Charlotte Independence beat Richmond Kickers 2-1. It was 1-2 at half time. The goals came from O. O'Malley (8', o.g.), T. Pannholzer (12') and J. Skinner (42').
Richmond Kickers came into the match with 2 wins and 3 defeats in their last 5, scoring 10 and conceding 9. Charlotte Independence came into the match with 4 wins and 1 defeat in their last 5, scoring 14 and conceding 6.
In our records the two sides have met 6 times: Richmond Kickers won 1, 0 ended level and Charlotte Independence won 5. Their last meeting, on , finished Charlotte Independence 3-1 Richmond Kickers. Every result is on the head-to-head page.
This page has the Richmond Kickers – Charlotte Independence match report, the goals, the line-ups and the standings.
Richmond Kickers went down 2-1 to Charlotte Independence in the USL, League One. The top ScoreMondo rating of the match went to Charlotte Independence's J. Skinner: 7.2. Saturday 19 September, City Stadium: Richmond Kickers against Charlotte Independence in the USL, League One, kick-off 23:00.
The story of the match
Charlotte Independence took the lead in the 8th minute with an own goal from O. O'Malley. Richmond Kickers drew level at 1-1 in the 12th minute through T. Pannholzer, set up by O. O'Malley. J. Skinner put Charlotte Independence 2-1 ahead after 42 minutes, set up by J. Bakero. It was Richmond Kickers 1-2 Charlotte Independence at half-time.
What the numbers say
Booked for Richmond Kickers: T. Freeman (44'), H. Hanson (72') and A. Sasankhah (80'). Charlotte Independence's yellow cards went to R. Manin in the 15th minute, J. Romero in the 44th minute, C. Manzinga in the 67th minute, C. Dimick in the 74th minute and J. Amaya in the 92nd minute.
Ratings and substitutions
Behind him, J. Bakero at 6.9, T. Pannholzer at 6.8 and C. Jaime at 6.2 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Richmond Kickers made 5 changes: M. Bolduc for M. Murana (46'), A. Sasankhah for D. Barnathan (68'), Lucca Dourado for T. Pannholzer (74') and Z. Vazquez for T. Freeman (74'). From the Charlotte Independence bench came J. Fuchs on 62 minutes, J. Amaya on 76 minutes, V. Ortiz on 76 minutes and F. Ngah on 82 minutes, among 5 changes.
Before the match
Before kick-off, Richmond Kickers' last 5 matches had brought 2 draws and 3 defeats. Richmond Kickers lost 5-2 away to Westchester SC in their last match. Charlotte Independence came into the match with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from their last 5 matches. Charlotte Independence were held 1-1 by AC Boise in their latest outing. The record between them over the last 6 matches reads 1-0-5 from Richmond Kickers' point of view. When they last met, on 26 July 2026, Charlotte Independence won 3-1. There have been 15 goals in the 6 meetings, 2.5 a game. D. Klemp was the referee.
What the result means
Richmond Kickers have now gone 7 matches without a win.
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USL, League One
