Match Recap: Richmond Brings Home Bon Secours Cup with 0-2 Win at Greenville
Published on August 23, 2021 under United Soccer League One (USL1)
Richmond Kickers News Release
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Richmond Kickers (6-6-6) held their lines defensively and punished reigning league champs, Greenville Triumph SC (6-5-7) on the counter to earn a 2-0 victory on the road to bring home the Bon Secours Cup for the third-straight season on the backs of second-half goals from Jonathan Bolanos and Emiliano Terzaghi.
With the match underway, the Reds kicked off the second leg of the Bon Secours Cup on the front foot with an ambitious shot by Terzaghi from outside of the box within the first several minutes to test Greenville's goalkeeper, Paul Christensen, who took Dallas Jaye's usual position between the sticks.
Greenville's Joshua Donnelly and Andrew Booth each managed to squeeze a shot off at Richmond's goal, both shots off target, sailing over the goal. Later in the 22nd minute, Donnelly threw himself into the Richmond box for a diving header that went wide of the goalpost. Several minutes later, Jonathan Bolanos was unlocked in the middle of the pitch with a cheeky flick-pass by Terzaghi. Bolanos sprinted through the heart of the Greenville defense and got a shot off but it rolled wide of the goal.
The first half concluded scoreless and without stoppage time as both teams were trying to create dangerous goal-scoring opportunities. However, the Kickers walked back onto the pitch for the second half ready to change the scoreline. Stanley Alves received a ball deep in the Richmond defense, shimmied past a Greenville attacker, and freed up Bolanos on the left wing who made a dashing run up the left flank. Bolanos cut inside and cranked a shot off that fizzed in by the near post, beating Christensen and giving Richmond a 1-0 lead.
With Richmond in the lead, Greenville found themselves under pressure, scrambling to level the scoreline, but they couldn't beat the Reds' defense and Akira Fitzgerald's veteran sensibilities in goal. With their foundation set on the defensive end, Richmond set up shop on the counterattack.
Matt Bolduc burst through the middle of the field, laying the ball off to Chris Cole on the left wing in an advanced position. Cole whipped in a low cross from the corner into Terzaghi, who took a fantastic touch to trap the ball, turn his defender around, and whip a shot into the far post. The ball clattered off the far post, across the goalmouth, and into the near post before finding the inside of the goal.
The goal would not only provide the insurance Richmond needed to see out the result, but it was also Terzaghi's 22nd regular-season goal in USL League One giving him the title as the league's current leading scorer. It would also mark Terzaghi's 12th goal of the 2021 season, giving him a share of the Golden Boot race.
Richmond saw out the remaining minutes of the match with the same intensity they put into it from the first whistle, and they were rewarded with three points on the road and a clean sheet, catapulting Richmond up into seventh place, tied with six other teams with 24 points.
The Reds' next match will be against North Carolina FC back at City Stadium. The last time the two clubs faced each other was in the middle of a tough, three-games in a week run, and NCFC walked away with three points. The Kickers will have an opportunity to get payback against North Carolina on August 28. Kickoff for the match is set for 6:30 p.m.
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BOX SCORE
First Half Second Half Final
Richmond 0 2 2
Greenville 0 0 0
LINEUPS
Richmond: Akira Fitzgerald, Esteban Calvo, Juan Pablo Monticelli ( 74' - Chris Cole), Ivan Magalhaes, Jalen Crisler, Zacarías Morán Correa, Jonathan Bolanos (74' - Nathan Aune), Ethan Bryant, Nil Vinyals ( 46' - Matthew Bolduc), Emiliano Terzaghi (90'+4 - Oalex Anderson ), Stanley Alves (64' - Cameron Vickers)
Unused Substitutes: Austin Causey
Greenville: Paul Christensen, Cesar Murillo (67' - Cole McLagan), Evan Lee (82' - Tyler Polak), Jacob Goodall, Brandon Fricke, Maxwell Hemmings, Andrew Booth (67' - Allen Gavilanes), Aaron Walker, Joshua Donnelly ( 85' - William Mejia), Jesús Ibarra, Mario Lomis
Unused Substitutes: Benjamin Hale, Dallas Jaye
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