North Texas SC Draws 1-1 with Union Omaha, Advances to 2021 USL League One Playoffs

• North Texas SC ends the regular season in sixth place with an overall record of 10-8-10 and 40 points.
• The club travels to face Chattanooga Red Wolves SC at CHI Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 6PM CT in the playoff quarterfinals. The match will be streamed on ESPN+. 
• It's the second time in three seasons that the club advances to the USL League One playoffs

Arlington, TX (Oct. 30, 2021) - North Texas SC and Union Omaha split points in the final regular season match with a 1-1 draw at Choctaw Stadium Saturday night.

Game Summary

First Half:

• 10’ SHOT (NTX) – Blaine Ferri’s pass fell into the path of Eddie Munjoma as he attempted a long distance shot that went wide left.
• 19’ SHOT (NTX) – Ferri’s shot attempt from the outside of the box was blocked by the Omaha defense.
• 35’ GOAL (NTX) – Bernard Kamungo dribbled his way into Omaha’s half and opened the scoring with a left-footed shot near the edge of the box. 

Second Half:

• 52’ SHOT (NTX) – Ferri’s long shot attempt from a tight angle was handled by Kevin Piedrahita to keep the scoreline at 1-0.
• 68’ SAVE (NTX) – Union Omaha’s Daltyn Knutson’s headed attempt was saved by Richard Sanchez near the center of the goal.
• 90’+1’ GOAL (OMA) – Nicolas Firmino buried the penalty to level the score late in the match for Omaha.

Lineups: 

North Texas SC — Richard Sánchez; Eddie Munjoma, Lucas, Devin Benton, Collin Smith; Derek Waldeck (Mikey Maldonadon – 88’), Blaine Ferri, Gibran Rayo; Bernard Kamungo (Gabriel – 84’), Kazu (Hope Avayevu – 75’), Kalil ElMedkhar (Alisson – 89’).

Substitutes not used — Juan Carrera, Alex Bruce, Santiago Ferreira.

Union Omaha — Kevin Piedrahita; Ferrety Sousa (Damia Viader I Masdeu – 64’), Abdul Illal-Osumanu (Blake Malone – 64’), Daltyn Knutson, Jake Crull; Connor Doyle, John Scearce, Tobias Otieno, Emir Alihodzic (Nicolas Firmino – 83’); Chrisitan Molina (John Murphy – 75’), Greg Hurst (Ricardo Rivera – 64’).

Substitutes not used — Rashid Nuhu, Austin Panchot.

Scoring Summary:
NTX: Bernard Kamungo – 35’OMA: Nicolas Firmino (penalty) – 90’+1’

Misconduct Summary:
NTX: Hope Avayevu (Caution) — 83’

Weather: Clear, 66℉

Attendance: 821

Referee: Eric Tattersall

Assistant Referees: Truman Berghall, Matt Trotter

4th Official: Lorenzo Hernandez