| 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) | ||
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 | | | Free | [3] |
| January 24, 2023 | DF | | | Free | [4] |
| January 31, 2023 | DF | | | Free | [5] |
| January 31, 2023 | DF | | | Free | [6] |
| February 7, 2023 | FW | | | Free | [7] |
| February 14, 2023 | FW | | | Free | [8] |
| February 14, 2023 | DF | | | Free | [9] |
| March 7, 2023 | FW | | | Free | [10] |
| March 14, 2023 | MF | | | Free | [11] |
| March 14, 2023 | GK | | | Free | [12] |
| August 31, 2023 | MF | | | Free | [13] |
| September 19, 2023 | DF | | | Free | [14] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF | | | February 7, 2023 | December 31, 2023 | [15] | |
| Date | Position | No. | Name | To | Fee/notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 12, 2023 | DF | 27 | | | $50,000 | [16] [17] |
| January 18, 2023 | FW | 16 | | | Free | |
| January 26, 2023 | DF | 5 | | | Free | [18] |
| March 31, 2023 | DF | 13 | | | Free | [19] |
Union Omaha announced their initial list of returning players on December 7, 2022. [20]
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | Ethan Dudley | |
| 3 | DF | Stefan Mueller | |
| 4 | DF | Luca Mastrantonio | |
| 5 | DF | Marco Milanese | |
| 6 | MF | Chavany Willis | |
| 7 | FW | Noe Meza | |
| 8 | MF | Joe Brito | |
| 9 | MF | Pedro Dolabella | |
| 10 | FW | Steevan Dos Santos | |
| 11 | FW | Joe Gallardo | |
| 12 | MF | Eddie Gordon | |
| 13 | DF | Anderson Holt( [A] ) | |
| 14 | DF | Sebastian Sanchez(on loan from Louisville City) | |
| 17 | MF | JP Scearce | |
| 20 | MF | Luis Gil | |
| 22 | MF | Conor Doyle | |
| 24 | GK | Rashid Nuhu | |
| 25 | GK | Ian McGrane | |
| 26 | MF | Dion Acoff | |
| 28 | DF | Shaft Brewer Jr. | |
| 30 | MF | Yoskar Galván-Mercado | |
| 44 | FW | Alex Steinwascher | |
| 70 | MF | Lagos Kunga | |
| 95 | DF | Alexis Souahy |
| February 18, 2023Preseason 1 | Sporting Kansas City II | 2–3 | Union Omaha | Kansas City, MO |
| 2:00 PM CST | Report | Stadium: Swope Park Stadium |
| February 25, 2023Preseason 2 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | 1–1 | Union Omaha | Tulsa, OK |
| 2:00 PM CST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium |
| Note: Sixty minutes | ||||
| February 25, 2023Preseason 3 | FC Tulsa | 0–2 | Union Omaha | Tulsa, OK |
| 12:30 AM CST | Report | Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium | ||
| Note: Sixty minutes | ||||
| March 3, 2023Preseason 4 | Creighton Bluejays | 0-1 | Union Omaha | Omaha, NE |
| TBA | Stadium: Morrison Stadium | |||
| Note: Sixty minutes | ||||
| March 3, 2023Preseason 5 | Iowa Western Reviers | 0–0 | Union Omaha | Omaha, NE |
| TBA | Stadium: Morrison Stadium | |||
| Note: Sixty minutes | ||||
| March 11, 2023Preseason 6 | Omaha Mavericks | – | Union Omaha | Omaha, NE |
| Stadium: Caniglia Field | ||||
| Note: Abandoned due to weather | ||||
| March 11, 2023Preseason 7 | Iowa Western Reviers | – | Union Omaha | Omaha, NE |
| TBA | Stadium: Caniglia Field | |||
| Note: Abandoned due to weather | ||||
| March 16, 2023Preseason 8 | Bellevue Bruins | — | Union Omaha | TBA |
| TBA | Stadium: TBA | |||
| Note: Abandoned due to weather | ||||
| March 18, 2023Preseason 9 | St. Louis City SC 2 | — | Union Omaha | St. Louis, MO |
| TBA | Stadium: Washington University Orthopedics High Performance Center | |||
| Note: Abandoned due to weather | ||||
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 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]
| March 26, 20231 | Union Omaha | 1–1 | Forward Madison | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 2:00 pm CT | Scearce Acoff Palacios Brewer | Report | Chaney Wheeler-Omiunu Osmond | Stadium: Caniglia Field Attendance: 1,913 Referee: Nabil Bensalah |
| April 1, 2023 | One Knoxville SC | P–P | Union Omaha | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Stadium: Regal Stadium Referee: Benjamin Meyer | ||||
| Note: Match postponed due to travel delays. Rescheduled date July 18 | ||||
| April 8, 20232 | Fuego FC | 0–2 | Union Omaha | Fresno, California |
| 9:00 pm CDT | Partida Chavez | Report | Brito Brewer Jr. Meza Doyle Dolabella Dos Santos Nuhu Souahy | Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: 570 Referee: Alexis Da Silva |
| April 15, 20233 | Union Omaha | 1–2 | North Carolina FC | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 2:00 pm CDT | Doyle Brewer Jr. Souahy Palacios Gallardo | Report | Mentzingen Young Maldondo Navarro Servania Perez Popp | Stadium: Caniglia Field Attendance: 1,665 Referee: Jervis Atagana |
| April 19, 20234 | Charlotte Independence | 0–0 | Union Omaha | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 6:00 pm CDT | Mbuyu Obertan | Report | Gallardo | Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Katherine McCormick |
| April 29, 20235 | Union Omaha | 3–2 | Hailstorm FC | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 CDT | Palacios Meza Milanese | Report | Lukic Kwakwa Amann Hernández Rosas | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,560 Referee: DeShaun Beard |
| May 5, 20236 | Richmond Kickers | 0–0 | Union Omaha | Richmond, Virginia |
| 6:00 CDT | Report | Dos Santos | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,418 Referee: John Matto |
| May 20, 20237 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 3–3 | Union Omaha | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 6:30 CDT | Cardona Marsh Mensah Tejera | Report | Dolabella Steinwascher Gallardo Nuhu | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Melinda Sopka |
| May 24, 20238 | Union Omaha | 3–3 | Greenville Triumph | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 CDT | Dolabella Souahy Milanese Meza Nuhu | Report | Wu Castro Boyce MacKinnon Labovitz | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Gloria Martinez |
| May 27, 20239 | Union Omaha | 1–2 | Forward Madison | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 CDT | Brito Brewer Jr. Willis Dos Santos | Report | Cichero Mesias Bartman Chaney Schipmann | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Gabriele Ciampi |
| June 3, 202310 | Charlotte Independence | 3–0 | Union Omaha | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 4:00 CDT | Johnson Mbuyu Bennett | Report | Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández |
| June 10, 202311 | Greenville Triumph | 1–1 | Union Omaha | Greenville, South Carolina |
| 6:00 CDT | Castro MacKinnon | Report | Meza Brewer Jr. Gordon | Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 2,164 Referee: Alejo Calume |
| June 21, 202312 | Union Omaha | 1–1 | One Knoxville | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 CDT | Meza Milanese Souahy Steinwascher Willis | Report | Ross Waldeck Ilić Thomas | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,602 Referee: Fevzi Demirhan |
| June 24, 202313 | Union Omaha | 2–0 | South Georgia Tormenta | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 CDT | Scearce Nembhard Doyle Milanese Dos Santos | Report | Akoto Heckenberg Dengler | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Servando Berna Rico |
| July 1, 202314 | Fuego FC | 0–1 | Union Omaha | Fresno, California |
| 7:00 PDT | Falck Partida Partida Cromwell Dulysse Cerritos | Report | Meza Gallardo Milanese | Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Adam Rice |
| Note: The report didn't say attendance | ||||
| July 8, 202315 | Union Omaha | 4–1 | Richmond Kickers | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Scearce Meza Gallardo Meza Dos Santos Willis | Report | Vinyals Terzaghi Sukow Morán Correa Aune | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Kevin Fikar |
| July 15, 202316 | Hailstorm FC | 2–0 | Union Omaha | Windsor, Colorado |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Amann Kwakwa Nortey Rogers Norman | Report | Brito Mastrantonio | Stadium: Future Legends Complex Attendance: 809 Referee: Servando Berna Rico |
| July 18, 202317 | One Knoxville SC | 1–2 | Union Omaha | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| 5:30 pm EDT | Fernandez Crisler Skelton Claudio | Report | Palacios Mastrantonio Acoff | Stadium: Regal Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Joe Surgan |
| Note: Match originally scheduled for April 1, the report didn't say attendance | ||||
| July 22, 202318 | Lexington SC | 3–0 | Union Omaha | Georgetown, Kentucky |
| 7:00 pm EDT | Brown Mohammed Fox Ates Diouf Knight Machell Ceja Balogun | Report | Willis Dolabella | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 2,178 Referee: Benjamin Mayer |
| July 29, 202319 | Union Omaha | 3–2 | South Georgia Tormenta | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Mastrantonio Scearce Dos Santos Souahy | Report | Heckenberg Nembhard Murphy Akoto Akale Mason | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,573 Referee: Esad Omanovic |
| August 2, 202320 | Union Omaha | 2–0 | Lexington SC | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Dos Santos Brito Scearce | Report | Ceja Dious Smart Robertson | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Gloria Martinez |
| August 5, 202321 | Union Omaha | 3–1 | One Knoxville | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Brito Dolabella Milanese Doyle Willis | Report | Kelly-Rosales Skelton Fletcher Vowinkel Johnson | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 4,095 Referee: Dion Coxe-Trieger |
| August 12, 202322 | Hailstorm FC | 2–3 | Union Omaha | Windsor, Colorado |
| 7:00 pm MDT | Opara Cornwall Zayed | Report | Gallardo Scearce Dolabella Brewer Jr. | Stadium: Future Legends Complex Attendance: 1,446 Referee: Donovan Eubank |
| August 19, 202323 | Union Omaha | 2–1 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CT | Gallardo Steinwascher Lombardi | Report | Filipe Marsh | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,356 Referee: Richonne Clark |
| August 26, 202324 | Greenville Triumph | 1–2 | Union Omaha | Greenville, South Carolina |
| 7:00 pm EDT | Shultz Shaw Labovitz | Report | Doyle Brito McGrane Dos Santos Gallardo Willis | Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 1,735 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov |
| September 6, 202325 | Union Omaha | 4–3 | North Carolina FC | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Dolabella Scearce Brito Brewer Jr. Dos Santos Meza | Report | McLaughlin Maldonado Fernandes Arriaga Benton Mentzingen Croll Popp | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Joe Surgan |
| September 9, 202326 | Union Omaha | 2–1 | Richmond Kickers | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Dos Santos Dolabella Gil | Report | Morán Correa Silva Brewer | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 4,046 Referee: Velimir Stefanovic |
| September 16, 202327 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 2–3 | Union Omaha | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 6:30 CDT | Kraft Madrid Hernández Mensah | Report | Dos Santos Milanese Dolabella Brito Scearce | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,123 Referee: Campo Hernández |
| September 23, 202328 | Union Omaha | 2–1 | Fuego FC | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Gil Meza Acoff Gallardo | Report | Forbes García Vasquez Cerritos | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,442 Referee: Madzid Coric |
| September 29, 202329 | North Carolina FC | 1–1 | Union Omaha | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:00 pm ET | Mentzingen Garcia | Report | Gil Meza | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,664 Referee: Gary Gutierrez |
| October 4, 202330 | Union Omaha | 4–1 | Charlotte Independence | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 6:30 pm CDT | Joe Gallardo (soccer) Brewer Dos Santos Scearce Acoff | Report | Mbuyu Dunwell Acosta | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 3,002 Referee: Olvin Oliva |
| October 7, 202331 | South Georgia Tormenta | 0–4 | Union Omaha | Statesboro, Georgia |
| 7:30 ET | Knutson Heckenburg | Report | Dos Santos Dolabella Meza Kunga Brito | Stadium: Optim Sports Medicine Field Attendance: 1,368 Referee: Alejo Calume |
| October 14, 202332 | Forward Madison | 0–1 | Union Omaha | Madison, Wisconsin |
| 6:00 CDT | Wheeler Chaney Brotherton Da Silva | Report | Kunga Scearce Dos Santos Joe Gallardo (soccer) Nuhu | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,740 Referee: Velimir Stefanovic |
| October 28, 2023Semi-finals | Union Omaha | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | Charlotte Independence | Papillion, Nebraska |
| 4:30 PM CDT | Report | Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,217 Referee: Eric Tattersall | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| April 5, 2023Second Round | | 2–0 | | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 7:00pm CDT | Gallardo Palacios Dos Santos Mueller | Report | Gómez Herrera Zacarías Borelli | Stadium: Morrison Stadium Referee: Velimir Stefanovic |
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 | Stefan Mueller | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Luca Mastrantonio | 20 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Marco Milanese | 28 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Chavany Willis | 18 | 1 | 1+15 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 7 | FW | Noe Meza | 30 | 12 | 22+6 | 12 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Joe Brito | 34 | 5 | 25+7 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 9 | MF | Pedro Dolabella | 32 | 6 | 22+8 | 5 | 0+2 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Steevan Dos Santos | 31 | 14 | 22+7 | 13 | 2+0 | 1 | |
| 11 | MF | Joe Gallardo | 30 | 5 | 17+11 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | Eddie Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 13 | DF | Anderson Holt | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | Sebastian Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | JP Scearce | 33 | 6 | 31+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 18 | DF | Junior Palacios | 15 | 3 | 9+4 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | |
| 20 | MF | Luis Gil | 34 | 2 | 25+7 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Conor Doyle | 30 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 24 | GK | Rashid Nuhu | 29 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 25 | GK | Ian McGrane | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 26 | MF | Dion Acoff | 25 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | Shaft Brewer Jr. | 31 | 1 | 22+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | Yoskar Galvan-Mercado | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 44 | FW | Alex Steinwascher | 24 | 2 | 2+20 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 70 | MF | Lagos Kunga | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 95 | DF | Alexis Souahy | 34 | 1 | 32+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| No. | Pos. | Player | USL1 | US Open Cup | Total | ||||||
| 3 | DF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Name | Ref |
|---|---|
| | [24] |
| Team | Player | Position | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Team | | MF | [25] |
| | DF | ||
| Second Team | | FW | |
| | FW | ||
| | DF | ||
| Week | Player | Opponent | Position | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | FW | [26] |
| 11 | | Greenville Triumph SC | FW | [27] |
| 26 | | North Carolina FC/ Richmond Kickers | MF | [28] |
| 30 | | Charlotte Independence/ South Georgia Tormenta | FW | [29] |