RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Kickers will aim for a second consecutive home victory at City Stadium to open the season when they host a Louisville City FC side that is coming off an impressive win last time out. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET.

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Richmond Kickers news and notes

• Current record: 1-1-0, 3pts

• The Kickers fell 1-0 to the New York Red Bulls II last Saturday in their most recent outing, having taken a 1-0 victory against the Harrisburg City Islanders in Week 1.

• Conor Shanosky scored the only goal of the game in front of a club-record crowd of 8,021 fans at City Stadium as the Kickers opened their 25th season with a win in their last home game.

• Richmond announced on Wednesday it will play host to the Premier League’s Swansea City A.F.C. on July 19, marking a return to City Stadium for the Swans as they visits the United States this summer.

• The Kickers will honor the memory of former player and club academy coach Kofi Nti on Saturday, with the club asking fans to participate in a minute’s applause in the 20th minute of the contest.

Louisville City FC news and notes

• Current record: 1-0-1, 4pts

• Louisville earned its first win of the season last Thursday night when it took a 3-1 victory against Orlando City B at Orlando City Stadium.

• Cameron Lancaster opened the scoring for the side with its first goal of the season, while George Davis IV recorded a goal and assist to earn selection to the USL Team of the Week on Tuesday.

• Louisville will have Mark-Anthony Kaye available for selection for the first time this season after his return from international duty with the Canada U23 National Team in Qatar.

• Louisville will return home to Slugger Field next Saturday when they host the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Series Notes

• Louisville went 1-0-1 to claim the season series a year ago, and also earned a 2-0 victory in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2016 USL Cup Playoffs after the game had gone to overtime scoreless.

Squads

• Richmond – GK: Marcel DeBellis, Alex Wimmer, Eric Klenofsky; D: William Yomby, Conor Shanosky, Evan Lee, Mallan Roberts, Alex Lee, Chris Durkin, Braeden Troyer; M: Chris Odoi-Atsem, Fred Owusu Sekyere, Raul Gonzalez, Finnlay Wyatt, Yudai Imura, Patrick McCann, Samuel Asante, Maxim Tissot, Simon Fitch, Luiz Fernando Nascimento; F: Oliver Minatel, Sunny Jane, Anthony Grant, Mikey Minutillo, Jackson Eskay, Alhaji Kamara

• Louisville – GK: Greg Ranjitsingh, Tim Dobrowolski, Micah Bledsoe; D: Paco Craig, Oscar Jimenez, Tarek Morad, Kyle Smith, Sean Totsch; M: Niall McCabe, Brian Ownby, Devon Williams, George Davis IV, Sean Russell, Richard Ballard, Guy Abend, Paolo DelPiccolo, Mark-Anthony Kaye; F: Ilija Ilic, Luke Spencer, Cameron Lancaster

Discipline

• Richmond – None

• Louisville – Suspended: Sean Reynolds 

Officials

• REF: DANIELLE CHESKY

• AR1: Justin Howard

• AR2: Jordan Davis

• 4TH: Max Smith

Game hashtag:

• #RICvLOU

Twitter social handles

• Richmond Kickers – @RichmondKickers

• Louisville City FC – @LouCityFC