2012 Richmond Kickers season
| 2012 season | |||
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| Owner |
 Rob Ukrop
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| Head Coach |
 Leigh Cowlishaw
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| Stadium | City Stadium | ||
| USL Pro | 4th | ||
| USL Pro Playoffs | First round | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Third round | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,014 vs. D.C. United (May 29 U.S. Open Cup) |
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| Lowest home attendance | 2,273 vs. Harrisburg (May 12 USL Pro Regular Season) |
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| Average home league attendance | League: 2,433 Playoffs: 1,441 Cup: 5,014 |
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The 2012 Richmond Kickers season was the club's twentieth season of existence. It was the Kicker's sixth-consecutive year in the third-tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.
After a slow start for the first two-thirds of the regular season, a four-match winning streak catapulted the Kickers into the top half of the table, thus qualifying them for the playoffs, making it the ninth consecutive season that the Kickers made the playoffs of any league they were participating in. In the first round of the playoffs, Richmond lost 3–2 by the Wilmington Hammerheads thus ending their postseason ambitions.
Richmond also reached the third round of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, where in extra time, they lost to Major League Soccer side, D.C. United.
The 2011 campaign marked the Kickers' debut in the newly created USL Pro League, which assumed the role as the third division of American soccer. During the regular season, Richmond finished third in their division and third in the overall table, making it the first time since 2005 that the Kickers did not finish the regular season either as the regular season champion or finalist. In the playoffs, the Kickers were eliminated by Commissioner's Cup winners and eventual USL Pro champions, Orlando City.
Outside of league play, Richmond made one of their deepest runs in the U.S. Open Cup, the domestic knockout cup competition. The Kickers reached the semifinals of the tournament after knocking out two Major League Soccer clubs, Columbus Crew and Sporting Kansas City in the third round and quarterfinals, respectively. The last time Richmond reached the semifinals of the Open Cup was in 1995, when the Kickers won their lone U.S. Open Cup title.
Off the field, the Kicker organization posted their fourth highest average attendance in club history.
On December 6, 2011, the Kickers signed Pittsburgh Riverhounds' Jason Yeisley on a free transfer.
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