# 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 |
| February 1, 2022 | MF | Dion Acoff | Grindavík | Free |
| February 1, 2022 | FW | Noe Meza | Seattle University | Free |
| February 10, 2022 | FW | Giovanni Montesdeoca | Loudoun United | Free |
| February 18, 2022 | MF | Ryen Jiba | Salt Lake Community College | Free |
| February 18, 2022 | FW | Hugo Kametani | Omaha Mavericks | Free |
| February 24, 2022 | MF | Chavany Willis | Arnett Gardens F.C. | Undisclosed |
| March 8, 2022 | DF | Alex Touche | New Mexico United | Free |
| March 22, 2022 | DF | Isaac Bawa | LA Galaxy II | Free |
| March 22, 2022 | MF | Joe Brito | UNC Charlotte | Free |
| March 22, 2022 | FW | Alex Bruce | North Texas SC | Free |
| March 22, 2022 | DF | Gabriel Claudio | UNLV | Free |
| April 12, 2022 | FW | Kemal Malcolm | A.D. Chalatenango | Free |
| April 15, 2022 | MF | Eddie Gordon | Omaha Mavericks | Free |
| August 22, 2022 | DF | Shaft Brewer Jr. | Fram Larvik | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Name | To | Fee/notes |
| 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.
    As of October 2, 2022
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 2 | MF | Emir Alihodžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 4 | DF | Alex Touche | England |
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Claudio | United States |
| 6 | MF | Chavany Willis | Jamaica |
| 7 | FW | Noe Meza | United States |
| 8 | MF | Joe Brito | United States |
| 10 | FW | Hugo Kametani | Japan |
| 11 | FW | Kemal Malcolm | Jamaica |
| 12 | MF | Eddie Gordon | United States |
| 13 | DF | Daltyn Knutson | United States |
| 16 | FW | Alex Bruce | England |
| 17 | MF | JP Scearce | United States |
| 19 | FW | Ricardo Rivera | Puerto Rico |
| 21 | DF | Isaac Bawa | Ghana |
| 22 | MF | Conor Doyle | United States |
| 23 | FW | Giovanni Montesdeoca | United States |
| 24 | GK | Rashid Nuhu | Ghana |
| 26 | MF | Dion Acoff | United States |
| 27 | MF | Ryen Jiba | South Sudan |
| 28 | DF | Shaft Brewer | United States |
| 30 | MF | Yoskar Galván-Mercado | United States |
| 33 | GK | Kevin Piedrahita | United States |

## Competitions
### USL League One
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Tormenta FC (C) | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 43 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 5 | Union Omaha | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 43 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 6 | Charlotte Independence | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 42 | Qualification for the play-offs |
| 7 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: USL League One

#### 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 | 29 | 30 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

#### USL League One playoffs
### U.S.Open Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL-1 | USL-1 | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | BIH | Emir Alihodžić | 25 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Alex Touche | 29 | 1 | 22+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Gabriel Claudio | 26 | 0 | 10+12 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | JAM | Chavany Willis | 16 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | USA | Noe Meza | 34 | 11 | 25+4 | 9 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Joe Brito | 34 | 3 | 26+3 | 2 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Corey Hertzog | 13 | 4 | 10+3 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Hugo Kametani | 28 | 4 | 16+7 | 3 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | JAM | Kemal Malcolm | 22 | 2 | 11+7 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Eddie Gordon | 21 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Daltyn Knutson | 35 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Alex Bruce | 20 | 1 | 2+14 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | USA | JP Scearce | 30 | 8 | 24+2 | 7 | 4+0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | PUR | Ricardo Rivera | 17 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Luis Gil | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GHA | Isaac Bawa | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Conor Doyle | 35 | 2 | 27+3 | 1 | 5+0 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | USA | Giovanni Montesdeoca | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | GHA | Rashid Nuhu | 28 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | USA | Dion Acoff | 29 | 1 | 12+13 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SSD | Ryen Jiba | 33 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Shaft Brewer Jr. | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | USA | Yoskar Galvan-Mercado | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | USA | Kevin Piedrahita | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: April 18, 2023
* Source: https://fbref.com/en/squads/8585378e/2022/Union-Omaha-Stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | USL1 | USL1 | USL1 | US Open Cup | US Open Cup | US Open Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Emir Alihodžić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Alex Touche | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Gabriel Claudio | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Chavany Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Noe Meza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Joe Brito | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Corey Hertzog | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Hugo Kametani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Kemal Malcolm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Eddie Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Daltyn Knutson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Alex Bruce | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | JP Scearce | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Ricardo Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Luis Gil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Isaac Bawa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Conor Doyle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Giovanni Montesdeoca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Rashid Nuhu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Dion Acoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Ryen Jiba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Shaft Brewer Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Yoskar Galvan-Mercado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Kevin Piedrahita | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 42 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 |
* Last updated: October 2, 2022
* Source: USL League One

## Awards and honors
### USL League One All League First Team

| Award | Awardee | Position | Ref |
| USL League One All League First Team | Rashid Nuhu | GK | |
| USL League One All League First Team | JP Scearce | FW | |

### USL League One End of Season Awards

| Award | Awardee | Position | Ref |
| Goalkeeper of the year | Rashid Nuhu | GK | |