Washington Spirit
2013 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachMark Parsons
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
NWSL8th
Top goalscorerDiana Matheson (8 goals)
Highest home attendance5,011 (May 4, 2013 vs Portland Thorns FC)
Lowest home attendance2,081 (August 7, 2013 vs Chicago Red Stars)
Average home league attendance3,754
2014 →

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.

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Ashlyn Harris (FP)
2 FW United States USA Colleen Williams
3 DF United States USA Kika Toulouse
4 DF United States USA Domenica Hodak
4 DF United States USA Marisa Abegg
5 DF Canada CAN Candace Chapman
6 MF United States USA Lori Lindsey (FP)
7 MF Mexico MEX Teresa "Lupita" Worbis (FP)
8 MF Canada CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
9 MF United States USA Ingrid Wells
10 FW United States USA Caroline Miller
11 DF United States USA Ali Krieger (FP)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF United States USA Julia Roberts
14 FW United States USA Tiffany McCarty
15 DF Canada CAN Robyn Gayle (FP)
16 FW Germany GER Conny Pohlers (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
17 FW United States USA Lindsay Taylor
18 GK United States USA Chantel Jones
19 DF United States USA Toni Pressley
20 MF United States USA Holly King
22 FW United States USA Stephanie Ochs
23 MF United States USA Tori Huster
24 FW United States USA Jasmyne Spencer

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 87' Report Stadium: TBD
March 30, 2013 2 Washington Spirit 2–0 North Carolina Tar Heels Boyds, Maryland
15:00 EST Miller 27', 48' Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,725
April 4, 2013 3 Maryland Terrapins 2–0 Washington Spirit College Park, Maryland
19:30 EST Huster 22' (o.g.)
Prior-Brown 68'		 Report Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 1,000
April 7, 2013 4 Washington Spirit 3–6 Virginia Cavaliers Boyds, Maryland
19:30 EST McCarty 32', 42'
Spencer 73'		 Report Douglas 5'
Torres 24'
Fry 33'
Doniak 36', 40'
Brian 64'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 312

Regular season

April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) 1 Boston Breakers 1–1 Washington Spirit Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 EDT Leroux 91+' (Guess) Report McCarty 15' (Ochs)
Wells Yellow card 50'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,634
Referee: Christina Unkel
April 20, 2013 (2013-04-20) 2 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Huster Yellow card 84'
Matheson 87' (pen.)		 Report Kerr 85' (Wambach) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569 [8]
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) 3 Washington Spirit 1–2 Sky Blue Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Matheson 35' Report Goodson 2'
Schmidt 48'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: Kara Honthumb
May 4, 2013 (2013-05-04) 4 Washington Spirit 1–2 Portland Thorns Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Harris Yellow card 13'
Matheson 86' (pen.)		 Report Morgan 12' (pen.)
Washington 51'
Long Yellow card 70'
Edwards Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11) 5 Washington Spirit 1–1 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Lindsey 51' (Matheson) Report Lohman 24' (Sanderson) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) 6 Seattle Reign FC 2–4 Washington Spirit Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT Taylor 7' (Larsen)
Noyola 47' (Nairn)
Larsen Yellow card 68'
Zurrer Yellow card 83'		 Report Matheson 37'
Krieger 41'
McCarty 56'
Krieger Yellow card 63'
Roberts Yellow card 75'
Huster 84' (Lindsey)		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Katja Koroleva
May 19, 2013 (2013-05-19) 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
14:00 PDT Sinclair 41' (Long)
Morgan 86' (Wetzel)
Marshall Yellow card 65'		 Report Gayle Yellow card 83' Stadium: JELD-WEN Field
Attendance: 12,474
Referee: Robert Sibiga
May 25, 2013 (2013-05-25) 8 Boston Breakers 3–0 Washington Spirit Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 EDT O'Reilly 38' (Sanderson)
Shoepfer 53' (Sanderson)
Simon 66' (Sanderson)		 Report Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 1,246
Referee: Kara Honthumb
June 15, 2013 (2013-06-15) 9 Washington Spirit 0–2 Western New York Flash Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Report Pérez 10' (Adriana)
DiMartino 31' (Sahlen) Yellow card 36'
Adriana Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,569
Referee: United States Boris Senic
June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23) 10 FC Kansas City 2–0 Washington Spirit Overland Park, Kansas
20:35 EDT Holiday 17', 65' Summary Pressley Yellow card 29' Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 3,057
Referee: United States Katja Koroleva
June 28, 2013 (2013-06-28) 11 Western New York Flash 4–0 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
19:05 EDT Lloyd 3' (Sahlen), 22' (Wambach), 55'
Taylor 90+1' (Wambach)		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,364
Referee: United States Margaret Domka
July 3, 2013 (2013-07-03) 12 Washington Spirit 1–1 FC Kansas City Germantown, Maryland
19:30 EDT Matheson 86' (pen.) Report Tymrak 54' (Mathias) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,467
Referee: United States Kara Honthumb
July 6, 2013 (2013-07-06) 13 Sky Blue 1–0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT Ocampo 74' Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: United States John McCloskey
July 10, 2013 (2013-07-10) 14 Washington Spirit 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Germantown, Maryland
19:30 EDT Pohlers Yellow card 90' Report Leon 63'
Masar 71' (Leon)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,593
Referee: Miguel Panduro
July 14, 2013 (2013-07-14) 15 Seattle Reign FC 2–1 Washington Spirit Tukwila, Washington
19:00 PDT McDonald 30' (Nairn), 34' (Reed) Report Matheson 11' (pen.) Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Katja Koroleva
July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) 16 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
18:00 CDT McCarty 62' (o.g.)
Sitch Yellow card 87'		 Report Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,241
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 27, 2013 (2013-07-27) 17 Washington Spirit 2–5 Boston Breakers Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Matheson 2' (Spencer)
Pohlers 73' (Ochs)		 Report Nogueira 5' (O'Reilly)
Sanderson 42' (Wilkinson)
Wilkinson 48'
O'Reilly 57'
Whitehill 78'		 Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
Attendance: 2,607
Referee: Kara Honthumb
July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) 18 Western New York Flash 3–0 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
20:05 PDT Martin 35' (Kerr)
Kerr 60' (Reynolds)
Lloyd 68'
Huffman Yellow card 72'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,967
Referee: Miguel Panduro
August 3, 2013 (2013-08-03) 19 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Ocampo 58' (Freels) Re port Gayle Yellow card 60'
Pohlers Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,172
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
August 7, 2013 (2013-08-07) 20 Washington Spirit 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Germantown, Maryland
19:30 EDT Worbis 58'
Krieger Yellow card 75'		 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 (2013-08-10) 21 Washington Spirit 1–0 Seattle Reign FC Germantown, Maryland
16:35 PDT Matheson 83' Report Nairn Yellow card 86' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,549
Referee: Kari Seitz
August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18) 22 Washington Spirit 1–1 Sky Blue FC Germantown, Maryland
17:00 EST Ochs 40' (Worbis) Report Lytle 84' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,241
Referee: Kara Honthumb

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
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

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Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2013. Source: us.women.soccerway.com
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
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 FW United States USA Colleen Williams 6 0 6 0
3 DF United States USA Kika Toulouse 16 0 16 0
4 DF United States USA Domenica Hodak 11 0 11 0
4 DF United States USA Marisa Abegg 5 0 5 0
5 DF Canada CAN Candace Chapman 8 0 8 0
6 MF United States USA Lori Lindsey 21 1 21 1
7 MF Mexico MEX Lupita Worbis 11 1 11 1
8 MF Canada CAN Diana Matheson 19 8 19 8
9 MF United States USA Ingrid Wells 8 0 8 0
10 FW United States USA Caroline Miller 7 0 7 0
11 DF United States USA Ali Krieger 18 1 18 1
13 MF United States USA Julia Roberts 20 0 20 0
14 FW United States USA Tiffany McCarty 21 2 21 2
15 DF Canada CAN Robyn Gayle 14 0 14 0
16 FW Germany GER Conny Pohlers 13 1 13 1
17 FW United States USA Lindsay Taylor 6 0 6 0
19 DF United States USA Toni Pressley 8 0 8 0
20 MF United States USA Holly King 11 0 11 0
22 MF United States USA Stephanie Ochs 22 1 22 1
23 MF United States USA Tori Huster 21 1 21 1
24 FW United States USA Jasmyne Spencer 17 0 17 0

Top scorers

Players with one goal or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013
Rk. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
1 Canada MF Diana Matheson 8 8
2 United States FW Tiffany McCarty 2 2
3 United States MF Tori Huster 1 1
3 United States DF Ali Krieger 1 1
3 United States MF Lori Lindsey 1 1
3 United States MF Stephanie Ochs 1 1
3 Germany FW Conny Pohlers 1 1
3 Mexico 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
1 Canada MF Diana Matheson 3 3
2 United States MF Lori Lindsey 2 2
2 United States MF Stephanie Ochs 2 2
3 Canada DF Robyn Gayle 1 1
3 United States FW Jasmyne Spencer 1 1

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary record

Players with 1 card or more included only.

As of August 20, 2013
No. Nat Pos Player Total NWSL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
15 Canada DF Robyn Gayle 2 0 2 0
1 United States GK Ashlyn Harris 1 0 1 0
23 Wales MF Tori Huster 1 0 1 0
11 United States DF Ali Krieger 2 0 2 0
16 Germany FW Conny Pohlers 2 0 2 0
19 United States DF Toni Pressley 1 0 1 0
13 United States 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
1 United States Ashlyn Harris 1620 33 1.833 85
18 United States Chantel Jones 350 6 1.5 15

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
1 GK United States Ashlyn Harris Germany FCR 2001 Duisburg NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 [10]
11 DF United States Ali Krieger Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 [10]
6 MF United States Lori Lindsey United States Western New York Flash NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 [10]
15 DF Canada Robyn Gayle Canada Vancouver Whitecaps WFC NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 [10]
8 MF Canada Diana Matheson Norway LSK Kvinner NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 [10]
DF Mexico Alina Garciamendez United States Stanford Cardinal NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 opted not to play [10]
7 MF Mexico Teresa "Lupita" Worbis Unknown NWSL Player Allocation January 11, 2013 [10]
14 FW United States Tiffany McCarty United States Florida State Seminoles Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft January 18, 2013
10 FW United States Caroline Miller United States Virginia Cavaliers Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft January 18, 2013
20 MF United States Holly King United States Florida Gators Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft January 18, 2013
2 MF United States Colleen Williams United States Dayton Flyers Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft January 18, 2013
MF United States Ingrid Wells Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC Signed February 6, 2013 [11]
18 GK United States Chantel Jones Iceland Þór Akureyri Signed February 6, 2013 [11]
22 FW United States Stephanie Ochs United States University of San Diego 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft February 7, 2013 [12]
23 MF United States Tori Huster United States Florida State Seminoles 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft February 7, 2013 [12]
3 DF United States Kika Toulouse Sweden Rågsveds IF Signed February 12, 2013 [13]
DF United States Domenica Hodak United States Maryland Terrapins Discovery Player March 9, 2013 [14]
24 FW United States Jasmyne Spencer Denmark Brøndby IF Signed April 9, 2013 [15]
19 DF United States Toni Pressley Russia Ryazan VDV Signed June 3, 2013 [16]
17 FW United States Lindsay Taylor United States Seattle Reign FC Traded for a 2014 NWSL College Draft second round pick July 1, 2013 [17]
4 FW United States Marisa Abegg United States Gulf Coast Texans Signed on July 31, 2013 July 31, 2013 [18]
5 FW Canada Candace Chapman United States Western New York Flash Free agent 2013 [19]
13 MF United States Julia Roberts United States Seattle Sounders Women 2013 [20]

Loan in

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
16 FW Germany Conny Pohlers Germany VfL Wolfsburg Signed in June 2013 – on loan from VfL Wolfsburg June 11, 2013 [21]

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Team of the Year

Team Position Player Ref.
Best XI Midfielder Canada Diana Matheson
Second X1 Defender United States Ali Krieger

See also

References

  1. ^ "NWSL allocation easier said than done". ESPN. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Player distribution sees NWSL take shape". FIFA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Bell, Jack (January 11, 2013). "New Women's League Allocates Players". New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "NWSL Supplemental Draft results". The Equalizer. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  5. ^ "Washington Spirit focused on offense during the NWSL Supplemental Draft". NWSL News. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  6. ^ "Breakers come back to draw with Washington". Boston Breakers. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  7. ^ Sean Sedam (July 1, 2013). "Washington Spirit Fire Coach Mike Jorden". Germantown Patch. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  8. ^ "Capacity crowd of 4,569 witness history in home opening 1-1 draw". Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  9. ^ "2013 NWSL Season Stats". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "NWSL Announces Allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs". U.S. Soccer. USSoccer.com. January 11, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Spirit add 2008 U-20 World Cup stars Ingrid Wells and Chantel Jones". Washington Spirit. February 6, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Results: Ochs taken first in NWSL Supplemental Draft". The Equalizer. February 7, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  13. ^ "Kika Toulouse Added to Washington Spirit Defense". Washington Spirit. February 12, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  14. ^ Kareen Drot (March 9, 2013). "Washington Spirit sign three draft picks and a Discovery Player". NWSL News. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  15. ^ Scott Lewis & Kareen Drot (April 9, 2013). "Washington Spirit sign forward Jasmyne Spencer, waive defender Skyy Anderson". NWSL News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  16. ^ "Spirit pick up defender Toni Pressley from Russian club Ryazan VDV". Washington Spirit. February 12, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  17. ^ "Spirit Trade for Forward Lindsay Taylor". National Women's Soccer League. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  18. ^ "Washington Spirit Sign Defender Marisa Abegg on NWSL Roster Freeze". Our Sports Central. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  19. ^ "Chapman Bio". Washington Spirit. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  20. ^ "Spirit getting ready for inaugural season (Roberts Signed)". Washington Spirit. March 13, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  21. ^ "Spirit sign German Women's National Team forward Conny Pohlers on loan". Washington Spirit. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
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