# 2014 Richmond Kickers season

The 2014 Richmond Kickers season was the club's twenty-second season of existence, seventh-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, and their third-consecutive season playing in USL Pro. For the second season, the Kickers reached the semifinals of the USL Pro playoffs, before losing to the Harrisburg City Islanders. The Kickers finished shy of defending their regular season title, finishing in fourth place in the league table. In the Open Cup, the Kickers were eliminated in the fourth round proper by Major League Soccer outfit, New England Revolution.

## First team squad

As of 30 March 2014

### First team roster

| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 0 | GK | Andrew Romig | United States |
| 1 | GK | Ryan Taylor | United States |
| 2 | DF | Yomby William | Cameroon |
| 3 | DF | Shane Johnson | United States |
| 4 | MF | Luke Vercollone | United States |
| 5 | MF | Michael Callahan | United States |
| 7 | MF | Matthew Delicâte | England |
| 8 | DF | Hugh Roberts | United States |
| 9 | FW | Tishan Hanley | United States |
| 11 | FW | George Davis IV | United States |
| 12 | MF | Alex Caskey (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 14 | MF | Collin Martin (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 15 | FW | Kyle Porter (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 16 | FW | Juan Arbelaez | Colombia |
| 17 | FW | Jason Yeisley | United States |
| 18 | DF | Alex Lee | United States |
| 20 | DF | Matheau Hall | United States |
| 21 | DF | Jalen Robinson (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 23 | DF | Sascha Görres | Germany |
| 25 | DF | Henry Kalungi | Uganda |
| 27 | MF | Shay Spitz | New Zealand |
| 28 | MF | Samuel Asante | Ghana |
| 29 | FW | Michael Seaton (on loan from D.C. United) | Jamaica |
| 31 | GK | Joe Willis (on loan from D.C. United) | United States |
| 32 | MF | Lyndsey Moreland | United States |
| 36 | DF | Stephen Basso | United States |
| — | FW | Christiano François (on loan from D.C. United) | Haiti |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 27 | FW | Shay Spitz | Orange County Blues | Free transfer | November 21, 2013 |
| 28 | MF | Samuel Asante | Charlotte Eagles | Free transfer | November 22, 2013 |
| 11 | FW | George Davis IV | Orange County Blues | Free transfer | February 28, 2014 |
| 8 | DF | Hugh Roberts | George Mason Patriots | Free transfer | March 7, 2014 |
| 9 | MF | Tishan Hanley | RVA FC | Free transfer | April 25, 2014 |

### Loan in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Start |
| 31 | GK | Joe Willis | D.C. United | February 26, 2014 |
| 21 | FW | Christiano François | D.C. United | February 26, 2014 |
| 24 | MF | Collin Martin | D.C. United | February 26, 2014 |
| 15 | DF | Steve Birnbaum | D.C. United | March 22, 2014 |
| 29 | FW | Michael Seaton | D.C. United | March 22, 2014 |
| 19 | MF | Kyle Porter | D.C. United | April 4, 2014 |

### Loan out
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Regular Season | Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 0 | GK | USA | Ryan Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions and results
### USL Pro
#### Overall standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Sacramento Republic FC (A) | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 55 | Playoffs |
| 3 | LA Galaxy II (A) | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Richmond Kickers (A) | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Charleston Battery (A) | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 41 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Rochester Rhinos (A) | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 38 | Playoffs |