2022 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers
2022 season
Owner	22 Holdings, LLC
Head coach	Darren Sawatzky
Stadium	City Stadium
USL League One	1st
USL1 Playoffs	Semifinalist
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Terzaghi (18); All: Terzaghi (19)
Highest home attendance	6,000 vs. GVL; (October 15)
Lowest home attendance	2,011 vs. CHA; (April 9)
Average home league attendance	3,173
Biggest win	4–0 vs. TUC; (April 2)
Biggest defeat	1–5 vs. CLT; (May 11, USOC)
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Owner22 Holdings, LLC

Head coachDarren Sawatzky

StadiumCity Stadium

USL League One1st

The 2022 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 30th season of existence, their fourth season in USL League One, and their 18th season in the third tier of American soccer. The Kickers were led by third-year head coach, Darren Sawatzky. The USL League One season started on April 2 and concluded on October 15, 2022.

The Kickers had their strongest regular season showing since 2013, winning the USL League One regular season title. The Kickers finished the season with 51 total points, five clear of second place, with 14 wins, seven losses, and nine draws. Striker, Emiliano Terzaghi, for the third season, led the Kickers and USL League One in goals with 18 goals.

Outside of USL League One, the Kickers participated in the 2022 U.S. Open Cup, and the 2022 USL League One Playoffs, for their first-place finish during the regular season. The Kickers reached the fourth round of the Open Cup, before losing to Major League Soccer expansion side, Charlotte FC. The Kickers will begin the Playoffs in the semifinal round on October 29.

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 14, 2021	MF	8	Ethan Bryant	San Antonio FC	Loan option exercised	^[1]
December 16, 2021	FW	9	Matt Bentley	Leatherhead	Free	^[2]
January 20, 2022	DF	22	Stephen Payne	Vilaverdense	Free	^[3]
January 25, 2022	DF	5	Stuart Ritchie	Hannover 96	Free	^[4]
February 3, 2022	MF	11	Leonardo Baima	Central Norte	Free	^[5]
February 8, 2022	MF	27	Chandler O'Dwyer	Christian Brothers Buccaneers	Free	^[6]
February 9, 2022	MF	99	Vincenzo Candela	Tormenta	Free	^[7]
February 10, 2022	DF	2	Dakota Barnathan	FC Tucson	Free	^[8]
February 15, 2022	MF	20	Christian Molina	Union Omaha	Free	^[9]
February 17, 2022	GK	29	Eli Mumford	Richmond Kickers Academy	Academy contract	^[10]
February 22, 2022	MF	4	Simon Fitch	VCU Rams	Free	^[11]
March 31, 2022	FW	23	David Olsen	Tacoma Defiance	Free	^[12]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee/notes	Ref.

February 12	Loudoun United	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Leesburg, VA
14:00 EDT	Liadi 66'	Report	Terzaghi 34' Bentley 61'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 0

February 19	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Chowan Hawks	Wyndham, VA
14:00 EST				Stadium: Striker Soccer Complex

February 24	High Point Panthers	1–1	Richmond Kickers	High Point, NC
12:00 EST				Stadium: Vert Stadium Attendance: 192

2022 Richmond Kickers season

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Non-competitive

Preseason exhibitions

Competitive

USL League One

Standings

Results summary

Results by matchday

Match results

USL1 Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

References

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February 26	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Loudoun United	Wyndham, VA
14:00 EST				Stadium: Striker Soccer Complex Attendance: 0

March 2	Charleston Battery	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Buies Creek, NC
12:00 EST	Williams 24'	Report	Terzaghi 64'	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 135

March 5	UNCG Spartans	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Greensboro, NC
13:00 EST				Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium

March 9	Richmond Kickers	2–1	William & Mary Tribe	Richmond, VA
13:00 EST	Bolduc 26', 63'	Report	Nwegbo 8'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 352

March 18	Richmond Kickers	1–1	VCU Rams	Richmond, VA
14:00 EDT	Barnathan 32'	Report	McGann 56'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 492

March 26	Richmond Kickers	3–1	James Madison Dukes	Richmond, VA
18:30 EDT	Crisler 23' Bentley 75' Terzaghi 86'	Report	Erhardt 64'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond Kickers (X)	30	14	7	9	54	35	+19	51	Qualification for the semi-finals
2	Greenville Triumph SC	30	12	8	10	40	38	+2	46	Qualification for the semi-finals
3	Tormenta FC (C)	30	12	9	9	42	40	+2	45	Qualification for the play-offs
4	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	30	12	11	7	52	39	+13	43
5	Union Omaha	30	10	7	13	34	33	+1	43

April 2 1	Richmond Kickers	4–0	FC Tucson	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Terzaghi 18' Aune 23' Vinyals 34', 60' 58' Payne 55' Barnathan 68' Bentley 81' Olsen 90+2'	Report	Sunday 21' Allen 66' Moss 85'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,054 Referee: Danielle Chesky

April 9 2	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Northern Colorado Hailstorm	Richmond, VA
18:30 EDT	Morán 11' Aune 51' Terzaghi 55' 78' Bolduc 62'	Report	Damm 16' Folla 23' Vanacore-Decker 37' Zayed 45' Ulysse 59' Desdunes 88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,771 Referee: Matt Franz

April 16 3	Chattanooga Red Wolves	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Chattanooga, TN
19:00 EDT	Capozucchi 26' Espinoza 50', 75' Avilez 83' Hernández 90+6'	Report	Morán 84' Aune 90+1' Terzaghi 90+5'	Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Joshua Belk

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	1	1	0	5	1	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game Week	1	2	3	4	5
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L
Position	1	1	3	2	6

May 7 5	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Forward Madison	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Terzaghi 33' Crisler 36' Vinyals 45+2' Aune 63'	Report	Cassini 9' Jones 14' Murillo 19' Osmond 53' Crisler 67' (o.g.) Breno 90+1'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Nickrod Fateh

May 28 8	North Carolina FC	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Cary, NC
19:00 EDT	McLaughlin 36', 42' (pen.) Skelton 37' Fernandes 65'	Report	Terzaghi 13' Bentley 28' Aune 35' Ritchie 64'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 1,128 Referee: Katherine McCormick

April 24 4	Charlotte Independence	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte, NC
16:00 EDT	Dutey 37' Talboys 62' Mbuyu 69'	Report	Terzaghi 6' 52' Baima 23' Bentley 55' Cole 71'	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,247 Referee: Alex Billeter

May 14 6	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Union Omaha	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Terzaghi 37' Gordon 41' Ritchie 45+6' Barnathan 59' Morán 69' Payne 86'	Report	Meza 26' Touche 62' Bawa 75'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Ben Meyer

June 1 9	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Candela 17' Aune 35' Crisler 38' Baima 45+2', 80' Morán 58'	Report	Bement 8' Benton 31' Cardona 77'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: John Matto

June 4 10	Richmond Kickers	2–2	Tormenta	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Ritchie 27' Crisler 32' Payne 76'	Report	Sharifi 22' Thorn 30' Billhardt 64'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,201 Referee: Anya Voigt

June 11 11	Richmond Kickers	4–0	Charlotte Independence	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Bryant 14', 45+4' Bentley 21', 74' Fitch 38'	Report	Vint 44' Dutey 54' Ciss 67' Rocha 68'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Nicholas Karnovsky

June 18 12	Richmond Kickers	3–2	Northern Colorado Hailstorm	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Vinyals 33', 42' Bentley 43' Terzaghi 45+2' Bolanos 76' Fitzgerald 90+4'	Report	Vanacore-Decker 25' Norman 27' 29' Cornwall 52', 68' Folla 74', 88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Amiel Aleman

June 23 13	Forward Madison	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Madison, WI
20:00 EDT	Thiam 35' Streng 79' Cassini 82', 83' Dean 89'	Report	Crisler 36' Vinyals 45+3' Gordon 65' Ritchie 76' Bentley 77' Morán 82'	Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 4,082 Referee: Brian Wood

June 29 7	FC Tucson	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Tucson, AZ
22:00 EDT	Weir 45+2'	Report	Terzaghi 25' Bolanos 60'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,688 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernández
Note: Match rescheduled from May 20 due to multiple COVID positives in the Kickers' organization.^[14]

July 2 14	Richmond Kickers	4–1	North Carolina FC	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Bentley 25' Payne 38' Terzaghi 59', 79' Bolanos 63', 64' Gordon 75'	Report	Young 33' Anderson 41', 42' Sommersall 65'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,702 Referee: Thomas Snyder

July 8 15	Charlotte Independence	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte, NC
19:00 EDT	Mbuyu 18' Amaya 58' Ibarra 65' (pen.) Rocha 88'	Report	Candela 43' Bolanos 56' Gordon 68'	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,544 Referee: Kevin Broadley

July 16 16	Richmond Kickers	1–3	Greenville Triumph	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Gordon 42' Bryant 52' Ritchie 61' Bentley 72' Barnathan 87' Pavone 90+4'	Report	Labovitz 23', 36', 89' Smart 69' Gavilanes 75' Pilato 82' Fenton 85'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,143 Referee: Nickrod Fateh

July 23 17	Central Valley Fuego	3–1	Richmond Kickers	Fresno, CA
22:00 EDT	Falck 16', 35' Hornsby 45' Partida 53' Cerritos 58' Strong 63'	Report	Payne 15' 19' Barnathan 45', 76' Aune 48' Fitzgerald 56' Candela 90+3'	Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Adrian Gonzalez

July 27 18	North Carolina FC	2–3	Richmond Kickers	Cary, NC
19:00 EDT	Adams 26' Flick 78'	Report	Molina 59' (o.g.) Terzaghi 90+1' Barnathan 90+5'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 1,109 Referee: Josiah Parke

August 2 19	Northern Colorado Hailstorm	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Windsor, CO
21:00 EDT	Damm 28' Rogers 39' Nortey 63'	Report	Terzaghi 32', 47' Vinyals 85' Fitzgerald 90'	Stadium: Future Legends Complex Attendance: 4,759 Referee: Kevin Fikar

August 6 20	Richmond Kickers	3–1	FC Tucson	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Morán 26' Vanacore-Decker 45' Terzaghi 56', 64'	Report	Machell 20' Calixtro 28' Garcia 76'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,170 Referee: John Matto

August 13 21	Greenville Triumph	1–0	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, SC
19:00 EDT	Brown 90' Polak 90+6'	Report	Terzaghi 90+3'	Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 2,924 Referee: Kyle Johnston

August 20 22	Central Valley Fuego	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Fresno, CA
19:00 EDT	Falck 24' 32' Smith 36' Villarreal 57' North 60' Schenfeld 67'	Report	Bolanos 38' Aune 57' Terzaghi 70' (pen.) Bentley 90+3'	Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Robert Vincze

August 27 23	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Union Omaha	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Bolanos 20' Payne 45+12' Vanacore-Decker 66' Terzaghi 70', 76'	Report	Jiba 69' Meza 72' Doyle 72'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,886 Referee: Matthew Franz

September 7 24	Richmond Kickers	3–1	Tormenta	Richmond, VA
19:00 EDT	Terzaghi 21', 55' Morán 68' Bolanos 72', 90+4' Aune 78' Candela 90+3'	RIC Report Soccerway Rpt	Billhardt 10' Dengler 23' Nembhard 23' Phelps 34' Adeniyi 82' Bush 90+5'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Katherine McCormick

September 14 25	Union Omaha	2–3	Richmond Kickers	Papillion, NE
19:00 EDT	Scearce 49', 81' Gil 77' Touche 90+5' Doyle 90+7'	Report	Vanacore-Decker 78' Gordon 80' Payne 89' Vinyals 90+7'	Stadium: Werner Park Attendance: 2,610 Referee: Gerald Flores