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2014 Washington Spirit season

The 2014 season was Washington Spirit's second season of existence in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Washington Spirit
2014 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachMark Parsons
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
NWSL4th
NWSL PlayoffsSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Jodie Taylor (11)
All: Jodie Taylor (11)
Highest home attendance4,667 (May 3, 2014 vs Seattle)
Lowest home attendance2,306 (April 13, 2014 vs WNY Flash)
Average home league attendance3,335
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Review edit

Coming off a tough inaugural season, the Spirit looked to build a contending team for the 2014 season. Mark Parsons had a full preseason to work with his team and made some key offseason acquisitions included Jodie Taylor and Christine Nairn, both who would finish as the team's tops scorers with 11 and 8 goals, respectively.

The beginning of the season saw similar struggles to 2013, losing 4 of the opening 6 matches. The turn-around began in Week 7, when the Spirit would outscore the Western New York Flash 3–2 with a brace from Jodie Taylor and own goal equalizer. The Spirit went 5 matches unbeaten mid-season and finished the season strong, losing only two of their last ten matches.

Finishing 4th, the Spirit made their first NWSL Playoff appearance. They ultimately lost at Seattle Reign in a 2–1 match with Verónica Pérez scoring the Spirit's first ever playoff goal in the 65th minute.

Club edit

Roster edit

As of April 24, 2014:[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Ashlyn Harris (FP)
2 FW   USA Colleen Williams
3 DF   USA Toni Pressley
4 MF   USA Yael Averbuch (FP)
5 DF   CAN Robyn Gayle (FP)
6 MF   USA Lori Lindsey
7 MF   USA Christine Nairn
8 MF   CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
9 FW   MEX Renae Cuellar (FP)
10 FW   USA Caroline Miller
11 DF   USA Ali Krieger (FP)
12 DF   DEN Cecilie Sandvej
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   ENG Jodie Taylor
16 FW   USA Tiffany Weimer
17 MF   MEX Verónica Pérez
18 GK   USA Chantel Jones
19 MF   USA Crystal Dunn
21 GK   USA Adelaide Gay
22 MF   MEX Bianca Sierra
23 DF   USA Tori Huster
24 FW   USA Jasmyne Spencer
28 DF   USA Jordan Angeli
99 FW   USA Danesha Adams
  • (FP) = Federation player

Team management edit

Owner Bill Lynch
General Manager Chris Hummer
Head Coach Mark Parsons

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

March 22, 2014 1 Washington Spirit 2–0 North Carolina Tar Heels Boyds, Maryland
Matheson   69'
Weimer   89'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,534
March 29, 2014 2 Washington Spirit 1–1 Virginia Cavaliers Boyds, Maryland
Pressley   38' Report Alexis Shaffer   10' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
April 5, 2014 3 Washington Spirit 7–0 Maryland Terrapins Boyds, Maryland
Taylor   15'  71'  90'
Gayle   20'
Dunn   30'
Matheson   32'
Averbuch   82'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Regular season edit

April 13, 2014 1 Washington Spirit 1–3 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
18:30 EST Barczuk   50' Report Losada   54'  67'
Taylor   54'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,306
Referee: Miguel Panduro
April 19, 2014 2 Washington Spirit 3–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EST Matheson   4'  38'
Nairn   45'		 Report Rodriguez   29' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Matthew Franz
April 23, 2014 3 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT) Fletcher   3'
Winters   48'
Fishlock   80'		 Report Matheson   73' (pen.) Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Apr 26, 2014 4 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
20:00 Johnston   67' Box Score Huster   50'
Sierra   55'
Dunn   70'
Matheson   71'		 Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 1,822
May 3, 2014 5 Washington Spirit 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Boyds, Maryland
18:30 Krieger   53' Box Score Fishlock   55'
Leroux   76'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,667
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 11, 2014 6 FC Kansas City 2–1 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 Rodriguez   35', 64' Box Score Gayle   50'
Adams   63'		 Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,797
Referee: Matt Mercier
May 17, 2014 7 Washington Spirit 3–2 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
18:30 Taylor   11', 78'
Williamson   71' (o.g.)		 Box Score Wambach   18'
Lloyd   30'
Salem   75'   90+5'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 21, 2014 8 Washington Spirit 3–3 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Gayle   38'
Lindsey   74'
Matheson   90+2' (pen.)		 Box Score Filigno   47'   55'
Freels   51'
O'Hara   65'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,545
Referee: Boris Senic
May 26, 2014 9 Washington Spirit 3–2 Houston Dash Boyds, Maryland
16:00 Matheson   4'
Taylor   38'
Nairn   90+3'		 Box Score Burger   12'
Ohale   77'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,865
Referee: Matthew Franz
Jun 1, 2014 10 Boston Breakers 2–3 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 Sanderson   29', 37' Box Score Nairn   33'
Taylor   49', 74'		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Karen Abt
June 4, 2014 11 Chicago Red Stars 0-1 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Morway   40' Summary Gayle   27'
Taylor   79'
Pérez   90'		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1450
Referee:   Josh Wilkens
Jun 11, 2014 12 Boston Breakers 2–0 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 Schoepfer   42'
Jones   43'		 Box Score Adams   60' Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,429
Referee: Timon Berry
Jun 15, 2014 13 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
17:00 McDonald   11'
Boquete   78'		 Box Score Angeli   45+2'   86' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,056
Referee: Michael Zapata
Jun 21, 2014 14 Washington Spirit 1–6 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
18:30 Gayle   9'
Nairn   62'		 Box Score Sinclair   5'
Morgan   11', 70'
Brooks   59'
McDonald   85' (87)
Menges   88'
Long   90+1'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,806
Referee: Kristen Salazar
Jun 28, 2014 15 Houston Dash 0–1 Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
21:00 Box score Taylor   62' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,050
Referee: Maraget Domka
Jul 2, 2014 16 Washington Spirit 3–3 Boston Breakers Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Taylor   28' (56)
De Vanna   30'
Krieger   87'
Matheson   90+1' (pen.)		 Box Score O'Reilly   4' (pen.), 7' (pen.)   19'
Reeves   44'
Lohman   45+1'
Evans   70'
Sierra   90'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Jul 12, 2014 17 Western New York Flash 0–1 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:00 Reynolds   54' Box Score Taylor   52'
Matheson   56' (pen.)
Nairn   73'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,134
Referee: Chris Spivey
Jul 17, 2014 18 Houston Dash 1–1 Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
21:00 Diggs   74' Box Score De Vanna   19' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,561
Referee: Michael Zapata
Jul 20, 2014 19 Sky Blue FC 4–2 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 O'Hara   22', 85'
Schmidt   36'
Nadim   81'		 Box Score Gayle   57'   89'
Taylor   88'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,740
Referee: Bernhard Hosu
Jul 23, 2014 20 Washington Spirit 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Taylor   68' Box Score Morgan   7' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Jul 30, 2014 21 Washington Spirit 2–1 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
19:00 Garefrekes   49'
Nairn   67'		 Box Score Sauerbrunn   18' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,744
Referee: Kristen Salazar
August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) 22 Washington Spirit 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
18:30 EDT (UTC−04) Nairn   47'   82'
Averbuch   90+4'		 Box Score Chalupny   3'
Hoy   28'
Santacaterina   30'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Chris Spivey
Aug 9, 2014 23 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
22:00 Reed   16'
Little   89'
Fishlock   90'		 http://us.women.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/10/united-states/national-womens-soccer-league/seattle-reign/washington-spirit/1648595/ Box Score] Matheson   29' Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,479
Referee:   Elvis Mahmutovic
Aug 16, 2014 24 Washington Spirit 0–1 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
18:30 Box Score Ocampo   27' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,282
Referee: David Mon

Regular-season standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 10 5 9 36 43  −7 35 5 3 4 23 26  −3 5 2 5 13 17  −4

Last updated: August 16, 2014.
Source: Match reports

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Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs edit

August 23, 2014 Semi-finals Seattle Reign FC 2–1 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
8:00 pm PDT Little   72'
Rapinoe   82'
Fletcher   90+5'		 Report Averbuch   31'
Pérez   65'
Nairn   90+2'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Timon Berry

Squad statistics edit

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
99 FW Danesha Adams 13 9 802 1 1 0 8 4 3 6 1 10 7 1 0
28 MF Jordan Angeli 10 2 235 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1
4 MF Yael Averbuch 22 17 1562 1 1 1 15 4 0 0 0 16 9 1 0
12 DF Niki Cross 10 8 740 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0
9 FW Renae Cuellar 10 4 408 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 6 4 3 0 0
24 FW Lisa De Vanna 11 9 794 1 4 0 16 9 0 0 12 6 13 1 0
19 MF Crystal Dunn 21 18 1488 0 3 0 11 6 2 0 2 15 10 1 0
13 FW Kerstin Garefrekes 10 6 591 1 0 0 19 11 0 0 4 8 6 0 0
5 DF Robyn Gayle 16 13 1143 2 1 0 7 3 1 0 0 13 2 4 0
23 DF Tori Huster 22 22 1980 1 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 12 17 0 0
11 DF Ali Krieger 22 22 1935 1 0 0 5 3 3 0 1 7 4 1 0
6 MF Lori Lindsey 22 19 1509 1 1 0 15 6 0 0 0 6 9 0 0
8 MF Diana Matheson 23 21 1970 8 6 2 28 19 5 18 6 14 24 2 0
7 MF Christine Nairn 23 21 1838 6 2 2 41 18 0 52 4 7 27 2 0
36 MF Kelsey Pardue 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Verónica Pérez 16 6 657 0 1 0 8 3 0 0 8 16 8 1 0
3 DF Toni Pressley 9 8 701 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0
22 DF Bianca Sierra 9 5 520 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 2 1 0
21 DF Alex Singer 11 11 972 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 11 3 0 0
31 MF Jennifer Skogerboe 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 FW Jodie Taylor 21 19 1727 11 2 4 46 26 2 0 34 25 13 1 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Ashlyn Harris 19 19 1710 10 5 4 193 97 66 31 1.632 2 3 4
18 GK Chantel Jones 5 5 450 0 4 1 78 34 22 12 2.4 0 0 0

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
7 MF   Christine Nairn   Seattle Reign Trade November 20, 2013 [2]
14 FW   Jodie Taylor   Sydney FC Signed December 18, 2013 [3]
4 MF   Yael Averbuch   Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC NWSL Player Allocation January 3, 2014 [4]
9 FW   Renae Cuéllar   FC Kansas City NWSL Player Allocation January 3, 2014 [5]
99 FW   Danesha Adams   Houston Dash Trade January 13, 2014 [6]
16 FW   Tiffany Weimer   Portland Thorns FC Trade January 17, 2014 [7]
12 DF   Cecilie Sandvej   Perth Glory Signed February 27, 2014 [8]
17 MF   Verónica Pérez   Western New York Flash Trade March 3, 2014 [9]
12 DF   Niki Cross   FC Bayern Munich Trade March 18, 2014 [10]
22 MF   Bianca Sierra   University of Auburn Signed April 4, 2014 [11]
28 DF   Jordan Angeli   Boston Breakers Signed April 4, 2014 [11]
21 GK   Adelaide Gay   Portland Thorns FC Signed April 8, 2014 [12]
21 DF   Alex Singer   1. FFC Turbine Potsdam Signed June 4, 2014 [13]
24 FW   Lisa De Vanna   Boston Breakers Trade June 18, 2014 [14]
31 MF   Jennifer Skogerboe   Washington Spirit Reserves
36 MF   Kelsey Pardue   Washington Spirit Reserves

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
3 DF   Kika Toulouse   Houston Dash 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft January 10, 2014 [15]
14 FW   Tiffany McCarty   Houston Dash 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft January 10, 2014 [15]
22 MF   Stephanie Ochs   Houston Dash Trade January 13, 2014 [16]
4 DF   Marisa Abegg Retired February 14, 2014 [17]
5 DF   Candace Chapman Waived March 29, 2014 [18]
20 MF   Holly King   Colorado Pride March 29, 2014 [19]
2 FW   Colleen Williams Waived May 21, 2014 [20]
23 DF   Bianca Sierra   Boston Breakers Trade June 18, 2014 [14]
MF   Ingrid Wells   Western New York Flash Waived June 20, 2013 [21]
DF   Domenica Hodak
13 MF   Guadalupe Worbis
24 FW   Jasmyne Spencer   Western New York Flash [22]
13 MF   Julia Roberts
17 FW   Lindsay Taylor

Loan in edit

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
13 MF   Kerstin Garefrekes   1. FFC Frankfurt Loan for remainder of 2014 season June 14, 2014 [23]

Honors and awards edit

NWSL Yearly Awards edit

NWSL Team of the Year edit

Team Position Player Ref.
Best XI Defender   Ali Krieger [24]
Second X1 Forward   Jodie Taylor [24]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Roster". Washington Spirit. February 7, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "Reign Add Arsenal Star Midfielder Kim Little". Sounder at Heart. November 20, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Jodie Taylor joins the Spirit for 2014 NWSL season & earns England National Team Call up". Washington Spirit. December 18, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Steven Goff (January 3, 2014). "Washington Spirit acquires Yael Averbuch". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "NWSL announces 2014 allocated players: KC, Portland, Seattle look stacked". SoccerWire.com. January 3, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  6. ^ "Houston Dash acquire forward Stephanie Ochs from Washington Spirit". Washington Spirit. January 13, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  7. ^ "Portland Thorns reacquire Meleana Shim and shake up roster at NWSL College Draft". OregonLive.com. January 17, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  8. ^ "Spirit sign Danish defender Cecilie Sandvej". SoccerWire.com. February 27, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Meg Linehan (March 3, 2014). "De Vanna, Perez find new homes during trade flurry". OregonLive.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  10. ^ "Spirit acquire FC Bayern Munich defender Niki Cross via trade with Seattle Reign FC". Washington Spirit. March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Washington Spirit Sign Midfielder Jordan Angeli and Mexican Women's National Team Defender Bianca Sierra". Washington Spirit. April 4, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  12. ^ "Washington Spirit announces official 2014 NWSL roster". Women's Soccer United. April 8, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  13. ^ "Spirit Sign Defender Alex Singer". The Bent Musket. June 4, 2014. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ a b "Breakers Transfers 2014: Boston Trades Lisa De Vanna to Spirit for Defender Bianca Sierra". The Bent Musket. June 18, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Houston Dash select 10 players in 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft". Houston Dynamo. January 10, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  16. ^ "Houston Dash acquire forward Stephanie Ochs from Washington Spirit". Houston Dynamo. January 13, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  17. ^ "Marisa Abegg announces her retirement". Washington Spirit. February 14, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  18. ^ "The Washington Spirit Waive Defender Candace Chapman". Washington Spirit. March 29, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  19. ^ Joe Paisley (May 19, 2014). "Colorado Pride women's soccer team kicks off first season Thursday at Colorado College". The Gazette. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  20. ^ "Washington Spirit part ways with Colleen Williams". SoccerWire.com. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  21. ^ Steven Goff (June 20, 2013). "Wells Waived". Twitter. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  22. ^ "Western New York Flash announces 2014 roster". SoccerWire.com. April 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  23. ^ "Spirit acquire German midfielder Kerstin Garefrekes". Washington Spirit. June 14, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  24. ^ a b "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2014 Best XI | | Chicago Red Stars". Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
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