York United FC 2024 football season
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 [ edit ] As of May 28, 2024. [5]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Notes Goalkeepers 1 Thomas Vincensini GK (1993-09-12 ) September 12, 1993 (age 30) Virton INT 18 Eleias Himaras GK (2002-03-08 ) March 8, 2002 (age 22) Electric City Defenders 4 Oswaldo León CB (1999-06-15 ) June 15, 1999 (age 24) Dorados de Sinaloa INT 5 Frank Sturing CB (1997-05-29 ) May 29, 1997 (age 27) SV Horn 6 Orlando Botello LB (2001-08-06 ) August 6, 2001 (age 22) C.F. Monterrey U23 INT , Loan 7 Juan Córdova / FB (1995-06-25 ) June 25, 1995 (age 28) Ñublense 23 Noah Abatneh RB / CB (2004-09-28 ) September 28, 2004 (age 19) AC Campodarsego U21 30 Kadin Martin-Pereux FB / MF (2002-10-09 ) October 9, 2002 (age 21) SC Paderborn 07 II 32 Brem Soumaoro CB / DM (1996-08-08 ) August 8, 1996 (age 27) PAEEK INT 62 Nyal Higgins CB (1998-01-19 ) January 19, 1998 (age 26) Vaughan Azzurri Midfielders 8 Elijah Adekugbe / MF (1996-07-17 ) July 17, 1996 (age 27) Cavalry FC 11 Dennis Salanović LW / RW (1996-02-26 ) February 26, 1996 (age 28) CF Talavera INT 13 Jason Hartill MF (2004-01-16 ) January 16, 2004 (age 20) Cape Breton University U-S 15 Josué Martínez CM (2002-03-28 ) March 28, 2002 (age 22) C.F. Monterrey U23 INT , Loan 16 Max Ferrari LW / RW (2000-08-20 ) August 20, 2000 (age 23) Aurora FC 17 Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy / AM / LW / RW (2003-11-27 ) November 27, 2003 (age 20) ProStars FC U21 21 Christian Zeppieri CM (2003-05-04 ) May 4, 2003 (age 21) Vaughan Azzurri U21 , U-S 24 Tomas Giraldo AM / CM (2003-03-08 ) March 8, 2003 (age 21) HFX Wanderers U21 , Loan 33 Matthew Baldisimo / DM / CM (1998-01-20 ) January 20, 1998 (age 26) Pacific FC 37 Trivine Esprit MF (2002-02-14 ) February 14, 2002 (age 22) Darby FC U-S Forwards 9 Brian Wright CF (1995-03-24 ) March 24, 1995 (aged 27) Atlético Ottawa 10 Molham Babouli / CF / LW / RW (1993-02-01 ) February 1, 1993 (age 31) Muaither SC 14 Theo Afework CF (2004-01-24 ) January 24, 2004 (age 20) Nürnberg U19 U21 19 Shola Jimoh LW (2008-04-08 ) April 8, 2008 (age 16) York United FC Academy U21 , EYT 22 Austin Ricci CF (1996-04-08 ) April 8, 1996 (age 28) Valour FC
Transfers [ edit ] No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source 11 MF Dennis Salanović CF Talavera Free January 3, 2024 [6] 7 DF Juan Córdova Ñublense Free January 4, 2024 [7] 4 DF Oswaldo León Dorados de Sinaloa Free January 23, 2024 [8] 5 DF Frank Sturing SV Horn Free January 30, 2024 [9] 1 GK Thomas Vincensini Virton Free February 27, 2024 [10] 62 DF Nyal Higgins Vaughan Azzurri Free April 12, 2024 [11] 21 MF Christian Zeppieri Vaughan Azzurri Selected 4th in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft , U-Sports contract April 12, 2024 [12] 37 MF Trivine Esprit Darby FC U-Sports contract April 21, 2024 [13] 13 MF Jason Hartill Cape Breton University U-Sports contract May 4, 2024 [14] 19 FW Shola Jimoh York United FC Academy Exceptional Young Talent contract June 8, 2024 [15]
Loans in [ edit ] Draft picks [ edit ] 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.
Transferred out [ edit ] No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source 3 DF Tass Mourdoukoutas Valour FC Contract expired December 4, 2023 [18] [19] 6 DF Roger Thompson Retired December 20, 2023 [20] 2 DF Paris Gee Vancouver FC Contract expired December 22, 2023 [21] 7 DF Jonathan Grant Atlético Ottawa Contract expired December 22, 2023 [21] 21 MF Michael Petrasso Contract expired December 22, 2023 [21] 27 MF Carson Buschman-Dormond Altitude FC Contract expired December 22, 2023 [21] 28 MF Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé HFX Wanderers Contract expired December 22, 2023 [21] 11 MF Kévin dos Santos Atlético Ottawa Contract expired February 20, 2024 [22] 24 FW Osaze De Rosario Tacoma Defiance Undisclosed sell-on clause March 19, 2024 [23] [24] 1 GK Niko Giantsopoulos Vancouver FC Contract expired April 5, 2024 [25]
Loans out [ edit ] Pre-season and friendlies [ edit ] Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Competitions [ edit ] Matches are listed in Toronto local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4 ) until November 3, and Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5 ) otherwise.
Overview [ edit ] Canadian Premier League [ edit ]
Updated to match(es) played on June 9, 2024. Source:
CanPL Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points;
[a] 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Coin toss (tie between two (2) clubs) or drawing of lots (tie between three (3) or more clubs).
[26] Results by match [ edit ] 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 Position 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
Updated to match(es) played on June 9, 2024. Source:
#Matches W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss Matches [ edit ] Canadian Championship [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Squad and statistics [ edit ] As of June 9, 2024[update]
Top scorers [ edit ] Updated to match played June 9, 2024 Source: Canadian Premier League
Top assists [ edit ] Updated to match played June 9, 2024 Source: Canadian Premier League
Clean sheets [ edit ] Updated to match played June 9, 2024 Source: Canadian Premier League
Disciplinary record [ edit ] Updated to match played June 9, 2024 Source: Canadian Premier League
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