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2024 Union Omaha season

The 2024 Union Omaha season will be the fifth season in the soccer team's history, and their fifth season in the third division of American soccer, USL League One. Union Omaha will play their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States.

Union Omaha
2024 season
OwnerGary Green
Head coachDominic Casciato
StadiumWerner Park
USL League One2nd
USL1 PlayoffsTBD
U.S. Open CupRound of 32
USL CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Missael Rodriguez (2 goals)
All: Joe Gallardo (4 goals)
Highest home attendance3,065 (5/4 v. TRM)
Lowest home attendance2,135 (5/1 v. NCO)
Average home league attendance2,554
Biggest win4-2 (5/4 v. TRM)
Biggest defeatLeague: All:
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On January 25, the team announced their intention to build a new soccer specific stadium in the downtown riverfront area of Omaha. The team intends to move into the new stadium by the Spring of 2026.[1]

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Position Name From Fee/notes Ref.
January 9, 2024 FW   Adam Aoumaich   Marshall Thundering Herd Free [2]
January 9, 2024 DF   Blake Malone   Colorado Rapids 2 Free [3]
January 16, 2024 MF   Nortei Nortey   Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Free [4]
January 30, 2024 FW   Aarón Gómez   El Paso Locomotive Free [5]
January 30, 2024 DF   Mechack Jérôme   Indy Eleven Free [6]
February 6, 2024 MF   PC   San Antonio FC Free [7]
February 6, 2024 GK   Wallis Lapsley   Tacoma Defiance Free [8]
February 27, 2024 MF   Brandon Knapp   St. John's Red Storm Free [9]
March 5, 2024 DF   Ryen Jiba   Minnesota United FC Free [10]
March 6, 2024 DF   Will Perkins   Western Michigan Free [11]
March 28, 2024 FW   Zeiko Lewis   Sacramento Republic Free [12]

Loan In edit

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
FW   Missael Rodríguez   Chicago Fire FC March 14, 2024 [13]

Transfers out edit

Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref.
December 7, 2023 MF 8   Joe Brito   Rhode Island FC Free [14]
December 12, 2023 MF 17   JP Scearce   Phoenix Rising FC Free [15]
December 19, 2023 DF 28   Shaft Brewer Jr.   North Carolina FC Free [16]
January 4, 2024 FW 7   Noe Meza   Memphis 901 FC Free [17]
January 22, 2024 MF 20   Luis Gil   Spokane Velocity Free [18]
January 29, 2024 MF 22   Conor Doyle   South Georgia Tormenta Free [19]
Unknown DF 95   Alexis Souahy   Spokane Velocity Free [20]

Roster edit

As of March 8, 2024[21]
No. Pos. Player Nation
2 DF Mechack Jérôme   Haiti
3 DF Blake Malone   United States
4 DF Luca Mastrantonio   Italy
5 DF Marco Milanese   Italy
6 MF PC   Brazil
7 MF Joe Gallardo   United States
8 MF Nortei Nortey   England
9 MF Pedro Dolabella   Brazil
10 FW Steevan Dos Santos   Cape Verde
11 FW Zeiko Lewis   Bermuda
13 DF Anderson Holt   United States
15 MF Brandon Knapp   United States
18 FW Mark Bronnik ([A])   United States
21 FW Aarón Gómez   Mexico
22 DF Will Perkins   United States
24 GK Rashid Nuhu   Ghana
26 MF Dion Acoff   United States
27 DF Ryen Jiba   South Sudan
33 FW Adam Aoumaich   France
36 GK Wallis Lapsley   United States
70 FW Lagos Kunga   United States
99 FW Missael Rodríguez ([B])   United States
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract
  2. ^
    On loan from Chicago Fire FC
    3.

Competitions edit

February 10, 2024 Preseason 1 St. Louis City 2 1–2 Union Omaha St. Louis, Missouri
12:00 PM CST Report Stadium: Washington University Orthopedics High Performance Center
February 17, 2024 Preseason 2 Sporting Kansas City II 0–4 Union Omaha Kansas City, Missouri
1:00 PM CST Report
February 21, 2024 Preseason 3 Minnesota United FC 2 1–1 Union Omaha St Paul, Minnesota
10:30 AM CST Trialist   Report
February 25, 2024 Preseason 4 FC Tulsa 1–1 Union Omaha Tulsa, Oklahoma
11:00 AM CST
Report
March 2, 2024 Preseason 5 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 3–2 Union Omaha Colorado Springs, Colorado
12:00 PM CST
Report   62'   90+1'

USL League One edit

Main article: 2024 USL League One season

Regular Season edit

Standings edit

See also: 2024 USL League One season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 7 4 2 1 14 8 +6 13 Playoffs
2 Union Omaha 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 10
3 Charlotte Independence 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10
4 One Knoxville SC 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10
5 Spokane Velocity FC 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 10
Updated to match(es) played on May 4, 2024. Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
4 3 1 0 7 3  +4 10 1 1 0 4 2  +2 2 0 0 3 1  +2

Source: USL League One[22]

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
StadiumAAHHAHAAAAHHHAHAHHAHAH
ResultWWDW
Position4442
Source: USL League One[23]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results edit

March 16, 2024 1 Central Valley Fuego FC 1–2 Union Omaha Fresno, California
7:00 PDT John-Brown  33',  71'
Carrera-García  47'
Lawal  84'		 Report Malone  18'
PC  45'
Gómez  62'
Jérôme  83'		 Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Iryna Petrunok
Note: Limited capacity due to stadium maintenance
March 30, 2024 Chattanooga Red Wolves P–P Union Omaha East Ridge, Tennessee
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to inadequate field conditions. Rescheduled date TBD
April 12, 2024 2 One Knoxville SC 0–1 Union Omaha Knoxville, Tennessee
6:30 EDT Skelton   45'
Calixtro   77'
Crisler   84'		 Report Dolabella   34'
Gómez   44'
Gallardo   44'
Milanese   50'
Jérôme   60'
Dos Santos   70'		 Stadium: Regal Stadium
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Benjamin Meyer
Note: Nickrod Fateh
April 20, 2024 3 Union Omaha 0–0 Charlotte Independence Papillion, Nebraska
2:00 CDT Kunga   16'
Dion Acoff   16'		 Report Sorenson   42'
Álvarez   82'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Atahan Yaya
May 4, 2024 4 Union Omaha 4–2 South Georgia Tormenta Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 CDT Nortey   9'
Dolabella   12'
Kunga   54'
Milanese   68'
Gallardo   70'
Rodriguez   81'   90'		 Report Lombardi   28'
Vivas   45+1'
Watson   58'
Akoto   72'
Rodriguez   76'
Fonseca   84' (pen)		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
May 18, 2024 5 Charlotte Independence v Union Omaha Charlotte, North Carolina
Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
June 1, 2024 6 Union Omaha v Hailstorm FC Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
June 5, 2024 7 Chattanooga Red Wolves v Union Omaha East Ridge, Tennessee
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Note: Rescheduled from March 30
June 20, 2024 8 Forward Madison v Union Omaha Madison, Wisconsin
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field
July 06, 2024 9 Lexington SC v Union Omaha Georgetown, Kentucky
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
July 13, 2023 10 Greenville Triumph v Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
Stadium: Paladin Stadium
July 27, 2024 11 Union Omaha v Chattanooga Red Wolves Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
August 3, 2024 12 Union Omaha v Forward Madison Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
August 24, 2023 13 Union Omaha v Richmond Kickers Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
September 4, 2024 14 Spokane Velocity v Union Omaha Spokane, Washington
Stadium: One Spokane Stadium
September 7, 2024 15 Union Omaha v Greenville Triumph Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
September 14, 2024 16 Hailstorm FC v Union Omaha Windsor, Colorado
Stadium: Future Legends Complex
September 21, 2024 17 Union Omaha v One Knoxville Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
October 2, 2024 18 Union Omaha v Spokane Velocity Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
October 5, 2024 19 Richmond Kickers v Union Omaha Richmond, Virginia
Stadium: City Stadium
October 12, 2024 20 Union Omaha v Lexington SC Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
October 19, 2023 21 South Georgia Tormenta v Union Omaha Statesboro, Georgia
Stadium: Optim Sports Medicine Field
October 26, 2024 22 Union Omaha v Fuego FC Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park

USL Jägermeister Cup edit

Main article: 2024 USL Cup

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Union Omaha 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 Advance to knockout phase
2 Central Valley Fuego FC 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
3 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Spokane Velocity FC 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01). Source: USL League One

Match results edit

May 1, 2024 1 Union Omaha 2–2
(3-2 p)		 Northern Colorado Hailstorm Papillion, Nebraska
6:30 CDT Rodriguez   44, 45+1' Report Rendón   17'
Hoard   62'
Opara   79'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,135
Referee: Lukasz Jozefecki
Penalties
May 11, 2024 2 Spokane Velocity v Union Omaha Spokane, Washington
Stadium: One Spokane Stadium
May 29, 2024 3 Union Omaha v Fuego FC Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
June 13, 2024 4 Union Omaha v Spokane Velocity Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
June 27, 2024 5 Union Omaha v Chattanooga Red Wolves Papillion, Nebraska
Stadium: Werner Park
July 19, 2023 6 Northern Colorado Hailstorm v Union Omaha East Ridge, Tennessee
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
August 9, 2024 7 Fuego FC v Union Omaha Windsor, Colorado
Stadium: Future Legends Complex
August 29, 2024 8 Forward Madison v Union Omaha Madison, Wisconsin
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup
March 21 First Round   Western Mass Pioneers (USL2) 0–4   Union Omaha Ludlow, Massachusetts
7:30 pm EDT K. Rose   44'
S. Blasco   51'		 Report Gallardo   4,73,89'
Dos Santos   67'		 Stadium: Lusitano Stadium
Referee: S. Briem
April 3 Second Round   Union Omaha 3–1   Des Moines Menace (USL2) Omaha, Nebraska
7:30 pm CDT Nuhu   24'
Dolabella   34'
Milanese   48'
Gallardo   49'
PC   82'
Gómez   90+3'
Kunga   90+9'		 Report Mohammed   67'
Harmon   74'
Enzugusi   87'		 Stadium: Al F. Caniglia Field
Attendance: 820
Referee: Kyle Healey
April 17 Third Round   Union Omaha (USL2) 0-0
(5–3 p)		   El Paso Locomotive (USLC) Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 pm CDT Milanese   42'
Gómez   45+1'
Nortey   45+2'
Dolabella   70'
Aoumaich   105+2'		 Report Hinds   45+12'
Nevárez   55'
Rose   89'
Dollenmayer   90+2'
Alfaro   103'
Yuma   106'
Pelúa   107'
Pasquel   117'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Referee: Esad Omanovic
Penalties
May 8 Round of 32   Union Omaha v   Sporting Kansas City (MLS) Omaha, Nebraska
7:00 pm CDT Stadium: Al F. Caniglia Field

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No. Pos Nat Player Total USL-1 U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   HAI Mechack Jérôme 7 0 3+1 0 3+0 0
3 DF   USA Blake Malone 6 1 3+1 1 2+0 0
4 DF   ITA Luca Mastrantonio 8 0 4+1 0 3+0 0
5 DF   ITA Marco Milanese 7 1 5+0 0 2+0 1
6 MF   BRA PC 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   USA Joe Gallardo 8 4 5+0 1 3+0 3
8 MF   ENG Nortei Nortey 7 1 4+0 1 2+1 0
9 MF   BRA Pedro Dolabella 7 2 4+0 1 3+0 1
10 FW   CPV Steevan Dos Santos 5 2 3+0 1 2+0 1
11 FW   BER Zeiko Lewis 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
13 DF   USA Anderson Holt 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
15 MF   USA Brandon Knapp 8 0 1+4 0 0+3 0
18 FW   USA Mark Bronnik 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
21 FW   MEX Aarón Gómez 8 1 4+1 1 3+0 0
22 DF   USA Will Perkins 4 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
24 GK   GHA Rashid Nuhu 7 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
26 MF   USA Dion Acoff 5 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
27 DF   SSD Ryen Jiba 5 0 2+1 0 1+1 0
33 FW   FRA Adam Aoumaich 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0
36 GK   USA Wallis Lapsley 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
70 MF   USA Lagos Kunga 6 1 3+1 0 1+1 1
99 FW   USA Missael Rodríguez 7 3 2+3 3 1+1 0

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Player USL1 US Open Cup Total
                       
2 DF   Mechack Jérôme 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 DF   Blake Malone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   Luca Mastrantonio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Marco Milanese 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
6 MF   PC 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
7 MF   Joe Gallardo 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
8 MF   Nortei Nortey 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW   Pedro Dolabella 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW   Steevan Dos Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Zeiko Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF   Anderson Holt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   Brandon Knapp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW   Mark Bronnik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW   Aarón Gómez 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
22 DF   Will Perkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK   Rashid Nuhu 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
26 MF   Dion Acoff 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 DF   Ryen Jiba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW   Adam Aoumaich 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
36 GK   Wallis Lapsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF   Lagos Kunga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
99 FW   Missael Rodríguez 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 12 0 0 9 0 0 21 0 0

Awards and honors edit

Team of the Week edit

Week Player Opponent Position Ref
2   Blake Malone Central Valley Fuego FC DF [24]
  Marco Milanese Bench
  Aarón Gómez Bench
  Steevan Dos Santos Bench
6   Blake Malone (2) One Knoxville SC DF [25]
  Steevan Dos Santos (2) FW
  Rashid Nuhu Bench

References edit

  1. ^ Gonzalez, Cindy (January 25, 2024). "New 7,000-seat Union Omaha downtown soccer stadium to anchor $300 million entertainment district". nebraskaexaminer.com. Nebraska Examiner. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Y., Jack (January 9, 2024). "Union Omaha signs forward Adam Aoumaich". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  3. ^ Y., Jack (January 9, 2024). "Union Omaha signs defender Blake Malone". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  4. ^ Y., Jack (January 16, 2024). "Midfielder brings two seasons of USL League One experience to Omaha". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Y., Jack (January 30, 2024). "UNION OMAHA SIGNS USL CHAMPIONSHIP FORWARD AARÓN GÓMEZ". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Y., Jack (January 30, 2024). "UNION OMAHA SIGNS HAITIAN NATIONAL TEAM DEFENDER MECHACK JÉRÔME". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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  8. ^ Y., Jack (February 6, 2024). "UNION OMAHA SIGNS GOALKEEPER WALLIS LAPSLEY". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
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  10. ^ Y., Jack (March 5, 2024). "UNION OMAHA RE-SIGNS YOUNG MLS TALENT RYEN JIBA". UnionOmaha.com. Union Omaha. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
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  13. ^ "Chicago Fire FC Loans Homegrown Forward Missael Rodríguez to Union Omaha". chicagofirefc.com. Chicago Fire FC. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  14. ^ "New signing! Midfielder, Joseph Brito will be joining Rhode Island FC for the 2024 season!". x.com. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Rising FC signs League One standout JP Scearce". ktsp.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  16. ^ "NCFC signs defender Shaft Brewer Jr". NorthCarolinaFC.com. North Carolina FC. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Memphis 901 FC Signs Attacker Noe Meza to Multi-Year Contract". memphis901fc.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Spokane Velocity FC Signs Experienced Attacking Midfielder Luis Gil to Roster". SpokaneVelocityFC.com. Spokane Velocity. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  19. ^ "South Georgia Tormenta FC Announce Conor Doyle on Two-Year Contract". tormentafc.com. Tormenta FC. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Tulsa Acquires Defender Alexis Souahy Via Transfer from Spokane Velocity FC". fctulsa.com. FC Tulsa. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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  25. ^ "USL League One Team of the Week - Week 6". www.USLLeagueOne.com. USL League One. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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