2020 Union Omaha season

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Union Omaha
2020 season
Head coachJay Mims
USL League One2nd
USL1 PlayoffsRunner up
U.S. Open CupCancelled
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Evan Conway (6 goals)
Highest home attendance2,700 vs. FTL (Oct. 24)
Lowest home attendance2,400 (multiple times)
Average home league attendance2,500
Biggest winOMA 3–0 TRM (Oct. 3)
Biggest defeatCHA 2–0 OMA (Sept. 15)
OMA 0–2 NE (Sept. 19)
2021 →

The 2020 Union Omaha season was the first season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Union Omaha played their home games at Werner Park, located in Papillion, Nebraska, United States. Union Omaha finished the regular season in second place to qualify for the USL League One final to take place against Greenville Triumph, however the game was canceled due to an outbreak of COVID-19 on the Union Omaha roster. Greenville were awarded the title as a result of finishing with the highest points per game average during the regular season.

Roster

As of August 1, 2020[1]
No. Position Player Nation
2 DF Luke Hauswirth File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3 DF Damià Viader File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
4 DF Nathan Aune File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
5 MF Tobias Otieno File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
6 MF Tyler David File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
7 FW Ethan Vanacore-Decker File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
10 MF Sebastián Contreras File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
11 FW Evan Conway File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
12 MF Austin Panchot File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
13 DF Daltyn Knutson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
14 MF Christian Molina File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
15 FW Elma N'For File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
16 DF Jake Crull File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
17 MF JP Scearce File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
18 FW Elvir Ibišević File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 MF Manny Lira File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
20 MF Devin Boyce File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
21 GK Sam Howard File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
22 FW Juan Ignacio Mare File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
23 MF Xavier Gomez File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
24 GK Rashid Nuhu File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
25 DF Ferrety Sousa File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
28 DF Illal Osumanu File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
43 GK Brian Holt File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

Competitions

Exhibitions

February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16) Wasatch Winter Cup 1 Real Monarchs 0–0 Union Omaha Herriman, Utah
5:00 PM MST Report Trialist Yellow card Stadium: Zions Bank Training Center
February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) Wasatch Winter Cup 2 Louisville City FC 1–1 Union Omaha Herriman, Utah
1:00 PM MST
Report
Stadium: Zions Bank Training Center
February 22, 2020 (2020-02-22) Wasatch Winter Cup 3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0–1 Union Omaha Herriman, Utah
11:30 AM MST Report
Stadium: Zions Bank Training Center
March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) Preseason 1 Creighton Bluejays v Union Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
5:00 PM CST Stadium: Morrison Stadium
March 20, 2020 (2020-03-20) Preseason 2 Omaha Mavericks v Union Omaha Omaha, Nebraska
1:00 PM CDT Stadium: Al F. Caniglia Field

USL League One

Main article: 2020 USL League One season

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Greenville Triumph SC 16 11 3 2 24 11 +13 35 2.19 Final, 2021 U.S. Open Cup
2 Union Omaha 16 8 3 5 20 15 +5 29 1.81 Final
3 North Texas SC[lower-alpha 1] 16 7 3 6 27 19 +8 27 1.69
4 Richmond Kickers 16 8 6 2 22 22 0 26 1.63
5 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 15 6 5 4 21 17 +4 22 1.47
Source: 2020 USL League One standings
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) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ↑ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

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
16 8 5 3 20 15  +5 29 5 1 2 9 5  +4 3 4 1 11 10  +1

Source: USL League One[2]

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516
StadiumAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAH
ResultDWWDDWWDLLLWWDWW
Position6422332233432322
Source: USL League One[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

July 25, 2020 (2020-07-25) 1 New England Revolution II 0–0 Union Omaha Foxborough, Massachusetts
4:00 PM CDT Bell Yellow card 40'
Burns Yellow card 90+3'
Sinclair Yellow card 90+5'
Verfurth Yellow card 90+7'		 Report Contreras Yellow card 54' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01) 2 Union Omaha 1–0 North Texas SC Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Nuhu Yellow card 38'
Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'		 Report Álvarez Yellow card 11' Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08) 3 FC Tucson 1–2 Union Omaha Tucson, Arizona
9:30 PM CDT Alarcón Yellow card 49'
Calvo Yellow card 63'
Ramos-Godoy Yellow card 76'
Virgen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'		 Report Conway Yellow card 23'
Hauswirth File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', Yellow card 78'
Vanacore-Decker File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'
Boyce Yellow card 77'
Mare Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Kino North Stadium
Referee: Isaiah Vlad
August 12, 2020 (2020-08-12) 4 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC P–P Union Omaha East Ridge, Tennessee
4:00 PM CDT Stadium: Chattanooga Red Wolves Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to severe weather.[4]
August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19) 5 Union Omaha 1–1 Forward Madison FC Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Contreras File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' (pen.)
N'For Yellow card 45+3'		 Report Leonard File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Trimmingham Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 83'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Karen Abt
August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23) 6 North Texas SC 2–2 Union Omaha Arlington, Texas
8:00 PM CDT Cerrillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Damus Red card 51'
Romero Yellow card 56'
Che Yellow card 71'
Alisson Yellow card 73'
Rayo File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'
Roberts Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Scearce Yellow card 21', File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Vanacore-Decker Yellow card 23', File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'
Sousa Yellow card 24'
Nuhu Red card 51'		 Stadium: Globe Life Park
Attendance: 855
Referee: Brandon Gardner
August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29) 7 Union Omaha 2–1 FC Tucson Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Boyce File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'
David Yellow card 28'
Viader Yellow card 55'
Sousa Yellow card 73'
Molina File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		 Report Adams File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06) 8 Union Omaha 1–0 Orlando City B Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Vanacore-Decker Yellow card 35'
Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
Viader Yellow card 81'		 Report Monticelli Yellow card 28'
Lamb Yellow card 45+4'
Carabalí Yellow card 83'
Rosales Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11) 9 South Georgia Tormenta FC 2–2 Union Omaha Statesboro, Georgia
7:00 PM CDT Mayr-Fälten File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Rashid Nuhu File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (o.g.)
Arslan Yellow card 63'
Micaletto Yellow card 74'		 Report Sousa Yellow card 62', File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'
N'For File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		 Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15) 4 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 2–0 Union Omaha East Ridge, Tennessee
11:00 AM CDT Zacarías File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'
Ramos Yellow card 51'
Dieterich File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
Ruiz Yellow card 90+4'		 Report David Yellow card 22'
Mare Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Chattanooga Red Wolves Stadium
Referee: Kyle Johnston
Note: Re-schedule of postponed August 12 match.[5]
September 19, 2020 (2020-09-19) 10 Union Omaha 0–2 New England Revolution II Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT David Yellow card 60'
Scearce Yellow card 88'
Vanacore-Decker Red card 90+1'		 Report Rennicks File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Sinclair Yellow card 58'
Firmino File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+8'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jon Freemon
September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) 11 Union Omaha 0–1 Richmond Kickers Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Boyce Yellow card 58'
Scearce Yellow card 71'		 Report Magalhães File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) 12 Fort Lauderdale CF 2–3 Union Omaha Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT Méndez Yellow card 16'
Sosa File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Valencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Nodarse Yellow card 73'
Guediri Yellow card 75'		 Report Panchot File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Boyce Yellow card 38'
Otieno Yellow card 44'
Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Knutson Yellow card 83'
Vanacore-Decker File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		 Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
October 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) 13 Union Omaha 3–0 South Georgia Tormenta FC Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Viader File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Scearce File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'		 Report Mueller Yellow card 53' Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Ruska
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) 14 Forward Madison FC 0–0 Union Omaha Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
4:00 PM CDT Ovalle Yellow card 2'
Leonard Yellow card 71'
Lockaby Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Knutson Yellow card 5'
Boyce Yellow card 31'		 Stadium: Hart Park
Referee: Calin Radosav
October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) 15 Greenville Triumph SC 1–2 Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
3:00 PM EDT Pilato File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Walker Yellow card 38'
Stripling Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Molina File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'
Sousa Yellow card 22'
Scearce Yellow card 43'
Viader Yellow card 60'
Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'		 Stadium: Legacy Early College Field
Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Izlen Peksenar
October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24) 16 Union Omaha 1–0 Fort Lauderdale CF Papillion, Nebraska
7:00 PM CDT Otieno Yellow card 55'
Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'		 Report Méndez Yellow card 6'
Lopez-Espin Yellow card 44'
Sosa Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Werner Park
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Karen Callado

Playoff Final

October 30, 2020 Greenville Triumph SC Cancelled Union Omaha Greenville, South Carolina
8:00pm (EDT) Stadium: Legacy Early College Field

Note: Game was cancelled after several players tested positive for COVID-19. Greenville was awarded the title based on points per game average (2.188 to 1.825).[6]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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
2 DF United States USA Luke Hauswirth 11 1 9+2 1 0 0
3 DF Spain ESP Damià Viader 13 1 12+1 1 0 0
4 DF United States USA Nathan Aune 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
5 MF Kenya KEN Tobias Otieno 5 0 5+0 0 0 0
6 MF United States USA Tyler David 13 0 9+4 0 0 0
7 FW United States USA Ethan Vanacore-Decker 16 3 15+1 3 0 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Sebastián Contreras 15 1 11+4 1 0 0
11 FW United States USA Evan Conway 16 6 16+0 6 0 0
12 MF United States USA Austin Panchot 9 1 1+8 1 0 0
13 DF United States USA Daltyn Knutson 11 0 9+2 0 0 0
14 MF El Salvador SLV Christian Molina 11 2 4+7 2 0 0
15 FW Cameroon CMR Elma N'For 14 1 7+7 1 0 0
16 DF Austria AUT Jake Crull 13 0 11+2 0 0 0
17 MF United States USA JP Scearce 14 2 8+6 2 0 0
18 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Elvir Ibišević 9 0 3+6 0 0 0
19 MF Mexico MEX Manny Lira 0 0 0+0 0 0 0
20 MF United States USA Devin Boyce 16 1 13+3 1 0 0
21 GK United States USA Sam Howard 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
22 FW Argentina ARG Juan Ignacio Mare 9 0 3+6 0 0 0
23 MF United States USA Xavier Gomez 0 0 0+0 0 0 0
24 GK Ghana GHA Rashid Nuhu 15 0 15+0 0 0 0
25 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ferrety Sousa 13 1 7+6 1 0 0
28 DF Ghana GHA Illal Osumanu 15 0 14+1 0 0 0
43 GK United States USA Brian Holt 0 0 0+0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ "Roster". Union Omaha. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
  3. ↑ "Union Omaha Schedule". USL League One.
  4. ↑ "First match between Red Wolves and Union Omaha postponed". WRCBtv.com. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  5. ↑ "USL League One Announces Pair of Rescheduled Dates". USLLeagueOne.com. September 9, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "USL League One Final Cancelled, Greenville Named 2020 Title-Winners". USLLeagueOne.com Staff. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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