# 2019 Washington Spirit season

The 2019 season is Washington Spirit's seventh season, competing in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The season is the first to be led by newly appointed head coach Richie Burke.

## Club
### Roster

The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.
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 | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 2 | FW | USA | Arielle Ship |
| 3 | DF | USA | Sam Staab |
| 4 | MF | USA | Jordan DiBiasi |
| 5 | DF | USA | Megan Crosson |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Chloe Logarzo (INT) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Amy Harrison (INT) |
| 8 | MF | USA | Megan Dougherty Howard |
| 9 | DF | USA | Tegan McGrady |
| 10 | MF | USA | Rose Lavelle (FP) |
| 11 | FW | USA | Mallory Pugh (FP) |
| 12 | MF | USA | Andi Sullivan |
| 13 | FW | USA | Bayley Feist |
| 14 | DF | USA | Paige Nielsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | USA | Tiffany McCarty |
| 17 | FW | USA | Cali Farquharson |
| 18 | DF | USA | McKenzie Berryhill |
| 19 | DF | USA | Dorian Bailey |
| 20 | FW | JAM | Cheyna Matthews |
| 22 | FW | USA | Mallory Eubanks (MAT) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Tori Huster |
| 24 | DF | USA | Carlin Hudson |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Elise Kellond-Knight (INT) |
| 30 | GK | USA | Shea Yanez |
| 31 | FW | USA | Crystal Thomas |
| 32 | FW | USA | Grace Cutler (NTR) |
| 33 | FW | USA | Ashley Hatch |
* (FP) = Federation player
* (INT) = International roster player
* (MAT) = Maternity Leave
* (NTR) = National Team Replacement

### Team management

    As of July 9, 2019
Coaching staff :
| Head Coach | Richie Burke |
| Player/Opponent Analyst | Tom Torres |
| High Performance Coach | Michael Minthorne |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Ian McCaldon |
| Team Performance Coach | Christian Cziommer |
| Reserve Team Head Coach | Kati Jo Spisak |
| Athletic Trainer | Julie Beveridge |

## Competitions
### Regular season
#### Regular season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Carolina Courage (C) | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 49 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 44 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Portland Thorns FC | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 40 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Reign FC | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 38 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 34 | |
| 6 | Utah Royals FC | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 34 | |
| 7 | Houston Dash | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 26 | |
| 8 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 20 | |
| 9 | Orlando Pride | 24 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 16 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 12, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of October 12, 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NWSL | NWSL | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | USA | Aubrey Bledsoe | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | USA | Shae Yanez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | USA | Sam Staab | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | USA | Megan Crosson | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | USA | Tegan McGrady | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | USA | Paige Nielsen | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | USA | McKenzie Berryhill | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | USA | Dorian Bailey | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | USA | Carlin Hudson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | USA | Jordan DiBiasi | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Chloe Logarzo | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Amy Harrison | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | USA | Megan Dougherty Howard | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Rose Lavelle | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Andi Sullivan | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Tiffany McCarty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Tori Huster | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | AUS | Elise Kellond-Knight | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | USA | Arielle Ship | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | USA | Mallory Pugh | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | USA | Bayley Feist | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Cali Farquharson | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | JAM | Cheyna Matthews | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | USA | Crystal Thomas | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | USA | Grace Cutler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | USA | Ashley Hatch | 24 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Italics indicates player left team midway through season.

### Goalkeepers

| No. | Nat | Player | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League | National Women's Soccer League |
| No. | Nat | Player | GP | GS | MIN | W | L | D | GA | GAA | CS |
| 1 | | Aubrey Bledsoe | 24 | 24 | 2149 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 1.05 | 9 |
| 21 | | Sammy Jo Prudhomme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 30 | | Shea Yanez | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| January 14, 2019 | Megan Crosson | 5 | DF | FC Gintra | Signed |
| February 14, 2019 | Amy Harrison | 7 | DF | Sydney FC | Signed |
| February 28, 2019 | Paige Nielsen | 14 | FW/DF | Canberra United | Signed |
| March 4, 2019 | Jordan DiBiasi | 4 | MF | Stanford Cardinal | Signed |
| March 4, 2019 | Sam Staab | 3 | DF | Clemson Tigers | Signed |
| March 4, 2019 | Tegan McGrady | 9 | DF/FW | Stanford Cardinal | Signed |
| March 4, 2019 | Dorian Bailey | 19 | MF | North Carolina Tar Heels | Signed |
| March 4, 2019 | Bayley Feist | 13 | MF/FW | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Signed |
| April 8, 2019 | Tiffany McCarty | 16 | FW | Medkila IL | Signed to Supplemental Roster |
| April 8, 2019 | McKenzie Berryhill | 18 | DF | Klepp IL | Signed |
| April 8, 2019 | Sammy Jo Prudhomme | 21 | GK | Houston Dash | Signed |
| April 8, 2019 | Carlin Hudson | 24 | DF | North Carolina Courage | Signed to Supplemental Roster |
| April 8, 2019 | Shae Yanez | 30 | GK | Tennessee Volunteers | Signed |
| May 23, 2019 | Crystal Thomas | 31 | FW | Valur | Signed |
| June 13, 2019 | Grace Cutler | 32 | FW | West Virginia Mountaineers | Signed as National Team Replacement |
| July 15, 2019 | Elise Kellond-Knight | 28 | MF | Reign FC | Traded in exchange for Sammy Jo Prudhomme |

### Out

| Date | Player | Number | Position | New club | Fee/notes |
| October 17, 2018 | Estefanía Banini | 10 | FW | Levante UD | Undisclosed |
| November 16, 2019 | Havana Solaun | 9 | FW | Klepp IL | Undisclosed |
| January 10, 2019 | Caprice Dydasco | 3 | DF | Sky Blue FC | Traded for 3rd and 29th overall 2019 draft picks |
| January 10, 2019 | DiDi Haracic | 21 | GK | Sky Blue FC | Traded for 3rd and 29th overall 2019 draft picks |
| January 10, 2019 | Estelle Johnson | 24 | DF | Sky Blue FC | Traded for 3rd and 29th overall 2019 draft picks |
| January 11, 2019 | Kelsey Wys | 19 | GK | UMF Selfoss | Waived |
| February 5, 2019 | Quinn | 4 | MF | Paris FC | Undisclosed |
| February 19, 2019 | Tiffany Weimer | 88 | FW | FC Nordsjælland | Undisclosed |
| February 27, 2019 | Whitney Church | 5 | DF | | Waived |
| March 1, 2019 | Francisca Ordega | 14 | FW | Shanghai W.F.C. | Undisclosed |
| March 22, 2019 | Taylor Smith | 7 | DF | Reign FC | Released |
| April 8, 2019 | Joanna Lohman | 15 | MF | | Retired |
| July 15, 2019 | Sammy Jo Prudhomme | 21 | GK | Reign FC | Traded in exchange for Elise Kellond-Knight |
| September 28, 2019 | Carlin Hudson | 24 | DF | Guigamp | Released |

### Loan In

| Date | Player | Number | Position | Parent club | Fee/notes |
| February 14, 2019 | Chloe Logarzo | 6 | MF | Sydney FC | Season loan |

### Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed during the 2019 NWSL College Draft will be listed in the notes.
| Player | Pos | Previous club | Notes |
| Jordan DiBiasi | MF | Stanford Cardinal | Round 1, Pick 3 (3rd overall) |
| Samantha Staab | DF | Clemson Tigers | Round 1, Pick 4 (4th overall) |
| Tegan McGrady | DF/FW | Stanford Cardinal | Round 1, Pick 7 (7th overall) |
| Dorian Bailey | MF | North Carolina Tar Heels | Round 1, Pick 8 (8th overall) |
| Bayley Feist | FW/MF | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Round 2, Pick 8 (17th overall) |

## Awards

    As of October 12, 2019

### Monthly Awards
#### NWSL Team of the Month

| Month | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| May | Aubrey Bledsoe | Sam Staab | Jordan DiBiasi | Ashley Hatch |
| June | Aubrey Bledsoe | Sam Staab | Andi Sullivan | |
| August | Aubrey Bledsoe | | | |

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

| Week | Result | Player |
| 4 | Won | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 7 | Won | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 20 | Won | Crystal Thomas |

#### NWSL Goal of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 1 | Nominated | Megan Crosson |
| 5 | Nominated | Cheyna Matthews |
| 6 | Won | Jordan DiBiasi |
| 7 | Nominated | Ashley Hatch |
| 8 | Nominated | Ashley Hatch |
| 12 | Nominated | Bayley Feist |
| 18 | Nominated | Andi Sullivan |
| 19 | Nominated | Ashley Hatch |
| 20 | Won | Tiffany McCarty |
| 20 | Nominated | Ashley Hatch |
| 20 | Nominated | Crystal Thomas |
| 22 | Nominated | Ashley Hatch |
| 23 | Nominated | Mallory Pugh |
| 24 | Won | Rose Lavelle |

#### NWSL Save of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 4 | Won | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 7 | Won | Paige Nielsen |
| 8 | Nominated | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 9 | Nominated | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 12 | Won | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 16 | Won | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 18 | Nominated | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 19 | Nominated | Aubrey Bledsoe |
| 20 | Nominated | Shae Yanez |
| 24 | Nominated | Paige Nielsen |
| 25 | Nominated | Aubrey Bledsoe |