On the day he left Utah for a new job as head coach of Loudoun United, Richie Williams was in the Salt Lake City airport waiting to board a flight to Washington when two fellow travelers recognized him.
"Hey Richie Williams, D.C. United!"
Williams, 48, last played for United in 2002, but as a three-time MLS Cup winner and a member of United’s Hall of Tradition, he has lifetime status.
“I thought, ‘What? Really?’ Too funny.”
Williams is returning to Washington to oversee United’s second-division team, a first-year operation that will play its inaugural United Soccer League match in about five weeks at Nashville.