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2016 Washington Spirit season

The 2016 season was Washington Spirit's fourth season, competing in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Washington Spirit
2016 season
General managerChris Hummer
Head coachJim Gabarra
StadiumMaryland SoccerPlex
NWSL2nd (finals loss)
Top goalscorerLeague: Estefania Banini (5)
All: Estefania Banini (5)
Highest home attendance5,750
(June 18 vs. Orlando Pride)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,930
(July 31 vs. Sky Blue FC)[m 1]
Average home league attendance3,782[2]
← 2015
2017 →

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Building off the successes of the previous two playoff appearances the Spirit hired former Sky Blue FC manager, Jim Gabarra to replace Mark Parsons.[3]

The Spirit would see their most successful season to date in 2016, being league leaders in the standings throughout most of the season. Only in the final week would the Spirit's loss at Chicago Red Stars finalize them as league runners-up.

Returning to the playoffs, the Spirit earned their first post-season victory in a revenge effort against Chicago Red Stars, who just a week earlier denied them the league title. The match was sent into extra time where Francisca Ordega scored the game-winner in the 111th minute. Advancing to the final for the first time in club history, the Spirit faced Western New York Flash in Houston, Texas.

The 2016 NWSL Final played to a 1–1 draw in regulation, and finished 2–2 at the end of extra time; both Spirit goals scored by Crystal Dunn. Going into penalties, Western New won 3–2 with only Christine Nairn and Katie Stengel slotting their penalties.[4]

National Anthem Protest

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The week prior to a match with the Spirit, Seattle Reign FC and U.S. women's national soccer team player Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem in a game on September 5, 2016, explaining that her decision was a "nod to Kaepernick and everything that he's standing for right now".[5] Anticipating Rapinoe's protest, Spirit owner Bill Lynch, moved the national anthem's performance ahead of the Spirit-Reign match without warning or notice to occur before the players' appearances on the pitch. Jeff Plush, the league's commissioner, was present at the game and told reporters that he was unaware of Lynch's plans and disagreed with the act of moving the anthem's performance.[6] The Spirit's players issued a joint statement also disagreeing with Lynch's decision to move the anthem without first consulting the team's players or coaches.[7]

Club

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Roster

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The first-team roster of Washington Spirit.[8]

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   CAN Stephanie Labbé (FP)
3 DF   USA Caprice Dydasco
4 DF   USA Megan Oyster
5 DF   USA Whitney Church
6 DF   CAN Shelina Zadorsky (FP)
7 MF   USA Christine Nairn
8 MF   CAN Diana Matheson (FP)
10 MF   ARG Estefania Banini
11 DF   USA Ali Krieger (captain) (FP)
12 FW   USA Katie Stengel
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   NGA Francisca Ordega
15 MF   USA Joanna Lohman
17 FW   USA Cali Farquharson
18 GK   USA Kelsey Wys
19 FW   USA Crystal Dunn (FP)
20 FW   USA Cheyna Williams
22 DF   USA Alyssa Kleiner
23 MF   USA Tori Huster
24 DF   CMR Estelle Johnson
57 FW   ESP Laura del Rio
  • (FP) = Federation player

Team management

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Owner Bill Lynch
General Manager Jim Gabarra
Head Coach Jim Gabarra

Source:[8]

Competitions

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Preseason

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On January 26, the Washington Spirit announced its preseason schedule.[9]

March 19, Sat Washington Spirit 3–0 University of Virginia Boyds, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Banini   3', 15'
Stengel   38'		 [p 1] Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.
March 26, Sat Washington Spirit 2–0 Pennsylvania State University Boyds, Maryland
16:00 EDT (UTC-04) Dunn   47'
Nairn   73'		 [p 2] Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex
Attendance: 3,000

Regular season

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Sat Apr 16 1 Washington Spirit 1–0 Boston Breakers Boyds, Maryland
7:00 p.m. Lohman   3'
Oyster   86'		 [m 2] Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sun Apr 24 2 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
Hayes   66' (Lytle)
O'Hara   74'		 [m 3] Krieger   40' (Huster)
Zadorsky   46+'
Matheson   56' (Dunn)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,571
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
Fri Apr 29 3 Western New York Flash 0–3 Washington Spirit Rochester, New York
Eddy   80' [m 4][m 5] Matheson   4' (Dunn), 72' (p.k.)
Eddy   82' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,615
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sat May 7 4 Washington Spirit 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
Oyster   17' [m 6] Sonnett   28'
Heath   59'   88'
Horan   95+'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,615
Referee: Matthew Franz
Sat May 14 5 Washington Spirit 1–0 Houston Dash Boyds, Maryland
Lohman   39' (Nairn)
Kleiner   66'
Krieger   89'		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,545
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
Sat May 21 6 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Horan   27' (Heath)   76'
Own Goal   31' (Kleiner)
Heath   45' (Sinclair)
Morris   78' (unassisted)   60'
Sonnett   32' Nadim   61'		 [m 7][m 8] Lohman   55' (Dunn)
Nairn   61'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,823
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Fri May 27 Houston Dash PPD Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Fri Jun 10 7 Boston Breakers 1–1 Washington Spirit Boston, Massachusetts
Louise Schillgard   15' (pen.) [m 9][m 10] Katie Stengel   13' Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Margaret Domka
Sat Jun 18 8 Washington Spirit 2–0 Orlando Pride Germantown, Maryland
Estefania Banini   9' (Alyssa Kleiner)
Francisca Ordega   40' (unassisted)		 [m 11] Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Christopher Spivey
Sat Jun 25 9 Washington Spirit 1–2 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
Diana Matheson   77' (Estefania Banini) [m 12] Raquel Rodriguez   8' (Leah Galton)
Samantha Kerr   64' (Leah Galton)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,448
Referee: Leszek Stalmach
Sat Jul 2 10 Washington Spirit 2–0 FC Kansas City Boyds, Maryland
Francisca Ordega   79'
Tori Huster   85'		 [m 13] Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat Jul 9 11 Washington Spirit 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Estefania Banini   24' (Francisca Ordega)
Francisca Ordega   47'
Katie Stengel   74' (Christine Nairn)		 [m 14][m 15] Alyssa Mautz   42' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Brandon Artis
Sat Jul 16 12 FC Kansas City 2–3 Washington Spirit Boyds, Maryland
Frances Silva   69' (Erika Tymrak)
Shea Groom   91+'		 [m 16][m 17] Estefania Banini   48+' (unassisted), 83' (unassisted)
Joanna Lohman   58' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
Sat Jul 23 13 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Washington Spirit Piscataway, New Jersey
Leah Galton   24' (Erin Simon) [m 18][m 19] Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,552
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
Sat Jul 30 14 Washington Spirit 3–1 Sky Blue FC Boyds, Maryland
Estefania Banini   27' (Joanna Lohman)
Cheyna Williams   39' (Caprice Dydasco)
Alyssa Kleiner   95+' (unassisted)		 [m 1][m 20] Tasha Kai   33' (unassisted) Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,930
Referee: Victor Rivas
Thu Aug 18 15 Houston Dash 1–2 Washington Spirit Houston
Christine Nairn   30' (pk), 63' (unassisted) [m 21] Kealia Ohai   90' (Stephanie Ochs) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Christina Unkel
Note: rescheduled from May 27
Fri Aug 26 16 Orlando Pride 1–2 Washington Spirit Orlando, Florida
Toni Pressley   28'
Sarah Hagen   71' (Cami Levin)		 [m 22] Ali Krieger   35'
Cheyna Williams   37' (Caprice Dydasco)
Christine Nairn   57' (Katie Stengel)		 Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Marco Vega
Sat Sep 3 17 Washington Spirit 1–1 Western New York Flash Boyds, Maryland
Katie Stengel   64' (Crystal Dunn)
Diana Matheson   85'		 [m 23] Elizabeth Eddy   40'
Samantha Mewis   86' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,527
Referee: Chris Spivey
Wed Sep 7 18 Washington Spirit 2–1 Seattle Reign FC Boyds, Maryland
Crystal Dunn   50+'
Cheyna Williams   62'		 [m 24] Kim Little   70' (penalty)
Kendall Fletcher   74'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,039
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
Sun Sep 11 19 Seattle Reign FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Seattle, Washington
Yanez   27'
Winters   78'		 [m 25] Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,711
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat Sep 24 20 Chicago Red Stars 3–1 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
Christen Press   6' (Vanessa DiBernardo)
Cara Walls   26' (Sofia Herta)
Sofia Huerta   46' (unassisted)		 [m 26] Crystal Dunn   47' (unassisted) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,712
Referee: Matthew Franz

Regular-season standings

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Pos Team
 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
4 Western New York Flash (C) 20 9 5 6 40 26 +14 32
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
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 12 3 5 30 21  +9 39 7 2 1 15 5  +10 5 1 4 15 16  −1

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: Match reports

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ResultWWWDWLDWLWWWLWWWWWLL
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Updated to match(es) played on September 24, 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs

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Fri Sept 30 7:00 pm CDT NWSL Playoffs Semifinal Washington Spirit 2–1 (a.e.t.) Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
19:00 UTC-05 Krieger   36' (Zadorsky)
Nairn   57'
Ordega   111' (Christine Nairn)		 [m 27] Press   74' (Short)
Johnson   120+2'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 4,249
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sun Oct 9 4:00 pm CDT 2016 NWSL Championship Western New York Flash 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 Washington Spirit Houston, Texas
16:00 UTC-05 Mewis   14' (Williams)
Zerboni   84'
Williams   124+' (McDonald)		 Report Dunn   9' (Oyster)   91' (Krieger)
Wys   122+'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,255
Referee: Christina Unkel
Penalties
Dahlkemper  
Hinkle  
McDonald  
Williams  
Mewis  		   Krieger
  Nairn
  Stengel
  Huster
  Matheson

Squad statistics

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Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season only

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
10 F Estefania Banini 13 9 888 5 1 0 23 12 52% 3 0 1 1 17 0 0
5 DF Whitney Church 11 7 610 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0 0 3 2 0 0
19 DF Crystal Dunn 13 12 1142 2 5 0 37 14 38% 2 0 13 8 26 0 0
3 DF Caprice Dydasco 12 12 1080 0 2 0 7 3 43% 4 0 1 8 6 1 0
17 DF Cali Farquharson 16 8 561 0 0 0 10 2 20% 0 0 4 5 3 0 0
23 DF Tori Huster 19 19 1665 1 1 0 13 4 31% 0 0 0 14 15 0 0
27 DF Line Jensen 3 2 141 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Estelle Johnson 11 11 990 0 0 0 7 4 57% 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
22 DF Alyssa Kleiner 17 12 1115 1 1 0 5 2 40% 2 0 1 10 8 1 0
11 DF Ali Krieger 15 14 1267 1 0 0 6 2 33% 3 6 1 5 5 2 0
1 GK Stephanie Labbe 8 8 720 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Joanna Lohman 20 17 1535 4 1 0 30 14 47% 1 0 1 27 15 1 0
8 MF Diana Matheson 12 9 800 4 0 1 12 8 67% 0 25 2 3 9 1 0
7 MF Christine Nairn 20 18 1619 3 3 1 37 13 35% 9 85 2 7 21 1 0
14 FW Francisca Ordega 13 7 629 2 1 0 18 12 67% 0 0 8 10 13 1 0
4 DF Megan Oyster 15 15 1340 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 12 6 2 0
2 FW Katie Stengel 19 10 928 4 1 0 20 10 50% 1 0 5 5 4 0 0
20 FW Cheyna Williams 17 8 779 3 0 0 20 9 45% 0 0 9 10 9 1 0
18 GK Kelsey Wys 12 12 1080 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF Shelina Zadorsky 11 10 911 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0 8 4 2 0
Team total 20 — 19800 30 16 2 249 109 44% 27 116 48 139 165 13 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot SOG Sav Sav% YC RC
1 GK Stephanie Labbe 8 8 720 7 0.88 0 1 71 30 24 80% 0 0
18 GK Kelsey Wys 12 12 1080 14 1.17 2 2 163 75 61 81% 0 0
Team total 20 — 1800 21 1.05 2 3 234 105 85 81% 0 0

Transfers

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In

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
12 FW   Katie Stengel   FC Bayern Munich Signed December 30, 2015 [10]
20 FW   Cheyna Williams   Florida State 2016 NWSL College Draft - 1st Round January 19, 2016 [11]
17 FW   Cali Farquharson   Arizona State 2016 NWSL College Draft - 2nd Round January 19, 2016 [11]
1 GK   Stephanie Labbé   KIF Örebro DFF NWSL Player Allocation and trade for DaCosta February 2, 2016 [12]
6 DF   Shelina Zadorsky   Vittsjö GIK NWSL Player Allocation February 2, 2016 [12]
22 DF   Alyssa Kleiner   Portland Thorns FC Trade for Reynolds February 2, 2016 [13]
14 DF   Line Jensen   Fortuna Hjørring Signed July 13, 2016 [14]

Out

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No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
17 MF   Verónica Pérez   Canberra United September 17, 2016 [15]
12 DF   Josephine Chukwunonye   Vittsjö GIK Waived December 22, 2015 [16]
25 FW   Ngozi Okobi   Vittsjö GIK Waived January 6, 2016 [17]
2 DF   Katherine Reynolds   Portland Thorns FC Trade for Kleiner February 2, 2016 [13]
16 FW   Tiffany Weimer   FC Kansas City Waived March 31, 2016 [18]
22 DF   Arianna Romero   Seattle Reign NWSL Distribution Draft March 31, 2016 [19]
20 FW   Hayley Raso   Portland Thorns FC Waived April 11, 2016 [20]
22 MF   Amanda DaCosta   Chicago Red Stars Trade for draft pick and Labbé April 16, 2016 [21]
28 DF   Jennifer Skogerboe   FC Slovácko [22]

Honors and awards

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NWSL Yearly Awards

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NWSL Team of the Year

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Team Position Player Ref.
Second XI Defender   Ali Krieger [23]
Second X1 Forward   Crystal Dunn [24]

NWSL Player of the Month

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Month Player Month's Statline Ref.
July   Estefanía Banini 4 goals; Spirit 4-1-0 in July [25]

NWSL Weekly Awards

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NWSL Player of the Week

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Week Result Player Ref.
13 Won   Estefanía Banini [26]

NWSL Goal of the Week

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Week Result Player Ref.
2 Won   Ali Krieger [27]
13 Won   Estefanía Banini [28]
16 Won   Christine Nairn [29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Andy Lohman. "Washington Spirit and Orlando Pride Came Together for More than Soccer". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  2. ^ 2016 NWSL Statistics (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. September 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Steven Goff (October 14, 2015). "Soccer Insider Jim Gabarra named coach, general manager of Washington Spirit". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. ^ Alexandra Grant (October 18, 2016). "Washington Spirit 2016 NWSL season review". Vavel. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  5. ^ McKirdy, Euan. "Megan Rapinoe takes knee in solidarity with Kaepernick". CNN. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Steven Goff (September 7, 2016). "Megan Rapinoe doesn't get chance to kneel for national anthem. It was played with teams in locker room". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  7. ^ Steven Goff (September 9, 2016). "Washington Spirit players unhappy with owner's anthem move". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com.
  9. ^ "SPIRIT ANNOUNCE 2016 PRESEASON SCHEDULE; Washington to play UVA, PSU, UNC, and Duke". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  10. ^ "Spirit Sign Ex-Bayern Munich Forward Katie Stengel". The Equalizer. December 30, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "2016 NWSL Draft Results: Sonnett goes No. 1". The Equalizer. January 15, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Washington Spirit Signs Danish International Line Sigvardsen Jensen". Canada Soccer.com. February 2, 2016. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Spirit Acquires Defender Alyssa Kleiner". Washington Spirit. February 2, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  14. ^ "Washington Spirit Signs Danish International Line Sigvardsen Jensen". Washington Spirit. July 13, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  15. ^ Lee Gaskin (September 17, 2015). "W-League: Canberra United signs Mexican women's national team midfielder Veronica Perez". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  16. ^ "Spirit Waives Defender Josephine Chukwunonye". Washington Spirit. December 22, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  17. ^ "Spirit Waives Forward Ngozi Sonia Okobi". Washington Spirit. January 6, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  18. ^ "Spirit Acquires Defender Alyssa Kleiner". Black and Red United. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  19. ^ "Reign FC acquires rights to Arianna Romero and Veronica Perez in NWSL Distribution Draft". TheBold.net. March 31, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  20. ^ "Spirit Waives Forward Hayley Raso". Washington Spirit. April 11, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  21. ^ "Red Stars Acquire Amanda Da Costa and 2017 Draft Pick". Chicago Red Stars. April 16, 2016. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  22. ^ "Red Stars Acquire Amanda Da Costa and 2017 Draft Pick". Portland Timbers. July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  23. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2016 Best XI". Chicago Red Stars. NWSL. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  24. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2016 Best XI". Chicago Red Stars. NWSL. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  25. ^ "National Women's Soccer League". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. August 2, 2016.
  26. ^ "WASHINGTON SPIRIT MIDFIELDER ESTEFANIA BANINI VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. July 19, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  27. ^ "Congrats to @WashSpirit's @alikrieger on her goal being selected by the fans as the #NWSL Goal of the Week – Week 2!". Twitter.com. NWSL. April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  28. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Estefania Banini – Week 13". YouTube.com. NWSL. July 20, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  29. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Christine Nairn – Week 16". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
Match reports (preseason)
  1. ^ "Spirit Begins Preseason with 3-0 Win over UVA". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  2. ^ "Spirit Wins Second Consecutive Preseason Game over Penn State 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
Match reports (regular season)
  1. ^ a b "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 3-1, TO REMAIN TIED AT TOP OF THE TABLE". chicagorestars.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Washington Spirit Opens Season with 1-0 Win Over Boston Breakers". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEATS SKY BLUE FC, 2-1". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Spirit Remains Undefeated After 3-0 Win Over Western New York Flash". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Match Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong ShowingMatch Recap: Flash Fall 3-0, Despite Strong Showing". washingtonspirit.com. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "Spirit Remains Undefeated Following Scoreless Draw With The Thorns". washingtonspirit.com. May 8, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "Washington Spirit Falls to Portland Thorns On the Road". washingtongspirit.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "NWSL MATCH RECAP | Portland Thorns FC 4, Washington Spirit 1". Thorns FC. May 22, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  9. ^ "Spirit Settles for 1-1 Draw on the Road Against Boston Breakers". washingtonspirir.com. June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  10. ^ "Breakers come back to tie the Washington Spirit". bostonbreakers.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  11. ^ "EARLY SURGE PUSHES SPIRIT PAST PRIDE, 2-0". National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  12. ^ "Washington Spirit Falls to Regional Rivals Sky Blue FC 2-1". washingtonspirit.com. June 26, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  13. ^ "Spirit Claims 2-0 Win at Home Against FC Kansas City". washingtonspirit.com. July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  14. ^ "Chicago Drops 2-0 Decision Away to Washington". chicagorestars.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  15. ^ "Washington Spirit defeats Chicago Red Stars 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  16. ^ "WASHINGTON EARNS 3-2 WIN OVER KANSAS CITY". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  17. ^ "Banini Brace Lifts Spirit Over FC Kansas City 3-2". washingtonspirit.com. July 17, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  18. ^ "SKY BLUE FC SHUT OUT SPIRT, 1-0, AT HOME". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  19. ^ "Spirit Falls to Sky Blue FC 1-0 on the Road". washingtonspirit.com. July 24, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  20. ^ "Spirit Defeats Sky Blue 3-1 to Remain Tied at the Top of the NWSL Table". washingtonspirit.com. July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  21. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT DASH, 2-1, TO CLAIM TOP SPOT IN THE STANDINGS". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  22. ^ "SPIRIT RETAINS FIRST PLACE AFTER 2-1 WIN OVER PRIDE". nwslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  23. ^ "SPIRIT AND FLASH BATTLE TO A 1-1 DRAW". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  24. ^ "REIGN FC DEFEATS SPIRIT, 2-0, AT MEMORIAL STADIUM". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  25. ^ "DASH BEAT BREAKERS, 4-1, TO MATCH CLUB WINS RECORD". nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  26. ^ "CHICAGO DEFEATS WASHINGTON, 3-1". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  27. ^ "SPIRIT DEFEAT RED STARS 2-1 IN EXTRA TIME — Washington advances to the 2016 NWSL Championship at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston". September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
Notes
  1. ^ Washington Spirit's position in the league at the end of match day
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