2024 York United FC season explained

Club:	York United FC
Season:	2024
Stadium:	York Lions Stadium
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Martin Nash Mauro Eustáquio (interim) Benjamín Mora
League:	Canadian Premier League
Cup1:	Canadian Championship
Cup1 Result:	Preliminary Round
League Topscorer:	Brian Wright (8)
Season Topscorer:	Brian Wright (8)
Highest Attendance:	2,654 (April 21 vs Forge FC)
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Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025

The 2024 York United FC season is the sixth season in the history of York United FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

After a 2023 season in which it was operated by Canadian Soccer Business, York United was sold to a new Mexican ownership group, Game Plan Sports, in late November 2023.^[1] York United will play the 2024 season at York Lions Stadium, while the new owners will be looking into alternative permanent venues for the future.^[2]

On May 21, 2024, manager Martin Nash was relieved of his head coaching duties and replaced by Mauro Eustáquio on an interim basis.^[3] On June 4, 2024, York United FC announced Benjamín Mora as their new head coach.^[4]

Current squad

As of August 13, 2024.^[5]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Thomas Vincensini		GK	12 September 1993
18	Eleias Himaras		GK	8 March 2002
Defenders
4	Oswaldo León		CB	15 June 1999	Dorados de Sinaloa
5	Frank Sturing		CB	29 May 1997	SV Horn
6	Orlando Botello		LB	6 August 2001	C.F. Monterrey U23	,
7	Juan Córdova	/	FB	25 June 1995	Ñublense
23	Noah Abatneh		RB / CB	28 September 2004	AC Campodarsego
30	Kadin Martin-Pereux		FB / MF	9 October 2002	SC Paderborn 07 II
62	Nyal Higgins		CB	19 January 1998	Vaughan Azzurri
Midfielders
8	Elijah Adekugbe	/	MF	17 July 1996	Cavalry FC
11	Dennis Salanović		LW / RW	26 February 1996	CF Talavera
12	Santiago Márquez		CM	13 December 2003	Necaxa	,
13	Jason Hartill		MF	16 January 2004	Cape Breton University
15	Josué Martínez		CM	28 March 2002	C.F. Monterrey U23	,
16	Max Ferrari		LW / RW	20 August 2000	Aurora FC
17	Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy	/	AM / LW / RW	27 November 2003	ProStars FC
21	Christian Zeppieri		CM	4 May 2003	Vaughan Azzurri	,
24	Tomas Giraldo		AM / CM	8 March 2003	HFX Wanderers	,
33	Matthew Baldisimo	/	DM / CM	20 January 1998	Pacific FC
37	Trivine Esprit		MF	14 February 2002	Darby FC
Forwards
9	Brian Wright		CF	December 31, 2022	Atlético Ottawa
10	Molham Babouli	/	CF / LW / RW	1 February 1993	Muaither SC
14	Theo Afework		CF	24 January 2004	Nürnberg U19
19	Shola Jimoh		LW	8 April 2008	York United FC Academy	,
20	Jorge Guzmán		CF / LW	13 December 2003	Atlas FC	,
22	Austin Ricci		CF	8 April 1996	Valour FC

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11			CF Talavera	Free		^[6]
7			Ñublense	Free		^[7]
4			Dorados de Sinaloa	Free		^[8]
5			SV Horn	Free		^[9]
1			Virton	Free		^[10]
62			Vaughan Azzurri	Free		^[11]
21			Vaughan Azzurri	Selected 4th in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract		^[12]
37			Darby FC	U-Sports contract	April 21, 2024	^[13]
13			Cape Breton University	U-Sports contract	May 4, 2024	^[14]
19	FW		York United FC Academy	Exceptional Young Talent contract	June 8, 2024	^[15]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
6		align=Botello, Orlando	Orlando Botello	C.F. Monterrey U23	Loaned until end of season		^[16]
15		align=Martínez, Josué	Josué Martínez	C.F. Monterrey U23	Loaned until end of season
24		align=Giraldo, Tomas	Tomas Giraldo	HFX Wanderers	Loaned until end of season		^[17]
20			Atlas FC	Loaned until end of season	July 26, 2024	^[18]
12			Necaxa	Loaned until end of season	August 13, 2024	^[19]

Draft picks

York United selected the following players in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	4	MF	Christian Zeppieri		York
2	12	MF	Jason Hartill		Cape Breton

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3			Valour FC	Contract expired		^[20] ^[21]
6			Retired			^[22]
2			Vancouver FC	Contract expired		^[23]
7			Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired
21				Contract expired
27			Altitude FC	Contract expired
28			HFX Wanderers	Contract expired
11			Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired		^[24]
24			Tacoma Defiance	Undisclosed sell-on clause		^[25] ^[26]
1	GK		Vancouver FC	Contract expired	April 5, 2024	^[27]
32	MF			Contract terminated by mutual consent	August 6, 2024	^[28]

Loans out

Competitions

Matches are listed in Toronto local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) until November 3, and Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) otherwise.

Canadian Premier League

See main article: 2024 Canadian Premier League season.

Matches

Canadian Championship

See main article: article and 2024 Canadian Championship.

Statistics

Squad and statistics

|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards|}

Top scorers

width=10	Rank	width=10	Nat.	Player	width=10	Pos.	width=80	Canadian Premier League	width=80	Canadian Championship	width=80	TOTAL
1			FW	9	0	9
2		Molham Babouli	FW	5	0	5
3		Austin Ricci	FW	4	0	4
4		Juan Córdova	DF	3	0	3
5			MF	1	1	2
		Dennis Salanović	MF	2	0	2
		Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy	MF	2	0	2
6		Noah Abatneh	DF	1	0	1
		Elijah Adekugbe	MF	1	0	1
		Shola Jimoh	FW	1	0	1
Totals				28	1	29 Top assists width=10 Rank width=10 Nat. Player width=10 Pos. width=80 Canadian Premier League width=80 Canadian Championship width=80 TOTAL 1 FW 6 0 6 2 MF 3 0 3 FW 3 0 3 3 Elijah Adekugbe MF 2 0 2 Molham Babouli FW 2 0 2 Kadin Martin-Pereux DF 2 0 2 4 Clément Bayiha MF 1 0 1 Juan Córdova DF 1 0 1 Josué Martínez MF 1 0 1 Austin Ricci FW 1 0 1 Brem Soumaoro DF 1 0 1 Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy MF 1 0 1 Totals 24 0 24 Clean sheets width=10 Rank width=10 Nat. Player width=80 Canadian Premier League width=80 Canadian Championship width=80 TOTAL 1 3 0 3 Totals 3 0 3 Disciplinary record No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL 1 GK Thomas Vincensini 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 DF Oswaldo León 3 1 0 0 3 1 5 DF Frank Sturing 2 0 1 0 3 0 6 DF Orlando Botello 9 0 0 0 9 0 7 DF Juan Córdova 3 0 1 0 4 0 8 MF Elijah Adekugbe 4 0 1 0 5 0 9 FW 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 FW Mo Babouli 3 0 0 0 3 0 11 MF Dennis Salanović 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 MF 7 0 0 0 7 0 16 MF 3 0 1 0 4 0 17 MF Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy 2 0 0 0 2 0 21 MF Christian Zeppieri 1 0 0 0 1 0 22 FW Austin Ricci 4 1 0 0 4 1 23 DF Noah Abatneh 4 0 0 0 4 0 30 MF Kadin Martin-Pereux 2 0 0 0 2 0 32 DF Brem Soumaoro 2 0 0 0 2 0 33 MF Matthew Baldisimo 1 0 0 0 1 0 62 DF Nyal Higgins 1 0 0 0 1 0 67 GK Michael Williams 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 56 2 4 0 60 2 External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-11-30 . York United FC purchased by world-class ownership group Game Plan Sports Group . 2023-11-30 . Canadian Premier League.
2. Web site: 2023-11-29 . Mexican ownership group with Liga MX ties takes over Canadian Premier League team York United . 2023-11-30 . The Athletic.
3. Web site: 2024-05-21 . Official club communication on Martin Nash . 2024-05-22 . York United FC . en-US.
4. Web site: 2024-05-21 . Benjamín Mora appointed as York United FC head coach . 2024-06-04 . Canadian Premier League . en-US.
5. Web site: York United roster . 2022-12-09 . York United FC . en-CA.
6. Web site: York United Inks Liechtenstein International Dennis Salanovic . Northern Tribune . January 3, 2024 . January 3, 2024.
7. Web site: York United FC sign Canadian international fullback Juan Córdova . Canadian Premier League . January 4, 2024 . January 4, 2024.
8. Web site: York United FC announce signing of Mexican defender Oswaldo León . York United . January 23, 2024 . January 23, 2024.
9. Web site: York United FC announce signing of Canadian defender Frank Sturing. January 30, 2024. York United FC. 30 January 2024 .
10. Web site: York United announce signing of French goalkeeper Thomas Vincensini . 27 February 2024 . February 27, 2024. Canadian Premier League.
11. Web site: York United FC announce signing of Canadian defender Nyal Higgins. April 12, 2024. York United FC. 12 April 2024 .
12. Web site: York United FC announce signing of midfielder Christian Zeppieri to U-Sports contract. April 12, 2024. York United FC. 12 April 2024 .
13. Web site: 2024-04-21 . York United FC announce signing of midfielder Trivine Esprit to U SPORTS contract . 2024-04-22 . York United FC . en-US.
14. Web site: 2024-05-04 . York United FC announce signing of midfielder Jason Hartill to U SPORTS contract . 2024-05-05 . York United FC . en-US.
15. Web site: 2024-06-07 . York United FC announce signing of Canadian winger Shola Jimoh on Exceptional Young Talent contract . 2024-06-08 . York United FC . en-US.
16. Web site: York United FC announce signings of Mexican midfielder Josué Martínez and defender Orlando Botello. York United. February 2, 2024. February 2, 2024.
17. Web site: Halifax Wanderers, York United announce loan swap of Giraldo, Bayiha . Canadian Premier League. May 28, 2024. May 28, 2024.
18. Web site: 2024-07-26 . York United FC announce signing of forward Jorge Guzmán on loan from Liga MX side Atlas . 2024-07-27 . York United FC . en-US.
19. Web site: 2024-08-13 . York United FC announce signing of midfielder Santiago Marquez on loan from Liga MX side Club Necaxa . 2024-08-13 . York United FC . en-US.
20. Web site: Aussie Defender Tass Mourdoukoutas Departs York United . Northern Tribune . December 4, 2023 . December 4, 2023.
21. Web site: Valour FC sign Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas to a contractt . Valour FC . December 27, 2023 . December 27, 2023.
22. Web site: York United Captain Roger Thompson Retires . Northern Tribune . December 20, 2023 . December 20, 2023.
23. Web site: York United FC Announce Roster Updates Ahead of 2024 Season . York United . December 22, 2023 . December 22, 2023.
24. Web site: Atlético Ottawa signs exciting Portuguese winger Kevin dos Santos . Atlético Ottawa . February 20, 2024 . February 20, 2024.
25. Web site: Tacoma Defiance Acquires Osaze De Rosario and Brian Aguilar . Tacoma Defiance . March 19, 2024 . March 19, 2024.
26. Web site: Osaze De Rosario transferred to MLS NEXT Pro side Tacoma Defiance . True North Foot . March 19, 2024 . March 19, 2024.
27. Web site: 2024-04-05 . Vancouver FC add veteran goalkeeper Niko Giantsopoulos . 2024-04-05 . Canadian Premier League.
28. Web site: 2024-08-06 . Brem Soumaoro departs the Nine Stripes . 2024-08-06 . York United FC.