2025 Rhode Island FC season

Rhode Island FC

2025 season
Head coach	Khano Smith
Stadium	Centreville Bank Stadium, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
USL Championship	8th place, Eastern Conference
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
USL Cup	First Place, Group 4 Semifinals
Highest home attendance	10,734 (July 5)
Lowest home attendance	3,703 (August 20)
Average home league attendance	8,638
Biggest win	OAK 0–3 RI (April 5) TBR 0–3 RI (May 17)
Biggest defeat	2–0 / 0–2 (five times)
Home colors Away colors
All statistics correct as of 2:00, August 21, 2025 (UTC).

The 2025 Rhode Island FC season is the second season for Rhode Island FC, and their second in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States. They will also compete in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup and 2025 USL Cup.^[1]

The USL Championship will play a 30 game regular season in 2025, with four additional scheduled games in the group round of the 2025 USL Cup. Of the 34 scheduled games, 17 will be home and 17 will be away. Additional USL games may be added through advancement in the USL Cup or USL Championship playoffs.

The team's first scheduled home game on May 3 was the inaugural game played in Centreville Bank Stadium.^[2][3] The team played a 0-0 draw against San Antonio FC in front of a 10,700-person sellout.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
21	MF	Maxi Rodriguez	Detroit City FC	Free transfer	December 3, 2024	[5]
4	DF	Hugo Bacharach	Minnesota United FC	Free transfer	December 31, 2024	[6]
8	MF	Taimu Okiyoshi	Marshall University	Free transfer	January 16, 2025	[7]
2	DF	Dani Rovira	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Free transfer	January 18, 2025	[8]
3	DF	Aldair Sanchez	Sacramento Republic FC	Free transfer	February 7, 2025	[9]
13	GK	Will Meyer	New York City FC II	Free transfer	February 7, 2025	[10]
16	DF	Cole Dewhurst	Providence College	Free transfer	February 11, 2025	[11]
14	DF	Rio Hope-Gund	New York City FC	Free transfer	April 4, 2025	[12][13]
6	DF	Aimé Mabika	Toronto FC	Free transfer	May 2, 2025	[14]
36	MF	Matthew Corcoran	Nashville FC	Loan	August 5, 2025	[15]
7	MF	Dwayne Atkinson	Cavalier FC	Undisclosed fee	August 7, 2025	[16]

Date	Pos.	Player	Transaction	Details	New Club	Ref.
January 18, 2025	DF	Stephen Turnbull	Transfer	Undisclosed Fee	Birmingham Legion FC	[17]
July 16, 2025	MF	Taimu Okiyoshi	Loan Out	Remainder of Season	Westchester SC	[18]
July 25, 2025	MF	Isaac Angking	Loan Out	Remainder of Season	Forward Madison SC	[19]

As they did last year, the team worked out at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for a portion of the preseason, followed by a trip to Bermuda for additional friendly games.^[20]

Limited details were made available regarding the results. Known information is summarized below.

Bermuda Select v Rhode Island FC

February 27	Bermuda Select	0–6	Rhode Island FC	Devonshire, Bermuda
		Report	Kwizera 69' Fuson 74', 81', 87' Okiyoshi 77', 89'	Stadium: Flora Duffy South Field Stadium

Charleston Battery v Rhode Island FC

March 15 1	Charleston Battery	2–0	Rhode Island FC	Mount Pleasant, SC
7:30PM	Jennings 15', 37' Landry  90+4'	Report	Holstad  41'	Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,480 Referee: Natalie Simon

RIFC entered in the Third Round of the 2025 U.S. Open Cup, joining the competition at the same time as 15 other USL Championship teams. The draw for the round was held on April 3, with the team selected to play the Portland Hearts of Pine in Maine.^[21] RIFC won the game 2–1, with goals from Clay Holstad and Frank Nodarse.^[22]

Rhode Island was drawn against the New England Revolution in the Round of 32 of the Cup for a home game on May 7.^[23] The team lost 2–1, after an 88th minute goal from the Revolution.^[24]

Portland Hearts of Pine (USL1) v Rhode Island FC (USLC)

April 15 Third round	Portland Hearts of Pine (USL1)	1–2	Rhode Island FC (USLC)	Lewiston, ME
7:00PM	Lopez  9'  87' Langlois  36' Poon-Angeron  47' Washington 65'	Report	Nodarse  29' 37' Holstad 34' Sanchez  45+3' Shapiro-Thompson  49' Yao  76'  78'	Stadium: Franklin Athletic Complex Referee: Thomas Snyder

Rhode Island FC (USLC) v New England Revolution (MLS)

May 7 Round of 32	Rhode Island FC (USLC)	1–2	New England Revolution (MLS)	Pawtucket, RI
7:30	Nodarse  8' Holstad  45+2' Rodriguez 50'	Report	Oyirwoth  32' Chancalay 38' Oliveira 88' Klein  90+4'	Stadium: Centreville Bank Stadium Attendance: 9,539 Referee: Calin Radosav

Place	Pos.	No.	Name	USL Championship	US Open Cup	USL Cup	USLC Playoffs	Total
1	MF	21	Maxi Rodriguez	3	1	2	0	6
2	FW	10	Albert Dikwa	2	0	3	0	5
3	FW	9	JJ Williams	2	0	2	0	4
4	MF	12	Clay Holstad	2	1	0	0	3
4	MF	11	Noah Fuson	2	0	1	0	3
6	DF	15	Frank Nodarse	0	1	1	0	2
7	MF	18	Joe Brito	1	0	0	0	1
7	MF	20	Zachary Herivaux	1	0	0	0	1
7	FW	17	Jojea Kwizera	0	0	1	0	1
7	MF	77	Amos Shapiro-Thompson	0	0	1	0	1
7	MF	7	Dwayne Atkinson	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	0	2
Total				15	3	12	0	30

Place	Pos.	No.	Name	USL Championship	US Open Cup	USL Cup	USLC Playoffs	Total
1	DF	3	Aldair Sanchez	2	1	2	0	5
2	FW	10	Albert Dikwa	3	0	1	0	4
3	MF	21	Maxi Rodriguez	1	0	2	0	3
4	FW	11	Noah Fuson	0	1	1	0	2
4	MF	17	Jojea Kwizera	1	0	1	0	2
6	MF	12	Clay Holstad	1	0	0	0	1
6	MF	20	Zachary Herivaux	0	0	1	0	1
6	DF	5	Grant Stoneman	1	0	0	0	1
6	MF	23	Marc Ybarra	0	0	1	0	1
6	MF	20	Zachary Herivaux	0	0	1	0	1
Total				9	2	10	0	21

Place	Pos.	No.	Name	USL Championship	US Open Cup	USL Cup	USLC Playoffs	Total
1	GK	1	Koke Vegas	6	0	1	0	7
2	GK	22	Jackson Lee	1	0	1	0	2
Total				7	0	2	0	9

No.	Pos.	Name	USL Championship		US Open Cup		USL Cup		USLC Playoffs		Total
3	DF	Aldair Sanchez	5		1		1				7
4	DF	Hugo Bacharach	2								2
5	DF	Grant Stoneman	1								1
6	DF	Aimé Mabika	1								1
7	MF	Dwayne Atkinson					1				1
9	FW	JJ Williams	4	1							4	1
10	FW	Albert Dikwa					2				2
11	FW	Noah Fuson	2				1				3
12	MF	Clay Holstad	5		1		2				8
15	DF	Frank Nodarse	2	1	2						4	1
17	DF	Jojea Kwizera	3	1			1				4	1
18	MF	Joe Brito	1								1
20	MF	Zachary Herivaux	3	1			1				4	1
21	MF	Maxi Rodriguez	3				3				6
23	MF	Marc Ybarra	4								4
24	DF	Karifa Yao	3			1					3	1
36	MF	Matthew Corcoran	1				1				2
77	MF	Amos Shapiro-Thompson	6		1						7
Total			46	4	5	1	13	0	0	0	64	5

• USL Championship Team of the Week
  • Albert Dikwa – Week 5^[25]
  • Clay Holstad – Week 5^[25]
  • Jojea Kwizera – Week 5^[25]
  • Grant Stoneman – Week 12 (bench)^[26]
  • Koke Vegas – Week 11 (bench)^[27]
  • JJ Williams – Week 3, 5 (bench)^[28][25]
• USL Cup Team of the Round
  • Albert Dikwa – Round 3^[29]
  • Noah Fuson – Round 3^[29]
  • Frank Nodarse – Round 1^[30]
  • Maxi Rodriguez – Round 1^[30]
  • Aldair Sanchez – Round 3^[29]
  • JJ Williams – Round 1^[30]
• USL Championship Coach of the Week
  • Khano Smith – Week 11^[27]
• USL Championship Goal of the Week
  • Joe Brito – Week 10^[31]
  • Noah Fuson – Week 17/18^[32]
  • Clay Holstad – Week 11^[33]
• USL Championship Save of the Week
  • Jackson Lee – Week 22^[34]
  • Koke Vegas – Week 8/9^[35]