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]

March 19, Sat	Washington Spirit	3–0	University of Virginia	Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Banini 3', 15' Stengel 38'	^{[p 1]}		Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.

March 26, Sat	Washington Spirit	2–0	Pennsylvania State University	Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EDT (UTC-04)	Dunn 47' Nairn 73'	^{[p 2]}		Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex Attendance: 3,000

April 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' Oyster 86'	^{[m 1]}		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Margaret Domka

Sun Apr 24 2	Sky Blue FC	1 – 2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Hayes 66' (Lytle) O'Hara 74'	^{[m 2]}	Krieger 40' (Huster) Zadorsky 46+' Matheson 56' (Dunn)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,571 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Fri Apr 29 3	Western New York Flash	0 – 3	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
	Eddy 80'	^{[m 3]}^{[m 4]}	Matheson 4' (Dunn), 72' (p.k.) Eddy 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sat May 7 4	Washington Spirit	0 – 0	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Oyster 17'	^{[m 5]}	Sonnett 28' Heath 59', 88' Horan 95+'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Matthew Franz

Sat May 14 5	Washington Spirit	1 – 0	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
	Lohman 39' (Nairn) Kleiner 66' Krieger 89'	Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,545 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Sat May 21 6	Portland Thorns FC	4 - 1	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
	Horan 27' (Heath) 76' Own Goal 31' (Kleiner) Heath 45' (Sinclair) Morris 78' (unassisted) 60' Sonnett 32' Nadim 61'	^{[m 6]}^{[m 7]}	Lohman 55' (Dunn) Nairn 61'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,823 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Fri May 27 7	Houston Dash	PPD	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

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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
6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13	2	1	0	2	0	+2	2	0	1	6	5	+1

Last updated: May 22, 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	D	W	L	P
Position^{[n 1]}	3	2	1	1	1	1

Last updated: May 22, 2016.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

External links

Official website

References

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Match reports (preseason)

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Match reports (regular season)

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Notes

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