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 1–3RIC(Oct. 21)
Biggest defeat	RIC 0–4NE(Oct. 3)
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The2020 Richmond Kickers season wasthe club's 28th season of existence, their 16th season in the third tier of American soccer, and their second season in the newly createdUSL League One. It is the Kickers' second season playing in the third tier of American soccer since 2016, when they were in theUnited 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 theCOVID-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 sinceYudai Imura in 2016. Terzaghi had a 0.63 goals per game average, which was the best performance by a striker for Richmond sinceRobert Ssejjemba in 2006.

As of January 2, 2020^[update].^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	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 31)	2018	Orlando City B	0	0
4	Ivan Magalhães		DF	(1993-12-23)December 23, 1993 (age 31)	2019	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0	0
5	Conor Shanosky		DF	(1991-12-13)December 13, 1991 (age 33)	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 27)	2020	OKC Energy	0	0
Forwards

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Richmond Kickers vNew York Red Bulls II

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

Richmond Kickers vHigh Point Panthers

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

USL League One released their full schedule for the 2020 season on December 20, 2019, creating the following fixture list for the early part of Richmond's 2020 season.^[2] As a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic, a modified 16-game schedule was released on July 10 with the first three games. The full schedule was released on July 17.^[3]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Greenville Triumph vRichmond Kickers

July 251 / Bon Secours Cup	Greenville Triumph	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, South Carolina
19:00EDT	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

Richmond Kickers vForward Madison

August 83	Richmond Kickers	1–0	Forward Madison	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	Terzahgi 9'	Report	Trimmingham 16' Wojcik 73'	Stadium:City Stadium Attendance: 822[b] Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Rescheduled from March 28 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Richmond Kickers vFC Tucson

August 154	Richmond Kickers	2–1	FC Tucson	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	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]

New England Revolution II vRichmond Kickers

August 215	New England Revolution II	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:00EDT	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]

Richmond Kickers vGreenville Triumph

August 296 / Bon Secours Cup	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Greenville Triumph	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	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]

Chattanooga Red Wolves vRichmond Kickers

September 128	Chattanooga Red Wolves	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Chattanooga, Tennessee
13:00EDT	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]

Richmond Kickers vFort Lauderdale CF

September 239	Richmond Kickers	2–1	Fort Lauderdale CF	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	Terzaghi9', 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 forCOVID-19.[6]

Union Omaha vRichmond Kickers

September 2610	Union Omaha	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Papillion, Nebraska
20:00EDT	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]

Richmond Kickers vNew England Revolution II

October 311	Richmond Kickers	0–4	New England Revolution II	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	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]

North Texas SC vRichmond Kickers

October 1013	North Texas SC	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Arlington, Texas
20:30EDT	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]

Richmond Kickers vTormenta

October 1714	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Tormenta	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT		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]

Orlando City B vRichmond Kickers

October 2115	Orlando City B	1–3	Richmond Kickers	Kissimmee, Florida
11:00EDT	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]

Richmond Kickers vChattanooga Red Wolves

October 2416	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Chattanooga Red Wolves	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	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]

Notes

As a USL League One club, Richmond was to enter the competition in the second round. Their fixture was initially scheduled to begin on April 7, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] On August 17, 2020 the competition was cancelled.

Richmond Kickers vChristos orVirginia United

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

The Bon Secours Cup is a two-legged regular season series between USL League One's two southeastern clubs: the Richmond Kickers and the Greenville Triumph. The team with the best aggregate record wins the series. The aggregate score was 4–4 after two matches, but the Kickers won 2–1 on away goals.

Greenville Triumph vRichmond Kickers

July 25First leg	Greenville Triumph	3–2	Richmond Kickers	Greenville, South Carolina
19:00EDT	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

Richmond Kickers vGreenville Triumph

August 29Second leg	Richmond Kickers	2–1 (4–4 (a)agg.)	Greenville Triumph	Richmond, Virginia
18:30EDT	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]

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as asubstitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL-1		U.S. Open Cup
				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

Rank	Position	Number	Name	USL1	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW	32	Emiliano Terzaghi	10	0	10
2	FW	15	Oalex Anderson	2	0	2
	MF	17	Jonathan Bolanos	2	0	2
	MF	98	Ryley Kraft	2	0	2
	DF	4	Ivan Magalhães	2	0	2
3	MF	7	Matt Bolduc	1	0	1
	FW	9	Stanley Alves	1	0	1
	FW	10	Mutaya Mwape	1	0	1
	MF	23	Victor Falck	1	0	1

Rank	Position	Number	Name	USL1	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	MF	98	Ryley Kraft	4	0	4
2	DF	3	Ian Antley	3	0	3
	MF	7	Matt Bolduc	3	0	3
4	DF	3	Scott Thomsen	1	0	1
	FW	10	Mutaya Mwape	1	0	1
	MF	17	Jonathan Bolanos	1	0	1
	DF	18	Wahab Ackwei	1	0	1
	MF	21	Greg Boehme	1	0	1
	MF	31	Mumbi Kwesele	1	0	1

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	Source
FW	Joe Gallardo	Real Monarchs	Free transfer	December 5, 2019
MF	Alex Ainscough	Gottne IF	End of contract	December 31, 2019
FW	Dennis Chin	—	End of contract	December 31, 2019
MF	Justin Grove	—	End of contract	December 31, 2019
MF	Josh Hughes	—	End of contract	December 31, 2019
DF	Aboubacar Keita	Columbus Crew	End of loan	December 31, 2019
MF	Nick Retzlaff	—	End of contract	December 31, 2019
MF	Maxi Rodriguez	Detroit City	End of contract	December 31, 2019
DF	Zach Perez	—	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	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
FW	Charles Boateng	WAFA	2-year loan	March 15, 2019	March 15, 2021

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

Month	Player	Ref
September	Emiliano Terzaghi	[19]

Month	Player	Ref
July	Emiliano Terzaghi	[20]

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
11	Ivan Magalhães	Union Omaha	[21]

Week	Player	Opponent	Ref
2	Emiliano Terzaghi	Greenville Triumph	[22]
5	Ivan Magalhães	FC Tucson	[23]

Week	Player	Position	Opponent	Ref
3	Akira Fitzgerald	GK	Forward Madison	[24]
4	Ian Antley	DF	FC Tucson	[25]
	Emiliano Terzaghi	FW	FC Tucson
5	Ivan Magalhães	DF	Forward Madison	[24]
6	Ian Antley	DF	New England Revolution II	[26]
7	Ryley Kraft	MF	Greenville Triumph	[27]
	Emiliano Terzaghi	FW	Greenville Triumph
8	Ryley Kraft	MF	FC Tucson	[28]
	Emiliano Terzaghi	FW	FC Tucson
11	Ivan Magalhães	DF	Union Omaha	[29]
	Ryley Kraft	MF	Union Omaha
	Emiliano Terzaghi	FW	Union Omaha
13	Emiliano Terzaghi	MF	North Texas SC	[30]
	Jonathan Bolanos	MF	North Texas SC

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