# 2016 Houston Dash season

The 2016 season is the Houston Dash's third season as an American professional women's soccer team in the NWSL.

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Randy Waldrum |
| Assistant coach | Marcelo Galvao |
| Assistant coach | Hiro Suzuki |
| Goalkeeper coach | Tom Brown |
| Athletic Trainer | Kristy Chavez |
| Massage Therapist | Wes Speights |

## First-team squad

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 | MEX | Bianca Henninger |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Poliana Barbosa Medeiros |
| 3 | FW | ENG | Rachel Daly |
| 4 | DF | USA | Rebecca Moros |
| 5 | DF | USA | Cari Roccaro |
| 6 | MF | USA | Morgan Brian |
| 7 | FW | USA | Kealia Ohai |
| 9 | FW | USA | Chioma Ubogagu |
| 10 | MF | USA | Carli Lloyd |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Janine Beckie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | USA | Amber Brooks |
| 13 | DF | IRL | Denise O'Sullivan |
| 15 | DF | CAN | Allysha Chapman |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Andressa Machry |
| 18 | GK | AUS | Lydia Williams |
| 21 | FW | USA | Melissa Henderson |
| 22 | DF | USA | Stephanie Ochs |
| 23 | MF | USA | Cami Privett |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Ellie Brush |
| 27 | MF | USA | Caity Heap |

## Standings and Match Results
### National Women's Soccer League
#### League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Western New York Flash (C) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 32 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 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 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 25, 2016. Source: National Women's Soccer League

##### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
## Awards
### NWSL Yearly Awards
#### NWSL Team of the Year

| Team | Position | Player | Ref. |
| Best XI | Forward | Kealia Ohai | |

### NWSL Weekly Awards
#### NWSL Player of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 1 | Won | Rachel Daly |
| 4 | Won | Chioma Ubogagu |
| 15 | Won | Kealia Ohai |
| 17 | Won | Kealia Ohai |

#### NWSL Goal of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 14 | Won | Rachel Daly |
| 15 | Won | Rachel Daly |
| 19 | Won | Kealia Ohai |

#### NWSL Save of the Week

| Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
| 5 | Won | Lydia Williams | |
| 19 | Won | Lydia Williams | |

## Squad statistics

Source: NWSL
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | PK | Shot | SOG | SOG% | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 2 | DF | Poliana Barbosa | 15 | 15 | 1324 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 60% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Janine Beckie | 14 | 11 | 916 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 37% | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Morgan Brian | 13 | 13 | 1001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 38% | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Amber Brooks | 19 | 11 | 1084 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ellie Brush | 15 | 15 | 1340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Allysha Chapman | 9 | 8 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Megan Crosson | 4 | 1 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | Rachel Daly | 16 | 12 | 1186 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 16 | 39% | 2 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tessa Florio-Gavilsky | 3 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Caity Heap | 6 | 2 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Melissa Henderson | 7 | 4 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Bianca Henninger | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Carli Lloyd | 7 | 7 | 553 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 37% | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Andressa Machry | 15 | 15 | 1298 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 32% | 3 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Becca Moros | 17 | 17 | 1520 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Denise O'Sullivan | 18 | 14 | 1315 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 42% | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Stephanie Ochs | 12 | 3 | 385 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 43% | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Kealia Ohai | 20 | 18 | 1622 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 31 | 61% | 6 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Cami Privett | 15 | 11 | 1059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Cari Roccaro | 15 | 14 | 1264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Chioma Ubogagu | 15 | 9 | 806 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 39% | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Lydia Williams | 15 | 15 | 1350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 19800 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 265 | 115 | 43% | 21 | 92 | 87 | 165 | 150 | 17 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | GA | GA/G | PKA | PKF | Shot | SOG | Sav | Sav% | YC | RC |
| 1 | GK | Bianca Henninger | 5 | 5 | 450 | 7 | 1.40 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 22 | 14 | 64% | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Lydia Williams | 15 | 15 | 1350 | 22 | 1.47 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 83 | 62 | 75% | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | Team Total | Team Total | 20 | — | 1800 | 29 | 1.45 | 2 | 2 | 236 | 105 | 76 | 72% | 0 | 0 |