2014 Houston Dash season

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Houston Dash
2014 season
President Chris Canetti
Manager Randy Waldrum
National Women's Soccer League 9th
NWSL Championship Did not qualify
Top goalscorer Nina Burger
Tiffany McCarty
Kealia Ohai
(4 goals)
Highest home attendance 8,097 vs. Portland Thorns FC
(April 12, 2014)
Lowest home attendance 3,561 vs. Washington Spirit
(July 17, 2014)
Home colours
Away colours
2015 →

The 2014 season was the Houston Dash's inaugural season as a professional women's soccer team. As the first expansion team to the National Women's Soccer League, United States' top-flight women's league, the Dash played a 24-game schedule that saw them compete against the eight other NWSL teams, playing each at home and away at least once. The Dash finished the season in last place and ended the season with 5 wins, 3 draws, and 16 loses and a -21 goal differential. The season for the Dash began on April 12, 2014 and concluded August 20, 2014 after the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Background

On November 19, 2013, the Houston Dynamo began the initial talks of bringing a top flight women's professional soccer franchise to Houston.[1] Just a week later, the effort was bolstered when the Dynamo began accepting refundable deposits for a potential NWSL expansion team.[2] On December 11, 2013, the National Women's Soccer League announced that the Houston Dynamo and the city of Houston were awarded an expansion franchise to begin playing in the 2014 season.[3] The following day, the Houston Dynamo held a press conference at BBVA Compass Stadium to formally announce the expansion club to the local and national media.

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We’re proud and excited to welcome the Houston Dash to the NWSL as the first expansion team in league history. The creation of the Dash will mean enhanced opportunities for female soccer players at the professional level as well as the chance for fans from another part of the country to watch and interact with some of the world’s most talented players. We are thrilled at being able to add an organization as strong as the Houston Dynamo as we work toward continuing to build a sustainable league.

— NWSL Executive Director Cheryl Bailey[4]

During the press conference on December 12, 2013, Houston Dynamo President Chris Canetti announced that the club would be named the Houston Dash and would share similar colors to the Dynamo: orange, black, and sky blue. The crest, which features a soccer ball along with the words "Houston Dash" with sky blue lines in the background, was unveiled. Also present at the announcement were Houston Mayor Annise Parker and NWSL Executive Director Cheryl Bailey.[5]

On December 23, 2013, former Houston Dynamo player Brian Ching was named "managing director", putting him in charge of day-to-day duties on both the business and technical sides of under the supervision of Houston Dash and Dynamo team president Chris Canetti.[6] Later that week, Ching hired former U.S. women’s national team and FIFA Women's World Cup winning coach Tony DiCicco as a consultant to help the Dash in their search for a head coach and building a roster for the first season in the National Women’s Soccer League.[7]

On January 3, 2014, Randy Waldrum was named as the Dash's first head coach, having previously coached the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team to two national titles.[8] The first players to be named to the roster (Whitney Engen, Teresa Noyola and Melissa Tancredi) were awarded through the 2014 NWSL Player Allocation.[9] Within a few days Tancredi was traded to the Chicago Red Stars for the Dash's first goalkeeper, Erin McLeod.[10] The Dash later bolstered their roster with 10 additional players through the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft.[11]

Houston Dash 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Selections[11][12]
Pick Player Position Team Notes
1 Brittany Bock Midfielder Sky Blue FC Sky Blue FC added Kendall Johnson to their protected list.[13]
2 Tiffany McCarty Forward Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit added Lori Lindsey to their protected list.[14]
3 Lauren Sesselmann Defender FC Kansas City FC Kansas City added Sarah Hagen to their protected list.[15]
4 Meleana Shim Midfielder Portland Thorns FC Portland Thorns FC added a "Discovery Player" to their protected list.[16]
5 Ella Masar Forward Chicago Red Stars The Chicago Red Stars added Alyssa Mautz to their protected list.[17]
6 Meghan Klingenberg Defender Boston Breakers With this selection, the Houston Dash may not take any additional players from the Boston Breakers.[18]
7 Arianna Romero Defender Seattle Reign FC The Seattle Reign FC added Kate Deines to their protected list.[19]
8 Becky Edwards Midfielder Portland Thorns FC With this selection, the Houston Dash may not take any additional players from the Portland Thorns FC.[20]
9 Danesha Adams Forward Sky Blue FC With this selection, the Houston Dash may not take any additional players from the Sky Blue FC.[21]
10 Kika Toulouse Defender Washington Spirit With this selection, the Houston Dash have completed their selections in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft.[22]

The Dash then went on to trade Danesha Adams to the Washington Spirit for Stephanie Ochs[23] and sent their 3rd pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft to Chicago for Bianca Henninger[24] to round out their off-season moves before the draft. The club also announced details of an open tryout for aspiring female soccer players born in 1996 and older to be held on Saturday, February 15 at Houston Amateur Sports Park.[25] Dash head coach Randy Waldrum and managing director Brian Ching will evaluate all participants. Those identified as the tryout’s best players will receive an invitation to participate with the team during its pre-season, scheduled to begin on March 10.[25]

The second annual NWSL College Draft took place on January 17, 2014 in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia. The draft order was determined by the final 2013 NWSL regular season standings.[26] Because the Dash were not part of the 2013 season, their position in the draft was to be decided. Initially, according to reports, the Dash were to pick fifth in the first round (between the four teams that missed the 2013 playoffs and the four that made the playoffs), and first in the second and fourth rounds.[27] After the 2014 allocations were released, this was later updated to give Houston the second pick in the first round[28] and the first pick in the third round.[29] After trading for an additional pick on draft day, the Dash left the college draft with four more players on their roster.

Houston Dash 2014 NWSL College Draft Selections[30]
Round Overall Player Position College
1 2 Kealia Ohai Forward University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 10 Rafaelle Souza Forward University of Mississippi
11 Marissa Diggs[R2 trade 1] Defender University of Central Florida
4 28 Jordan Jackson Midfielder University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Draft Notes:

  1. ↑ Washington Spirit → Seattle Reign FC → Portland Thorns FC → Houston Dash. 1 July 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent Lindsay Taylor and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft to Washington Spirit in exchange for the Spirit’s 2014 College Draft second-round selection.[31] 10 Dec 2013: Seattle Reign FC sent defender Nikki Marshall and the No. 9 pick in the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft to the Portland Thorns in exchange for Portland’s No. 6 pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and a second-round pick in the 2015 Draft.[32] 17 Jan 2014: Portland Thorns traded their 2nd round pick and a player to be named later to Houston Dash in exchange for Meleana Shim[33]

The Houston Dash followed their draft moves by acquiring their first international signing, Japanese defender and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winner Aya “Same” Sameshima, on January 24, 2014. Per team and league policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.[34]

The Dash began the month of February by revealing their on-field look for 2014 with the unveiling of three sets of Nike kits on February 7 in the West Club of BBVA Compass Stadium.[35] The home uniform features an orange jersey with white shorts, while the alternate uniform is a light blue shirt with white shorts. The Dash will wear a white top with orange and light blue on the sleeves with orange shorts for daily training sessions. BBVA Compass was also announced as the jersey sponsor, signing on a 5-year commitment.[36]

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The Dash athletes are exceptional role models for our city, and it is a great honor to see our logo on their jerseys.

— BBVA Compass Houston City President Mark Montgomery[36]

BBVA Compass Houston City President Mark Montgomery said the bank will work with the Dash on several community initiatives, including renovating a house and hosting a youth soccer clinic in the East End, which will help introduce Houston's newest sports stars to their adopted city. The efforts will further the bank's partnership with the Dynamo and Dynamo Charities for their Building a Better Houston campaign, which was started in 2012 to revitalize the neighborhood around BBVA Compass Stadium.

On February 8, the club hosted "Dash Day" to give fans a first opportunity to meet players of the team before the start of the season.[37] Fans would have the option to obtain player autographs, participate in Q&A and photo sessions.

On February 15, over 140 young women from the Houston area showed up at Houston Sports Park to tryout for the team's final roster spot in front of Head Coach Randy Waldrum and Managing Director Brian Ching.[38] To round out news in February, Brian Ching confirmed KKHH radio host Sarah Pepper as the Dash's in-stadium announcer.[39]

Season Review

Preseason

The Dash began their first preseason camp on March 10 at Houston Sports Park.[40] Their first ever scrimmage took place on March 19 in a 4-0 defeat of the Rice Owls women's soccer team at HSP.[41] After a Rice own goal gave them the lead, rookie Jordan Jackson and trialist Dominique Richardson alternated setting each other up for the second and third goals of the Dash before Teresa Noyola scored the fourth off a Kealia Ohai assist.[42]

Three days later they picked up their second preseason win, 1-0, over the 2013 SEC Champion Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team after Kealia Ohai got her first goal of the preseason from a Tiffany McCarty assist.[43] Four days later, the Dash would have their first defeat of the preseason in a 3-1 loss to the Houston Dynamo Academy Under 15 boys team.[44] The Dash would regroup and defeat the visiting Texas Tech Lady Raiders the following Saturday in a 7-0 win.[45] The Dash then traveled up the road to College Station to face the Aggies at their place, where they would win 3-1 against the SEC Champions.[46] The Houston Dash capped off their season by defeating cross-town club Houston Aces 7-1 in their BBVA Compass Stadium debut, exactly one week before their NWSL inaugural match.[47]

On Monday, April 7, the Dash announced their 18-player roster for the NWSL season.[48] The club also signed four more players before the first match of the season. The players signed were Lindsay Elston, Holly Hein, Osinachi Ohale and Dominique Richardson.[49]

Date Opponents Ground Result
F–A		 Scorers Notes
March 19, 2014 Rice Owls Houston Sports Park 4-0 2' (o.g.) Richardson 11', Jackson 43', Noyola 48' First Dash preseason game
March 22, 2014 Texas A&M Aggies Houston Sports Park 1-0 Ohai 7' Texas A&M won the 2013 SEC Championship
March 26, 2014 Houston Dynamo U-16 Houston Sports Park 1-3 McCarty 35' First preseason loss
March 29, 2014 Texas Tech Lady Raiders Houston Sports Park 7–0 Washington 30', McCarty 32', 48', Elston 73', Ohai 77', Bock 87', Guajardo 90+' Elston and Guajardo are trialist players
April 3, 2014 Texas A&M Aggies Ellis Field 3-1 Jackson 9', Ohai 45', Masar 80' First away preseason game
April 5, 2014 Houston Aces BBVA Compass Stadium 7-1 Edwards 6', Masar 14', 53', 58', Ohai 24', 30', Bock 41' Doubleheader with Houston Dynamo vs. FC Dallas

Colours: Green = Houston Dash win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.

April

The Houston Dash debuted at home against the defending NWSL Champion Portland Thorns FC in front of 8,097 fans, the largest attendance for the first week of the season.[50] Portland won 1-0, despite playing without Alex Morgan, on a game-winner by Allie Long. The Dash's Becky Edwards seemed to have scored the tying goal in stoppage time but her goal was ruled offside and the match ended shortly after. The Dash traveled to Harvard Stadium the following Sunday to face the Boston Breakers. Heather O'Reilly scored immediately within the first minute of play and would later assist Joanna Lohman in the 70th minute to overcome Ella Masar's tying goal in the 50th minute of the match. The home team held the lead and looked to be the victor into the last 10 minutes of play. A brace by Teresa Noyola, her second goal coming from a penalty kick, were enough to see the Dash shock the home crowd and earn their first franchise win.[51] The Dash ended the month of April by visiting the league-leader Seattle Reign FC. Kim Little led the way for the Reign with two first-half goals (the only goals of the evening) as the team remained unbeaten and untied to top the NWSL standings.[52]

Position at the end of April

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
6 Houston Dash 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3

May

The Houston Dash returned home to begin the most heavily scheduled month of its season. The first of these seven games featured FC Kansas City's star-studded squad of 2013 NWSL MVP Lauren Holiday, 2013 NWSL Defender of the Year Becky Sauerbrunn, 2013 NWSL Rookie of the Year Erika Tymrak, 2013 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year Nicole Barnhart, along with United States national team players Amy LePeilbet and Amy Rodriguez. Kansas City came off a season that saw them sweep the 2013 NWSL awards with Vlatko Andonovski being named the coach of the year. The Blues proved to be too much star power for the Dash and cruised to a 4-nil victory, which saw the Dash left with 10 women after Osinachi Ohale's red card in the 58th minute.[53]

The following week the Dash traveled to face the Chicago Red Stars at the Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex. After a three-hour severe weather delay, the Houston Dash lost 1-nil to the Chicago Red Stars and fell to 1-4-0 (3 points) for the season.[54] Dash goalkeeper Bianca Henninger made her first appearance, starting in place of the injured Erin McLeod, and held down the Houston defense with several diving saves until the 33rd minute, when a misplayed ball by Arianna Romero ended up at the feet of Chicago’s Jen Hoy, who chipped Henninger and found the back of the net. The Houston Dash then returned to BBVA Compass Stadium to play a rematch of their inaugural NWSL match against the defending champion Portland Thorns FC. The rematch ended with the same result as the first time with Portland winning 1-nil, this time with a second-half goal by Jessica McDonald.[55]

On May 18, the Houston Dash came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw on the road against FC Kansas City, ending their four-game losing streak and obtaining the first draw in franchise history.[56] On May 23, the Houston Dash finally got their first goal at BBVA Compass Stadium, but it wasn’t enough to get their first points at home as they fell 3-1 to the Chicago Red Stars.[57] Three days later, the Dash came from behind twice to equalize before conceding a heart-breaking goal in stoppage time to lose 3-2 to the Washington Spirit.[58] The Dash would finally close out one of their comebacks on the last day of the month in a 2-1 win at Abby Wambach's Western New York Flash.[59] The win was the second in franchise history and featured goals from Kealia Ohai (her first for the club) and Nina Burger.

Position at the end of May

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
8 Houston Dash 10 2 1 7 10 20 −10 7

Club

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach United States Randy Waldrum
Assistant Coach England Lee Cullip
Goalkeeper coach United States Steve Branz
Head Athletic Trainer United States Kristy Chavez

Last updated: April 16, 2014
Source: Houston Dash

Other information

Owner United States Philip Anschutz
Co-Owners United States Oscar De La Hoya
United States Gabriel Brener
President of Business Operations United States Chris Canetti
Managing Director United States Brian Ching
Ground (capacity and dimensions) BBVA Compass Stadium (7,000 (22,039) / 115x70 yards)
Training ground Houston Sports Park

Last updated: March 22, 2014
Source: Houston Dash

Squad

The following is the final list of players who were under contract with the Houston Dash up till the last day of the season. Players that were traded, waived, or otherwise removed from the team have been omitted but their stats may be found in the statistics section of this page.
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of August 20, 2014.[60]

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Games Played Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1 Erin McLeod Canada GK 2014 (1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 (age 41) United States Chicago Red Stars 20 0
18 Bianca Henninger United States GK 2014 (1990-10-22) October 22, 1990 (age 33) United States FC Kansas City 5 0
Defenders
2 Arianna Romero Mexico RB 2014 (1992-07-29) July 29, 1992 (age 31) United States Seattle Reign FC 21 0
3 Whitney Engen (played for Tyresö FF until May 22) United States CB 2014 (1987-11-27) November 27, 1987 (age 36) Sweden Tyresö FF 11 0
4 Lauren Sesselmann (inactive due to injury) Canada CB 2014 (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 40) United States FC Kansas City 0 0

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16 Gabriella Toulouse United States CB 2014 (1989-05-03) May 3, 1989 (age 35) United States Washington Spirit 7 0
20 Osinachi Ohale Nigeria CB 2014 (1992-10-18) October 18, 1992 (age 31) Nigeria Delta Queens 19 1
23 Marissa Diggs United States CB 2014 (1992-04-08) April 8, 1992 (age 32) United States University of Central Florida 13 1
25 Meghan Klingenberg (played for Tyresö FF until May 22) United States LB 2014 (1988-08-02) August 2, 1988 (age 35) United States Boston Breakers 7 0
Midfielders
8 Jordan Jackson United States CM 2014 (1990-09-19) September 19, 1990 (age 33) United States University of Nebraska–Lincoln 20 2
9 Kaylyn Kyle Canada CM 2014 (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 (age 35) United States Boston Breakers 19 0
10 Teresa Noyola Mexico CM / AM / ST 2014 (1990-04-05) April 5, 1990 (age 34) United States FC Kansas City 10 3
11 Brittany Bock (out for the 2014 season with a left ACL tear[61]) United States CM 2014 (1987-04-11) April 11, 1987 (age 37) United States Sky Blue FC 1 0
14 Becky Edwards United States CM 2014 (1988-05-22) May 22, 1988 (age 35) United States Portland Thorns FC 23 0
24 Kelly McFarlane United States CM 2014 (1992-10-02) October 2, 1992 (age 31) United States University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 0
Forwards
6 Rafaelle Souza Brazil ST 2014 (1991-06-18) June 18, 1991 (age 32) United States University of Mississippi 16 0
7 Kealia Ohai United States ST 2014 (1992-01-31) January 31, 1992 (age 32) United States University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 23 4
12 Tiffany McCarty United States ST 2014 (1990-12-14) December 14, 1990 (age 33) United States Washington Spirit 20 4
13 Lindsay Elston United States ST 2014 (1991-04-30) April 30, 1991 (age 33) United States University of Washington 5 0
19 Nina Burger Austria ST 2014 (1987-12-27) December 27, 1987 (age 36) Austria SV Neulengbach 17 4
22 Stephanie Ochs United States ST 2014 (1990-08-29) August 29, 1990 (age 33) United States Washington Spirit 24 0
30 Ella Masar United States ST 2014 (1986-04-03) April 3, 1986 (age 38) United States Chicago Red Stars 18 3

NWSL Roster

The active roster consists of 18-20 players, per NWSL rules.[4] The following list is of players that were active for NWSL play on the last day season. Injured players are not included.
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of August 20, 2014.[60]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Erin McLeod (Al.)     Canada
2 Defender Arianna Romero (Al.)     Mexico
3 Defender Whitney Engen (Al.)     United States
6 Forward Rafaelle Souza (Rk.)     Brazil
7 Forward Kealia Ohai (Rk.)     United States
8 Forward Jordan Jackson (Rk.)     United States
9 Midfielder Kaylyn Kyle (Al.)     Canada
10 Midfielder Teresa Noyola (Al.)     Mexico
12 Forward Tiffany McCarty      United States
13 Forward Lindsay Elston      United States
14 Midfielder Becky Edwards      United States
16 Defender Kika Toulouse      United States
18 Goalkeeper Bianca Henninger      United States
19 Forward Nina Burger      Austria
20 Defender Osinachi Ohale      Nigeria
22 Forward Stephanie Ochs      United States
23 Defender Marissa Diggs (Rk.)     United States
24 Midfielder Kelly McFarlane (Rk.)     United States
25 Defender Meghan Klingenberg (Al.)     United States
30 Forward Ella Masar      United States

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total NWSL Regular Season
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada Erin McLeod 20 0 20 0
2 DF Mexico Arianna Romero 21 0 21 0
3 DF United States Whitney Engen 11 0 11 0
4 DF Canada Lauren Sesselmann 0 0 0 0
6 FW Brazil Rafaelle Souza 16 0 16 0
7 FW United States Kealia Ohai 23 4 23 4
8 FW United States Jordan Jackson 20 2 20 2
9 MF Canada Kaylyn Kyle 19 0 19 0
10 MF Mexico Teresa Noyola 10 3 10 3
11 MF United States Brittany Bock 1 0 1 0
12 FW United States Tiffany McCarty 20 4 20 4
14 MF United States Becky Edwards 23 0 23 0
16 DF United States Kika Toulouse 7 0 7 0
18 GK United States Bianca Henninger 5 0 5 0
19 FW Austria Nina Burger 17 4 17 4
20 DF Nigeria Osinachi Ohale 19 1 19 1
21 FW United States Melissa Henderson 9 0 9 0
22 DF United States Stephanie Ochs 24 0 24 0
23 DF United States Marissa Diggs 13 1 13 1
24 MF United States Kelly McFarlane 13 0 13 0
25 DF United States Meghan Klingenberg 7 0 7 0
30 FW United States Ella Masar 18 3 18 3
Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored with the Houston Dash)
13 FW United States Lindsay Elston (Waived) 5 0 5 0
15 MF United States Dominique Richardson (Waived) 3 0 3 0
21 DF United States Holly Hein (Waived) 8 0 8 0
26 MF United States Nikki Washington (Traded) 2 0 2 0

Last updated: August 20, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name NWSL Regular Season
1 7 FW United States Kealia Ohai 4
2 12 FW United States Tiffany McCarty 4
3 19 FW Austria Nina Burger 4
4 10 MF Mexico Teresa Noyola 3
5 30 FW United States Ella Masar 3
6 8 MF United States Jordan Jackson 2
7 20 DF Nigeria Osinachi Ohale 1
8 23 DF United States Marissa Diggs 1
TOTAL 17

Last updated: August 20, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name NWSL Regular Season NWSL Championship Playoffs Total
1 22 DF United States Stephanie Ochs 3 0 3
2 14 MF United States Becky Edwards 2 0 2
3 2 DF Mexico Arianna Romero 1 0 1
4 6 FW Brazil Rafaelle Souza 1 0 1
5 7 FW United States Kealia Ohai 1 0 1
6 9 MF Canada Kaylyn Kyle 1 0 1
7 19 FW Austria Nina Burger 1 0 1
8 30 FW United States Ella Masar 1 0 1
TOTALS 11 0 11

Last updated: July 5, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name NWSL Regular Season
1 1 GK Canada Erin McLeod 2
TOTAL 2

Last updated: August 20, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.

R No. Pos Nat Name NWSL Regular Season NWSL Championship Playoffs Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 20 DF Nigeria Osinachi Ohale 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
2 30 FW United States Ella Masar 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 7 FW United States Kealia Ohai 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 18 GK United States Bianca Henninger 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 19 FW Austria Nina Burger 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 21 DF United States Holly Hein 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 11 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 1

Last updated: July 5, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Captains

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when games are equal.

No. Pos. Name Games
1 GK Canada Erin McLeod 13
30 FW United States Ella Masar 3

Last updated: July 11, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

Italic: denotes no longer with club.

Team statistics

Total Home Away
Games played 15 8 7
Games won 4 1 3
Games drawn 1 0 1
Games lost 10 7 3
Biggest win 3-0 at Sky Blue 2-1 vs. Western New York 3-0 at Sky Blue
Biggest win (League) 3-0 at Sky Blue 2-1 vs. Western New York 3-0 at Sky Blue
Biggest win (Playoffs) n/a n/a n/a
Biggest loss 0-4 vs. FC Kansas City 0-4 vs. FC Kansas City 0-2 at Seattle Reign FC
Biggest loss (League) 0-4 vs. FC Kansas City 0-4 vs. FC Kansas City 0-2 at Seattle Reign FC
Biggest loss (Playoffs) n/a n/a n/a
Clean sheets 1 0 1
Goals scored 17 5 12
Goals conceded 28 17 11
Goal difference -11 -12 +1
Average GF per game 1.13 0.63 1.71
Average GA per game 1.87 2.13 1.57
Yellow cards 11 4 7
Red cards 1 1 0
Most appearances 3 players tied at 15 4 players tied at 8 4 players tied at 7
Top scorer Tiffany McCarty 4 Goal 4 players tied at 1 Goal Tiffany McCarty 3 Goal
Worst discipline Osinachi Ohale 2 Booked 1 Red card Osinachi Ohale 1 Red card 2 players tied at 2 Booked
Penalties for 2/4 50% 1/3 33.33% 1/1 100%
Penalties against 2/3 66.67% 1/1 100% 1/2 50%
Points (League) 13 28.88% 3 12.50% 10 47.62%
Winning rate 26.67% 12.50% 42.86%

Last updated: July 5, 2014
Source: Competitive matches

International call-ups

No. P Name Country Level Caps Goals Opposition Competition
1 GK Erin McLeod Canada Canada Senior 3
Tot. 95		 0
Tot. 0		 vs. United States United StatesGreen tickY (January 31)[62]
vs. United States United StatesGreen tickY (May 8)[63]		 Friendly
vs. Finland FinlandRed XN (March 5 - Group Stage)[64]
vs. Italy ItalyRed XN(March 7 - Group Stage)[65]
vs. England EnglandGreen tickY (March 10 - Group Stage)[66]
vs. Republic of Ireland IrelandRed XN (March 12 - Fifth place match)[67]		 2014 Cyprus Cup
3 DF Whitney Engen United States United States Senior 5
Tot. 15		 0
Tot. 1		 vs. Canada CanandaGreen tickY (January 31)[62]
vs. Russia RussiaRed XN (February 8)[68]
vs. Russia RussiaGreen tickY (February 13)[69]
vs. Canada CanandaGreen tickY (May 8)[63]		 Friendly
vs. Japan JapanGreen tickY (March 5 - Group Stage)[70]
vs. Sweden SwedenRed XN(March 7 - Group Stage)[71]
vs. Denmark DenmarkGreen tickY (March 10 - Group Stage)[72]
vs. North Korea North KoreaRed XN (March 12 - Seventh place match)[73]		 2014 Algarve Cup
4 DF Lauren Sesselmann Canada Canada Senior 1
Tot. 39		 0
Tot. 0		 vs. United States United StatesGreen tickY (January 31)[62] Friendly
vs. Finland FinlandRed XN (March 5 - Group Stage)[64]
vs. Italy ItalyRed XN(March 7 - Group Stage)[65]
vs. England EnglandRed XN (March 10 - Group Stage)[66]
vs. Republic of Ireland IrelandRed XN (March 12 - Fifth place match)[67]		 2014 Cyprus Cupdagger
7 FW Kealia Ohai United States United States Under-23 3
Tot. 3		 1
Tot. 1		 vs. Japan JapanGreen tickYGoal (March 1)[74]
vs. Sweden SwedenGreen tickY(March 3)[75]
vs. Norway NorwayGreen tickY (March 5)[76]		 La Manga Women Tournament 2014
9 MF Kaylyn Kyle Canada Canada Senior 1
Tot. 79		 0
Tot. 5		 vs. United States United StatesGreen tickY (May 8)[63] Friendly
25 DF Meghan Klingenberg United States United States Senior 4
Tot. 8		 0
Tot. 1		 vs. Canada CanandaGreen tickY (May 8)[63] Friendly
vs. Japan JapanRed XN (March 5 - Group Stage)[70]
vs. Sweden SwedenGreen tickY(March 7 - Group Stage)[71]
vs. Denmark DenmarkGreen tickY (March 10 - Group Stage)[72]
vs. North Korea North KoreaGreen tickY (March 12 - Seventh place match)[73]		 2014 Algarve Cup

dagger Sesselmann was called up to the Canadian national team for the Cypress Cup but was not available for the tournament for cause of injury.[77]

Transfers

In

Squad # Position Player Transferred From Notes Date Source
3 DF United States Whitney Engen Sweden Tyresö FF NWSL Player Allocation January 3, 2014 [9]
10 MF Mexico Teresa Noyola United States FC Kansas City NWSL Player Allocation January 3, 2014 [9]
— FW Canada Melissa Tancredi Sweden Dalsjöfors GoIF NWSL Player Allocation January 3, 2014 [9]
1 GK Canada Erin McLeod United States Chicago Red Stars Acquired in exchange for Melissa Tancredi January 7, 2014 [10]
11 MF United States Brittany Bock United States Sky Blue FC 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #1 January 10, 2014 [11]
12 FW United States Tiffany McCarty United States Washington Spirit 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #2 January 10, 2014 [11]
4 DF Canada Lauren Sesselmann United States FC Kansas City 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #3 January 10, 2014 [11]
— MF United States Meleana Shim United States Portland Thorns FC 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #4 January 10, 2014 [11]
30 FW United States Ella Masar United States Chicago Red Stars 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #5 January 10, 2014 [11]
25 DF United States Meghan Klingenberg United States Boston Breakers 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #6 January 10, 2014 [11]
2 DF Mexico Arianna Romero United States Seattle Reign FC 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #7 January 10, 2014 [11]
14 MF United States Becky Edwards United States Portland Thorns FC 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #8 January 10, 2014 [11]
— FW United States Danesha Adams United States Sky Blue FC 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #9 January 10, 2014 [11]
16 DF United States Gabriella Toulouse United States Washington Spirit 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft Pick #10 January 10, 2014 [11]
18 GK United States Bianca Henninger United States FC Kansas City Acquired in exchange for Dash's third-round selection in the 2014 NWSL College Draft January 13, 2014 [24]
22 FW United States Stephanie Ochs United States Washington Spirit Acquired in exchange for Danesha Adams January 13, 2014 [23]
7 FW United States Kealia Ohai United States University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Selected in the first round (No. 2 overall) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft January 17, 2014 [30]
6 FW Brazil Rafaelle Souza United States University of Mississippi Selected in the second round (No. 10 overall) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft January 17, 2014 [30]
26 MF United States Nikki Washington United States Portland Thorns FC Acquired in exchange for the No. 11 overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and Meleana Shim January 17, 2014 [30]
23 DF United States Marissa Diggs United States University Of Central Florida Selected in the second round (No. 11 overall) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft January 17, 2014 [30]
8 MF United States Jordan Jackson United States University of Nebraska–Lincoln Selected in the fourth round (No. 28 overall) of the 2014 NWSL College Draft January 17, 2014 [30]
5 DF Japan Aya Sameshima Japan Vegalta Sendai First international signing for the Dash. Terms not disclosed. January 24, 2014 [34]
13 FW United States Lindsay Elston United States University of Washington Signed after having been on trial with the club since the start of preseason on March 10. April 11, 2014 [49]
15 MF United States Dominique Richardson United States University of Missouri Signed after having been on trial with the club since the start of preseason on March 10. April 11, 2014 [49]
20 DF Nigeria Osinachi Ohale Nigeria Delta Queens Signed after joining as a trialist on March 29. Will occupy an international spot. April 11, 2014 [49]
21 DF United States Holly Hein United States University of Michigan Signed after having been on trial with the club since the start of preseason on March 10. April 11, 2014 [49]
9 MF Canada Kaylyn Kyle United States Boston Breakers Acquired in exchange for Nikki Washington. Kyle is allocated by the Canadian Soccer Association. April 29, 2014 [78]
19 FW Austria Nina Burger Austria SV Neulengbach Burger scored 226 goals in her nine years with Neulengbach, claiming the league scoring title six times and was voted player of the year in 2010. At the time of the trade, Burger topped the ÖFB-Frauenliga scoring charts for the 2013-14 season with 20 goals in 12 games. Terms not disclosed. April 30, 2014 [79]
24 MF United States Kelly McFarlane United States University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Signed as a discovery player. May 14, 2014 [80]

Out

Squad # Position Player Transferred To Notes Date Source
— FW Canada Melissa Tancredi United States Chicago Red Stars Traded in exchange for Erin McLeod January 7, 2014 [10]
— FW United States Danesha Adams United States Washington Spirit Traded in exchange for Stephanie Ochs January 13, 2014 [23]
— MF United States Meleana Shim United States Portland Thorns FC Traded in exchange for the No. 11 overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and Nikki Washington January 17, 2014 [30]
26 MF United States Nikki Washington United States Boston Breakers Traded in exchange for Kaylyn Kyle April 29, 2014 [78]
15 MF United States Dominique Richardson Free agent Waived May 16, 2014 [81]

Trialists

Players on trial are invited to train with the team but do not have a contract with the club.

Squad # Position Player Previous Club Notes Date Source
— MF United States Sara Campbell United States Seattle Sounders Women Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
13 MF United States Lindsay Elston United States University of Washington Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 11, 2014 [82]
— FW Mexico Anisa Guajardo United States Boston Breakers Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
21 DF United States Holly Hein United States University of Michigan Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 11, 2014 [82]
— DF United States Katie Kelly United States FC Kansas City Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
— GK United States Megan Kinneman United States Louisiana State University Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
— MF United States Tori McCombs United States University of Michigan Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
— MF United States Emilee O'Neil United States Portland Thorns FC Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
15 MF United States Dominique Richardson United States University of Missouri Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 11, 2014 [82]
— MF Israel Diana Redman United States Pali Blues Preseason camp March 10, 2014—April 7, 2014 [82]
20 DF Nigeria Osinachi Ohale Nigeria Delta Queens Joined as a trialist on March 29. March 29, 2014—April 11, 2014 [49]

Standings and Match Results

National Women's Soccer League

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Main article: 2014 National Women's Soccer League season

League standings

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 5 3 10 20 30  −10 18 2 1 7 8 19  −11 3 2 3 12 11  +1

Last updated: July 26, 2014.
Source: National Women's Soccer League

Results by matchday

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Ground H A A H A H A H A A A H H H A H H H A H A A H A
Result L W L L L L D L L W W W L L P L W D D L L L - -
Position 7 6 6 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8   8 8 8 8          

Last updated: July 26, 2014.
Source: HoustonDashSoccer.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Squad statistics

Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
11 MF Brittany Bock 1 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Nina Burger 17 15 978 4 1 1 17 9 0 0 10 9 7 1 0
23 DF Marissa Diggs 13 11 1080 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 4 8 0 0
14 MF Becky Edwards 23 23 2070 0 2 0 17 8 2 0 1 29 30 3 0
Lindsay Elston 5 1 206 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
3 FW Whitney Engen 11 11 978 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0
Holly Hein 8 7 657 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 0
21 FW Melissa Henderson 9 8 629 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
8 MF Jordan Jackson 20 13 1206 2 1 0 17 8 1 6 4 10 9 0 0
25 DF Meghan Klingenberg 7 7 607 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 3 3 0 0
9 MF Kaylyn Kyle 19 18 1626 0 2 0 9 7 1 0 6 29 14 2 0
30 FW Ella Masar 18 14 1152 3 1 0 17 10 0 1 5 22 11 4 0
12 FW Tiffany McCarty 20 11 1148 4 1 1 24 15 0 0 9 11 11 0 0
5 MF Tori McCombs 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 MF Kelly McFarlane 13 5 596 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0
10 MF Teresa Noyola 10 3 431 3 0 2 7 6 0 9 0 1 3 0 0
22 FW Stephanie Ochs 24 19 1804 0 2 0 15 6 1 73 2 16 9 0 0
7 FW Kealia Ohai 23 21 1817 4 1 1 46 22 3 0 14 17 9 1 0
20 DF Osinachi Ohale 19 18 1555 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 14 4 4 1
15 MF Dominique Richardson 2 1 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 MF Arianna Romero 21 19 1765 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 19 8 1 0
6 MF Rafaelle Souza 16 6 507 0 1 0 5 4 0 1 0 10 4 1 0
16 DF Kika Toulouse 7 5 375 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 3 2 0 0
Nikki Washington 3 3 247 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 2 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
18 GK Bianca Henninger 5 5 405 1 4 0 69 43 33 9 1.8 0 0 0
1 GK Erin McLeod 20 19 1755 4 12 3 247 120 83 35 1.75 2 3 2

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