2024 season | ||||
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Owner | 22 Holdings, LLC | |||
Head coach | Darren Sawatzky | |||
Stadium | City Stadium | |||
USL League One | 8th | |||
USL1 Playoffs | Qualified | |||
U.S. Open Cup | Third round | |||
Jägermeister Cup | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Chandler O'Dwyer (6) All: Chandler O'Dwyer (8) | |||
The 2024 Richmond Kickers season is the club's 32nd season in existence, their sixth season in USL League One, and their 20th season in the third tier of American soccer. The Kickers are led by fifth-year head coach, Darren Sawatzky.
The Kickers improved on their regular season fortunes, finishing 8th in League One, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 2022.
Date | Position | No. | Name | From | Fee/notes | Ref. |
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December 13, 2023 | GK | 1 | Pablo Jara | Tormenta | Free | [1] |
January 4, 2024 | DF | 14 | Guilherme França | Dalton State Roadrunners | Free | [2] |
January 9, 2024 | MF | 17 | James Vaughan | Welling United | Free | [3] |
January 16, 2024 | FW | 9 | Arthur Bosua | Tormenta | Free | [4] |
January 18, 2024 | DF | 5 | Maxi Schenfeld | Harrisburg Heat | Free | [5] |
January 23, 2024 | DF | 15 | Toni Pineda | High Point Panthers | Free | [6] |
February 1, 2024 | GK | 13 | Ryan Shellow | Detroit City | Free | [7] |
February 20, 2024 | MF | 20 | Adrian Billhardt | Detroit City | Free | [8] |
March 13, 2024 | MF | 38 | Griffin Garnett | Richmond Strikers | Academy contract | [9] |
March 13, 2024 | DF | 39 | Noah Hiort-Wright | Richmond Strikers | Academy contract | [9] |
Date | Position | No. | Name | To | Fee/notes | Ref. |
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December 4, 2023 | FW | 7 | Ethan Vanacore-Decker | Jackson Lions | Free | [10] |
December 4, 2023 | FW | 9 | Matt Bentley | Maidstone United | Free | [10] |
December 4, 2023 | FW | 11 | David Olsen | None | Free | [10] |
December 4, 2023 | DF | 14 | Luke Pavone | Phuket Andaman | Free | [10] |
December 4, 2023 | DF | 16 | Jake Mecham | None | Free | [10] |
December 20, 2023 | GK | 1 | Akira Fitzgerald | North Carolina FC | Free | [11] |
January 16, 2024 | FW | 91 | Owayne Gordon | Montego Bay United | Free | [10] |
March 4, 2024 | DF | 25 | Michael Hornsby | Christchurch United | Free | [12] |
March 13, 2024 | FW | 99 | Kharlton Belmar | Charlotte Independence | Free | [13] |
March 15, 2024 | DF | 31 | Otavio Zerbini | Charlotte Independence |
February 10 | Richmond Kickers | 1–0 | VCU Rams | Glen Allen, Virginia |
11:00 EST | Sierakowski 37' | Report | Stadium: VACU Field Attendance: 0 |
February 14 | Richmond Kickers | 5–1 | Alexandria Reds | Bensley, Virginia |
20:00 EST | Bosua 14' Billhardt 28', 51' Vaughan 34' Sukow 84' | Report | Hayes III 64' | Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 0 |
February 17 | Loudoun United | 2–2 | Richmond Kickers | Leesburg, Virginia |
12:00 EST | Valot 56' Erlandson 72' | Report | Gomiero 61' Cox 68' | Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 100 |
February 21 | Richmond Kickers | 4–1 | Chowan Hawks | Glen Allen, Virginia |
19:00 EST | Vinyals 23', 64' Sierakowski 36', 75' | Report | Binns 14' | Stadium: VACU Field Attendance: 140 |
February 24 | Richmond Kickers | 1–1 | James Madison Dukes | Glen Allen, Virginia |
14:00 EST | O'Dwyer 37' | Krakowiak 56' | Stadium: VACU Field Attendance: 0 |
February 28 | Richmond Kickers | 2–3 | Loudoun United | Glen Allen, Virginia |
12:00 EST | Stadium: VACU Field Attendance: 200 |
March 2 | Richmond Kickers | 2–0 | George Mason Patriots | Richmond, Virginia |
14:00 EST | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,133 |
March 9 | Crown Legacy | 1–1 | Richmond Kickers | Matthews, North Carolina |
14:00 EST | Stadium: Mecklenburg County Sportsplex Attendance: 452 |
June 26 | Richmond Kickers | v | Lionsbridge | Richmond, Virginia |
14:00 EST | Stadium: City Stadium |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Charlotte Independence (Q) | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 31 | Playoffs |
7 | Spokane Velocity FC (Q) | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 26 | |
8 | Richmond Kickers (Q) | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 24 | |
9 | South Georgia Tormenta FC (E) | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 20 | |
10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (E) | 21 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 18 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
Last updated: April 28, 2024.
Source: USL League One
March 161 | Spokane Velocity | 2–1 | Richmond Kickers | Spokane, WA |
5:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: One Spokane Stadium |
March 232 | Richmond Kickers | 1–3 | Tormenta | Richmond, VA |
5:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
April 63 | Richmond Kickers | 3–2 | Central Valley Fuego | Richmond, VA |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
April 134 | Forward Madison | 2–2 | Richmond Kickers | Madison, WI |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field |
April 205 | Richmond Kickers | 0–2 | Spokane Velocity | Richmond, VA |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
May 36 | Richmond Kickers | v | One Knoxville | Richmond, VA |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
May 187 | Richmond Kickers | v | Greenville Triumph | Richmond, VA |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
June 18 | One Knoxville | v | Richmond Kickers | Knoxville, TN |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Regal Stadium |
June 159 | Central Valley Fuego | v | Richmond Kickers | Fresno, CA |
10:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium |
June 2210 | Richmond Kickers | v | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | Richmond, VA |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
June 2211 | Richmond Kickers | v | Forward Madison | Richmond, VA |
8:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
July 1312 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | v | Richmond Kickers | Chattanooga, TN |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium |
July 2713 | Lexington SC | v | Richmond Kickers | Lexington, KY |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Lexington SC Stadium |
August 314 | Northern Colorado Hailstorm | v | Richmond Kickers | Windsor, CO |
9:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: 4Rivers Equipment Stadium |
August 1615 | Greenville Triumph | v | Richmond Kickers | Greenville, SC |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Paladin Stadium |
August 2416 | Union Omaha | v | Richmond Kickers | Papillion, NE |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Werner Park |
September 1417 | Charlotte Independence | v | Richmond Kickers | Charlotte, NC |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium |
September 2118 | Richmond Kickers | v | Lexington SC | Richmond, VA |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
October 519 | Richmond Kickers | v | Union Omaha | Richmond, VA |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
October 1120 | Tormenta | v | Richmond Kickers | Statesboro, GA |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Tormenta Stadium |
October 1921 | Richmond Kickers | v | Chattanooga Red Wolves | Richmond, VA |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
October 2622 | Richmond Kickers | v | Charlotte Independence | Richmond, VA |
6:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
March 20First round | Richmond Kickers (USL1) | 1–0 | Christos (MSSL) | Richmond, VA |
6:30 p.m. EDT | Billhardt 45+1' | Report | St. Martin 90' | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,876 Referee: Brendan O'Neill |
April 2Second round | Richmond Kickers (USL1) | 5–2 | Maryland Bobcats (NISA) | Richmond, VA |
6:30 p.m. EDT |
| Report | Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,219 Referee: David Elliott |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Charlotte Independence | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 14 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Greenville Triumph SC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | |
3 | Richmond Kickers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 12 | |
4 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 |
April 271 | Greenville Triumph | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Richmond Kickers | Greenville, SC |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Polak 24' Herrera 32' Lee 89' | Report | Vinyals 20', 55' Schenfeld 32' Sierakowski 70' França 77' Vaughan 78' O'Dwyer 90+3' | Stadium: Paladin Stadium Attendance: 4,041 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
Penalties | ||||
Smith MacKinnon Zakowski Polak | Vinyals Fitch Gomiero Morán O'Dwyer |
May 112 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | v | Richmond Kickers | East Ridge, TN |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium |
May 253 | Tormenta | v | Richmond Kickers | Statesboro, GA |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: Tormenta Stadium |
June 84 | Richmond Kickers | v | Charlotte Independence | Richmond, VA |
4:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
June 295 | Charlotte Independence | v | Richmond Kickers | Charlotte, NC |
7:30 p.m. EDT | Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium |
July 206 | Richmond Kickers | v | Greenville Triumph | Richmond, VA |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
August 107 | Richmond Kickers | v | Greenville Triumph | Richmond, VA |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
August 298 | Richmond Kickers | v | Spokane Velocity | Richmond, VA |
7:00 p.m. EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | USL1 | USL1 Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Jägermeister Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | CHI | Pablo Jara | 16 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | USA | Dakota Barnathan | 29 | 2 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | USA | Chris Cole | 11 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
4 | DF | USA | Simon Fitch | 31 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
5 | MF | CHI | Maxi Schenfeld | 30 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
6 | MF | ARG | Zacarías Morán | 28 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
7 | FW | USA | Landon Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
8 | FW | BRA | João Gomiero | 19 | 2 | 4+10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
9 | FW | RSA | Arthur Bosua | 18 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
10 | MF | ESP | Nil Vinyals | 30 | 5 | 16+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 2 |
11 | FW | USA | Ryan Sierakowski | 28 | 4 | 13+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 |
13 | GK | USA | Ryan Shellow | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | BRA | Guilherme França | 18 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
15 | DF | USA | Toni Pineda | 17 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
16 | DF | CAN | Klaidi Cela | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ENG | James Vaughan | 28 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
19 | FW | USA | Justin Sukow | 17 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
20 | MF | GER | Adrian Billhardt | 27 | 8 | 15+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
24 | DF | USA | Nathan Aune | 14 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
27 | MF | ENG | Chandler O'Dwyer | 31 | 9 | 16+5 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
29 | GK | USA | Will Palmquist | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
30 | GK | USA | Eli Mumford | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
32 | FW | ARG | Emiliano Terzaghi | 16 | 3 | 7+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
33 | MF | USA | Gabe Cox | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
34 | DF | USA | Beckett Howell | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
35 | GK | USA | James Sneddon | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
36 | MF | USA | Landon Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
37 | MF | JAM | Nicholas Simmonds | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
38 | MF | USA | Griffin Garnett | 30 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
39 | DF | USA | Noah Hiort-Wright | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
45 | FW | USA | Joshua Kirkland | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
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