2013 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers

2013 season
Owner	Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club[1]
Head Coach	Leigh Cowlishaw
Stadium	City Stadium
USL Pro	1st
USL Pro Playoffs	Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Highest home attendance	4,921 vs. Orlando City SC (August 14 USL Pro Regular Season)
Lowest home attendance	787 vs. Icon FC (May 21 U.S. Open Cup)
Average home league attendance	League: 2,637 Playoffs: 3,402 Cup: 2,770
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The 2013 Richmond Kickers season was the soccer club's twenty-first season of existence. It was the Kickers' seventh-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their third season. The Kickers finished the season atop the USL Pro table, but lost in the playoff semifinals.

Competitions

Preseason

Richmond Kickers v George Mason Patriots

February 22, 2013	Richmond Kickers	3–0	George Mason Patriots	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Budlow  58' Sekyere  60' Oldham  88'	Report		Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v Carolina RailHawks

March 2, 2013	Richmond Kickers	1–4	Carolina RailHawks	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Thomas  72'	Report	Ackley  30' Shriver  33', 76', 81'	Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 500

Richmond Kickers v William & Mary Tribe

March 12, 2013	Richmond Kickers	1–1	William & Mary Tribe	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT				Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v Georgetown Hoyas

March 16, 2013	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Georgetown Hoyas	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT			Neumann	Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v Longwood Lancers

March 19, 2013	Richmond Kickers	6–1	Longwood Lancers	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Townsend x 3 Nyazamba x 2 Johnson			Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v VCU Rams

March 23, 2013	Richmond Kickers	3–2	VCU Rams	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT				Stadium: City Stadium

Richmond Kickers v James Madison Dukes

March 26, 2013	Richmond Kickers	3–0	James Madison Dukes	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EDT				Stadium: City Stadium

USL Pro

Overall Standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond Kickers (CC)	26	15	10	1	51	24	+27	55	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs
2	Orlando City (A)	26	16	6	4	54	26	+28	54	Playoffs
3	Charleston Battery (A)	26	13	6	7	48	29	+19	45
4	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	26	14	2	10	55	39	+16	44
5	Charlotte Eagles (A)	26	10	11	5	44	39	+5	41
6	Los Angeles Blues (A)	26	11	7	8	52	37	+15	40
7	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A)	26	10	8	8	36	33	+3	38
8	Dayton Dutch Lions (A)	26	10	7	9	43	46	−3	37
9	Wilmington Hammerheads	26	11	4	11	35	39	−4	036^†
10	VSI Tampa Bay	26	9	5	12	41	39	+2	32
11	Rochester Rhinos	26	6	10	10	25	39	−14	28
12	Phoenix FC	26	5	7	14	28	41	−13	22
13	Antigua Barracuda	26	0	0	26	11	91	−80	0

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification:1st Head-to-head; 2nd number of matches won; 3rd goal difference.
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

^† Wilmington deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player on July 21 against Pittsburgh. ^[2]

VSI Tampa Bay eliminated from contention, should they be tied for 8th at 34 points with Dayton. Dayton will advance on head to head.

Match Results

Richmond Kickers v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

April 6, 2013 1	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Kalungi  31'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,268 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery

April 13, 2013 2	Richmond Kickers	4–1	Charleston Battery	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ngwenya  23' Townsend  32', 68' own goal  87' (o.g.)	Report	Wilson  45'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,497 Referee: Mark Gorak

Richmond Kickers v Rochester Rhinos

April 20, 2013 3	Richmond Kickers	4–1	Rochester Rhinos	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Callahan  45+' Ngwenya  51' (pen.) Yeisley  66' Nyazamba  84'		Luzunaris  3' Earls  28' Kyrikasis  50' Brettschneider  55' Rosenlund  76' Fernández  87'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,270 Referee: Mark Kocilek

Wilmington Hammerheads v Richmond Kickers

May 3, 2013 4	Wilmington Hammerheads	0–2	Richmond Kickers	Wilmington, North Carolina
19:00 EDT	Parratt  40' Davidson  57'	Report	Vercollone  73' Seaton  90'	Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Chris Spivey

Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Eagles

May 4, 2013 5	Richmond Kickers	3–3	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ownby  14' Nyazamba  34' Shanosky  90+2'	Report	Yates  48' Asante  59' Thornton  62' Smith  79' Francis  90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,031 Referee: Matthew Franz

Richmond Kickers v Antigua Barracuda FC

May 11, 2013 6	Richmond Kickers	4–1	Antigua Barracuda FC	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ngwenya  18', 22', 44' Vercollone  48'	Report	Thomas  35'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,996 Referee: J.T. Alukonis

Richmond Kickers v Los Angeles Blues

May 17, 2013 7	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Los Angeles Blues	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ngwenya  37'	Report	Perez  88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Charles Carson

Richmond Kickers v Harrisburg City Islanders

May 24, 2013 8	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Robinson  60' Seaton  66' Callahan  85'	Report	Langley  76'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,813 Referee: Brandon Marion

Richmond Kickers v Phoenix FC

May 31, 2013 9	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Phoenix FC	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Robinson  30' Arbelaez  58' Seaton  83'	Report	Morrison  87'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,694 Referee: Ben Hichak

Richmond Kickers v Wilmington Hammerheads

June 8, 2013 10	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Wilmington Hammerheads	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Davies  78'	Report	Perry  79'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Jeff Davis

Richmond Kickers v Antigua Barracuda FC

June 14, 2013 11	Richmond Kickers	4–0	Antigua Barracuda FC	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Robinson  24' Ownby  56', 77' Haboush  85'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,902 Referee: Charles Carson

Richmond Kickers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves

June 22, 2013 12	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ngwenya  54'	Report	Manneh  22'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Matthew Franz

Orlando City SC v Richmond Kickers

June 29, 2013 13	Orlando City SC	0–2	Richmond Kickers	Orlando, Florida
19:30 EDT	Burke  58'	Report	Seaton  57' Ownby  77'  78'	Stadium: Citrus Bowl Attendance: 8,842 Referee: Patrick O'Brian

VSI Tampa Bay FC v Richmond Kickers

June 30, 2013 14	VSI Tampa Bay FC	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Plant City, Florida
19:35 EDT	Donatelli  57' Toby  71' Chin  83'	Report	Davies  42' Ownby  80'	Stadium: Plant City Stadium Attendance: 249 Referee: Don Dellavia

Dayton Dutch Lions v Richmond Kickers

July 6, 2013 15	Dayton Dutch Lions	2–3	Richmond Kickers	Beavercreek, Ohio
19:30 EDT	Swartzendruber  4' Garner  40' Westdijk  80' Preciado  87'	Report	Lee  47' Vercollone  57', 59' Seaton  71'	Stadium: Beavercreek High School Attendance: 405 Referee: Mike Farmer

Rochester Rhinos v Richmond Kickers

July 12, 2013 16	Rochester Rhinos	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Rochester, New York
19:35 EDT	Hoxie  90' Kyriazis  90+1'	Report	Vercollone  65' Nyazamba  75' Ownby  90+3'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,762 Referee: Steve Montanino

Harrisburg City Islanders v Richmond Kickers

July 13, 2013 17	Harrisburg City Islanders	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 EDT	Basso  26' Touray  90'	Report	Davies  75' Seaton  77'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 1,568 Referee: Darth Newman

Phoenix FC v Richmond Kickers

July 19, 2013 18	Phoenix FC	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Phoenix, Arizona
22:30 EDT	Schafer  22' Ramos  23', 45' Vickers  66'	Report	Yomby  67' Davies  75' Johnson  90'	Stadium: Sun Devil Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,097 Referee: Jesus Cisneros

Los Angeles Blues v Richmond Kickers

July 21, 2013 19	Los Angeles Blues	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Fullerton, California
16:00 EDT	Fondy  5'		Ownby  76' Bulow  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Cal State Fullerton Titan Stadium Attendance: 756 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves v Richmond Kickers

July 23, 2013 20	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 EDT	Manneh  90+'	Report	Delicâte  15' Shanosky  63'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Referee: Alain Ruch

Richmond Kickers v VSI Tampa Bay FC

July 28, 2013 21	Richmond Kickers	0–0	VSI Tampa Bay FC	Richmond, Virginia
17:00 EDT		Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,537 Referee: Michael Samaan

Charlotte Eagles v Richmond Kickers

August 2, 2013 22	Charlotte Eagles	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte, North Carolina
19:00 EDT		Report	Ngwenya  72'	Stadium: Queens University Stadium Attendance: 652 Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning

Charleston Battery v Richmond Kickers

August 3, 2013 23	Charleston Battery	5–2	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EDT	Falvey  23' Azira  25', 84' Kelly  48' Cordoves  90+'	Report	Lee  45' Delicâte  72'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,460 Referee: Patrick Baker

Richmond Kickers v Dayton Dutch Lions

August 10, 2013 24	Richmond Kickers	5–2	Dayton Dutch Lions	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Delicâte  6', 39' Ownby  37', 67' Robinson  47'	Report	Garner  38' Kalungi  64' (o.g.)	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Mark Gorak

Richmond Kickers v Orlando City SC

August 14, 2013 25	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Orlando City SC	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Delicâte  24', 29'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,921 Referee: Charles Carson

Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Richmond Kickers

August 17, 2013 26	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19:00 EDT	Angulo  65'	Report	Ngwenya  68'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 4,009 Referee: Ron Dambrosia

Richmond Kickers v Dayton Dutch Lions

August 24, 2013 27	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Dayton Dutch Lions	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ngwenya  66'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,265 Referee: Charles Carson

Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Eagles

August 31, 2013 28	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Callahan  11'	Report	Ramirez  31' Thornton  38'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,539 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

USL Pro Playoffs

Richmond Kickers v Dayton Dutch Lions

August 24, 2013 Quarterfinals	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Dayton Dutch Lions	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Ownby  34' Ngwenya  66'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,265 Referee: Charles Carson

Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Eagles

August 30, 2013 Semifinals	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT	Callahan  11'	Report	Ramirez  31' Thornton  38'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2539 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

U.S. Open Cup

Richmond Kickers v Icon FC

May 21, 2013 Second round	Richmond Kickers	4–1	Icon FC	Richmond, Virginia
20:00 EDT	Nyazamba  11', 85' Ngwenya  25' (pen.) own goal  62' (o.g.)	Report	Duka  9'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 787 Referee: Mark Gorak

Richmond Kickers v D.C. United

May 28, 2013 Third round	Richmond Kickers	0–0 (2–4 p)	D.C. United	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EDT	Yeisley  57' Delicâte  73' Dykstra  120'	Report	Pontius  82' Korb  90', 113' Ruiz  117'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,752
		Penalties
	Görres Ngwenya Vercollone Robinson		De Rosario Kitchen DeLeon Riley

Statistics

Appearances and Goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular Season		U.S. Open Cup		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
0	GK		Ryan Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Ryan Jones	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Yomby William	28	1	24	1	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Shane Johnson	19	1	17	1	2	0	0	0
4	MF		Luke Vercollone	26	5	22	5	2	0	2	0
5	MF		Michael Callahan	27	2	23	1	2	0	2	1
7	FW		Matthew Delicâte	17	6	15	6	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Joseph Haboush	12	1	11	1	1	0	0	0
9	MF		Juan Arbelaez	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF		David Bulow	8	1	6	1	1	0	1	0
11	FW		Evan Fowler	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Brian Ownby (on loan from Houston Dynamo)	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Nate Robinson	27	4	23	4	2	0	2	0
15	MF		Vaughn Fowler	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Casey Townsend (on loan from D.C. United)	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Jason Yeisley	14	1	13	1	1	0	0	0
18	DF		Alex Lee	20	1	18	1	0	0	2	0
20	MF		Philippe Davies	20	1	18	1	1	0	1	0
21	MF		Conor Shanosky	14	2	12	2	0	0	2	0
23	DF		Sascha Görres	22	0	19	0	1	0	2	0
24	MF		Collin Martin (on loan from D.C. United)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Henry Kalungi	24	0	20	0	2	0	2	0
27	FW		Joseph Ngwenya	22	11	18	9	2	1	2	1
29	FW		Michael Seaton (on loan from D.C. United)	16	5	13	5	1	0	2	0
33	DF		Taylor Kemp (on loan from D.C. United)	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK		Andrew Dykstra (on loan from D.C. United)	24	0	20	0	2	0	2	0
99	MF		Stanley Nyazamba	22	4	18	2	2	2	2	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Joseph Haboush	VCU Rams	Free	February 12, 2013	[3]
18	DF	Alex Lee	FC Dallas	Free	March 5, 2013	[4]
9	DF	Juan Arbelaez	VCU Rams	Free	March 15, 2013	[5]
27	MF	Joseph Ngwenya	D.C. United	Free	April 11, 2013	[6]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
9	MF	Nozomi Hiroyama	Unattached	Retirement	August 30, 2012	[7]
22	GK	Ronnie Pascale	Unattached	Retirement	November 14, 2012	[8]
	MF	Ryan Heins	Unattached	Not signed
	MF	Bobby Foglesong	Unattached	Not signed
	MF	Gerson Dos Santos	Unattached	Not signed

Loan In

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
50	GK	Andrew Dykstra	D.C. United	April 3, 2013	August 30, 2013	[9]
33	DF	Taylor Kemp	D.C. United	March 19, 2013	August 30, 2013	[10]
24	MF	Collin Martin	D.C. United	July 17, 2013	July 24, 2013	[11]
12	MF	Brian Ownby	Houston Dynamo	March 22, 2013	August 30, 2013	[12]
29	FW	Michael Seaton	D.C. United	March 19, 2013	August 30, 2013	[10]
21	DF	Conor Shanosky	D.C. United	March 19, 2013	August 30, 2013	[10]
16	FW	Casey Townsend	D.C. United	March 19, 2013	August 30, 2013	[10]

Loan Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source

References

1. "KICKERS ANNOUNCE NEW OWNERSHIP GROUP". Retrieved 24 February 2013.
2. "Hammerheads Have Point Deducted". www.uslsoccer.com. July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
3. "KICKERS SIGN HOMEGROWN TALENT". richmondkickers.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
4. "KICKERS SIGN ALEX LEE". richmondkickers.com. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
5. "KICKERS SIGN ARBELAEZ". richmondkickers.com. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
6. "KICKERS SIGN NGWENYA". richmondkickers.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
7. "Kickers' Hiroyama announces retirement". Richmond Times-Dispatch. August 30, 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
8. "PASCALE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT". richmondkickers.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
9. "D.C. United loans goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra to the Richmond Kickers". dcunited.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
10. "Four to the Richmond Kickers". dcunited.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
11. "Collin Martin loaned to Richmond". dcunited.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
12. "KICKERS ACQUIRE OWNBY ON LOAN". richmondkickers.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.