2015 Washington Spirit season
2015 season | |||
General Manager | Chris Hummer | ||
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Head Coach | Mark Parsons | ||
Stadium | Maryland SoccerPlex | ||
NWSL | 4th place (semifinals loss) | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Crystal Dunn (15)[1] All: Crystal Dunn (15)[1] | ||
Highest home attendance |
5,708 (Sept. 1 vs. Seattle Reign FC) | ||
Lowest home attendance |
1,267 (June 27 vs. Houston Dash)[2] | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,087[1] | ||
Biggest win |
Washington 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) | ||
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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.
First-team squad
* - denotes amateur call-ups
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
Owner | Bill Lynch |
General Manager | Mark Parsons |
Head Coach | Mark Parsons |
Competitions
Regular season
April 10, Fri 1 | Houston Dash | 2 – 0 | Washington Spirit | Houston |
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20:30 EDT (UTC-04) | Lloyd ![]() Ohai ![]() Masar ![]() |
Report[3] | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,012 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
April 18, Sat 2 | Washington Spirit | 3 – 1 | FC Kansas City | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Nairn ![]() Huster ![]() Dunn ![]() Salem ![]() |
Report[4] | O'Reilly![]() LePeilbet ![]() Groom ![]() |
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 |
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18:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Freels![]() |
Report[5] | Dunn![]() ![]() Nairn ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 953 Referee: Farhad Dadkho[6] |
May 2, Sat 4 | Seattle Reign FC | 3 – 1 | Washington Spirit | Seattle, Washington |
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22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Yanez![]() Mathias ![]() Fishlock ![]() |
Report[7] | Lohman![]() |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,703 Referee: Karen Abt |
May 9, Sat 5 | Portland Thorns FC | 2 – 2 | Washington Spirit | Portland, Oregon |
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22:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Shim ![]() Van Hollebeke ![]() Long ![]() |
Report[8] | Dunn ![]() Ordega ![]() |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,236 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
May 16, Sat 6 | Washington Spirit | 1 – 0 | Sky Blue FC | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Ordega![]() |
Report[9] | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,095[10] Referee: Margaret Domka[11] |
May 23, Sat 7 | Western New York Flash | 3 – 2 | Washington Spirit | Rochester, New York |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Williams![]() Mewis ![]() Spencer ![]() Mewis ![]() |
Report[12] | Nairn![]() Oyster ![]() Dunn ![]() Nairn ![]() |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,110 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic[13] |
May 30, Sat 8 | Washington Spirit | 2 – 1 | Portland Thorns FC | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | DaCosta![]() Dunn ![]() Johnson ![]() |
Report[14] | Anonma![]() Long ![]() Williamson ![]() Farrelly ![]() Jackson ![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,519 Referee: Farhad Dadkho[15] |
June 6, Sat 9 | Washington Spirit | 1 – 1 | Boston Breakers | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | DaCosta![]() Nairn ![]() |
Report[16] | Evans![]() Kallman ![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Levi Rippy[17] |
June 20, Sat | Chicago Red Stars | abandoned | Washington Spirit | Lisle, Illinois | ||
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20:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Report[18] | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex |
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Note: rescheduled for August 16 |
June 27, Sat 10 | Washington Spirit | 1 – 0 | Houston Dash | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Dunn![]() |
Report[19] | Pereira ![]() Brush ![]() |
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 |
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20:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Avebuch![]() Groom ![]() Bogus ![]() |
Report[20] | Johnson ![]() |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Tori Penso |
July 18, Sat 12 | Washington Spirit | 3 – 0 | Seattle Reign FC | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Da Costa![]() Dunn ![]() Nairn ![]() Reynolds ![]() Del Rio ![]() |
Report[21] | Corsie ![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,413[22] Referee: Christopher Spivey[23] |
July 25, Sat 13 | Washington Spirit | 1 – 1 | Chicago Red Stars | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Dunn![]() |
Report[24] | Press![]() Hemmings ![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Brandon Artis[25] |
August 1, Sat 14 | Washington Spirit | 3 – 1 | Houston Dash | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Dunn![]() ![]() ![]() |
Report[26] | McDonald![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,267[27] Referee: Matthew Franz |
August 8, Sat 15 | Boston Breakers | 2 – 1 | Washington Spirit | Boston, Massachusetts |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | King![]() Simon ![]() Simon ![]() Ezurike ![]() McCaffrey ![]() |
Report[28] | Matheson![]() Oyster ![]() Salem ![]() |
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 |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Matheson![]() |
Report[29] | Williams![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,101[30] Referee: Tori Penso[31] |
August 16, Sun 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 1 – 2 | Washington Spirit | Lisle, Illinois | ||
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20:30 EDT (UTC-04) | Tancredi![]() Lomnicki ![]() |
Report[32] | Oyster![]() Dunn ![]() |
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Levi Rippy[33] |
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Note: rescheduled from June 20, 2015 |
August 27, Thu 18 | FC Kansas City | 0 – 0 | Washington Spirit | Kansas City, Missouri |
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20:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Report[34] | Huster![]() Okobi ![]() Matheson ![]() |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,492 Referee: Randall Kelley[35] |
August 30, Sun 19 | Portland Thorns FC | 3 – 3 | Washington Spirit | Portland, Oregon |
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21:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Morgan ![]() Heath ![]() Taylor ![]() Long ![]() Williamson ![]() |
Report[36] | Ordega ![]() Dunn ![]() ![]() Matheson ![]() |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144[37] Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva[38] |
September 5, Sat 20 | Washington Spirit | 1 – 2 | Seattle Reign FC | Germantown, Maryland |
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19:00 EDT (UTC-04) | Matheson ![]() Johnson ![]() Raso ![]() |
Report[39] | Fishlock ![]() Rapinoe ![]() Veje ![]() Little ![]() |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,708 Referee: Brandon Artis |
- Postseason playoff
September 13, Sun semifinal | Seattle Reign FC | 3 – 0 | Washington Spirit | Seattle, Washington |
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18:30 PDT (UTC-07) | Mathias ![]() Yanez ![]() Rapinoe ![]() Bullock ![]() |
Report[40] | Stadium: Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Christopher Spivey |
Regular season standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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Ground | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H |
Result | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | L |
Last updated: September 7, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Squad statistics
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
External links
References
- 1 2 3 4 2015 NWSL Statistics (PDF). NWSL. September 10, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Houston Dash Communications (June 27, 2015). "Match Recap: Houston Dash 0, Washington Spirit 1". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "DASH SHUTOUT SPIRIT, 2-0, IN SEASON OPENER; Houston's Carli Lloyd and Kealia Ohai score a goal each in win". National Women's Soccer League. April 10, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "WASHINGTON DEFEATS KANSAS CITY, 3-1; Spirit defender Crystal Dunn and midfielder Christine Nairn score in the victory". National Women's Soccer League. April 18, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT EARN CONVINCING WIN OVER SKY BLUE FC, 3-1; Washington's Crystal Dunn records brace in road win". National Women's Soccer League. April 26, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 3". Professional Referee Organization. April 21, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "REIGN FC EARN 3-1 WIN OVER SPIRIT; Seattle snaps two-game losing streak". National Women's Soccer League. May 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL MATCH RECAP; Portland Thorns FC 2, Washington Spirit 2; Thorns FC battle back for hard fought draw with the Washington Spirit". timbers.com.
- ↑ "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1-0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". National Women's Soccer League.
- ↑ Rachael King (May 18, 2015). "Match Report: Washington Spirit tops Sky Blue FC in Last-Second Stunner". Pitchside Report. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 6". Professional Referee Organization. May 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "FLASH BEAT SPIRIT, 3-2; Lynn Williams scores first professional goal in the victory". National Women's Soccer League. May 23, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 7". Professional Referee Organization. May 20, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT WINS 2-1 OVER THORNS FC; Washington's Crystal Dunn scores game-winning goal in 28th minute". National Women's Soccer League. May 30, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 8". Professional Referee Organization. May 28, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT TIE BREAKERS, 1-1; Washington's Amanda Da Costa opened the scoring in the 64th minute". National Women's Soccer League. June 6, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 9". Professional Referee Organization. June 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "RED STARS' CLASH WITH SPIRIT FALLS VICTIM TO WEATHER; NWSL blockbuster match to be replayed at a later date". National Women's Soccer League. June 20, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT SHUTOUT DASH, 1-0". National Women's Soccer League. June 27, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "KANSAS CITY SHUTS OUT WASHINGTON, 3-0". National Women's Soccer League. July 3, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "HUGE HOME CROWD PROPELS SPIRIT TO 3-0 WIN OVER THE REIGN". Washington Spirit. July 18, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ Sonya Burke (July 19, 2015). "Washington Spirit over Seattle Reign FC, 3-0". mymcmedia. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 14". Professional Referee Organization. July 16, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT RALLY VS. RED STARS FOR 1-1 TIE". National Women's Soccer League. July 25, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 15". Professional Referee Organization. July 20, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT WIN OVER THE DASH, 3-1". National Women's Soccer League. August 1, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ Houston Dash Communications (June 27, 2015). "Match recap: Houston Dash 0, Washington Spirit 1". Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ Katie Peverada (August 8, 2015). "BREAKERS SNAP LOSING STREAK WITH 2-1 WIN OVER SPIRIT". Boston Breakers. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
- ↑ "SPIRIT DRAW AFTER LAST MINUTE EQUALIZER FROM FLASH". National Women's Soccer League. August 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ Francis Chung (August 13, 2015). "Washington Spirit Concede Late Goal, Settle For Draw Against Western New York". DCist. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 18". Professional Referee Organization. August 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "SPIRIT STRIKE LATE TO EARN 2-1 WIN OVER RED STARS; Crystal Dunn scores the game-winning goal". National Women's Soccer League. August 16, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 18". Professional Referee Organization. August 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "KANSAS CITY AND WASHINGTON SETTLE FOR SCORELESS DRAW". National Women's Soccer League. August 27, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 20". Professional Referee Organization. August 25, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "THORNS AND SPIRIT BATTLE TO 3-3 DRAW". National Women's Soccer League. August 30, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ↑ Molly Blue (August 30, 2015). "Portland Thorns draw 3-3 with Washington Spirit in final home game of the season". OregonLive. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ↑ "NWSL assignments: Week 20". Professional Referee Organization. August 25, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "REIGN FC DEFEATS THE SPIRIT, 2-1". National Women's Soccer League. September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ↑ "REIGN FC CLINCHES CHAMPIONSHIP BERTH WITH 3-0 WIN; Beverly Yanez scored the game-winning goal of the bench". National Women's Soccer League. September 13, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
See also
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