If the Virginia men’s soccer team is going to reach the levels to which it aspires, they’ll likely need Tony Tchani to be Tony Tchani.

A federal jury on Dec. 12 convicted Gary Johnson of killing Howard on Feb. 22, 2006, in Gordonsville.

Gary Christopher Johnson “couldn’t keep his mouth shut” about how he stole drugs and money and shot to death a Louisa woman two years ago, a prosecutor said Monday in federal court.