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2014 Richmond Kickers season

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.

Richmond Kickers
2014 season
OwnerRichmond Kickers Youth Soccer Club
Head coachEngland Leigh Cowlishaw
StadiumCity Stadium
USL Pro4th
USL Pro PlayoffsSemi-finals
U.S. Open CupFourth round
Top goalscorerMatthew Delicâte (14)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 3,562
(August 23 v. Orlando City)
All: 7,851
(July 28 v. Crystal Palace)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,135
(July 12 v. Sacramento)
All: 511
(March 1 v. U. of Maryland)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 2,572
All: 1,848
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First team squad edit

As of 30 March 2014

First team roster edit

No. Position Player Nation
0 GK Andrew Romig   United States
1 GK Ryan Taylor   United States
2 DF Yomby William   Cameroon
3 DF Shane Johnson   United States
4 MF Luke Vercollone   United States
5 MF Michael Callahan   United States
7 MF Matthew Delicâte   England
8 DF Hugh Roberts   United States
9 FW Tishan Hanley   United States
11 FW George Davis IV   United States
12 MF Alex Caskey (on loan from D.C. United)   United States
14 MF Collin Martin (on loan from D.C. United)   United States
15 FW Kyle Porter (on loan from D.C. United)   United States
16 FW Juan Arbelaez   Colombia
17 FW Jason Yeisley   United States
18 DF Alex Lee   United States
20 DF Matheau Hall   United States
21 DF Jalen Robinson (on loan from D.C. United)   United States
23 DF Sascha Görres   Germany
25 DF Henry Kalungi   Uganda
27 MF Shay Spitz   New Zealand
28 MF Samuel Asante   Ghana
29 FW Michael Seaton (on loan from D.C. United)   Jamaica
31 GK Joe Willis (on loan from D.C. United)   United States
32 MF Lyndsey Moreland   United States
36 DF Stephen Basso   United States
— FW Christiano François (on loan from D.C. United)   Haiti

Transfers edit

In edit

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]

Out edit

Loan in edit

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]

Loan out edit

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular Season U.S. Open Cup Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
0 GK   USA Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions and results edit

Preseason edit

February 22 Richmond Kickers 1–0 George Mason Patriots Ampthill, Virginia
19:00 EST Fowler   83' (pen.) Stadium: Ukrop Park
Attendance: 527
February 26 Richmond Kickers 1–0 James Madison Dukes Ampthill, Virginia
19:30 EST Vercollone   66' Stadium: Ukrop Park
Attendance: 531
March 1 Richmond Kickers 0–1 Maryland Terrapins Ampthill, Virginia
12:00 EST Eticha   52' Stadium: Ukrop Park
Attendance: 511
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
March 16 Red-White 3–2 Red-Black Ampthill, Virginia
14:00 EST Stadium: Ukrop Park
Note: Intersquad scrimmage
March 19 Richmond Kickers 6–0 William & Mary Tribe Ampthill, Virginia
18:00 EST Delicâte   9', 18', 19'
Hanley  
  o.g.'
 		 Stadium: Ukrop Park
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 edit

Main article: 2014 USL Pro season

Overall standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orlando City (C) 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 33[a]
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: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)
Notes:
  1. ^ Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.[8][9]

Match reports edit

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:   Bernhard Huso
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: StubHub Center
Attendance: 408
Referee:   Denis Vargas
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 edit

Main article: 2014 U.S. Open Cup
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
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
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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Spitz signs on". Richmond Kickers. RichmondKickers.com. November 21, 2013. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Asante Arrival: Charlotte Eagles Standout Inks Deal with Richmond". Richmond Kickers. RichmondKickers.com. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "Davis IV Signs With Kickers". Richmond Kickers. USLSoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Kickers sign Hugh Roberts". Richmond Kickers. RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Kickers sign Tishan Hanley". Richmond Kickers. RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c Payne, Rebecca (February 26, 2014). "Willis, Martin, Francois are first to report to Richmond". D.C. Unite. DCUnited.com. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  7. ^ Bromley, Ben. "Steve Birnbaum and Kyle Porter to be loaned to the Richmond Kickers". Black and Red United. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  8. ^ "Arizona United SC deducted two league points". Arizona United SC. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  9. ^ "Arizona United SC Deducted 2 Points". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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