Kevin Payne, who helped D.C. United become Major League Soccer's first dynasty and went on to serve as president of Toronto FC, has died. He was 69.
The longtime soccer executive was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame as a builder in 2021.
Payne helped D.C. United find its feet in time for the debut MLS season in 1996. In its first four years of operation, D.C. United won three MLS Cups and was runner-up the other year. His team won 47 league games in its first two seasons. Payne routinely wore one of his four MLS championship rings. But he wasn't going to wear one to his TFC introduction until wife Pam changed his mind.
In January 2013, Payne hired former New Zealand international Ryan Nelsen as the club's head coach. Nelsen previously played four seasons for Payne at D.C. United, captaining the team to its fourth championship in 2004.
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