OLDEST CLUB STILL KICKING
Just wondering: Are your Richmond Kickers still kicking? Haven’t seen or heard a word about the country’s oldest professional soccer club … that is, other than a related item regarding the Ivy, the newest member of the W-League. The answer is … yes. The Kickers, who went from first place in 2022 to next-to-last in 2023, open their sixth season as members of the DIII USL League One with a road date tomorrow (March 16) at the Spokane (Wash.) Velocity FC. While Kickers president and chairman ROB UKROP is typically upbeat about prospects for the 2024 campaign … “We’ll be very good,” he said … a group of experts hired by the league to make predictions are not impressed. Richmond is seen finishing 11 th in the 12-team circuit. Among nine individual categories only two Kickers appear: EMELIANO TERZAGHI is second in Comeback Player of the Year while 18-year-old BECKETT...