2016 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit
2016 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
NWSL2nd (finals loss)
Top goalscorerLeague: Estefania Banini (5)
All: Estefania Banini (5)
Highest home attendance5,750
(June 18 vs. Orlando Pride)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,930
(July 31 vs. Sky Blue FC)[m 1]
Average home league attendance3,782[2]
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The 2016 season was Washington Spirit's fourth season, competing in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Review

Building off the successes of the previous two playoff appearances the Spirit hired former Sky Blue FC manager, Jim Gabarra to replace Mark Parsons.[3]

The Spirit would see their most successful season to date in 2016, being league leaders in the standings throughout most of the season. Only in the final week would the Spirit's loss at Chicago Red Stars finalize them as league runners-up.

Returning to the playoffs, the Spirit earned their first post-season victory in a revenge effort against Chicago Red Stars, who just a week earlier denied them the league title. The match was sent into extra time where Francisca Ordega scored the game-winner in the 111th minute. Advancing to the final for the first time in club history, the Spirit faced Western New York Flash in Houston, Texas.

The 2016 NWSL Final played to a 1–1 draw in regulation, and finished 2–2 at the end of extra time; both Spirit goals scored by Crystal Dunn. Going into penalties, Western New won 3–2 with only Christine Nairn and Katie Stengel slotting their penalties.[4]

National Anthem Protest

The week prior to a match with the Spirit, Seattle Reign FC and U.S. women's national soccer team player Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem in a game on September 5, 2016, explaining that her decision was a "nod to Kaepernick and everything that he's standing for right now".[5] Anticipating Rapinoe's protest, Spirit owner Bill Lynch, moved the national anthem's performance ahead of the Spirit-Reign match without warning or notice to occur before the players' appearances on the pitch. Jeff Plush, the league's commissioner, was present at the game and told reporters that he was unaware of Lynch's plans and disagreed with the act of moving the anthem's performance.[6] The Spirit's players issued a joint statement also disagreeing with Lynch's decision to move the anthem without first consulting the team's players or coaches.[7]

Club

Roster

The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.[8]

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 Canada CAN Stephanie Labbé (FP)
3 DF United States USA Caprice Dydasco
4 DF United States USA Megan Oyster
5 DF United States USA Whitney Church
6 DF Canada CAN Shelina Zadorsky (FP)
7 MF United States USA Christine Nairn
8 MF Canada CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
10 MF Argentina ARG Estefania Banini
11 DF United States USA Ali Krieger (captain) (FP)
12 FW United States USA Katie Stengel
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Nigeria NGA Francisca Ordega
15 MF United States USA Joanna Lohman
17 FW United States USA Cali Farquharson
18 GK United States USA Kelsey Wys
19 FW United States USA Crystal Dunn (FP)
20 FW United States USA Cheyna Williams
22 DF United States USA Alyssa Kleiner
23 MF United States USA Tori Huster
24 DF Cameroon CMR Estelle Johnson
57 FW Spain ESP Laura del Rio
  • (FP) = Federation player

Team management

Owner Bill Lynch
General Manager Jim Gabarra
Head Coach Jim Gabarra

Source:[8]

Competitions

Preseason

On January 26, the Washington Spirit announced its preseason schedule.[9]

March 19, Sat Washington Spirit 3–0 University of Virginia Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Banini 3', 15'
Stengel 38'		 [p 1] Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.
March 26, Sat Washington Spirit 2–0 Pennsylvania State University Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EDT (UTC-04) Dunn 47'
Nairn 73'		 [p 2] Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
Attendance: 3,000

Regular season

Sat Apr 16 1 Washington Spirit 1–0 Boston Breakers Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. Lohman 3'
Oyster Yellow card 86'		 [m 2] Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sun Apr 24 2 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
Hayes 66' (Lytle)
O'Hara Yellow card 74'		 [m 3] Krieger 40' (Huster)
Zadorsky Yellow card 46+'
Matheson 56' (Dunn)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
Fri Apr 29 3 Western New York Flash 0–3 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
Eddy Yellow card 80' [m 4][m 5] Matheson 4' (Dunn), 72' (p.k.)
Eddy 82' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,615
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sat May 7 4 Washington Spirit 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
Oyster Yellow card 17' [m 6] Sonnett Yellow card 28'
Heath Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 88'
Horan Yellow card 95+'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,615
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sat May 14 5 Washington Spirit 1–0 Houston Dash Boyds, Maryland
Lohman 39' (Nairn)
Kleiner Yellow card 66'
Krieger Yellow card 89'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,545
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
Sat May 21 6 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Horan 27' (Heath) Yellow card 76'
Own Goal 31' (Kleiner)
Heath 45' (Sinclair)
Morris 78' (unassisted) Yellow card 60'
Sonnett Yellow card 32' Nadim Yellow card 61'		 [m 7][m 8] Lohman 55' (Dunn)
Nairn Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,823
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Fri May 27 Houston Dash PPD Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Fri Jun 10 7 Boston Breakers 1–1 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
Louise Schillgard 15' (pen.) [m 9][m 10] Katie Stengel 13' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sat Jun 18 8 Washington Spirit 2–0 Orlando Pride Germantown, Maryland
Estefania Banini 9' (Alyssa Kleiner)
Francisca Ordega 40' (unassisted)		 [m 11] Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Christopher Spivey
Sat Jun 25 9 Washington Spirit 1–2 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
Diana Matheson 77' (Estefania Banini) [m 12] Raquel Rodriguez 8' (Leah Galton)
Samantha Kerr 64' (Leah Galton)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,448
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
Sat Jul 2 10 Washington Spirit 2–0 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
Francisca Ordega 79'
Tori Huster 85'		 [m 13] Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat Jul 9 11 Washington Spirit 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Estefania Banini 24' (Francisca Ordega)
Francisca Ordega Yellow card 47'
Katie Stengel 74' (Christine Nairn)		 [m 14][m 15] Alyssa Mautz Yellow card 42' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Brandon Artis
Sat Jul 16 12 FC Kansas City 2–3 Washington Spirit Boyds, Maryland
Frances Silva 69' (Erika Tymrak)
Shea Groom 91+'		 [m 16][m 17] Estefania Banini 48+' (unassisted), 83' (unassisted)
Joanna Lohman 58' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
Sat Jul 23 13 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
Leah Galton 24' (Erin Simon) [m 18][m 19] Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
Sat Jul 30 14 Washington Spirit 3–1 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
Estefania Banini 27' (Joanna Lohman)
Cheyna Williams 39' (Caprice Dydasco)
Alyssa Kleiner 95+' (unassisted)		 [m 1][m 20] Tasha Kai 33' (unassisted) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,930
Referee: Victor Rivas
Thu Aug 18 15 Houston Dash 1–2 Washington Spirit Houston
Christine Nairn 30' (pk), 63' (unassisted) [m 21] Kealia Ohai 90' (Stephanie Ochs) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Christina Unkel
Note: rescheduled from May 27
Fri Aug 26 16 Orlando Pride 1–2 Washington Spirit Orlando, Florida
Toni Pressley Yellow card 28'
Sarah Hagen 71' (Cami Levin)		 [m 22] Ali Krieger Yellow card 35'
Cheyna Williams 37' (Caprice Dydasco)
Christine Nairn 57' (Katie Stengel)		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Marco Vega
Sat Sep 3 17 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
Katie Stengel 64' (Crystal Dunn)
Diana Matheson Yellow card 85'		 [m 23] Elizabeth Eddy Yellow card 40'
Samantha Mewis 86' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,527
Referee: Chris Spivey
Wed Sep 7 18 Washington Spirit 2–1 Seattle Reign FC Boyds, Maryland
Crystal Dunn 50+'
Cheyna Williams 62'		 [m 24] Kim Little 70' (penalty)
Kendall Fletcher Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,039
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
Sun Sep 11 19 Seattle Reign FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
Yanez 27'
Winters 78'		 [m 25] Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,711
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat Sep 24 20 Chicago Red Stars 3–1 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
Christen Press 6' (Vanessa DiBernardo)
Cara Walls 26' (Sofia Herta)
Sofia Huerta 46' (unassisted)		 [m 26] Crystal Dunn 47' (unassisted) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,712
Referee: Matthew Franz

Regular-season standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portland Thorns FC 20 12 5 3 35 19 +16 41 NWSL Shield
2 Washington Spirit 20 12 3 5 30 21 +9 39 NWSL Playoffs
3 Chicago Red Stars 20 9 6 5 24 20 +4 33
4 Western New York Flash (C) 20 9 5 6 40 26 +14 32
5 Seattle Reign FC 20 8 6 6 29 21 +8 30
6 FC Kansas City 20 7 5 8 18 20 −2 26
7 Sky Blue FC 20 7 5 8 24 30 −6 26
8 Houston Dash 20 6 4 10 29 29 0 22
9 Orlando Pride 20 6 1 13 20 30 −10 19
10 Boston Breakers 20 3 2 15 14 47 −33 11
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 12 3 5 30 21  +9 39 7 2 1 15 5  +10 5 1 4 15 16  −1

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: Match reports

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ResultWWWDWLDWLWWWLWWWWWLL
Position[n 1]32111112333222111112
Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs

Fri Sept 30 7:00 pm CDT NWSL Playoffs Semifinal Washington Spirit 2–1 (a.e.t.) Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
19:00 UTC-05 Krieger 36' (Zadorsky)
Nairn Yellow card 57'
Ordega 111' (Christine Nairn)		 [m 27] Press 74' (Short)
Johnson Yellow card 120+2'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,249
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sun Oct 9 4:00 pm CDT 2016 NWSL Championship Western New York Flash 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
16:00 UTC-05 Mewis 14' (Williams)
Zerboni Yellow card 84'
Williams 124+' (McDonald)		 Report Dunn 9' (Oyster) 91' (Krieger)
Wys Yellow card 122+'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,255
Referee: Christina Unkel
Penalties
Dahlkemper soccer ball with check mark
Hinkle soccer ball with check mark
McDonald soccer ball with red X
Williams soccer ball with check mark
Mewis soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Krieger
soccer ball with check mark Nairn
soccer ball with check mark Stengel
soccer ball with red X Huster
soccer ball with red X Matheson

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season only

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
10 F Estefania Banini 13 9 888 5 1 0 23 12 52% 3 0 1 1 17 0 0
5 DF Whitney Church 11 7 610 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0 0 3 2 0 0
19 DF Crystal Dunn 13 12 1142 2 5 0 37 14 38% 2 0 13 8 26 0 0
3 DF Caprice Dydasco 12 12 1080 0 2 0 7 3 43% 4 0 1 8 6 1 0
17 DF Cali Farquharson 16 8 561 0 0 0 10 2 20% 0 0 4 5 3 0 0
23 DF Tori Huster 19 19 1665 1 1 0 13 4 31% 0 0 0 14 15 0 0
27 DF Line Jensen 3 2 141 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Estelle Johnson 11 11 990 0 0 0 7 4 57% 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
22 DF Alyssa Kleiner 17 12 1115 1 1 0 5 2 40% 2 0 1 10 8 1 0
11 DF Ali Krieger 15 14 1267 1 0 0 6 2 33% 3 6 1 5 5 2 0
1 GK Stephanie Labbe 8 8 720 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Joanna Lohman 20 17 1535 4 1 0 30 14 47% 1 0 1 27 15 1 0
8 MF Diana Matheson 12 9 800 4 0 1 12 8 67% 0 25 2 3 9 1 0
7 MF Christine Nairn 20 18 1619 3 3 1 37 13 35% 9 85 2 7 21 1 0
14 FW Francisca Ordega 13 7 629 2 1 0 18 12 67% 0 0 8 10 13 1 0
4 DF Megan Oyster 15 15 1340 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 12 6 2 0
2 FW Katie Stengel 19 10 928 4 1 0 20 10 50% 1 0 5 5 4 0 0
20 FW Cheyna Williams 17 8 779 3 0 0 20 9 45% 0 0 9 10 9 1 0
18 GK Kelsey Wys 12 12 1080 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF Shelina Zadorsky 11 10 911 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 8 4 2 0
Team total 20 — 19800 30 16 2 249 109 44% 27 116 48 139 165 13 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot SOG Sav Sav% YC RC
1 GK Stephanie Labbe 8 8 720 7 0.88 0 1 71 30 24 80% 0 0
18 GK Kelsey Wys 12 12 1080 14 1.17 2 2 163 75 61 81% 0 0
Team total 20 — 1800 21 1.05 2 3 234 105 85 81% 0 0

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
12 FW United States Katie Stengel Germany FC Bayern Munich Signed December 30, 2015 [10]
20 FW United States Cheyna Williams United States Florida State 2016 NWSL College Draft - 1st Round January 19, 2016 [11]
17 FW United States Cali Farquharson United States Arizona State 2016 NWSL College Draft - 2nd Round January 19, 2016 [11]
1 GK Canada Stephanie Labbé Sweden KIF Örebro DFF NWSL Player Allocation and trade for DaCosta February 2, 2016 [12]
6 DF Canada Shelina Zadorsky Sweden Vittsjö GIK NWSL Player Allocation February 2, 2016 [12]
22 DF United States Alyssa Kleiner United States Portland Thorns FC Trade for Reynolds February 2, 2016 [13]
14 DF Denmark Line Jensen Denmark Fortuna Hjørring Signed July 13, 2016 [14]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
17 MF Mexico Verónica Pérez Australia Canberra United September 17, 2016 [15]
12 DF Nigeria Josephine Chukwunonye Sweden Vittsjö GIK Waived December 22, 2015 [16]
25 FW Nigeria Ngozi Okobi Sweden Vittsjö GIK Waived January 6, 2016 [17]
2 DF United States Katherine Reynolds United States Portland Thorns FC Trade for Kleiner February 2, 2016 [13]
16 FW United States Tiffany Weimer United States FC Kansas City Waived March 31, 2016 [18]
22 DF Mexico Arianna Romero United States Seattle Reign NWSL Distribution Draft March 31, 2016 [19]
20 FW Australia Hayley Raso United States Portland Thorns FC Waived April 11, 2016 [20]
22 MF United States Amanda DaCosta United States Chicago Red Stars Trade for draft pick and Labbé April 16, 2016 [21]
28 DF United States Jennifer Skogerboe Czech Republic FC Slovácko [22]

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Team of the Year

Team Position Player Ref.
Second XI Defender United States Ali Krieger [23]
Second X1 Forward United States Crystal Dunn [24]

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Player Month's Statline Ref.
July Argentina Estefanía Banini 4 goals; Spirit 4-1-0 in July [25]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
13 Won Argentina Estefanía Banini [26]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
2 Won United States Ali Krieger [27]
13 Won Argentina Estefanía Banini [28]
16 Won United States Christine Nairn [29]

See also

References

  1. ^ Andy Lohman. "Washington Spirit and Orlando Pride Came Together for More than Soccer". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  2. ^ 2016 NWSL Statistics (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Steven Goff (October 14, 2015). "Soccer Insider Jim Gabarra named coach, general manager of Washington Spirit". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. ^ Alexandra Grant (October 18, 2016). "Washington Spirit 2016 NWSL season review". Vavel. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  5. ^ McKirdy, Euan. "Megan Rapinoe takes knee in solidarity with Kaepernick". CNN. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Steven Goff (September 7, 2016). "Megan Rapinoe doesn't get chance to kneel for national anthem. It was played with teams in locker room". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  7. ^ Steven Goff (September 9, 2016). "Washington Spirit players unhappy with owner's anthem move". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com.
  9. ^ "SPIRIT ANNOUNCE 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE; Washington to play UVA, PSU, UNC, and Duke". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  10. ^ "Spirit Sign Ex-Bayern Munich Forward Katie Stengel". The Equalizer. December 30, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "2016 NWSL Draft Results: Sonnett goes No. 1". The Equalizer. January 15, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Washington Spirit Signs Danish International Line Sigvardsen Jensen". Canada Soccer.com. February 2, 2016. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Spirit Acquires Defender Alyssa Kleiner". Washington Spirit. February 2, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  14. ^ "Washington Spirit Signs Danish International Line Sigvardsen Jensen". Washington Spirit. July 13, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  15. ^ Lee Gaskin (September 17, 2015). "W-League: Canberra United signs Mexican women's national team midfielder Veronica Perez". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  16. ^ "Spirit Waives Defender Josephine Chukwunonye". Washington Spirit. December 22, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  17. ^ "Spirit Waives Forward Ngozi Sonia Okobi". Washington Spirit. January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  18. ^ "Spirit Acquires Defender Alyssa Kleiner". Black and Red United. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "Reign FC acquires rights to Arianna Romero and Veronica Perez in NWSL Distribution Draft". TheBold.net. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  20. ^ "Spirit Waives Forward Hayley Raso". Washington Spirit. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  21. ^ "Red Stars Acquire Amanda Da Costa and 2017 Draft Pick". Chicago Red Stars. April 16, 2016. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  22. ^ "Red Stars Acquire Amanda Da Costa and 2017 Draft Pick". Portland Timbers. July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  23. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2016 Best XI". Chicago Red Stars. NWSL. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  24. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2016 Best XI". Chicago Red Stars. NWSL. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  25. ^ "National Women's Soccer League". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. August 2, 2016.
  26. ^ "WASHINGTON SPIRIT MIDFIELDER ESTEFANIA BANINI VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. July 19, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  27. ^ "Congrats to @WashSpirit's @alikrieger on her goal being selected by the fans as the #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 2!". Twitter.com. NWSL. April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  28. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Estefania Banini – Week 13". YouTube.com. NWSL. July 20, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  29. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Christine Nairn – Week 16". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
Match reports (preseason)
  1. ^ "Spirit Begins Preseason with 3-0 Win over UVA". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Spirit Wins Second Consecutive Preseason Game over Penn State 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
Match reports (regular season)
  1. ^ a b "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 3-1, TO REMAIN TIED AT TOP OF THE TABLE". chicagorestars.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Washington Spirit Opens Season with 1-0 Win Over Boston Breakers". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 2-1". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Spirit Remains Undefeated After 3-0 Win Over Western New York Flash". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Match Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong ShowingMatch Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong Showing". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "Spirit Remains Undefeated Following Scoreless Draw With The Thorns". washingtonspirit.com. May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "Washington Spirit Falls to Portland Thorns On the Road". washingtongspirit.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "NWSL MATCH RECAP | Portland Thorns FC 4, Washington Spirit 1". Thorns FC. May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  9. ^ "Spirit Settles for 1-1 Draw on the Road Against Boston Breakers". washingtonspirir.com. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  10. ^ "Breakers come back to tie the Washington Spirit". bostonbreakers.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  11. ^ "EARLY SURGE PUSHES SPIRIT PAST PRIDE, 2-0". National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  12. ^ "Washington Spirit Falls to Regional Rivals Sky Blue FC 2-1". washingtonspirit.com. June 26, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  13. ^ "Spirit Claims 2-0 Win at Home Against FC Kansas City". washingtonspirit.com. July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  14. ^ "Chicago Drops 2-0 Decision Away to Washington". chicagorestars.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  15. ^ "Washington Spirit defeats Chicago Red Stars 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  16. ^ "WASHINGTON EARNS 3-2 WIN OVER KANSAS CITY". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  17. ^ "Banini Brace Lifts Spirit Over FC Kansas City 3-2". washingtonspirit.com. July 17, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  18. ^ "SKY BLUE FC SHUT OUT SPIRT, 1-0, AT HOME". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  19. ^ "Spirit Falls to Sky Blue FC 1-0 on the Road". washingtonspirit.com. July 24, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  20. ^ "Spirit Defeats Sky Blue 3-1 to Remain Tied at the Top of the NWSL Table". washingtonspirit.com. July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  21. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT DASH, 2-1, TO CLAIM TOP SPOT IN THE STANDINGS". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  22. ^ "SPIRIT RETAINS FIRST PLACE AFTER 2-1 WIN OVER PRIDE". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  23. ^ "SPIRIT AND FLASH BATTLE TO A 1-1 DRAW". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  24. ^ "REIGN FC DEFEATS SPIRIT, 2-0, AT MEMORIAL STADIUM". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  25. ^ "DASH BEAT BREAKERS, 4-1, TO MATCH CLUB WINS RECORD". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  26. ^ "CHICAGO DEFEATS WASHINGTON, 3-1". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  27. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT RED STARS 2-1 IN EXTRA TIME — Washington advances to the 2016 NWSL Championship at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston". September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
Notes
  1. ^ Washington Spirit's position in the league at the end of match day