Richmond Kickers
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The Richmond Kickers are an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia, known as one of the country's longest-running lower-division teams and a historically successful side in U.S. league and cup competitions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richmond Kickers canonical | 19 |
| Richmond Kickers Destiny | 2 |
| Richmond Kickers soccer club | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T304086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richmond Kickers Context triple: [USL Second Division, mostChampionshipsClub, Richmond Kickers]
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A.
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven is a professional American soccer club that competes in the USL Championship and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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B.
Birmingham Legion FC
Birmingham Legion FC is a professional soccer club based in the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
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C.
Sacramento Republic FC
Sacramento Republic FC is a professional soccer club based in Sacramento, California, that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
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D.
Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, competing in the league’s Eastern Conference.
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E.
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in the Eastern Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richmond Kickers Target entity description: The Richmond Kickers are an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia, known as one of the country's longest-running lower-division teams and a historically successful side in U.S. league and cup competitions.
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A.
Indy Eleven
Indy Eleven is a professional American soccer club that competes in the USL Championship and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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B.
Birmingham Legion FC
Birmingham Legion FC is a professional soccer club based in the Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
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C.
Sacramento Republic FC
Sacramento Republic FC is a professional soccer club based in Sacramento, California, that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer league system.
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D.
Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, competing in the league’s Eastern Conference.
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E.
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in the Eastern Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football club
ⓘ
professional sports team ⓘ |
| abbreviation | RIC ⓘ |
| awayKitColor | white ⓘ |
| basedIn | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| city | Richmond ⓘ |
| color |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| competition | U.S. Open Cup ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | third tier of American soccer ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerLeague |
A-League
ⓘ
linked to:
A-League (1995–2004)
USISL Select League ⓘ USL Championship ⓘ USL Second Division ⓘ |
| founded | 1993 ⓘ |
| gender | men's team ⓘ |
| governingBody |
United Soccer League
ⓘ
linked to:
United Soccer Leagues
|
| hasParticipatedIn | CONCACAF competitions (via U.S. Open Cup qualification) ⓘ |
| hasSupporterGroup | The Red Army ⓘ |
| hasWon |
multiple conference championships
ⓘ
multiple lower-division league titles ⓘ |
| homeKitColor | red ⓘ |
| homeStadium | City Stadium ⓘ |
| honours |
U.S. Open Cup winner 1995
ⓘ
USL Pro regular season champions 2013 ⓘ USL Second Division champions 2006 ⓘ |
| league | USL League One ⓘ |
| location | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| nickname | Kickers ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the longest-running lower-division soccer teams in the United States ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Charleston Battery
ⓘ
Virginia Beach Mariners ⓘ |
| participatesIn | American soccer pyramid ⓘ |
| playsIn |
USL League One playoffs
ⓘ
linked to:
USL League One
USL League One regular season ⓘ |
| professionalStatus | professional ⓘ |
| region |
Mid-Atlantic United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mid-Atlantic states
|
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| stadiumLocation | Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| type | lower-division soccer club ⓘ |
| website | https://www.richmondkickers.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Richmond Kickers Description of subject: The Richmond Kickers are an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia, known as one of the country's longest-running lower-division teams and a historically successful side in U.S. league and cup competitions.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Richmond Kickers
subject linked to:
De Rosario
linked to: Richmond Kickers
subject linked to:
Richmond
linked to: Richmond Kickers