Oakland Roots traveled to Greenville, South Carolina a trip of 2,212 miles for their first ever Lamar Hunt US Open Cup match. Greenville Triumph and Oakland battled for the opening 30 minutes before Jake Keegan chipped Taylor Bailey to give the host the 1-0 lead. Oakland battled back in the second half in search of an equalizer, but could not find the goal. Greenville were able to find a second late in the match through a Don Smart counter attack in the 94th minute.
Roots now have the weekend off before hosting San Diego Loyal, at Laney College on Wednesday, April 13th with kickoff set for 7:00 PM PT.
Oakland Roots SC at Greenville Triumph SC
US Open Cup | April 7, 2022
Venue: Legacy Early College Field, Greenville, South Carolina
Kickoff: 4:00 PM PT
Weather: 67 degree, sunny
SCORELINE:
GVL: 2
OAK: 0
SCORING SUMMARY:
GVL: 29’ Jake Keegan
GVL: 94’ Don Smart
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY:
OAK: 34’ Nane (Yellow Card)
OAK: 45’ Hernandez (Yellow Card)
OAK: 45’ Ornstil (Yellow Card)
OAK: 90’ Diaz (Yellow Card)
GVL: 90’ Filerman (Yellow Card)
OAKLAND ROOTS LINEUP: Taylor Bailey, Akeem Ward (Juan Azocar), Emrah Klimenta, Max Ornstil (Darek Formella), Tarek Morad, Memo Diaz, Jose Hernandez, Joseph Nane (Wolfgang Prentice), Lindo Mfeka, Chuy Enriquez, Johnny Rodriguez
Bench: Benny Diaz, Ariel Mbumba, Danny Barbir, Lorenzo Hernandez
Shots: 17 | Shots On Goal: 9 | Corner Kicks: 9 | Fouls: 14 | Offside: 5 |
GREENVILLE TRIUMPH SC LINEUP: Paul Christensen, Nate Shultz, Jamie Smith, Evan Lee, Tyler Polak, Aaron Walker, Don Smart, Jesus Ibarra (Fickle), Lucas Coutinho (Pearson), Allen Gavilanes (Filerman), Jake Keegan (Labovitz)
Bench: Hale, Evans, Brown
Shots: 9 | Shots On Goal: 6 | Corner Kicks: 2 | Fouls: 14 | Offside: 1 |
