Match Recap: The Reds Fall Late On the Road Against League-Leaders Union Omaha

PAPILLION, Neb. — The Richmond Kickers (11-9-7) fell late away from home against the league leaders, Union Omaha (14-5-8) after two goals in the final 10 minutes clinched the victory for the hosts.

With the blow of the referee’s whistle, the match between Union Omaha and the Richmond Kickers was underway at Werner Park. Both sides played very direct from the get-go for the first 10 minutes of the match. 

In the 16th minute of the match, the Reds earned a corner, the delivery sent in by Nil Vinyals nearly reached Ethan Bryant who threw his body at the ball for a diving header but the delivery was deflected by a Union Omaha defender at the last second. 

Richmond was on the attack going into the 32nd minute, and Vinyals found space in the Union Omaha box, he switched the ball to his left foot and sent a low-driven shot towards the goal. Rashid Nuhu did just enough to get his hand to the attempt and force a corner kick. 

With Vinyals standing over the dead ball, he sent a delivery into the near post for Emiliano Terzaghi who whipped in a header, but the attempt hit the underside of the bar and was cleared by Union Omaha. The first half was under wraps with both sides held to a scoreless draw. 

With the opening of the second half, both sides would battle it out in the midfield fighting for space to get a decent shot off on goal. In the 73rd minute, Matt Bolduc feigned inside and went right leaving his mark behind and fired off a shot that flew just wide of the far post. 

Roughly 10 minutes later, Union Omaha was awarded a free kick outside of the Richmond penalty box. Tobias Otieno took his run-up and struck a dipping ball that curled just under the crossbar beating Akira Fitzgerald and bringing the scoreline to 1-0 in Omaha’s favor.

Shortly after, in the 88th minute, Omaha was on the counter attack and played a long ball from within their own half that sailed into the final third and met Greg Hurst who barely kept himself onside. Hurst composed himself and took a shot that hit the back of the net and sealed the victory for Union Omaha.

Richmond’s regular-season finale will be against FC Tucson in Tucson, Ariz. on October 30 with a win on the road guaranteeing a spot in the USL League One playoffs for the Kickers. The Reds will be facing FC Tucson for the second match of the season. The first time the two sides clashed Terzaghi netted an early 19th minute penalty and the Reds held a clean sheet at City Stadium to earn three points. Kickoff for the next match is set for 10:00 p.m. ET.

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BOX SCORE

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Richmond: Akira Fitzgerald, Chris Cole, Ivan Magalhães, Jalen Crisler, Esteban Calvo, Zaca Moran, Ethan Bryant, Nil Vinyals, Jonathan Bolanos (79’ – Luke Pavone), Emiliano Terzaghi (90’+1 – Hernan Gonzalez), Matt Bolduc (79’ – Oalex Anderson)

Unused Substitutes: Austin Causey, Nathan Aune, Juan Pablo Monticelli, Victor Falck

Union Omaha: Rashid Nuhu, Damia Viader I Masdeu, Ferrety Sousa (90+1 – Emir Alihodzic), Daltyn Knutson, Abdul Illal Osumanu, John Scearce, Devin Boyce (15’ – Tobias Otieno), Jake Crull, Conor Doyle, Greg Hurst, Evan Conway (88’ – Blake Malone)

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