Technical Staff

Dominic Casciato was hired in January 2023 as the second head coach in Union Omaha history. He led the team to its fourth-straight USL League One playoff appearance and its second-ever USL League One regular-season title in 2023.

With 13 years of coaching experience across multiple levels in both the United States and Europe, Casciato comes to Omaha after spending two seasons as an assistant for USL Championship member El Paso Locomotive FC. Brought on ahead of the 2021 season as an attacking coach, Casciato took El Paso from 21^st to 5^th in goals scored across the league and assisted the team to a Western Conference runner-up finish and Copa Texas Championship. He also served as the head coach for the USL Academy U19 squad.

Before that, the London native spent time an assistant coach for the National Independent Soccer Association member New York Cosmos and three years abroad at La Liga’s RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, coaching its academy and pre-academy teams. In his career, Casciato has also demonstrated an innate ability for scouting talent, working as a video scout for FC Midtjylland in Denmark and head of scouting in his time with the Cosmos.

Ladule LoSarah comes to Omaha after six years of coaching experience at the college and club level. He began his coaching career leading the U-17 academy team at FC International Leipzig in Germany in 2015 before returning to the United States to coach at Division 3 members Pomona-Pitzer and Illinois Wesleyan. While in Illinois, LoSarah was the head coach of United Premier Soccer League side FC Diablos IL. He went on to coach as an assistant at Texas A&M International and, most recently, University of California-Riverside, where he helped the Highlanders to its second Big West Conference Title and second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.

Candela joins Omaha after a ten-year playing career that saw him make 144 professional appearances and play over 8,000 minutes. He made his debut in 2013 and went on to play abroad in Germany, Sweden, Belgium and his native Colombia, where he was a second-division finalist in 2017. His U.S. career included successful stints with Charleston Battery, New York Cosmos and Detroit City. In USL League One, he won the 2022 Players’ Shield with Richmond Kickers. In addition to his on-field experience, Candela has spent six years coaching at academy and youth levels in both Colombia and the U.S.