2016 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers

2016 season
Owner	RKYSC
Head coach	Leigh Cowlishaw
Stadium	City Stadium
USL	7th place, Eastern Conference
USL Playoffs	First round
U.S. Open Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Yudai Imura (10) All: Yudai Imura (11)
Highest home attendance	League: 6,123 (Sep 17 vs. Charleston Battery) All: 7,128 (July 16 vs. Swansea City AFC)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,647 (Aug 31 vs. Charleston Battery) All: 1,428 (May 18 vs. Aromas Café)
Average home league attendance	League: 3,996 All: 1,428
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The 2016 Richmond Kickers season was the club's twenty-fourth season of existence. It is also the Kickers' ninth-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, playing in the United Soccer League for their fifth season.

The Kickers finished the season ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, and earned a berth into the 2016 USL Playoffs. Richmond lost in their first round match-up to Louisville City.

Non-competitive

Preseason friendlies

Richmond Kickers v Longwood Lancers

February 28	Richmond Kickers	3–1	Longwood Lancers	Bensley
13:00 EDT	Yeisley 44' Sekyere 63' (pen.) dos Santos 89'		Keilty 34'	Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v Virginia Cavaliers

March 5	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Virginia Cavaliers	Bensley
18:00 EDT	Yeisley 35'	Summary		Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v Navy Midshipmen

March 6	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Navy Midshipmen	Bensley
17:00 EDT		Summary		Stadium: Ukrop Park

Carolina RailHawks v Richmond Kickers

March 9	Carolina RailHawks	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Cary
11:00 EDT	Pérez	Summary		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

Richmond Kickers v Carolina RailHawks

March 16	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Carolina RailHawks	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Yeisley 7'	Report	Moses 15' Black 80'	Stadium: City Stadium

Richmond Kickers v VCU Rams

March 20	Richmond Kickers	0–2	VCU Rams	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Roberts  20' Ownby  62'	Summary	Herranz 34'  52' Santos 83'	Stadium: City Stadium

Midseason friendlies

Richmond Kickers v Swansea City

July 16 Friendly	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Swansea City	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Amat 11' (o. g.) Grant 74'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 7,128 Referee: Patrick Rosas

Competitive

USL Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Charlotte Independence	30	14	8	8	48	29	+19	50	Conference Playoffs
6	Charleston Battery	30	13	9	8	38	33	+5	48
7	Richmond Kickers	30	12	9	9	33	26	+7	45
8	Orlando City B	30	9	8	13	35	49	−14	35
9	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	30	8	10	12	37	47	−10	34

Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

Richmond Kickers v Harrisburg City Islanders

March 261	Richmond Kickers	3–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Callahan 16' Yeisley 23' Imura 48'	Report	Barril 51'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,355 Referee: Mark Gorak

Wilmington Hammerheads v Richmond Kickers

April 12	Wilmington Hammerheads	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Wilmington
19:00 EDT	Perone  27' Parratt  69'	Report	Yeisley  44' Callahan  80' Yomby  85'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Referee: Neil Barbulescu

Richmond Kickers v Rochester Rhinos

April 93	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Rochester Rhinos	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Imura 61'	Report	Garzi  73'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,990 Referee: Matthew Franz

Bethlehem Steel v Richmond Kickers

April 174	Bethlehem Steel	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Bethlehem
19:00 EDT	Ayuk 21' Jones 46' 79'	Report	Imura 50' Pittman  53'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,417 Referee: Guido Gonzales

Charlotte Independence v Richmond Kickers

April 225	Charlotte Independence	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte
19:00 EDT	Calvert 43' Alajarín  54' Brown  61' Mizell  90' Herrera 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Jane 20' Sekyere  26' Yeisley  86' Delicâte 89'	Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,239 Referee: David Erbacher

Richmond Kickers v Toronto FC II

April 306	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Toronto FC II	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Ownby 9'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,655

Richmond Kickers v Wilmington Hammerheads

May 77	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Perone 52' (o.g.) Ownby  54' Asante  90+1'	Report Box Score	Fairclough  33' Barnes-Homer  40' Doue  89'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,209 Referee: Danielle Cheskey

Toronto FC II v Richmond Kickers

May 118	Toronto FC II	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Vaughan
12:00 EDT	Hamilton  39' Bernal 75' Bouchard  82'	Report Box Score		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 1,222 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

New York Red Bulls II v Richmond Kickers

May 149	New York Red Bulls II	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Harrison
16:00 EDT	Abang 67'	Report Box Score	Asante  40' Ownby 90'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 168 Referee: Jaroslaw Werel

Richmond Kickers v Louisville City

May 2110	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Louisville City	Richmond
19:00 EDT		Report Box Score		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,411 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Richmond Kickers v FC Montreal

May 2811	Richmond Kickers	1–2	FC Montreal	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Ownby  60', 88' Yomby  72' Asante  81'	Report Box Score	Riggi 53' Béland-Goyette  58' Tabla 77' Mkungilwa  90' Yoseke  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,147 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

FC Cincinnati v Richmond Kickers

June 412	FC Cincinnati	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Cincinnati
19:00 EDT	Okoli  7', 12' Stevenson  25'	Report Box Score	Pittman  61' Lee  68' Roberts 90' Ownby  90'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 11,278 Referee: Luis Guardia

Richmond Kickers v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

June 1113	Richmond Kickers	3–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Murrell 17' (o.g.) Gilstrap 20' (o.g.) Grant 67'	Report	Hertzog 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,017 Referee: Jaime Herrera

Charlotte Independence v Richmond Kickers

June 1814	Charlotte Independence	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte
19:00 EDT	Calvert 30' Martinez  35'	Report	Callahan  40' Paulini  73'	Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,564 Referee: Marco Vega

Richmond Kickers v Bethlehem Steel

June 2515	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Bethlehem Steel	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Troyer  51' Sekyere  60'	Report	Jones  61'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,982 Referee: Matthew Franz

Charleston Battery v Richmond Kickers

July 216	Charleston Battery	2–0	Richmond Kickers	Charleston
19:30 EDT	Mueller 29' Cordoves 36' Marini  77'	Report	Ownby  86'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella

Harrisburg City Islanders v Richmond Kickers

July 817	Harrisburg City Islanders	0–3	Richmond Kickers	Lancaster
19:00 EDT			Paulini 11' Jane 27' Callahan 75'	Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium Attendance: 1,381 Referee: Christopher Spivey

Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Richmond Kickers

July 1418	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0–2	Richmond Kickers	Pittsburgh
19:00 EDT	Earls  16' Campbell  44'		Imura 44' (pen.) Jane 67' Jane	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,844

Richmond Kickers v Toronto FC II

July 2319	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Toronto FC II	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Aguilar 11' Imura 49', 70' Sekyere  59'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,179 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Richmond Kickers v New York Red Bulls II

July 3020	Richmond Kickers	2–1	New York Red Bulls II	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Dykstra  6' Imura 12' (pen.) Eskay 90+3'	Report	Allen 10' Carroll  13' Abang  65' Metzger  90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,113 Referee: Artur Sibiga

Rochester Rhinos v Richmond Kickers

August 321	Rochester Rhinos	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Rochester
19:05 EDT	Kamdem  74'	Report	Roberts  54' Sekyere  60' Asante  70' Imura 74' Ownby  77'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,217 Referee: Charles Murphy

FC Montreal v Richmond Kickers

August 622	FC Montreal	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Montréal
15:00 EDT	Beland-Goyette  45' Riggi 87'	Report	Eskay  23' Mishu  45' Durkin  60' Luiz Fernando 63' Imura 88'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 120 Referee: Chris Grabas

Richmond Kickers v FC Cincinnati

August 1323	Richmond Kickers	1–1	FC Cincinnati	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Jane 63' Callahan  81' Troyer  86'	Report	Okoli  79' Wiedeman 81'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,093 Referee: Jorge Ramierz

Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery

August 1724	Richmond Kickers	Postponed	Charleston Battery	Richmond
19:00 EDT				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Match postponed after 20 minutes of play and a 100-minute delay, due to severe weather.

Orlando City B v Richmond Kickers

August 2125	Orlando City B	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Melbourne
19:30 EDT	Cox 44' (pen.) Laryea  52'	Report	Jane 53' Callahan  85'	Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex Attendance: 642 Referee: Christina Unkel

Richmond Kickers v Orlando City B

August 2726	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Orlando City B	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Thomsen 76'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3914 Referee: Mark Gorak

Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery

August 3124	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Charleston Battery	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Grant 50' Jane  88'	Report	Portillo  28'69' Williams  45' Griffith  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2647 Referee: JT Alukonis
Note: Rescheduled from August 17. Game was replayed in full.

Louisville City FC v Richmond Kickers

September 1027	Louisville City FC	2–0	Richmond Kickers	Louisville
19:30 EDT	Lancaster 18' (pen.) 89' Craig  45' Rasmussen 55' Smith  90'	Report	Asante  67'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7362 Referee: Brandon Artis

Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Independence

September 1428	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Charlotte Independence	Richmond
19:00 EDT		Report	Martinez  42'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3106 Referee: Matthew Franz

Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery

September 1729	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Charleston Battery	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Imura 34' (pen.)	Report	Ferguson  38' Guerra  50' Prince  62' Williams 71' Chang 86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 6123 Referee: Gary Gutierrez

Wilmington Hammerheads v Richmond Kickers

September 2430	Wilmington Hammerheads	2–0	Richmond Kickers	Wilmington
19:00 EDT	Barnes-Homer 16' Mecham 64' Moose  71'	Report		Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 3395 Referee: Patrick Schmidt

USL Cup

Louisville City FC v Richmond Kickers

October 21	Louisville City FC	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers	Louisville
19:00 EDT	Davis IV 92' Hoffman 102'	Report	Asante  5' Lee  18' Yeisley  34' Yomby  40' Troyer  42'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: Andrew Musashe Referee: 5467

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2016 U.S. Open Cup

The Kickers entered the U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the USL, in the second round.

Richmond Kickers v Charlottesville Alliance FC

May 18 Second round	Richmond Kickers	4–0	Charlottesville Alliance FC	Richmond
7:00 PM EDT	Jane 2' 86' Roberts 25' Grant 48' Luiz Fernando 83'	Report Box Score	Harrison  53' Clare  61' Davis  88' McCartney  89'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,428 Referee: J. T. Alukonis

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Richmond Kickers

June 1 Third round	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p)	Richmond Kickers	Pembroke Pines
11:00 AM EDT	Gonzalez 2' Fernandes  43' Vértiz  97' Giro  109'	Report	Imura 32' Grant  71' Pittman  106'	Stadium: Broward College South Campus Soccer Field Referee: Caleb Mendez
	Penalties
	Victor Núñez Santos Moura		Imura Paulini Yeisley Luiz Fernando

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
January 6, 2016	Sunny Jane	Wilmington Hammerheads	Free	[1]
February 23, 2016	Luiz Fernando Nascimento	Corinthians	Undisclosed	[2]
February 23, 2016	Romulo Peretta	Corinthians	Undisclosed	[2]
March 8, 2016	Sawyer Gaffney	Richmond Kickers Academy	Academy signing	[3]
March 14, 2016	Lucas Paulini	Atlanta Silverbacks	Free	[4]
March 24, 2016	Jackson Eskay	William & Mary Tribe	Free	[5]
April 5, 2016	Travis Pittman	Missouri Comets	Free	[6]

Out

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
January 6, 2016	George Davis IV	Louisville City	Free	[7]

Statistics

First team roster

No.	Position	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Sawyer Gaffney
1	GK	USA	Ryan Taylor
2	DF	CMR	Yomby William
4	DF	GHA	Fred Sekyere
5	MF	USA	Michael Callahan
7	FW	ENG	Matthew Delicâte
8	DF	USA	Hugh Roberts
9	DF	JAM	Anthony Grant
10	FW	LES	Sunny Jane
11	FW	BRA	Luiz Fernando
12	FW	BRA	Rômulo Peretta
14	MF	JPN	Yudai Imura
15	MF	ARG	Lucas Paulini
16	MF	ENG	Paul Clowes (on loan from D.C. United)
17	FW	USA	Jason Yeisley
18	DF	GUM	Alex Lee
20	DF	USA	Jalen Robinson (HGP; on loan from D.C. United)
21	MF	USA	Nate Shiffman
22	FW	USA	Brian Ownby
23	DF	GER	Sascha Görres
24	MF	USA	Jackson Eskay
25	MF	USA	Travis Pittman
26	MF	MEX	Miguel Aguilar (on loan from D.C. United)
27	MF	USA	Collin Martin (HGP; on loan from D.C. United)
28	MF	GHA	Samuel Asante
29	MF	USA	Conor Shanosky
30	GK	USA	Charlie Horton (on loan from D.C. United)
31	DF	USA	Braeden Troyer
32	MF	USA	Scott Thomsen
34	DF	USA	Luke Mishu (on loan from D.C. United)
36	GK	USA	Ronnie Pascale
37	MF	USA	Chris Durkin (HGP; on loan from D.C. United)
40	GK	USA	Matt Turner (on loan from New England Revolution)
45	MF	USA	Simon Finch
46	GK	USA	Mark Nankervis
48	GK	USA	Travis Worra (on loan from D.C. United)
50	GK	USA	Andrew Dykstra (on loan from D.C. United)

Goals and assists

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
			Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
14	MF	Yudai Imura	10	2	0	0	1	0	11	2
10	FW	Sunny Jane	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
9	DF	Anthony Grant	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	2
22	FW	Brian Ownby	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3
11	FW	Luiz Fernando Nascimento	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
8	DF	Hugh Roberts	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5	MF	Michael Callahan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	Jason Yeisley	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	MF	Lucas Paulini	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
32	MF	Scott Thomsen	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
7	FW	Matthew Delicâte	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Jackson Eskay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Miguel Aguilar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	Fred Owusu Sekyere	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	DF	Alex Lee	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
25	MF	Travis Pittman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
28	MF	Samuel Asante	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
5	MF	Michael Callahan	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
28	MF	Samuel Asante	5	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
22	FW	Brian Ownby	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
18	DF	Alex Lee	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
4	DF	Fred Owusu Sekyere	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	MF	Travis Pittman	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17	FW	Jason Yeisley	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF	Braeden Troyer	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	William Yomby	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10	FW	Sunny Jane	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8	DF	Hugh Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	DF	Anthony Grant	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF	Lucas Paulini	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	Jackson Eskay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	Luke Mishu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	MF	Chris Durkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50	GK	Andrew Dykstra	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

References

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7. Litner, Jonathan (January 15, 2016). "Louisville City FC signs former UK player". Louisville Courier-Journal. Courier-Journal.com. USA Today Network. Retrieved March 27, 2016.