2025 Houston Dash season

Houston Dash

2025 season
Majority owner	Ted Segal
President of Women's Soccer	Angela Hucles
Head coach	Fabrice Gautrat
Stadium	Shell Energy Stadium, Houston
Summer Cup	Group stage
Average home league attendance	0
Home colors Away colors
←  2024 2026  →
All statistics correct as of 21:44, January 3, 2025 (UTC).

The 2025 Houston Dash season will be the team's twelfth season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League.

Season summary

Pre-season

Immediately following the 2024 season, the Houston Dash started their preparation for the 2025 NWSL Season. Houston began the offseason by strengthening their roster, signing Delanie Sheehan from NJ/NY Gotham FC on December 4, 2024. ^[1] The next day, Houston started work to extend contracts to players, signing defender Avery Patterson for another three seasons with the team. ^[2] On December 6, 2024, Houston made two more roster moves agreeing to mutually terminate Elin Rubensson's contract ^[3] and offering a contract extension to Kiki Van Zanten for another two years with a mutual year option. ^[4] On December 10, 2024, Houston made a flurry of moves as they moved forward towards the 2025 season. They signed Christen Westphal in a trade with San Diego Wave FC, giving up a 2025 international slot and $14,000 in allocation money in the trade. ^[5] The team also extended contracts on defender Jylissa Harris through the 2027 season with a mutual year option, ^[6] defender Allysha Chapman through the 2026 season with a mutual year option, ^[7] and forward Amanda West through the 2026 season with a mutual year contract. ^[8] Houston also announced the roster decision which included exercising the mutual option on midfielder Sophie Schmidt, unilateral option on goalkeeper Heather Hinz, and contract renewals of forward Michelle Alozie, defender Natalie Jacobs, defender Paige Nielsen, midfielder Bárbara Olivieri, and midfielder Sarah Puntigam. In addition to signings, Houston announced they had agreed to decline the mutual options of forward Paulina Gramaglia, midfielder Andressa, and defender Croix Soto. In addition goalkeeper Erin McKinney and midfielder Havana Solaun were out of contract. Lastly they agreed to mutual contract termination with forward Cece Kizer and midfielder Madison Ayson. ^[9] On December 17, 2024, Houston announced they would be taking part in the Coachella Valley Invitational in February 2025 as part of their pre-season games. ^[10] December 27, 2024 Houston announced they had acquired Yazmeen Ryan. ^[11] On January 3, 2025, Houston announced they had hired Fabrice Gautrat as the new head coach headed into the 2025 season. ^[12] On January 17, 2025, Houston announced that they had signed Abby Smith. Smith was acquired on a trade with NJ/NY Gotham FC for $20,000 of intra-league transfer funds. ^[13] On January 21, 2025, Houston Dash announced the signing of midfielder Maggie Graham to a contract through 2027. Graham played her last five years at Duke and is the first collegiate players signed by Houston since the NWSL's new CBA. ^[14] On the same day, Houston announced the signing of midfielder Danielle Colaprico throught th 2026 season. ^[15] On February 2, Houston announced Tarciane had been traded to Lyon for an undisclosed record fee. ^[16] On February 10, 2025 Houston announced the signing of Swedish midfielder Evelina Duljan for the 2025 season. ^[17]

Roster

As of January 21,2024 ^[update] . ^[18]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Jane Campbell		GK	(1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 29)	2017	Stanford Cardinal	0	0
18	Heather Hinz		GK	(2001-07-27) July 27, 2001 (age 23)	2024	Virginia Tech Hokies	0	0
	Abby Smith		GK	(1993-10-04) October 4, 1993 (age 31)	2025	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0	0
Defenders
2	Allysha Chapman		DF	(1989-01-25) January 25, 1989 (age 36)	2018	North Carolina Courage	0	0
4	Natalie Jacobs		DF	(1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 27)	2022	Real Betis Féminas	0	0
7	Paige Nielsen		DF	(1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 (age 31)	2024	Angel City FC	0	0
25	Katie Lind		DF	(1994-02-15) February 15, 1994 (age 31)	2020	Perth Glory	0	0
33	Jyllissa Harris		DF	(2000-04-08) April 8, 2000 (age 24)	2023	South Carolina Gamecocks	0	0
Midfielders
12	Kiki Van Zanten		MF	(2001-08-25) August 25, 2001 (age 23)	2024	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	0	0
13	Sophie Schmidt		MF	(1998-06-28) June 28, 1998 (age 26)	2019	FFC Frankfurt	0	0
15	Bárbara Olivieri		MF	(2002-02-24) February 24, 2002 (age 22)	2023	Monterrey	0	0
17	Sarah Puntigam		MF	(1992-10-13) October 13, 1992 (age 32)	2023	FC Köln	0	0
19	Belle Briede		MF	(1998-10-03) October 3, 1998 (age 26)	2024	San Diego Wave FC	0	0
27	Zoe Matthews [a]		MF	(2007-05-25) May 25, 2007 (age 17)	2024	Solar SC	0	0
30	Avery Patterson		MF	(2002-06-14) June 14, 2002 (age 22)	2024	North Carolina Tar Heels	0	0
	Maggie Graham		MF	(2002-07-10) July 10, 2002 (age 22)	2025	Duke	0	0
	Danielle Colaprico		MF	(1993-05-06) May 6, 1993 (age 31)	2025	San Diego Wave FC	0	0
	Evelina Duljan		MF	(2003-05-12) May 12, 2003 (age 21)	2025	Orlando Pride FC	0	0
Forwards
9	Diana Ordóñez		FW	(2001-09-26) September 26, 2001 (age 23)	2023	North Carolina Courage	0	0
11	Michelle Alozie		FW	(1997-04-28) April 28, 1997 (age 27)	2021	Tennessee Volunteers	0	0
14	Yūki Nagasato		FW	(1987-07-15) July 15, 1987 (age 37)	2024	Chicago Red Stars	0	0
16	Amanda West		FW	(2001-02-11) February 11, 2001 (age 24)	2024	Pittsburgh Panthers	0	0
21	Ryan Gareis		FW	(1998-11-13) November 13, 1998 (age 26)	2022	South Carolina Gamecocks	0	0
28	Ramona Bachmann		FW	(1990-12-25) December 25, 1990 (age 34)	2024	Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (women)	0	0
	Yazmeen Ryan		FW	(1999-02-25) February 25, 1999 (age 25)	2025	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0	0

1. Under-18 Entry Mechanism

Transactions

Transfers in

Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 4, 2024		Delanie Sheehan	MF	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2026+ 1 year	[1]
December 10, 2024		Christen Westphal	DF	San Diego Wave FC	2025 International slot and $14,000 Allocation Money	[5]
December 27, 2024		Yazmeen Ryan	FW	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Received Ryan and $80,000 inter-league trade funds in exchange for $400,000 Allocation funds and a 2025 International slot	[11]
January 17, 2025		Abby Smith	GK	NJ/NY Gotham FC	$20,000 Intra-league transfer funds	[13]
January 21, 2025		Maggie Graham	MF	Duke	Free Agent	[14]
January 21, 2025		Danielle Colaprico	MF	San Diego Wave FC	Free Agent	[15]
February 10, 2025		Evelina Duljan	MF	Orlando Pride FC	Free Agent	[17]

Transfers out

Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 6, 2024		Elin Rubensson	MF	BK Häcken FF	Mutual Contract Termination	[3]
December 10, 2024		Paulina Gramaglia	FW		Mutual Option Declined	[9]
		Andressa	MF	Corinthians	Mutual Option Declined
		Croix Soto	DF	AFC Toronto	Mutual Option Declined
		Erin McKinney	GK		Out of Contract
		Havana Solaun	MF		Out of Contract
		Cece Kizer	FW	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Mutual Contract Termination
		Madison Ayson	MF	Canberra United FC	Mutual Contract Termination
February 2, 2025		Tarciane	DF	Lyon	Undisclosed Fee	[16]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
18	GK	Heather Hinz	Fort Lauderdale United FC	November 9, 2024	February 16, 2024	[19]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
December 5, 2024	DF	30	Avery Patterson	2027	[2]
December 6, 2024	MF	12	Kiki Van Zanten	2026 + 1 mutual year	[4]
December 10, 2024	DF	33	Jylissa Harris	2027 + 1 mutual year	[6]
December 10, 2024	DF	2	Allysha Chapman	2026 + 1 mutual year	[7]
December 10, 2024	FW	16	Amanda West	2026 + 1 mutual year	[8]
December 10, 2024	MF	13	Sophie Schmidt	Exercised mutual option through 2025	[9]
	GK	18	Heather Hinz	Exercised unilateral option through 2025
	FW	11	Michelle Alozie	Contract Renewal
	DF	4	Natalie Jacobs	Contract Renewal
	DF	7	Paige Nielsen	Contract Renewal
	MF	15	Bárbara Olivieri	Contract Renewal
	MF	17	Sarah Puntigam	Contract Renewal
December 18, 2024	MF	19	Belle Briede	2025	[20]
	DF		Christen Westphal	2026 + 1 mutual year

Staff

As of 3 January 2025 ^{[update] [21]}

Role	Name
President	Jessica O'Neill
President of Women's soccer	Angela Hucles Mangano [22]
Head coach	Fabrice Gautrat [12]
Assistant coach	Ricky Clarke [23]
Assistant coach	Jaime Frias [24]
Goalkeeping coach	Eric Klenofsky [25]
Assistant coach Video analyst	Hiro Suzuki
Technical Director	Pablo Piñones Arce [26]
Equipment manager	Paloma Paez

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result [a]	Scorers
February 16	San Diego Wave FC	Coachella Valley Invitational	Indio, California	0–0
February 22	Portland Thorns FC	Coachella Valley Invitational	Indio, California

1. Houston Dash score written first

Competitive fixtures

2025 National Women's Soccer League season

Main article: 2025 National Women's Soccer League season

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Bay FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
3	Chicago Stars FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Houston Dash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kansas City Current	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Racing Louisville FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: March 14, 2025. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Stadium	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	0
Position	0

Updated to match(es) played on February 15, 2025. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Postponed

League

Matchday	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result [a]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Position
1	March 14	Washington Spirit	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
2	March 23	Chicago Stars FC	SeatGeek Stadium	Bridgeview, Illinois
3	March 28	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
4	April 12	Angel City FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
5	April 19	Kansas City Current	CPKC Stadium	Kansas City, Missouri
6	April 25	Utah Royals FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
7	May 2	Racing Louisville FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
8	May 11	Seattle Reign	Lumen Field	Seattle, Washington
9	May 16	Portland Thorns	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
10	May 24	Bay FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
11	June 7	Orlando Pride	Inter&Co Stadium	Orlando, Florida
12	June 13	San Diego Wave FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
13	June 21	North Carolina Courage	WakeMed Soccer Park	Cary, North Carolina
14	August 2	Bay FC	PayPal Park	San Jose, California
15	August 8	North Carolina Courage	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
16	August 17	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Sports Illustrated Stadium	Harrison, New Jersey
17	August 24	Seattle Reign	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
18	August 29	Racing Louisville FC	Lynn Family Stadium	Louisville, Kentucky
19	September 7	San Diego Wave FC	Snapdragon Stadium	San Diego, California
20	September 14	Utah Royals FC	America First Field	Sandy, Utah
21	September 19	Chicago Stars FC	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
22	September 28	Washington Spirit	Audi Field	Washington D.C.
23	October 3	Orlando Pride	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
24	October 12	Angel City FC	BMO Stadium	Los Angeles, California
25	October 18	Kansas City Current	Shell Energy Stadium	Houston, Texas
26	November 2	Portland Thorns	Providence Park	Portland, Oregon

1. Houston Dash score written first

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Main article: 2025 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Matchday	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result [a]	Scorers	Attendance	Referee
1

1. Houston Dash score written first

See also

• 2025 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2025 in American soccer

References

1. "Houston Dash sign NWSL Champion Delanie Sheehan through 2026 season". Houston Dash. December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
2. "Houston Dash signs Defender Avery Patterson to Contract Extension". Houston Dash. December 5, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
3. "Houston Dash and Midfielder Elin Rubensson Mutually Agree to Contract Termination". Houston Dash. December 6, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
4. "Houston Dash Sign Midfielder Kiki Van Zanten to Contract Extension". Houston Dash. December 6, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
5. "Houston Dash Acquire Christen Westphal in Trade with San Diego Wave FC". Houston Dash. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
6. "Houston Dash Sign Defender Jyllissa Harris to New Contract". Houston Dash. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
7. "Houston Dash Sign Defender Allysha Chapman to New Contract". Houston Dash. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
8. "Houston Dash Sign Forward Amanda West to New Contract". Houston Dash. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
9. "Houston Dash Announce Roster Updates". Houston Dash. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
10. "Houston Dash to Compete at the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational". Houston Dash. December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
11. "Houston Dash Acquire Two-Time NWSL Champion Yazmeen Ryan from NJ/NY Gotham FC". Houston Dynamo FC. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
12. "Houston Dash Announces Fabrice Gautrat as Head Coach". Houston Dynamo FC. January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
13. "Houston Dash Acquires Two-Time NWSL Champion Abby Smith in trade with NJ/NY Gotham FC | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. January 17, 2025. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
14. "Houston Dash Sign Duke University Midfielder Maggie Graham | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
15. "Houston Dash Sign Free Agent Midfielder Danielle Colaprico | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
16. "Houston Dash Transfer Tarciane to Olympique Lyonnais Féminin for Record Fee | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
17. "Houston Dash Sign NWSL Champion and Swedish International Evelina Duljan | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
18. "Club – Players". HoustonDynamoFC.com.
19. "Houston Dash Loan Goalkeeper Heather Hinz to Fort Lauderdale United FC". Houston Dash. November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
20. "Houston Dash Announce Two New Contracts". Houston Dash. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
21. "Staff". Houston Dynamo . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
22. "Dash tap Hucles Mangano to run women's soccer". Sports Business Journal. December 10, 2024.
23. "Houston Dash Add Ricky Clarke and Michael Poma to Technical Staff". www.HoustonDynamoFC.com. Houston Dash. April 12, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
24. "Houston Dash Hire Jaime Frias as Assistant Coach | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
25. "Houston Dash Add Eric Klenofsky to Technical Staff". Houston Dynamo. July 31, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
26. "Houston Dash Appoint Pablo Piñones-Arce as Technical Director". www.HoustonDynamoFC.com. Houston Dash. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

External links

• Official website