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RailHawks sign Guyanese forward Gregory Richardson

Jul 12, 2009 Sports

CARY, N.C. – The Carolina RailHawks have signed Guyanese international forward Gregory Richardson, pending U.S. Soccer Federation approval, the club announced on Wednesday.
Richardson has been on trial with the RailHawks since last Thursday. He started Friday’s friendly against Wilmington, and he was a menace on the left flank the entire 45 minutes he played. After several threatening runs throughout the first half, Richardson’s work paid off in the 35th minute when his efforts led to the game’s first goal.
“It’s been nice,” Richardson said of his time with the RailHawks so far. “I like the players, the coach, getting a chance to play now. Everything has been good. It’s just the chance I need.”
Richardson, after playing his foundation football with Beacon and Pele FC in Guyana, signed with Trinidad and Tobago leading pro League side Joe Public in 2007. The nippy forward also played with Barbadian division one side Notredame prior to his T&T sojourn.
He led Joe Public in the 2008 First Citizens Cup, scoring four goals in as many games, and he was the top goal scorer and MVP of the tournament. He made a name for himself and Joe Public in the 2008/09 CONCACAF Champions League when he scored five goals in four matches – including a hattrick plus an assist in a 4-0 romp over the New England Revolution – to lead Joe Public to the tournament’s group stage.
In January, Richardson went on trial with Toronto FC and appeared in three preseason matches for TFC. In February, he was traded to the Colorado Rapids, where he remained until June 26, when he was waived.
During his time with Colorado, Richardson appeared in one league match, playing 11 minutes as a substitute in the Rapids’ season-opening 2-1 loss to Chivas USA. Richardson also started and played 79 minutes of the Rapids’ 1-0 loss to Seattle in a U.S. Open Cup play-in game on May 26. He is the first native of Guyana to play in Major League Soccer.
Richardson has also featured prominently in Guyana’s national team programme. He played for the Golden Jaguars at the U-17, U-20 and U-23 levels before making his senior international debut in a 1-0 win over St. Vincent and the Grenadines on January 13, 2008. Richardson appeared in seven matches for Guyana in 2008, scoring three goals, including two in last year’s Digicel Caribbean Championships.
“He’s good at dribbling at people one-v-one, and against some of these teams, you have to have someone who can do that,” said Carolina coach Martin Rennie. “And he can score goals, as well.”
After Friday’s 3-0 win over Wilmington, I asked Carolina coach Martin Rennie about Gregory Richardson, the Guyanese international forward on trial with the RailHawks.
Richardson was an absolute menace on the left flank the entire first half and he set up Kupono Low’s 35th-minute goal with some fancy footwork and a nice centering pass.
“I don’t want to say too much about him because he’s on trial,” Rennie said. “I don’t want people to know he’s here, but he’s good. I think a lot of teams, if they knew he was here, they’d be interested.”
If other teams are interested, they missed their chance. The RailHawks have signed Richardson.

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