2016 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit

2016 season

General Manager

Chris Hummer

Head Coach

Jim Gabarra

Stadium

Maryland SoccerPlex

NWSL

2nd (finals loss)

Top goalscorer

League: Estefania Banini (5)
All: Estefania Banini (5)

Highest home attendance

5,750
(June 18 vs. Orlando Pride)^[1]

Lowest home attendance

2,930
(July 31 vs. Sky Blue FC)^{[m 1]}

Average home league attendance

3,782^[2]

Home colors

Away colors

← 2015

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.

First-team squad

The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.^[3]

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	Stephanie Labbé
3	DF	Caprice Dydasco
4	DF	Megan Oyster
5	DF	Whitney Church
6	DF	Shelina Zadorsky
7	MF	Christine Nairn
8	MF	Diana Matheson
10	MF	Estefania Banini
11	DF	Ali Krieger (captain)
12	FW	Katie Stengel

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Francisca Ordega
15	MF	Joanna Lohman
17	FW	Cali Farquharson
18	GK	Kelsey Wys
19	FW	Crystal Dunn
20	FW	Cheyna Williams
22	DF	Alyssa Kleiner
23	MF	Tori Huster
24	DF	Estelle Johnson
57	FW	Laura del Rio

Team management

Owner	Bill Lynch
General Manager	Jim Gabarra
Head Coach	Jim Gabarra

Source:^[3]

Competitions

Preseason

On January 26, the Washington Spirit announced its preseason schedule.^[4]

000000002016-03-19-0000March 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.

000000002016-03-26-0000March 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 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 74'	^{[m 3]}	Krieger 40' (Huster) Zadorsky 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 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 17'	^{[m 6]}	Sonnett 28' Heath 59', 88' Horan 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 66' Krieger 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) 76' Own Goal 31' (Kleiner) Heath 45' (Sinclair) Morris 78' (unassisted) 60' Sonnett 32' Nadim 61'	^{[m 7]}^{[m 8]}	Lohman 55' (Dunn) Nairn 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 47' Katie Stengel 74' (Christine Nairn)	^{[m 14]}^{[m 15]}	Alyssa Mautz 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 28' Sarah Hagen 71' (Cami Levin)	^{[m 22]}	Ali Krieger 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 85'	^{[m 23]}	Elizabeth Eddy 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 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) 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	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

Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position^{[n 1]}	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: September 24, 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Postseason playoff

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 57' Ordega 111' (Christine Nairn)	^{[m 27]}	Press 74' (Short) Johnson 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 84' Williams 124+' (McDonald)	Report	Dunn 9' (Oyster) 91' (Krieger) Wys 122+'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 8,255 Referee: Christina Unkel
		Penalties
	Dahlkemper Hinkle McDonald Williams Mewis		Krieger Nairn Stengel Huster 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
10	F	Estefania Banini	13	9	888	5	1	0	23	12	52%	3	0	1	1	17	0
5	DF	Whitney Church	11	7	610	0	0	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	3	2	0
19	DF	Crystal Dunn	13	12	1142	2	5	0	37	14	38%	2	0	13	8	26	0
3	DF	Caprice Dydasco	12	12	1080	0	2	0	7	3	43%	4	0	1	8	6	1
17	DF	Cali Farquharson	16	8	561	0	0	0	10	2	20%	0	0	4	5	3	0
23	DF	Tori Huster	19	19	1665	1	1	0	13	4	31%	0	0	0	14	15	0
27	DF	Line Jensen	3	2	141	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
22	DF	Alyssa Kleiner	17	12	1115	1	1	0	5	2	40%	2	0	1	10	8	1
11	DF	Ali Krieger	15	14	1267	1	0	0	6	2	33%	3	6	1	5	5	2
1	GK	Stephanie Labbe	8	8	720	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
8	MF	Diana Matheson	12	9	800	4	0	1	12	8	67%	0	25	2	3	9	1
7	MF	Christine Nairn	20	18	1619	3	3	1	37	13	35%	9	85	2	7	21	1
14	FW	Francisca Ordega	13	7	629	2	1	0	18	12	67%	0	0	8	10	13	1
4	DF	Megan Oyster	15	15	1340	0	0	0	3	0	0%	0	0	0	12	6	2
2	FW	Katie Stengel	19	10	928	4	1	0	20	10	50%	1	0	5	5	4	0
20	FW	Cheyna Williams	17	8	779	3	0	0	20	9	45%	0	0	9	10	9	1
18	GK	Kelsey Wys	12	12	1080	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Shelina Zadorsky	11	10	911	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	8	4	2
Team total			20	—	19800	30	16	2	249	109	44%	27	116	48	139	165	13

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKA	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%
1	GK	Stephanie Labbe	8	8	720	7	0.88	0	1	71	30	24	80%
18	GK	Kelsey Wys	12	12	1080	14	1.17	2	2	163	75	61	81%
Team total			20	—	1800	21	1.05	2	3	234	105	85	81%

References

↑ Andy Lohman. "Washington Spirit and Orlando Pride Came Together for More than Soccer". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
↑ 2016 NWSL Statistics (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016.
1 2 "Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com.
↑ "SPIRIT ANNOUNCE 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE; Washington to play UVA, PSU, UNC, and Duke". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

Match reports (preseason)

↑ "Spirit Begins Preseason with 3-0 Win over UVA". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Wins Second Consecutive Preseason Game over Penn State 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.

Match reports (regular season)

1 2 "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 3-1, TO REMAIN TIED AT TOP OF THE TABLE". chicagorestars.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "Washington Spirit Opens Season with 1-0 Win Over Boston Breakers". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
↑ "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 2-1". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Remains Undefeated After 3-0 Win Over Western New York Flash". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
↑ "Match Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong ShowingMatch Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong Showing". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Remains Undefeated Following Scoreless Draw With The Thorns". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
↑ "Washington Spirit Falls to Portland Thorns On the Road". washingtongspirit.com. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
↑ "NWSL MATCH RECAP | Portland Thorns FC 4, Washington Spirit 1". Thorns FC. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Settles for 1-1 Draw on the Road Against Boston Breakers". washingtonspirir.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
↑ "Breakers come back to tie the Washington Spirit". bostonbreakers.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
↑ "EARLY SURGE PUSHES SPIRIT PAST PRIDE, 2-0". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
↑ "Washington Spirit Falls to Regional Rivals Sky Blue FC 2-1". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Claims 2-0 Win at Home Against FC Kansas City". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Chicago Drops 2-0 Decision Away to Washington". chicagorestars.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
↑ "Washington Spirit defeats Chicago Red Stars 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
↑ "WASHINGTON EARNS 3-2 WIN OVER KANSAS CITY". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "Banini Brace Lifts Spirit Over FC Kansas City 3-2". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "SKY BLUE FC SHUT OUT SPIRT, 1-0, AT HOME". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Falls to Sky Blue FC 1-0 on the Road". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "Spirit Defeats Sky Blue 3-1 to Remain Tied at the Top of the NWSL Table". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
↑ "SPIRIT DEFEAT DASH, 2-1, TO CLAIM TOP SPOT IN THE STANDINGS". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
↑ "SPIRIT RETAINS FIRST PLACE AFTER 2-1 WIN OVER PRIDE". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
↑ "SPIRIT AND FLASH BATTLE TO A 1-1 DRAW". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
↑ "REIGN FC DEFEATS SPIRIT, 2-0, AT MEMORIAL STADIUM". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
↑ "DASH BEAT BREAKERS, 4-1, TO MATCH CLUB WINS RECORD". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
↑ "CHICAGO DEFEATS WASHINGTON, 3-1". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
↑ "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

↑ Washington Spirit's position in the league at the end of match day

External links

Official website

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

2016 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 Orlando Pride Portland Thorns Seattle Reign FC Sky Blue FC Washington Spirit Western New York Flash

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Cups

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International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2015–16
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National teams

Men	Copa América Centenario

Men U23	Olympic Qualifying Play-off

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