Professional soccer club Oakland Roots SC will play its 2025 season in the Oakland Coliseum, the team’s president Lindsay Barenz announced Monday.

The single-season lease returns the Roots, which plays in the second division of American soccer, to Oakland for the first time since 2022. The team has bounced between local college stadiums for the last few years, most recently at California State University, East Bay. But Barenz expects the Coliseum to be its last stop before opening a long-term stadium in early 2026.

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Cole Reynolds is a rising junior at Northwestern University, where he studies journalism and anthropology. He has previously served as managing editor for The Daily Northwestern. In that role, he was part of the team that revealed the extent of hazing on the Northwestern football team — a story that attracted national attention. Outside of reporting, you can find him making fresh pasta, bread or other culinary creations.