2015 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit
2015 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachMark Parsons
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
NWSL4th place (semifinals loss)
Top goalscorerLeague: Crystal Dunn (15)[1]
All: Crystal Dunn (15)[1]
Highest home attendance5,708
(Sept. 1 vs. Seattle Reign FC)
Lowest home attendance1,267
(June 27 vs. Houston Dash)[2]
Average home league attendance4,087[1]
Biggest winWashington Spirit 3–0 Seattle Reign FC
(Maryland SoccerPlex, Germantown, Maryland; July 18, 2015)
Biggest defeatSeattle 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.

Review

Building off 2014's playoff achievement, the Spirit added a few key contributors including midfielder Joanna Lohman (from Boston Breakers), defenders Megan Oyster (drafted out of UCLA) and Katherine Reynolds (from Western New York Flash), and Nigerian international Francisca Ordega (signed from Piteå IF). The season also served as the breakout year for Crystal Dunn who was awarded the 2015 NWSL Golden Boot Award, scoring 15 goals during the campaign.[3]

The Spirit finished the 2015 season with a record of 8-6-6 and repeating their 4th place league position.[4] The playoff result, again, ended in an away loss to Seattle in the semifinals.[5]

At the conclusion of the season, Mark Parsons stepped down as head coach and general manager to take over as coach of the Portland Thorns FC.[6]

Club

Roster

As of May 15, 2017[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Ashlyn Harris (FP)
2 DF United States USA Katherine Reynolds
3 DF United States USA Caprice Dydasco
4 DF United States USA Megan Oyster
5 DF United States USA Whitney Church
6 DF United States USA Angela Salem
7 MF United States USA Christine Nairn
8 MF Canada CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
9 FW Spain ESP Laura del Río
10 FW United States USA Caroline Miller
11 DF United States USA Ali Krieger (FP)
12 DF Nigeria NGA Josephine Chukwunonye
13 MF Portugal POR Amanda DaCosta
14 FW Nigeria NGA Francisca Ordega
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA Joanna Lohman
16 FW United States USA Tiffany Weimer
17 MF Mexico MEX Verónica Pérez (FP)
18 GK United States USA Kelsey Wys
19 DF United States USA Crystal Dunn (FP)
20 FW Australia AUS Hayley Raso
21 DF United States USA Alex Singer
22 DF Mexico MEX Arianna Romero (FP)
23 MF United States USA Tori Huster
24 DF United States USA Estelle Johnson
25 MF Nigeria NGA Ngozi Okobi
26 FW Argentina ARG Estefanía Banini
28 DF United States USA Jennifer Skogerboe*
30 GK United States USA Lyndse Hokanson*
  • (FP) = Federation player

* – denotes amateur call-ups

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
20:30 EDT (UTC−04) Lloyd 45+'
Ohai 51'
Masar Yellow card 71'		 Report[8] Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Katja Koroleva
April 18, Sat 2 Washington Spirit 3–1 FC Kansas City Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Nairn 9', 65'
Huster Yellow card 27'
Dunn 46'
Salem Yellow card 56'		 Report[9] O'Reilly 6'
LePeilbet Yellow card 64'
Groom Yellow card 95'		 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
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) Freels 62' (Nadim) Report[10] Dunn 6' (Ordega) 40' (unassisted)
Nairn 48' (Ordega)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 953
Referee: Farhad Dadkho[11]
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[12] Lohman 63' (Dunn) Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,703
Referee: Karen Abt
May 9, Sat 5 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
22:00 EDT (UTC−04) Shim 28'
Van Hollebeke Yellow card 34'
Long 51'		 Report[13] Dunn 3'
Ordega 14'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,236
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 16, Sat 6 Washington Spirit 1–0 Sky Blue FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Ordega 92+' (Dunn) Report[14] Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,095[15]
Referee: Margaret Domka[16]
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)
MewisYellow card 60'		 Report[17] Nairn 22' (penalty)
OysterYellow card 32'
Dunn 55' (Nairn)
NairnYellow card 63'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 2,110
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic[18]
May 30, Sat 8 Washington Spirit 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) DaCosta 26' (unassisted)
Dunn 28' (unassisted)
JohnsonYellow card 61'		 Report[19] Anonma 18' (Long)
LongYellow card 57'
WilliamsonYellow card 61'
FarrellyYellow card 71'
JacksonYellow card 72'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,519
Referee: Farhad Dadkho[20]
June 6, Sat 9 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) DaCosta 64' (unassisted)
NairnYellow card 58'		 Report[21] Evans 65' (unassisted)
KallmanYellow card 91+'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: Levi Rippy[22]
June 20, Sat Chicago Red Stars abandoned Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Report[23] Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Note: rescheduled for August 16
June 27, Sat 10 Washington Spirit 1–0 Houston Dash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn 56' (unassisted) Report[24] Pereira Yellow card 55'
Brush Yellow card 78'		 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
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Avebuch 27' (unassisted)
Groom 53' (Silva)
Bogus 65' (Robinson)		 Report[25] Johnson Yellow card 26' Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,079
Referee: Tori Penso
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 Yellow card 31'
Del Rio Yellow card 66'		 Report[26] Corsie Yellow card 20' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,413[27]
Referee: Christopher Spivey[28]
July 25, Sat 13 Washington Spirit 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Dunn 83' (unassisted) Report[29] Press 31' (unassisted)
Hemmings Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Brandon Artis[30]
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[31] McDonald 74' (Ohai) Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,267[32]
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 8, Sat 15 Boston Breakers 2–1 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) King 12' (Mewis)
Simon 38' (unassisted)
Simon Yellow card 30'
Ezurike Yellow card 79'
McCaffrey Yellow card 90'		 Report[33] Matheson 49' (unassisted)
Oyster Yellow card 33'
Salem Yellow card 85'		 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
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Matheson 16' (unassisted) Report[34] Williams 90' (unassisted) Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,101[35]
Referee: Tori Penso[36]
August 16, Sun 17 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
20:30 EDT (UTC−04) Tancredi 82' (Mautz)
LomnickiYellow card 44'		 Report[37] Oyster 3' (Nairn)
Dunn 90+2' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Levi Rippy[38]
Note: rescheduled from June 20, 2015
August 27, Thu 18 FC Kansas City 0–0 Washington Spirit Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT (UTC−04) Report[39] HusterYellow card 53'
OkobiYellow card 76'
MathesonYellow card 79'		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,492
Referee: Randall Kelley[40]
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 Yellow card 67'
Williamson Yellow card 86'		 Report[41] Ordega 6' (Dunn)
Dunn 46+' (Nairn)
81' (Unassisted)
Matheson Yellow card 17'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144[42]
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva[43]
September 5, Sat 20 Washington Spirit 1–2 Seattle Reign FC Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Matheson 37' (pen.)
Johnson Yellow card 80'
Raso Yellow card 88'		 Report[44] Fishlock 15'
Rapinoe 25'
Veje Yellow card 54'
Little Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,708
Referee: Brandon Artis

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) Champions

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

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ResultLWWLDWLWDWLWDWLDWDDL
Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs

September 13, Sun semifinal Seattle Reign FC 3–0 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
18:30 PDT (UTC−07) Mathias Yellow card 52'
Yanez 25' (Rapinoe)
Rapinoe 75' (Little)
Bullock 90'		 Report[45] Stadium: Moda Pitch at Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,021
Referee: Christopher Spivey

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

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
2 DF United States Katherine Reynolds United States Western New York Flash Trade for Angeli October 21, 2014 [46]
6 DF United States Angela Salem United States Western New York Flash Trade for Angeli October 21, 2014 [46]
15 MF United States Joanna Lohman United States Boston Breakers Signed October 22, 2014 [47]
13 MF United States Amanda DaCosta England Liverpool L.F.C. Signed October 24, 2014 [48]
22 DF Mexico Arianna Romero United States Houston Dash Trade for Cross December 2, 2014 [49]
4 DF United States Megan Oyster United States UCLA Bruins 2015 NWSL College Draft – 2nd Round January 19, 2015 [50]
3 DF United States Caprice Dydasco United States Pali Blues 2015 NWSL College Draft – 3rd Round January 19, 2015 [50]
5 DF United States Whitney Church United States Penn State Nittany Lions 2015 NWSL College Draft – 4th Round January 19, 2015 [50]
26 FW Argentina Estefanía Banini Chile Colo-Colo Signed January 22, 2015 [51]
24 DF United States Estelle Johnson United States Western New York Flash Trade for Pressley February 24, 2015 [52]
9 FW Spain Laura del Río England Bristol City W.F.C. Signed March 12, 2015 [53]
14 FW Nigeria Francisca Ordega Sweden Piteå IF Signed March 24, 2015 [54]
12 DF Nigeria Josephine Chukwunonye Nigeria Rivers Angels F.C. Signed June 11, 2015 [55]
20 FW Australia Hayley Raso Australia Brisbane Roar Signed June 11, 2015 [55]
25 MF Nigeria Ngozi Okobi Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. Signed June 23, 2015 [56]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
6 MF United States Lori Lindsey N/A Retired August 14, 2014 [57]
24 FW Australia Lisa De Vanna Australia Melbourne Victory September 3, 2014 [58]
28 DF United States Jordan Angeli United States Western New York Flash Trade for Reynolds and Salem October 21, 2014 [46]
4 MF United States Yael Averbuch United States FC Kansas City November 7, 2014 [59]
12 DF United States Niki Cross United States Houston Dash Trade for Romero December 2, 2014 [49]
3 DF United States Toni Pressley United States Western New York Flash Trade for Johnson February 24, 2015 [52]
10 MF United States Caroline Miller Waived May 28, 2015 [60]
21 DF United States Alex Singer Norway Avaldsnes IL Waived June 17, 2015 [61]
9 FW Mexico Renae Cuéllar [62]
15 DF Canada Robyn Gayle

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Most Valuable Player

Player Result Ref.
United States Crystal Dunn Won [63]

NWSL Golden Boot

Player Result Goals Ref.
United States Crystal Dunn Won 15 [64]

NWSL Team of the Year

Team Position Player Ref.
Best XI Defender United States Crystal Dunn [65]
Second X1 Defender United States Ali Krieger [66]

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Player Month's Statline Ref.
August United States Crystal Dunn 6 Goals; 1 Assist; Spirit 2–13 in August [67]

See also

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