2015 Richmond Kickers season

Richmond Kickers

2015 season

Owner

RKYSC

Head Coach

Stadium

TBD

TBD

TBD

Top goalscorer

League: Matthew Delicâte (6)
All: Jason Yeisley (8)

Highest home attendance

5,957
(Aug. 29 vs. Charleston Battery)

Lowest home attendance

League: 1,632
(Apr. 10 vs. Wilmington)
All: 1,104
(May 20 vs. Virginia Beach)

Average home league attendance

League: 3,747
All: 2,880

Home colors

Away colors

Third colors

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The 2015 Richmond Kickers season is the club's twenty-third season of existence. It is also the Kickers' eighth-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, playing in the United Soccer League for their fourth season.

First team squad

As of 31 May 2015^[1]

First team roster

No.	Position	Player	Nation
0	Goalkeeper	Romig, AndrewAndrew Romig	United States
1	Goalkeeper	Taylor, RyanRyan Taylor	United States
2	Defender	William, YombyYomby William	Cameroon
3	Defender	Basso, StephenStephen Basso	United States
4	Midfielder	Owusu Sekyere, FredFred Owusu Sekyere	Ghana
5	Midfielder	Callahan, MichaelMichael Callahan	United States
7	Midfielder	Delicâte, MatthewMatthew Delicâte	England
8	Defender	Roberts, HughHugh Roberts	United States
11	Forward	Davis IV, GeorgeGeorge Davis IV	United States
12	Midfielder	Durkin, ChrisChris Durkin	United States
14	Midfielder	Imura, YudaiYudai Imura	Japan
15	Forward	Garner, Thomas EliThomas Eli Garner	United States
16	Midfielder	Burke, RickyRicky Burke	United States
17	Forward	Yeisley, JasonJason Yeisley	United States
18	Defender	Lee, AlexAlex Lee	Guam
20	Defender	Robinson, JalenJalen Robinson (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
21	Midfielder	Shiffman, NathanNathan Shiffman	United States
22	Midfielder	Ownby, BrianBrian Ownby	United States
23	Defender	Görres, SaschaSascha Görres	Germany
24	Midfielder	Aguilar, MiguelMiguel Aguilar (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
27	Midfielder	Martin, CollinCollin Martin (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
28	Midfielder	Asante, SamuelSamuel Asante	Ghana
31	Defender	Troyer, BraedenBraeden Troyer	United States
34	Midfielder	Mishu, LukeLuke Mishu (on loan from D.C. United)	United States
36	Goalkeeper	Gelnovatch, JakeJake Gelnovatch	United States
40	Midfielder	Oldham, HoustonHouston Oldham	United States
48	Goalkeeper	Worra, TravisTravis Worra (on loan from D.C. United)	United States

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Correct as of match played on 30 May 2015

No.	Player	Pos.	League	Lamar Hunt Open Cup	TOTAL
7	Matthew Delicâte	FW	5	0	5
22	Brian Ownby	MF	4	1	5
11	George Davis IV	MF	4	1	5
7	Jason Yeisley	FW	3	2	5
15	Eli Garner	FW	2	0	2
20	Jalen Robinson	MF	1	0	1
21	Nate Shiffman	MF	0	1	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			19	5	24

Non-competitive

Preseason

February 28	Richmond Kickers	Cancelled	Virginia Cavaliers	Bensley, Virginia
6:00 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Ukrop Park
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.

March 1	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Georgetown Hoyas	Bensley, Virginia
5:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: Ukrop Park

March 5	Richmond Kickers	Cancelled	James Madison Dukes	Bensley, Virginia
7:30 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Ukrop Park
Note: Postponed due to severe weather

March 8	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Navy Midshipmen	Bensley, Virginia
5:00 p.m. ET	Garner 43'			Stadium: Ukrop Park

March 15	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Longwood Lancers	Bensley, Virginia
5:00 p.m. ET	Delicâte 16' Yeisley 29' (pen.) Sekyere 56'			Stadium: Ukrop Park

March 18	Richmond Kickers	1–0	William & Mary Tribe	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: City Stadium

March 22	Richmond Kickers	1–0	VCU Rams	Richmond, Virginia
5:00 p.m. ET	Davis IV 19' (pen.)			Stadium: City Stadium

Midseason exhibitions

July 19	Richmond Kickers	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Richmond, Virginia
ET		Summary		Stadium: City Stadium

Competitive

USL

Main article: 2015 USL season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rochester Rhinos (C, X)	28	17	10	1	40	15	+25	61	Conference Semi-finals
2	Louisville City FC	28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	Conference Semi-finals
3	Charleston Battery	28	12	10	6	43	28	+15	46	First round
4	New York Red Bulls II	28	12	6	10	46	45	+1	42
5	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	11	8	9	53	42	+11	41
6	Richmond Kickers	28	10	11	7	41	35	+6	41
7	Charlotte Independence	28	10	10	8	38	35	+3	40
8	Harrisburg City Islanders	28	11	6	11	49	53	−4	39
9	Saint Louis FC	28	8	9	11	30	40	−10	33
10	FC Montreal	28	8	4	16	32	46	−14	28
11	Toronto FC II	28	6	5	17	26	52	−26	23
12	Wilmington Hammerheads	28	3	10	15	22	42	−20	19

Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion.

Results

March 28 1	Wilmington Hammerheads	2–2	Richmond Kickers	Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. ET	Cole 9' Heaney 18' Parratt 70' Godelman 83'	Report	Sekyere 23' Robinson 41' Delicâte 55'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 1,789

April 4 2	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Louisville City	Richmond, Virginia
5:00 p.m. ET	Callahan 20' Yomby 33' Robinson 34' Delicâte 51' Davis IV 82'	Report	Shanosky 4' King 35' Burke 70' King 78'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,683 Referee: Matthew Franz

April 10 3	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Yeisley 4', 25' Asante 52' Garner 90'	Report	Campbell 41' Ackley 60'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Charles Carson

April 18 4	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Charlotte Independence	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Davis IV 43' (pen.), 54', 74' (pen.)			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,533 Referee: Mark Gorak

April 22 5	New York Red Bulls II	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 p.m. ET	Lade 84'	Report	Ownby 50' (pen.) Aguilar 70' Callahan 76'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Jaime Herrera

April 25 6	FC Montreal	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Montreal, Quebec
2:30 p.m. ET	Alexander 71' Temguia 74'	Report	Delicâte 30' Sekyere 49' Ownby 90'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Turf Field Attendance: 265 Referee: Francis Latulippe

May 2 7	Richmond Kickers	2–2	Charleston Battery	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Ownby 32' Delicâte 79'	Report	Prince 48' Garbanzo 49' Woodbine 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,163 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

May 8 8	Charlotte Independence	3–0	Richmond Kickers	Rock Hill, South Carolina
7:30 p.m. ET	Finley 25' Slogic 47' Hairston 50'	Report	Lee 41'	Stadium: Eagle Field Attendance: 2,177 Referee: Doug Hartemann

May 16 9	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. ET	Arena 55' Okai 67' Moloto 90+'	Report	Ownby 24', 85' Jeffrey 90+'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Donovan Noocha

May 23 10	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Sekyere 24' Asante 35' Delicâte 56' Worra 88'	Report	Moloto 12', 83' Cabrilo 18' Kerr 26'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,868 Referee: Matthew Franz

May 30 11	Richmond Kickers	4–2	New York Red Bulls II	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Sekyere 10' Ownby 14' Yeisley 37' Garner 39' Davis IV 68'	Report	Dafonte 26' Etienne 48' Tsonis 71' 80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,954 Referee: Benjamin Hichak

June 7 12	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Charlotte Independence	Richmond, Virginia
5:00 p.m. ET	Yeisley 3' Asante 7' Delicâte 21'	Report	A. Martínez 7' Eloundou 37' Herrera 62' Cox 86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,582 Referee: Mark Gorak

June 10 13	Charleston Battery	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m. ET	Garbanzo 28'	Report	Davis IV 33' Asante 44' Sekyere 52' Basso 78'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,035 Referee: Mark Sauro

June 13 14	Richmond Kickers	0–0	FC Montreal	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Asante 40'	USL Report Kickers Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,819 Referee: Charles Carson

June 20 15	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,908 Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Matched abandoned at halftime due to severe thunderstorms.

June 26 16	Charlotte Independence	0–0	Richmond Kickers	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Ramblewood Stadium Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Dustin Thorne

July 4 17	Louisville City	3–0	Richmond Kickers	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 p.m. ET	Fondy 17' Rasmussen 60' Morad 61' Dacres 73'	Report	Sekyere 80'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,254 Referee: Vito Testa, Jr.

July 11 18	St. Louis FC	1–3	Richmond Kickers	Fenton, Missouri
8:30 p.m. ET	Gaul 12' (pen.) Bushue 65'	Report	Taylor 11' Imura 27' Davis IV 44' Yeisley 75' Callahan 81'	Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 4,562 Referee: Kyle Burkhardt

July 25 19	New York Red Bulls II	4–3	Richmond Kickers	Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 p.m. ET	Tsonis 11' 45' Sánchez 39' Fonte 56' Bedoya 80' Thomas 90'	Summary	Yeisley 17' 23' Shiffman 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 638

August 1 20	Richmond Kickers	4–2	Harrisburg City Islanders	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Sekyere 15' Yeisley 47' 90' Davis 88'	Summary	Foster 25' 68' Ekra 78'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,580 Referee: Charles Carson

August 8 21	Harrisburg City Islanders	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. ET	Tribbett 11' Ekra 27' 75' Jankouskas 56' Leverock 60' Eric Bird 90'	Summary	Roberts 21' Yeisley 66' (pen.) 86' (pen.) 90'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 2,492 Referee: Charles Murphy

August 9 22	Rochester Rhinos	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Rochester, New York
5:05 p.m. ET	Forbes 50'	Summary	Jared Jeffrey 36' 52' Yomby 41' Travis Worra 50' Sekyere 66'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Vito Testa

August 15 23	Toronto FC II	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Vaughan, Ontario
3:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

August 22 24	Richmond Kickers	2–0	St. Louis FC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: City Stadium

August 29 25	Richmond Kickers	0–2	Charleston Battery	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: City Stadium

September 5 26	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Rochester Rhinos	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: City Stadium

September 12 27	Harrisburg City Islanders	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex

September 16 28	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Toronto FC II	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET				Stadium: City Stadium

USL Pro Playoffs

September 26 First round	Charleston Battery	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT	Kelly 107' Boyd 109', 120' Lasso 114'	Report Report Report	Callahan 27' Mueller 92' (o.g.)	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

May 20 Second round	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Virginia Beach City FC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Shiffman 47' Taylor 78' Yeisley 89'	Report	T. Cyrus 27' J. Cyrus 45'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Randall Kelley

May 27 Third round	Richmond Kickers	3–0	Jacksonville Armada	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Ownby 20' Yeisley 38' Davis IV 51' (pen.)	Report	Ortiz 21' Zaldana 45' Gallardo 51'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

June 17 Fourth round	Richmond Kickers	1–3	Columbus Crew	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m. ET	Sekyere 24'	Kickers Report MLS Report	Bedell 18', 63' Tchani 34' Finlay 42'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Kevin Terry

References

↑ http://www.richmondkickers.com/team/roster/22375_73444062.html

United Soccer League

Eastern Conference	Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati FC Montreal Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City FC New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Ottawa Fury FC Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto FC II

Western Conference	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy FC Orange County Blues FC Phoenix Rising FC Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs SLC Reno 1868 FC Rio Grande Valley FC Toros Sacramento Republic FC Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders FC 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks FC Whitecaps FC 2

Expansion teams	Nashville SC (2018)

On hiatus	Austin Aztex (until 2017)

Former teams	Antigua Barracuda Charlotte Eagles Dayton Dutch Lions Puerto Rico United River Plate Puerto Rico Sevilla FC Puerto Rico F.C. New York Orlando City SC Phoenix FC VSI Tampa Bay FC Wilmington Hammerheads FC

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Miscellaneous	Foreign players

Richmond Kickers

The Club	Players

Stadium	University of Richmond Stadium City Stadium

Development System	Richmond Kickers Future The Academy

Rivalries	Charleston Battery Richmond Strikers RVA FC

Key Personnel	Owner: Rob Ukrop Head Coach: Leigh Cowlishaw Technical Director: Ihor Dotsenko

Richmond Kickers seasons

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2015 USL season by team

Playoffs Transfers

East	Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City New York Red Bulls II FC Montreal Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads

West	Arizona United Austin Aztex Colorado Springs Switchbacks LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Sacramento Republic Seattle Sounders 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2

2015 in American soccer

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Leagues

Men	MLS MLS Cup Playoffs NASL Soccer Bowl USL Playoffs PDL NPSL GLPL ASL 2014–15 MASL 2014–15 2015–16 SPSL 2014–15 2015–16 Super-20 League NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Women	NWSL W-League WPSL WLS NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2014–15
- 2015–16

National teams

Men	Gold Cup

Men U20	CONCACAF U-20 Championship FIFA U-20 World Cup

Men U17	CONCACAF U-17 Championship FIFA U-17 World Cup

Women	FIFA Women's World Cup

Team seasons

Men

Women

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