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2015 Washington Spirit season

The 2015 season was Washington Spirit's third 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
2015 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachMark Parsons
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
NWSL4th place (semifinals loss)
Top goalscorerLeague: Crystal Dunn (15)[1]
All: Crystal Dunn (15)[1]
Highest home attendance5,708
(Sept. 1 vs. Seattle Reign FC)
Lowest home attendance1,267
(June 27 vs. Houston Dash)[2]
Average home league attendance4,087[1]
Biggest winWashington Spirit 3–0 Seattle Reign FC
(Maryland SoccerPlex, Germantown, Maryland; July 18, 2015)
Biggest defeatSeattle Reign FC 3–0 Washington Spirit
(Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington; September 1, 2015)
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All statistics correct as of November 12, 2016.

Review edit

Building off 2014's playoff achievement, the Spirit added a few key contributors including midfielder Joanna Lohman (from Boston Breakers), defenders Megan Oyster (drafted out of UCLA) and Katherine Reynolds (from Western New York Flash), and Nigerian international Francisca Ordega (signed from Piteå IF). The season also served as the breakout year for Crystal Dunn who was awarded the 2015 NWSL Golden Boot Award, scoring 15 goals during the campaign.[3]

The Spirit finished the 2015 season with a record of 8-6-6 and repeating their 4th place league position.[4] The playoff result, again, ended in an away loss to Seattle in the semifinals.[5]

At the conclusion of the season, Mark Parsons stepped down as head coach and general manager to take over as coach of the Portland Thorns FC.[6]

Club edit

Roster edit

As of May 15, 2017[7]

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 DF   USA Katherine Reynolds
3 DF   USA Caprice Dydasco
4 DF   USA Megan Oyster
5 DF   USA Whitney Church
6 DF   USA Angela Salem
7 MF   USA Christine Nairn
8 MF   CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
9 FW   ESP Laura del Río
10 FW   USA Caroline Miller
11 DF   USA Ali Krieger (FP)
12 DF   NGA Josephine Chukwunonye
13 MF   POR Amanda DaCosta
14 FW   NGA Francisca Ordega
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   USA Joanna Lohman
16 FW   USA Tiffany Weimer
17 MF   MEX Verónica Pérez (FP)
18 GK   USA Kelsey Wys
19 DF   USA Crystal Dunn (FP)
20 FW   AUS Hayley Raso
21 DF   USA Alex Singer
22 DF   MEX Arianna Romero (FP)
23 MF   USA Tori Huster
24 DF   USA Estelle Johnson
25 MF   NGA Ngozi Okobi
26 FW   ARG Estefanía Banini
28 DF   USA Jennifer Skogerboe*
30 GK   USA Lyndse Hokanson*
  • (FP) = Federation player

* – denotes amateur call-ups

Team management edit

Owner Bill Lynch
General Manager Mark Parsons
Head Coach Mark Parsons

Competitions edit

Regular season edit

April 10, Fri 1 Houston Dash 2–0 Washington Spirit Houston
20:30 EDT (UTC−04) Lloyd   45+'
Ohai   51'
Masar   71'		 Report[8] Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 18, Sat 2 Washington Spirit 3–1 FC Kansas City Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Nairn   9', 65'
Huster   27'
Dunn   46'
Salem   56'		 Report[9] O'Reilly  6'
LePeilbet   64'
Groom   95'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,136
Referee: Matthew Richardson
April 26, Sun 3 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) Freels  62' (Nadim) Report[10] Dunn  6' (Ordega)   40' (unassisted)
Nairn  48' (Ordega)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 953
Referee: Farhad Dadkho[11]
May 2, Sat 4 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Yanez  36' (Mathias)
Mathias  48' (Little)
Fishlock  75' (Little)		 Report[12] Lohman  63' (Dunn) Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,703
Referee: Karen Abt
May 9, Sat 5 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Shim   28'
Van Hollebeke   34'
Long   51'		 Report[13] Dunn   3'
Ordega   14'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,236
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 16, Sat 6 Washington Spirit 1–0 Sky Blue FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Ordega  92+' (Dunn) Report[14] Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,095[15]
Referee: Margaret Domka[16]
May 23, Sat 7 Western New York Flash 3–2 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Williams  11' (Spencer)
Mewis  35' (Becky Edwards)
Spencer  57' (Edmonds)
Mewis  60'		 Report[17] Nairn  22' (penalty)
Oyster  32'
Dunn  55' (Nairn)
Nairn  63'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,110
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic[18]
May 30, Sat 8 Washington Spirit 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) DaCosta  26' (unassisted)
Dunn  28' (unassisted)
Johnson  61'		 Report[19] Anonma  18' (Long)
Long  57'
Williamson  61'
Farrelly  71'
Jackson  72'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,519
Referee: Farhad Dadkho[20]
June 6, Sat 9 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) DaCosta  64' (unassisted)
Nairn  58'		 Report[21] Evans  65' (unassisted)
Kallman  91+'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Levi Rippy[22]
June 20, Sat Chicago Red Stars abandoned Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Report[23] Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Note: rescheduled for August 16
June 27, Sat 10 Washington Spirit 1–0 Houston Dash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn  56' (unassisted) Report[24] Pereira   55'
Brush   78'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,267[2]
Referee: Matthew Franz[2]
July 3, Fri 11 FC Kansas City 3–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Avebuch  27' (unassisted)
Groom  53' (Silva)
Bogus  65' (Robinson)		 Report[25] Johnson   26' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,079
Referee: Tori Penso
July 18, Sat 12 Washington Spirit 3–0 Seattle Reign FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Da Costa  46' (Del Rio)
Dunn  69' (Matheson)
Nairn  83' (unassisted)
Reynolds   31'
Del Rio   66'		 Report[26] Corsie   20' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,413[27]
Referee: Christopher Spivey[28]
July 25, Sat 13 Washington Spirit 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn  83' (unassisted) Report[29] Press  31' (unassisted)
Hemmings   74'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Brandon Artis[30]
August 1, Sat 14 Washington Spirit 3–1 Houston Dash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn  28' (unassisted)  36' (Matheson)  46+' (Nairn) Report[31] McDonald  74' (Ohai) Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,267[32]
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 8, Sat 15 Boston Breakers 2–1 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) King  12' (Mewis)
Simon  38' (unassisted)
Simon   30'
Ezurike   79'
McCaffrey   90'		 Report[33] Matheson  49' (unassisted)
Oyster   33'
Salem   85'		 Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 12, Wed 16 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Matheson  16' (unassisted) Report[34] Williams  90' (unassisted) Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,101[35]
Referee: Tori Penso[36]
August 16, Sun 17 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
20:30 EDT (UTC−04) Tancredi  82' (Mautz)
Lomnicki  44'		 Report[37] Oyster  3' (Nairn)
Dunn  90+2' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Levi Rippy[38]
Note: rescheduled from June 20, 2015
August 27, Thu 18 FC Kansas City 0–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Report[39] Huster  53'
Okobi  76'
Matheson  79'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,492
Referee: Randall Kelley[40]
August 30, Sun 19 Portland Thorns FC 3–3 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
21:00 EDT (UTC−04) Morgan   53' (Sanderson)
Heath   71' (Penalty)
Taylor   80' (Morgan)
Long   67'
Williamson   86'		 Report[41] Ordega   6' (Dunn)
Dunn   46+' (Nairn)
  81' (Unassisted)
Matheson   17'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144[42]
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva[43]
September 5, Sat 20 Washington Spirit 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Matheson   37' (pen.)
Johnson   80'
Raso   88'		 Report[44] Fishlock   15'
Rapinoe   25'
Veje   54'
Little   77'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,708
Referee: Brandon Artis

Regular-season standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 20 13 4 3 41 21 +20 43 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 20 8 9 3 31 22 +9 33 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C) 20 9 5 6 32 20 +12 32
4 Washington Spirit 20 8 6 6 31 28 +3 30
5 Houston Dash 20 6 6 8 21 26 −5 24
6 Portland Thorns FC 20 6 5 9 27 29 −2 23
7 Western New York Flash 20 6 5 9 24 34 −10 23
8 Sky Blue FC 20 5 7 8 22 28 −6 22
9 Boston Breakers 20 4 3 13 22 43 −21 15
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
20 8 6 6 31 28  +3 30 6 3 1 17 8  +9 2 3 5 14 20  −6

Last updated: September 7, 2015.
Source: Match reports

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ResultLWWLDWLWDWLWDWLDWDDL
Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs edit

September 13, Sun semifinal Seattle Reign FC 3–0 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
18:30 PDT (UTC−07) Mathias   52'
Yanez  25' (Rapinoe)
Rapinoe   75' (Little)
Bullock   90'		 Report[45] Stadium: Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,021
Referee: Christopher Spivey

Squad statistics edit

Source: NWSL[1]

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
26 FW Estefania Banini 4 4 308 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
12 DF Josephine Chukwunonye 2 1 55 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
5 DF Whitney Church 16 15 1364 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 4 3 0 0
13 MF Amanda DaCosta 17 7 646 3 0 1 6 4 0 1 2 8 6 0 0
9 FW Laura del Rio 11 8 698 0 2 0 15 6 0 0 3 5 16 1 0
19 FW Crystal Dunn 20 19 1711 15 3 6 84 48 3 0 35 20 26 0 0
3 DF Caprice Dydasco 6 1 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
23 DF Tori Huster 17 13 1177 0 0 0 11 4 1 0 0 15 12 3 0
24 DF Estelle Johnson 19 18 1685 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 12 3 3 0
11 DF Ali Krieger 8 8 655 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0
15 MF Joanna Lohman 17 15 1216 1 0 0 17 9 0 0 4 10 15 0 0
8 MF Diana Matheson 9 7 633 3 2 0 10 5 1 0 6 2 6 2 0
10 FW Caroline Miller 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Christine Nairn 20 19 1701 5 4 0 42 20 2 73 2 9 19 2 0
25 FW Ngozi Okobi 4 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
14 FW Francisca Ordega 13 11 996 3 2 1 27 17 1 0 8 16 21 0 0
4 DF Megan Oyster 20 20 1800 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 8 9 3 0
20 MF Hayley Raso 8 1 182 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 4 4 1 0
2 DF Katherine Reynolds 18 18 1611 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 4 1 0
6 MF Angela Salem 15 12 981 0 1 0 7 3 0 13 1 7 10 2 0
21 DF Alex Singer 5 3 274 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
28 DF Jennifer Skogerboe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Tiffany Weimer 4 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Ashlyn Harris 9 9 810 3 2 4 126 60 47 12 1.333 1 1 1
18 GK Kelsey Wys 11 11 990 5 4 2 121 51 35 16 1.455 0 1 3

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
2 DF   Katherine Reynolds   Western New York Flash Trade for Angeli October 21, 2014 [46]
6 DF   Angela Salem   Western New York Flash Trade for Angeli October 21, 2014 [46]
15 MF   Joanna Lohman   Boston Breakers Signed October 22, 2014 [47]
13 MF   Amanda DaCosta   Liverpool L.F.C. Signed October 24, 2014 [48]
22 DF   Arianna Romero   Houston Dash Trade for Cross December 2, 2014 [49]
4 DF   Megan Oyster   UCLA Bruins 2015 NWSL College Draft – 2nd Round January 19, 2015 [50]
3 DF   Caprice Dydasco   Pali Blues 2015 NWSL College Draft – 3rd Round January 19, 2015 [50]
5 DF   Whitney Church   Penn State Nittany Lions 2015 NWSL College Draft – 4th Round January 19, 2015 [50]
26 FW   Estefanía Banini   Colo-Colo Signed January 22, 2015 [51]
24 DF   Estelle Johnson   Western New York Flash Trade for Pressley February 24, 2015 [52]
9 FW   Laura del Río   Bristol City W.F.C. Signed March 12, 2015 [53]
14 FW   Francisca Ordega   Piteå IF Signed March 24, 2015 [54]
12 DF   Josephine Chukwunonye   Rivers Angels F.C. Signed June 11, 2015 [55]
20 FW   Hayley Raso   Brisbane Roar Signed June 11, 2015 [55]
25 MF   Ngozi Okobi   Delta Queens F.C. Signed June 23, 2015 [56]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
6 MF   Lori Lindsey N/A Retired August 14, 2014 [57]
24 FW   Lisa De Vanna   Melbourne Victory September 3, 2014 [58]
28 DF   Jordan Angeli   Western New York Flash Trade for Reynolds and Salem October 21, 2014 [46]
4 MF   Yael Averbuch   FC Kansas City November 7, 2014 [59]
12 DF   Niki Cross   Houston Dash Trade for Romero December 2, 2014 [49]
3 DF   Toni Pressley   Western New York Flash Trade for Johnson February 24, 2015 [52]
10 MF   Caroline Miller Waived May 28, 2015 [60]
21 DF   Alex Singer   Avaldsnes IL Waived June 17, 2015 [61]
9 FW   Renae Cuéllar [62]
15 DF   Robyn Gayle

Honors and awards edit

NWSL Yearly Awards edit

NWSL Most Valuable Player edit

Player Result Ref.
  Crystal Dunn Won [63]

NWSL Golden Boot edit

Player Result Goals Ref.
  Crystal Dunn Won 15 [64]

NWSL Team of the Year edit

Team Position Player Ref.
Best XI Defender   Crystal Dunn [65]
Second X1 Defender   Ali Krieger [66]

NWSL Player of the Month edit

Month Player Month's Statline Ref.
August   Crystal Dunn 6 Goals; 1 Assist; Spirit 2–13 in August [67]

See also edit

References edit

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