2024 Washington Spirit season

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Washington Spirit
2024 season
Owner Y. Michele Kang
General manager Mark Krikorian
Head coach Jonatan Giráldez (since June)
Adrián González (interim, until June)
Stadium Audi Field
(capacity: 20,000)
League 2nd
2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup Group stage
Playoffs Runners-up
Top goalscorer Trinity Rodman, Ouleymata Sarr (8)
Highest home attendance19,897
(Jun 15 vs. SD)
Lowest home attendance8,182
(Mar 31 vs. UTA)
Average home league attendance13,934
Biggest win3 goals
(4 times)
Biggest defeat0–3
(Sep 20 vs. KC)
←  2023
2025  →
All statistics correct as of November 16, 2024.

The 2024 Washington Spirit season is the team's twelfth season as a professional women's soccer team. The Spirit play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Contents

Background

The Spirit finished the 2023 National Women's Soccer League season in 8th place of 12 teams. The top six teams qualified for the NWSL playoffs, and the Spirit ended one point out of playoff contention. On October 17, 2023, two days following the team's final defeat against North Carolina Courage, the team released head coach Mark Parsons from his duties after one season. [1] [2]

Hirings

Jonatan Giraldez joined the Washington Spirit as head coach in June 2024. L'entrenador Jonatan Giraldez, durant la seva intervencio (cropped).jpg
Jonatan Giráldez joined the Washington Spirit as head coach in June 2024.

On January 9, 2024, the Spirit announced the hiring of FC Barcelona Femení manager Jonatan Giráldez as the club's head coach, to arrive in June following the conclusion of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, which Barcelona won. Adrián González, formerly manager of RCD Espanyol Femení, served as interim head coach until Giráldez's arrival and remained with the staff as an assistant coach. [3] [4]

Summary

Stadium and facilities

The Spirit continued to play in Audi Field, their full-time home since the team's 2022 season, and trained at the United Performance Center in Leesburg, Virginia, a facility shared with D.C. United, D.C. United's youth academy, and Loudoun United FC. [5] [6]

Broadcasting

In addition to the league's national and international broadcast agreements, ten Spirit matches of the 2024 season aired on the regional Monumental Sports Network. [7]

Team

Staff

As of October 21, 2024. [8] [9]
Sporting operations staff
General manager
President of soccer operations		Flag of the United States.svg Mark Krikorian
Senior director of soccer administrationFlag of the United States.svg Nathan Minion
Sporting staff
Head coachFlag of Spain.svg Jonatan Giráldez
Assistant coachFlag of Spain.svg Adrián González
Assistant coach
Director of player personnel		Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bristol
Player development coachFlag of Japan.svg Morinao Imaizumi
Assistant coach
Player development coach		Flag of Japan.svg Mami Yamaguchi
Performance staff
Vice president of performance,
medical, and innovation		Flag of England.svg Dawn Scott
Director of performance and innovationFlag of England.svg Kirsty Hicks
Director of data and analyticsSeungbeum Lee
Director of medicalEric Marchek
Head athletic trainerAlessandro Ciarla

Players

As of August 24, 2024 [10] [11]
No.Pos.PlayerNation
1 GK Aubrey Kingsbury (Captain)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 FW Trinity Rodman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
3 DF Casey Krueger Flag of the United States.svg  United States
4 FW Lena Silano Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5 DF Annaïg Butel Flag of France.svg  France
6 DF Kate Wiesner Flag of the United States.svg  United States
7 MF Croix Bethune Flag of the United States.svg  United States
8 MF Makenna Morris Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 DF Tara McKeown Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 MF Leicy Santos Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
11 FW Ouleymata Sarr Flag of France.svg  France
12 MF Andi Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg  United States
13 FW Brittany Ratcliffe Flag of the United States.svg  United States
14 DF Gabby Carle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
16 MF Courtney Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States
17 MF Hal Hershfelt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18 GK Lyza Bosselmann Flag of the United States.svg  United States
19 FW Rosemonde Kouassi Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
20 FW Civana Kuhlmann Flag of the United States.svg  United States
21 DF Anna Heilferty Flag of the United States.svg  United States
22 MF Heather Stainbrook Flag of the United States.svg  United States
24 DF Esme Morgan Flag of England.svg  England
26 MF Paige Metayer Flag of the United States.svg  United States
28 GK Nicole Barnhart Flag of the United States.svg  United States
31 GK Kaylie Collins Flag of the United States.svg  United States
32 DF Jenna Butler Flag of the United States.svg  United States
33 FW Ashley Hatch Flag of the United States.svg  United States
35 DF Waniya Hudson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
39 FW Chloe Ricketts Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Competitions

  Win  Draw  Loss

Regular season

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Orlando Pride (C, S)2618624620+2660 NWSL Shield, playoffs
2 Washington Spirit 2618265128+2356 Playoffs
3 NJ/NY Gotham FC 2617544120+2156
4 Kansas City Current 2616735731+2655
5 North Carolina Courage 26123113428+639
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (S) NWSL Shield

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2618265128 +235610123114 +178142014 +6

Last updated: November 2, 2024.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Matches

March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)1 Seattle Reign FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
3:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
  • Balcer Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: Lumen Field
Attendance: 8,557
Referee: Natalie Simon
March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23)2 Washington Spirit 2–1 Bay FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 11,734
Referee: Danielle Chesky
March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31)3 Washington Spirit 2–1 Utah Royals Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 8,182
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
April 12, 2024 (2024-04-12)4 Houston Dash 1–3 Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium
Attendance: 7,767
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
April 20, 2024 (2024-04-20)5 Washington Spirit 2–0 NJ/NY Gotham FC Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 15,004
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26)6 Washington Spirit 2–3 Orlando Pride Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 11,636
Referee: Rebeca Pagan
May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01)7 Chicago Red Stars 2–4 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,999
Referee: Alex Billeter
May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)8 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
 Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,039
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10)9 Racing Louisville FC 1–2 Washington Spirit Louisville, Kentucky
8:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 6,222
Referee: Shawn Tehini
May 18, 2024 (2024-05-18)10 Washington Spirit 4–2 Angel City FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 13,342
Referee: Anya Voigt
May 24, 2024 (2024-05-24)11 Washington Spirit 3–2 Seattle Reign FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 11,551
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)12 Utah Royals 0–1 Washington Spirit Sandy, Utah
5:30 p.m. MDT (UTC-6)
 Report
Stadium: America First Field
Attendance: 8,486
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15)13 Washington Spirit 1–1 San Diego Wave FC Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 19,897
Referee: Katja Koroleva
June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)14 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0–2 Washington Spirit Harrison, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 8,396
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)15 Washington Spirit 0–1 North Carolina Courage Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 15,717
Referee: Rebeca Pagan
July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06)16 Bay FC 0–3 Washington Spirit San Jose, California
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
 Report
Stadium: PayPal Park
Attendance: 11,384
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
Note: First match led by head coach Jonatan Giráldez. [12]
August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25)17 Washington Spirit 4–1 Kansas City Current Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 17,130
Referee: Brad Jensen
September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01)18 San Diego Wave FC 1–1 Washington Spirit San Diego, California
5:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
 Report
Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium
Attendance: 23,541
Referee: Anya Voigt
September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07)19 Washington Spirit 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Washington, D.C.
12:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 14,306
Referee: Greg Dopka
September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)20 Washington Spirit 3–0 Houston Dash Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 11,792
Referee: Mathew Corrigan
September 20, 2024 (2024-09-20)21 Kansas City Current 3–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: CPKC Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Matthew Thompson
September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27)22 Angel City FC 1–2 Washington Spirit Los Angeles, California
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)
 Report
Stadium: BMO Stadium
Attendance: 19,257
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06)23 Orlando Pride 2–0 Washington Spirit Orlando, Florida
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
Attendance: 7,729
Referee: Danielle Chesky
October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13)24 Washington Spirit 4–1 Racing Louisville FC Washington, D.C.
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 13,781
Referee: Abdou Ndiaye
October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20)25 Washington Spirit 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Washington, D.C.
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 17,065
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02)26 North Carolina Courage 0–1 Washington Spirit Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5) Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 10,026
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
StadiumAHHAHHAAAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHHA
ResultLWWWWLWLWWWWDWLWWDWWLWLWWW
Position126432333333333322222222222
Updated to match(es) played on November 2, 2024. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs

The Spirit finished the regular season in 2nd place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the second-seeded of eight teams.

Matches

November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10)Quarterfinals Washington Spirit 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bay FC Washington, District of Columbia
12:30 p.m. EST (UTC−5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 19,215
Referee: Katja Koroleva
November 16, 2024 (2024-11-16)Semifinals Washington Spirit 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 NJ/NY Gotham FC Washington, District of Columbia
12:00 p.m. EST (UTC−5)
 Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 19,365
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Penalties
November 23, 2024 (2024-11-23)Championship Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
8:00 p.m. EST (UTC−5) Report Stadium: CPKC Stadium

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

The Spirit finished last in Group D of the Summer Cup and failed to advance to the tournament knockout stage.

Group stage standings

PosTeam
PldWPWPLLGFGAGDPtsQualification NYJ CHI WAS GUA
1 Flag of the United States.svg NJ/NY Gotham FC 3210040+48Advances to knockout stage — 0–0 1–0 3–0
2 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Red Stars 310113304 0–0 — 3–2 0–1
3 Flag of the United States.svg Washington Spirit 3100245−13 0–1 2–3 — 2–1
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 3100225−33 0–3 1–0 1–2 —
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

Group stage matches

July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21) Washington Spirit 2–1 Guadalajara Chester, United States
4:30 p.m.
 Report
Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 1,101
July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28) NJ/NY Gotham FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Chester, United States
6:00 p.m.
 Report Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31) Washington Spirit 2–3 Chicago Red Stars Richmond, United States
7:30 p.m.
 Report
Stadium: City Stadium
Referee: Melinda Homa

Statistics

Awards

As of November 19, 2024

NWSL annual awards

NWSL monthly awards

style="text-align:left"| Best XI of the Month
MonthPos.Nat.PlayerRef.
March/
April		DFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Casey Krueger [15]
MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Croix Bethune
MayDFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Croix Bethune (2) [16]
FWFlag of France.svg  FRA Ouleymata Sarr
JuneDFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Casey Krueger (2) [17]
MFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Croix Bethune (3)
SeptemberFWFlag of the United States.svg  USA Trinity Rodman [18]
October/
November		FWFlag of the United States.svg  USA Makenna Morris [19]

Rookie of the Month

NWSL Rookie of the Month
MonthPos.Rookie of the MonthStatlineRef.
March/April
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Croix Bethune Led rookies with 3 goals, 2 assists in 5 matches [20]
May1 goal, 7 assists in 5 matches; set rookie record for assists in a season; first rookie to score 3 assists in a match [21]
June1 goal, 1 assist; first rookie to win award in three consecutive months [22]
August1 assist, tying all-time record for assists in a season; first rookie to win award four times in one season [23]
October/November
FW
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Makenna Morris 3 goals, 1 assist; brace vs. LOU was only multi-goal match for a rookie during the season [24]

NWSL weekly awards

Weekly awards

NWSL Goal of the Week
WeekWinnerRef.
12 Flag of the United States.svg Croix Bethune [25]
13 Flag of the United States.svg Trinity Rodman [26]
19 Flag of the United States.svg Trinity Rodman (2) [27]
NWSL Save of the Week
WeekWinnerRef.
3 Flag of the United States.svg Aubrey Kingsbury [28]
21 Flag of the United States.svg Aubrey Kingsbury (2) [29]

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  29. ↑ National Women's Soccer League [@NWSL] (October 1, 2024). "DENIED BY KINGSBURY ❌" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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