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Know Your Enemy: Portland Hearts of Pine
June 23, 2026

Know Your Enemy: Portland Hearts of Pine

After four straight league matches against expansion clubs, the Richmond Kickers return to a familiar opponent on Wednesday, traveling to face the Portland Hearts of Pine.The clubs met twice during Portland's inaugural 2025 season. Their first mee…
Know Your Enemy: Fort Wayne FC
June 19, 2026

Know Your Enemy: Fort Wayne FC

The Richmond Kickers host Fort Wayne FC at City Stadium on Saturday in the first-ever meeting between the two clubs.The visitors are part of the 2026 expansion class and have exceeded expectations so far. They currently sit seventh in the table, l…
Know Your Enemy: Corpus Christi FC
June 12, 2026

Know Your Enemy: Corpus Christi FC

The Richmond Kickers head to Texas on Saturday looking to halt a difficult stretch of form when they face expansion side Corpus Christi FC for the first time.Richmond has gone four matches without a win, beginning with a 5-0 defeat at Chattanooga …
Know Your Enemy: AC Boise
May 28, 2026

Know Your Enemy: AC Boise

The Richmond Kickers return to City Stadium on Saturday for their first-ever meeting with 2026 expansion side AC Boise. We spoke to Kyle Prewett at the Boise podcast The Pitchside Peregrines for his opinion on what Kickers fans should expect, a…
Know Your Enemy: Chattanooga Red Wolves
May 27, 2026

Know Your Enemy: Chattanooga Red Wolves

The Richmond Kickers travel to Chattanooga this week for their first meeting of the season with the Red Wolves.It has been a rough start for Chattanooga, currently sitting at 12th in the table with just two wins through six matches. Those victorie…
Know Your Enemy, USL Cup Edition: Charleston Battery
May 14, 2026

Know Your Enemy, USL Cup Edition: Charleston Battery

A familiar rival returns to City Stadium this weekend as Charleston Battery visit Richmond for a USL Cup group stage matchup.The Richmond Kickers and Charleston Battery are two of the oldest continuously operating professional soccer clubs in the …
Know Your Enemy: Greenville Triumph
May 8, 2026

Know Your Enemy: Greenville Triumph

The Richmond Kickers will travel to Greenville this weekend for the season's first matchup between the sides.Greenville is off to a sluggish start this season, with three losses in its first five matches. The team has also had to deal with changin…
Know Your Enemy: Westchester SC
April 30, 2026

Know Your Enemy: Westchester SC

The Richmond Kickers will host Westchester SC this Friday for the season's first matchup between the sides.So far, Westchester shows slight improvements over last year's bottom of the table finish. After going all in on a failed experiment with a …
Know Your Enemy, USL Cup Edition: Charlotte Independence
April 24, 2026

Know Your Enemy, USL Cup Edition: Charlotte Independence

The Richmond Kickers will take a break from table play this weekend, hosting closest league rival Charlotte Independence in Prinx Cup action on Saturday.It's the first of three scheduled meetings between the sides, with regular season matches comi…
Know Your Enemy: One Knoxville
March 26, 2026

Know Your Enemy: One Knoxville

The Richmond Kickers will head to Knoxville this Friday for the season's first matchup with defending league champions, One Knoxville.Despite Richmond's overall poor finish in 2025, that squad did surprisingly well in two of the three times they f…
Know Your Enemy: FC Naples
March 18, 2026

Know Your Enemy: FC Naples

The Richmond Kickers will open their home schedule this Saturday, facing FC Naples at City Stadium. Like last week's opponents, AV Alta FC, the southwest Florida club is in its second year. However, unlike AV Alta, FC Naples finished fourth in its i…
Richmond Kickers Unveil The Crossing Kit
March 4, 2026

Richmond Kickers Unveil The Crossing Kit

The Richmond Kickers unveiled the club's 2026 primary kit to the public today, called The Crossing Kit.The red and white shirt contains a silhouette of triangles, representing Richmond's unique landmark of rail infrastructure, the Richmond Triple …
Kickers Sign Lucca Dourado from South Georgia Tormenta
March 3, 2026

Kickers Sign Lucca Dourado from South Georgia Tormenta

The Richmond Kickers shocked the league today, announcing the signing of Lucca Dourado from the South Georgia Tormenta free agent pool.The 25 year old striker was one of the marquee signings for Tormenta prior to the club suddenly going on hiatus …
Know Your Enemy: AV Alta FC
Feb. 28, 2026

Know Your Enemy: AV Alta FC

The Richmond Kickers will jump into the 2026 season on the road, facing AV Alta FC on Saturday, March 7th. The Lancaster, CA based club is in its second year, coming off a season in which it missed the playoffs by a single point.Last year, the Kic…
The Future Is Bright for Griffin Garnett
Feb. 24, 2026

The Future Is Bright for Griffin Garnett

While it’s only February, Griffin Garnett is already having one heck of a year. In January, Garnett was selected by U.S. Soccer for its U-20, U-19 and U-18 Men’s National training camp. Then, less than a month later, th…
No Excuses in 2026: Darren Sawatzky Owns Richmond’s Past and Bets on Its Future
Jan. 19, 2026

No Excuses in 2026: Darren Sawatzky Owns Richmond’s Past and Bets on Its Future

Since 2020, Richmond Kickers have been led by head coach and sporting director Darren Sawatzky. In that time, he’s won a regular season title, overseen nearly 190 roster moves, and watched attendance surge at City Stadium while pacing the…
Kickers Add Two New Faces: Ryan Baer and Marcelo Lage
July 10, 2025

Kickers Add Two New Faces: Ryan Baer and Marcelo Lage

The Richmond Kickers announced two new signings this week, midfielder Ryan Baer and defender Marcelo Lage.Baer joins on loan from the Seattle Sounders, where he was the club’s 2025 first round pick in the MLS SuperDraft. He had been assigned…
"Ten In, What Now? Early Impressions of the Kickers"
May 8, 2025

"Ten In, What Now? Early Impressions of the Kickers"

The Richmond Kickers have started the 2025 season off in a manner that feels almost like feast or famine. After ten matches this season, The Roos have one of the more prominent attacks in USL, scoring 17 goals (19 in all comps), having multiple play…
The seeds are planted - Ivy preseason report!
March 11, 2025

The seeds are planted - Ivy preseason report!

In 2024, the Richmond Ivy ended its first season by accomplishing every goal it set for itself, except making a playoff appearance. Last season, the Ivy finished with 6 wins, 1 draw, and 5 losses, earning 1.58 points per game. Off the field, the Ivy…
Top Five Kickers games to look forward to in 2025
March 4, 2025

Top Five Kickers games to look forward to in 2025

 The 2025 season is only days away from kicking off and Da Roos will be on the road for the first two games to kick off the season. Whenever the schedule drops, most Richmond Kickers fans first look to see when the First Henny Derby is, then …
Sign Him Up: Darwin Espinal Joins the Richmond Kickers
Jan. 22, 2025

Sign Him Up: Darwin Espinal Joins the Richmond Kickers

Darwin Espinal has scored a lot of goals over the last three seasons: 34 in 60 league matches while playing with NISA powerhouse club Maryland Bobcats.There had been some offers to make the jump to the USL, but after each of the first two seasons,…
Introducing Melvin Pierre-Louis
Dec. 23, 2024

Introducing Melvin Pierre-Louis

On Wednesday, The Richmond Kickers announced their first off-season signing: Rivendi Melvin Pierre-Louis.Little was known about the 24 year old Haitian winger outside of Richmond’s announcement. He didn’t even have a profile on Transfe…
The Road to the Playoffs Start Here
Oct. 25, 2024

The Road to the Playoffs Start Here

So there has been a lot of chat online about who Richmond will travel to for the playoffs. If you were to ask fans they would tell you that they prefer Union Omaha (who recently clinched the player's shield against Tormenta to get Richmond into the …
For the W: What is W League?
April 16, 2024

For the W: What is W League?

The Ivy, Richmond's pre-professional women’s soccer team here! What is W League, the league the team will participate in?Semi-professional and amateur women’s soccer actually preceded the fully professional game in the US. The first …