2019 Washington Spirit season

The 2019 season is Washington Spirit's seventh season, competing in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The season is the first to be led by newly appointed head coach Richie Burke.^[4]

Washington Spirit

2019 season
Head coach	Richie Burke
Stadium	Maryland SoccerPlex (primary) Audi Field (secondary)
NWSL	5th
Top goalscorer	League: Ashley Hatch (7) All: Ashley Hatch (7)
Highest home attendance	19,871 (August 24 vs Pride)[1][2][3]
Lowest home attendance	2,097 (May 4 vs Reign)
Average home league attendance	6,138
Home colors Away colors
← 2018 2020 →

Club

Roster

The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.^[5]

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 Aubrey Bledsoe 2 FW  USA Arielle Ship 3 DF  USA Sam Staab 4 MF  USA Jordan DiBiasi 5 DF  USA Megan Crosson 6 MF  AUS Chloe Logarzo (INT) 7 MF  AUS Amy Harrison (INT) 8 MF  USA Megan Dougherty Howard 9 DF  USA Tegan McGrady 10 MF  USA Rose Lavelle (FP) 11 FW  USA Mallory Pugh (FP) 12 MF  USA Andi Sullivan 13 FW  USA Bayley Feist 14 DF  USA Paige Nielsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  USA Tiffany McCarty 17 FW  USA Cali Farquharson 18 DF  USA McKenzie Berryhill 19 DF  USA Dorian Bailey 20 FW  JAM Cheyna Matthews 22 FW  USA Mallory Eubanks (MAT) 23 MF  USA Tori Huster 24 DF  USA Carlin Hudson 28 MF  AUS Elise Kellond-Knight (INT) 30 GK  USA Shea Yanez 31 FW  USA Crystal Thomas 32 FW  USA Grace Cutler (NTR) 33 FW  USA Ashley Hatch

• (FP) = Federation player^[6]
• (INT) = International roster player^[7]
• (MAT) = Maternity Leave
• (NTR) = National Team Replacement

Team management

As of July 9, 2019^[8][9]

Coaching staff
Head Coach	Richie Burke
Player/Opponent Analyst	Tom Torres
High Performance Coach	Michael Minthorne
Goalkeeper Coach	Ian McCaldon
Team Performance Coach	Christian Cziommer
Reserve Team Head Coach	Kati Jo Spisak
Athletic Trainer	Julie Beveridge

Competitions

Preseason

Washington Spirit v James Madison Dukes

March 16, Sat Preseason	Washington Spirit	5–0	James Madison Dukes	Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Hatch 7', 26' DiBiasi 32' Farquharson 35' Pugh 46'	Report Box Score		Stadium: City Stadium

Washington Spirit v FC Bordeaux

March 23, Sat Preseason	Washington Spirit	1–3	FC Bordeaux	Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Bornes 35' (o.g.)	Report	Lavogez 55' Asseyi 79' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex

Washington Spirit v North Carolina Tar Heels

March 30, Sat Preseason	Washington Spirit	0–0	North Carolina Tar Heels	Leesburg, Virginia
17:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Dougherty Howard  70'	Report		Stadium: Evergreen Sportsplex Attendance: 2,000

Washington Spirit v Virginia Tech Hokies

April 6, Sat Preseason	Washington Spirit	1–0	Virginia Tech Hokies	Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Lohman 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex

Regular season

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

April 13, 2019 1	Washington Spirit	2–0	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Staab 59' Crosson 90+2'	Report Box Score		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,373 Referee: Natalie Simon

Utah Royals FC v Washington Spirit

April 20, 2019 2	Utah Royals FC	1–0	Washington Spirit	Sandy, Utah
21:00	Labonta 10'	Report Box Score	Matthews  26'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,015 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Washington Spirit v Reign FC

May 4, 2019 3	Washington Spirit	0–0	Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Matthews  86'	Report	Barnes  89'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

May 11, 2019 5	Sky Blue FC	2–3	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00	Rodriguez 32' Dorsey 80'	Report Box Score	Matthews 22', 68' Dougherty Howard  22' Nielsen  54' DiBiasi 55'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Tori Penso

Washington Spirit v Portland Thorns FC

May 18, 2019 5	Washington Spirit	3–1	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Hatch 16' Dougherty Howard  25' Brynjarsdottir 47' (o.g.) DiBiasi 71' Staab  87' Logarzo  90+4'	Report Box Score	Foord 67'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

May 26, 2019 6	Chicago Red Stars	0–2	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00	Johnson  90+3'	Report Box Score	Nagasato 9' (o.g.) Dougherty Howard  16' Hatch 63'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,447 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Washington Spirit v Utah Royals FC

June 1, 2019 7	Washington Spirit	2–0	Utah Royals FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Hatch 23' Bailey 70'	Report Box Score		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,575 Referee: Guido Gonzalez

Reign FC v Washington Spirit

June 15, 2019 8	Reign FC	1–1	Washington Spirit	Tacoma, Washington
22:00	Fishlock 77'	Report Box Score	Huster  55' Sullivan 62'	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Natalie Simon

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

June 22, 2019 9	Washington Spirit	0–0	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
19:00		Report Box Score	Nairn  44' Calderon Valdez  73'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Lorant Varga

Washington Spirit v North Carolina Courage

June 29, 2019 10	Washington Spirit	1–2	North Carolina Courage	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Harrison  39' Thomas 82'	Report Box Score	Debinha 45+4' Pritchett 53' Zerboni  90+3'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit

July 6, 2019 11	Orlando Pride	4–3	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
19:30	Ubogagu 21' Hill 26' Marta 48', 78' Pressley  62'	Report Box Score	Feist 7' Matthews 30' Staab  59' Dougherty Howard  73' DiBiasi 90+4'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,703 Referee: Greg Dopka

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

July 20, 2019 12	Washington Spirit	1–2	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	DiBiasi 53' Hatch  77'	Report	Mewis 56' Huerta  70' Brooks 72' Nairn  88'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,500

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

July 24, 2019 13	Sky Blue FC	0–1	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:30	James  50'	Report	Hatch 54' Huster  90+2'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 5,003 Referee: Jasmine Peralta

North Carolina Courage v Washington Spirit

August 3, 2019 14	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Washington Spirit	Cary, North Carolina
16:00	Debinha 64' Spetsmark  90+4'	Report	Nielsen  24'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,393 Referee: Gustavo Solorio
Note: Rescheduled from August 2nd due to thunderstorms.

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

August 10, 2019 15	Washington Spirit	0–1	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Sullivan  13' Lavelle  64'	Report	Colaprico  46' Nagasato 65'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Portland Thorns FC v Washington Spirit

August 17, 2019 16	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
22:30	Raso 5' Sonnett 19' Sinclair 63'	Report	Kellond-Knight  58' Sullivan 68'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,895 Referee: Michael Radchuk

Washington Spirit v Utah Royals FC

August 21, 2019 17	Washington Spirit	0–0	Utah Royals FC	Boyds, Maryland
19:30	Kellond-Knight  5'	Report	Press  50'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Washington Spirit v Orlando Pride

August 24, 2019 18	Washington Spirit	2–1	Orlando Pride	Washington, D.C.
19:30	Nielsen  38' Thomas 9' Hatch 59' Feist  90+1'	Report	Marta 31' Emslie  90+1'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,871[1][2][3] Referee: Matt Franz

Washington Spirit v Reign FC

September 14, 2019 19	Washington Spirit	2–2	Reign FC	Washington, D.C.
19:30	Hatch 30' Logarzo 90'	Report	Balcer 35' Onumonu 90+2' McNabb  90+7'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 17,418 Referee: Jon Freemon

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

September 21, 2019 20	Chicago Red Stars	3–1	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00	Kerr 9', 49' Nagasato 23'	Report	Nielsen  53' Staab  62' Daugherty Howard  65' Pugh 80'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Mark Allatin

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

September 25, 2019 21	Houston Dash	0–0	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
20:30	Chapman  44'	Report	Staab  12' Nielsen  66'	Stadium: BBVA Stadium Attendance: 5,247 Referee: Katja Koroleva

Washington Spirit v North Carolina Courage

September 28, 2019 22	Washington Spirit	2–1	North Carolina Courage	Boyds, Maryland
19:00	Huster  56' Matthews  59' Pugh 75' Lavelle 85'	Report	Williams 47' Erceg  86'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit

October 5, 2019 23	Orlando Pride	0–3	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
17:00	Emslie  71'	Report	Feist  1' Hatch 5' (Crystal Thomas) Thomas 62' McCarty 85'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 6,054 Referee: Tori Penso
Note: Game was rescheduled from August 31 due to Hurricane Dorian

Portland Thorns FC v Washington Spirit

October 12, 2019 24	Portland Thorns FC	0–0	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
22:30		Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 24,521 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

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
24	9	7	8	30	25	+5	34	5	4	3	15	10	+5	4	3	5	15	15	0

Last updated: October 12, 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	D
Position	2	5	6	6	4	2	1	1	1	2	4	5	4	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of October 12, 2019^[10]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NWSL		Playoffs
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	USA	Aubrey Bledsoe	24	0	24	0	0	0
30	GK	USA	Shae Yanez	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders:
3	DF	USA	Sam Staab	24	1	24	1	0	0
5	DF	USA	Megan Crosson	9	1	9	1	0	0
9	DF	USA	Tegan McGrady	6	0	6	0	0	0
14	DF	USA	Paige Nielsen	22	0	22	0	0	0
18	DF	USA	McKenzie Berryhill	3	0	3	0	0	0
19	DF	USA	Dorian Bailey	19	2	19	2	0	0
24	DF	USA	Carlin Hudson	4	0	4	0	0	0
Midfielders:
4	MF	USA	Jordan DiBiasi	22	4	22	4	0	0
6	MF	AUS	Chloe Logarzo	15	1	15	1	0	0
7	MF	AUS	Amy Harrison	10	0	10	0	0	0
8	MF	USA	Megan Dougherty Howard	22	0	22	0	0	0
10	MF	USA	Rose Lavelle	6	1	6	1	0	0
12	MF	USA	Andi Sullivan	23	2	23	2	0	0
16	MF	USA	Tiffany McCarty	1	1	1	1	0	0
23	MF	USA	Tori Huster	22	0	22	0	0	0
28	MF	AUS	Elise Kellond-Knight	9	0	9	0	0	0
Forwards:
2	FW	USA	Arielle Ship	8	0	8	0	0	0
11	FW	USA	Mallory Pugh	9	2	9	2	0	0
13	FW	USA	Bayley Feist	12	1	12	1	0	0
17	FW	USA	Cali Farquharson	13	0	13	0	0	0
20	FW	JAM	Cheyna Matthews	17	3	17	3	0	0
31	FW	USA	Crystal Thomas	13	3	13	3	0	0
32	FW	USA	Grace Cutler	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	USA	Ashley Hatch	24	7	24	7	0	0

Italics indicates player left team midway through season.

Goalkeepers

No.	Nat	Player	National Women's Soccer League
			GP	GS	MIN	W	L	D	GA	GAA	CS
1		Aubrey Bledsoe	24	24	2149	9	8	7	25	1.05	9
21		Sammy Jo Prudhomme	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
30		Shea Yanez	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.00	0

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes
January 14, 2019	Megan Crosson	5	DF	FC Gintra	Signed[11]
February 14, 2019	Amy Harrison	7	DF	Sydney FC	Signed[12]
February 28, 2019	Paige Nielsen	14	FW/DF	Canberra United	Signed[13]
March 4, 2019	Jordan DiBiasi	4	MF	Stanford Cardinal	Signed[14]
	Sam Staab	3	DF	Clemson Tigers	Signed[14]
	Tegan McGrady	9	DF/FW	Stanford Cardinal	Signed[14]
	Dorian Bailey	19	MF	North Carolina Tar Heels	Signed[14]
	Bayley Feist	13	MF/FW	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Signed[14]
April 8, 2019	Tiffany McCarty	16	FW	Medkila IL	Signed to Supplemental Roster[15]
	McKenzie Berryhill	18	DF	Klepp IL	Signed[15]
	Sammy Jo Prudhomme	21	GK	Houston Dash	Signed[15]
	Carlin Hudson	24	DF	North Carolina Courage	Signed to Supplemental Roster[15]
	Shae Yanez	30	GK	Tennessee Volunteers	Signed[15]
May 23, 2019	Crystal Thomas	31	FW	Valur	Signed[16]
June 13, 2019	Grace Cutler	32	FW	West Virginia Mountaineers	Signed as National Team Replacement[17]
July 15, 2019	Elise Kellond-Knight	28	MF	Reign FC	Traded in exchange for Sammy Jo Prudhomme[18]

Out

Date	Player	Number	Position	New club	Fee/notes
October 17, 2018	Estefanía Banini	10	FW	Levante UD	Undisclosed[19]
November 16, 2019	Havana Solaun	9	FW	Klepp IL	Undisclosed[20]
January 10, 2019	Caprice Dydasco	3	DF	Sky Blue FC	Traded for 3rd and 29th overall 2019 draft picks[21]
	DiDi Haracic	21	GK
	Estelle Johnson	24	DF
January 11, 2019	Kelsey Wys	19	GK	UMF Selfoss	Waived[22][23]
February 5, 2019	Quinn[a]	4	MF	Paris FC	Undisclosed[24]
February 19, 2019	Tiffany Weimer	88	FW	FC Nordsjælland	Undisclosed[25]
February 27, 2019	Whitney Church	5	DF		Waived[26]
March 1, 2019	Francisca Ordega	14	FW	Shanghai W.F.C.	Undisclosed[27]
March 22, 2019	Taylor Smith	7	DF	Reign FC	Released[28]
April 8, 2019	Joanna Lohman	15	MF		Retired[29]
July 15, 2019	Sammy Jo Prudhomme	21	GK	Reign FC	Traded in exchange for Elise Kellond-Knight[18]
September 28, 2019	Carlin Hudson	24	DF	Guigamp	Released[30]

Loan In

Date	Player	Number	Position	Parent club	Fee/notes
February 14, 2019	Chloe Logarzo	6	MF	Sydney FC	Season loan[12]

Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2019 NWSL College Draft will be listed in the notes.

Player	Pos	Previous club	Notes	Ref
Jordan DiBiasi	MF	Stanford Cardinal	Round 1, Pick 3 (3rd overall)	[31]
Samantha Staab	DF	Clemson Tigers	Round 1, Pick 4 (4th overall)	[31]
Tegan McGrady	DF/FW	Stanford Cardinal	Round 1, Pick 7 (7th overall)	[31]
Dorian Bailey	MF	North Carolina Tar Heels	Round 1, Pick 8 (8th overall)	[31]
Bayley Feist	FW/MF	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Round 2, Pick 8 (17th overall)	[31]

Awards

As of October 12, 2019

Monthly Awards

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
May	Aubrey Bledsoe	Sam Staab	Jordan DiBiasi	Ashley Hatch	[32]
June	Aubrey Bledsoe	Sam Staab	Andi Sullivan		[33]
August	Aubrey Bledsoe				[34]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
4	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe	[35]
7	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe	[36]
20	Won	Crystal Thomas	[37]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Nominated	Megan Crosson	[38]
5	Nominated	Cheyna Matthews	[39]
6	Won	Jordan DiBiasi	[40][41]
7	Nominated	Ashley Hatch	[42]
8	Nominated	Ashley Hatch	[43]
12	Nominated	Bayley Feist	[44]
18	Nominated	Andi Sullivan	[45]
19	Nominated	Ashley Hatch	[46]
20	Won	Tiffany McCarty	[47]
	Nominated	Ashley Hatch	[48]
	Nominated	Crystal Thomas
22	Nominated	Ashley Hatch	[49]
23	Nominated	Mallory Pugh	[50]
24	Won	Rose Lavelle	[51]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
4	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe	[52]
7	Won	Paige Nielsen	[53]
8	Nominated	Aubrey Bledsoe	[54]
9	Nominated	Aubrey Bledsoe	[55]
12	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe	[56]
16	Won	Aubrey Bledsoe	[57]
18	Nominated	Aubrey Bledsoe	[58]
19	Nominated	Aubrey Bledsoe	[59]
20	Nominated	Shae Yanez	[60]
24	Nominated	Paige Nielsen	[61]
25	Nominated	Aubrey Bledsoe	[62]

Notes

1. Then known as Rebecca Quinn