# 2024 Richmond Kickers season

The 2024 Richmond Kickers season is the club's 32nd season in existence, their sixth season in USL League One, and their 20th season in the third tier of American soccer. The Kickers are led by fifth-year head coach, Darren Sawatzky.
The Kickers improved on their regular season fortunes, finishing 8th in League One, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 2022.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | No. | Name | From | Fee/notes |
| December 13, 2023 | GK | 1 | Pablo Jara | Tormenta | Free |
| January 4, 2024 | DF | 14 | Guilherme França | Dalton State Roadrunners | Free |
| January 9, 2024 | MF | 17 | James Vaughan | Welling United | Free |
| January 16, 2024 | FW | 9 | Arthur Bosua | Tormenta | Free |
| January 18, 2024 | DF | 5 | Maxi Schenfeld | Harrisburg Heat | Free |
| January 23, 2024 | DF | 15 | Toni Pineda | High Point Panthers | Free |
| February 1, 2024 | GK | 13 | Ryan Shellow | Detroit City | Free |
| February 20, 2024 | MF | 20 | Adrian Billhardt | Detroit City | Free |
| March 13, 2024 | MF | 38 | Griffin Garnett | Richmond Strikers | Academy contract |
| March 13, 2024 | DF | 39 | Noah Hiort-Wright | Richmond Strikers | Academy contract |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | No. | Name | To | Fee/notes |
| December 4, 2023 | FW | 7 | Ethan Vanacore-Decker | Jackson Lions | Free |
| December 4, 2023 | FW | 9 | Matt Bentley | Maidstone United | Free |
| December 4, 2023 | FW | 11 | David Olsen | None | Free |
| December 4, 2023 | DF | 14 | Luke Pavone | Phuket Andaman | Free |
| December 4, 2023 | DF | 16 | Jake Mecham | None | Free |
| December 20, 2023 | GK | 1 | Akira Fitzgerald | North Carolina FC | Free |
| January 16, 2024 | FW | 91 | Owayne Gordon | Montego Bay United | Free |
| March 4, 2024 | DF | 25 | Michael Hornsby | Christchurch United | Free |
| March 13, 2024 | FW | 99 | Kharlton Belmar | Charlotte Independence | Free |
| March 15, 2024 | DF | 31 | Otavio Zerbini | Charlotte Independence | |

## Competitions
### USL League One
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Charlotte Independence | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 34 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Spokane Velocity FC | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 27 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Richmond Kickers | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Lexington SC | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 21 | |
| 10 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 20 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: April 28, 2024. Source: USL League One

#### Match results
### Jägermeister Cup
#### Group stage
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Charlotte Independence | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 14 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Greenville Triumph SC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | |
| 3 | Richmond Kickers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 12 | |
| 4 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |

##### Results
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of October 20, 2024. Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL1 | USL1 | USL1 Playoffs | USL1 Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Jägermeister Cup | Jägermeister Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CHI | Pablo Jara | 16 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Dakota Barnathan | 29 | 2 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Chris Cole | 11 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Simon Fitch | 31 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CHI | Maxi Schenfeld | 30 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ARG | Zacarías Morán | 28 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | USA | Landon Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | BRA | João Gomiero | 19 | 2 | 4+10 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RSA | Arthur Bosua | 18 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Nil Vinyals | 30 | 5 | 16+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Ryan Sierakowski | 28 | 4 | 13+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | USA | Ryan Shellow | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Guilherme França | 18 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Toni Pineda | 17 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CAN | Klaidi Cela | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | James Vaughan | 28 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | USA | Justin Sukow | 17 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Adrian Billhardt | 27 | 8 | 15+2 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Nathan Aune | 14 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Chandler O'Dwyer | 31 | 9 | 16+5 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 29 | GK | USA | Will Palmquist | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Eli Mumford | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Emiliano Terzaghi | 16 | 3 | 7+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | USA | Gabe Cox | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | USA | Beckett Howell | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | USA | James Sneddon | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | USA | Landon Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | JAM | Nicholas Simmonds | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | USA | Griffin Garnett | 30 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | USA | Noah Hiort-Wright | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | USA | Joshua Kirkland | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |