http://www.socceramerica.com/article/45734/not-every-kid-wants-to-play-high-school-qa-lei.html#reply The article is Q&A Leigh Cowlishaw, Richmond Kickers about the team picking up all the cost of their existing academy teams.
Coach returns for 14th season http://www.soccerwire.com/news/richmond-kickers-names-coaching-staff/?loc=psw
ex-player trying out at Brighton and Hove Albion http://www.soccerwire.com/notes/ric...-with-english-championships-brighton/?loc=psw
USL Pro’s Richmond Kickers fell 4-1 Saturday to the NASL’s Carolina Railhawks at Ukrop Park in the team’s second preseason match as Brian Shriver had a hat trick for the winners. Forward Brian Ackley scored first in the 30th minute to give the Railhawks a 1-0 lead. Shriver scored the first of his three goals three minutes later, putting the Railhawks up 2-0 at halftime. The Kickers’ lone goal came in the 72nd minute from trialist Chris Thomas, who took a pass from D.C. United defender Taylor Kemp–likely to be one of the four players to play with the Kickers for the bulk of the season–and scored, cutting the Railhawks lead to 2-1. Thomas, who tallied 53 goals with Elon, including 18 game-winners, was the nation’s leading goal-scorer in 2012 with 23 goals in 22 games, was named a Division I All-American and was taken by MLS’s New England Revolution fourth overall in the second round of the league’s Supplemental Draft in January. He helped lead Elon to the NCAA tournament the last two seasons but wasn’t able to stick long with the Revolution during preseason. Back to the friendly, the Railhawks’ Shriver picked up two more goals in the latter stages of the match to provide for the final margin. The Kickers return to action Mar. 16 against NCAA finalists Georgetown at Ukrop Park in the fourth annual Pro-Am Challenge at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5.
