page_title: Washington Spirit
section_title: Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: Washington Spirit / Stadium
caption_attribution_description: English: Washington Spirit vs Portland Thorns, NWSL 2015 season. Main grandstand to the left.
context_page_description: The Washington Spirit is an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that participates in the National Women's Soccer League. It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and continues to field both an amateur WPSL team and a youth team, both under the Spirit name. The Spirit is coached by Richie Burke.
context_section_description: The Maryland SoccerPlex, located in Germantown, Maryland, has been home to the Washington Spirit since the inaugural 2013 season. The Spirit play their home games at the main stadium, named Maureen Hendricks Field in June 2013 in honor of Hendricks’ role in the development of women’s professional soccer and the SoccerPlex facility. The facility is also home to the Washington Spirit Reserves in the WPSL.
  Starting during the 2018 season, the Spirit began coordinating with D.C. United to play home matches at Audi Field in Buzzard Point in Washington D.C. The Spirit played their first match on August 25 that season, hosting the Portland Thorns. The match registered the team's highest attended game and was viewed as a means to generate more interest in the team. During the 2019 season, the team announced it would host two home matches at Audi Field.
  On November 12, 2019 the team announced starting with the 2020 season, Washington Spirit reached an agreement with D.C. United that will split the team's home games between three stadiums, the Maryland SoccerPlex, Audi Field and Segra Field in Leesburg, Virginia for four games each.  The 2021 season will see 7 games at Audi Field and the remaining games at Segra Field. In addition, the team will relocate its training facilities to the new D.C. United training center in Leesburg, once the facility is completed.
caption: Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex
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