# 2025 Rhode Island FC season

The 2025 Rhode Island FC season is the second season for Rhode Island FC, and their second in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States. They will also compete in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup and 2025 USL Cup.
The USL Championship will play a 30 game regular season in 2025, with four additional scheduled games in the group round of the 2025 USL Cup. Of the 34 scheduled games, 17 will be home and 17 will be away. Additional USL games may be added through advancement in the USL Cup or USL Championship playoffs.
The team's first scheduled home game on May 3 will be the inaugural game played in the Stadium at Tidewater Landing.

## Player Movement
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 21 | MF | Maxi Rodriguez | Detroit City FC | Free transfer | December 3, 2024 |
| 4 | DF | Hugo Bacharach | Minnesota United FC | Free transfer | December 31, 2024 |
| 8 | MF | Taimu Okiyoshi | Marshall University | Free transfer | January 16, 2025 |
| 2 | DF | Dani Rovira | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | Free transfer | January 18, 2025 |
| 3 | DF | Aldair Sanchez | Sacramento Republic FC | Free transfer | February 7, 2025 |
| 13 | GK | Will Meyer | New York City FC II | Free transfer | February 7, 2025 |
| 16 | DF | Cole Dewhurst | Providence College | Free transfer | February 11, 2025 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transaction | Details | New Club | Ref. |
| January 18, 2025 | DF | Stephen Turnbull | Transfer | Undisclosed Fee | Birmingham Legion FC | |

## Competitions
### Preseason Friendlies

As they did last year, the team worked out at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for a portion of the preseason, followed by a trip to Bermuda for additional friendly games.
Limited details were made available regarding the results. Known information is summarized below.

### USL Championship
#### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Loudoun United FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Detroit City FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Louisville City FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Indy Eleven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Charleston Battery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 6 | North Carolina FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Birmingham Legion FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Hartford Athletic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 12 | Miami FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: March 15, 2025. Source: Match reports
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Stadium | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eastern Conference | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Regular Season
### U.S. Open Cup

The team is expected to enter in the Third Round of the 2025 U.S. Open Cup with 15 other USL Championship teams.

### USL Cup
#### Table

| Pos | Lg | Teamvte | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | USLC | Detroit City FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | USLC | Hartford Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | USLC | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | USL1 | Portland Hearts of Pine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | USLC | Rhode Island FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | USL1 | Westchester SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

#### Matches
## Player statistics
### Disciplinary

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL Championship | USL Championship | US Open Cup | US Open Cup | USL Cup | USL Cup | USLC Playoffs | USLC Playoffs | Total | Total |
| 12 | DF | Clay Holstad | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |