2018 Houston Dash season

The 2018 Houston Dash season was the team's fifth season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League. Before the start of the 2018 season Vera Pauw was appointed as head coach.^[1]

Houston Dash

2018 season
Managing Director	Brian Ching
Head coach	Vera Pauw
Stadium	BBVA Compass Stadium
Home colors Away colors
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Team information

Rosters

Players and squad numbers last updated on June 20, 2018.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Country	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Jane Campbell	United States	GK	(1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 30)
30	Bianca Henninger	Mexico	GK	(1990-10-22) October 22, 1990 (age 34)
16	Sammy Jo Prudhomme	United States	GK	(1993-10-25) October 25, 1993 (age 31)
Defenders
22	Amber Brooks	United States	DF	(1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 34)
55	Janine van Wyk	South Africa	DF	(1987-04-17) April 17, 1987 (age 38)
4	Allysha Chapman	Canada	DF	(1989-01-25) January 25, 1989 (age 36)
8	Clare Polkinghorne	Australia	DF	(1989-02-01) February 1, 1989 (age 36)
18	Kimberly Keever	United States	DF	(1995-09-22) September 22, 1995 (age 29)
Midfielders
19	Kristie Mewis	United States	MF	(1991-02-25) February 25, 1991 (age 34)
6	Meleana Shim	United States	MF	(1991-09-25) September 25, 1991 (age 33)
21	Taylor Comeau	United States	MF	(1993-07-21) July 21, 1993 (age 32)
9	Haley Hanson	United States	MF	(1996-02-22) February 22, 1996 (age 29)
10	Linda Motlhalo	South Africa	MF	(1998-07-01) July 1, 1998 (age 27)
23	Sofia Huerta	United States	MF	(1992-12-14) December 14, 1992 (age 32)
Forwards
3	Rachel Daly	England	FW	(1991-12-06) December 6, 1991 (age 33)
7	Kealia Ohai	United States	FW	(1992-01-31) January 31, 1992 (age 33)
14	Nichelle Prince	Canada	FW	(1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 30)
20	Lindsay Agnew	Canada	FW	(1995-03-31) March 31, 1995 (age 30)
13	Savannah Jordan	United States	FW	(1995-01-24) January 24, 1995 (age 30)
11	Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	FW	(1996-05-02) May 2, 1996 (age 29)
12	Veronica Latsko	United States	FW	(1995-12-12) December 12, 1995 (age 29)
17	Kyah Simon	Australia	FW	(1991-06-25) June 25, 1991 (age 34)

Competitions

NWSL

Main article: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Carolina Courage (C)	24	17	6	1	53	17	+36	57	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC	24	12	6	6	40	28	+12	42	NWSL Playoffs
3	Seattle Reign FC	24	11	8	5	27	19	+8	41
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	9	10	5	38	28	+10	37
5	Utah Royals FC	24	9	8	7	22	23	−1	35
6	Houston Dash	24	9	5	10	35	39	−4	32
7	Orlando Pride	24	8	6	10	30	37	−7	30
8	Washington Spirit	24	2	5	17	12	35	−23	11
9	Sky Blue FC	24	1	6	17	21	52	−31	9

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position[a]	5	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on September 8, 2018. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Pre-season and friendlies

Texas A&M v Houston Dash

Mar 2	Texas A&M	0–1	Houston Dash	College Station
		Report	Heap 87'	Stadium: Ellis Field (Texas A&M)

United States U-23 v Houston Dash

Mar 11 Thorns Spring Invitational	United States U-23	1–2	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
1:30 PM CDT		Report	Latsko 17' Brooks 55'	Stadium: Merlo Field

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

Mar 14 Thorns Spring Invitational	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
3:30 PM CDT	Huerta 9'			Stadium: Merlo Field

Portland Thorns FC v Houston Dash

Mar 17 Thorns Spring Invitational	Portland Thorns FC	0–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
9:30 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Merlo Field Attendance: 3,119

Regular season

Houston Dash v Chicago Red Stars

Sun 25 Mar 2018 1	Houston Dash	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
4 PM CT	Keever 38' (Jordan) Brooks  81'	Report	Naughton  69' Comeau 90+1' (Colaprico)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,846

Houston Dash v Utah Royals FC

Fri 30 Mar 2018 2	Houston Dash	0–0	Utah Royals FC	Houston, Texas
7 PM CT		Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,433

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

Wed 18 Apr 2018 3	Chicago Red Stars	3–0	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT	Mewis 7' (o.g.) Gilliland  9' Kaskie 11' Huerta 74' (Colaprico) Johnson  90+2'	Report	Keever  45' Brooks  82'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,327

Orlando Pride v Houston Dash

Sun 22 Apr 2018 4	Orlando Pride	1–0	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
5 PM ET	Ubogagu 65' (Nairn)	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 3,890

Houston Dash v North Carolina Courage

Sat 28 Apr 2018 5	Houston Dash	0–2	North Carolina Courage	Houston, Texas
2:30 PM CT		Report	Dunn 3' (McDonald) Hamilton 48' (O'Sullivan) Mathias  44'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash

Sat 5 May 2018 6	Sky Blue FC	2–3	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
7 PM ET	Johnson 57' (Groom), 73' (Killion) McCaskill  64'	Report	Prince 24' (Agnew) Daly 59' (Ohai)  84' Latsko 79' (Kgatlana)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,065

Houston Dash v Portland Thorns FC

Wed 9 May 2018 7	Houston Dash	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Houston, Texas
7 PM ET	Simon 57' (Latsko) Van Wyk  90+1'	Report	Crnogorčević 25' (Sinclair)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 2,668

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

Sat 12 May 2018 8	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT	Kerr 20' (Gilliland) Johnson  26' Comeau  59' Huerta 65' (pen.)	Report	Daly 6' (Prince) Mewis 48' (Simon) Ohai  89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Utah Royals FC v Houston Dash

Sat 19 May 2018 9	Utah Royals FC	1–0	Houston Dash	Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT	Elby  9' Tymrak 51' (Jonsdottir) Matheson  55'	Report	Daly  12'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 8,323 Referee: Eric Tattersall
Note: Televised on Lifetime.

Houston Dash v Seattle Reign FC

Wed 23 May 2018 10	Houston Dash	2–1	Seattle Reign FC	Houston, Texas
7 PM CT	Mewis 68' Latsko 90+2' (Kgatlana)	Report	Yanez 13' (Taylor) McNabb  67'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 2,376

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

Sun 27 May 2018 11	Houston Dash	3–2	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
5 PM CT	Daly 45+1' (Prince), 78' (Kgatlana)  90+2' Ohai 46'	Report	Dougherty Howard  5' Ordega  45+2' Banini 54' (Smith) Hatch 90+1'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,045

Houston Dash v North Carolina Courage

Sun 3 Jun 2018 12	Houston Dash	1–1	North Carolina Courage	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT	Ohai 49' (Campbell) Daly  68' Kgatlana  90+3'	Report	Williams  45+1' Crouse 80'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 2,941 Referee: Natalie Simon

Houston Dash v Portland Thorns FC

Fri 22 Jun 2018 13	Houston Dash	1–3	Portland Thorns FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT	Huerta 12' Simon  85'	Report	Heath 9' (Sinclair) Crnogorčević 33' Sinclair 83' (Lussi)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,480

Orlando Pride v Houston Dash

Wed 27 Jun 2018 14	Orlando Pride	1–2	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM	Morgan 22' (Zadorsky) Pickett  90' Monica  90+1' Nairn  90+1' Leroux  90+3'	Report	Chapman  75' Ohai 79' (Motlhalo) Huerta 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 3,215

Seattle Reign FC v Houston Dash

Sat 7 Jul 2018 15	Seattle Reign FC	3–1	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
7 PM PT	Taylor 37' (Rapinoe) Rapinoe 56' (pen.) Long 85' (Rapinoe) Rapinoe  90+4'	Report	Brooks 12' (Huerta) Chapman  59'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,172

Houston Dash v Orlando Pride

Wed 11 Jul 2018 16	Houston Dash	3–1	Orlando Pride	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT	Daly 17' (Ohai), 50' Hanson  90+1' Kgatlana 90+5' (Chapman)	Report	Leroux 55' (Zadorsky) Ubogagu  80' Zadorsky  87' Marta  90+6'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,308

Portland Thorns FC v Houston Dash

Sun 15 Jul 2018 17	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
8 PM PT	Horan 16' (Sonnett), 31' Crnogorčević 48' (Raso)	Report	Ohai 37'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,327 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

Sun 22 Jul 2018 18	Washington Spirit	0–1	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
10 AM ET		Report	Daly 3' (Huerta)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,623
Note: Game was originally scheduled for July 21, was rescheduled due to poor weather conditions

Houston Dash v Utah Royals FC

Sun 5 Aug 2018 19	Houston Dash	1–2	Utah Royals FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT	Latsko 41' (Huerta) Huerta  48'	Report	Press 77' Stengel 83' (Tymrak)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,907

Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash

Sat 11 Aug 2018 20	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
7 PM ET	Tiernan 64'	Report	Daly 7' (Ohai), 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,126

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

Fri 17 Aug 2018 21	Houston Dash	4–0	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT	Ohai 42' (Daly) Huerta 58' (Comeau), 76' (Daly) Simon 84' (Latsko)	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,007

Seattle Reign FC v Houston Dash

Tue 21 Aug 2018 22	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
7:30 PM PT	Oyster  28' Taylor 58' (Nielsen), 61' (Rapinoe)	Box Report	Brooks  83'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,193

Houston Dash v Sky Blue FC

Sat 25 Aug 2018 23	Houston Dash	6–1	Sky Blue FC	Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CT	Motlhalo 22' Latsko 48' (Huerta) Huerta 65' (Ohai) Daly 67' (pen.) Hanson 88' (Simon) Kgatlana 90' (Hanson)	Report	Dorsey 54'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,257

North Carolina Courage v Houston Dash

Sat 8 Sep 2018 24	North Carolina Courage	5–0	Houston Dash	Cary, North Carolina
7 PM ET	Jessica McDonald 13' (Erceg) Crystal Dunn 26' Williams 44' (McDonald), 57' (McDonald) Hamilton 70'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 9,505

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	NWSL
				Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Jane Campbell	22	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Bianca Henninger	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK		Sammy Jo Prudhomme	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Allysha Chapman	14	0	2	0	0
8	DF		Clare Polkinghorne	9	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Amber Brooks	22	0	3	0	0
18	DF		Kimberly Keever	10	1	1	0	0
55	DF		Janine van Wyk	18	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
9	MF		Haley Hanson	17	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Taylor Comeau	10	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Kristie Mewis	11	2	0	0	0
23	MF		Sofia Huerta	10	4	1	0	0
10	MF		Linda Motlhalo	19	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Meleana Shim	8	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW		Rachel Daly	22	9	4	0	0
7	FW		Kealia Ohai	17	5	1	0	0
20	FW		Lindsay Agnew	11	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Thembi Kgatlana	15	1	1	0	0
14	FW		Nichelle Prince	18	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Kyah Simon	13	2	1	0	0
13	FW		Savannah Jordan	10	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Veronica Latsko	19	3	0	0	0

Last updated: August 22, 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Team of the Year

Team	Position	Player	Ref.
Second XI	Forward	Rachel Daly	[3]
Second XI	Forward	Sofia Huerta	[3]

NWSL Monthly Awards

NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Ref
June	Won	Rachel Daly	[4]

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March	Jane Campbell	Rachel Daly			[5]
April
May			Kristie Mewis	Rachel Daly	[6]
June				Kealia Ohai	[7]
July				Rachel Daly	[8]
August		Taylor Comeau	Sofia Huerta		[9]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref
9	Won	Rachel Daly	[10]
17	Won	Jane Campbell	[11]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
2	Won	Jane Campbell	[12]
4	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[13]
6	Nominated	Amber Brooks	[14]
7	Nominated	Van Wyk	[15]
8	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[16]
14	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[17]
17	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[18]
20	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[19]
22	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[20]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
7	Nominated	Kristie Mewis	[21]
9	Nominated	Kealia Ohai	[22]
14	Won	Kealia Ohai	[23]
17	Nominated	Rachel Daly	[24]
21	Nominated	Kealia Ohai	[25]
22	Nominated	Sofia Huerta	[26]

Player transactions

2018 NWSL College Draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League^[27]

Round	Pick	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Notes	Previous Team
Round 1	7		Haley Hanson	MF	[29]	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Round 2	12		Kimberly Keever	FW	[31]	University of Washington
Round 3	28		Veronica Latsko	FW	[33]	University of Virginia
Round 3	30		Abby Elinsky	DF/MF	[35]	University of North Carolina
Round 4	33		Sarah Shimer	GK		University of Washington

In

Date	Player	Positions played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 12, 2018	Savannah Jordan	FW	Portland Thorns FC	Acquired in trade for Andressinha.	[36]
January 16, 2018	Lindsay Agnew	FW	Washington Spirit	Acquired in trade for 3rd pick in 2018 NWSL College Draft.	[37]
January 18, 2018	Christen Press	FW	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired in trade for Carli Lloyd and Janine Beckie. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade.	[38]
January 31, 2018	Michaela Hahn	MF	Apollon Ladies F.C.	Signed during the offseason	[39]
January 31, 2018	Allison Wetherington	MF	Portland Pilots	Signed during the offseason	[40]
February 1, 2018	Linda Motlhalo	MF	JVW FC	Signed during the offseason	[41]
February 13, 2018	Tiffany Weimer	FW	Washington Spirit	Acquired in trade for Dash's natural fourth-round pick in 2019 NWSL College Draft	[42]
February 17, 2018	Thembi Kgatlana	FW	University of Western Cape	Signed during the offseason	[43]
February 28, 2018	Kyah Simon	FW	Boston Breakers	Acquired rights during Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft	[44]
March 6, 2018	Meleana Shim	MF	Växjö DFF	Signed during preseason	[45]
June 7, 2018	Clare Polkinghorne	DF	Brisbane Roar	Signed during season.	[46]
June 18, 2018	Sofia Huerta	MF	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired in trade for Christen Press and 2020 first round draft pick.	[47]
June 18, 2018	Taylor Comeau	MF	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired in trade for Christen Press and 2020 first round draft pick.	[48]

Out

Date	Player	Positions played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
October 23, 2017	Kelly Conheeney	MF		Waived.	[49]
January 12, 2018	Andressinha	MF	Portland Thorns FC	Traded for Savannah Jordan.	[50]
January 19, 2018	Carli Lloyd	MF	Sky Blue FC	Traded (along with Janine Beckie) as part of a three team trade that also included Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade.	[51]
January 19, 2018	Janine Beckie	FW	Sky Blue FC	Traded (along with Carli Lloyd) as part of a three team trade that also included Christen Press, Sam Kerr, Nikki Stanton and Jen Hoy. Draft picks and international roster spot were also part of trade.	[52]
February 6, 2018	Poliana	DF	Orlando Pride	Traded for Orlando Pride's natural second-round pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft	[53]
February 8, 2018	Bruna Benites	DF		Waived.	[54]
March 9, 2018	Cami Privett	MF		Retired.
March 19, 2018	Cari Roccaro	MF	North Carolina Courage	Waived. Signed with the North Carolina Courage.	[55][56]
March 19, 2018	Camille Levin	MF	Vålerenga	Waived. Signed with Vålerenga in the Toppserien.	[57][58]
March 21, 2018	Tiffany Weimer	FW	Washington Spirit	Waived. Claimed off waivers by the Washington Spirit.	[59]
June 18, 2018	Claire Falknor	MF	EDF Logroño	Waived. Signed with EDF Logroño in the Primera División.	[60]
June 18, 2018	Alli Murphy	MF		Waived.	[61]
June 18, 2018	Christen Press	FW	Utah Royals FC	Traded along with a 2020 first round draft pick as part of a three team trade involving the Chicago Red Stars and Utah Royals FC.	[62]
August 16, 2018	Michaela Hahn	MF		Retired.	[63]

Notes

1. HOU's position at the end of the matchweek, not their match.