The 2024 Union Omaha season was 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 played the majority of their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States. They also played two matches in the U.S. Open Cup at Caniglia Field on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
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.
On July 20, Brazilian Midfielder Victor "PC" Giro suddenly announced his immediate retirement from professional soccer after an 11-year career. PC would subsequently join the academy coaching staff of USL Championship club San Antonio FC as the director/head coach of their U12 program.
On October 31, Hatian Defender Mechack Jérôme, his wife, and a close relative were involved in an accidental explosion caused by propane vapors from a cooktop igniting at his home in Bellevue, Nebraska. Jérôme had been a regular in the Union Omaha lineup, featuring in 28 of the club's matches in all competitions, and the situation led to an outpouring of support from the team and fans alike. In comments following the USL League One Final, principal owner Gary Green declared that, "Nobody will ever wear number two for Union Omaha, except for Mechack," making his the second number retired for Union Omaha, and the first that had been worn by an active player.
The team secured the Players' Shield, awarded to the team with the best regular season record, for the third time in four seasons after a 3–2 victory on the road against South Georgia Tormenta FC. They won their second playoff championship by defeating Spokane Velocity 3–0 in the final, becoming the first team to win the championship twice. They also advanced to the semi-final of the inaugural USL Cup, losing to eventual champions Northern Colorado Hailstorm.
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Name From Fee/notes Ref. January 9, 2024 FW Adam Aoumaich Marshall Thundering Herd Free January 9, 2024 DF Blake Malone Colorado Rapids 2 Free January 16, 2024 MF Nortei Nortey Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC Free January 30, 2024 FW Aarón Gómez El Paso Locomotive Free January 30, 2024 DF Mechack Jérôme Indy Eleven Free February 6, 2024 MF PC San Antonio FC Free February 6, 2024 GK Wallis Lapsley Tacoma Defiance Free February 27, 2024 MF Brandon Knapp St. John's Red Storm Free March 5, 2024 DF Ryen Jiba Minnesota United FC Free March 6, 2024 DF Will Perkins Western Michigan Free March 28, 2024 FW Zeiko Lewis Sacramento Republic Free June 19, 2024 DF Isaac Bawa Unattached 25-day Contract July 31, 2024 DF Charlie Ostrem Western Suburbs FC Free
Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource FW Missael Rodríguez Chicago Fire FC March 14, 2024 MF Max Schneider Indy Eleven July 18, 2024
Transfers out Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref. December 7, 2023 MF 8 Joe Brito Rhode Island FC Free December 12, 2023 MF 17 JP Scearce Phoenix Rising FC Free December 19, 2023 DF 28 Shaft Brewer Jr. North Carolina FC Free January 4, 2024 FW 7 Noe Meza Memphis 901 FC Free January 22, 2024 MF 20 Luis Gil Spokane Velocity Free January 29, 2024 MF 22 Conor Doyle South Georgia Tormenta Free Unknown DF 95 Alexis Souahy Spokane Velocity Free
Loans out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toStartEndSource 22 DF Will Perkins Huntsville City FC June 8, 2024
Roster
Current roster No.Pos.NationPlayer
Out on loan
Competitions
USL League One
Regular season
Standings
Standings
Results summary
Results by round
Match results
USL League One playoffs
USL Jägermeister Cup
Table
Match results
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 || DF ||align=left| Mechack Jérôme || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 1 |- || 3 || DF ||align=left| Blake Malone || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- || 4 || DF ||align=left| Luca Mastrantonio || 10 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 0 || 0 |- || 5 || DF ||align=left| Marco Milanese || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 |- || 6 || MF ||align=left| PC || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 |- || 7 || MF ||align=left| Joe Gallardo || 13 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 0 || 0 |- || 8 || MF ||align=left| Nortei Nortey || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 |- || 9 || FW ||align=left| Pedro Dolabella || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 0 |- || 10 || FW ||align=left| Steevan Dos Santos || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 |- || 11 || FW ||align=left| Zeiko Lewis || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 |- || 13 || DF ||align=left| Anderson Holt || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 15 || MF ||align=left| Brandon Knapp || 5 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 |- || 18 || FW ||align=left| Mark Bronnik || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 |- || 20 || DF ||align=left| Charlie Ostrem || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 |- || 21 || FW ||align=left| Aarón Gómez || 10 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 1 || 0 |- || 22 || DF ||align=left| Will Perkins || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 23 || MF ||align=left| Max Schneider || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 |- || 24 || GK ||align=left| Rashid Nuhu || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 26 || MF ||align=left| Dion Acoff || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 |- || 27 || DF ||align=left| Ryen Jiba || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 33 || FW ||align=left| Adam Aoumaich || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- || 36 || GK ||align=left| Wallis Lapsley || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 70 || MF ||align=left| Lagos Kunga || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0 |- || 77 || DF ||align=left| Isaac Bawa || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- || 99 || FW ||align=left| Missael Rodríguez || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 |- !colspan="3"|Total !! 95 !! 3 !! 2 !! 12 !! 0 !! 0 !! 107 !! 3 !! 2
Awards and honors WeekPlayerOpponentPositionRefJägermeister Cup Round 1 Missael Rodríguez Northern Colorado Hailstorm FW8 Joe Gallardo Tormenta FC MF13 Steevan Dos Santos Lexington SC FWJägermeister Cup Round 7 Steevan Dos Santos (2) Central Valley Fuego FW18 Joe Gallardo (2) Richmond Kickers MF
WeekPlayerOpponentPositionRef2 Blake Malone Central Valley Fuego FC DF Marco Milanese Bench Aarón Gómez Bench Steevan Dos Santos Bench6 Blake Malone (2) One Knoxville SC DF Steevan Dos Santos (2) FW Rashid Nuhu Bench7 Marco Milanese (2) Charlotte Independence DF Rashid Nuhu (2) Bench Mechack Jérôme BenchJägermeister Cup Round 1 Ryen Jiba Northern Colorado Hailstorm MF Missael Rodríguez FW Wallis Lapsley Bench Luca Mastrantonio Bench8 Dominic Casciato Tormenta FC Coach Dion Acoff DF Pedro Dolabella MF Joe Gallardo MF Rashid Nuhu (3) Bench Nortei Nortey BenchJägermeister Cup Round 2 Missael Rodríguez (2) Spokane Velocity FW Pedro Dolabella (2) Bench8 Pedro Dolabella (3) Tormenta FC MF Lagos Kunga MF Missael Rodríguez (3) FW Marco Milanese (3) Bench Aarón Gómez (2) BenchJägermeister Cup Round 3 Pedro Dolabella (4) Central Valley Fuego MF Lagos Kunga MF Missael Rodríguez (3) FW10 Blake Malone (3) Chattanooga Red Wolves DF Pedro Dolabella (5) MF Joe Gallardo (2) FWJägermeister Cup Round 4 PC Spokane Velocity MF Steevan Dos Santos (2) FW Missael Rodríguez (4) Bench12 Luca Mastrantonio (2) Forward Madison BenchJägermeister Cup Round 5 Blake Malone (4) Chattanooga Red Wolves DF Steevan Dos Santos (3) FW Pedro Dolabella (6) Bench Joe Gallardo (3) Bench Missael Rodríguez (5) Bench13 Pedro Dolabella (7) Lexington SC MF Steevan Dos Santos (4) FW14 Luca Mastrantonio (3) Greenville Triumph DF Pedro Dolabella (8) MFJägermeister Cup Round 7 Wallis Lapsley (2) Central Valley Fuego GK Steevan Dos Santos (5) FW18 Joe Gallardo (4) Richmond Kickers MF Brandon Knapp MFJägermeister Cup Round 7 Steevan Dos Santos (6) Northern Colorado Hailstorm FW19 Pedro Dolabella (9) Spokane Velocity MF Steevan Dos Santos (7) FW20 Lagos Kunga (3) Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC FW Dominic Casciato Coach Aarón Gómez (3) Bench21 Dominic Casciato (2) One Knoxville SC Coach Charlie Ostrem Bench22 Charlie Ostrem (2) Spokane Velocity MF Aarón Gómez (4) Bench Rashid Nuhu (4) Bench23 Luca Mastrantonio (3) Lexington SC Bench24 Max Schneider South Georgia Tormenta MF Pedro Dolabella (10) Bench Joe Gallardo (5) Bench25 Ryen Jiba (2) Central Valley Fuego DF Aarón Gómez (5) Bench
WeekPlayerOpponentRef9 Rashid Nuhu Charlotte Independence
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