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The Roots return to play at Laney College on March 26 at 7pm hosting debutant Monterey Bay Union.  Their 2022 season will begin with a road trip to Rio Grande Valley on March 12 before returning home to start a new NorCal rivalry.

As for Monterey Bay in addition to the Roots match, they will open on the same night at Phoenix before finally opening up their home on May 7.  Sacramento will host El Paso to round up the opening weekend.

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Also watch for the Southwest Premier League.  The teams have been split into two divisions with each team playing a home and home (1 home and 1 away) and one game against each (2 teams home once, the other 2 away once).  The East is stacked with Solano in the North Bay, Dublin in the East, with Lobos United and Modesto from the San Joaquin Valley.

The West is more of a regional group with Metro coming out of San Francisco, AFC South Bay playing from the San Jose area, and JASA and Juventus Academy playing from Redwood City.

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The full schedule for the USL Championship and Southwest Premier (which has a NISA affiliation) will be announced at a future date, as well as the NPSL and USL League schedule.

And a thank you to Non-League America.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

A 10 Year Run 1/11/12 – 1/11/22 https://t.co/elN7NPBMnW

— NonLeagueAmerica (@NonLeagueUSA) January 11, 2022

NEWS: Earthquakes Unveil 2022 MLS Regular Season Schedule (sjearthquakes.com)

The schedule was announced on December 15 with the Quakes opening up the post Wondo era on February 26 at home against the New York Red Bulls 3pm kickoff.  Another home game against Columbus on March 5 at 2:30pm will round out the first homestand.

Nashville and Miami will make their first ever visits and matches against the Quakes with the Tennessee club playing on April 16 and the second incarnation of an MLS South Florida Club visiting on Wednesday August 3.

There are no Friday matches at home this season but there will be four Sunday games with Kansas City on May 22, Chicago on July 3, Houston on July 17, and Vancouver September 4.  In addition to the midweek Wednesday tilt against Miami the Quakes will host Portland on May 18.

Home rivalry games include Seattle April 23, LA on June 25 with a return to Stanford (pending health updates), and LAFC August 20.

The Quakes will finish off their home schedule against Minnesota on October 1 before closing at Seattle on October 9.  MLS Cup is scheduled to be played on Saturday November 5 before the World Cup begins in Qatar on Monday November 21

Happy New Year. This week’s news is from the town–Soccer Bay Area has the deets.

The Roots now have a permanent head coach, with Jordan Ferrell returning to the office as Technical Director.  More from Doug Z at the site.

Oakland Roots name youthful Juan Guerra next head coach

The SFSFL champions now head to the NPSL.  Oakland SC joins the like of the Stompers and Contra Costa FC in forming an East Bay rivalry, while establishing one with cross bay club El Farolito in San Francisco.

Oakland Soccer Club joins NPSL

Save the date in March.  The Roots, Sacramento Republic, and new club Monterey Bay will have their schedule announced soon.  We’re also anticipating the USL League Two and NISA schedules in the coming weeks.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  We’ve been away but some news right now to be continued at the start of 2022.

The 2022 Quakes schedule was announced on December 15.  We’ll have more in January–for now mark February 26 at 3pm and March 5 at 2:30pm on your calendars with the Quakes opening up against the New York Red Bulls and Columbus Crew respectively,

Update 1/11: Our take is here.

Soccer Bay Area has some news regarding Bay Cities FC and they are now part of NISA, filling the void left by the Oakland Roots which opted to join the USL Championship.  The Redwood City club will announce their schedule soon.  

Bay Cities to Join NISA in March 2022

Metro FC of the SFSFL and Contra Costa FC of the NPSL played for a spot in the 2022 US Open Cup,  More deets from Soccer Bay Area.

Contra Costa FC Outlasts SF Metro FC to Earn U.S. Open Cup Berth

Plus, the Oakland Roots will have their practice facility in Alameda, taking over the old Oakland Raiders grounds.  With the place unoccupied by the Raiders moving the Las Vegas the Roots now have a training ground for 2022 and in our personal opinion much needed even if for only that year.

Oakland Roots take over Raiders former training facility

And our card to you… See you in 2022…

The weekend highlights are courtesy of Soccer Bay Area, where El Farolito hosted Contra Costa FC in US Open Cup qualifying near City Hall in San Francisco.  The match was moved from Boxer Stadium to James P. Lang Field and this time compared to their NPSL league opener this past June the tables were reversed.  Also Metro and Inter were involved in qualifying.

Contra Costa & Metro Advance in U.S. Open Cup Qualifying

Also, the Quakes will open up their 2022 schedule hosting the New York Red Bulls.

Quakes 2022 Home Opener Announced

And the college highlights, once again from Soccer Bay Area.

Santa Clara women advance to NCAA Quarterfinals

Broncos’ Season Ends on a Rainy Night in Kentucky

Santa Clara advances in NCAA Tourney after upsetting Georgetown

We hope all of you enjoy a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

The Quakes will open their 2022 schedule at home against the New York Red Bulls with kickoff at 3pm PT.  This will be the first meeting since March 16, 2019 and the first in San Jose since October 6, 2018.

The remaining matches will be announced before the end of the year, with the final game to be played on Sunday October 9 with MLS Cup to be played on Saturday November 5–two weeks before the World Cup begins on November 19 on the island nation of Qatar in the Middle East.   As of now, this is the only game on the Quakes schedule that has been confirmed for 2022.

More details can be found here at the Quakes website.

The Roots playoff run comes to an end with a scoreless match that went down to penalty kicks.  Orange County advance with a 6-5 win in the shootaround.  Soccer Bay Area and the Roots blog have the summary.

Dream season ends: OC outlasts Oakland Roots in PK’s

The Roots Blog has their take on the match.

With only a few matches between now and February 26 when the MLS season starts, with the USL tiers, NPSL, and NISA to follow afterward, we’ll be trying to catch up with the past year’s highlights.  Stay tuned for more, and check us out on Instagram.

Our weekly coverage was at San Jose for the Quakes final match of the year.

The Roots stun El Paso 1-0 in the USL Championship playoffs on Friday and now advance to play Orange County on the road this Saturday November 13 7pm.

Oakland Roots stuns El Paso, advance in USL playoffs

Also, Sunday’s Quakes match marked the end of a very illustrious career for Chris Wondolowski.

‘He’s welcome.’ Alexi Lalas’ classic response to calling Quakes’ Wondo a ‘flash in the pan’ in 2010.

Where does passing of the Wondolowski legend leave San Jose?

The Roots blog has their playoff takes with the match at El Paso and the upcoming games in the USL Championship with the Roots playing at Orange County.  With this club–this is We Believe on the pitch as a nod to the 2007 Warriors playoff run.

And Quakesfan has their take on the naming of Chris Leitch as General Manager.  He now begins the challenge of returning the team to prominence in the wake of Wondo’s retirement.  Also the one item is who will coach the team and which players leave/stay in 2022.

https://www.quakesfan.com/2021/11/08/the-pros-and-cons-of-gm-chris-leitch/

We didn’t forget the college highlights.  Thank you Mike at Soccer Bay Area.

Bay Area Men’s College Soccer: Santa Clara Clinches WCC Title, Stanford Beats USF, Spartans Lose Regular Season Finale

Champs Battle: Santa Clara and Stanford women face off in NCAA tourney

Our coverage was at the Roots playoff clinching win against SKC2.

The Quakes lose at Portland Wednesday eliminating them from MLS Cup play, however they return in fashion with a 4-3 win at Real Salt Lake this past Saturday.  Their final game will be Sunday November 7 hosting Dallas with nothing at stake except a win.

The college beat is here at Soccer Bay Area.

Bay Area Men’s College Soccer: Santa Clara Takes Over First Place in WCC, Stanford Earns Point vs. #2 Washington

Plus the writeup on the Roots win

Oakland Roots clinch stunning playoff berth in first USL season