The Oakland Roots’ last night at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ended the way so many of their recent matches have: locked at 0-0, with the crowd still singing after the whistle. Saturday’s draw with San Antonio FC drew 9,718 fans, the club told NBC Bay Area, and closed a two-year Coliseum run the team itself tallied at 32 matches and more than 219,000 fans through the gates.

A short Coliseum era

Roots moved into the Coliseum in March 2025, packing more than 26,000 for a league-record home opener after the Raiders and Athletics had already left. Attendance slid after that peak. In early July 2026 the club said it would not return for 2027, citing limits on event control, matchday flexibility, the fan experience and operating costs. A later release acknowledged the club was behind on Coliseum payments and that the deal had been finalized too quickly to lock in sustainable terms. By August, a “pay or don’t play” arrangement with the Coliseum board let the team finish the 2026 home slate.

Saturday’s match fit the late-season pattern: Oakland pressed, San Antonio earned a second-half penalty that goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh saved, and Peter Wilson’s stoppage-time penalty for the Roots was stopped the other way, according to the club’s game release. Oakland stays in the Western Conference playoff chase and visits FC Tulsa on Oct. 17.

Where the team goes next

Short term, Roots are studying converting their Alameda training site into a match venue. Longer term, the club and Industrial Realty Group hold an exploratory exclusive negotiating agreement with the Port of Oakland over Howard Terminal — the waterfront site once pitched for the A’s — with a year to test whether a stadium pencil works there.

Before kickoff, the Los Roots supporters group marched from the parking-lot tailgates into the stadium with drums and banners, NBC Bay Area reported — a ritual many fans said echoed older Raiders and A’s game days. After the final whistle came fireworks and a set by Oakland artist Goapele, who recently joined the Roots and Soul ownership group. Fans who spoke with the station said they plan to follow the club wherever it lands. For a building that has watched franchise after franchise leave town, the goodbye still stung: another team, another last night under the lights.