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
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 16 Friendly	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Swansea City	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Amat 11' (o. g.) Grant 74'	[1]		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

March 26 1	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

April 1 2	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

April 9 3	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Rochester Rhinos	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Imura 61'	Report	Garzi 73'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,990 Referee: Matthew Franz

April 17 4	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

April 22 5	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

April 30 6	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Toronto FC II	Richmond
17:00 EDT	Ownby 9'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,655

May 7 7	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

May 11 8	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

May 14 9	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

May 21 10	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Louisville City	Richmond
19:00 EDT		Report Box Score		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,411 Referee: Danielle Chesky

May 28 11	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

June 4 12	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

June 11 13	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

June 18 14	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

June 25 15	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

July 2 16	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

July 8 17	Harrisburg City Islanders	0–3	Richmond Kickers	Lancaster
19:00 EDT		[2]	Paulini 11' Jane 27' Callahan 75'	Stadium: Clipper Magazine Stadium Attendance: 1,381 Referee: Christopher Spivey

July 14 18	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0–2	Richmond Kickers	Pittsburgh
19:00 EDT	Earls 16' Campbell 44'	[3]	Imura 44' (pen.) Jane 67' Jane	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,844

July 23 19	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.

July 30 20	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

August 3 21	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

August 6 22	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

August 13 23	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

August 17 24	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.

August 21 25	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

August 27 26	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Orlando City B	Richmond
19:00 EDT	Thomsen 76'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3914 Referee: Mark Gorak

August 31 24	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.

September 10 27	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

September 14 28	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Charlotte Independence	Richmond
19:00 EDT		Report	Martinez 42'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3106 Referee: Matthew Franz

September 17 29	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

September 24 30	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

October 2 1	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

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

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

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	Player	Nation
0	GK	Sawyer Gaffney	United States
1	GK	Ryan Taylor	United States
2	DF	Yomby William	Cameroon
4	DF	Fred Sekyere	Ghana
5	MF	Michael Callahan	United States
7	FW	Matthew Delicâte	England
8	DF	Hugh Roberts	United States
9	DF	Anthony Grant	Jamaica
10	FW	Sunny Jane	Lesotho
11	FW	Luiz Fernando	Brazil
12	FW	Rômulo Peretta	Brazil
14	MF	Yudai Imura	Japan
15	MF	Lucas Paulini	Argentina
16	MF	Paul Clowes (on loan from D.C. United)	England
17	FW	Jason Yeisley	United States
18	DF	Alex Lee	Guam
20	DF	Jalen Robinson (HGP; on loan from D.C. United)	United States
21	MF	Nate Shiffman	United States
22	FW	Brian Ownby	United States
23	DF	Sascha Görres	Germany
24	MF	Jackson Eskay	United States
25	MF	Travis Pittman	United States
26	MF	Miguel Aguilar (on loan from D.C. United)	Mexico
27	MF	Collin Martin (HGP; on loan from D.C. United)	United States
28	MF	Samuel Asante	Ghana
29	MF	Conor Shanosky	United States
30	GK	Charlie Horton (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
31	DF	Braeden Troyer	United States
32	MF	Scott Thomsen	United States
34	DF	Luke Mishu (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
36	GK	Ronnie Pascale	United States
37	MF	Chris Durkin (HGP; on loan from D.C. United)	United States
40	GK	Matt Turner (on loan from New England Revolution)	United States
45	MF	Simon Finch	United States
46	GK	Mark Nankervis	United States
48	GK	Travis Worra (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
50	GK	Andrew Dykstra (on loan from D.C. United)	United States

Goals and assists

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	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
No.	Pos.	Name
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

^ "Kickers sign Sunny Jane". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Kickers sign Brazilian strikers". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ "Kickers add Academy goalkeeper". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ "Kickers sign Lucas Paulini". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ "Jackson Eskay Signs Deal With Richmond Kickers". TribeAthletics.com.
^ "RICHMOND 1, ROCHESTER 0". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^ 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.

[1] "Kickers sign Sunny Jane". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[Brazilian_strikers-2] "Kickers sign Brazilian strikers". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[3] "Kickers add Academy goalkeeper". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[4] "Kickers sign Lucas Paulini". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[5] "Jackson Eskay Signs Deal With Richmond Kickers". TribeAthletics.com.

[6] "RICHMOND 1, ROCHESTER 0". RichmondKickers.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.

[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.

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