WHAT: United Soccer Leagues Second Division game

WHEN/WHERE: Today at 7:30 p.m., Lusitano Stadium, Ludlow, Mass.

NOTABLE: After taking a week off, the Kickers (1-2-0, three points) will try to break a two-game losing skid against the team they beat in the season opener. . . . Since losing to Richmond 3-0 on April 19, the Pioneers (2-1-1, seven) have gone 2-0-1, scoring only three goals in the process. . . . Two of Western Mass' wins were over expansion Real Maryland. . . . Since allowing three goals to the Kickers, Western Mass. keeper Matt Glaeser has allowed just one goal in three games. . . . The Kickers picked up defender Trevor McEachron, who is working in Northern Virginia, on their way north yesterday. Coach Leigh Cowlishaw said this would be McEachron's only game this season. McEachron spent the past two seasons with the Kickers. . . . Richmond hasn't scored in its past two games. The Kickers haven't been scoreless for three straight since near the end of the 2005 season. . . . Richmond returns to UR Stadium next Saturday for the first time in more than a month when it plays host to league-leading Charlotte. Game time is 7 p.m. - John Packett