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.

Washington Spirit

2013 season
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
Home colors Away colors

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  USA Ashlyn Harris (FP) 2 FW  USA Colleen Williams 3 DF  USA Kika Toulouse 4 DF  USA Marisa Abegg 5 DF  CAN Candace Chapman 6 MF  USA Lori Lindsey (FP) 8 MF  CAN Diana Matheson (FP) 9 MF  USA Ingrid Wells 10 FW  USA Caroline Miller 11 DF  USA Ali Krieger (FP) 13 MF  MEX Teresa "Lupita" Worbis (FP) 13 MF  USA Julia Roberts

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  USA Tiffany McCarty 15 DF  CAN Robyn Gayle (FP) 16 FW  GER Conny Pohlers (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 17 FW  USA Lindsay Taylor 18 GK  USA Chantel Jones 19 DF  USA Toni Pressley 20 MF  USA Holly King 22 FW  USA Stephanie Ochs 23 MF  USA Tori Huster 24 FW  USA Jasmyne Spencer — DF  USA Domenica Hodak

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 1	Boston Breakers	1–1	Washington Spirit	Somerville, Massachusetts
18:30 EDT	Leroux  91+' (Guess)	Report	McCarty  15' (Ochs) Wells  50'	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  84' Matheson  87' (pen.)	Report	Kerr  85' (Wambach)	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  35'	Report	Goodson  2' Schmidt  48'	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  13' Matheson  86' (pen.)	Report	Morgan  12' (pen.) Washington  51' Long  70' Edwards  82'	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  51' (Matheson)	Report	Lohman  24' (Sanderson)	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  7' (Larsen) Noyola  47' (Nairn) Larsen  68' Zurrer  83'	Report	Matheson  37' Krieger  41' McCarty  56' Krieger  63' Roberts  75' Huster  84' (Lindsey)	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  41' (Long) Morgan  86' (Wetzel) Marshall  65'	Report	Gayle  83'	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  38' (Sanderson) Shoepfer  53' (Sanderson) Simon  66' (Sanderson)	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  10' (Adriana) DiMartino  31' (Sahlen)  36' Adriana  55'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Boris Senic

June 23, 2013 10	FC Kansas City	2–0	Washington Spirit	Overland Park, Kansas
20:35 EDT	Holiday  17', 65'	Summary	Pressley  29'	Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Katja Koroleva

June 28, 2013 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: Margaret Domka

July 3, 2013 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: Kara Honthumb

July 6, 2013 13	Sky Blue	1–0	Washington Spirit	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT	Ocampo  74'	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,322 Referee: John McCloskey

July 10, 2013 14	Washington Spirit	0–2	Chicago Red Stars	Germantown, Maryland
19:30 EDT	Pohlers  90'	Report	Leon  63' Masar  71' (Leon)	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  30' (Nairn), 34' (Reed)	Report	Matheson  11' (pen.)	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  62' (o.g.) Sitch  87'	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  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 18	Western New York Flash	3–0	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
20:05 PDT	Martin  35' (Kerr) Kerr  60' (Reynolds) Lloyd  68' Huffman  72'	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  58' (Freels)	Re port	Gayle  60' Pohlers  68'	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  58' Krieger  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 21	Washington Spirit	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Germantown, Maryland
16:35 PDT	Matheson  83'	Report	Nairn  86'	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  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) Champion.

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H
Result	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D

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		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
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
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
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
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
1	GK	Ashlyn Harris	FCR 2001 Duisburg	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	[10]
11	DF	Ali Krieger	1. FFC Frankfurt	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	[10]
6	MF	Lori Lindsey	Western New York Flash	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	[10]
15	DF	Robyn Gayle	Vancouver Whitecaps WFC	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	[10]
8	MF	Diana Matheson	LSK Kvinner	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	[10]
	DF	Alina Garciamendez	Stanford Cardinal	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	opted not to play [10]
7	MF	Teresa "Lupita" Worbis	Unknown	NWSL Player Allocation	January 11, 2013	[10]
14	FW	Tiffany McCarty	Florida State Seminoles	Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft	January 18, 2013
10	FW	Caroline Miller	Virginia Cavaliers	Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft	January 18, 2013
20	MF	Holly King	Florida Gators	Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft	January 18, 2013
2	MF	Colleen Williams	Dayton Flyers	Selected in the 2013 NWSL College Draft	January 18, 2013
	MF	Ingrid Wells	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC	Signed	February 6, 2013	[11]
18	GK	Chantel Jones	Þór Akureyri	Signed	February 6, 2013	[11]
22	FW	Stephanie Ochs	University of San Diego	2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft	February 7, 2013	[12]
23	MF	Tori Huster	Florida State Seminoles	2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft	February 7, 2013	[12]
3	DF	Kika Toulouse	Rågsveds IF	Signed	February 12, 2013	[13]
	DF	Domenica Hodak	Maryland Terrapins	Discovery Player	March 9, 2013	[14]
24	FW	Jasmyne Spencer	Brøndby IF	Signed	April 9, 2013	[15]
19	DF	Toni Pressley	Ryazan VDV	Signed	June 3, 2013	[16]
17	FW	Lindsay Taylor	Seattle Reign FC	Traded for a 2014 NWSL College Draft second round pick	July 1, 2013	[17]
4	FW	Marisa Abegg	Gulf Coast Texans	Signed on July 31, 2013	July 31, 2013	[18]
5	FW	Candace Chapman	Western New York Flash	Free Agent	2013	[19]
13	MF	Julia Roberts	Seattle Sounders Women		2013	[20]

Loan in

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
16	FW	Conny Pohlers	VfL Wolfsburg	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.
Best XI	Midfielder	Diana Matheson
Second X1	Defender	Ali Krieger

See also

• 2013 National Women's Soccer League season

References

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