2016 Washington Spirit season

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.

Washington Spirit

2016 season
General Manager	Chris Hummer
Head Coach	Jim Gabarra
Stadium	Maryland SoccerPlex
NWSL	2nd (finals loss)
Top goalscorer	League: Estefania Banini (5) All: Estefania Banini (5)
Highest home attendance	5,750 (June 18 vs. Orlando Pride)[1]
Lowest home attendance	2,930 (July 31 vs. Sky Blue FC)[m 1]
Average home league attendance	3,782[2]
Home colors Away colors

Review

Building off the successes of the previous two playoff appearances the Spirit hired former Sky Blue FC manager, Jim Gabarra to replace Mark Parsons.[3]

The Spirit would see their most successful season to date in 2016, being league leaders in the standings throughout most of the season. Only in the final week would the Spirit's loss at Chicago Red Stars finalize them as league runners-up.

Returning to the playoffs, the Spirit earned their first post-season victory in a revenge effort against Chicago Red Stars, who just a week earlier denied them the league title. The match was sent into extra time where Francisca Ordega scored the game-winner in the 111th minute. Advancing to the final for the first time in club history, the Spirit faced Western New York Flash in Houston, Texas.

The 2016 NSWL Final played to a 1–1 draw in regulation, and finished 2–2 at the end of extra time; both Spirit goals scored by Crystal Dunn. Going into penalties, Western New won 3–2 with only Christine Nairn and Katie Stengel slotting their penalties.[4]

National Anthem Protest

The week prior to a match with the Spirit, Seattle Reign FC and U.S. women's national soccer team player Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem in a game on September 5, 2016, explaining that her decision was a "nod to Kaepernick and everything that he's standing for right now".[5] Anticipating Rapinoe's protest, Spirit owner Bill Lynch, moved the national anthem's performance ahead of the Spirit-Reign match without warning or notice to occur before the players' appearances on the pitch. Jeff Plush, the league's commissioner, was present at the game and told reporters that he was unaware of Lynch's plans and disagreed with the act of moving the anthem's performance.[6] The Spirit's players issued a joint statement also disagreeing with Lynch's decision to move the anthem without first consulting the team's players or coaches.[7]

Club

Roster

The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.[8]

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  CAN Stephanie Labbé (FP) 3 DF  USA Caprice Dydasco 4 DF  USA Megan Oyster 5 DF  USA Whitney Church 6 DF  CAN Shelina Zadorsky (FP) 7 MF  USA Christine Nairn 8 MF  CAN Diana Matheson (FP) 10 MF  ARG Estefania Banini 11 DF  USA Ali Krieger (captain) (FP) 12 FW  USA Katie Stengel

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  NGA Francisca Ordega 15 MF  USA Joanna Lohman 17 FW  USA Cali Farquharson 18 GK  USA Kelsey Wys 19 FW  USA Crystal Dunn (FP) 20 FW  USA Cheyna Williams 22 DF  USA Alyssa Kleiner 23 MF  USA Tori Huster 24 DF  CMR Estelle Johnson 57 FW  ESP Laura del Rio

• (FP) = Federation player

Team management

Owner	Bill Lynch
General Manager	Jim Gabarra
Head Coach	Jim Gabarra

Source:[8]

Competitions

Preseason

On January 26, the Washington Spirit announced its preseason schedule.[9]

Washington Spirit v University of Virginia

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.

Washington Spirit v Pennsylvania State University

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

Regular season

Washington Spirit v Boston Breakers

Sat Apr 16 1	Washington Spirit	1–0	Boston Breakers	Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m.	Lohman  3' Oyster  86'	[m 2]		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,578 Referee: Margaret Domka

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

Sun Apr 24 2	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Hayes  66' (Lytle) O'Hara  74'	[m 3]	Krieger  40' (Huster) Zadorsky  46+' Matheson  56' (Dunn)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,571 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

Fri Apr 29 3	Western New York Flash	0–3	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
	Eddy  80'	[m 4][m 5]	Matheson  4' (Dunn), 72' (p.k.) Eddy  82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Matthew Franz

Washington Spirit v Portland Thorns FC

Sat May 7 4	Washington Spirit	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Oyster  17'	[m 6]	Sonnett  28' Heath  59'  88' Horan  95+'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,615 Referee: Matthew Franz

Washington Spirit v Houston Dash

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

Portland Thorns FC v Washington Spirit

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 7][m 8]	Lohman  55' (Dunn) Nairn  61'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,823 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

Fri May 27	Houston Dash	PPD	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
				Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Boston Breakers v Washington Spirit

Fri Jun 10 7	Boston Breakers	1–1	Washington Spirit	Boston, Massachusetts
	Louise Schillgard  15' (pen.)	[m 9][m 10]	Katie Stengel  13'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Margaret Domka

Washington Spirit v Orlando Pride

Sat Jun 18 8	Washington Spirit	2–0	Orlando Pride	Germantown, Maryland
	Estefania Banini  9' (Alyssa Kleiner) Francisca Ordega  40' (unassisted)	[m 11]		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,750 Referee: Christopher Spivey

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

Sat Jun 25 9	Washington Spirit	1–2	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Diana Matheson  77' (Estefania Banini)	[m 12]	Raquel Rodriguez  8' (Leah Galton) Samantha Kerr  64' (Leah Galton)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,448 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Washington Spirit v FC Kansas City

Sat Jul 2 10	Washington Spirit	2–0	FC Kansas City	Boyds, Maryland
	Francisca Ordega  79' Tori Huster  85'	[m 13]		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,036 Referee: Karen Abt

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Jul 9 11	Washington Spirit	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
	Estefania Banini  24' (Francisca Ordega) Francisca Ordega  47' Katie Stengel  74' (Christine Nairn)	[m 14][m 15]	Alyssa Mautz  42'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,631 Referee: Brandon Artis

FC Kansas City v Washington Spirit

Sat Jul 16 12	FC Kansas City	2–3	Washington Spirit	Boyds, Maryland
	Frances Silva  69' (Erika Tymrak) Shea Groom  91+'	[m 16][m 17]	Estefania Banini  48+' (unassisted), 83' (unassisted) Joanna Lohman  58' (unassisted)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Sky Blue FC v Washington Spirit

Sat Jul 23 13	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Leah Galton  24' (Erin Simon)	[m 18][m 19]		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Washington Spirit v Sky Blue FC

Sat Jul 30 14	Washington Spirit	3–1	Sky Blue FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Estefania Banini  27' (Joanna Lohman) Cheyna Williams  39' (Caprice Dydasco) Alyssa Kleiner  95+' (unassisted)	[m 1][m 20]	Tasha Kai  33' (unassisted)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,930 Referee: Victor Rivas

Houston Dash v Washington Spirit

Thu Aug 18 15	Houston Dash	1–2	Washington Spirit	Houston
	Christine Nairn  30' (pk), 63' (unassisted)	[m 21]	Kealia Ohai  90' (Stephanie Ochs)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,012 Referee: Christina Unkel
Note: rescheduled from May 27

Orlando Pride v Washington Spirit

Fri Aug 26 16	Orlando Pride	1–2	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
	Toni Pressley  28' Sarah Hagen  71' (Cami Levin)	[m 22]	Ali Krieger  35' Cheyna Williams  37' (Caprice Dydasco) Christine Nairn  57' (Katie Stengel)	Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 7,052 Referee: Marco Vega

Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash

Sat Sep 3 17	Washington Spirit	1–1	Western New York Flash	Boyds, Maryland
	Katie Stengel  64' (Crystal Dunn) Diana Matheson  85'	[m 23]	Elizabeth Eddy  40' Samantha Mewis  86' (unassisted)	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,527 Referee: Chris Spivey

Washington Spirit v Seattle Reign FC

Wed Sep 7 18	Washington Spirit	2–1	Seattle Reign FC	Boyds, Maryland
	Crystal Dunn  50+' Cheyna Williams  62'	[m 24]	Kim Little  70' (penalty) Kendall Fletcher  74'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,039 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Seattle Reign FC v Washington Spirit

Sun Sep 11 19	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
	Yanez  27' Winters  78'	[m 25]		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,711 Referee: Greg Dopka

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

Sat Sep 24 20	Chicago Red Stars	3–1	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Christen Press  6' (Vanessa DiBernardo) Cara Walls  26' (Sofia Herta) Sofia Huerta  46' (unassisted)	[m 26]	Crystal Dunn  47' (unassisted)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Matthew Franz

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield
2	Washington Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	NWSL Playoffs
3	Chicago Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
4	Western New York Flash (C)	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32
5	Seattle Reign FC	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30
6	FC Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	−2	26
7	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	24	30	−6	26
8	Houston Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22
9	Orlando Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	−10	19
10	Boston Breakers	20	3	2	15	14	47	−33	11

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

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
20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	7	2	1	15	5	+10	5	1	4	15	16	−1

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: Match reports

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	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L
Position[n 1]	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

Fri Sept 30 7:00 pm CDT NWSL Playoffs Semifinal	Washington Spirit	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
19:00 UTC-05	Krieger  36' (Zadorsky) Nairn  57' Ordega  111' (Christine Nairn)	[m 27]	Press  74' (Short) Johnson  120+2'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,249 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

Sun Oct 9 4:00 pm CDT 2016 NWSL Championship	Western New York Flash	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
16:00 UTC-05	Mewis  14' (Williams) Zerboni  84' Williams  124+' (McDonald)	Report	Dunn  9' (Oyster)  91' (Krieger) Wys  122+'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 8,255 Referee: Christina Unkel
	Penalties
	Dahlkemper Hinkle McDonald Williams Mewis		Krieger Nairn Stengel Huster Matheson

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season only

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	PK	Shot	SOG	SOG%	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
10	F	Estefania Banini	13	9	888	5	1	0	23	12	52%	3	0	1	1	17	0	0
5	DF	Whitney Church	11	7	610	0	0	0	0	0	—	1	0	0	3	2	0	0
19	DF	Crystal Dunn	13	12	1142	2	5	0	37	14	38%	2	0	13	8	26	0	0
3	DF	Caprice Dydasco	12	12	1080	0	2	0	7	3	43%	4	0	1	8	6	1	0
17	DF	Cali Farquharson	16	8	561	0	0	0	10	2	20%	0	0	4	5	3	0	0
23	DF	Tori Huster	19	19	1665	1	1	0	13	4	31%	0	0	0	14	15	0	0
27	DF	Line Jensen	3	2	141	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Estelle Johnson	11	11	990	0	0	0	7	4	57%	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
22	DF	Alyssa Kleiner	17	12	1115	1	1	0	5	2	40%	2	0	1	10	8	1	0
11	DF	Ali Krieger	15	14	1267	1	0	0	6	2	33%	3	6	1	5	5	2	0
1	GK	Stephanie Labbe	8	8	720	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Joanna Lohman	20	17	1535	4	1	0	30	14	47%	1	0	1	27	15	1	0
8	MF	Diana Matheson	12	9	800	4	0	1	12	8	67%	0	25	2	3	9	1	0
7	MF	Christine Nairn	20	18	1619	3	3	1	37	13	35%	9	85	2	7	21	1	0
14	FW	Francisca Ordega	13	7	629	2	1	0	18	12	67%	0	0	8	10	13	1	0
4	DF	Megan Oyster	15	15	1340	0	0	0	3	0	0%	0	0	0	12	6	2	0
2	FW	Katie Stengel	19	10	928	4	1	0	20	10	50%	1	0	5	5	4	0	0
20	FW	Cheyna Williams	17	8	779	3	0	0	20	9	45%	0	0	9	10	9	1	0
18	GK	Kelsey Wys	12	12	1080	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF	Shelina Zadorsky	11	10	911	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0	8	4	2	0
Team total			20	—	19800	30	16	2	249	109	44%	27	116	48	139	165	13	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKA	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%	YC	RC
1	GK	Stephanie Labbe	8	8	720	7	0.88	0	1	71	30	24	80%	0	0
18	GK	Kelsey Wys	12	12	1080	14	1.17	2	2	163	75	61	81%	0	0
Team total			20	—	1800	21	1.05	2	3	234	105	85	81%	0	0

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
12	FW	Katie Stengel	FC Bayern Munich	Signed	December 30, 2015	[10]
20	FW	Cheyna Williams	Florida State	2016 NWSL College Draft - 1st Round	January 19, 2016	[11]
17	FW	Cali Farquharson	Arizona State	2016 NWSL College Draft - 2nd Round	January 19, 2016	[11]
1	GK	Stephanie Labbé	KIF Örebro DFF	NWSL Player Allocation and trade for DaCosta	February 2, 2016	[12]
6	DF	Shelina Zadorsky	Vittsjö GIK	NWSL Player Allocation	February 2, 2016	[12]
22	DF	Alyssa Kleiner	Portland Thorns	Trade for Reynolds	February 2, 2016	[13]
14	DF	Line Jensen	Fortuna Hjørring	Signed	July 13, 2016	[14]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
17	MF	Verónica Pérez	Canberra United		September 17, 2016	[15]
12	DF	Josephine Chukwunonye	Vittsjö GIK	Waived	December 22, 2015	[16]
25	FW	Ngozi Okobi	Vittsjö GIK	Waived	January 6, 2016	[17]
2	DF	Katherine Reynolds	Portland Thorns FC	Trade for Kleiner	February 2, 2016	[13]
16	FW	Tiffany Weimer	FC Kansas City	Waived	March 31, 2016	[18]
22	DF	Arianna Romero	Seattle Reign	NWSL Distribution Draft	March 31, 2016	[19]
20	FW	Hayley Raso	Portland Thorns FC	Waived	April 11, 2016	[20]
22	MF	Amanda DaCosta	Chicago Red Stars	Trade for draft pick and Labbé	April 16, 2016	[21]
28	DF	Jennifer Skogerboe	FC Slovácko			[22]

Honors and awards

NWSL Yearly Awards

NWSL Team of the Year

Team	Position	Player	Ref.
Second XI	Defender	Ali Krieger	[23]
Second X1	Forward	Crystal Dunn	[24]

NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Player	Month's Statline	Ref.
July	Estefanía Banini	4 goals; Spirit 4-1-0 in July	[25]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
13	Won	Estefanía Banini	[26]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
2	Won	Ali Krieger	[27]
13	Won	Estefanía Banini	[28]
16	Won	Christine Nairn	[29]

See also

• 2016 National Women's Soccer League season

References

1. Andy Lohman. "Washington Spirit and Orlando Pride Came Together for More than Soccer". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
2. 2016 NWSL Statistics (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016.
3. Steven Goff (October 14, 2015). "Soccer Insider Jim Gabarra named coach, general manager of Washington Spirit". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
4. Alexandra Grant (October 18, 2016). "Washington Spirit 2016 NWSL season review". Vavel. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
5. McKirdy, Euan. "Megan Rapinoe takes knee in solidarity with Kaepernick". CNN. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
6. Steven Goff (September 7, 2016). "Megan Rapinoe doesn't get chance to kneel for national anthem. It was played with teams in locker room". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
7. Steven Goff (September 9, 2016). "Washington Spirit players unhappy with owner's anthem move". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
8. "Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com.
9. "SPIRIT ANNOUNCE 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE; Washington to play UVA, PSU, UNC, and Duke". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
10. "Spirit Sign Ex-Bayern Munich Forward Katie Stengel". The Equalizer. December 30, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
11. "2016 NWSL Draft Results: Sonnett goes No. 1". The Equalizer. January 15, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
12. "Washington Spirit Signs Danish International Line Sigvardsen Jensen". Canada Soccer.com. February 2, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
13. "Spirit Acquires Defender Alyssa Kleiner". Washington Spirit. February 2, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
14. "Washington Spirit Signs Danish International Line Sigvardsen Jensen". Washington Spirit. July 13, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
15. Lee Gaskin (September 17, 2015). "W-League: Canberra United signs Mexican women's national team midfielder Veronica Perez". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
16. "Spirit Waives Defender Josephine Chukwunonye". Washington Spirit. December 22, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
17. "Spirit Waives Forward Ngozi Sonia Okobi". Washington Spirit. January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
18. "Spirit Acquires Defender Alyssa Kleiner". Black and Red United. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
19. "Reign FC acquires rights to Arianna Romero and Veronica Perez in NWSL Distribution Draft". TheBold.net. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
20. "Spirit Waives Forward Hayley Raso". Washington Spirit. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
21. "Red Stars Acquire Amanda Da Costa and 2017 Draft Pick". Chicago Red Stars. April 16, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
22. "Red Stars Acquire Amanda Da Costa and 2017 Draft Pick". Portland Timbers. July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
23. "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2016 Best XI". Chicago Red Stars. NWSL. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
24. "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2016 Best XI". Chicago Red Stars. NWSL. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
25. "National Women's Soccer League". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. August 2, 2016.
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27. "Congrats to @WashSpirit's @alikrieger on her goal being selected by the fans as the #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 2!". Twitter.com. NWSL. April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
28. "Goal of the Week Winner: Estefania Banini – Week 13". YouTube.com. NWSL. July 20, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
29. "Goal of the Week Winner: Christine Nairn – Week 16". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.

Match reports (preseason)

1. "Spirit Begins Preseason with 3-0 Win over UVA". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
2. "Spirit Wins Second Consecutive Preseason Game over Penn State 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.

Match reports (regular season)

1. "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 3-1, TO REMAIN TIED AT TOP OF THE TABLE". chicagorestars.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
2. "Washington Spirit Opens Season with 1-0 Win Over Boston Breakers". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
3. "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 2-1". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
4. "Spirit Remains Undefeated After 3-0 Win Over Western New York Flash". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
5. "Match Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong ShowingMatch Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong Showing". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
6. "Spirit Remains Undefeated Following Scoreless Draw With The Thorns". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-05-08. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
7. "Washington Spirit Falls to Portland Thorns On the Road". washingtongspirit.com. 2016-05-22. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
8. "NWSL MATCH RECAP | Portland Thorns FC 4, Washington Spirit 1". Thorns FC. 2016-05-22. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
9. "Spirit Settles for 1-1 Draw on the Road Against Boston Breakers". washingtonspirir.com. 2016-06-11. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
10. "Breakers come back to tie the Washington Spirit". bostonbreakers.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
11. "EARLY SURGE PUSHES SPIRIT PAST PRIDE, 2-0". National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
12. "Washington Spirit Falls to Regional Rivals Sky Blue FC 2-1". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-06-26. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
13. "Spirit Claims 2-0 Win at Home Against FC Kansas City". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-07-03. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
14. "Chicago Drops 2-0 Decision Away to Washington". chicagorestars.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
15. "Washington Spirit defeats Chicago Red Stars 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-07-10. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
16. "WASHINGTON EARNS 3-2 WIN OVER KANSAS CITY". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
17. "Banini Brace Lifts Spirit Over FC Kansas City 3-2". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-07-17. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
18. "SKY BLUE FC SHUT OUT SPIRT, 1-0, AT HOME". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
19. "Spirit Falls to Sky Blue FC 1-0 on the Road". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-07-24. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
20. "Spirit Defeats Sky Blue 3-1 to Remain Tied at the Top of the NWSL Table". washingtonspirit.com. 2016-07-31. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
21. "SPIRIT DEFEAT DASH, 2-1, TO CLAIM TOP SPOT IN THE STANDINGS". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
22. "SPIRIT RETAINS FIRST PLACE AFTER 2-1 WIN OVER PRIDE". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
23. "SPIRIT AND FLASH BATTLE TO A 1-1 DRAW". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
24. "REIGN FC DEFEATS SPIRIT, 2-0, AT MEMORIAL STADIUM". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
25. "DASH BEAT BREAKERS, 4-1, TO MATCH CLUB WINS RECORD". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
26. "CHICAGO DEFEATS WASHINGTON, 3-1". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
27. "SPIRIT DEFEAT RED STARS 2-1 IN EXTRA TIME — Washington advances to the 2016 NWSL Championship at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston". September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

Notes

1. Washington Spirit's position in the league at the end of match day

External links

• Official website