Forward Madison Falls to Richmond Kickers

October 10, 2022 – United Soccer League One (USL1) – Forward Madison FC News Release

Forward Madison FC hosted a match against the USL League One’s first place club, Richmond Kickers, at Breese Stevens Field on Saturday, October 8th at 7:00 pm CT. This was FMFC’s home finale for 2022 and Fan Appreciation Night. The match resulted in a 0-1 loss for the Flamingos.

The first half started with both teams trying to fight for early momentum in the match. The Flamingos had a golden chance in the 24th minute when Jeremiah Streng broke through the Richmond defense and was one-on-one with the Richmond keeper. Streng pushed the shot wide and the ball went out of play for a goal kick. Richmond then worked the ball into the attacking half and capitalized on a well-weighted pass into the box to open the scoring and take the lead in the 36th minute. With two minutes of stoppage time added, neither team could log any shots in the final moments, forcing the squads to enter the halftime break with the Kickers ahead 1-0.

The second half kicked off with substitutions for both squads. For Forward Madison, Matheus Cassini subbed on for Justin Sukow. The first quality chance in the second half came from Nazeem Bartman. In the 48th minute, Bartman received a pass from the wing and fired a shot just over the post. The second half continued on until the 62nd minute when Richmond started to threaten again with a free kick. Raiko Arozarena managed to throw his body on the line to make the catch save and force a clearance for the ‘Mingos. The Flamingos logged another quality chance in the 80th minute when a Rojay Smith cross into the box connected with Streng’s head, however the striker’s shot went just wide. In the 85th minute, Streng controlled a pass in the Richmond box. The striker turned with the ball and shot the ball far over the top post. A couple minutes later, Richmond’s Finch logged the first card of the match when he knocked down Cassini.

Looking ahead, Forward Madison FC will conclude their 2022 season in Arizona, as they take on FC Tucson on Saturday, October 15th at 9:00 pm. The Kickers will head home to host a match against the Greenville Triumph on October 15th at 5:30 pm.

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Major Moments:

1′ Corner, Richmond

2′ Fast breakaway for Forward, intercepted final pass though Mikey gets it back but Nazeem had just strayed offside

8′ Corner, Madison – Streng with the deflected shot

10′ Free kick, Madison – Bartman is fouled in the midfield

10′ Long pass to Streng but the defender beats him to it, heading it back to his goalkeeper

15′ Free kick, Richmond – Bartman clips the heels of the covering defender down in the corner

16′ Free kick, Richmond – just inside their own half

19′ Goal kick, Madison

21′ Goal kick, Madison

22′ Corner, Richmond – stretching clearance

23′ Good clearance from Dean to clear potential danger

24′ Streng fires wide after a quick break

25′ Free kick, Richmond – central midfield

28′ Free kick, Richmond – cross cleared by Sukow

30′ Free kick, Madison – foul on Bartman

33′ Wonderful run from Drew Conner to get on the end of a hopeful Leonard clearance and he volleys just wide

36′ GOAL Richmond, #91 Gordon

39′ Positive play from Madison but they can’t carve out a chance

40′ Gordon, the goalscorer, is down

41′ Free kick, Madison

42′ A late flag but Richmond are given offside after a good looking through ball

45′ A minimum of 2 minutes of additional time is shown

45+2 Free kick, Richmond – dangerous area for a cross by the by-line

45+2 Madison clear the corner

Half: Forward Madison FC 0 – 1 Richmond Kickers

HALFTIME SUB:

MAD: Matheus Cassini subbed in for Justin Sukow

RIC: Olsen in 91 Bentley out

46′ Substitute for each team at the half

48′ Bartman fires over from just inside the box

48′ Richmond Sub: #17 Bolanos off, 14 Pavone in

51′ Leonard intercepts a potential chance

51′ Free kick, Madison – in their own half

52′ Corner, Madison

53′ Corner, Madison – taken short and well worked to release Cassini in the box whose cross is smothered by the keeper

56′ Maldonado takes a tumble in the box but the referee gives nothing, Mikey is right back up

57′ Streng can’t quite control a good through-ball

60′ Raiko saves down low, gathering a hopeful effort

62′ free kick, Richmond – caught by Raiko

65′ Player down with a head injury after getting hit by the ball following a clearance by his defender

66′ Madison Subs: #6 Temguia in for #8 Conner, and #16 Jones in for #17 Gebhard

67′ Corner, Madison

73′ Madison Sub, #11 Rojay Smith in for #24 Nazeem Bartman

74′ Smith just clears the bar with a header from a quality Leonard cross

76′ Goal kick Madison

80′ Madison free kick is cleared

80′ Narrowly wide from Madison

80′ Richmond sub: 24 Aune in 9 Bentley out

81′ Offside, Richmond

86′ Jeremiah Streng turns in the box but cannot keep his half volley down

87′ Yellow card, Richmond #4

88′ Madison sub: 2 Cesar Murillo jr in 9 Streng out

90′ Richmond head injury

4 minutes added time

91′ Free kick, Richmond – they try to keep it in the corner but fail

93′ Another good cross from Leonard but the keeper snatches it off Smith’s head

94′ Free kick, Richmond – central field

Full Time – Madison 0 – 1 Richmond Kickers

Full: Forward Madison FC 0 – 1 Richmond Kickers

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Forward Madison FC:

56 Raiko Arozarena

3 Eric Leonard

5 Christian Dean

9 Jeremiah Streng

13 Christian Enriquez

15 Mikey Maldonado

17 Derek Gebhard

19 Justin Sukow

24 Nazeem Bartman

28 Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu

47 Cyrus Rad

Substitutes: 0 Parker Smith, 16 Alvin Jones, 2 Cesar Murillo Jr., 6 Mele Temguia, 11 Rojay Smith, 10 Matheus Cassini, 8 Drew Conner

Head Coach: Matt Glaeser

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Richmond Kickers:

1 Fitzgerald

2 Barnathan

4 Fitch

6 Moran

8 Bryant

9 Bentley

10 Vinyals

15 Crisler

22 Payne

17 Bolanos

91 Gordon

Substitutes: 29 Palmquist, 24 Aune, 7 Boldoc, 99 Candela, 3 Cole, 23 Olsen, 14 Pavone

Head Coach: Darren Sawatzky

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Goals:

Richmond Kickers

36′ Gordon

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Discipline:

Forward Madison FC

_’ ____ Card _________

Richmond Kickers

87′ Yellow Card _Fitch__

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Venue: Breese Stevens Field, Madison WI

Attendance: 4,492

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