POSITION: Forward
BIRTHDATE: 8/3/1997
HOMETOWN: Freetown, Sierra Leone
HEIGHT: 6’3″
WEIGHT: 180
PREVIOUS TEAM: Indy Eleven
PRONUNCIATION: AW-gee WILL-yums
BIO
Augi Williams is entering his first season with the Riverhounds SC in 2025.
Williams is a Sierra Leone international with MLS experience and a track record of scoring in the Championship. His 76 regular-season goals are the fifth-most in the league’s “modern era” (since 2010) and the second-most among active Championship players.
Williams debuted professionally as a 19-year-old with Portland Timbers 2 in 2016, when the reserve side competed in the USL. The next year, he would make his first appearance with the MLS club, scoring against the Seattle Sounders in the U.S. Open Cup in his debut.
After three years in Portland, Williams signed with Los Angeles Galaxy II ahead of the 2019 season. Williams would earn First Team All-League honors after scoring 13 goals in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, earning him a spot with the Galaxy’s MLS team in 2021. He made seven appearances for the Galaxy that season, while also spending time on loan back with Galaxy II and with San Diego Loyal.
In 2022, Williams signed as a free agent with the Charleston Battery and posted a career-best 16 goals on the way to a Second Team All-League selection. He would match that number in all competitions the following season, fueling the Battery’s run to the 2023 USL Championship Final. Williams spent 2024 with Indy Eleven, where he posted his third consecutive double-digit goal season — the fourth of his career overall.
Williams has made seven international appearances for Sierra Leone, the first coming in an African Cup of Nations qualifying win over Benin on June 15, 2021. Williams was later named to his country’s squad for AFCON in 2022 after the Leone Stars qualified for the first time in 16 years.
