Richie Williams
 |
||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Williams | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 3, 1970 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Middletown Township, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||
|
Current team
|
Real Salt Lake (assistant coach) | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Virginia Cavaliers | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) | 30 | (10) | |||||||||
| 1993 | Richmond Kickers | |||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Ayr United | |||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Richmond Kickers | |||||||||||
| 1996–2000 | D.C. United | 143 | (8) | |||||||||
| 2001 | MetroStars | 21 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2002 | D.C. United | 26 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2003 | MetroStars | 26 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Richmond Kickers | 53 | (2) | |||||||||
| Total | 299 | (20) | ||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | United States U-20 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | United States U-23 | |||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | United States | 20 | (0) | |||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | University of Virginia (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2011 | New York Red Bulls (assistant) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | New York Red Bulls (interim) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | New York Red Bulls (interim) | |||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | United States U-18 | |||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | United States U-17 | |||||||||||
| 2015– | Real Salt Lake (assistant) | |||||||||||
|
Honours
|
||||||||||||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
||||||||||||
Richie Williams (born June 3, 1970) is a retired American professional soccer player currently serving as an assistant coach with Real Salt Lake.
Known for his diminutive height and his dogged tackling, Williams spent the vast majority of his playing career in the United States, playing one season in the National Professional Soccer League, two in USISL, two in the USL A-League, and eight in Major League Soccer, most notably for MetroStars and D.C. United. He also earned 20 caps for the United States men's national soccer team.
Since the end of his playing career, Williams has been involved in coaching, and spent time as the interim head coach of New York Red Bulls and coaching various United States national youth teams.
Williams was born in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Williams' career has been closely tied to Bruce Arena, former coach of the United States men's national team. Arena first coached Williams at the University of Virginia. The two parted ways after Williams graduated. In 1992, Williams signed with Buffalo Blizzard in the National Professional Soccer League. He played thirty games for the Blizzard during the 1992-1993 winter indoor season. In the spring of 1993, he signed with the Richmond Kickers of the USISL. That fall, he moved to Ayr United in Scottish Football League but then came back to the United States, signing with the Richmond Kickers of the USISL in 1994. Williams played two seasons with the Kickers, helping them to the 1995 U.S. Open Cup and USISL titles.
...
Wikipedia