RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Kickers host Bethlehem Steel FC on Saturday night at City Stadium with the visitors looking to continue their eight-game undefeated streak and push to reach the top four in the Eastern Conference. Kickoff is set for 7:45 p.m. ET
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Richmond Kickers news and notes
Current record: 2-10-6, 12pts
The Kickers fell 1-0 to the Harrisburg City Islanders last Saturday night to remain bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Richmond’s league winless streak has now reached 13 games, as the side sits 11 points out of the eighth and final playoff place with 14 games remaining in the regular season.
The Kickers welcomed a crowd of 8,119 to City Stadium on Wednesday night as it faced the Premier League’s Swansea City AFC in an international exhibition.
Franck Tayou scored a second-half goal for the Kickers, but the Swans grabbed a winner with 11 minutes to go to take a 2-1 win in the second meeting between the clubs.
Bethlehem Steel FC news and notes
Current record: 8-6-3, 27pts
Steel FC earned a 1-1 draw against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds last Saturday at Goodman Stadium to remain in fifth place in the Eastern Conference.
James Chambers scored from the penalty spot to equalize shortly after the Riverhounds had taken the lead as the sides finished level.
Bethlehem’s undefeated streak has now reached eight games, with five wins and three draws since a 1-0 loss to Eastern Conference-leader the Charleston Battery on May 25.
Steel FC’s Cory Burke remains with the Jamaica National Team, and came on as a second-half substitute in the side’s 2-1 victory against Canada in the Quarterfinals of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup on Thursday.
Series Notes
Squads
Richmond – GK: Marcel DeBellis, Alex Wimmer, Matt Turner; D: William Yomby, Chris Odoi-Atsem, Conor Shanosky, Evan Lee, Mallan Roberts, Alex Lee, Braeden Troyer; M: Finnlay Wyatt, Yudai Imura, Patrick McCann, Oscar Umar, Raul Gonzalez, Samuel Asante, Matt Bolduc, Brandon Eaton, Simon Fitch, Luiz Fernando Nascimento; F: Oliver Minatel, Sunny Jane, Anthony Grant, Mikey Minutillo, Jackson Eskay, Franck Tayou
Bethlehem – GK: Jake McGuire, Tomas Romero, Eoin Gawrownski; D: Keegan Rosenberry, Aaron Jones, Hugh Roberts, Richie Marquez, Auston Trusty, Matt Mahoney, Charlie Reymann, Matthew Real; M: Dawson McCartney, Ken Tribbett, James Chambers, Anthony Fontana, Seth Kuhn, Brenden Aaronson, Josh Heard, Adam Najem, Chris Wingate; F: Chris Nanco, Seku Conneh, Tiger Graham, Yosef Samuel, Amoy Brown, Cory Burke, Santi Moar
Discipline
Richmond – Suspended: Fred Owusu Sekyere
Bethlehem – Accumulation warning: Cory Burke, Seku Conneh, Giliano Wijnaldum
Officials
REF: DANIELLE CHESKY
AR1: Jeffrey Skinker
AR2: Jonah Kind
4TH: Ningwei Li
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Twitter social handles
Richmond Kickers – @RichmondKickers
Bethlehem Steel FC – @BSteelFC