2019 Houston Dash season

The 2019 Houston Dash season was the team's sixth season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League. James Clarkson was appointed head coach on December 11, 2018 after Vera Pauw departed the team after only one season.^[1]

Houston Dash

2019 season
Head coach	James Clarkson
Stadium	BBVA Stadium
NWSL	7th
Highest home attendance	5,327 (July 13th vs. Chicago Red Stars)
Lowest home attendance	2,933 (April 28th vs. North Carolina Courage)
Average home league attendance	4,053
Biggest win	1–0 (four games)
Biggest defeat	0-5 (July 24th vs. Portland Thorns FC)
Home colors Away colors
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Roster

As of August 21, 2019.^[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Jane Campbell 2 DF  MEX Arianna Romero 3 FW  ENG Rachel Daly 4 DF  CAN Allysha Chapman 6 MF  USA Mana Shim 7 FW  USA Kealia Ohai 9 MF  USA Haley Hanson 10 MF  USA Christine Nairn 11 MF  USA Sofia Huerta 12 MF  USA Veronica Latsko 13 MF  CAN Sophie Schmidt 14 FW  CAN Nichelle Prince 15 FW  USA CeCe Kizer 16 FW  JAM Kayla McCoy

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  AUS Kyah Simon 18 GK  CAN Devon Kerr 19 MF  USA Kristie Mewis 20 DF  CAN Lindsay Agnew 21 DF  USA Ally Haran 22 DF  USA Amber Brooks 23 DF  USA Ally Prisock 24 FW  USA Jamia Fields 25 FW  MEX Ariana Calderón 27 DF  USA Betsy Brandon 28 MF  USA Cami Privett 30 GK  MEX Bianca Henninger 34 DF  USA Jazmin Jackmon 44 DF  ENG Satara Murray

Competitions

Regular season

Houston Dash v Reign FC

April 14, 2019 1	Houston Dash	1–1	Reign FC	Houston, Texas
15:00	Prince 10' Schmidt  67' Nairn  90+3'	Box Report	Jenkins 58' McNabb  79'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,335

Sky Blue FC v Houston Dash

April 20, 2019 2	Sky Blue FC	0–1	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
17:00	Lloyd  80'	Report	Agnew  49' Huerta 83'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,394

Houston Dash v North Carolina Courage

April 28, 2019 3	Houston Dash	1–4	North Carolina Courage	Houston, Texas
17:00	Daly 86' Schmidt  44'	Report	Williams 45+1' Dunn 69' Debinha 69' Pruitt 76'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 2,933

Houston Dash v Orlando Pride

May 5, 2019 4	Houston Dash	1–0	Orlando Pride	Houston, Texas
17:00	Kealia Ohai 7'	Report	Marta  90+2'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,173 Referee: Victor Rivas

Utah Royals FC v Houston Dash

May 11, 2019 5	Utah Royals FC	1–2	Houston Dash	Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MST	Rodriguez 29' S. Johnson  44' Corsie  69'	Report	Daly 42', 50' Hanson  72' Nairn  83'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: 10,138

Houston Dash v Chicago Red Stars

May 19, 2019 6	Houston Dash	1–2	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
17:00	Huerta 26' Murray  54'	Box	Kerr 8', 13' Stanton  49'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,690

Reign FC v Houston Dash

June 2, 2019 7	Reign FC	1–1	Houston Dash	Tacoma, Washington
15:00	Balcer 32' Groom  45+3'	Box	Prisock  66' Nairn 90'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,063

Houston Dash v Orlando Pride

June 15, 2019 8	Houston Dash	2–2	Orlando Pride	Houston, Texas
19:30	Brooks  11' Huerta 47' Mewis 67'	Box	Boyles 13' Reid  29' Viggiano  66' Evans 71' Greening  84'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 3,776

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

June 22, 2019 9	Washington Spirit	0–0	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
18:00		Box	Nairn  44' Calderón  73'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,367

Houston Dash v Portland Thorns FC

June 29, 2019 10	Houston Dash	1–2	Portland Thorns FC	Houston, Texas
19:30	Simon 51' Murray  75'	Report	Ball  60' Lussi 70' Purce 75'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 3,379

North Carolina Courage v Houston Dash

July 5, 2019 11	North Carolina Courage	5–2	Houston Dash	Cary, North Carolina
18:00	Hamilton 5', 18', 54', 71' Williams 31'	Box	Mewis 24' Simon 43' Schmidt  53' Hanson  69'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,066

Houston Dash v Chicago Red Stars

July 13, 2019 12	Houston Dash	0–1	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
19:30	Hanson  77'	Report	Johnson 7' Stanton  66'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 5,327

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

July 20, 2019 13	Washington Spirit	1–2	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
18:00	DiBiasi 53' Hatch  77'	Report	Mewis 56' Huerta  70' Brooks 72' Nairn  88'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,500

Portland Thorns FC v Houston Dash

July 24, 2019 14	Portland Thorns FC	5–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
21:30	Horan 7' Raso 12', 23' Sinclair 18' (pen.) Campbell 71' (o.g.)	Report	Chapman  70'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,329

Houston Dash v Sky Blue FC

July 28, 2019 15	Houston Dash	1–0	Sky Blue FC	Houston, Texas
18:00	Daly 22'	Report	Dorsey  68'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 3,510

Houston Dash v Reign FC

August 2, 2019 16	Houston Dash	0–1	Reign FC	Houston, Texas
18:00	Nairn  90+5'	Report	White 21' Jenkins  80' Murphy  85'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 3,621

Orlando Pride v Houston Dash

August 10, 2019 17	Orlando Pride	0–1	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
18:30	King  61' Marta  64'  85' Emslie  90+2'	Report	Kizer  82' Ohai  87' Daly 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 5,106

Houston Dash v Sky Blue FC

August 24, 2019 18	Houston Dash	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Houston, Texas
19:30	Ohai 90+4'	Report	Dydasco  9' Lloyd 26', 41' Skroski  34' Lewandowski  49' Sheridan  83'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 4,102

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

September 8, 2019 19	Chicago Red Stars	3–0	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00	Kerr 7', 44' McCaskill 65' Nagasato  90'	Report	Agnew  40'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,345

Houston Dash v Utah Royals FC

September 13, 2019 20	Houston Dash	2–1	Utah Royals FC	Houston, Texas
19:30	Huerta 27', 62' Nairn  87'	Report	Jónsdóttir 75'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,538

North Carolina Courage v Houston Dash

September 17, 2019 21	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Houston Dash	Cary, North Carolina
18:30	Mewis 87' (pen.)	Report	Daly  73' Brooks  74' Mewis  86'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,943

Portland Thorns FC v Houston Dash

September 21, 2019 22	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
21:30	Heath 48'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,022

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

September 25, 2019 23	Houston Dash	0–0	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
19:30	Chapman  44'	Report	Staab  12' Nielsen  66'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 5,247

Utah Royals FC v Houston Dash

October 12, 2019 24	Utah Royals FC	2-1	Houston Dash	Sandy, Utah
19:30	Press 3' Rodriguez 23' Weber  70'	Report	Schmidt  26' Romero  29' Daly  70' Mewis 78'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 9,513

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina Courage (C)	24	15	4	5	54	23	+31	49	NWSL Shield
2	Chicago Red Stars	24	14	2	8	41	28	+13	44	NWSL Playoffs
3	Portland Thorns FC	24	11	7	6	40	31	+9	40
4	Reign FC	24	10	8	6	27	27	0	38
5	Washington Spirit	24	9	7	8	30	25	+5	34
6	Utah Royals FC	24	10	4	10	25	25	0	34
7	Houston Dash	24	7	5	12	21	36	−15	26
8	Sky Blue FC	24	5	5	14	20	34	−14	20
9	Orlando Pride	24	4	4	16	24	53	−29	16

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
23	7	5	11	20	34	−14	26	4	3	6	13	17	−4	3	2	5	7	17	−10

Last updated: September 25, 2019.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L
Position	6	5	5	3	1	3	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistical leaders

Top scorers Rank Player Goals 1 Rachel Daly 5 Sofia Huerta 3 Kristie Mewis 4 4 Kyah Simon 2 Kealia Ohai 6 Nichelle Prince 1 Christine Nairn Amber Brooks

Top assists Rank Player Assists 1 Sofia Huerta 4 2 Kyah Simon 2 Christine Nairn 4 Sophie Schmidt 1 Arianna Romero Kealia Ohai Kristie Mewis Rachel Daly Ariana Calderón Shutouts Rank Player Clean sheets 1 Jane Campbell 6

Awards

As of October 10, 2019.

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Nominated	Nichelle Prince	[4]
4	Won	Kealia Ohai	[5]
8	Nominated	Christine Nairn	[6]
19	Won	Kealia Ohai	[7]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[8]
3	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[9]
8	Won	Jane Campbell	[10][11]
14	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[12]
15	Won	Jane Campbell	[13]
19	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[14]
21	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[15]
22	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[16]
23	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[17]
24	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[18]
25	Nominated	Jane Campbell	[19]

Player Transactions

2019 NWSL College Draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League^[20]

Round	Pick	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Previous Team
Round 2	12		Ally Prisock	D	University of Southern California
Round 2	13		CeCe Kizer	F	Mississippi
Round 2	16		Betsy Brandon	M	University of Virginia
Round 2	18		Kayla McCoy	F	Duke University
Round 3	21		Jazmin Jackmon	D	University of Oregon
Round 3	22		Grace Cutler	M	West Virginia University

In

Date	Player	Positions played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
February 26, 2019	Christine Nairn	MF	Orlando Pride	Acquired in Trade with the Orlando Pride for a third and fourth pick in the 2020 NWSL draft.	[21]
March 4, 2019	Arianna Romero	DF	Valur	Signed	[22]
March 4, 2019	Satara Murray	DF	Liverpool F.C. Women	Signed	[22]
March 12, 2019	Sophie Schmidt	MF	unattached	Signed	[23]
April 13, 2019	Jamia Fields	FW	Avaldsnes IL	Signed	[24]
April 13, 2019	Devon Kerr	GK	Ohio State University	Signed	[24]

Out

Date	Player	Positions played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
October 1, 2018	Janine Van Wyk	DF	unattached	Waived	[25]
October 1, 2018	Michaela Hahn	MF		Retired	[25]
February 5, 2019	Thembi Kgatlana	FW	Beijing BG Phoenix F.C.	Waived	[26]
February 5, 2019	Linda Motlhalo	MF	Beijing BG Phoenix F.C.	Waived	[26]
March 4, 2019	Sammy Jo Prudhomme	GK	Washington Spirit	Waived	[27]
March 4, 2019	Savannah Jordan	FW		Retired	[27]
March 4, 2019	Kimberly Keever	FW		Departed team	[27]
June 19, 2019	Taylor Comeau	DF		Retired	[28]
August 21, 2019	Clare Polkinghorne	DF		Family reasons	[3]