2023 Union Omaha season (original) (raw)

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Union Omaha 2023 soccer season

Union Omaha

2023 season
Owner Gary Green
Head coach Dominic Casciato
Stadium Werner Park
USL League One 1st
USL1 Playoffs Semi-finals
U.S. Open Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer League: Steevan Dos Santos (13)All: Steevan Dos Santos (14)
Highest home attendance 4,095
Lowest home attendance 1,665
Average home league attendance 3,030
Biggest win League/All:(OMA 4-0 TRM (10/7))
Biggest defeat League: 3 goals (twice)All:SLC 5–1 OMA (4/25, USOC)
Home colors Away colors
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The 2023 Union Omaha season was the fourth season in the soccer team's history, and their fourth season in the third division of American soccer, USL League One. It was the team's first season without head coach Jay Mims, after the club announced his resignation on December 16.[1] He was replaced by Dominic Casciato, who was most recently an assistant coach at El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship.[2] Union Omaha played their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States.

Date Position Name From Fee/notes Ref.
January 24, 2023 DF Italy Luca Mastrantonio United States FC Tucson Free [3]
January 24, 2023 DF Italy Marco Milanese United States UNC Greensboro Free [4]
January 31, 2023 DF Colombia Junior Palacios United States Miami FC Free [5]
January 31, 2023 DF United States Stefan Mueller United States Rio Grande Valley FC Free [6]
February 7, 2023 FW Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Free [7]
February 14, 2023 FW United States Joe Gallardo Mexico Querétaro F.C. Free [8]
February 14, 2023 DF Comoros Alexis Souahy United States New Mexico United Free [9]
March 7, 2023 FW United States Alex Steinwascher United States Xavier Musketeers Free [10]
March 14, 2023 MF Brazil Pedro Dolabella United States Rochester New York FC Free [11]
March 14, 2023 GK United States Ian McGrane United States St. Louis City 2 Free [12]
August 31, 2023 MF United States Lagos Kunga United States Des Moines Menace Free [13]
September 19, 2023 DF United States Ethan Dudley United States Crown Legacy FC Free [14]
No. Pos. Player Loaned from Start End Source
DF United States Sebastian Sanchez United States Louisville City FC February 7, 2023 December 31, 2023 [15]
Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref.
January 12, 2023 DF 27 United States Ryen Jiba United States Minnesota United FC $50,000 [16][17]
January 18, 2023 FW 16 England Alex Bruce Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh City Free
January 26, 2023 DF 5 United States Gabriel Claudio United States One Knoxville SC Free [18]
March 31, 2023 DF 13 United States Daltyn Knutson United States Tormenta FC Free [19]

Union Omaha announced their initial list of returning players on December 7, 2022.[20]

As of September 19, 2023[21]

No. Pos. Player Nation
2 DF Ethan Dudley United States
3 DF Stefan Mueller United States
4 DF Luca Mastrantonio Italy
5 DF Marco Milanese Italy
6 MF Chavany Willis Jamaica
7 FW Noe Meza United States
8 MF Joe Brito United States
9 MF Pedro Dolabella Brazil
10 FW Steevan Dos Santos Cape Verde
11 FW Joe Gallardo United States
12 MF Eddie Gordon United States
13 DF Anderson Holt ([A]) United States
14 DF Sebastian Sanchez (on loan from Louisville City) United States
17 MF JP Scearce United States
20 MF Luis Gil United States
22 MF Conor Doyle United States
24 GK Rashid Nuhu Ghana
25 GK Ian McGrane United States
26 MF Dion Acoff United States
28 DF Shaft Brewer Jr. United States
30 MF Yoskar Galván-Mercado United States
44 FW Alex Steinwascher United States
70 MF Lagos Kunga United States
95 DF Alexis Souahy Comoros
  1. ^
    USL Academy Contract
Pos Teamvte Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Union Omaha (S) 32 19 5 8 61 41 +20 65 Qualification for the semi-finals
2 North Carolina FC (C) 32 19 7 6 58 39 +19 63
3 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 32 18 6 8 59 37 +22 62 Qualification for the play-offs
4 Charlotte Independence 32 13 9 10 50 42 +8 49
5 Greenville Triumph SC 32 13 10 9 45 40 +5 48

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.
(C) Champions; (S) Players' Shield winner

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 19 8 5 61 41 +20 65 11 3 2 38 22 +16 8 5 3 23 19 +4

Source: USL League One[22]

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Stadium H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A A A H H H A H A H H A H A H A A
Result D W L D W D D D L L D D W W W L W L W W W W W W W W W W D W W W
Position 6 4 7 6 4 5 9 8 9 9 9 10 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 1

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

USL League One playoffs

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Appearances and goals

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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
3 DF United States USA Stefan Mueller 5 0 2+2 0 1+0 0
4 DF Italy ITA Luca Mastrantonio 20 0 16+4 0 0+0 0
5 DF Italy ITA Marco Milanese 28 1 26+1 1 0+1 0
6 MF Jamaica JAM Chavany Willis 18 1 1+15 1 0+2 0
7 FW United States USA Noe Meza 30 12 22+6 12 2+0 0
8 MF United States USA Joe Brito 34 5 25+7 5 0+2 0
9 MF Brazil BRA Pedro Dolabella 32 6 22+8 5 0+2 1
10 FW Cape Verde CPV Steevan Dos Santos 31 14 22+7 13 2+0 1
11 MF United States USA Joe Gallardo 30 5 17+11 5 2+0 0
12 MF United States USA Eddie Gordon 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0
13 DF United States USA Anderson Holt 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0
14 DF United States USA Sebastian Sanchez 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF United States USA JP Scearce 33 6 31+0 6 2+0 0
18 DF Colombia COL Junior Palacios 15 3 9+4 2 2+0 1
20 MF United States USA Luis Gil 34 2 25+7 2 2+0 0
22 MF United States USA Conor Doyle 30 1 26+2 1 2+0 0
24 GK Ghana GHA Rashid Nuhu 29 0 27+0 0 2+0 0
25 GK United States USA Ian McGrane 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF United States USA Dion Acoff 25 1 18+6 1 1+0 0
28 MF United States USA Shaft Brewer Jr. 31 1 22+7 1 2+0 0
30 MF United States USA Yoskar Galvan-Mercado 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
44 FW United States USA Alex Steinwascher 24 2 2+20 2 0+2 0
70 MF United States USA Lagos Kunga 7 1 2+5 1 0+0 0
95 DF Comoros COM Alexis Souahy 34 1 32+0 1 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Player USL1 US Open Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
3 DF United States Stefan Mueller 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 DF Italy Luca Mastrantonio 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
5 DF Italy Marco Milanese 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
6 MF Jamaica Chavany Willis 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
7 FW United States Noe Meza 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 MF United States Joe Brito 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
9 MF Brazil Pedro Dolabella 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
10 FW Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
11 MF United States Joe Gallardo 6 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 1
12 MF United States Eddie Gordon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 DF United States Sebastian Sanchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF United States JP Scearce 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
18 DF Colombia Junior Palacios 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
20 MF United States Luis Gil 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 MF United States Conor Doyle 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
24 GK Ghana Rashid Nuhu 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
25 GK United States Ian McGrane 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 MF United States Dion Acoff 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
28 DF United States Shaft Brewer Jr. 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
30 MF United States Yoskar Galvan-Mercado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW United States Alex Steinwascher 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
70 MF United States Lagos Kunga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
95 DF Comoros Alexis Souahy 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Total 78 0 4 3 0 0 81 0 4
Name Ref
England Dominic Casciato [24]
Team Player Position Ref
First Team United States JP Scearce MF [25]
Comoros Alexis Souahy DF
Second Team Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos FW
United States Noe Meza FW
United States Dion Acoff DF
Week Player Opponent Position Ref
7 United States Noe Meza Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC FW [26]
11 United States Noe Meza (2) Greenville Triumph SC FW [27]
26 Brazil Pedro Dolabella North Carolina FC/Richmond Kickers MF [28]
30 Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos Charlotte Independence/South Georgia Tormenta FW [29]
Week Player Opponent Position Ref
2 United States JP Scearce Forward Madison FC MF [30]
Ghana Rashid Nuhu Bench
United States Luis Gil Bench
4 Comoros Alexis Souahy Central Valley Fuego FC DF [31]
United States Noe Meza FW
Ghana Rashid Nuhu (2) Bench
United States Luis Gil (2) Bench
Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos Bench
5 United States Joe Gallardo North Carolina FC FW [32]
Colombia Junior Palacios Bench
6 Comoros Alexis Souahy (2) Charlotte Independence DF [33]
7 United States Noe Meza (2) Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC FW [26]
United States Luis Gil (3) Bench
8 Ghana Rashid Nuhu (3) Richmond Kickers Bench [34]
Italy Luca Mastrantonio Bench
10 United States Luis Gil (4) Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Bench [35]
11 United States Noe Meza (3) Greenville Triumph SC FW [27]
United States Luis Gil (4) MF
United States Shaft Brewer Jr. Bench
Brazil Pedro Dolabella Bench
13 United States Noe Meza (4) Greenville Triumph SC Bench [36]
15 Ghana Rashid Nuhu (4) Tormenta FC GK [37]
Italy Marco Milanese MF
United States JP Scearce (2) Bench
16 United States Noe Meza (5) Central Valley Fuego FC FW [38]
United States JP Scearce (3) Bench
17 Ghana Rashid Nuhu (5) Richmond Kickers GK [39]
United States Dion Acoff MF
United States JP Scearce (4) MF
Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos (2) FW
United States Joe Brito Bench
20 Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos (3) Tormenta FC FW [40]
21 United States Shaft Brewer Jr. Lexington SC/One Knoxville SC DF [41]
Italy Luca Mastrantonio (2) DF
United States Conor Doyle MF
United States JP Scearce (5) MF
24 United States Ian McGrane Greenville Triumph SC Bench [42]
26 Brazil Pedro Dolabella (2) North Carolina FC/Richmond Kickers MF [28]
United States Luis Gil (5) MF
Comoros Alexis Souahy (3) Bench
United States Joe Brito (2) Bench
United States Noe Meza (6) Bench
27 Italy Marco Milanese (2) Chattanooga Red Wolves SC MF [43]
Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos (4) FW
United States Joe Brito (3) Bench
28 United States Dion Acoff (2) Central Valley Fuego FC MF [44]
United States Noe Meza (7) Bench
29 Italy Marco Milanese (3) North Carolina FC Bench [45]
United States Luis Gil (6) Bench
30 United States Dion Acoff (3) Charlotte Independence/South Georgia Tormenta MF [29]
Italy Marco Milanese (4) DF
United States Luis Gil (7) MF
United States Lagos Kunga MF
Cape Verde Steevan Dos Santos (5) FW
United States JP Scearce (6) Bench
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