SACRAMENTO (Interstat) — Kyle Edwards scored in the 90th minute to give Sacramento Republic a 3-2 victory over Oakland Roots on Saturday at Heart Health Park. Sacramento Republic opened the scoring in the second minute when Alfredo Midence found the net. Oakland Roots answered with a dramatic finish to the first half, as Danny Trejo scored in the 45th minute and Peter Wilson added another goal in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time. That burst turned a one-goal deficit into a 2-1 lead for Oakland Roots at halftime. Sacramento Republic pressed for an equalizer after the break and got it from Lee Desmond in the 81st minute. Edwards then produced the late winner in the 90th minute, finishing the scoring in a match that featured five goals. Memo Rodriguez recorded two assists for Sacramento Republic, and Blake Willey also had an assist. Mark Fisher and Jesus De Vicente each recorded an assist for Oakland Roots. The match was the third of the competition for both clubs.

The result moved Sacramento Republic to 2-0-1 in the competition and 2-0-1 across all competitions. Oakland Roots is 1-1-1 in the competition and 1-1-1 across all competitions. Sacramento Republic had entered the match after a 1-0 win at El Paso and a 1-1 draw with Colorado Springs. Oakland Roots had beaten FC Tulsa 4-2 and drawn 0-0 with San Antonio in its previous two matches. The records in the competition and across all competitions were identical for both clubs after the match.

Oakland Roots received yellow cards from Byaruhanga in the 71st minute and Edwards in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time. The substitution list included Trejo and Gibson for Oakland Roots in the 58th minute, Benitez, Casas and Midence for Sacramento Republic in the 65th minute, de Vicente for Oakland Roots and Jennings for Sacramento Republic in the 72nd minute, Malango for Sacramento Republic in the 79th minute, and Byaruhanga and Prentice for Oakland Roots in the 86th minute. Midence had given Sacramento Republic its early lead before coming off in the 65th minute, and Trejo departed in the 58th minute after scoring Oakland Roots’ first goal.

Sacramento Republic’s Desmond scored in the 81st minute, and Wilson’s first-half stoppage-time goal had given Oakland Roots a brief advantage. Rodriguez’s two assists helped Sacramento Republic stay within reach before the late surge. Edwards scored the winner in the 90th minute. Fisher and De Vicente contributed assists for Oakland Roots, while Willey set up a Sacramento Republic goal. The visitors’ two-goal burst around halftime had put them ahead, but Sacramento Republic responded with two goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation. Sacramento Republic kept pressure on after Desmond’s equalizer and was rewarded when Edwards scored at the end of regulation. Oakland Roots had chances to close out the match after taking its halftime lead, but Sacramento Republic’s second-half response changed the outcome. The teams traded attacking spells throughout the second half, and Sacramento Republic’s pressure eventually produced the winning goal in the final minute.

Lee Desmond finished with a goal in 90 minutes for Sacramento Republic. Peter Wilson scored in 90 minutes for Oakland Roots. Memo Rodriguez had two assists in 90 minutes. Alfredo Midence scored in 65 minutes. Danny Trejo scored in 58 minutes. Mark Fisher had an assist in 90 minutes. Kyle Edwards scored in 18 minutes. Jesus De Vicente had an assist in 72 minutes. Blake Willey had an assist in 25 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Sacramento Republic 1, Oakland Roots 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Sacramento Republic with an 86.9 percent probability to win.