2022 Union Omaha season

The 2022 Union Omaha season was the third season in the soccer team's history, and their third season in the third division of American soccer, USL League One. Union Omaha played their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States.

Union Omaha were the defending league champions, after defeating Greenville Triumph SC in the final the previous season. They also competed in the U.S. Open Cup for the first time, defeating two teams from Major League Soccer and reaching the quarterfinals, the farthest a team from USL League One has advanced in the tournament since the formation of the league.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name From Fee/notes Ref. February 1, 2022 MF Dion Acoff GrindavíkFree February 1, 2022 FW Noe Meza Seattle UniversityFree February 10, 2022 FW Giovanni Montesdeoca Loudoun UnitedFree February 18, 2022 MF Ryen Jiba Salt Lake Community CollegeFree February 18, 2022 FW Hugo Kametani Omaha MavericksFree February 24, 2022 MF Chavany Willis Arnett Gardens F.C.Undisclosed March 8, 2022 DF Alex Touche New Mexico UnitedFree March 22, 2022 DF Isaac Bawa LA Galaxy IIFree March 22, 2022 MF Joe Brito UNC CharlotteFree March 22, 2022 FW Alex Bruce North Texas SCFree March 22, 2022 DF Gabriel Claudio UNLVFree April 12, 2022 FW Kemal Malcolm A.D. ChalatenangoFree April 15, 2022 MF Eddie Gordon Omaha MavericksFree August 22, 2022 DF Shaft Brewer Jr. Fram LarvikFree

Transfers out Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref. November 29, 2021 FW 12 Austin Panchot Retired November 30, 2021 DF 18 Blake Malone Orange County SC End of Loan December 21, 2021 DF 16 Jake Crull FC Tucson Free January 6, 2022 FW 11 Evan Conway San Diego Loyal Free January 17, 2022 FW 9 Greg Hurst Phoenix Rising FC Free January 20, 2022 MF 20 Devin Boyce Memphis 901 FC Free January 25, 2022 DF 25 Ferrety Sousa Sacramento Republic Free January 28, 2022 MF 7 Ethan Vanacore-Decker Northern Colorado Hailstorm Free February 15, 2022 MF 14 Christian Molina Richmond Kickers Free February 15, 2022 MF 5 Tobias Otieno South Georgia Tormenta Free March 2, 2022 MF 10 Nicolas Firmino Atlanta United 2 Free March 2, 2022 DF 3 Damià Viader Sacramento Republic Undisclosed March 3, 2022 MF 8 John Murphy New York Red Bulls II Free

Roster

In December 2021, Union Omaha announced an initial group of five players from last season's roster returning for the 2022 season.

No.PositionNationPlayer

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;| |- || 2 || MF ||align=left| Emir Alihodžić || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 4 || DF ||align=left| Alex Touche || 6 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 0 |- || 5 || DF ||align=left| Gabriel Claudio || 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0 |- || 6 || MF ||align=left| Chavany Willis || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 7 || FW ||align=left| Noe Meza || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 8 || MF ||align=left| Joe Brito || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 9 || FW ||align=left| Corey Hertzog || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 |- || 10 || FW ||align=left| Hugo Kametani || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 11 || FW ||align=left| Kemal Malcolm || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- || 12 || MF ||align=left| Eddie Gordon || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 13 || DF ||align=left| Daltyn Knutson || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 |- || 16 || FW ||align=left| Alex Bruce || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- || 17 || MF ||align=left| JP Scearce || 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0 |- || 19 || FW ||align=left| Ricardo Rivera || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 20 || MF ||align=left| Luis Gil || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 |- || 21 || DF ||align=left| Isaac Bawa || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 22 || MF ||align=left| Conor Doyle || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 |- || 23 || FW ||align=left| Giovanni Montesdeoca || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 24 || GK ||align=left| Rashid Nuhu || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 26 || MF ||align=left| Dion Acoff || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 27 || DF ||align=left| Ryen Jiba || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- || 28 || DF ||align=left| Shaft Brewer Jr. || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 30 || MF ||align=left| Yoskar Galvan-Mercado || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 33 || GK ||align=left| Kevin Piedrahita || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- !colspan="3"|Total !! 42 !! 2 !! 0 !! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 46 !! 2 !! 0

Awards and honors

USL League One All League First Team AwardAwardeePositionRefUSL League One All League First TeamRashid NuhuGKUSL League One All League First TeamJP ScearceFW

USL League One End of Season Awards AwardAwardeePositionRefGoalkeeper of the yearRashid NuhuGK

References