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| Former NFL star Marshawn Lynch has joined the ownership group of Oakland Roots SC in the USL Championship. (Photo by=Christian Petersen/Getty Images) |
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Former NFL star Marshawn Lynch has joined the ownership group of Oakland Roots SC, the two-year-old club that plays in the USL Championship, the second tier of US men’s soccer, The Guardian reported.
“Growing up in The Town, we always could count on the pro teams in this area, but with most of those ones that I grew up with gone, I knew the minute I heard about the opportunity to join Oakland Roots, it wasn’t just something I wanted to do, it was something I had to do,” Lynch said in a statement.
The Oakland native, who turns 35 next Thursday, attended nearby UC Berkeley and made the first of two comebacks from retirement with the Oakland Raiders in 2017-18 before the team’s relocation to Las Vegas. Lynch and the club will also work together with a local company, Goalsetter, to help Bay Area students with financial literacy, according to the release.
