2015 Washington Spirit season
The 2015 season was Washington Spirit's third season of existence in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
Review
Building off 2014's playoff achievement, the Spirit added a few key contributors including midfielder Joanna Lohman, defenders Megan Oyster and Katherine Reynolds, and Nigerian international Francisca Ordega.The season also served as the breakout year for Crystal Dunn who was awarded the 2015 NWSL Golden Boot Award, scoring 15 goals during the campaign.
The Spirit finished the 2015 season with a record of 8-6-6 and repeating their 4th place league position. The playoff result, again, ended in an away loss to Seattle in the semifinals.
At the conclusion of the season, Mark Parsons stepped down as head coach and general manager to take over as coach of the Portland Thorns FC.
Club
Roster
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Squad statistics
Source: NWSLKey to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper
| 26 | FW | Estefania Banini | 4 | 4 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Josephine Chukwunonye | 2 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Whitney Church | 16 | 15 | 1364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Amanda DaCosta | 17 | 7 | 646 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Laura del Rio | 11 | 8 | 698 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Crystal Dunn | 20 | 19 | 1711 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 84 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Caprice Dydasco | 6 | 1 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Tori Huster | 17 | 13 | 1177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Estelle Johnson | 19 | 18 | 1685 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Ali Krieger | 8 | 8 | 655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Joanna Lohman | 17 | 15 | 1216 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Diana Matheson | 9 | 7 | 633 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Caroline Miller | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Christine Nairn | 20 | 19 | 1701 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Ngozi Okobi | 4 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Francisca Ordega | 13 | 11 | 996 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Megan Oyster | 20 | 20 | 1800 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Hayley Raso | 8 | 1 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Katherine Reynolds | 18 | 18 | 1611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Angela Salem | 15 | 12 | 981 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Alex Singer | 5 | 3 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Jennifer Skogerboe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Tiffany Weimer | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Ashlyn Harris | 9 | 9 | 810 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 126 | 60 | 47 | 12 | 1.333 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | GK | Kelsey Wys | 11 | 11 | 990 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 121 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 1.455 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Transfers
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| 2 | Katherine ReynoldsOut
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