2025 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers
2025 season
Chairman22 Holdings, LLC
ManagerDarren Sawatzky
StadiumCity Stadium
USL League One7th
Jägermeister CupGroup stage
U.S. Open CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Darwin Espinal (6 goals)
All: Darwin Espinal (6 goals)
Highest home attendance5,542
(v. AV Alta, 22 March 2025)
Lowest home attendance2,827
(v. Union Omaha, 9 April 2025)

The 2025 Richmond Kickers season is the club's 33rd season in existence, their seventh season in USL League One, and their 21st season in the third tier of American soccer. The Kickers are led by sixth-year head coach, Darren Sawatzky. Their USL League One season started on March 7, 2025

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position No. Name From Fee/notes Ref.
August 13, 2024 DF 16 Klaidi Cela Liria Prizren Free [1]
September 12, 2024 FW 9 Josh Kirkland Free Agent Free [2]
December 18, 2024 MF 11 Rivendi Pierre-Lewis FC Motown Free [3]
January 22, 2025 FW 19 Darwin Espinal Maryland Bobcats Free [4]
January 23, 2025 MF 3 Hayden Anderson Greenville Triumph Free [5]
January 31, 2025 MF 10 Nils Seufert Jerv Free [6]
January 27, 2025 GK 35 James Sneddon Richmond Strikers Free [7]
January 31, 2025 FW 40 Nick Sarrantos Richmond Strikers Academy contract [8]
January 31, 2025 MF 42 Grafton Kahl Richmond Strikers Academy contract [8]
January 31, 2025 DF 39 Brendan Dobzyniak Richmond Strikers Academy contract [8]
January 31, 2025 DF 41 Andrew Richman Richmond Strikers Academy contract [8]
February 6, 2025 DF 15 Jonathan Kanagwa Free Agent Free [9]
February 18, 2025 FW 33 Matt Bolduc Free Agent Free [10]
May 6, 2025 MF − Jonathan Gomez Richmond Strikers Academy contract [11]

Transfers out

Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref.
December 1, 2024 MF 6 Zacarías Morán None Free
December 1, 2024 MF 19 Justin Sukow None Free
December 1, 2024 FW 9 Arthur Bosua Retired Free
December 1, 2024 DF 24 Nathan Aune None Free
December 1, 2024 MF 8 João Silva None Free
December 1, 2024 DF 3 Chris Cole None Free
December 1, 2024 FW 15 Tony Pineda None Free
January 5, 2025 GK 13 Ryan Shellow Retired Free
February 21, 2025 MF 10 Nil Vinyals Spokane Velocity Free [12]

Non-competitive

Preseason

Friendlies

July 16 Friendly Richmond Kickers v Leganés Richmond, VA
7:30 PM EDT Stadium: City Stadium

Competitions

USL League One

Table

Main article: 2025 USL League One season
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Texoma FC 14 5 5 4 19 24 −5 19 Playoffs
7 One Knoxville SC 10 4 2 4 13 9 +4 16
8 Richmond Kickers 14 4 6 4 24 24 0 16
9 Greenville Triumph SC 14 4 6 4 17 17 0 16
10 Portland Hearts of Pine 12 2 3 7 13 14 −1 13
Updated to match(es) played on July 6, 2025. Source: USL League One
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

Matches

March 7 1 South Georgia Tormenta 2–4 Richmond Kickers Statesboro, GA
7:00 p.m. EDT Tunbridge 24, 45+1' Report Anderson 19'
O'Dwyer 34'
Barnathan 41'
Seufert 74'		 Stadium: Optim Sports Medicine Field
Attendance: 911
Referee: John Motto
Assistant referees: Hillis Waddell
Assistant referees: Patrick Slane
Fourth official: Amin Hadzic
March 15 2 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Richmond Kickers Charlotte, NC
7:00 p.m. EDT Sorenson 50' Report Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 956
Referee: Joe Surgan
Assistant referees: Max Smith
Assistant referees: Audra Fullen
Fourth official: Lauren Aldrich
March 22 3 Richmond Kickers 3–1 AV Alta Richmond, VA
6:00 p.m. EDT O'Dwyer 45+1'
Terzaghi 51, 73'		 Report Cerritos 8'
Alassane  74'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,542
Referee: Deshun Beard
Assistant referees: Chris Schurfranz
Assistant referees: Adam Cook
Fourth official: Amelia Graytock
March 29 4 Richmond Kickers 1–2 Forward Madison Richmond, VA
6:00 p.m. EDT Espinal 50' Report Gebhard 40, 48' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,576
Referee: Deny Kulasinac
Assistant referees: Sarah Gaddes
Fourth official: Nicholas Karnovsky
April 9 5 Richmond Kickers 1–0 Union Omaha Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. EDT Espinal 82' Report Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,827
Referee: Ryan Homik
Assistant referees: Patrick Slane
Fourth official: Arman Becan
April 12 6 FC Naples 2–1 Richmond Kickers Collier County, FL
7:00 p.m. EDT Ferrín 8'
Henderlong 22'		 Report Espinal 35' Stadium: Paradise Coast Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 4,005
Referee: Amin Hadzic
Assistant referees: Alexandru Focea
Fourth official: Kyle Cividanes
April 19 7 Richmond Kickers 4–4 Westchester Richmond, VA
6:00 p.m. EDT Espinal 2', 32'
Kirkland 63', 90+9'		 Report Powder 8'
Powder 53'
McGlynn 83'
Obregón 90+7' (pen.)		 Stadium: City Stadium
Referee: Marie Durr
Assistant referees: Robert Cordley
Fourth official: Chuck Roberts
May 2 8 Richmond Kickers 3−3 Greenville Triumph Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. EDT Kirkland 3', 39'
O'Dwyer 80'		 Report Evans 31'
Zakowski 33'
Agyaakwah 84'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Edson Carvajal
Assistant referees: Andrew Charron
Fourth official: Nickrod Fateh
May 10 9 Chattanooga Red Wolves 0–0 Richmond Kickers East Ridge, TN
7:00 p.m. EDT Report Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Kaleida
Assistant referees: Brian Marshall
Fourth official: Amin Hadzic
May 18 10 Spokane Velocity 1–0 Richmond Kickers Spokane, WA
7:00 p.m. EDT Miller
Peláez 44'		 Report Stadium: One Spokane Stadium
Attendance: 2,644
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Ryan Jung
Fourth official: Serghei Celan
May 25 11 Westchester 2–2 Richmond Kickers Mt Vernon, NY
2:00 p.m. EDT Saydee 9'
Obregón 29'		 Report Espinal 32'
Bolduc 47'		 Stadium: The Stadium at Memorial Field
Referee: Muhammad Hassan
June 7 12 Richmond Kickers v Texoma Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: City Stadium
June 13 13 One Knoxville SC v Richmond Kickers Knoxville, TN
6:30 p.m. EDT Stadium: Covenant Health Park
June 21 14 Richmond Kickers v Spokane Velocity Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: City Stadium
June 25 15 Union Omaha v Richmond Kickers Papillion, NE
8:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: Werner Park

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2025 U.S. Open Cup
March 19 First round Richmond Kickers (USL1) 1–3 Virginia Dream FC (VSSL) Richmond, VA
7:30 p.m. EDT Vaughan 45+1'
  • Lukulia 8' (pen.)
  • Suchecki 53'
  • Akinkoye 61'
 Stadium: City Stadium
Referee: John Griggs

Jägermeister Cup

Main article: 2025 USL Cup

Group stage

Pos Lg Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 USLC Loudoun United FC 3 2 1 0 0 4 2 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 USLC Louisville City FC 3 2 0 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3 USL1 Charlotte Independence 3 1 1 1 0 5 4 +1 6
4 USLC Lexington SC 3 1 0 1 1 5 3 +2 4
5 USLC North Carolina FC 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 −1 3
6 USL1 Richmond Kickers 3 0 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on June 29, 2025 (2025-06-29). Source: USL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points earned in group play; 3) total wins in group play; 4) goals for in group play; 5) goals against in group play; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss.
Matches
April 26 1 Louisville City 4–1 Richmond Kickers Louisville, KY
7:30 p.m. EDT Perez 45+3'
Serrano 55'
Gleadle 62'
Perez 87'		 Report Seufert 58' Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Referee: Drew Klempt
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Fourth official: Donald Williams
May 31 2 Richmond Kickers v North Carolina Richmond, VA
7:00 p.m. EDT Stadium: City Stadium
June 28 3 Richmond Kickers v Lexington SC Richmond, VA
7:00 PM EDT Stadium: City Stadium
July 26 4 Charlotte Independence v Richmond Kickers Charlotte, NC
7:00 PM EDT Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of May 26, 2025. Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
No. Pos Nat Player Total USL1 USL1 Playoffs U.S. Open Cup Jägermeister Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  CHI Pablo Jara 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 MF  USA Dakota Barnathan 13 1 11+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
3 MF  USA Hayden Anderson 11 1 3+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF  USA Simon Fitch 13 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF  CHI Maxi Schenfeld 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
7 FW  USA Landon Johnson 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW  USA Josh Kirkland 13 4 6+5 4 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF  GER Nils Seufert 12 2 9+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
11 MF  HAI Rivendi Pierre-Lewis 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF  BRA Guilherme França 9 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 DF  CAN Klaidi Cela 7 0 6+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF  ENG James Vaughan 12 1 5+5 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 0+1 0
18 MF  UGA Jonathan Kanagwa 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW  HON Darwin Espinal 13 6 11+0 6 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF  GER Adrian Billhardt 7 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW  ENG Chandler O'Dwyer 12 3 9+1 3 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
32 FW  ARG Emiliano Terzaghi 12 2 7+3 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
33 MF  USA Matt Bolduc 12 1 6+4 1 0+0 0+0 1+0 0 0+1 0
34 DF  USA Beckett Howell 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
35 GK  USA James Sneddon 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 DF  USA Griffin Garnett 10 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
39 DF  USA Brendan Dobzyniak 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 FW  USA Nick Sarantakos 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 MF  USA Andrew Richman 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 DF  USA Grafton Kahl 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 MF  USA Jonathan Gomez 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

  1. ^ Heintschel, Nathan (August 12, 2024). "Gritty Veteran Defender Klaidi Cela Joins Kickers". Richmond Kickers.
  2. ^ Heintschel, Nathan (September 12, 2024). "Deep Run High School Standout and Mary Washington All-American Josh Kirkland Signs Pro Contract". Richmond Kickers.
  3. ^ McGinley, Mannion (December 18, 2024). "Richmond Kickers sign Rivendi Melvin Pierre-Louis". Richmond Kickers.
  4. ^ McGinley, Mannion (January 22, 2025). "Golden Ball winner Darwin Espinal signs with the Kickers for 2025". Richmond Kickers.
  5. ^ McGinley, Mannion (January 23, 2025). "Hayden Anderson brings his talent to the Kickers, signs with the club for '25". Richmond Kickers.
  6. ^ McGinley, Mannion (January 24, 2025). "Richmond Kickers add German motor to the midfield". Richmond Kickers.
  7. ^ McGinley, Mannion (January 27, 2025). "James Sneddon Goes Pro". Richmond Kickers.
  8. ^ a b c d McGinley, Mannion (January 31, 2025). "Richmond Kickers sign new Academy class for 2025". Richmond Kickers.
  9. ^ McGinley, Mannion (February 6, 2025). "Kickers sign VCU grad, A10 Champ Jonathan Kanagwa". Richmond Kickers.
  10. ^ "Players' Shield winner Matt Bolduc returns to Richmond". USL League One. February 18, 2025.
  11. ^ McGinley, Mannion (May 6, 2025). "Jonathan Gomez joins Kickers 2025 Academy Class". Richmond Kickers.
  12. ^ "Velocity FC Lands a Vaunted Veteran with Midfielder Nil Vinyals". USL Spokane. February 21, 2025.
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