The following year, Greer attended the Roots home opener at Laney. More importantly, Arghandiwal and Nagel both possessed a deep, abiding love for their hometown. Email Alerts. For example, community partnerships are often tendered through some sort of fund, governed by a set of goals and priorities separate from and subordinate to the goals and priorities of the rest of the organizationthat is, the front office and the on-field personnel. Prior to that, Hodul was pursuing a doctorate degree in music education, but a broken wrist left him unable to play his instrument, and as a result he started working with soccer media outlet Midfield Press. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News . Perhaps the most important was the designation of Geddes as chief purpose officera position partially inspired by similar roles found in companies such as Ben & Jerrys and Patagonia, and for which, at the time, there was virtually no precedent or corollary in the wider world of American professional sports. For several hours they fielded questions they didnt necessarily have answers to: where are you going to play? T. Bailey. [5][6] This was followed by the signing of several higher profile players as the club built out its inaugural rosters. To that end, Roots has formed Roots Community Health Alliance, which aims to preserve and expand these critical points of access to care. Steven Aldrich, a tech executive and Roots lead investor, was all smiles after the first game. Outside of work, Will likes to ride his bike to new places. The Roots are just a yes organization, period.. And theyre expanding; the club recently announced the launch of a womens team. [42][43] A Roots shirt also appeared in Zion I "Flame Go" Video a few months later. [35], The team began a massive turnaround with a 21 win at Merritt College, powered by goals from Ornstil and Harish. Saturday, March 12, 5:30 PM At RGV Toros. The city is letting Alameda County, which could not be reached for comment, oversee the public auction process. The Stadium has room for 3,500 seated and up to 5,500+ with standing room. Your donation makes this and all our other local reporting possible. Theyve hosted local youth soccer players at the facility as part of their Project 510 program. Goalkeeper: Taylor Bailey: Feb 27, 1997 (26) . Supporters Oakland Roots has five main supporters groups; Roots Radicals, La Brigada Del Pueblo, Oakland 68s . Rapper G-Eazy becomes Oakland Roots investor, goes from Billboard to the owner's box. By Saturday, the turf patches looked really odd in the sun, to say nothing of how safe they were to actually run and play on. We aim to provide that.. We amplify community voices, share the power of real information, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. The Oakland Roots soccer club was born, in earnest, in the summer of 2016, when Edreece Arghandiwal, a marketing director and entrepreneurial creative type whod worked on projects for brands such as Apple and set designer Susan Linss, met Benno Nagel, a veteran soccer player and coach whod previously worked for clubs in Croatia and the Netherlands. Thats why our fundamental value proposition became to be by the community and for the community. Oakland Roots Sports Club seeks to harness the magic of Oakland and the power of sport as a force for social good. Overseas pro sports organizations eschew the term franchise, which is popular here in America, because of the sense of corporate rootlessness it connotes. [15], The Roots opened their second season at home once again in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,603. [20][21] The Roots finished atop its group in the NISA Fall Championship, and beat Chattanooga FC in the national semifinal, before falling to Detroit City FC, 21, in the final. In collaboration with their advisory board, the founders discussed a number of optionsa few names that were thrown around included Bump City FC, the Wolf Pack, the Town, the Funkbut finally they landed on the Roots, in no small part for what it conveyed about their ethos: namely, that they were genuinely rooted in and committed to this place. Arghandiwal told me this during the Roots match against Loudon that Id attended, down on the field behind the visitors goal. After playing professionally across North America for more than a decade, Nana became captain of Oakland Roots, a United Soccer League (USL) club and Common Goal member. The reporters and editors on The Oaklandside are dedicated to sharing the mic, reporting on systems, not symptoms, and providing you with the information you need to be an informed resident of our city. [53], The Oakland Roots reserve team, Project 51O, was launched on December 9, 2019. [50] The team pledged to donate one percent of the team's payroll and one percent of all future ticket revenue to help address social inequality. John Fisher and Dave Kaval, meanwhilemajority owner and team president of the Oakland Athleticsare currently in the process of cajoling Oaklands city council into forking over hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds so they can build a $12 billion stadium-anchored real estate development on the West Oakland waterfront. It hangs dramatically over a thatch of chest hair on his left breast, like a harvest moon rising over an unplowed field in autumn. Whether on the pitch, in the stands, or within the community, Oakland Roots will . OAK 3-1 PHX (8/25) Biggest defeat. It extends beyond the Laney College bleachers or even the bars where Roots supporters watch away gamesat least, that is, when theyre not traveling en masse to those away games. The owners were just there to put more profit in their pocket, he said. Heres how that happened. Could the Oakland Roots be different? In June 2020, the Roots became the first professional sports organization in America to join Common Goal, an organization which supports non-profits working to combat gender inequality and systemic racism, and to whom every year the Roots donate 1% of participating player and staff wages, alongside 1% of all ticket revenues. "We're open to partnering with potential investors to acquire it, but right now our main priority is . Arghandiwal and Nagel saw an opportunity to build an organization that could meet the growing demand. Could the Oakland Roots be different? And the sense among at least some of those fans is that the Roots are already a serviceable alternative to the Towns formerly beloved major league squads. A few feet to our right, a film crew from the local FOX affiliate was filming a segment. The key, as I would learn the next day, when I connected with Arghandiwal for an extended conversation on Zoom, was the fusion of he and Nagels love for Oakland with their belief in the potential of sports to do good. Market value-Paul Blanchette. 15.9K Followers. 'Oakland Soul,' will be part of USL W-League in 2023. Even if it were up for sale, he couldn't afford the house . 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The Roots help Chapter 510 put on city-wide events, such as Write Your Roots Day, for which volunteers, Roots players, and a wide assortment of students from across Oaklandincluding, specifically, Black, brown, and queer youthcollaborate on and perform an epic city-wide poem. Contact Email contact@backtotheroots.com. Its about the land and what you can do with that land.. Founded in 2009 by Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora as a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm, BTTR has transformed into a company focused on bringing sustainable . He hasnt missed a home game since. How special, I wonderedhow lively or restorativecould a soccer match possibly be? Nagel and Arghandiwal had raised a bit of capital from a pair of investors early on, but all involved had been working mostly for free, often at night. Women's Team: @oaklandsoulsc. In the meantime, however, Kaval and Fisher have steadily jacked up ticket prices, slashed budgets, and sacrificed the on-field product and in-game experience: a brazen, unapologetic deprioritization of community partnership in favor of a more unabashedly capitalist conception of what professional sports organizations should do or be. He reported for the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley and his freelance work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Texas Monthly and Longreads. OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland Roots Sports Club announced the launch of a women's soccer team on Tuesday. Lynch to bring financial literacy program to Bay Area students. Theyre a celebrated and affecting community partner, collaborating with a diverse array of nonprofit organizations all over the city. Whether on the pitch, in the stands, or within the community, Oakland . The Oakland Roots will begin play in August in the . (Ahead of each home game, the Roots close off two blocks of East 10th Streetthe road that abuts the football stadium at Laneyand fill it with local food trucks, alcohol vendors, graffiti artists, and music.) Spencer Hsu, a Bay Area real estate expert, said investors are usually only interested in the land. We recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland, and we affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples. The two increased their investments substantially, and each soon owned a 31% ownership stake. The As are reportedly spending $2 million a month to secure approval to move forward with their real estate ambitions. Learn more. The clubs crestan Oak tree rising like a clenched fist out of stained-glass soilhas become ubiquitous, spottable everywhere, from stickers affixed to light posts along Lake Merritt to the chests of such high-profile stewards as Portland Trail Blazers point guard (and East Oakland native) Damian Lillard and Hamilton star Daveed Diggs. This would be the Oakland Roots, The Towns upstart Division II mens soccer club, which played its first game in Oakland in 2019, and which aspires to the ideal of professional sports less as a private enterprise than as a kind of public service: the clubs stated purpose, which can be found on their website and social media pagesand which employees repeat like an incantationis, To harness the magic of Oakland and the power of sport as a force for social good.. Most engage in a certain amount of philanthropic work, too. Geddes and I connected one morning in April. Though nothing excites the crowd quite like a goal, which, on the night of the Loudon match, the Roots scored four of, en route to their first win of the season. We met last month at the Grand Opening of Chapter 510s new Writing Center, on the corner of 9th St. and Clay, at which Oaklands first Poet Laureate, Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, gave a blessing. Recently, they extended their lease through 2023. As part of that process, the old training facility was offered to public agencies and affordable housing developments. The Oaklandside relies on reader support to remain free for everyone in our community. Barenz came to her queer identity later in life. We amplify community voices, share information resources, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. It was difficult, said Arghandiwal. Oakland, California, United States . Those players included former San Jose native and MLS player Benji Joya, former Honduran World Cup veteran and San Jose Earthquake Victor Bernardez and former first-round MLS draft pick Jack McInerney. Previously, he reported in rural Alaska and central Texas, including at KYUK News; Spectrum News 1 Austin; the Austin Chronicle;and, Alaska Public Media. (The As, famously and repeatedly, have insisted that they cant build a new stadium in East Oakland, for example, because the site there is not economically viable.) But this was part of the Roots opportunity. Oakland Roots Sports Club have released the 2023 Official USL Championship first and second MEYBA kits featuring Oakland Roots SC's premier partner Anthem Blue Cross as the front of jersey partner . [44] Oakland native Damian Lillard wore Oakland Roots merchandise before a game in the 2019 NBA playoffs. Nearby food & drink options include Shibe Park Tavern, ROOTS Lounge, and Oracle Arena and Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. You can sign up for additional subscriptions . I think we had Tommy out there at every First Fridays for a year, Arghandiwal told me. "Our home-field advantage is such a huge . For though the Roots reputation as reliable stewards of community partnershipas providers of precisely the kind of utility all cities hope the pro teams they partner with will endeavor to provideis inarguably well-earned, it does not paint a complete picture of who the Roots are, or how they became this way. After the auction, 50 percent of the sale will return to Oakland, and the city council will be tasked with determining how to use it. Thank you for supporting The Oaklandside and being a part of our community. "The Function" is in reference to E-40's single, while Roots Radicals is an ode to the East Bay Punk Rock band Rancid. Join. They were a driving force to make that happen., Thats just the beginning. The match against Chattanooga FC would end in a 11 draw when McInerney scored in the 93rd minute of the match after the Roots were forced to play down a man from a first-half red card. It makes you feel great as an Oaklander..
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