2016 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit

2016 season

General Manager

Chris Hummer

Head Coach

Mark Parsons

Stadium

Maryland SoccerPlex

Highest home attendance

3,000
(Mar. 26 vs. Penn State)

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.^[1]

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: ^[1]

Competitions

Preseason

On January 26 Washington Spirit announced its preseason schedule.^[2]

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'	Report		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'	Report		Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex Attendance: 3,000

000000002016-04-02-0000April 2, Sat	Washington Spirit Navy	1–1 (1–3 p)	Washington Spirit White	Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Konte 39'	Report	Nairn 16'	Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
		Penalties
	Shelina Zadorsky Megan Oyster Caprice Dydasco Alyssa Kleiner		Christine Nairn Joanna Lohman Cheyna Williams		-	Note: Intrasquad scrimmage. Two 35-minute halves. Originally scheduled to play the University of North Carolina, who were forced to withdraw due to player availability.^[3]

Regular season

Sat Apr 16 1	Washington Spirit	1 – 0	Boston Breakers	Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m.	Lohman 3'			Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,578

Sun Apr 24 2	Sky Blue FC	1 – 2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Maya Hayes 66' (Taylor Lytle) Kelley O'Hara 74'	Report	Ali Krieger 40' (Tori Huster) Shelina Zadorsky 46+' Diana Matheson 56' (Crystal Dunn)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,571

Fri Apr 29 3	Western New York Flash	0 – 3	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
	Elizabeth Eddy 80'	Report Report	Diana Matheson 4' (Crystal Dunn), 72' (p.k.) Elizabeth Eddy 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Sat May 7 4	Washington Spirit	v	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat May 14 5	Washington Spirit	v	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat May 21 6	Portland Thorns FC	v	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
				Stadium: Providence Park

Fri May 27 7	Houston Dash	v	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Fri Jun 10 8	Boston Breakers	v	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
				Stadium: Jordan Field

Sat Jun 18 9	Washington Spirit	v	Orlando Pride	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat Jun 25 10	Washington Spirit	v	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat Jul 2 11	Washington Spirit	v	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat Jul 9 12	Washington Spirit	v	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sat Jul 16 13	FC Kansas City	v	Washington Spirit	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Swope Soccer Village

Sat Jul 23 14	Sky Blue FC	v	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
				Stadium: Yurcak Field

Sat Jul 30 15	Washington Spirit	v	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Fri Aug 26 16	Orlando Pride	v	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
				Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl

Sat Sep 3 17	Washington Spirit	v	Western New York Flash	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Wed Sep 7 18	Washington Spirit	v	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Sun Sep 11 19	Seattle Reign FC	v	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
				Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Sat Sep 24 20	Chicago Red Stars	v	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
				Stadium: Toyota Park

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Washington Spirit	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	NWSL Shield
2	Chicago Red Stars	4	3	0	1	4	3	+1	9	NWSL Playoffs
3	Portland Thorns FC	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8
4	Seattle Reign FC	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
5	Western New York Flash	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	6
6	Houston Dash	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
7	Sky Blue FC	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
8	Orlando Pride	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
9	FC Kansas City	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
10	Boston Breakers	4	0	0	4	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2016. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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
3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	1	0	0	1	0	+1	2	0	0	5	1	+4

Last updated: April 29, 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	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W

Last updated: April 29, 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

External links

Official website

References

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.
↑ "SWashington Spirit to Play Intrasquad Scrimmage on April 2". WashingtonSpirit.com. Retrieved March 27, 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 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

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Leagues

Men	MLS MLS Cup Playoffs NASL USL Playoffs PDL NPSL PLA ASL MASL 2015–16 2016–17 SPSL 2015–16 2016–17 Super-20 League NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Women	NWSL WPSL UWS NCAA Division I Division II Division III

Cups

U.S. Open Cup
- Qualification
- Final
National Women's Open
Men's College Cup
Women's College Cup

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2015–16
- 2016–17

National teams

Men	Copa América Centenario

Men U23	Olympic Qualifying Play-off

Women	Olympic Qualifying SheBelieves Cup

Women U23	CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Team seasons

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Saint Louis FC
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Seattle Sounders FC 2
Swope Park Rangers
Toronto FC II
Tulsa Roughnecks
Whitecaps FC 2
Wilmington Hammerheads

Women

NWSL

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