2015 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit

2015 season
General Manager	Chris Hummer
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)
Home colors Away colors
← 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.

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.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ashlyn Harris 2 DF Katherine Reynolds 3 DF Caprice Dydasco 4 DF Megan Oyster 5 DF Whitney Church 6 DF Angela Salem 7 MF Christine Nairn 8 MF Diana Matheson 9 FW Laura del Río 10 FW Caroline Miller 11 DF Ali Krieger 13 MF Amanda DaCosta 14 FW Francisca Ordega

No. Position Player 15 MF Joanna Lohman 16 FW Tiffany Weimer 17 MF Veronica Perez 18 GK Kelsey Wys 19 DF Crystal Dunn 21 DF Alex Singer 22 DF Arianna Romero 23 MF Tori Huster 24 DF Estelle Johnson 26 FW Estefanía Banini 28 DF Jennifer Skogerboe* 30 GK Lyndse Hokanson*

Team management

Owner	Bill Lynch
General Manager	Mark Parsons
Head Coach	Mark Parsons

Competitions

Regular season

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

April 10, Fri 1	Houston Dash	2 – 0	Washington Spirit	Houston
20:30 EDT (UTC-04)	Lloyd  45+' Ohai  51' Masar  71'	Report[3]		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,012 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Washington Spirit v FC Kansas City

April 18, Sat 2	Washington Spirit	3 – 1	FC Kansas City	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Nairn  9', 65' Huster  27' Dunn  46' Salem  56'	Report[4]	O'Reilly 6' LePeilbet  64' Groom  95'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,136 Referee: Matthew Richardson

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

April 26, Sun 3	Sky Blue FC	1 – 3	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Freels 62' (Nadim)	Report[5]	Dunn 6' (Ordega)  40' (unassisted) Nairn 48' (Ordega)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 953 Referee: Farhad Dadkho[6]

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

May 2, Sat 4	Seattle Reign FC	3 – 1	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
22:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Yanez 36' (Mathias) Mathias 48' (Little) Fishlock 75' (Little)	Report[7]	Lohman 63' (Dunn)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,703 Referee: Karen Abt

Portland Thorns FC v Washington Spirit

May 9, Sat 5	Portland Thorns FC	2 – 2	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Shim  28' Van Hollebeke  34' Long  51'	Report[8]	Dunn  3' Ordega  14'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,236 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

May 16, Sat 6	Washington Spirit	1 – 0	Sky Blue FC	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Ordega 92+' (Dunn)	Report[9]		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,095[10] Referee: Margaret Domka[11]

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

May 23, Sat 7	Western New York Flash	3 – 2	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Williams 11' (Spencer) Mewis 35' (Becky Edwards) Spencer 57' (Edmonds) Mewis 60'	Report[12]	Nairn 22' (penalty) Oyster 32' Dunn 55' (Nairn) Nairn 63'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,110 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic[13]

Washington Spirit v Portland Thorns FC

May 30, Sat 8	Washington Spirit	2 – 1	Portland Thorns FC	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	DaCosta 26' (unassisted) Dunn 28' (unassisted) Johnson 61'	Report[14]	Anonma 18' (Long) Long 57' Williamson 61' Farrelly 71' Jackson 72'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,519 Referee: Farhad Dadkho[15]

Washington Spirit v Boston Breakers

June 6, Sat 9	Washington Spirit	1 – 1	Boston Breakers	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	DaCosta 64' (unassisted) Nairn 58'	Report[16]	Evans 65' (unassisted) Kallman 91+'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Levi Rippy[17]

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

June 20, Sat	Chicago Red Stars	abandoned	Washington Spirit	Lisle, Illinois
20:00 EDT (UTC-04)		Report[18]		Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Note: rescheduled for August 16

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

June 27, Sat 10	Washington Spirit	1 – 0	Houston Dash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Dunn 56' (unassisted)	Report[19]	Pereira  55' Brush  78'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,267[2] Referee: Matthew Franz[2]

FC Kansas City v Washington Spirit

July 3, Fri 11	FC Kansas City	3 – 0	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Avebuch 27' (unassisted) Groom 53' (Silva) Bogus 65' (Robinson)	Report[20]	Johnson  26'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,079 Referee: Tori Penso

Washington Spirit v Seattle Reign FC

July 18, Sat 12	Washington Spirit	3 – 0	Seattle Reign FC	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Da Costa 46' (Del Rio) Dunn 69' (Matheson) Nairn 83' (unassisted) Reynolds  31' Del Rio  66'	Report[21]	Corsie  20'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,413[22] Referee: Christopher Spivey[23]

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

July 25, Sat 13	Washington Spirit	1 – 1	Chicago Red Stars	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Dunn 83' (unassisted)	Report[24]	Press 31' (unassisted) Hemmings  74'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Brandon Artis[25]

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

August 1, Sat 14	Washington Spirit	3 – 1	Houston Dash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Dunn 28' (unassisted) 36' (Matheson) 46+' (Nairn)	Report[26]	McDonald 74' (Ohai)	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,267[27] Referee: Matthew Franz

Boston Breakers v Washington Spirit

August 8, Sat 15	Boston Breakers	2 – 1	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	King 12' (Mewis) Simon 38' (unassisted) Simon  30' Ezurike  79' McCaffrey  90'	Report[28]	Matheson 49' (unassisted) Oyster  33' Salem  85'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,137 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash

August 12, Wed 16	Washington Spirit	1 – 1	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Matheson 16' (unassisted)	Report[29]	Williams 90' (unassisted)	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,101[30] Referee: Tori Penso[31]

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

August 16, Sun 17	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 2	Washington Spirit	Lisle, Illinois
20:30 EDT (UTC-04)	Tancredi 82' (Mautz) Lomnicki 44'	Report[32]	Oyster 3' (Nairn) Dunn 90+2' (unassisted)	Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Levi Rippy[33]
Note: rescheduled from June 20, 2015

FC Kansas City v Washington Spirit

August 27, Thu 18	FC Kansas City	0 – 0	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC-04)		Report[34]	Huster 53' Okobi 76' Matheson 79'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,492 Referee: Randall Kelley[35]

Portland Thorns FC v Washington Spirit

August 30, Sun 19	Portland Thorns FC	3 – 3	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
21:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Morgan  53' (Sanderson) Heath  71' (Penalty) Taylor  80' (Morgan) Long  67' Williamson  86'	Report[36]	Ordega  6' (Dunn) Dunn  46+' (Nairn)  81' (Unassisted) Matheson  17'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144[37] Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva[38]

Washington Spirit v Seattle Reign FC

September 5, Sat 20	Washington Spirit	1 – 2	Seattle Reign FC	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Matheson  37' (pen.) Johnson  80' Raso  88'	Report[39]	Fishlock  15' Rapinoe  25' Veje  54' Little  77'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,708 Referee: Brandon Artis

Postseason playoff

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

September 13, Sun semifinal	Seattle Reign FC	3 – 0	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
18:30 PDT (UTC-07)	Mathias  52' Yanez 25' (Rapinoe) Rapinoe  75' (Little) Bullock  90'	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
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

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
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
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
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
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

• Official website

References

1. 2015 NWSL Statistics (PDF). NWSL. September 10, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
2. Houston Dash Communications (June 27, 2015). "Match Recap: Houston Dash 0, Washington Spirit 1". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "NWSL assignments: Week 3". Professional Referee Organization. April 21, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
7. "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.
8. "NWSL MATCH RECAP; Portland Thorns FC 2, Washington Spirit 2; Thorns FC battle back for hard fought draw with the Washington Spirit". timbers.com.
9. "SPIRIT DEFEAT SKY BLUE FC, 1-0; Francisca Ordega's stoppage-time goal snags Spirit home victory". National Women's Soccer League.
10. Rachael King (May 18, 2015). "Match Report: Washington Spirit tops Sky Blue FC in Last-Second Stunner". Pitchside Report. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
11. "NWSL assignments: Week 6". Professional Referee Organization. May 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
12. "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.
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16. "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.
17. "NWSL assignments: Week 9". Professional Referee Organization. June 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
18. "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.
19. "SPIRIT SHUTOUT DASH, 1-0". National Women's Soccer League. June 27, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
20. "KANSAS CITY SHUTS OUT WASHINGTON, 3-0". National Women's Soccer League. July 3, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
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25. "NWSL assignments: Week 15". Professional Referee Organization. July 20, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
26. "SPIRIT WIN OVER THE DASH, 3-1". National Women's Soccer League. August 1, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
27. Houston Dash Communications (June 27, 2015). "Match recap: Houston Dash 0, Washington Spirit 1". Retrieved November 12, 2016.
28. Katie Peverada (August 8, 2015). "BREAKERS SNAP LOSING STREAK WITH 2-1 WIN OVER SPIRIT". Boston Breakers. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
29. "SPIRIT DRAW AFTER LAST MINUTE EQUALIZER FROM FLASH". National Women's Soccer League. August 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
30. Francis Chung (August 13, 2015). "Washington Spirit Concede Late Goal, Settle For Draw Against Western New York". DCist. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
31. "NWSL assignments: Week 18". Professional Referee Organization. August 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
32. "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.
33. "NWSL assignments: Week 18". Professional Referee Organization. August 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
34. "KANSAS CITY AND WASHINGTON SETTLE FOR SCORELESS DRAW". National Women's Soccer League. August 27, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
35. "NWSL assignments: Week 20". Professional Referee Organization. August 25, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
36. "THORNS AND SPIRIT BATTLE TO 3-3 DRAW". National Women's Soccer League. August 30, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
37. 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.
38. "NWSL assignments: Week 20". Professional Referee Organization. August 25, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
39. "REIGN FC DEFEATS THE SPIRIT, 2-1". National Women's Soccer League. September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
40. "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

• 2015 National Women's Soccer League season