The 2021 Richmond Kickers season will be the club's 30th season of existence, their third season in USL League One, and their 17th season in the third tier of American soccer. The Kickers will be led by second-year head coach, Darren Sawatzky, and look to improve on their 4th-place finish in 2020.
Baring developments with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season is expected to start in March 2021 and conclude in October 2021. The Kickers are also expected to participate in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup.
The 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The season, originally slated to begin on March 28, 2020 did not begin until July 25, 2020. The season originally was slated to end on September 30, 2020 but concluded on October 24, 2020. The 28-match season was abbreviated to 16 matches, and the playoffs were reduced from a four-team playoff, to a single game championship. During the truncated season, the Kickers had a good turn of fortune, finishing fourth in the league table, and having a winning a record. It was the Kickers' best regular season performance since 2014. Despite the record, the club on the final day of the season failed to reach the USL Championship Game after losing at home to Chattanooga. Striker, Emiliano Terzaghi, scored 10 goals during the season, which was the best performance by a striker for the Kickers since Yudai Imura in 2016. Terzaghi had a 0.63 goals per game average, which was the best performance by a striker for Richmond since Robert Ssejjemba in 2006.
On October 30, 2020, Matt Spear stepped down as the club's president to focus on family reasons.[1] Spear had been the club's president since 2019.[2][3]
Source: USL League One Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.
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The Bon Secours Cup is a two-legged regular season series between USL League One's two southeastern clubs: the Richmond Kickers and the Greenville Triumph. The team with the best aggregate record wins the series.
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