A frantic second half included three goals in eight minutes, but it was the Kickers who came out on the losing end, falling to the Wilmington Hammerheads 3-2 last night on the road. Forward Matthew Delicate scored for Richmond midway through the second half, but by that point, Wilmington had built a two-goal lead on scores from Jamie Franks and Phil Hofstrader. After Richmond’s goal, Andriy Budnyy added an insurance goal for the Hammerheads.

Second-half goals by Joey Worthen and Matthew Delicate lifted the Richmond Kickers to a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace Baltimore last night at Maryland-Baltimore County Stadium. The triumph improved the Kickers’ record to 8-2-5 and enabled Richmond to maintain its share of first place in USL-2. Worthen lifted the Kickers out of a scoreless tie with a goal in the 61st minute. The goal, Worthen’s second of the season, was set up by a corner kick by fellow midfielder Mike Burke. Worthen, waiting at the near post, punched a header past Baltimore goalkeeper Brian Rowland.

For 45 boisterous minutes, the Richmond Kickers lived high on the hog. To be exact, they lived high on the Bermuda Hogges. The Kickers, scoring almost at will, filled the Bermuda net with five first-half goals en route to a 7-2 runaway in last night’s USL-2 match at UR Stadium. The triumph, the Kickers’ fourth in their past five games, improved their record to 7-2-5 and lifted them into a tie for first place with the Harrisburg Islanders.

PITTSBURGH—Matthew Delicate scored a pair of goals, his sixth and seventh of the season, to carry the Richmond Kickers to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in last night’s USL-2 soccer match at Edinboro University. The Kickers (5-2-5) concluded their month-long road trip on an encouraging note when Delicate scored in the 33rd minute off an assist from Gerson dos Santos to break a 1-1 tie.

As an instructor at Mad Science, Kickers forward Matthew Delicate can have fun with his physics degree he earned while playing at VCU. Matthew Delicate long ago mastered the art of schooling opposing soccer players. He knows a thing or two about schooling children, too. Delicate, the most prolific scorer on the Richmond Kickers USL-2 pro soccer team, works during the school year as an instructor with Mad Science of Central Virginia. His typical assignment is an after-school program, usually about an hour long, that seeks to entertain while it educates.

LUDLOW, Mass. - This time, there would be no tie. The Richmond Kickers made certain of that. David Bulow scored before the game was six minutes old and Matthew Delicate delivered another goal in the first minute of the second half to lift the Kickers to a 2-0 victory over the Western Mass Pioneers in last night’s USL-2 soccer match in Lusitano Stadium. Richmond (1-0-2) earned unfulfilling ties in its first two games.