The 2025 Richmond Kickers season was the club's 33rd season in existence, their seventh season in USL League One, and their 21st season in the third tier of American soccer. The Kickers were led by sixth-year head coach, Darren Sawatzky. Their USL League One season started on March 7, 2025. This is the first season since 2020 without Zacarías Morán, Nathan Aune, Chris Cole, and Nil Vinyals.
The Kickers worsened in their regular season, finishing 13th in League One, and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2023. They also finished 13th their worst position in their USL League One era since their move to the league in its inaugural season, it also their worst since 2023, which in that season they finished 11th.
Background
The 2024 season was the club's 32nd season of existence, their fifth season in USL League One, and fourth year under head coach Darren Sawatzky. The Kickers improved from the previous season getting of 6 wins, fifth-teen losses, and eleven draws. With Chandler O'Dwyer leading the club with only eight goals.
Outside of USL League One, the Kickers participated in the U.S. Open Cup, and the league playoffs, which they qualified with an 8th place finish during the regular season. The Kickers reached the third round in the U.S. Open Cup losing to Loudoun United on penalties. The Kickers began the Playoffs on November 3, but would get eliminated in the Quarterfinals.
Players and staff
Technical staff PositionNameHead Coach & Technical DirectorDarren SawatzkyHead Assistant CoachMika ElovaaraAssistant CoachConner CappellettiGoalkeeping CoachEvan Munn
Transfers
Transfers in DatePositionNo.NameFromFeeRef.December 18, 2024MF11 Rivendi Pierre-Lewis FC MotownFreeJanuary 22, 2025FW19 Darwin Espinal Maryland BobcatsJanuary 23, 2025MF3 Hayden Anderson Greenville TriumphJanuary 24, 2025MF10 Nils Seufert JervJanuary 27, 2025GK35 James Sneddon Richmond StrikersJanuary 31, 2025FW40 Nick Sarrantos Richmond StrikersAcademy contractMF42 Grafton Kahl Richmond StrikersAcademy contractDF39 Brendan Dobzyniak Richmond StrikersAcademy contractDF41 Andrew Richman Richmond StrikersAcademy contractFebruary 6, 2025DF15 Jonathan Kanagwa VCU RamsFreeFebruary 18, 2025FW33 Matt BolducFree AgentMay 6, 2025MF43 Jonathan Gomez Richmond StrikersAcademy contractJuly 9, 2025MF6 Ryan Baer Tacoma DefianceLoan dealJuly 10, 2025DF25 Marcelo Lage Spokane Velocity$170k
Transfers out DatePositionNo.NameFromFeeRef.August 1, 2024MF33 Gabe Cox Furman PaladinsFreeDF39 Noah Hiort-Wright College of William & MaryMF37 Nicholas SimmondsRichmond StrikersAcademy Contract expiredDecember 1, 2024MF6 Zacarías Morán CA PulpileñoFreeMF8 João Silva Northern Virginia FCFW15 Tony Pineda Carolina CoreMF19 Justin SukowRetiredFW9 Arthur BosuaDF24 Nathan AuneUnattachedFreeDF3 Chris ColeFW15 Tony Pineda Carolina CoreJanuary 5, 2025GK13 Ryan ShellowRetiredJanuary 6, 2025FW11 Ryan SierakowskiFebruary 21, 2025MF10 Nil Vinyals Spokane VelocityFree
Non-competitive
Preseason
Friendlies
Competitions
USL League One
Table
Matches
U.S. Open Cup
Jägermeister Cup
Group stage
Matches
Statistics
Appearances and goals . Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.
References
External links