2013 Washington Spirit season
The 2013 season was Washington Spirit's first season of existence in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
2013 season | |||
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General manager | Chris Hummer | ||
Head coach | Mark Parsons | ||
Stadium | Maryland SoccerPlex | ||
NWSL | 8th | ||
Top goalscorer | Diana Matheson (8 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 5,011 (May 4, 2013 vs Portland Thorns) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,081 (August 7, 2013 vs Chicago Red Stars) | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,754 | ||
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Review
The inaugural Spirit roster began to assemble on January 11, 2013 as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris (USA), defender Ali Krieger (USA), midfielder Lori Lindsey (USA), defender Robyn Gayle (CAN), midfielder Diana Matheson (CAN), defender Alina Garciamendez (MEX) and midfielder Teresa Worbis (MEX) were named to the team.[1][2][3] During the February 7, 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft, the team selected Stephanie Ochs, Tori Huster, Jordan Angeli, Natasha Kai, Megan Mischler and Heather Cooke.[4][5]
The Spirit played their first competitive match on April 14, 2013, drawing Boston Breakers 1–1 with Tiffany McCarty scoring the team's first goal assisted by Stephanie Ochs.[6] The Spirit won their first competitive match on May 16, 2013, when they defeated the Seattle Reign 2-4 at Starfire Stadium. As the season wore on, the Spirit struggled to gain form and after the first eleven matches, Mike Jorden was fired and replaced by Mark Parsons.[7]
The coaching transition would be tough, and the Spirit continued the season with a 13-match winless streak (only one draw) until finishing the season on a high with two wins and a draw. Washington finished their first season in last place (8th).
Club
Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
Owner | Bill Lynch |
General Manager | Chris Hummer |
Head Coach | Mark Parsons |
Competitions
Preseason
March 17, 2013 1 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Penn State Nittany Lions | TBD |
16:00 EST | Wagner ![]() |
Report | Stadium: TBD |
March 30, 2013 2 | Washington Spirit | 2–0 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Boyds, Maryland |
15:00 EST | Miller ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,725 |
April 4, 2013 3 | Maryland Terrapins | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | College Park, Maryland |
19:30 EST | Huster ![]() Prior-Brown ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,000 |
April 7, 2013 4 | Washington Spirit | 3–6 | Virginia Cavaliers | Boyds, Maryland |
19:30 EST | McCarty ![]() Spencer ![]() |
Report | Douglas ![]() Torres ![]() Fry ![]() Doniak ![]() Brian ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 312 |
Regular season
April 14, 2013 1 | Boston Breakers | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | Somerville, Massachusetts |
18:30 EDT | Leroux ![]() |
Report | McCarty ![]() Wells ![]() |
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Christina Unkel |
April 20, 2013 2 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Western New York Flash | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT | Huster ![]() Matheson ![]() |
Report | Kerr ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 [8] Referee: Kari Seitz |
April 27, 2013 3 | Washington Spirit | 1–2 | Sky Blue | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT | Matheson ![]() |
Report | Goodson ![]() Schmidt ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
May 4, 2013 4 | Washington Spirit | 1–2 | Portland Thorns | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT | Harris ![]() Matheson ![]() |
Report | Morgan ![]() Washington ![]() Long ![]() Edwards ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Christina Unkel |
May 11, 2013 5 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT | Lindsey ![]() |
Report | Lohman ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
May 16, 2013 6 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–4 | Washington Spirit | Tukwila, Washington |
19:00 PDT | Taylor ![]() Noyola ![]() Larsen ![]() Zurrer ![]() |
Report | Matheson ![]() Krieger ![]() McCarty ![]() Krieger ![]() Roberts ![]() Huster ![]() |
Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
May 19, 2013 7 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | Portland, Oregon |
14:00 PDT | Sinclair ![]() Morgan ![]() Marshall ![]() |
Report | Gayle ![]() |
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field Attendance: 12,474 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
May 25, 2013 8 | Boston Breakers | 3–0 | Washington Spirit | Somerville, Massachusetts |
18:30 EDT | O'Reilly ![]() Shoepfer ![]() Simon ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 1,246 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
June 15, 2013 9 | Washington Spirit | 0–2 | Western New York Flash | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT | Report | Perez ![]() DiMartino ![]() ![]() Adriana ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: ![]() |
June 23, 2013 10 | FC Kansas City | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | Overland Park, Kansas |
20:35 EDT | Holiday ![]() |
Summary | Pressley ![]() |
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: ![]() |
June 28, 2013 11 | Western New York Flash | 4–0 | Washington Spirit | Rochester, New York |
19:05 EDT | Lloyd ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,364 Referee: ![]() |
July 3, 2013 12 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | FC Kansas City | Germantown, Maryland |
19:30 EDT | Matheson ![]() |
Report | Tymrak ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,467 Referee: ![]() |
July 6, 2013 13 | Sky Blue | 1–0 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT | Ocampo ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,322 Referee: ![]() |
July 10, 2013 14 | Washington Spirit | 0–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Germantown, Maryland |
19:30 EDT | Pohlers ![]() |
Report | Leon ![]() Masar ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,593 Referee: Miguel Panduro |
July 14, 2013 15 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–1 | Washington Spirit | Tukwila, Washington |
19:00 PDT | McDonald ![]() |
Report | Matheson ![]() |
Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
July 20, 2013 16 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Washington Spirit | Lisle, Illinois |
18:00 CDT | McCarty ![]() Sitch ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,241 Referee: Margaret Domka |
July 27, 2013 17 | Washington Spirit | 2–5 | Boston Breakers | Germantown, Maryland |
19:00 EDT | Matheson ![]() Pohlers ![]() |
Report | Nogueira ![]() Sanderson ![]() Wilkinson ![]() O'Reilly ![]() Whitehill ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex Attendance: 2,607 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
July 31, 2013 18 | Western New York Flash | 3–0 | Washington Spirit | Rochester, New York |
20:05 PDT | Martin ![]() Kerr ![]() Lloyd ![]() Huffman ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,967 Referee: Miguel Panduro |
August 3, 2013 19 | Sky Blue FC | 1–0 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EST | Ocampo ![]() |
Re port | Gayle ![]() Pohlers ![]() |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,172 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
August 7, 2013 20 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Germantown, Maryland |
19:30 EDT | Worbis ![]() Krieger ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov | |
Note: Match was called at 80' due to multiple lightning delays and a midnight curfew. |
August 10, 2013 21 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Germantown, Maryland |
16:35 PDT | Matheson ![]() |
Report | Nairn ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,549 Referee: Kari Seitz |
August 18, 2013 22 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Sky Blue FC | Germantown, Maryland |
17:00 EST | Ochs ![]() |
Report | Lytle ![]() |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,241 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Western New York Flash | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 38 | NWSL Shield |
2 | FC Kansas City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 38 | NWSL Playoffs |
3 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 38 | |
4 | Sky Blue FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 36 | |
5 | Boston Breakers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 30 | |
6 | Chicago Red Stars | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 30 | |
7 | Seattle Reign FC | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 18 | |
8 | Washington Spirit | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 14 |
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
22 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | −16 |
Last updated: 20 August 2013
Source: Soccerway
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of April 23, 2017[9]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NWSL | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
2 | FW | ![]() |
Colleen Williams | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
Kika Toulouse | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
4 | DF | ![]() |
Marisa Abegg | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
Candace Chapman | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() |
Lori Lindsey | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
Diana Matheson | 19 | 8 | 19 | 8 |
9 | MF | ![]() |
Ingrid Wells | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() |
Caroline Miller | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
11 | DF | ![]() |
Ali Krieger | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
13 | MF | ![]() |
Lupita Worbis | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
13 | MF | ![]() |
Julia Roberts | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
14 | FW | ![]() |
Tiffany McCarty | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
Robyn Gayle | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
Conny Pohlers | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
Lindsay Taylor | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
19 | DF | ![]() |
Toni Pressley | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
Holly King | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
22 | MF | ![]() |
Stephanie Ochs | 22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
23 | MF | ![]() |
Tori Huster | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
24 | FW | ![]() |
Jasmyne Spencer | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Domenica Hodak | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Top scorers
Players with one goal or more included only.
- As of August 20, 2013
Rk. | Nat | Pos | Player | Total | NWSL |
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1 | ![]() |
MF | Diana Matheson | 8 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
FW | Tiffany McCarty | 2 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
MF | Tori Huster | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
DF | Ali Krieger | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
MF | Lori Lindsey | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
MF | Stephanie Ochs | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
FW | Conny Pohlers | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
MF | Lupita Worbis | 1 | 1 |
Top assists
Players with one assist or more included only.
- As of August 20, 2013
Rk. | Nat | Pos | Player | Total | NWSL |
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1 | ![]() |
MF | Diana Matheson | 3 | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
MF | Lori Lindsey | 2 | 2 |
2 | ![]() |
MF | Stephanie Ochs | 2 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
DF | Robyn Gayle | 1 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
FW | Jasmyne Spencer | 1 | 1 |
Disciplinary record
Players with 1 card or more included only.
- As of August 20, 2013
No. | Nat | Pos | Player | Total | NWSL | ||
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15 | ![]() |
DF | Robyn Gayle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1 | ![]() |
GK | Ashlyn Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
MF | Tori Huster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
DF | Ali Krieger | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
FW | Conny Pohlers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | ![]() |
DF | Toni Pressley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | ![]() |
MF | Julia Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Goalkeeper stats
Last updated: August 20, 2013
No. | Nat | Player | National Women's Soccer League | |||
MIN | GA | GAA | SV | |||
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1 | ![]() |
Ashlyn Harris | 1620 | 33 | 1.833 | 85 |
18 | ![]() |
Chantel Jones | 350 | 6 | 1.5 | 15 |
Transfers
In
No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred From | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
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1 | GK | ![]() |
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NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | [10] |
11 | DF | ![]() |
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NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | [10] |
6 | MF | ![]() |
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NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | [10] |
15 | DF | ![]() |
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NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | [10] |
8 | MF | ![]() |
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NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | [10] |
DF | ![]() |
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NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | opted not to play [10] | |
7 | MF | ![]() |
Unknown | NWSL Player Allocation | January 11, 2013 | [10] |
14 | FW | ![]() |
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Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | January 18, 2013 | |
10 | FW | ![]() |
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Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | January 18, 2013 | |
20 | MF | ![]() |
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Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | January 18, 2013 | |
2 | MF | ![]() |
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Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | January 18, 2013 | |
MF | ![]() |
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Signed | February 6, 2013 | [11] | |
18 | GK | ![]() |
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Signed | February 6, 2013 | [11] |
22 | FW | ![]() |
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2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | February 7, 2013 | [12] |
23 | MF | ![]() |
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2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | February 7, 2013 | [12] |
3 | DF | ![]() |
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Signed | February 12, 2013 | [13] |
DF | ![]() |
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Discovery Player | March 9, 2013 | [14] | |
24 | FW | ![]() |
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Signed | April 9, 2013 | [15] |
19 | DF | ![]() |
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Signed | June 3, 2013 | [16] |
17 | FW | ![]() |
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Traded for a 2014 NWSL College Draft second round pick | July 1, 2013 | [17] |
4 | FW | ![]() |
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Signed on July 31, 2013 | July 31, 2013 | [18] |
5 | FW | ![]() |
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Free Agent | 2013 | [19] |
13 | MF | ![]() |
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2013 | [20] |
Loan in
No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred From | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
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16 | FW | ![]() |
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Signed in June 2013 - on loan from VfL Wolfsburg | June 11, 2013 | [21] |
Honors and awards
NWSL Team of the Year
Team | Position | Player | Ref. |
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Best XI | Midfielder | ![]() |
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Second X1 | Defender | ![]() |
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