2015 Houston Dash season
2015 season | |||
Managing Director | Brian Ching | ||
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Manager | Randy Waldrum | ||
Stadium | BBVA Compass Stadium | ||
NWSL | 5th | ||
NWSL Championship | Did not qualify | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Jessica McDonald (7) All: Jessica McDonald (7) | ||
Highest home attendance |
13,025 (July 12 vs. Chicago; sellout, franchise record) | ||
Lowest home attendance |
3,499 (June 20 vs. Western New York) | ||
Average home league attendance | 6,413 | ||
Biggest win |
2–0 v. WAS, April 10 2–0 v. WNY, June 20 | ||
Biggest defeat | 0–3 v. SEA, August 22 | ||
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All statistics correct as of September 7, 2015. |
The 2015 season is the Houston Dash's second season as a professional women's soccer team. As a member of the National Women's Soccer League, United States' top-flight women's league, the Dash's schedule includes 20 total games (10 home, 10 away) against eight other NWSL teams. The Dash look to make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history after finishing in last place during their inaugural season. The 2015 regular season began on April 10, 2015.
Background
College Draft
The Houston Dash selected University of Virginia and U.S. Women's National Team midfielder Morgan Brian with the first overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. The Dash also traded awsy the 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft and a second round pick in the 2016 College Draft to Portland Thorns FC for a player to be named later.[1]
Round | Overall | Player | Position | College |
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1 | 1 | Morgan Brian | Midfielder | University of Virginia |
4 | 31 | Carleigh Williams | Defender | University of Central Florida |
Preseason
Date | Opponents | Ground | Result F–A |
Scorers | Notes |
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March 18, 2015 | Houston Dynamo U-16 | Houston Sports Park | 0-2 | ||
March 25, 2015 | Houston Dynamo U-16 | Houston Sports Park | 0-5 | ||
March 29, 2015 | Texas Longhorns | Houston Sports Park | 2–0 | Henderson 55' Ohai 73' |
Colours: Green = Houston Dash win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.
Season Review
April
The new-look Houston Dash kicked off the year's NWSL action with a 2-0 win over the Washington Spirit at BBVA Compass Stadium. Offseason acquisition Carli Lloyd scored the opening goal in first half stoppage time, and last season's club top goalscorer Kealia Ohai put away the second goal five minutes into the second half. The Dash looked revamped in attack and, defensively, collected their first shutout of the season.[2]
Position at the end of April
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Houston Dash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
Club
Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
---|---|
Head Coach | Randy Waldrum |
Assistant Coach | Marcelo Galvao |
Assistant Coach | Hiro Suzuki |
Goalkeeper coach | Tom Brown |
Athletic Trainer | Kristy Chavez |
Massage Therapist | Wes Speights |
Last updated: April 13, 2015
Source: Houston Dash
Other information
Owner | Philip Anschutz |
Co-Owners | Oscar De La Hoya Gabriel Brener |
President of Business Operations | Chris Canetti |
Managing Director | Brian Ching |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | BBVA Compass Stadium (7,000 (22,039) / 115x70 yards) |
Training ground | Houston Sports Park |
Last updated: April 13, 2015
Source: Houston Dash
Squad
The following is a list of players who were under contract with the Houston Dash at any point during the 2015 season.[3]
N |
P |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Since |
App |
Goals |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Notes |
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1 | GK | McLeod, ErinErin McLeod | 33 | 2014 | 20 | 0 | Undisclosed | Allocated Player | Inactive | |
2 | DF | Williams, CarleighCarleigh Williams | 23 | 2015 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Free | Rookie season | |
4 | DF | Sesselmann, LaurenLauren Sesselmann | 32 | 2014 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Allocated Player | Inactive | |
6 | MF | Brian, MorganMorgan Brian | 23 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Free | Rookie season | |
7 | FW | Ohai, KealiaKealia Ohai | 24 | 2014 | 24 | 5 | Undisclosed | Free | ||
8 | MF | Jackson, JordanJordan Jackson | 25 | 2014 | 20 | 2 | Undisclosed | Free | ||
9 | FW | Roche, StephanieStephanie Roche | 26 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | ||
10 | MF | Lloyd, CarliCarli Lloyd | 33 | 2015 | 1 | 1 | Undisclosed | Allocated Player | ||
11 | MF | Bock, BrittanyBrittany Bock | 29 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Expansion Draft | ||
12 | FW | McCarty, TiffanyTiffany McCarty | 25 | 2014 | 21 | 4 | Undisclosed | Expansion Draft | ||
14 | FW | McDonald, JessicaJessica McDonald | 28 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Trade | ||
15 | DF | Chapman, AllyshaAllysha Chapman | 27 | 2015 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Allocated Player | Inactive | |
16 | MF | Nick, AshleyAshley Nick | 28 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Trade | ||
18 | GK | Henninger, BiancaBianca Henninger | 25 | 2014 | 6 | 0 | Undisclosed | Trade | ||
19 | DF | Cross, NikiNiki Cross | 30 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Trade | ||
21 | FW | Henderson, MelissaMelissa Henderson | 26 | 2014 | 10 | 0 | Undisclosed | Trade | ||
22 | DF | Ochs, StephanieStephanie Ochs | 25 | 2014 | 25 | 0 | Undisclosed | Trade | ||
25 | DF | Klingenberg, MeghanMeghan Klingenberg | 27 | 2014 | 9 | 0 | Undisclosed | Allocated Player | ||
30 | FW | Masar, EllaElla Masar | 30 | 2014 | 19 | 3 | Undisclosed | Expansion Draft | ||
40 | MF | Axon, RachaelRachael Axon | 30 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Discovery Signing |
- Last updated: April 13, 2015
- Source: Houston Dash
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. - Ordered by squad number.
Standings and Match Results
National Women's Soccer League
League 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 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 |
Last updated: September 7, 2015.
Source: National Women's Soccer League
- Results by matchday
Matchday | 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
Result | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D |
Position[n 1] | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Last updated: September 7, 2015.
Source: HoustonDashSoccer.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
April 10, Fri 1 | Houston Dash | 2 – 0 | Washington Spirit | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 p.m. CDT UTC-5 | Lloyd 45 +6' Ohai 50' Masar 71' |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,012 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
April 18, Sat 2 | Sky Blue FC | 1 – 1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
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18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Freels 14' (O'Hara) 90' | Dash report NWSL report Box |
McDonald 52' (Brian) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
April 26, Sun 3 | Boston Breakers | 3 – 2 | Houston Dash | Boston, Massachusetts |
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16:00 CDT UTC-5 | King 8' Ezurike 31' (McCaffrey) Evans 55' own goal 72' (Lloyd) |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Cross 44' McDonald 65' (Ohai) 58' (Brian) Roche 90' |
Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
May 2, Sat 4 | Houston Dash | 0 – 2 | FC Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Dash report NWSL report Box |
Bogus 42' (unassisted) Groom 51' (Hagen) Moros 63' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,186 Referee: Margaret Domka |
May 15, Fri 5 | Houston Dash | 2 – 2 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Axon 28' (penalty) Ohai 59' (Henderson) Masar 62' |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Colaprico 43' Huerta 60' (Hoy), 81' (unassisted) |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,527 Referee: Randall Kelley |
May 23, Sat 6 | Portland Thorns FC | 0 – 1 | Houston Dash | Portland, Oregon |
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21:00 CDT UTC-5 | Dash report NWSL report Box |
McDonald 24' Pressley 86' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,409 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
May 31, Sun 7 | Sky Blue FC | 1 – 1 | Houston Dash | Piscataway, New Jersey |
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14:00 CDT UTC-5 | Haagsma 11' (Grubka) DeCesare 86' |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Bailey 86' (unassisted) | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 958 Referee: Levi Rippy |
June 6, Sat 8 | Houston Dash | 0 – 0 | Portland Thorns FC | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Camila 35' Bock 45' |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Terry 65' | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,864 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
June 20, Sat 9 | Houston Dash | 2 – 0 | Western New York Flash | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | McDonald 24' Ohai 63' Masar 74' |
Dash report WNY report Box |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,499 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
June 27, Sat 10 | Washington Spirit | 1 – 0 | Houston Dash | Germantown, Maryland |
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18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Dunn 56' | Dash report NWSL report Box |
Camila 55' Brush 78' |
Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field at the Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Matthew Franz |
July 12, Sun 11 | Houston Dash | 1 – 2 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | McCarty 57' Brush 84' |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Colaprico 3' DiBernardo 19' Hoy 61' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 13,025 (franchise record) Referee: Christopher Spivey |
July 20, Mon 12 | FC Kansas City | 1 – 1 | Houston Dash | Kansas City, Missouri |
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19:00 CDT UTC-5 | own goal 55' (Pressley) | Dash report NWSL report Box |
Masar 40' Lloyd 45' |
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,557 (sellout) Referee: Randall Kelley |
July 25, Sat 13 | Western New York Flash | 0 – 1 | Houston Dash | Rochester, New York |
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18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Dash report NWSL report Box |
Lloyd 49' (Klingenberg) | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Margaret Domka |
July 29, Wed 14 | Houston Dash | 3 – 2 | FC Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Brush 12' (Ohai) McDonald 17' (Klingenberg) Lloyd 86' (Cross) |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Holiday 3' (Rodriguez) Hagen 84' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,425 Referee: Matthew Mercier |
August 1, Sat 15 | Washington Spirit | 3 – 1 | Houston Dash | Germantown, Maryland |
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18:00 CDT UTC-5 | Dunn 28', 36' (Matheson), 45+1' (Nairn) | Dash report NWSL report Box |
McDonald 74' (Ohai) | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,418 Referee: Margaret Domka |
August 7, Fri 16 | Houston Dash | 0 – 2 | Sky Blue FC | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Dash report NWSL report Box |
Nadim 38' (Levin) Killion 45' Kerr 72' (unassisted) |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,216 Referee: Christopher Spivey |
August 12, Wed 17 | Seattle Reign FC | 2 – 1 | Houston Dash | Seattle, Washington |
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21:00 CDT UTC-5 | Mathias 22' (Rapinoe) Corsie 59' (Cox) |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Ohai 15' (unassisted) Masar 70' Brush 90+' |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Cedric Adams |
August 21, Fri 18 | Houston Dash | 0 – 3 | Seattle Reign FC | Houston, Texas |
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19:00 CDT UTC-5 | Dash report NWSL report Box |
Little 42' (Barnes), 74', 90' | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 9,530 Referee: Christina Hutchinson |
August 30, Sun 19 | Houston Dash | 1 – 0 | Boston Breakers | Houston, Texas |
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19:30 CDT UTC-5 | Masar 34' (McDonald) Masar 35' |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Schoepfer 89' | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,842 Referee: Cedric Adams |
September 6, Sun 20 | Chicago Red Stars | 1 – 1 | Houston Dash | Bridgeview, Illinois |
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16:00 CDT UTC-5 | DiBernardo 82' Press 90' (Johnston) |
Dash report NWSL report Box |
Masar 62' (Brian) | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,623 Referee: Margaret Domka |
Awards
NWSL awards
Date | Award | Recipient | Reference |
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May 27, 2015 | Player of the week for week 7 | Bianca Henninger | [4] |
August 3, 2015 | Player of the month of July | Carli Lloyd | [5] |
Squad statistics
Source: NWSL
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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2 | MF | Andressa Cavalari Machry | 7 | 7 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
26 | DF | Jazmyne Avant | 2 | 2 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | MF | Rachael Axon | 15 | 11 | 1004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
3 | FW | Allie Bailey | 7 | 0 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | MF | Brittany Bock | 5 | 5 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | Morgan Brian | 10 | 10 | 810 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
24 | DF | Ellie Brush | 15 | 14 | 1274 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
9 | DF | Camila Martins Pereira | 12 | 6 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
15 | DF | Allysha Chapman | 5 | 4 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | DF | Niki Cross | 15 | 12 | 1148 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
21 | FW | Melissa Henderson | 20 | 14 | 1123 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Jordan Jackson | 9 | 3 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | Meghan Klingenberg | 12 | 12 | 1046 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
13 | DF | Jen LaPonte | 6 | 3 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | MF | Carli Lloyd | 12 | 12 | 1080 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
30 | FW | Ella Masar | 19 | 18 | 1606 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
12 | FW | Tiffany McCarty | 17 | 7 | 741 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 20 | 19 | 1675 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | Ashley Nick | 3 | 2 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | Stephanie Ochs | 3 | 2 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | FW | Kealia Ohai | 19 | 19 | 1692 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | Toni Pressley | 15 | 15 | 1306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
23 | MF | Cami Privett | 4 | 2 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Stephanie Roche | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | DF | Lauren Sesselmann | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | Carleigh Williams | 2 | 1 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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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18 | GK | Bianca Henninger | 10 | 9 | 868 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 132 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1 | GK | Erin McLeod | 11 | 11 | 932 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 164 | 74 | 60 | 15 | 1.364 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Notes
- ↑ Houston Dash's position in the league at the end of match day
References
- 1 2 "NWSL ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF THE 2015 COLLEGE DRAFT". NWSLsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. January 16, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Match Recap: Houston Dash 2, Washington Spirit 0". HoustonDashSoccer.com. Houston Dash Communications. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Houston Dash Roster". Houston Dash. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ "DASH'S BIANCA HENNINGER VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK; Henninger recorded her second shutout of the 2015 NWSL season on Saturday night". nwslsoccer.com. May 27, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ↑ "DASH'S CARLI LLOYD VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE MONTH; Lloyd helped Houston earn a 2-0-1 record in July to move into fourth in the standings". nwslsoccer.com. August 3, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
See also
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