Seven SAFC gamers set to return in 2025
SAN ANTONIO (Nov. 20, 2024) – San Antonio FC introduced in the present day its preliminary listing of returning gamers for the 2025 USL Championship season. Juan Agudelo, Rece Buckmaster, Nelson Flores Blanco and Jake LaCava all stay below contract, whereas SAFC has exercised choices on Sofiane Djeffal, Luke Haakenson and Mohamed Omar. Per crew coverage, phrases of the offers weren’t disclosed.
Agudelo, San Antonio’s main scorer in 2024, is about to return after posting eight objectives and a team-high 36 pictures. The previous United States nationwide crew member additionally supplied 4 assists in 28 matches performed.
Buckmaster and Flores Blanco, two of San Antonio’s midseason defensive additions, will each return in 2025. Buckmaster made 13 appearances, incomes his first Crew of the Week recognition in October. Flores Blanco appeared in 17 contests, creating the fifth-most probabilities on the crew with 16.
LaCava joined the membership in June, posting 17 pictures in 1,265 minutes of play. The ahead scored San Antonio’s opening aim within the 2-2 draw towards rival El Paso Locomotive FC in October.
Haakenson returns for his second season with the membership after showing in 31 matches in 2024. The Creighton product created the second-most probabilities on the squad and completed third on the crew in objectives, assists and pictures, whereas additionally offering 40 clearances
Djeffal posted 284 minutes in eight matches after signing with SAFC in July.
Omar performed 384 minutes in seven common season matches, additionally scoring as soon as in a preseason contest, earlier than struggling a season-ending harm in Might.
Moreover, SAFC has declined Kameron Lacey’s possibility.
San Antonio FC remains to be in discussions with different members of the 2024 squad about returning and can solidify its roster within the months main into the 2025 marketing campaign, which is slated to start within the spring of 2025.
