High-profile signings including Koke Vegas,[1] JJ Williams,[5] and reigning USL most valuable player and golden boot winner Albert Dikwa,[6] led to high expectations for an expansion team.

[7] The team played its inaugural regular season game against New Mexico United on March 16, 2024, at Beirne Stadium.

[15] Goalie Jackson Lee, playing in place of injured Koke Vegas, recorded the first two clean sheets of his career, and was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week for each game.

[21] Playing at home against defending champions Phoenix Rising FC, RIFC closed the month with a 3-1 loss.

[24] Panayotou played the following day in their game against unbeaten Western Conference first-place Sacramento Republic FC, providing an assist on the team's go-ahead goal.

The goalless draw at home was the first time in the 2024 season that a clean sheet was recorded against the Louisville team.

The as-yet-unnamed derby[32] featured the two closest teams geographically in the USL,[33] and drew a sellout crowd in Hartford.

[34] Upon return to Rhode Island, the team lost to Detroit City FC 2-0,[35] but then started a streak of unbeaten games.

In their away game against Memphis 901 FC they took an early 2-0 lead, and held on for a 2-2 tie after an 87th-minute Koke Vegas red card.

Jackson Lee’s third clean sheet brought them up to 9th place at the end of the month, one space out of the playoffs.

[43] At the end of the game, the team was in 8th place in the standings, the first time they’d been in a playoff position since late April.

[44] In Birmingham, Noah Fuson scored in the first minute, and a brace from newly-signed Zachary Herivaux provided the rest of the offense.

Upon returning home at the end of July, RIFC beat North Carolina FC 2-1, coming back from another deficit to win.

JJ Williams netted a hat trick in his second consecutive game as RIFC advanced with a 3-2 victory.

On November 20, 2023, Rhode Island FC announced that the Bermuda Football Association would host the team for a week of training from February 23 to 28, 2024.

The partnership was spurred by Khano Smith, Rhode Island's manager and a former Bermuda national football team player.