U.S. Open Cup

Richmond Kickers vs Virginia Dream FC, 2025 U.S. Open Cup, First Round

· U.S. Open Cup
Richmond Kickers
  • 36': James Vaughan
FT
1 - 3
Virginia Dream FC
  • 8': Nicolas Likulia (P)
  • 53': Thomas Suchecki
  • 61': Akingbolahan Akinkoye

About

Richmond Kickers are hosting Virginia Dream FC at City Stadium, Richmond, Virginia, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the U.S. Open Cup.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Thomas Suchecki.
  • 2': Foul by Elijah Amo (Virginia Dream).
  • 2': James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 3': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Thomas Suchecki.
  • 7': Penalty Virginia Dream. Nicolas Likulia draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 7': Penalty conceded by Gui França (Richmond Kickers) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 7': Gui França (Richmond Kickers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 8': Goal! Richmond Kickers 0, Virginia Dream 1. Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 9': Dakota Barnathan (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream).
  • 10': Corner, Virginia Dream. Conceded by Gui França.
  • 12': Foul by Dominique Kosséhassé (Virginia Dream).
  • 12': James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Delay in match because of an injury James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers).
  • 13': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 13': Dominique Kosséhassé (Virginia Dream) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 14': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Leonardo Torres-Lopez.
  • 17': Corner, Virginia Dream. Conceded by Griffin Garnett.
  • 19': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Malcolm McAllister.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Simon Fitch (Richmond Kickers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximiliano Schenfeld with a cross.
  • 20': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Nicolas Likulia.
  • 20': Attempt saved. Gui França (Richmond Kickers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Darwin Espinal with a cross.
  • 21': Asparuh Slavov (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Foul by James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers).
  • 22': Foul by Elijah Amo (Virginia Dream).
  • 22': Matt Bolduc (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Foul by Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream).
  • 23': Gui França (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream).
  • 25': Gui França (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Joshua Kirkland (Richmond Kickers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nils Seufert.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Elijah Amo.
  • 30': Attempt blocked. Nils Seufert (Richmond Kickers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Kirkland.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Darwin Espinal (Richmond Kickers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Kirkland.
  • 34': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Dominique Kosséhassé.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Gui França (Richmond Kickers) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Darwin Espinal with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Foul by Akingbolahan Akinkoye (Virginia Dream).
  • 35': Nils Seufert (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Goal! Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 1. James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Simon Fitch.
  • 39': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Dominique Kosséhassé.
  • 41': Foul by Matt Bolduc (Richmond Kickers).
  • 41': Jean-Christophe Koffi (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Akingbolahan Akinkoye (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 43': Foul by Nils Seufert (Richmond Kickers).
  • 44': Corner, Virginia Dream. Conceded by Dakota Barnathan.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Akingbolahan Akinkoye with a cross.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Darwin Espinal (Richmond Kickers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Fitch.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Simon Fitch.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Richmond Kickers. Klaidi Çela replaces Gui França.
  • 48': Dakota Barnathan (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 48': Foul by Asparuh Slavov (Virginia Dream).
  • 49': Foul by Leonardo Torres-Lopez (Virginia Dream).
  • 49': Maximiliano Schenfeld (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Elijah Amo (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 51': Foul by Simon Fitch (Richmond Kickers).
  • 51': Simon Fitch (Richmond Kickers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Dominique Kosséhassé (Virginia Dream) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Akingbolahan Akinkoye with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 53': Goal! Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 2. Thomas Suchecki (Virginia Dream) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dominique Kosséhassé following a set piece situation.
  • 56': Akingbolahan Akinkoye (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Matt Bolduc (Richmond Kickers).
  • 57': Foul by Jimmy Filerman (Virginia Dream).
  • 57': Matt Bolduc (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Akingbolahan Akinkoye.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Darwin Espinal (Richmond Kickers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Bolduc.
  • 59': Foul by Griffin Garnett (Richmond Kickers).
  • 59': Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Goal! Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 3. Akingbolahan Akinkoye (Virginia Dream) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leonardo Torres-Lopez.
  • 63': Foul by James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers).
  • 63': Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Substitution, Richmond Kickers. Adrian Billhardt replaces Darwin Espinal.
  • 63': Substitution, Richmond Kickers. Chandler O'Dwyer replaces Nils Seufert.
  • 63': Substitution, Richmond Kickers. Emiliano Terzaghi replaces Joshua Kirkland.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Matt Bolduc (Richmond Kickers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 67': Emiliano Terzaghi (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Foul by Thomas Suchecki (Virginia Dream).
  • 68': Attempt blocked. James Vaughan (Richmond Kickers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 68': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Jean-Christophe Koffi.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Chandler O'Dwyer (Richmond Kickers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Vaughan with a cross.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Nicolas Likulia (Virginia Dream) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Asparuh Slavov.
  • 70': Emiliano Terzaghi (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 70': Foul by Jimmy Filerman (Virginia Dream).
  • 71': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Leonardo Torres-Lopez.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Chandler O'Dwyer (Richmond Kickers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Bolduc.
  • 72': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Joe Rice.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Dakota Barnathan (Richmond Kickers) header from a difficult angle on the right is just a bit too high. Assisted by James Vaughan with a cross following a corner.
  • 75': Foul by Leonardo Torres-Lopez (Virginia Dream).
  • 75': Matt Bolduc (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 76': Corner, Virginia Dream. Conceded by Dakota Barnathan.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Asparuh Slavov (Virginia Dream) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Likulia.
  • 77': Corner, Virginia Dream. Conceded by Emiliano Terzaghi.
  • 78': Corner, Virginia Dream. Conceded by Klaidi Çela.
  • 80': Substitution, Virginia Dream. Demetrius Shepard-Lewis replaces Nicolas Likulia.
  • 81': Chandler O'Dwyer (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 81': Foul by Jimmy Filerman (Virginia Dream).
  • 83': Delay in match because of an injury Elijah Amo (Virginia Dream).
  • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 85': Attempt blocked. Jean-Christophe Koffi (Virginia Dream) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 86': Substitution, Virginia Dream. Adam Abdellaoui replaces Elijah Amo because of an injury.
  • 87': Corner, Richmond Kickers. Conceded by Asparuh Slavov.
  • 89': Foul by Adrian Billhardt (Richmond Kickers).
  • 89': Jimmy Filerman (Virginia Dream) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Torres-Lopez (Virginia Dream) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Demetrius Shepard-Lewis.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Demetrius Shepard-Lewis (Virginia Dream).
  • 90'+2': Maximiliano Schenfeld (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Chandler O'Dwyer (Richmond Kickers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maximiliano Schenfeld with a cross.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Virginia Dream. Angel Chavez replaces Leonardo Torres-Lopez.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Virginia Dream. Manzi Shalita replaces Asparuh Slavov.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Demetrius Shepard-Lewis (Virginia Dream).
  • 90'+6': Simon Fitch (Richmond Kickers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Richmond Kickers 1, Virginia Dream 3.

Statistics

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16 Fouls 9
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 11
5 Saves 0
36.3 Possession 63.7
11 SHOTS 16
3 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.4
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
181 Accurate Passes 385
260 Passes 471
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 8
12 Crosses 24
0.3 Cross % 0.3
62 Long Balls 71
24 Accurate Long Balls 40
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
4 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 8
19 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
6 Interceptions 11
24 Effective Clearances 15
24 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: U.S. Open Cup

Venue: City Stadium
Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Attendance: 1,765

Line-Ups

RICH Richmond Kickers (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Pablo Jara (GK)
14 Guilherme França Yellow Card
38 Griffin Garnett
2 Dakota Barnathan
5 Maximiliano Schenfeld
4 Simon Fitch
17 James Vaughan
10 Nils Seufert
19 Darwin Espinal
33 Mathew Bolduc
9 Joshua Kirkland
Richmond Kickers Substitutes:
James Sneddon, Jonathan Kanagwa, Klaidi Cela, Emiliano Terzaghi, Chandler O'Dwyer, Adrian Billhardt, Brendan Dobzyniak.

VIR Virginia Dream FC (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Joseph Rice (GK)
31 Malcolm Mcallister
5 Dominique Kosehasse Yellow Card
24 Thomas Suchecki
2 James Filerman
22 Akingbolahan Akinkoye
10 Jean-Christophe Koffi
21 Asparuh Slavov
9 Nicolas Likulia
7 Elijah Amo
16 Leonardo Torres-Lopez
Virginia Dream FC Substitutes:
Demetrius Shepard-Lewis, Lorenzo Herrera, Adam Abdellaoui, Juan Benevides, Angel Chávez, Anthony Diaz-Angulo, Manzi Shalita.

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