2014 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit

2014 season

General Manager

Chris Hummer

Head Coach

Mark Parsons

Stadium

Maryland SoccerPlex

Home colors

Away colors

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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.

Club

Roster

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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ashlyn Harris
2	FW	Colleen Williams
3	DF	Toni Pressley
4	MF	Yael Averbuch
5	DF	Robyn Gayle
6	MF	Lori Lindsey
7	MF	Christine Nairn
8	MF	Diana Matheson
9	FW	Renae Cuellar
10	FW	Caroline Miller
11	DF	Ali Krieger
12	DF	Cecilie Sandvej

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Jodie Taylor
16	FW	Tiffany Weimer
17	MF	Veronica Perez
18	GK	Chantel Jones
19	DF	Crystal Dunn
21	GK	Adelaide Gay
22	MF	Bianca Sierra
23	DF	Tori Huster
24	FW	Jasmyne Spencer
28	DF	Jordan Angeli
99	FW	Danesha Adams

Team management

Owner	Bill Lynch
General Manager	Chris Hummer
Head Coach	Mark Parsons

Competitions

Preseason

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

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				Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium

May 3, 2014 5	Washington Spirit	1 – 2	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
18:30				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

May 11, 2014 6	FC Kansas City	2 – 1	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00				Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium

May 17, 2014 7	Washington Spirit	3 – 2	Western New York Flash	Boyds, Maryland
18:30				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

May 21, 2014 8	Washington Spirit	3 – 3	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:00				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

May 26, 2014 9	Washington Spirit	3 – 2	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
16:00				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Jun 1, 2014 10	Boston Breakers	2 – 3	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
18:30				Stadium: Harvard Stadium

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' Perez 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				Stadium: Harvard Stadium

Jun 15, 2014 13	Portland Thorns FC	2 – 0	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
17:00				Stadium: Providence Park

Jun 21, 2014 14	Washington Spirit	1 – 6	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
18:30				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Jun 28, 2014 15	Houston Dash	0 – 1	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
21:00				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Jul 2, 2014 16	Washington Spirit	3 – 3	Boston Breakers	Boyds, Maryland
19:00				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Jul 12, 2014 17	Western New York Flash	0 – 1	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
19:00				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Jul 17, 2014 18	Houston Dash	1 – 1	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
21:00				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Jul 20, 2014 19	Sky Blue FC	4 – 2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00				Stadium: Yurcak Field

Jul 23, 2014 20	Washington Spirit	1 – 1	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:00				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Jul 30, 2014 21	Washington Spirit	2 – 1	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
19:00				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) 22	Washington Spirit	2 – 1	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
18:30 EDT (UTC-04)	Nairn 48' 82' Averbuch 90+4'	Schedule	Chalupny 4' Hoy 28' Santacaterina 30'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Aug 9, 2014 23	Seattle Reign FC	1 – 1	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
22:00	Reed 16' Little 89' Fishlock 90'	Summary	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		Summary	Ocampo 27'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Regular season standings

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) Champion.

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
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L

Last updated: August 16, 2014.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad statistics

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
15	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	Veronica Perez	16	6	657	0	1	0	8	3	0	0	8	16	8	1	0
19	DF	Toni Pressley	9	8	701	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0
23	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

References

↑ "Roster". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

Washington Spirit

Founded 2012 Based in Germantown, Maryland

The Club	History Colors and badge Supporters Roster

Stadium	Maryland SoccerPlex

Development system	Reserves (USL W-League) Youth (Super-20 League, Super Y-Leagues)

Key personnel	Head Coach: Jim Gabarra

Seasons (4)

NWSL	2013 2014 2015 2016

National Women's Soccer League

Teams	Boston Breakers Chicago Red Stars FC Kansas City Houston Dash Orlando Pride Portland Thorns FC Seattle Reign FC Sky Blue FC Washington Spirit Western New York Flash

Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016

Miscellaneous	Expansion Records and statistics Attendance Stadiums

Player lists	Player allocation Drafts Foreign players

Awards	NWSL Shield Playoffs Annual awards Player of the Week Player of the Month

2014 NWSL season by team

Playoffs Records and statistics Annual awards Player of the Week Player of the Month

Boston Breakers Chicago Red Stars FC Kansas City Houston Dash Portland Thorns Seattle Reign FC Sky Blue FC Washington Spirit Western New York Flash

2014 in American soccer

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Leagues

Men	MLS MLS Cup NASL Spring Fall Soccer Bowl USL Pro PDL NPSL MISL 2013–14 PASL 2013–14 NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Women	NWSL W-League WPSL

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2013–14
- 2014–15

National teams

Men	FIFA World Cup

Team seasons

Men

Women

Indoor

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