The Washington Spirit have been without a formal head coach for months, but with the NWSL draft exactly two weeks away, things appear to have changed. The Washington Post’s Steve Goff is reporting that the team has hired Richie Burke, a Liverpool native with deep roots in the DMV soccer scene. Goff’s article also notes that the rumors of local tech CEO Steve Baldwin taking over as majority owner are true, with the team’s original owner Bill Lynch maintaining a stake in the club.
Burke, 56, came to the District to play college soccer at American before joining the American Soccer League version of the Washington Diplomats.