# 2020 Richmond Kickers season

The 2020 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 28th season of existence, their 16th season in the third tier of American soccer, and their second season in the newly created USL League One. It is the Kickers' second season playing in the third tier of American soccer since 2016, when they were in the United 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 the COVID-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 since Yudai Imura in 2016. Terzaghi had a 0.63 goals per game average, which was the best performance by a striker for Richmond since Robert Ssejjemba in 2006.

## Roster

As of January 2, 2020.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Akira Fitzgerald | GK | (1987-07-17) July 17, 1987 (age 37) | 2019 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Scott Thomsen | DF | (1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 (age 30) | 2018 | Orlando City B | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ivan Magalhães | DF | (1993-12-23) December 23, 1993 (age 30) | 2019 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Conor Shanosky | DF | (1991-12-13) December 13, 1991 (age 32) | 2016 | Louisville City | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Wahab Ackwei | DF | (1996-10-19) October 19, 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | New York Red Bulls II | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Luke Pavone | DF | (1995-03-29) March 29, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Amass Amankona | MF | (1995-08-02) August 2, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | Indy Eleven | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Matt Bolduc | MF | (1994-10-12) October 12, 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Greg Boehme | MF | (1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | VCU Rams | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Charles Boateng | MF | (1997-07-28) July 28, 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | WAFA SC (loan) | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Mutaya Mwape | MF | (1996-06-19) June 19, 1996 (age 28) | 2019 | Charlotte Independence | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Ryley Kraft | MF | (1998-01-13) January 13, 1998 (age 26) | 2020 | OKC Energy | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||

## Non-competitive

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Midseason exhibitions
## Competitive
### USL League One
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
| 2 | Union Omaha | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 29 | 1.81 | Final |
| 3 | North Texas SC | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 27 | 1.69 | |
| 4 | Richmond Kickers | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 1.63 | |
| 5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 22 | 1.47 | |
| 6 | FC Tucson | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 22 | 1.38 | |
* ↑ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |

#### Match results

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. As a result of the COVID-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.
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

##### Notes

* 1 2 3 Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Capped capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### U.S. Open Cup

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. On August 17, 2020 the competition was cancelled.

### Bon Secours Cup

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.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL-1 | USL-1 | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |
* Last updated: October 24, 2020
* Source: Soccerway

### Top scorers

| 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 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Jonathan Bolanos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | 98 | Ryley Kraft | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | 4 | Ivan Magalhães | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Matt Bolduc | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Stanley Alves | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Mutaya Mwape | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Victor Falck | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* Last updated: October 24, 2020
* Source: Team Goals

### Top assists

| 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 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Matt Bolduc | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | 3 | Scott Thomsen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Mutaya Mwape | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Jonathan Bolanos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 18 | Wahab Ackwei | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 21 | Greg Boehme | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | 31 | Mumbi Kwesele | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* Last updated: October 24, 2020
* Source: Team Assists

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | USL1 | USL1 | USL1 | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | 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 | Total | Total | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
* Last updated: October 24, 2020
* Source: Team Discipline

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| GK | Lee Johnston | San Antonio FC | Free | January 22, 2020 |
| FW | Emiliano Terzaghi | Huracán Las Heras | Free | January 24, 2020 |
| MF | Mumbi Kwesele | Real Unión | Free | February 26, 2020 |
| MF | Zev Taublieb | Åtvidabergs FF | Free | May 11, 2020 |
| FW | Oalex Anderson | Tacoma Defiance | Free | August 31, 2020 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 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 |

### Loan in

| Pos. | Player | Parent club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source |
| FW | Charles Boateng | WAFA | 2-year loan | March 15, 2019 | March 15, 2021 | |

### Loan out

| Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Beginning | End | Source |
| DF | Sam Moore | North Carolina Tar Heels | February 15, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | |
| FW | Key White | North Carolina Tar Heels | February 15, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | |

## Awards
### USL League One Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| September | Emiliano Terzaghi | |

### USL League One Goal of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| July | Emiliano Terzaghi | |

### USL League One Player of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Ref |
| 11 | Ivan Magalhães | Union Omaha | |

### USL League One Goal of the Week

| Week | Player | Opponent | Ref |
| 2 | Emiliano Terzaghi | Greenville Triumph | |
| 5 | Ivan Magalhães | FC Tucson | |

### USL League One Team of the Week

| Week | Player | Position | Opponent |
| 3 | Akira Fitzgerald | GK | Forward Madison |
| 4 | Ian Antley | DF | FC Tucson |
| 4 | Emiliano Terzaghi | FW | FC Tucson |
| 5 | Ivan Magalhães | DF | Forward Madison |
| 6 | Ian Antley | DF | New England Revolution II |
| 7 | Ryley Kraft | MF | Greenville Triumph |
| 7 | Emiliano Terzaghi | FW | Greenville Triumph |
| 8 | Ryley Kraft | MF | FC Tucson |
| 8 | Emiliano Terzaghi | FW | FC Tucson |
| 11 | Ivan Magalhães | DF | Union Omaha |
| 11 | Ryley Kraft | MF | Union Omaha |
| 11 | Emiliano Terzaghi | FW | Union Omaha |
| 13 | Emiliano Terzaghi | MF | North Texas SC |
| 13 | Jonathan Bolanos | MF | North Texas SC |