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| photo courtesy uslsoccer.com |
RICHMOND,
VA – (Thursday, January 24, 2013) – The +Richmond Kickers are
pleased to announce the 2013
professional schedule, opening the season against the Pittsburgh
Riverhounds on Saturday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. The Kickers will call
Richmond City Stadium home for the 19th consecutive season.
“We
are looking forward to the season immensely,” commented Leigh Cowlishaw, Richmond Kickers Director of Soccer.
“With 13 teams visiting City Stadium and the added ingredient of MLS
Reserves inter-league play, it could prove to be the most competitive and
entertaining season in Kickers history.”
Featuring
six teams with more than a decade of operational experience, and more than 100
years of combined operational experience, USL PRO will field 13 teams in a
single-table format, playing a 26-game schedule as the league embarks on a
groundbreaking partnership with MLS that features interleague games versus MLS
Reserve teams. Two new teams have been added to USL PRO in 2013, with the
Phoenix FC Wolves and VSI Tampa Bay FC joining the 11 returning teams from
2012.