# 2016 Richmond Kickers season

The 2016 Richmond Kickers season was the club's twenty-fourth season of existence. It is also the Kickers' ninth-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, playing in the United Soccer League for their fifth season.
The Kickers finished the season ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, and earned a berth into the 2016 USL Playoffs. Richmond lost in their first round match-up to Louisville City.

## Competitive
### USL Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Charlotte Independence | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 50 | Conference Playoffs |
| 6 | Charleston Battery | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 48 | Conference Playoffs |
| 7 | Richmond Kickers | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 45 | Conference Playoffs |
| 8 | Orlando City B | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 35 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 34 | |

#### Matches
### U.S. Open Cup

The Kickers entered the U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the USL, in the second round.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Club | Fee |
| January 6, 2016 | Sunny Jane | Wilmington Hammerheads | Free |
| February 23, 2016 | Luiz Fernando Nascimento | Corinthians | Undisclosed |
| February 23, 2016 | Romulo Peretta | Corinthians | Undisclosed |
| March 8, 2016 | Sawyer Gaffney | Richmond Kickers Academy | Academy signing |
| March 14, 2016 | Lucas Paulini | Atlanta Silverbacks | Free |
| March 24, 2016 | Jackson Eskay | William & Mary Tribe | Free |
| April 5, 2016 | Travis Pittman | Missouri Comets | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | Club | Fee | Ref |
| January 6, 2016 | George Davis IV | Louisville City | Free | |

## Statistics
### First team roster

| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 0 | GK | Sawyer Gaffney | United States |
| 1 | GK | Ryan Taylor | United States |
| 2 | DF | Yomby William | Cameroon |
| 4 | DF | Fred Sekyere | Ghana |
| 5 | MF | Michael Callahan | United States |
| 7 | FW | Matthew Delicâte | England |
| 8 | DF | Hugh Roberts | United States |
| 9 | DF | Anthony Grant | Jamaica |
| 10 | FW | Sunny Jane | Lesotho |
| 11 | FW | Luiz Fernando | Brazil |
| 12 | FW | Rômulo Peretta | Brazil |
| 14 | MF | Yudai Imura | Japan |
| 15 | MF | Lucas Paulini | Argentina |
| 16 | MF | Paul Clowes (on loan from D.C. United) | England |
| 17 | FW | Jason Yeisley | United States |
| 18 | DF | Alex Lee | Guam |
| 20 | DF | Jalen Robinson (HGP; on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 21 | MF | Nate Shiffman | United States |
| 22 | FW | Brian Ownby | United States |
| 23 | DF | Sascha Görres | Germany |
| 24 | MF | Jackson Eskay | United States |
| 25 | MF | Travis Pittman | United States |
| 26 | MF | Miguel Aguilar (on loan from D.C. United) | Mexico |
| 27 | MF | Collin Martin (HGP; on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 28 | MF | Samuel Asante | Ghana |
| 29 | MF | Conor Shanosky | United States |
| 30 | GK | Charlie Horton (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 31 | DF | Braeden Troyer | United States |
| 32 | MF | Scott Thomsen | United States |
| 34 | DF | Luke Mishu (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 36 | GK | Ronnie Pascale | United States |
| 37 | MF | Chris Durkin (HGP; on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 40 | GK | Matt Turner (on loan from New England Revolution) | United States |
| 45 | MF | Simon Finch | United States |
| 46 | GK | Mark Nankervis | United States |
| 48 | GK | Travis Worra (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 50 | GK | Andrew Dykstra (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |

### Goals and assists

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | USL Playoffs | USL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists |
| 14 | MF | Yudai Imura | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Sunny Jane | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Anthony Grant | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | Brian Ownby | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Luiz Fernando Nascimento | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Hugh Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Michael Callahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jason Yeisley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Lucas Paulini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | Scott Thomsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Matthew Delicâte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Jackson Eskay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Miguel Aguilar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Fred Owusu Sekyere | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | Alex Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | MF | Travis Pittman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Samuel Asante | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | USL Playoffs | USL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 5 | MF | Michael Callahan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Samuel Asante | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | Brian Ownby | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Alex Lee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Fred Owusu Sekyere | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Travis Pittman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jason Yeisley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Braeden Troyer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | William Yomby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Sunny Jane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Hugh Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Anthony Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Lucas Paulini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Jackson Eskay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Luke Mishu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Chris Durkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | Andrew Dykstra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |