2021 Union Omaha season

Union Omaha
2021 season
Head coach	Jay Mims
USL1 Playoffs	TBD
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Union Omaha season will be the second season in the soccer team's history, and their second season in the third division of American soccer, USL League One. Union Omaha will once again play their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States.

Roster

Following the completion of Union Omaha's inaugural season, head coach Jay Mims announced 14 players would return for the 2021 season.^[1] The team's first new signings were announced on January 22, as Conor Doyle and Greg Hurst were signed as free agents from the Chattanooga Red Wolves.^[2] Goalkeeper Kevin Piedrahita and defender Blake Malone joined the team as a free agent and on loan, respectively, before the start of training camp.^[3]^[4]

As of March 27, 2021^[5]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
3	DF	Damià Viader	Spain
5	MF	Tobias Otieno	Kenya
7	FW	Ethan Vanacore-Decker	United States
11	FW	Evan Conway	United States
12	MF	Austin Panchot	United States
13	DF	Daltyn Knutson	United States
14	MF	Christian Molina	El Salvador
15	FW	Elma N'For	Cameroon
16	DF	Jacob Crull	Austria
17	MF	JP Scearce	United States
20	MF	Devin Boyce	United States
24	GK	Rashid Nuhu	Ghana
25	DF	Ferrety Sousa	DR Congo
28	DF	Illal Osumanu	Ghana
33	GK	Kevin Piedrahita	United States
—	MF	Conor Doyle	United States
—	FW	Greg Hurst	Scotland
—	DF	Blake Malone (on loan from Orange County SC)	United States

Competitions

Exhibitions

March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19) Preseason 1	Minnesota United	1–1	Union Omaha	Blaine, Minnesota
				Stadium: National Sports Center

March 24, 2021 (2021-03-24) Preseason 2	Phoenix Rising FC	1–2	Union Omaha	Chandler, Arizona
12:00 PM MST	Dadashov 33'	PHX Report	Scearce 41' Hurst 53'	Stadium: Wild Horse Pass Stadium

March 27, 2021 (2021-03-27) Preseason 3	Phoenix Rising FC	1-2	Union Omaha	Chandler, Arizona
11:00 AM MST	Rodríguez 42'	PHX Report	Vanacore-Decker 69' N'For 90+'	Stadium: Wild Horse Pass Stadium

April 17, 2021 (2021-04-17) Preseason 4	Union Omaha	v	Sporting Kansas City II	Papillion, Nebraska
2:00 PM CST				Stadium: Werner Park

USL League One

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Union Omaha (C, X)	28	14	9	5	44	22	+22	51	Qualification for the semi-finals
2	Greenville Triumph SC	28	12	9	7	36	29	+7	45	Qualification for the semi-finals
3	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	28	11	11	6	37	29	+8	44	Qualification for the play-offs
4	FC Tucson	28	11	7	10	44	42	+2	40
5	Richmond Kickers	28	11	7	10	35	36	−1	40

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; (X) Regular Season Champion

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: USL League One^[6]

Results by round

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
Stadium	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A
Result
Position

Source: USL League One^[7]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

April 24, 2021 (2021-04-24) 1	Union Omaha	v	South Georgia Tormenta FC	Papillion, NE
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

May 8, 2021 (2021-05-08) 2	Fort Lauderdale CF	v	Union Omaha	Fort Lauderdale, FL
6:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium

May 12, 2021 (2021-05-12) 3	New England Revolution II	v	Union Omaha	Foxborough, MA
4:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Gillette Stadium

April 24, 2021 (2021-04-24) 4	Greenville Triumph SC	v	Union Omaha	Greenville, SC
3:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Legacy Early College Field

May 26, 2021 (2021-05-26) 5	Forward Madison FC	v	Union Omaha	TBD
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: TBD

June 2, 2021 (2021-06-02) 6	Toronto FC II	v	Union Omaha	Casa Grande, AZ
TBD				Stadium: Grande Sports World

June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06) 7	Forward Madison	v	Union Omaha	TBD
5:00 PM CDT				Stadium: TBD

June 12, 2021 (2021-06-12) 8	Union Omaha	v	New England Revolution II	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

June 19, 2021 (2021-06-19) 9	Richmond Kickers	v	Union Omaha	Richmond, VA
5:30 PM CDT				Stadium: City Stadium

June 26, 2021 (2021-06-26) 10	Union Omaha	v	FC Tucson	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

July 3, 2021 (2021-07-03) 11	Union Omaha	v	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Papillion, NE
8:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) 12	Union Omaha	v	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24) 13	FC Tucson	v	Union Omaha	Tucson, AZ
9:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Kino North Stadium

July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31) 14	Union Omaha	v	North Texas SC	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07) 15	Union Omaha	v	Forward Madison FC	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14) 16	FC Tuscon	v	Union Omaha	Tucson, AZ
9:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Kino North Stadium

August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21) 17	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	v	Union Omaha	Chattanooga, TN
TBD				Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium

August 28, 2021 (2021-08-28) 18	Union Omaha	v	North Texas SC	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04) 19	North Carolina FC	v	Union Omaha	Cary, NC
TBD				Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) 20	Union Omaha	v	Toronto FC II	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

September 19, 2021 (2021-09-19) 21	Union Omaha	v	North Texas SC	Papillion, NE
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) 22	Union Omaha	v	FC Tucson	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

October 1, 2021 (2021-10-01) 23	South Georgia Tormenta FC	v	Union Omaha	Statesboro, GA
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Eagle Field

October 6, 2021 (2021-10-06) 24	Union Omaha	v	Fort Lauderdale CF	Papillion, NE
7:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

October 9, 2021 (2021-10-09) 25	Union Omaha	v	Greenville Triumph SC	Papillion, NE
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

October 16, 2021 (2021-10-16) 26	Union Omaha	v	North Carolina FC	Papillion, NE
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

October 23, 2021 (2021-10-23) 27	Union Omaha	v	Richmond Kickers	Papillion, NE
6:00 PM CDT				Stadium: Werner Park

October 30, 2021 (2021-10-30) 28	North Texas SC	v	Union Omaha	Arlington, TX
7:30 PM CDT				Stadium: Globe Life Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL-1
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	ESP	Damià Viader	0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	KEN	Tobias Otieno	0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	USA	Ethan Vanacore-Decker	0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	USA	Evan Conway	0	0	0+0	0
12	MF	USA	Austin Panchot	0	0	0+0	0
13	DF	USA	Daltyn Knutson	0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	SLV	Christian Molina	0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	CMR	Elma N'For	0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	AUT	Jacob Crull	0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	USA	JP Scearce	0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	USA	Devin Boyce	0	0	0+0	0
24	GK	GHA	Rashid Nuhu	0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	COD	Ferrety Sousa	0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	GHA	Illal Osumanu	0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	USA	Kevin Piedrahita	0	0	0+0	0
	MF	USA	Conor Doyle	0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Greg Hurst	0	0	0+0	0
	DF	USA	Blake Malone	0	0	0+0	0

Last updated: October 24, 2020
Source: USL League One

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Player
No.	Pos.	Player	USL1			Total
3	DF	Damià Viader	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF	Tobias Otieno	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Ethan Vanacore-Decker	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Evan Conway	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	Austin Panchot	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Daltyn Knutson	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Christian Molina	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	Elma N'For	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Jacob Crull	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	JP Scearce	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Devin Boyce	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	Rashid Nuhu	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Ferrety Sousa	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Illal Osumanu	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	Kevin Piedrahita	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Conor Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Greg Hurst	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Blake Malone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: October 24, 2020
Source: USL League One

References

^ "Union Omaha names 14 players to be retained for next season's roster". Omaha World Herald. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
^ "Union Omaha Signs Conor Doyle, Greg Hurst for 2021". USL League One. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
^ "UNION OMAHA ADDS GOALKEEPER TO 2021 ROSTER". Union Omaha. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^ "Orange County SC loan Blake Malone to Union Omaha for 2021 season". Angels on Parade. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "Overview". Transfermarkt. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "2021 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
^ "Union Omaha Schedule". USL League One.

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[Returnees-1] "Union Omaha names 14 players to be retained for next season's roster". Omaha World Herald. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[New_Signees-2] "Union Omaha Signs Conor Doyle, Greg Hurst for 2021". USL League One. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[Piedrahita-3] "UNION OMAHA ADDS GOALKEEPER TO 2021 ROSTER". Union Omaha. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

[4] "Orange County SC loan Blake Malone to Union Omaha for 2021 season". Angels on Parade. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

[5] "Overview". Transfermarkt. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

[6] "2021 USL League One Standings". USL League One.

[7] "Union Omaha Schedule". USL League One.

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Key personnel	Head coach/technical director: Dominic Casciato Chairman: Gary Green GM: Peter Marlette Jr.
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