2024 York United FC season

York United FC
2024 season
Head coach	Martin Nash; Mauro Eustáquio (interim); Benjamín Mora
Stadium	York Lions Stadium
Canadian Premier League	4th
Canadian Championship	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Wright (9); All: Brian Wright (9)
Highest home attendance	2,654 ; (April 21 vs Forge FC)
Average home league attendance	1,499
Home colours	Away colours
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Head coachMartin Nash
Mauro Eustáquio (interim)
Benjamín Mora

StadiumYork Lions Stadium

Canadian Premier League4th

Canadian ChampionshipPreliminary Round

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]

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Thomas Vincensini		GK	(1993-09-12)September 12, 1993 (aged 31)	Virton	INT
18	Eleias Himaras		GK	(2002-03-08)March 8, 2002 (aged 22)	Electric City
Defenders
4	Oswaldo León		CB	(1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 25)	Dorados de Sinaloa	INT
5	Frank Sturing		CB	(1997-05-29)May 29, 1997 (aged 27)	SV Horn
6	Orlando Botello		LB	(2001-08-06)August 6, 2001 (aged 23)	C.F. Monterrey U23	INT, Loan
16	Max Ferrari		LW / RW	(2000-08-20)August 20, 2000 (aged 24)	Aurora FC
23	Noah Abatneh		RB / CB	(2004-09-28)September 28, 2004 (aged 20)	AC Campodarsego	U21
30	Kadin Martin-Pereux		FB / MF	(2002-10-09)October 9, 2002 (aged 22)	SC Paderborn 07 II	IL
62	Nyal Higgins		CB	(1998-01-19)January 19, 1998 (aged 26)	Vaughan Azzurri
	Finn Raible		CB	(2008-04-15)April 15, 2008 (aged 16)	Edmonton BTB SC	DEV
Midfielders
7	Juan Córdova	/	FB	(1995-06-25)June 25, 1995 (aged 29)	Ñublense
8	Elijah Adekugbe	/	MF	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 28)	Cavalry FC
12	Santiago Márquez		CM	(2003-12-13)December 13, 2003 (aged 21)	Necaxa	INT, Loan
15	Josué Martínez		CM	(2002-03-28)March 28, 2002 (aged 22)	C.F. Monterrey U23	INT, Loan
21	Kembo Kibato		MF	(2000-09-16)September 16, 2000 (aged 24)	Vancouver FC
24	Tomas Giraldo		AM / CM	(2003-03-08)March 8, 2003 (aged 21)	HFX Wanderers	U21, Loan
26	Joshua Lopez		MF	(2008-05-26)May 26, 2008 (aged 16)	TFC Academy	DEV
27	Lukas Pareja		MF		Cavalry FC U21	DEV
33	Matthew Baldisimo	/	DM / CM	(1998-01-20)January 20, 1998 (aged 26)	Pacific FC
37	Trivine Esprit		MF	(2002-02-14)February 14, 2002 (aged 22)	Darby FC	U-S
	Anthony Umanzor	/	DM / CM	(2008-03-29)March 29, 2008 (aged 16)	TFC Academy	DEV
Forwards
9	Brian Wright		CF	(1995-03-24)March 24, 1995 (aged 29)	Atlético Ottawa
10	Molham Babouli	/	CF / LW / RW	(1993-02-01)February 1, 1993 (aged 31)	Muaither SC
11	Dennis Salanović		LW / RW	(1996-02-26)February 26, 1996 (aged 28)	CF Talavera	INT
14	Theo Afework		CF	(2004-01-24)January 24, 2004 (aged 20)	Nürnberg U19	U21
17	Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy	/	AM / LW / RW	(2003-11-27)November 27, 2003 (aged 21)	ProStars FC	U21
19	Shola Jimoh		LW	(2008-04-08)April 8, 2008 (aged 16)	York United FC Academy	U21, EYT
20	Jorge Guzmán		CF / LW	(2003-12-13)December 13, 2003 (aged 21)	Atlas FC	INT, Loan

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11	MF	Dennis Salanović	CF Talavera	Free	January 3, 2024	^[7]
7	DF	Juan Córdova	Ñublense	Free	January 4, 2024	^[8]
4	DF	Oswaldo León	Dorados de Sinaloa	Free	January 23, 2024	^[9]
5	DF	Frank Sturing	SV Horn	Free	January 30, 2024	^[10]
1	GK	Thomas Vincensini	Virton	Free	February 27, 2024	^[11]
62	DF	Nyal Higgins	Vaughan Azzurri	Free	April 12, 2024	^[12]
21	MF	Christian Zeppieri	Vaughan Azzurri	Selected 4th in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract	April 12, 2024	^[13]
37	MF	Trivine Esprit	Darby FC	U-Sports contract	April 21, 2024	^[14]
13	MF	Jason Hartill	Cape Breton University	U-Sports contract	May 4, 2024	^[15]
19	FW	Shola Jimoh	York United FC Academy	Exceptional Young Talent contract	June 8, 2024	^[16]
27	MF	Lukas Pareja	Cavalry FC U21	Developmental contract	September 5, 2024	^[17]
21	MF	Kembo Kibato	Vancouver FC	Free	September 13, 2024	^[18]
	DF	Finn Raible	Edmonton BTB SC	Developmental contract	September 13, 2024	^[19]
	MF	Anthony Umanzor	TFC Academy	Developmental contract	September 13, 2024	^[20]
	MF	Joshua Lopez	TFC Academy	Developmental contract	September 13, 2024	^[21]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
6	DF	Orlando Botello	C.F. Monterrey U23	Loaned until end of season	February 2, 2024	^[22]
15	MF	Josué Martínez	C.F. Monterrey U23	Loaned until end of season	February 2, 2024	^[22]
24	MF	Tomas Giraldo	HFX Wanderers	Loaned until end of season	May 28, 2024	^[23]
20	FW	Jorge Guzmán	Atlas FC	Loaned until end of season	July 26, 2024	^[24]
12	MF	Santiago Márquez	Necaxa	Loaned until end of season	August 13, 2024	^[25]

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

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Tass Mourdoukoutas	Valour FC	Contract expired	December 4, 2023	^[26]^[27]
6	DF	Roger Thompson	Retired		December 20, 2023	^[28]
2	DF	Paris Gee	Vancouver FC	Contract expired	December 22, 2023	^[29]
7	DF	Jonathan Grant	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	December 22, 2023	^[29]
21	MF	Michael Petrasso		Contract expired	December 22, 2023	^[29]
27	MF	Carson Buschman-Dormond	Altitude FC	Contract expired	December 22, 2023	^[29]
28	MF	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	HFX Wanderers	Contract expired	December 22, 2023	^[29]
11	MF	Kévin dos Santos	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	February 20, 2024	^[30]
24	FW	Osaze De Rosario	Tacoma Defiance	Undisclosed sell-on clause	March 19, 2024	^[31]^[32]
1	GK	Niko Giantsopoulos	Vancouver FC	Contract expired	April 5, 2024	^[33]
32	MF	Brem Soumaoro	Indy Eleven	Contract terminated by mutual consent	August 6, 2024	^[34]
22	FW	Austin Ricci	Vancouver FC	Free	September 13, 2024	^[18]

2024 York United FC season

Transfers

In

Loans in

Draft picks

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results by match

Matches

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links

Related Articles

February 24, 2024 Friendly	York United FC	4–0	CS Saint-Laurent	Toronto, Ontario
		Report
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 1, 2024 Friendly	York United FC	v	Vaughan Azzurri	Toronto, Ontario
		Report
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 10, 2024 Friendly	York United FC	v	Toronto FC II	Toronto, Ontario
		Report
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 16, 2024 Friendly	Forge FC	1–1	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 22, 2024 Friendly	Tigres UANL	1–0	York United FC	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 24, 2024 Friendly	C.F. Monterrey	0–0	York United FC	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
		Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA

April 6, 2024 Friendly	Simcoe County Rovers FC	2–3	York United FC	Barrie, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: J.C. Massie Field at Georgian College

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	28	11	6	11	35	36	−1	039.29
Canadian Championship	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total	29	11	6	12	36	39	−3	037.93

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Playoff qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	15	5	8	45	31	+14	50	First semifinal
2	Cavalry (C)	28	12	12	4	39	27	+12	48	First semifinal
3	Atlético Ottawa	28	11	11	6	42	31	+11	44	Quarterfinal
4	York United	28	11	6	11	35	36	−1	39	Play-in round
5	Pacific	28	9	7	12	27	32	−5	34	Play-in round
6	HFX Wanderers	28	7	9	12	37	43	−6	30^[a]
7	Vancouver	28	7	9	12	29	43	−14	30^[a]
8	Valour	28	7	7	14	31	42	−11	28

Match	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
Result	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

April 13 1	Atlético Ottawa	2–1	York United FC	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm	Singh 43' Aparicio 63' 90+4' Twardek 78' 79'	Report	Abatneh 45' Ricci 48' 77' Botello 84'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Yusri Rudolf

April 21 2	York United FC	0–3	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00pm	Zeppieri 63' Martin-Pereux 90+4'	Report	Achinioti-Jönsson 19' Choinière 45+1' 67' Badibanga 55' 61' Borges 64' Kane 90+1'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,654 Referee: Myriam Marcotte

April 26 3	York United FC	3–0	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Wright 70' 90+3' Salanović 83' 87' Ferrari 85'	Report	Fry 10' Kibato 28' Renan 74'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 843 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

May 4 4	Pacific FC	2–0	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Moore 15' Dada-Luke 28' Toussaint 41' Ferrari 77' (o.g.)	Report	Soumaoro 41' Salanović 43' Adekugbe 90+2'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,161 Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

May 10 5	York United FC	3–1	Valour FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Ferrari 11' Babouli 45+3' 90+1' Abatneh 68' Wright 74' Sturing 82' Botello 90+2' Ricci 90+6'	Report	Campbell 15' Sánchez 28' Ressurreição 36' Hanson 60'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 18 6	Cavalry FC	2–2	York United FC	Calgary, Alberta
7:00pm	Warschewski 24' (pen.) Dias 45' Shaw 72' Myroniuk 77'	Report	Ferrari 23' Ricci 40' 62' Wright 68' Vincensini 79' Botello 79' Martínez 81'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Renzo Villanueva

May 24 7	York United FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Ricci 20' Salanović 32' Botello 65' Córdova 86'	Report	Dunn 8' Fernandez 19' Telfer 82'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,226 Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

June 1 8	Forge FC	3–0	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm	Bekker 29' Borges 34' 45+4' Badibanga 45+4' Parra 53'	Report	Botello 16' Martínez 40' Abatneh 45+4' Ricci 45+4' León 45+4' Voitsekhovskyi 85'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Mario Alayass

June 9 9	York United FC	2–2	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
6:00pm	Voytsekhovskyy 18' 56' Córdova 42' 90+2' Abatneh 59' Martínez 66'	Report	Díaz 21' Gee 68' Dyer 77' (pen.) Dzikowski 84'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,167 Referee: Michael Venne

June 15 10	Atlético Ottawa	1–2	York United FC	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm	Sissoko 50' Đidić 69' Singh 90+1'	Report	Wright 36' 49' Botello 56' Martin-Pereux 77' Adekugbe 90+4'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

June 19 11	York United FC	2–0	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Wright 37' Ricci 38' Soumaoro 43' Babouli 53' Vincensini 73' Botello 90+1'	Report	Young 38'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 844 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

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June 27 12	Valour FC	1–0	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:30pm	Ressurreição 29' 68' Ohin 76' Alarcón 81' Hanson 87'	Report	Botello 32' Adekugbe 89'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Iwan-Nikita Jecanski

July 6 13	York United FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00pm	Voytsekhovskyi 17' Martínez 51' Córdova 58'	Report	Gagnon-Laparé 18' Fillion 77' Loughrey 77' Probo 87' Fernandez 90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,279 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

July 13 14	Cavalry FC	1–2	York United FC	Calgary, Alberta
4:00pm	Aird 35' Klomp 52' Montgomery 61' Warschewski 90+8'	Report	Wright 18' Abatneh 24' León 35' Babouli 63' Sturing 78' Jimoh 82' Higgins 83' Botello 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,234 Referee: Roberto D'Alesio

July 20 15	Vancouver FC	1–1	York United FC	Langley, British Columbia
6:00pm	Garcia 57' Díaz 90+3' Enyou 90+5'	Report	M. Williams 41' Babouli 46' Martínez 73' Baldisimo 82'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Referee: Michael Venne

July 26 16	York United FC	4–1	Atlético Ottawa	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Adekugbe 12' 41' Córdova 51' Babouli 78' León 82' Wright 89'	Report	Bassett 6' 82' Singh 38' Twardek 54' Zapater 56' Aparicio 69' Morer 90+1'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,019 Referee: Renzo Villaneuva

August 2 17	Pacific FC	1–1	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
10:00pm	Meilleur-Giguère 2' Domínguez 40' Mukumbilwa 55'	Report	Wright 9' Martínez 43'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

August 11 18	Valour FC	0–1	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Campbell 62' Kwemi 89'	Report	Vincensini 51' Ricci 77' Martínez 90+6' Babouli 90+6'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Renzo Villanueva

August 16 19	York United FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Babouli 4' Martínez 43' León 51' 90+4' Córdova 65'	Report	Klomp 27' Henry 35' 67' Aird 52' Carducci 76' Daley 90+5'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,594 Referee: Ben Hoskins

August 23 20	York United FC	0–0	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Adekugbe 47'	Report	Bekker 45' Badibanga 52' Ampomah 59'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,824 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

September 2 21	HFX Wanderers	2–1	York United FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm	Ferrin 22' Fillion 42' Gagnon-Laparé 64' Fernandez 67' Callegari 75' Nimick 90+2'	Report	Ferrari 39' Córdova 57' Márquez 70' Nimick 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 6 22	Vancouver FC	0–1	York United FC	Langley, British Columbia
10:00pm	Chung 37' Ghotbi 38' Fry 71' Rommens 79'	Report	Higgins 4' 30' Botello 64'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,773 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

September 13 23	York United FC	1–1	Valour FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Jimoh 19' Botello 38' Ferrari 51' León 57' Guzmán 87'	Report	Wahid 31' Hundal 44' Ohin 79'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,607 Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

September 20 24	York United FC	0–2	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	León 45+1' Ferrari 45+2' Botello 53' Córdova 73' Adekugbe 77' Guzmán 90+10' 90+10'	Report	Musse 20' Field 57' Warschewski 59' Camargo 62' Chanda 86' Kamdem 90+1'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,732 Referee: Scott Bowman