2023 Union Omaha season

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. He was replaced by Dominic Casciato, who was most recently an assistant coach at El Paso Locomotive of the USL Championship. Union Omaha played their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name From Fee/notes Ref. January 24, 2023 DF Luca Mastrantonio FC Tucson Free January 24, 2023 DF Marco Milanese UNC Greensboro Free January 31, 2023 DF Junior Palacios Miami FC Free January 31, 2023 DF Stefan Mueller Rio Grande Valley FC Free February 7, 2023 FW Steevan Dos Santos Tampa Bay Rowdies Free February 14, 2023 FW Joe Gallardo Querétaro F.C. Free February 14, 2023 DF Alexis Souahy New Mexico United Free March 7, 2023 FW Alex Steinwascher Xavier Musketeers Free March 14, 2023 MF Pedro Dolabella Rochester New York FC Free March 14, 2023 GK Ian McGrane St. Louis City 2 Free August 31, 2023 MF Lagos Kunga Des Moines Menace Free September 19, 2023 DF Ethan Dudley Crown Legacy FC Free

Loan In No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource DF Sebastian Sanchez Louisville City FC February 7, 2023 December 31, 2023

Transfers out Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref. January 12, 2023 DF 27 Ryen Jiba Minnesota United FC $50,000 January 18, 2023 FW 16 Alex Bruce Hồ Chí Minh City Free January 26, 2023 DF 5 Gabriel Claudio One Knoxville SC Free March 31, 2023 DF 13 Daltyn Knutson Tormenta FC Free

Roster Union Omaha announced their initial list of returning players on December 7, 2022.

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Competitions

Exhibitions

USL League One

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

USL League One playoffs

U.S.Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=120|Player | colspan="3"|USL1 | colspan="3"|US Open Cup | colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- || 3 || DF ||align=left| Stefan Mueller || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 4 || DF ||align=left| Luca Mastrantonio || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 |- || 5 || DF ||align=left| Marco Milanese || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 |- || 6 || MF ||align=left| Chavany Willis || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 |- || 7 || FW ||align=left| Noe Meza || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 8 || MF ||align=left| Joe Brito || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- || 9 || MF ||align=left| Pedro Dolabella || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 |- || 10 || FW ||align=left| Steevan Dos Santos || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 |- || 11 || MF ||align=left| Joe Gallardo || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 1 |- || 12 || MF ||align=left| Eddie Gordon || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 14 || DF ||align=left| Sebastian Sanchez || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 17 || MF ||align=left| JP Scearce || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0 |- || 18 || DF ||align=left| Junior Palacios || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- || 20 || MF ||align=left| Luis Gil || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 22 || MF ||align=left| Conor Doyle || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- || 24 || GK ||align=left| Rashid Nuhu || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- || 25 || GK ||align=left| Ian McGrane || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 26 || MF ||align=left| Dion Acoff || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 28 || DF ||align=left| Shaft Brewer Jr. || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 |- || 30 || MF ||align=left| Yoskar Galvan-Mercado || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 44 || FW ||align=left| Alex Steinwascher || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 70 || MF ||align=left| Lagos Kunga || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 95 || DF ||align=left| Alexis Souahy || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- !colspan="3"|Total !! 78 !! 0 !! 4 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 81 !! 0 !! 4

Awards and honors Coach of the Year NameRef Dominic Casciato

All League Teams TeamPlayerPositionRefFirst Team JP Scearce MF Alexis Souahy DFSecond Team Steevan Dos Santos FW Noe Meza FW Dion Acoff DF

Player of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentPositionRef7 Noe Meza Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC FW 11 Noe Meza (2) Greenville Triumph SC FW 26 Pedro Dolabella North Carolina FC/Richmond Kickers MF 30 Steevan Dos Santos Charlotte Independence/South Georgia Tormenta FW

Team of the Week WeekPlayerOpponentPositionRef2 JP Scearce Forward Madison FC MF Rashid Nuhu Bench Luis Gil Bench4 Alexis Souahy Central Valley Fuego FC DF Noe Meza FW Rashid Nuhu (2) Bench Luis Gil (2) Bench Steevan Dos Santos Bench5 Joe Gallardo North Carolina FC FW Junior Palacios Bench6 Alexis Souahy (2) Charlotte Independence DF 7 Noe Meza (2) Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC FW Luis Gil (3) Bench8 Rashid Nuhu (3) Richmond Kickers Bench Luca Mastrantonio Bench10 Luis Gil (4) Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Bench 11 Noe Meza (3) Greenville Triumph SC FW Luis Gil (4) MF Shaft Brewer Jr. Bench Pedro Dolabella Bench13 Noe Meza (4) Greenville Triumph SC Bench 15 Rashid Nuhu (4) Tormenta FC GK Marco Milanese MF JP Scearce (2) Bench16 Noe Meza (5) Central Valley Fuego FC FW JP Scearce (3) Bench17 Rashid Nuhu (5) Richmond Kickers GK Dion Acoff MF JP Scearce (4) MF Steevan Dos Santos (2) FW Joe Brito Bench20 Steevan Dos Santos (3) Tormenta FC FW 21 Shaft Brewer Jr. Lexington SC/One Knoxville SC DF Luca Mastrantonio (2) DF Conor Doyle MF JP Scearce (5) MF24 Ian McGrane Greenville Triumph SC Bench 26 Pedro Dolabella (2) North Carolina FC/Richmond Kickers MF Luis Gil (5) MF Alexis Souahy (3) Bench Joe Brito (2) Bench Noe Meza (6) Bench27 Marco Milanese (2) Chattanooga Red Wolves SC MF Steevan Dos Santos (4) FW Joe Brito (3) Bench28 Dion Acoff (2) Central Valley Fuego FC MF Noe Meza (7) Bench29 Marco Milanese (3) North Carolina FC Bench Luis Gil (6) Bench30 Dion Acoff (3)Charlotte Independence/South Georgia Tormenta MF Marco Milanese (4) DF Luis Gil (7) MF Lagos Kunga MF Steevan Dos Santos (5) FW JP Scearce (6)Bench

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