2015 Washington Spirit season

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Washington Spirit
2015 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coach Mark Parsons
Stadium Maryland SoccerPlex
NWSL 4th 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 defeat Seattle Reign FC 3–0 Washington Spirit
(Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington; September 1, 2015)
←  2014
2016  →
All statistics correct as of November 12, 2016.

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.

Contents

Review

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

Roster

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashlyn Harris (FP)
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katherine Reynolds
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caprice Dydasco
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Megan Oyster
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Whitney Church
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Angela Salem
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Christine Nairn
8 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
9 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Laura del Río
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caroline Miller
11 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ali Krieger (FP)
12 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Josephine Chukwunonye
13 MF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Amanda DaCosta
14 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Francisca Ordega
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joanna Lohman
16 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tiffany Weimer
17 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Verónica Pérez (FP)
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelsey Wys
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Crystal Dunn (FP)
20 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Hayley Raso
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Singer
22 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Arianna Romero (FP)
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tori Huster
24 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Estelle Johnson
25 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Ngozi Okobi
26 FW Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Estefanía Banini
28 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jennifer Skogerboe*
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lyndse Hokanson*

* – denotes amateur call-ups

Team management

OwnerBill Lynch
General Manager Mark Parsons
Head CoachMark Parsons

Competitions

Regular season

April 10, Fri1 Houston Dash 2–0 Washington Spirit Houston
20:30 EDT (UTC−04) Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg45+'
Ohai Soccerball shade.svg51'
Masar Yellow card.svg 71'		Report [8] Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 18, Sat2 Washington Spirit 3–1 FC Kansas City Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Nairn Soccerball shade.svg9', 65'
Huster Yellow card.svg 27'
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg46'
Salem Yellow card.svg 56'		Report [9] O'Reilly Soccerball shade.svg6'
LePeilbet Yellow card.svg 64'
Groom Yellow card.svg 95'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,136
Referee: Matthew Richardson
April 26, Sun3 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) Freels Soccerball shade.svg62' (Nadim)Report [10] Dunn Soccerball shade.svg6' (Ordega)Soccerball shade.svg40' (unassisted)
Nairn Soccerball shade.svg48' (Ordega)		Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 953
Referee: Farhad Dadkho [11]
May 2, Sat4 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Yanez Soccerball shade.svg36' (Mathias)
Mathias Soccerball shade.svg48' (Little)
Fishlock Soccerball shade.svg75' (Little)		Report [12] Lohman Soccerball shade.svg63' (Dunn)Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,703
Referee: Karen Abt
May 9, Sat5 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Shim Soccerball shade.svg28'
Van Hollebeke Yellow card.svg 34'
Long Soccerball shade.svg51'		Report [13] Dunn Soccerball shade.svg3'
Ordega Soccerball shade.svg14'		Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,236
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 16, Sat6 Washington Spirit 1–0 Sky Blue FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Ordega Soccerball shade.svg92+' (Dunn)Report [14] Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,095 [15]
Referee: Margaret Domka [16]
May 23, Sat7 Western New York Flash 3–2 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Williams Soccerball shade.svg11' (Spencer)
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg35' (Becky Edwards)
Spencer Soccerball shade.svg57' (Edmonds)
Mewis Yellow card.svg 60'		Report [17] Nairn Soccerball shade.svg22' (penalty)
Oyster Yellow card.svg 32'
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg55' (Nairn)
Nairn Yellow card.svg 63'		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,110
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic [18]
May 30, Sat8 Washington Spirit 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) DaCosta Soccerball shade.svg26' (unassisted)
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg28' (unassisted)
Johnson Yellow card.svg 61'		Report [19] Anonma Soccerball shade.svg18' (Long)
Long Yellow card.svg 57'
Williamson Yellow card.svg 61'
Farrelly Yellow card.svg 71'
JacksonYellow card.svg 72'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,519
Referee: Farhad Dadkho [20]
June 6, Sat9 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) DaCosta Soccerball shade.svg64' (unassisted)
Nairn Yellow card.svg 58'		Report [21] Evans Soccerball shade.svg65' (unassisted)
Kallman Yellow card.svg 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, Sat10 Washington Spirit 1–0 Houston Dash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn Soccerball shade.svg56' (unassisted)Report [24] Pereira Yellow card.svg 55'
Brush Yellow card.svg 78'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,267 [2]
Referee: Matthew Franz [2]
July 3, Fri11 FC Kansas City 3–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Avebuch Soccerball shade.svg27' (unassisted)
Groom Soccerball shade.svg53' (Silva)
Bogus Soccerball shade.svg65' (Robinson)		Report [25] Johnson Yellow card.svg 26'Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,079
Referee: Tori Penso
July 18, Sat12 Washington Spirit 3–0 Seattle Reign FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Da Costa Soccerball shade.svg46' (Del Rio)
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg69' (Matheson)
Nairn Soccerball shade.svg83' (unassisted)
Reynolds Yellow card.svg 31'
Del Rio Yellow card.svg 66'		Report [26] Corsie Yellow card.svg 20'Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,413 [27]
Referee: Christopher Spivey [28]
July 25, Sat13 Washington Spirit 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn Soccerball shade.svg83' (unassisted)Report [29] Press Soccerball shade.svg31' (unassisted)
Hemmings Yellow card.svg 74'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Brandon Artis [30]
August 1, Sat14 Washington Spirit 3–1 Houston Dash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn Soccerball shade.svg28' (unassisted)Soccerball shade.svg36' (Matheson)Soccerball shade.svg46+' (Nairn)Report [31] McDonald Soccerball shade.svg74' (Ohai)Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,267 [32]
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 8, Sat15 Boston Breakers 2–1 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) King Soccerball shade.svg12' (Mewis)
Simon Soccerball shade.svg38' (unassisted)
Simon Yellow card.svg 30'
Ezurike Yellow card.svg 79'
McCaffrey Yellow card.svg 90'		Report [33] Matheson Soccerball shade.svg49' (unassisted)
Oyster Yellow card.svg 33'
Salem Yellow card.svg 85'		Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,137
Referee: Danielle Chesky
August 12, Wed16 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Matheson Soccerball shade.svg16' (unassisted)Report [34] Williams Soccerball shade.svg90' (unassisted)Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,101 [35]
Referee: Tori Penso [36]
August 16, Sun17 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
20:30 EDT (UTC−04) Tancredi Soccerball shade.svg82' (Mautz)
Lomnicki Yellow card.svg 44'		Report [37] Oyster Soccerball shade.svg3' (Nairn)
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg90+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, Thu18 FC Kansas City 0–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC−04)Report [39] Huster Yellow card.svg 53'
Okobi Yellow card.svg 76'
Matheson Yellow card.svg 79'		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,492
Referee: Randall Kelley [40]
August 30, Sun19 Portland Thorns FC 3–3 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
21:00 EDT (UTC−04) Morgan Soccerball shade.svg53' (Sanderson)
Heath Soccerball shade.svg71' (Penalty)
Taylor Soccerball shade.svg80' (Morgan)
Long Yellow card.svg 67'
Williamson Yellow card.svg 86'		Report [41] Ordega Soccerball shade.svg6' (Dunn)
Dunn Soccerball shade.svg46+' (Nairn)
Soccerball shade.svg81' (Unassisted)
Matheson Yellow card.svg 17'		Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144 [42]
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva [43]
September 5, Sat20 Washington Spirit 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Matheson Soccerball shade.svg37' (pen.)
Johnson Yellow card.svg 80'
Raso Yellow card.svg 88'		Report [44] Fishlock Soccerball shade.svg15'
Rapinoe Soccerball shade.svg25'
Veje Yellow card.svg 54'
Little Yellow card.svg 77'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,708
Referee: Brandon Artis

Regular-season standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 2013434121+2043 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 208933122+933 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C)209563220+1232
4 Washington Spirit 208663128+330
5 Houston Dash 206682126−524
6 Portland Thorns FC 206592729−223
7 Western New York Flash 206592434−1023
8 Sky Blue FC 205782228−622
9 Boston Breakers 2043132243−2115
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
208663128 +330631178 +92351420 −6

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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
StadiumAHAAAHAHHHAHHHAHAAAH
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

September 13, Sunsemifinal Seattle Reign FC 3–0 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
18:30 PDT (UTC−07) Mathias Yellow card.svg 52'
Yanez Soccerball shade.svg25' (Rapinoe)
Rapinoe Soccerball shade.svg75' (Little)
Bullock Soccerball shade.svg90'		Report [45] Stadium: Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,021
Referee: Christopher Spivey

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL [1]

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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
26FW Estefania Banini 44308000730003300
12DF Josephine Chukwunonye 2155000002001200
5DF Whitney Church 16151364000430004300
13MF Amanda DaCosta 177646301640128600
9FW Laura del Rio 11869802015600351610
19FW Crystal Dunn 20191711153684483035202600
3DF Caprice Dydasco 61196000000010100
23DF Tori Huster 17131177000114100151230
24DF Estelle Johnson 191816850005100012330
11DF Ali Krieger 88655000300021600
15MF Joanna Lohman 17151216100179004101500
8MF Diana Matheson 976333201051062620
10FW Caroline Miller 205000000100000
7MF Christine Nairn 201917015404220273291920
25FW Ngozi Okobi 4067000000002110
14FW Francisca Ordega 13119963212717108162100
4DF Megan Oyster 20201800100510008930
20MF Hayley Raso 81182000311014410
2DF Katherine Reynolds 181816110001010014410
6MF Angela Salem 151298101073013171020
21DF Alex Singer 53274000100000200
28DF Jennifer Skogerboe 101000000000000
16FW Tiffany Weimer 4038000000010000
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
1GK Ashlyn Harris 998103241266047121.333111
18GK Kelsey Wys 11119905421215135161.455013

Transfers

In

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource
2DF Flag of the United States.svg Katherine Reynolds Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash Trade for AngeliOctober 21, 2014 [46]
6DF Flag of the United States.svg Angela Salem Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash Trade for AngeliOctober 21, 2014 [46]
15MF Flag of the United States.svg Joanna Lohman Flag of the United States.svg Boston Breakers SignedOctober 22, 2014 [47]
13MF Flag of the United States.svg Amanda DaCosta Flag of England.svg Liverpool L.F.C. SignedOctober 24, 2014 [48]
22DF Flag of Mexico.svg Arianna Romero Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dash Trade for CrossDecember 2, 2014 [49]
4DF Flag of the United States.svg Megan Oyster Flag of the United States.svg UCLA Bruins 2015 NWSL College Draft – 2nd RoundJanuary 19, 2015 [50]
3DF Flag of the United States.svg Caprice Dydasco Flag of the United States.svg Pali Blues 2015 NWSL College Draft – 3rd RoundJanuary 19, 2015 [50]
5DF Flag of the United States.svg Whitney Church Flag of the United States.svg Penn State Nittany Lions 2015 NWSL College Draft – 4th RoundJanuary 19, 2015 [50]
26FW Flag of Argentina.svg Estefanía Banini Flag of Chile.svg Colo-Colo SignedJanuary 22, 2015 [51]
24DF Flag of the United States.svg Estelle Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash Trade for PressleyFebruary 24, 2015 [52]
9FW Flag of Spain.svg Laura del Río Flag of England.svg Bristol City W.F.C. SignedMarch 12, 2015 [53]
14FW Flag of Nigeria.svg Francisca Ordega Flag of Sweden.svg Piteå IF SignedMarch 24, 2015 [54]
12DF Flag of Nigeria.svg Josephine Chukwunonye Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Angels F.C. SignedJune 11, 2015 [55]
20FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hayley Raso Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brisbane Roar SignedJune 11, 2015 [55]
25MF Flag of Nigeria.svg Ngozi Okobi Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. SignedJune 23, 2015 [56]

Out

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource
6MF Flag of the United States.svg Lori Lindsey N/ARetiredAugust 14, 2014 [57]
24FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa De Vanna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Victory September 3, 2014 [58]
28DF Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Angeli Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash Trade for Reynolds and SalemOctober 21, 2014 [46]
4MF Flag of the United States.svg Yael Averbuch Flag of the United States.svg FC Kansas City November 7, 2014 [59]
12DF Flag of the United States.svg Niki Cross Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dash Trade for RomeroDecember 2, 2014 [49]
3DF Flag of the United States.svg Toni Pressley Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash Trade for JohnsonFebruary 24, 2015 [52]
10MF Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Miller WaivedMay 28, 2015 [60]
21DF Flag of the United States.svg Alex Singer Flag of Norway.svg Avaldsnes IL WaivedJune 17, 2015 [61]
9FW Flag of Mexico.svg Renae Cuéllar [62]
15DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robyn Gayle

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Most Valuable Player

PlayerResultRef.
Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Dunn Won [63]

NWSL Golden Boot

PlayerResultGoalsRef.
Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Dunn Won15 [64]

NWSL Team of the Year

TeamPositionPlayerRef.
Best XIDefender Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Dunn [65]
Second X1Defender Flag of the United States.svg Ali Krieger [66]

NWSL Player of the Month

MonthPlayerMonth's StatlineRef.
August Flag of the United States.svg Crystal Dunn 6 Goals; 1 Assist; Spirit 2–13 in August [67]

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