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Daryl Grove and Taylor Rockwell of the Total Soccer Show gives a break down of the Kickers 2-3 loss to Lansing Ignite FC in the season opener last Saturday night.

Three local artists, who are former and current VCU students, have completed murals to add life and color to City Stadium’s bathroom exteriors near the west side’s main entranceway!

Julia painted the large side facing the field inside City Stadium. She has her BFA from VCU Arts and maintains a studio in Richmond.

Rachel will be graduating with her BFA from VCU Arts this Spring.

Will attends VCU and will graduate in the Spring of 2020 with BA in Philosophy.

RICHMOND, Va. – (Friday, March 29, 2019) – The Richmond Kickers launch their 27th season this weekend at City Stadium, featuring new upgrades and hospitality areas in the nearly century old stadium. 

Some of the new improvements to City Stadium include:

• Completely Renovated Home Locker Room
• New Crushed Stone Parking Lot
• Reconstructed Main Ticket Entranceway
• New Fencing along the Front Entrance 
• Added Second Entranceway
• New Red Army Tailgate Location
• New Party Deck behind the goal on the south endline
• New Ledge Box seating 
• New International Style Goals
• Murals added to the exterior of the bathrooms – by local artists Julia Stewart, Rachel Grant, and Will Davenport
• Solar Panels added, along with a Solar Flower to charge devices from Sigora Solar
• New Stall Dividers in Women’s Bathrooms
• Sports Video Recording and Analysis Equipment provided by Spiideo
• New Team Benches coming soon

“This is my third year managing the Stadium and I am thrilled about the new improvements and investment,” said Scott McGuire, Stadium General Manager. “From what I know, these are the first major upgrades to City Stadium since the mid 1990’s. We want City Stadium to be a singular venue for Carytown and RVA to host pro soccer and other community gatherings such as RVA Field Day, Sunday Farmer’s Markets, running clubs, festivals, corporate family days and much more.”

The Kickers would like to thank E.J. Wade Construction, HKS Architects and Draper Aden Associates for all of the work they have put into making the improvements at City Stadium.

“When we started in January to embark on the next chapter for this storied pro soccer franchise, we aimed to look at the venue with fresh perspectives,” added Matt Spear, Kickers Pro Team President. “City Stadium is 90 years young, so it’s craving love and ripe for upgrades. Huge thanks to and leadership from Stadium GM Scott McGuire as he cares deeply about the soccer environment, the fan experience, and hosting fun, entertainment activities beyond just great soccer.”

Plus on Saturday’s March 30 home opener, you can enjoy new vendors such as New Kent Winery and Gelati Celesti, along with our returning partners such as Premium Distributors (beer), Papa John’s, Sticks, Four Brothers, and Dippin’ Dots.

Questions regarding City Stadium including interest in hosting events, becoming a vendor or sponsorship, please contact Scott McGuire at smcguire@https://www.richmondkickers.com.

RICHMOND, Va. – (Tuesday, January 8, 2019) – The Richmond Kickers are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with Spiideo to provide video recording and analysis for the club at City Stadium. 

“I am extremely excited to utilize the Spiideo camera system for the 2019 season,” said Kickers Head Coach David Bulow. “It’s an example of many improvements. It will be the most important coaching tool for me and our coaching staff and I’m confident it will lead to exciting, entertaining, winning soccer from the Richmond Kickers.”

Spiideo makes advanced sports video recording and analysis easy and accessible for coaches, analysts and players. When using the Spiideo system there is no longer a need for manual camera handling, no camera man, no hassle with cables and files. The Spiideo Virtual Panorama technology captures both overview of the entire field, as well as details of individual players in the same recording using 4k cameras from multiple angles.The system then enables coaches to analyze and provide live feedback to players, as well as tag, draw, create presentations and collaborate with the team.

“The top of Coach David Bulow’s list of improvements for the season was to add Spiideo to City Stadium,” added Kickers President Matt Spear. “It will help the players improve and enable the team to reach peak performances. I got glowing testimonials from others including the Tampa Bay Rowdies. It’s a step up for the coaches, players, and organization. And working with Kickers’ legend Deli makes it even better!”

Based in Malmo, Sweden, Spiideo’s solutions are today adopted by first teams and academies in hundreds of clubs all over the world. However, while used by some of the world’s largest and most well known clubs in top leagues like Premier League, Serie A, MLS, USL etc. the system is cost efficient and suitable also for smaller clubs with more limited resources. In North America, over 50 NCAA DI programs are now using Spiideo to capture games and practices in multiple sports including soccer, LAX, Field Hockey and Basketball. In the professional arena, in addition to the Richmond Kickers, Sporting KC of the MLS recently signed on with Spiideo to capture training and games for the entire club from the 1st team down to the Academy. They will join a growing list of MLS and USL clubs.

“After spending 10 seasons on the field with the Kickers and making Richmond my home, I am thrilled to now be assisting with the club’s technological needs as they move into a new era with David and co,” commented former Kickers player and Sales Manager for North America Matthew Delicâte. “I had the pleasure of playing with David for many seasons including 2 championship winning seasons in 2009 and 2013. I wish David and the Kickers the best of luck in 2019 as they compete for another title. The margins in winning a title or making the playoffs in any sport are very small, Spiideo provides a cutting edge technology that can be a literal game changer.”