The 2015 season was
Washington Spirit's third season of existence in which they competed in the
National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...
, 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
Joanna Christie Lohman (born June 26, 1982) is a retired American professional soccer midfielder/ defender who last played for the Washington Spirit of the American National Women's Soccer League. She previously played for the Washington Freed ...
(from
Boston Breakers), defenders
Megan Oyster
Megan Leigh Montefusco (; born September 3, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. She has been capped internationally at senior level by the United States.
Montefusco ...
(drafted out of
UCLA
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) and
Katherine Reynolds
Katherine Alexandra Reynolds (born September 14, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who last played in 2020 as a defender for the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the ...
(from
Western New York Flash), and
Nigerian international Francisca Ordega (signed from
Piteå IF).
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
As of May 15, 2017
*
(FP) = Federation player
* – denotes amateur call-ups
Team management
Competitions
Regular season
Regular-season standings
Results summary
NWSL Playoffs
Squad statistics
Source: NWSL
Key to positions: FW –
Forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
, MF –
Midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, DF –
Defender, GK –
Goalkeeper
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Transfers
In
Out
Honors and awards
NWSL Yearly Awards
NWSL Most Valuable Player
NWSL Golden Boot
NWSL Team of the Year
NWSL Player of the Month
See also
*
2015 National Women's Soccer League season
The 2015 National Women's Soccer League season was the third season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2 ...
References
External links
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