2020 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers
2020 season
Owner	22 Holdings, LLC
Head coach	Darren Sawatzky
Stadium	City Stadium
USL League One	4th
USL1 Championship	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Bon Secours Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Terzaghi (10); All: Terzaghi (10)
Highest home attendance	875 vs. GVL (Aug. 29); and vs. NE (Oct. 3); and vs. TRM (Oct. 17)
Lowest home attendance	634 vs. TUC; (August 15)
Average home league attendance	771
Biggest win	ORL 1–3 RIC (Oct. 21)
Biggest defeat	RIC 0–4 NE (Oct. 3)
Home colors	Away colors
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Owner22 Holdings, LLC

Head coachDarren Sawatzky

StadiumCity Stadium

USL League One4th

The 2020 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 28th season of existence, their 16th season in the third tier of American soccer, and their second season in the newly created USL League One. It is the Kickers' second season playing in the third tier of American soccer since 2016, when they were in the United Soccer League. Initially, the preseason began on February 8, 2020, and was scheduled to conclude on March 24, 2020. The regular season was originally scheduled to begin on March 28, 2020, and conclude on September 24, 2020.

On March 13, 2020, it was announced that the regular season would be delayed for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The regular season was slated to begin on March 28, 2020, but was delayed to April 11, 2020, before being indefinitely postponed. The season began with a truncated 16-match season (instead of 28) beginning on July 25, 2020, and concluded on October 24, 2020 (a month later than originally planned).

The 2020 season saw the club return to a winning record for the first time since 2016. Additionally, the club's 4th-place finish was the Kickers' best regular season performance since 2014. Despite the record, the club on the final day of the season failed to reach the USL Championship Game after losing at home to Chattanooga. Striker, Emiliano Terzaghi, scored 10 goals during the season, which was the best performance by a striker for the Kickers since Yudai Imura in 2016. Terzaghi had a 0.63 goals per game average, which was the best performance by a striker for Richmond since Robert Ssejjemba in 2006.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Akira Fitzgerald	GK	(1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 38)	2019	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0	0
Defenders
3	Scott Thomsen	DF	(1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 (age 32)	2018	Orlando City B	0	0
4	Ivan Magalhães	DF	(1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 32)	2019	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0	0
5	Conor Shanosky	DF	(1991-12-13) December 13, 1991 (age 34)	2016	Louisville City	0	0
18	Wahab Ackwei	DF	(1996-10-19) October 19, 1996 (age 29)	2019	New York Red Bulls II	0	0
20	Luke Pavone	DF	(1995-03-29) March 29, 1995 (age 30)	2019	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0	0
Midfielders
8	Amass Amankona	MF	(1995-08-02) August 2, 1995 (age 30)	2019	Indy Eleven	0	0
11	Matt Bolduc	MF	(1994-10-12) October 12, 1994 (age 31)	2017	Harrisburg City Islanders	0	0
28	Greg Boehme	MF	(1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 30)	2018	VCU Rams	0	0
77	Charles Boateng	MF	(1997-07-28) July 28, 1997 (age 28)	2019	WAFA SC (loan)	0	0
80	Mutaya Mwape	MF	(1996-06-19) June 19, 1996 (age 29)	2019	Charlotte Independence	0	0
98	Ryley Kraft	MF	(1998-01-13) January 13, 1998 (age 28)	2020	OKC Energy	0	0
Forwards

February 8	North Carolina FC	Not reported	Richmond Kickers	Cary, North Carolina
TBD EST				Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 0
Note: Result not reported, closed door scrimmage.

February 15	Loudoun United	Not reported	Richmond Kickers	Leesburg, Virginia
12:00 PM EST				Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 0
Note: Result not reported, closed door scrimmage.

February 22	Richmond Kickers	0–1	New York Red Bulls II	Richmond, Virginia
12:00 PM EST		Report	Corfe 22'	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium

February 26	Richmond Kickers	3–1	High Point Panthers	Glen Allen, Virginia
7:00 PM EST	Alves 10', 21' Bolanos 18'	Report	Abril 44'	Stadium: Glover Park

2020 Richmond Kickers season

Non-competitive

Preseason exhibitions

Midseason exhibitions

Competitive

USL League One

Standings

Results by matchday

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

Bon Secours Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Top assists

Disciplinary record

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Awards

USL League One Player of the Month

USL League One Goal of the Month

USL League One Player of the Week

USL League One Goal of the Week

USL League One Team of the Week

References

Related Articles

March 1	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Old Dominion Monarchs	Chesterfield, Virginia
4:00 PM EST	Terzaghi 18' Bolduc 56' Alves 70'			Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 200

March 7	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Virginia United	Chesterfield, Virginia
7:30 PM EST	Terzaghi 59' Kraft 67' Alves 88'			Stadium: Ukrop Park Attendance: 350

March 14	Red	Cancelled	White	Richmond, Virginia
12:00 PM EST				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 21	Richmond Kickers	Cancelled	VCU Rams	Richmond, Virginia
TBD EDT				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

May 20	Lionsbridge FC	Cancelled	Richmond Kickers	Newport News, Virginia
PM EST				Stadium: TowneBank Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the cancellation of the 2020 USL League Two season due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
2	Union Omaha	16	8	3	5	20	15	+5	29	1.81	Final
3	North Texas SC^[a]	16	7	3	6	27	19	+8	27	1.69
4	Richmond Kickers	16	8	6	2	22	22	0	26	1.63
5	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	15	6	5	4	21	17	+4	22	1.47
6	FC Tucson	16	6	6	4	21	19	+2	22	1.38

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Stadium	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	5	8	6	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	4

July 18	Tormenta	–	Richmond Kickers	Statesboro, Georgia
19:00 EDT				Stadium: Eagle Field

July 25 1 / Bon Secours Cup	Greenville Triumph	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, South Carolina
19:00 EDT	Thomsen 21' (o.g.) Antley 46' (o.g.) Morrell 57' Pilato 64' Keegan 69' Fricke 76'	Report	Bolduc 35' Terzahgi 74' Boateng 90+1'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Kevin Broadley
Note: Rescheduled from July 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

July 28 2	Tormenta	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Statesboro, Georgia
20:00 EDT	Mueller 7' Skelton 66' Micaletto 77'	Report	Falck 13' Mwape 90'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 400^[b] Referee: Kyle Johnston
Note: Rescheduled from September 23 to July 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[4] and rescheduled from July 18 to July 28 due to a staff member testing positive for Coronavirus disease 2019.^[5]

September 5 7	FC Tucson	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, Arizona
22:30 EDT	Alarcón 10' (pen.) Adams 15'	Report	Terzaghi 40' (pen.) Falck 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Alan Martinez
Note: Rescheduled from September 4.^[3]

September 12 8	Chattanooga Red Wolves	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Chattanooga, Tennessee
13:00 EDT	R. Pineda 43' Dieterich 54' Soto 58' Okonkwo 75' Beattie 90+2', 90+2'	Report	Terzaghi 13' Pavone 58' Diosa 90+4'	Stadium: David Stanton Field Attendance: 744^[b] Referee: Izlen Peksenar
Note: Rescheduled from April 25 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

October 7 12	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Orlando City B	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Bolanos 27', 43' 67'	Report	Tablante 35' 68' Ndje 37' Lamb 45+2' Rosario 89' Rivera 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 626^[b] Referee: John Matto
Note: Reschedule of postponed September 19th match.^[10]

October 21 15	Orlando City B	1–3	Richmond Kickers	Kissimmee, Florida
11:00 EDT	Tanaka 8' Tablante 20' Rosario 24' Rodas 30' Rosales 61'	Report	Bolduc 7', 25' Magalhães 16' Mwape 36' Alves 51' Anderson 64'	Stadium: Osceola County Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Note: Rescheduled from May 16 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

August 1	Richmond Kickers	–	Fort Lauderdale CF	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Rescheduled to September 23 after a staff member in the Fort Lauderdale CF organization tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019.^[6]

August 8 3	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Forward Madison	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Terzahgi 9'	Report	Trimmingham 16' Wojcik 73'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 822^[b] Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Rescheduled from March 28 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

August 15 4	Richmond Kickers	2–1	FC Tucson	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Magalhães 8' Kraft 24' Bolduc 35' Terzaghi 42'	Report	Silva 41' Logue 63' Adams 81' Dennis 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 634^[b] Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Rescheduled from July 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

August 21 5	New England Revolution II	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT	Malango 71' Mendonca 78'	Report	Terzaghi 53' Cuomo 69' Kraft 82'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hao Zhong
Note: Rescheduled from April 3 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

August 29 6 / Bon Secours Cup	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Greenville Triumph	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Terzaghi 15' Bolduc 36' Kraft 45+2' Antley 64' 74'	Report	Fricke 29' Clowes 46' Walker 80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875^[b] Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Rescheduled from April 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

September 19	Richmond Kickers	–	Orlando City B	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Rescheduled from June 27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8] Match postponed from September 19 following a positive coronavirus disease 2019 test from a member of the Orlando City B organization.^[9]

September 23 9	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Fort Lauderdale CF	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Terzaghi 9', 26', 44', 54' Venter 31' Antley 67' Pavone 81' Mwape 90+4'	Report	Lopez-Espin 5' Azcona 25' Sosa 30' Fray 88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 692^[b] Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Rescheduled from August 1 after a staff member in the Fort Lauderdale CF organization tested positive for COVID-19.^[6]

September 26 10	Union Omaha	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Papillion, Nebraska
20:00 EDT	Boyce 58' Scearce 71'	Report	Magalhães 71'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,600^[b] Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
Note: Rescheduled from June 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

October 3 11	Richmond Kickers	0–4	New England Revolution II	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Ackwei 86' Kwesele 90'	Report	Venter 24' (o.g.) Firmino 31' Quinones 45+4' Rennicks 81' (o.g.) Rivera 83'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Gary Gutierrez
Note: Rescheduled from June 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

October 10 13	North Texas SC	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Arlington, Texas
20:30 EDT	Bruce 23' Munjoma 45+3' Rayo 43' Alisson 81'	Report	Terzaghi 60' Magalhães 63' Ackwei 90+3'	Stadium: Globe Life Park Attendance: 810 Referee: Gerald Flores
Note: Rescheduled from September 15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

October 17 14	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Tormenta	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT		Report	Phelps 45+1' Micaletto 45+4', 88' 90+2' Coutinho 90+1' Eckenrode 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Rescheduled from May 9 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

October 24 16	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Ackwei 25' Anderson 64' Boehme 90+1'	Report	Hurst 57' Hernández 86', 90+3' R. Pineda 90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Rescheduled from August 15 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

April 7 Second round	Richmond Kickers	Cancelled	Christos or Virginia United	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT				Stadium: City Stadium
Note: Originally scheduled for April 8, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]

July 25 First leg	Greenville Triumph	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, South Carolina
19:00 EDT	Thomsen 21' (o.g.) Antley 46' (o.g.) Morrell 57' Pilato 64' Keegan 69' Fricke 76'	Report	Bolduc 35' Terzahgi 74' Boateng 90+1'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 0 (closed door) Referee: Kevin Broadley
Note: Rescheduled from July 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

August 29 Second leg	Richmond Kickers	2–1 (4–4 (a) agg.)	Greenville Triumph	Richmond, Virginia
18:30 EDT	Terzaghi 15' Bolduc 36' Kraft 45+2' Antley 64' 74'	Report	Fricke 29' Clowes 46' Walker 80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 875 (capped capacity) Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Rescheduled from April 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL-1		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	JPN	Akira Fitzgerald	16	0	16+0	0	0	0
2	DF	USA	Ian Antley	9	0	9+0	0	0	0
3	DF	USA	Scott Thomsen	16	0	14+2	0	0	0
4	DF	BRA	Ivan Magalhães	15	2	14+1	2	0	0
5	DF	USA	Conor Shanosky	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	USA	Matt Bolduc	14	1	14+0	1	0	0
8	MF	GHA	Amass Amankona	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Stanley Alves	11	1	3+8	1	0	0
10	FW	ZAM	Mutaya Mwape	13	1	8+5	1	0	0
11	MF	COL	David Diosa	6	0	3+3	0	0	0
12	DF	USA	Kyle Venter	15	0	15+0	0	0	0
14	DF	USA	Luke Pavone	14	0	11+3	0	0	0
15	FW	VIN	Oalex Anderson	6	2	2+4	2	0	0
16	MF	USA	Zev Taublieb	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	USA	Jonathan Bolanos	15	2	6+9	2	0	0
18	DF	GHA	Wahab Ackwei	13	0	7+6	0	0	0
20	GK	USA	Lee Johnston	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	USA	Greg Boehme	10	0	2+8	0	0	0
22	DF	USA	Hassan Pinto	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	DF	SWE	Victor Falck	16	1	16+0	1	0	0
32	FW	ARG	Emiliano Terzaghi	15	10	14+1	10	0	0
67	DF	USA	Devante Dubose	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
77	MF	GHA	Charles Boateng	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
93	MF	ITA	Gianluca Cuomo	10	0	4+6	0	0	0
94	GK	USA	Matt Broomall	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
98	MF	USA	Ryley Kraft	16	2	14+2	2	0	0

No.	Pos.	Player
No.	Pos.	Player	USL1			U.S. Open Cup			Total
2	DF	Ian Antley	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
3	DF	Scott Thomsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Ivan Magalhães	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	MF	Matt Bolduc	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	FW	Mutaya Mwape	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	MF	David Diosa	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	DF	Kyle Venter	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF	Luke Pavone	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	MF	Jonathan Bolanos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	DF	Wahab Ackwei	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	MF	Greg Boehme	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF	Victor Falck	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	MF	Mumbi Kwesele	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	FW	Emiliano Terzaghi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
77	MF	Charles Boateng	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
93	MF	Gianluca Cuomo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
98	MF	Ryley Kraft	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			24	1	0	0	0	0	24	1	0

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
GK	Lee Johnston	San Antonio FC	Free	January 22, 2020	^[13]
FW	Emiliano Terzaghi	Huracán Las Heras	Free	January 24, 2020	^[14]
MF	Mumbi Kwesele	Real Unión	Free	February 26, 2020	^[15]
MF	Zev Taublieb	Åtvidabergs FF	Free	May 11, 2020	^[16]
FW	Oalex Anderson	Tacoma Defiance	Free	August 31, 2020	^[17]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date
FW	Joe Gallardo	Real Monarchs	Free transfer	December 5, 2019
MF	Alex Ainscough	Gottne IF	End of contract	December 31, 2019
FW	Dennis Chin	N/a	End of contract	December 31, 2019
MF	Justin Grove	N/a	End of contract	December 31, 2019
MF	Josh Hughes	N/a	End of contract	December 31, 2019
DF	Aboubacar Keita	Columbus Crew	End of loan	December 31, 2019
MF	Nick Retzlaff	N/a	End of contract	December 31, 2019
MF	Maxi Rodriguez	Detroit City	End of contract	December 31, 2019
DF	Zach Perez	N/a	End of contract	December 31, 2019
FW	Daniel Jackson	Tormenta	Free transfer	January 2, 2020
DF	Eli Lockaby	Forward Madison	Free transfer	February 4, 2020
FW	Jannik Eckenrode	Michigan Stars	Free transfer	February 22, 2020
GK	Joe Rice	New England Revolution II	Free transfer	March 3, 2020

Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Beginning	End	Source
DF	Sam Moore	North Carolina Tar Heels	February 15, 2020	December 31, 2020	^[18]
FW	Key White	North Carolina Tar Heels	February 15, 2020	December 31, 2020