Lee Nguyen, the former New England Revolution and LAFC midfielder, has retired from playing soccer and will be an assistant coach for Washington Spirit, the club announced Friday.
Nguyen, who was a finalist in 2014 for the Major League Soccer MVP award, had joined the Spirit's coaching staff in October just before their surprise run to the National Women's Soccer League title and joins the team for the 2022 season.
"It's really been hard thinking about the day I would finally hang it up because when you love something as much as I love this game, you would have had to drag me off that field," Nguyen said via his Instagram account on Friday.