2014 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers

2014 season
Owner	Richmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club
Head Coach	Leigh Cowlishaw
Stadium	City Stadium
USL Pro	4th
USL Pro Playoffs	Semi-Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	Matthew Delicâte (14)
Highest home attendance	League: 3,562 (August 23 v. Orlando City) All: 7,851 (July 28 v. Crystal Palace)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,135 (July 12 v. Sacramento) All: 511 (March 1 v. U. of Maryland)
Average home league attendance	League: 2,572 All: 1,848
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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The 2014 Richmond Kickers season was the club's twenty-second season of existence, seventh-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, and their third-consecutive season playing in USL Pro. For the second season, the Kickers reached the semifinals of the USL Pro playoffs, before losing to the Harrisburg City Islanders. The Kickers finished shy of defending their regular season title, finishing in fourth place in the league table. In the Open Cup, the Kickers were eliminated in the fourth round proper by Major League Soccer outfit, New England Revolution.

First team squad

As of 30 March 2014

First team roster

No.	Position	Player	Nation
0	Goalkeeper	Taylor, RyanRyan Taylor	United States
2	Defender	William, YombyYomby William	Cameroon
3	Defender	Johnson, ShaneShane Johnson	United States
4	Midfielder	Vercollone, LukeLuke Vercollone	United States
5	Midfielder	Callahan, MichaelMichael Callahan	United States
7	Midfielder	Delicâte, MatthewMatthew Delicâte	England
8	Defender	Roberts, HughHugh Roberts	United States
11	Forward	Davis IV, GeorgeGeorge Davis IV	United States
12	Midfielder	Caskey, AlexAlex Caskey (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
14	Midfielder	Martin, CollinCollin Martin (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
16	Forward	Arbelaez, JuanJuan Arbelaez	Colombia
17	Forward	Yeisley, JasonJason Yeisley	United States
18	Defender	Lee, AlexAlex Lee	United States
20	Forward	François, ChristianoChristiano François (on loan from D.C. United)	Haiti
21	Defender	Robinson, JalenJalen Robinson (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
23	Defender	Görres, SaschaSascha Görres	Germany
25	Defender	Kalungi, HenryHenry Kalungi	Uganda
27	Midfielder	Spitz, ShayShay Spitz	New Zealand
28	Midfielder	Asante, SamuelSamuel Asante	Ghana
29	Forward	Seaton, MichaelMichael Seaton (on loan from D.C. United)	Jamaica
31	Goalkeeper	Willis, JoeJoe Willis (on loan from D.C. United)	United States

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
27	FW	Shay Spitz	Orange County Blues	Free transfer	November 21, 2013	[1]
28	MF	Samuel Asante	Charlotte Eagles	Free transfer	November 22, 2013	[2]
11	FW	George Davis IV	Orange County Blues	Free transfer	February 28, 2014	[3]
8	DF	Hugh Roberts	George Mason Patriots	Free transfer	March 7, 2014	[4]
9	MF	Tishan Hanley	RVA FC	Free transfer	April 25, 2014	[5]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
31	GK	Joe Willis	D.C. United	February 26, 2014		[6]
21	FW	Christiano François	D.C. United	February 26, 2014		[6]
24	MF	Collin Martin	D.C. United	February 26, 2014		[6]
15	DF	Steve Birnbaum	D.C. United	March 22, 2014
29	FW	Michael Seaton	D.C. United	March 22, 2014
19	MF	Kyle Porter	D.C. United	April 4, 2014		[7]

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions and results

Preseason

Richmond Kickers v George Mason Patriots

February 22	Richmond Kickers	1–0	George Mason Patriots	Ampthill, Virginia
19:00 EST	Fowler  83' (pen.)			Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 527

Richmond Kickers v James Madison Dukes

February 26	Richmond Kickers	1–0	James Madison Dukes	Ampthill, Virginia
19:30 EST	Vercollone  66'			Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 531

Richmond Kickers v Maryland Terrapins

March 1	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Maryland Terrapins	Ampthill, Virginia
12:00 EST			Eticha  52'	Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 511

Richmond Kickers v VCU Rams

March 8	Richmond Kickers	2–1	VCU Rams	Richmond, Virginia
18:00 EST	Davis IV  76' Hanley  89'		Belmar  67'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 856

Red-White v Red-Black

March 16	Red-White	3–2	Red-Black	Ampthill, Virginia
14:00 EST				Stadium: Ukrop Park
Note: Intersquad scrimmage

Richmond Kickers v William & Mary Tribe

March 19	Richmond Kickers	6–0	William & Mary Tribe	Ampthill, Virginia
18:00 EST	Delicâte  9', 18', 19' Hanley  o.g.'			Stadium: Ukrop Park

Richmond Kickers v Virginia Cavaliers

March 22	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Virginia Cavaliers	Richmond, Virginia
17:00 EST	Seaton  53' Birnbaum  68' Hanley  90+2'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,021

USL Pro

Overall Standings

Pos	Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City (CC)	28	19	5	4	56	24	+32	62	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC (A)	28	17	4	7	49	28	+21	55	Playoffs
3	LA Galaxy II (A)	28	15	6	7	54	38	+16	51
4	Richmond Kickers (A)	28	13	12	3	53	28	+25	51
5	Charleston Battery (A)	28	11	8	9	36	31	+5	41
6	Rochester Rhinos (A)	28	10	8	10	29	25	+4	38
7	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	28	9	11	8	35	33	+2	38
8	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	28	10	7	11	45	46	−1	37
9	Arizona United SC	28	10	5	13	32	47	−15	033^†
10	Oklahoma City Energy FC	28	9	5	14	32	37	−5	32
11	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	9	5	14	35	49	−14	32
12	Charlotte Eagles	28	9	4	15	33	40	−7	31
13	Orange County Blues FC	28	9	1	18	31	54	−23	28
14	Dayton Dutch Lions	28	6	4	18	28	63	−35	22

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.
Standings updated as of September 7, 2014
^† Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.^[8][9]

Match reports

Charleston Battery v Richmond Kickers

March 29 1	Charleston Battery	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST	vanSchaik  22' Sanyang  59'  71'	Report	Davis  14', 67' Yomby  58' Johnson  89'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Agostino Minasola

Richmond Kickers v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

April 5 2	Richmond Kickers	3–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Richmond, Virginia
17:00 EST	Seaton  19' Porter  57', 90'	Report	John  82'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,507 Referee: Mark Gorak

Charlotte Eagles v Richmond Kickers

April 12 3	Charlotte Eagles	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte, North Carolina
19:00 EST	Guzman  54' Herrera  89' Gentile  90'	Report	Seaton  32' Asante  48'	Stadium: Dickson Field Attendance: 712 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Richmond Kickers v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

April 19 4	Richmond Kickers	2–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Richmond, Virginia
17:00 EST	Davis IV  26' Yomby  33' Porter  68' Delicâte  77'	Report	Ownby  11' Earls  20' Obodai  22' Arteaga  61' (pen.) Dallman  63'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: Not reported Referee: Ted Unkel

Dayton Dutch Lions v Richmond Kickers

April 26 5	Dayton Dutch Lions	1–5	Richmond Kickers	West Carrollton, Ohio
19:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Dayton Outpatient Center Stadium Attendance: 523 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Richmond Kickers v Rochester Rhinos

May 2 6	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Shanosky  34' Asante  45' Vercollone  69' Davis  90'	Report	Sossou  84' Dixon  89'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,193 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

Richmond Kickers v Arizona United SC

May 9 7	Richmond Kickers	4–0	Arizona United SC	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Spitz  26' Davis  50' Delicâte  62' François  84' Ruthven  88' (o.g.)	Report	Baladez  26' Dillon  52'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,188 Referee: Mark Gorak

Oklahoma City Energy v Richmond Kickers

May 16 8	Oklahoma City Energy	1–4	Richmond Kickers	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
20:00 EST	Duke  35' Greig  81' Howard  88'	Report	Delicâte  1' Asante  30' Yomby  30' Lee  45' Seaton  61'  87' Davis IV  85'	Stadium: Pribil Stadium Attendance: 3,916 Referee: Jon Freemon

Chicago Fire Reserves v Richmond Kickers

May 18 9	Chicago Fire Reserves	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:30 EST	Kinney  84'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Eagles

May 24 10	Richmond Kickers	2 - 0	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Davis  39', 63' Lee  59'	Summary	Newnam  31'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,677 Referee: Mark Gorak

Rochester Rhinos v Richmond Kickers

May 30 11	Rochester Rhinos	0 - 0	Richmond Kickers	Rochester, New York
19:35 EST	Sundly  82'	Summary	Davis  55' Lee  90+3'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,126 Referee: David Mon

Harrisburg City Islanders v Richmond Kickers

May 31 12	Harrisburg City Islanders	2 - 3	Richmond Kickers	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 EST	Cox  32' McLaughlin  52' Langley  54' Luan Silva  56' Roberts  90' (o.g.)	Summary	Jeffrey  6' Delicâte  62' Porter  90+2'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Referee: Robert Sibiga

Richmond Kickers v Harrisburg City Islanders

June 7 13	Richmond Kickers	1 - 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Delicâte  9'	Summary	José Barril  31' Hernández  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,333 Referee: Mark Gorak

Richmond Kickers v Wilmington Hammerheads

June 14 14	Richmond Kickers	2 - 2	Wilmington Hammerheads	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Delicâte  13', 45+1' Vercollone  47'	Summary	Hamilton  80' Oliveira  84'  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky

Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Richmond Kickers

June 22 15	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1 - 3	Richmond Kickers	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15:00 EST	Earls  16' Angulo  54'	Summary	Spitz  5' OG  11' Vercollone  52' Delicâte  68'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,644 Referee: David Mon

Wilmington Hammerheads v Richmond Kickers

June 28 17	Wilmington Hammerheads	1 - 1	Richmond Kickers	Wilmington, North Carolina
19:30 EST	Ochoa  43' Parratt  60'	Summary	Conor Shanosky  76' Roberts  79' Vercollone  87'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Michael Rhinehart

Richmond Kickers v Real Salt Lake Reserves

July 6 18	Richmond Kickers	0 - 0	Real Salt Lake Reserves	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EST		Report	Damien German  31' Benji Lopez  53' Kwame Watson-Siriboe  54' Eric Holt  78' Olmes Garcia  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,638 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Richmond Kickers v Sacramento Republic

July 12 19	Richmond Kickers	2 - 1	Sacramento Republic	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Seaton  34' Delicâte  67'  79'	Report	Fochive  34' Gilberto  35' Mirković  45' Jahn  64' Guzman  70'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Esteban Rosano

Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery

July 19 20	Richmond Kickers	4 - 0	Charleston Battery	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Shanosky  45' Davis IV  45' Yeisley  50' Delicâte  68' Lee  90'	Report	Prince  24' Kelly  90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Matthew Franz

Charleston Battery v Richmond Kickers

July 22 16	Charleston Battery	1 - 1	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST	Cuevas  7' Ferguson  17' vanSchaik  72'	Report	Yeisley  14'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,214 Referee: Mark Suaro

Richmond Kickers v Harrisburg City Islanders

July 26 21	Richmond Kickers	2 - 1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Vercollone  5' (pen.) Kalungi  13' Görres  23' Arbelaez  81'	Report	Bahner  62'  88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,788 Referee: Patrick Rosas

Wilmington Hammerheads v Richmond Kickers

August 1 22	Wilmington Hammerheads	1 - 3	Richmond Kickers	Wilmington, North Carolina
19:30 EST	Hall  44' Ruggles  66'	Report	Delicâte  19',  76' Spitz  44',  45' Asante  60'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 2,382 Referee: Jeremy Smith

Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Eagles

August 9 23	Richmond Kickers	2 - 1	Charlotte Eagles	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Davis IV  18' Vercollone  27'  61'	Report	Herrera  52'  53' Leathers  59' Greer  86' Dixon  87'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Robert Chamberlain

Richmond Kickers v Dayton Dutch Lions

August 16 24	Richmond Kickers	1 - 1	Dayton Dutch Lions	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Davis IV  51'	Report	Harada  80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,504 Referee: Charles Carson

Richmond Kickers v Orlando City

August 23 25	Richmond Kickers	2 - 3	Orlando City	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EST	Davis IV  32'  53' Asante  63' Lee  66' Robinson  78' Shanosky  83' Hall  90'	Report	Lameira  8' Cerén  37' Molino  52' Ramos  70' Rusin  83'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,562 Referee: Matthew Franz

Orange County Blues v Richmond Kickers

August 30 26	Orange County Blues	1 - 1	Richmond Kickers	Irvine, California
22:00 EST	Hoxie  24'	Report	Yeisley  18' Spitz  50' Asante  70' Conor Shanosky  87'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 585 Referee: Berhnard Huso

LA Galaxy II v Richmond Kickers

September 1 27	LA Galaxy II	1 - 1	Richmond Kickers	Carson, California
22:30 EST	Jason Bli  27' Hoffman  43' Villarreal  45'	Report	Basso  8' William  68'  87'	Stadium: Stub Hub Center Attendance: 408 Referee: Denis Vargas

Orlando City v Richmond Kickers

September 6 28	Orlando City	1 - 0	Richmond Kickers	Lake Buena Vista, Florida
19:30 EST	Molino  23' Hertzog  83'			Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Attendance: 4,400 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

U.S. Open Cup

RVA FC v Richmond Kickers

May 14 Second round	RVA FC	1–6	Richmond Kickers	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EST	Gandy  33' Carroll  57' Orlando  65' Harvey  68'	Report	Asante  26' Spitz  35' Yeisley  45+2' Hanley  62', 64' Davis IV  88'	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 753 Referee: Charles Carson

Richmond Kickers v New York Greek American

May 28 Third round	Richmond Kickers	2–1	New York Greek American	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EST	Davis IV  48' Yomby  81'	Report	Megaloudis  21'	Stadium: City Stadium

Richmond Kickers v New England Revolution

June 18 Fourth round	Richmond Kickers	2–3	New England Revolution	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EST	Davis IV  24' Delicâte  74'	Report	McCarthy  8' Neumann  35' Mullins  39'	Stadium: City Stadium

Exhibitions

Richmond Kickers v Mexico U-23

July 1	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Mexico U-23	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EST	Roberts	Report	Tamay	Stadium: City Stadium

Richmond Kickers v Crystal Palace

July 28	Richmond Kickers	0–3	Crystal Palace	Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EST		Report	Ramage  35' Murray  52' Chamakh  70'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 7,851 Referee: Matt Gorak

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