Richmond Kickers News Release -- www.richmondkickers.com
Thursday, March 24, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Kickers continued preseason training Thursday night with a closed door scrimmage against Virginia Commonwealth University. A flurry of goals by Matthew Delicâte, Bobby Foglesong, Evan Harding and newcomer Ryan Heins lifted the Kickers to a 4-1 victory over their collegiate rivals.
The only goal of the first half occurred in the 15th minute when Kickers defender Sascha Görres played a long ball to Delicâte in the penalty area. The big forward flicked it on to Foglesong, strategically situated at the left side of the box, who fired a determined strike to the top-right corner of the net.
Twenty minutes after the restart, a defensive miscommunication delivered a bouncing ball into the path of VCU's Joey Haboush. The midfielder wasted no time capitalizing on the error and fired with the inside of his foot to the left corner from 15 yards out to level the score.
Soon after, however, the Kickers delivered the knock-out punch with a series of three goals within the last 15 minutes of the match. Midfielder Stanley Nyazamba was instrumental in a pair of tallies, delivering well-placed crosses from the left side of the box on each occasion. First, his inswinger found an unmarked Delicâte, dangerously stationed at the far post, where he easily headed the ball on goal. Then it was Heins, who made no mistake when he fired a first-time volley off a cross to the far post.
With three minutes before the final whistle a Kickers quick counter-attack left Luke Vercollone in scoring position. His attempt was muffled by the Rams' goalkeeper and an onrushing Harding emerged to tap the ball over the goal line.
The Kickers preseason schedule of closed door scrimmages continues this Saturday, March 26 against the Carolina RailHawks (NASL). The 2011 USL PRO regular season commences in just one week, when the Kickers play host to OrlandoCity on Saturday, April 2 at City Stadium.
| Box Score | 1st | 2nd | FT |
| Richmond | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| VCU | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
15th minute – Richmond: Bobby Foglesong (Matthew Delicâte)
63rd minute – VCU: Joey Haboush
75th minute – Richmond: Matthew Delicâte (Stanley Nyazamba)
77th minute – Richmond: Ryan Heins (Stanley Nyazamba)
87th minute – Richmond: Evan Harding