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Darwin Espinal has scored a lot of goals over the last three seasons: 34 in 60 league matches while playing with NISA powerhouse club Maryland Bobcats. There had been some offers to make the jump to the USL, but after each of the first two seasons,…

On Wednesday, The Richmond Kickers announced their first off-season signing: Rivendi Melvin Pierre-Louis. Little was known about the 24 year old Haitian winger outside of Richmond’s announcement. He didn’t even have a profile on Transfermarkt at th…

So there has been a lot of chat online about who Richmond will travel to for the playoffs. If you were to ask fans they would tell you that they prefer Union Omaha (who recently clinched the player's shield against Tormenta to get Richmond into the …

The Ivy, Richmond's pre-professional women’s soccer team here! What is W League, the league the team will participate in? Semi-professional and amateur women’s soccer actually preceded the fully professional game in the US. The first iteration of…

On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Kickers will host a second round US Open Cup match against the Maryland Bobcats of the National Independent Soccer Association. This will be the second match of the tournament for both clubs; the Kickers defeated Christos …

On March 4th, the Richmond Kickers announced who they had been drawn against for the 2024 edition of the US Open Cup. With all the chaos surrounding this year’s Cup, it is a minor miracle that they even got games on the field. But all the boardroom …

The offseason for the Richmond Kickers and USL has already started with major moves and shake-ups. Usually in the Off-season for Lower League clubs, the news can be slow and If you are not following some details can be left behind. We decided to bri…

We sit here a few days after North Carolina FC gained “promotion” to the USL Championship by winning the league title in penalty kicks vs Charlotte Independence.  We turn our attention to the offseason and the feeling of “we got a chance” starts to …

With the season coming to an end and playoffs out of sight, we got a chance to sit down with Head Coach Darren Sawatzky about team focus on youth, roster building, and how he views this season.  EB- Of course, the season hasn’t lived up to the h…

The 2022-2023 Richmond are starting to hit their groove and a large part of that is the role Justin Sukow is playing in the midfield. With the departure of Ethan Bryant to Sporting Kansas City, a lot of Richmond Kickers supporters were wondering “Wh…

On April 6th, the latest round of the US Open Cup will take place. The Richmond Kickers will take on Cleveland SC. Cleveland SC plays in the Rust Belt Conference of the NPSL where they finished 1st in their division and made it to the Regional Final…

15- Tony Williams There’s something about one club players. As a fan, you can start to convince yourself that, no matter what, they’re really there for the town and it’s not just that’s where their first job happened to be. Right or wrong, it build…

16- Peter Luzak We’ve been on a bit of a defense streak in the countdown, and that continues with our next entry.  A standout for six seasons at the start of the new millennium, Peter Luzak provided a physical presence on the backline for the early…

With the 2023 Season getting ready to kick off here in the Rivercity in less than 2 months, the Kickers are getting ready to move things into high gear. And of course, with the offseason starting to come to end and preseason starting to ramp up, the…

With the Richmond Kickers season getting ready to start, we wanted to take some time and talk with the man in charge Darren Sawatzky. Darren lays out what are some of the goals and expectations ahead of this team and how they will attempt to achi…

17- Henry Kalungi It’s easy to fall into the simple traps when talking about defenders: big, tough, good in the air, physical.  In many cases, each of those traits are true; stereotypes do exist for a reason.  In the case of Henry Kalungi, they onl…

With the USL League One offseason kicking off, Richmond made their attention known on how they will be approaching the 2023 season. While Emiliano Terzaghi, Akira Fitzgerald, Chandler O’Dwyer, and O’Wayne Gordon are returning, one re-signing gave Ki…

18- Richie Williams In the lower leagues of US soccer, it’s not uncommon to see players who reach the international level at the very beginning of their career or at the very end of their career.  What is rare is seeing both at the same club.  Kick…

19- Akira Fitzgerald Note: The rankings were voted upon prior to the 2022 USL League One season Establishing stability amid a rebuild is an inherent challenge.  Over the last four years since Richmond joined League One, there has been one constant…

Before our semifinal match against the Chattanooga Red Wolves, we got the chance to sit down with the "rock" in the midfield Zaca Moran about his experience in USL League 1 and in Argentina.  What is your earliest soccer memory? "I think my…

Yogi’s Big 3 Points  Ahead of Saturday's match up with Greenville Triumph, Yogi gives his 3 biggest points for this game: Saturday will be a party That is right folks, the Richmond Kickers are the overall #1 seed going into the USL League…

20- Chris Fox One of the hallmarks of the Richmond Kickers over the years has been a reliable and at times impenetrable defense.  A key contributor to that for portions of 9 seasons was Chris Fox.  An outside back who played on both sides of the fi…

21- Hugh Roberts Oh baby Hugh, you got what we need! But they say he just defends, oh they say he just defends… One of the undoubted fan favorites of the mid-2010’s for his play on the field and his personality off of it, Hugh Roberts regularly he…

22- Josh McKay Left backs have long been the white whales of American soccer.  They are so difficult to find, and when a good one does come your way, latch on for dear life.  That’s what the Kickers were fortunate to be able to do in the late 20th …