2016 Richmond Kickers season explained

Club:	Richmond Kickers
Season:	2016
Chrtitle:	Owner
Chairman:	RKYSC
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Leigh Cowlishaw
Stadium:	City Stadium
League:	USL
League Result:	7th place, Eastern Conference
Cup1:	USL Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	First round
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
League Topscorer:	Yudai Imura (10)
Season Topscorer:	Yudai Imura (11)
Highest Attendance:	League: 6,123 (Sep 17 vs. Charleston Battery) All: 7,128 (July 16 vs. Swansea City AFC)
Lowest Attendance:	League: 2,647 (Aug 31 vs. Charleston Battery) All: 1,428 (May 18 vs. Aromas Café)
Average Attendance:	League: 3,996 All: 1,428
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Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

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.

Non-competitive

Midseason friendlies

Competitive

USL Regular season

Matches

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2016 U.S. Open Cup.

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

Transfers

In

scope=col	Date	scope=col	Player	scope=col	Club	scope=col	Fee	scope=col class=unsortable
scope=row	January 6, 2016	Sunny Jane	Wilmington Hammerheads	Free	^[1]
scope=row	February 23, 2016	Luiz Fernando Nascimento	Corinthians	Undisclosed	^[2]
scope=row	February 23, 2016	Romulo Peretta	Corinthians	Undisclosed
scope=row	March 8, 2016	Sawyer Gaffney	Richmond Kickers Academy	Academy signing	^[3]
scope=row	March 14, 2016	Lucas Paulini	Atlanta Silverbacks	Free	^[4]
scope=row	March 24, 2016	Jackson Eskay	William & Mary Tribe	Free	^[5]
scope=row	April 5, 2016	Travis Pittman	Missouri Comets	Free	^[6]

Out

scope=col	Date	scope=col	Player	scope=col	Club	scope=col	Fee	scope=col class=unsortable
scope=row	January 6, 2016	George Davis IV	Louisville City	Free	^[7]

Statistics

Goals and assists

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
			Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
14	MF		10	2	0	0	1	0	11	2
10	FW		4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
9	DF		3	1	0	0	1	1	4	2
22	FW		3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3
11	FW		1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
8	DF		1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5	MF		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	MF		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
32	MF		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
7	FW		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	DF		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
25	MF		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
28	MF		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
5	MF		6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
28	MF		5	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
22	FW		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
18	DF		3	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
4	DF		4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
25	MF		2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17	FW		2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
31	DF		2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF		2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
10	FW		2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	DF		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	MF		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50	GK		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kickers sign Sunny Jane. RichmondKickers.com. March 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160120000719/http://richmondkickers.com/home/903784.html. January 20, 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Kickers sign Brazilian strikers. RichmondKickers.com. March 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326002517/http://richmondkickers.com/home/907618.html. March 26, 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Kickers add Academy goalkeeper. RichmondKickers.com. March 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160401222115/http://richmondkickers.com/home/908886.html. April 1, 2016. dead.
4. Web site: Kickers sign Lucas Paulini. RichmondKickers.com. March 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160319091218/http://richmondkickers.com/home/909524.html. March 19, 2016. dead.
5. Web site: Jackson Eskay Signs Deal With Richmond Kickers. TribeAthletics.com.
6. Web site: RICHMOND 1, ROCHESTER 0. RichmondKickers.com. April 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160411051255/http://www.richmondkickers.com/home/912232.html. April 11, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
7. News: Litner. Jonathan. Louisville City FC signs former UK player. March 27, 2016. Louisville Courier-Journal. USA Today Network. Courier-Journal.com. January 15, 2016.