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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…

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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 …

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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,…

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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…

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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 …

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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 …

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March 30, 2024

Northern Neighbors 2.0: Meet the Maryland Bobcats

On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Kickers will host a second round US Open Cup match against the Maryland Bobcats of the National Independent Soccer Association. This will be the second match of the tournament for both clubs; the Kickers defeated Christos …

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March 16, 2024

US Open Cup Preview: Christos FC from Liquor store Community Club to Regional Juggernaut

On March 4th, the Richmond Kickers announced who they had been drawn against for the 2024 edition of the US Open Cup. With all the chaos surrounding this year’s Cup, it is a minor miracle that they even got games on the field. But all the boar…

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Dec. 15, 2023

Richmond Kickers Wrap-UP

The offseason for the Richmond Kickers and USL has already started with major moves and shake-ups. Usually in the Off-season for Lower League clubs, the news can be slow and If you are not following some details can be left behind. We decided to bri…

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Nov. 21, 2023

Richmond Kickers 2024 off season rebuild

We sit here a few days after North Carolina FC gained “promotion” to the USL Championship by winning the league title in penalty kicks vs Charlotte Independence.  We turn our attention to the offseason and the feeling of “we g…

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