North Carolina FC has signed 2024 USL League One All-League First Team selection Pedro Dolabella, who recorded 11 goals and four assists in 22 appearances for Union Omaha across the regular season and playoffs a season ago. | Photo courtesy Jack Yates / U
CARY, N.C. – North Carolina FC announced on Monday it had signed midfielder Pedro Dolabella to a one-year contract with a club option for the 2026 USL Championship season. The transaction is pending league and federation approval.
Dolabella joins North Carolina having played a key role as Union Omaha won both the USL League One Final and the Players’ Shield. The 25-year-old recorded 11 goals and four assists in 22 appearances across the regular season and playoffs, and was nominated as a finalist for the 2024 USL League One Player of the Year while also being voted to the League One All-League First Team.
Additionally, Dolabella recorded 55 shots and 21 chances created and completed 15 dribbles at a 55.6 percent success rate. Defensively, he won 128 duels at a 51.2 percent success rate and recorded 106 recoveries and 21 interceptions.
“We are excited to add Pedro to our group,” said NCFC Head Coach and Sporting Director John Bradford. “He has found a way to win at each level of his career, thus far, and I believe he will bring this mentality to our environment. Pedro is a versatile player that we think can be effective in different roles with our team.”
A native of Brazil, Dolabella played college soccer for Marshall, leading the Thundering Herd to the program’s first College Cup title in 2020 at WakeMed Soccer Park. Across five seasons in Huntington, W.V., Dolabella scored 23 goals and added 16 assists in 90 appearances.
“I’m thrilled to join such a prestigious club and to be part of an incredible group of players,” said Dolabella. “Cary is a very special city to me and I am looking forward to winning a trophy with North Carolina FC.”
Prior to joining Omaha in 2023, Dolabella spent one season in MLS NEXT Pro with Rochester NY FC, where he scored five goals, tallied two assists in 24 matches, and was named to the MLSNP Best XI in 2022.