Richmond Kickers 2–0 NY Cosmos

USL League One 2026 Regular season · 5 Aug 2026

Richmond Kickers vs NY Cosmos in the USL League One 2026.

At City Stadium.

Richmond Kickers beat NY Cosmos 2–0. D. Espinal opened the scoring for Richmond Kickers after 33 minutes, and that goal decided it.

Goalscorers

• Richmond Kickers: D. Espinal 33', D. Espinal 53'

Richmond Kickers starting lineup

• 1 Y. Fillion
• 3 H. Anderson
• 4 S. Layton
• 22 S. Vinberg
• 45 H. Hanson
• 32 M. Bolduc
• 12 O. O'Malley
• 2 D. Barnathan
• 19 D. Espinal
• 9 J. Kirkland
• 14 Z. Vazquez

NY Cosmos starting lineup

• 30 T. Stephani
• 4 M. Chilaka
• 25 J. Chavez
• 6 A. Holt
• 2 M. Morabito
• 15 O. Ramos
• 7 F. Ljucovic
• 8 A. Spengler
• 20 N. Mendonca
• 22 P. Bohui
• 13 S. Guenzatti

Match events

• 12′ Richmond Kickers: Yellow Card, O. O'Malley
• 33′ Richmond Kickers: Normal Goal, D. Espinal, H. Anderson
• 45′ NY Cosmos: Yellow Card, A. Spengler
• 46′ NY Cosmos: Substitution, W. Noecker, M. Morabito
• 53′ Richmond Kickers: Normal Goal, D. Espinal
• 55′ Richmond Kickers: Substitution, T. Freeman, J. Kirkland
• 57′ NY Cosmos: Yellow Card, P. Bohui
• 57′ NY Cosmos: Substitution, D. Galazzini, N. Mendonca
• 70′ NY Cosmos: Yellow Card, D. Galazzini
• 70′ Richmond Kickers: Substitution, T. Pannholzer, D. Espinal
• 71′ NY Cosmos: Substitution, J. Milovanov, O. Ramos
• 72′ NY Cosmos: Substitution, D. Materazzi, J. Chavez
• 72′ NY Cosmos: Substitution, N. Zielonka, A. Holt
• 75′ Richmond Kickers: Substitution, L. Johnson, Z. Vazquez
• 76′ Richmond Kickers: Substitution, A. Amer, D. Barnathan
• 76′ Richmond Kickers: Substitution, A. Sasankhah, O. O'Malley
• 78′ Richmond Kickers: Yellow Card, A. Sasankhah

Richmond Kickers before this match

• vs Alta 3–2 (Alta) · Regular season, 1 Aug 2026
• at Charlotte Independence 1–3 (Charlotte Independence) · Regular season, 25 Jul 2026
• vs Spokane Velocity 0–2 (Spokane Velocity) · Regular season, 18 Jul 2026
• at Forward Madison 0–4 (Forward Madison) · Regular season, 16 Jul 2026
• vs Sarasota Paradise 0–0 (Sarasota Paradise) · Regular season, 3 Jul 2026

NY Cosmos before this match

• vs Boise 1–2 (Boise) · Regular season, 25 Jul 2026
• at Westchester SC 0–3 (Westchester SC) · Regular season, 22 Jul 2026
• vs Corpus Christi 0–0 (Corpus Christi) · Regular season, 18 Jul 2026
• vs Naples 1–0 (Naples) · Regular season, 8 Jul 2026
• vs Greenville Triumph 0–3 (Greenville Triumph) · Regular season, 4 Jul 2026