2019 Washington Spirit season explained

Club:Washington Spirit
Season:2019
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:Maryland SoccerPlex (primary)
Audi Field (secondary)
League:NWSL
League Result:5th
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Highest Attendance:19,871 (August 24 vs Pride)[1] [2] [3]
Lowest Attendance:2,097 (May 4 vs Reign)
League Topscorer:Ashley Hatch (7)
Season Topscorer:Ashley Hatch (7)
American:true
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

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.[4]

Club

Roster

The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.[5]

(INT) (INT) (FP) (FP)(MAT)(INT)(NTR)

Team management

Competitions

Regular season

Regular season standings

Results by round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="10"|Goalkeepers:|-|-|colspan="10"|Defenders:|-|-|colspan="10"|Midfielders:|-|-|colspan="10"|Forwards:|-|}

Italics indicates player left team midway through season.

Goalkeepers

PlayerNational Women's Soccer League
1 Aubrey Bledsoe24 24 2149 9 8 7 25 1.05 9
21 Sammy Jo Prudhomme0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
30 Shea Yanez1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Transfers

In

DatePlayerNumberPositionPrevious clubFee/notes
January 14, 2019 5 DF Signed[8]
February 14, 2019 7 DF Signed[9]
February 28, 2019 14 FW/DF Signed[10]
March 4, 2019 4 MF Signed[11]
3 DF Signed
9 DF/FW Signed
19 MF Signed
13 MF/FW Signed
April 8, 2019 16 FW Signed to Supplemental Roster[12]
18 DF Signed
21 GK Signed
24 DF Signed to Supplemental Roster
30 GK Signed
May 23, 2019 31 FW Signed[13]
June 13, 2019 32 FW Signed as National Team Replacement[14]
July 15, 2019 28 MF Traded in exchange for Sammy Jo Prudhomme[15]

Out

DatePlayerNumberPositionNew clubFee/notes
October 17, 2018 10 FW Undisclosed[16]
November 16, 2019 9 FW Undisclosed[17]
January 10, 2019 3 DF Traded for 3rd and 29th overall 2019 draft picks[18]
21 GK
24 DF
January 11, 2019 19 GK Waived[19] [20]
February 5, 2019 4 MF Undisclosed[21]
February 19, 2019 88 FW Undisclosed[22]
February 27, 2019 5 DF Waived[23]
March 1, 2019 14 FW Undisclosed[24]
March 22, 2019 7 DF Released[25]
April 8, 2019 15 MF Retired[26]
July 15, 2019 21 GK Traded in exchange for Elise Kellond-Knight
September 28, 2019 24 DF Released[27]

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.

PlayerPosPrevious clubNotesRef
MF Round 1, Pick 3 (3rd overall) [28]
DF Round 1, Pick 4 (4th overall)
DF/FW Round 1, Pick 7 (7th overall)
MF Round 1, Pick 8 (8th overall)
FW/MF Round 2, Pick 8 (17th overall)

Awards

Monthly Awards

NWSL Team of the Month

sort-data-type=numberMonthGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsclass=unsortableRef
May Aubrey Bledsoe Sam Staab Jordan DiBiasi Ashley Hatch[29]
June Aubrey Bledsoe Sam Staab Andi Sullivan[30]
August Aubrey Bledsoe[31]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
4 Aubrey Bledsoe[32]
7 Aubrey Bledsoe[33]
20 Crystal Thomas[34]

NWSL Goal of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
1 Megan Crosson[35]
5 Cheyna Matthews[36]
6 Jordan DiBiasi[37] [38]
7 Ashley Hatch[39]
8 Ashley Hatch[40]
12 Bayley Feist[41]
18 Andi Sullivan[42]
19 Ashley Hatch[43]
20 Tiffany McCarty[44]
Ashley Hatch[45]
Crystal Thomas
22 Ashley Hatch[46]
23 Mallory Pugh[47]
24 Rose Lavelle[48]

NWSL Save of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
4 Aubrey Bledsoe[49]
7 Paige Nielsen[50]
8 Aubrey Bledsoe[51]
9 Aubrey Bledsoe[52]
12 Aubrey Bledsoe[53]
16 Aubrey Bledsoe[54]
18 Aubrey Bledsoe[55]
19 Aubrey Bledsoe[56]
20 Shae Yanez[57]
24 Paige Nielsen[58]
25 Aubrey Bledsoe[59]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: At a packed Audi Field, Spirit delivers a 2-1 win over Pride. 24 August 2019. 13 October 2019. Washington Post. Matthew. Gutierrez.
  2. Web site: Spirit beat Orlando for historic win at packed Audi Field. 24 August 2019. 13 October 2019. Washington Spirit. Owen. Krucoff.
  3. Web site: Washington Spirit hope historic sellout crowd becomes 'the norm'. ProSoccerUSA.com. 25 August 2019. 13 October 2019. Emily. Olsen. October 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191013165423/https://www.prosoccerusa.com/nwsl/washington-spirit/washington-spirit-takes-down-orlando-pride/. dead.
  4. Web site: Washington Spirit announces technical staff for 2019 season. Washington Spirit. January 8, 2019. January 12, 2019.
  5. Web site: Washington Spirit announces updated 25-player roster ahead of 2019 NWSL season . washingtonspirit.com . April 8, 2019.
  6. Web site: NWSL announces 34 federation players for 2018 season . The Equalizer . February 15, 2018 . February 16, 2018.
  7. Web site: Washington Spirit announces updated roster ahead of 2018 NWSL regular season . Washington Spirit . March 19, 2018 . March 23, 2018.
  8. Web site: Washington Spirit signs defender Megan Crosson. Washington Spirit. en. 15 January 2019. 14 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Washington Spirit lands Australian internationals from Sydney FC. Washington Spirit. en. 15 February 2019. 14 February 2019.
  10. Web site: Washington Spirit signs Paige Nielsen. Washington Spirit. en. 28 February 2019. 8 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Washington Spirit signs five 1st and 2nd round draft picks. Washington Spirit. en. 4 March 2019. 8 March 2019.
  12. Web site: Washington Spirit announces updated 25-player roster ahead of 2019 NWSL season. Washington Spirit. en. 8 April 2019. 13 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Washington Spirit sign forward Crystal Thomas. Washington Spirit. en. 23 May 2019. 24 May 2019.
  14. Web site: Washington Spirit sign Grace Cutler as National Team Replacement . Washington Spirit. en. 9 July 2019. 13 July 2019.
  15. Web site: Cavalier . Mason . Washington Spirit acquire Elise Kellond-Knight in trade with Reign FC . Washington Spirit . 15 July 2019.
  16. Web site: El Levante ficha a la internacional argentina Estefanía Banini . es . Diario AS Espana . October 17, 2018 . March 16, 2019.
  17. Web site: Another American ready for Klepp . no . Ingvild Lygren . Aftenpolten . November 16, 2018 . January 20, 2019.
  18. Web site: Washington Spirit announces three players included in trade with Sky Blue FC . washingtonspirit.com . January 10, 2019 . January 12, 2019.
  19. Web site: Washington Spirit waives goalkeeper Kelsey Wys . washingtonspirit.com . January 11, 2019 . January 12, 2019.
  20. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Fyrrverandi samherji Dagnýjar ver mark Selfyssinga í sumar . 18 April 2019 . . 17 April 2019 . is.
  21. Web site: Rebecca Quinn signs with Paris FC, the latest Canadian to opt for a European team . Neil Davidson . National Post . February 5, 2019 . March 16, 2019.
  22. Web site: Twitter Announcement Weimer joins FC Nordsjælland. twitter.com . Tiffany Weimer. February 19, 2019 . March 16, 2019.
  23. Web site: Washington Spirit waives defender Whitney Church . washingtonspirit.com . February 27, 2019 . March 8, 2019.
  24. Web site: Super Falcons star Francisca Ordega joins Chinese side Shanghai WFC . pulse.ng . March 1, 2019 . March 16, 2019.
  25. Web site: Reign FC sign fullback Taylor Smith with an eye toward the future . sounderatheart.com . Steve Voght . March 22, 2019 . March 23, 2019.
  26. Web site: Joanna Lohman announces retirement from professional soccer. April 8, 2019 . April 8, 2019.
  27. Web site: Jimenez . Larissa . Carlin Hudson '18 signs for French soccer club . Yale Daily News . 26 September 2019. 8 March 2020.
  28. Web site: Washington Spirit makes four 1st round selections, 5 total picks in NWSL College Draft . Washington Spirit . January 10, 2019 . January 12, 2019.
  29. Web site: Purdy. Jacqueline. May Team of the Month. 1 June 2019. 31 May 2019.
  30. Web site: June Team of the Month. 8 July 2019. 8 July 2019.
  31. Web site: August Team of the Month. NWSLsoccer. NWSL. September 5, 2019. September 5, 2019.
  32. Web site: Week 4 Player of the Week: Aubrey Bledsoe. National Women's Soccer League. May 7, 2019. May 7, 2019.
  33. Web site: Week 7 Player of the Week: Aubrey Bledsoe. National Women's Soccer League. October 14, 2019. May 29, 2019.
  34. Web site: Week 20 Player of the Week: Crystal Thomas. National Women's Soccer League. October 14, 2019. October 8, 2019.
  35. Web site: Week 1 Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League. 22 April 2019. 15 April 2019.
  36. Web site: Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League. 13 May 2019. 13 May 2019.
  37. Web site: Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League twitter. 20 May 2019. 20 May 2019.
  38. Web site: Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League twitter. 21 May 2019. 21 May 2019.
  39. Web site: Week 7 Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League youtube. 28 May 2019. 28 May 2019.
  40. Web site: Week 8 Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League twitter. 4 June 2019. 3 June 2019.
  41. Web site: Week 12 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019 . YouTube . 11 July 2019.
  42. Web site: Week 18 Goal of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 19 August 2019.
  43. Web site: Week 19 Goal of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 26 August 2019.
  44. Web site: Tiffany McCarty, Washington Spirit - Week 20 Goal of the Week. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 8 October 2019. Due to rescheduling, this match occurred after week 24 but was still credited as week 20.
  45. Web site: Week 20 Goal of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 7 October 2019. Due to rescheduling, this match occurred after week 24 but was still credited as week 20.
  46. Web site: Week 22 Goal of the Week nominees - #NWSL 2019. YouTube. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 16 September 2019.
  47. Web site: Week 23 Goal of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 23 September 2019.
  48. Web site: Rose Lavelle, Washington Spirit - Week 24 Goal of the Week. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 1 October 2019.
  49. Web site: Week 4 Goal of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 7, 2019. May 7, 2019.
  50. Web site: Week 7 Save of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League youtube. 28 May 2019.
  51. Web site: Week 8 Save of the Week nominees. NWSL twitter. June 4, 2019.
  52. Web site: Week 9 Save of the Week Nominees. National Women's Soccer League twitter. 17 June 2019.
  53. Web site: Aubrey Bledsoe, Washington Spirit Week 12 #NWSL Save of the Week . YouTube . 11 July 2019.
  54. Web site: Aubrey Bledsoe, Washington Spirit Week 16 #NWSL Save of the Week . YouTube . NWSL . 9 August 2019.
  55. Web site: Week 18 Save of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 19 August 2019.
  56. Web site: Week 19 Save of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 26 August 2019.
  57. Web site: Week 20 Save of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 7 October 2019. Due to rescheduling, this match occurred after week 24 but was still credited as week 20.
  58. Web site: Week 24 Save of the Week nominees. NWSL. 14 October 2019. 1 October 2019.
  59. Web site: Week 25 Save of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019 . YouTube . NWSL . 17 October 2019.

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