Introducing Oakland Roots SC x SFMOMA Collection Designed by Muzae Ses

Muzae Sesay for Oakland Roots SC x SFMOMA

The Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club, the soccer club that houses a men’s professional soccer team (Oakland Roots) and women’s preprofessional team (Oakland Soul), have partnered with SFMOMA on the occasion of our exhibition, Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, on view from October 19, 2024 to February 18, 2025. This community partnership between Oakland Roots and Soul SC and SFMOMA celebrates the diverse and vibrant culture of athletics and creativity.

“Art and soccer are two of the things in this world that represent and connect cultures without the need for a language,” said Oakland Roots and Soul CMO, Edreece Arghandiwal. “Oakland Roots and Soul have always been about connecting the Arts to Sports in everything we do from gameday experience to local storytelling. It is an honor to collaborate with SFMOMA to help amplify the Get in the Game exhibition.”

As part of the partnership, Muzae Sesay–a beloved Oakland-based artist with deep connections to both SFMOMA and soccer–will create a limited-edition jersey for Oakland Roots 2025 season, available exclusively from the SFMOMA Museum Store and at Roots merchandise stands in the Coliseum at the end of the season. Additional details about this landmark collaboration will be revealed in fall 2025 - stay tuned! In addition to the jersey, SFMOMA and Oakland Roots have developed other apparel items together designed by Sesay to be sold exclusively at SFMOMA.

“We are thrilled to be launching a community partnership with the Oakland Roots and Soul SC around SFMOMA’s Get in the Game exhibition opening this fall,” said Sheila Shin, SFMOMA’s Chief Operating Officer. “The exhibition and the Soccer Club have common aims– to illuminate the powerful role that sports have in our culture, to highlight the role of sports in social change, and to bring people together. I greatly look forward to our collaborations ahead.”

All products in this new collection are printed in Oakland, California by Oaklandish, an arts organization and Certified B Corp.

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