2016 Houston Dash season

The 2016 season is the Houston Dash's third season as an American professional women's soccer team in the NWSL.

Houston Dash
2016 season
Managing DirectorBrian Ching
Head coachRandy Waldrum
StadiumBBVA Compass Stadium
NWSL8th
NWSL ChampionshipDid not qualify
Top goalscorerKealia Ohai (11)
Highest home attendance7,440
(April 16 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendance4,329
(July 30 vs. Western New York)
Average home league attendance5,696
Biggest win3–0 (July 16 vs. Portland);
4–1 (Sept. 11 vs. Boston)
Biggest defeat0–3 (Sept. 7 at Portland)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of December 21, 2016.

Club

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Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head Coach   Randy Waldrum
Assistant coach   Marcelo Galvao
Assistant coach   Hiro Suzuki
Goalkeeper coach   Tom Brown
Athletic Trainer   Kristy Chavez
Massage Therapist   Wes Speights

First-team squad

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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   MEX Bianca Henninger
2 DF   BRA Poliana Barbosa Medeiros
3 FW   ENG Rachel Daly
4 DF   USA Rebecca Moros
5 DF   USA Cari Roccaro
6 MF   USA Morgan Brian
7 FW   USA Kealia Ohai
9 FW   USA Chioma Ubogagu
10 MF   USA Carli Lloyd
11 FW   CAN Janine Beckie
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW   USA Amber Brooks
13 DF   IRL Denise O'Sullivan
15 DF   CAN Allysha Chapman
17 MF   BRA Andressa Machry
18 GK   AUS Lydia Williams
21 FW   USA Melissa Henderson
22 DF   USA Stephanie Ochs
23 MF   USA Cami Privett
24 DF   AUS Ellie Brush
27 MF   USA Caity Heap

Standings and Match Results

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Preseason

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March 19 1 Houston Dash 4–2 Baylor Bears Houston
3:00 p.m. CT Daly  ,  
Heap  
Beckie  
Report  
  ?' (o.g.)
Stadium: Houston Sports Park
Note: Played in three 30-minute periods.
April 8 4 Texas A&M Aggies 0–5 Houston Dash College Station
8:00 p.m. CT HOU Report
TAMU Report
Daly  14', 27'
Ubogagu  20', 88'
Brooks  35'
Stadium: Ellis Field
Attendance: 1,000+

Friendlies

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National Women's Soccer League

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League 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
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 6 4 10 29 29  0 22 4 3 4 22 16  +6 2 1 6 7 13  −6

Last updated: September 25, 2016.
Source: National Women's Soccer League

Results by matchday
Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920
StadiumHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHH
ResultWLDWLLLLLLWDDLDWWLWL
Position[n 1]15346889999999987988
Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2016. Source: HoustonDashSoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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April 16 1 Houston Dash 3–1 Chicago Red Stars Houston
7:30 p.m. CT Daly   22'
Lloyd   51' (Daly)
Beckie   53' (Ohai)
Report Press   13' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 7,440
Referee: Chris Spivey
April 23 2 Orlando Pride 3–1 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
6:30 p.m. CT Andressa   46' (o.g.)
Sanderson   57'
Morgan   61'
Report Andressa   75' Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 23,403
Referee: Brandon Artis
April 29 3 Houston Dash 0–0 Sky Blue FC Houston
7:30 p.m. CT Report Rodriguez   32' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,081
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
May 7 4 FC Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dash Kansas City, Missouri
7:30 p.m. CT Yael Averbuch   87' Report Daly   45'
O'Sullivan   69' (Ubogagu)
Ubogagu   70' (Daly)
Brush   82'
Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 3,282
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 14 5 Washington Spirit 1–0 Houston Dash Boyds, Maryland
6:00 p.m. CT Lohman   39' (Nairn)
Kleiner   66'
Krieger   89'
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,545
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
May 20 6 Houston Dash 0–1 Orlando Pride Houston
7:30 p.m. CT Report
Report
Edmonds   81' (Sanderson) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,293
Referee: Greg Dopka
May 27 Houston Dash PPD Washington Spirit Houston
7:30 p.m. CT Announcement Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Note: rescheduled to August 18 due to inclement weather.
June 12 7 Seattle Reign FC 1–0 Houston Dash Seattle, Washington
6:00 p.m. CT Solaun   66' (Yanez) Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,682
Referee: Marco Vega
June 19 8 Houston Dash 0–1 FC Kansas City Houston, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT Roccaro   89' Report Sauerbrunn   80' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Matthew Franz
Thu June 23 9 Orlando Pride 1–0 Houston Dash Orlando, Florida
6:30 p.m. CT Spencer   92+' (Hagen) Report Stadium: Camping World Stadium
Attendance: 6,870
Referee: Marco Vega
July 9 10 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Houston Dash Piscataway, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. CT Lytle   54' (Killion)
Kai   55'
Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,732
Referee: Cuauhtemoc Delgadillo
July 16 11 Houston Dash 3–0 Portland Thorns FC Houston
7:30 p.m. Rachel Daly   7' (Kealia Ohai)
Amber Brooks   68' (Becca Moros)
Kealia Ohai   83' (unassisted)
Report Mana Shim   40'
Hayley Raso   81'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,661
Referee: Danielle Chesky
July 30 13 Houston Dash 3–3 Western New York Flash Houston
7:30 p.m. Rachel Daly   31' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai   47' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai   63' (Stephanie Ochs)
Caity Heap   89'
Report Lianne Sanderson   3' (Lynn Williams)
Jessica McDonald   70' (Lynn Williams)
Lynn Williams   90+3' (Jessica McDonald)
Jaelene Hinkle   90+3'
Abby Dahlkemper   90+6'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Matthew Franz
Thu August 18 14 Houston Dash 1–2 Washington Spirit Houston
7:00 p.m. CT Kealia Ohai   90' (Stephanie Ochs) Report Christine Nairn   30' (pk), 63' (unassisted) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Christina Unkel
Note: rescheduled from May 27
August 27 15 Houston Dash 2–2 Western New York Flash Houston
6:00 p.m. CT Denise O'Sullivan   28' (Janine Beckie)   41'
Kealia Ohai   34' (unasssited)
Rachel Daly   86'
Report Lianne Sanderson   36' (Lynn Williams)
Makenzy Doniak   58' (L Williams)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,329
Referee: Matthew Franz
August 31 16 Boston Breakers 1–3 Houston Dash Boston, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m. CT Natasha Dowie   91+' Report Kealia Ohai   3' (C Lloyd), 33' (unassisted)
Carli Lloyd   62'
Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 3,762
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
September 3 17 Houston Dash 4–2 Orlando Pride Houston
7:30 p.m. CT Janine Beckie   24' (Carli Lloyd)
Polina   49' (unassisted)
Kealia Ohai   62' (unassisted), 95+' (J Becky)
Cari Roccaro   76'
Amber Brooks   79'
Report Alex Morgan   80' (K Edmonds)   78'
Kristen Edmonds   87' (unassisted)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,819
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
September 7 18 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 Houston Dash Portland, Oregon
9:00 p.m. CT Allie Long   26' (Tobin Heath), 71' (T Heath)
Christine Sinclair   90'
Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,752
Referee: Brandon Artis
September 11 19 Houston Dash 4–1 Boston Breakers Houston
6:00 p.m. CT Janine Beckie   26' (Carli Lloyd)
Kealia Ohai   35' (Janine Beckie)
Andressa Machry   55'
Carli Lloyd   78' (Kealia Ohai)
Carli Lloyd   81' (penalty)
Report Elise Krieghoff   76' (unassisted) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,107
Referee: Levi Rippy
September 25 20 Houston Dash 2–3 Seattle Reign FC Houston
8:30 p.m. CT Kealia Ohai   39' (unassisted)
Carli Lloyd   42' (Denise O'Sullivan)
Report Merritt Mathias   13'
Manon Melis   60' (Jessica Fishlock)
Kim Little   76' (Jessica Fishlock)
Beverly Yanez   82' (Carson Pickett)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,651
Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Awards

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NWSL Yearly Awards

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Team Position Player Ref.
Best XI Forward   Kealia Ohai [1]
Week Result Player Ref.
1 Won   Rachel Daly [2]
4 Won   Chioma Ubogagu [3]
15 Won   Kealia Ohai [4]
17 Won   Kealia Ohai [5]
Week Result Player Ref.
14 Won   Rachel Daly [6]
15 Won   Rachel Daly [7]
19 Won   Kealia Ohai [8]
Week Result Player Ref.
5 Won   Lydia Williams [9]
19 Won   Lydia Williams [10]

Squad statistics

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Source: NWSL

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A PK Shot SOG SOG% Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
2 DF Poliana Barbosa 15 15 1324 1 0 0 15 9 60% 1 2 3 10 4 1 0
11 FW Janine Beckie 14 11 916 3 2 0 19 7 37% 4 1 7 3 5 0 0
6 MF Morgan Brian 13 13 1001 0 0 0 8 3 38% 0 16 2 5 11 0 0
12 MF Amber Brooks 19 11 1084 1 0 0 10 2 20% 0 0 1 20 7 1 0
24 DF Ellie Brush 15 15 1340 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 12 7 4 0
15 DF Allysha Chapman 9 8 710 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 4 6 1 0
25 MF Megan Crosson 4 1 114 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 11 0 1 2 1 0
3 FW Rachel Daly 16 12 1186 4 4 0 41 16 39% 2 1 19 20 16 2 0
19 MF Tessa Florio-Gavilsky 3 0 55 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
27 MF Caity Heap 6 2 127 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 3 3 2 0
21 FW Melissa Henderson 7 4 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 5 4 0 0
1 GK Bianca Henninger 5 5 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF Carli Lloyd 7 7 553 5 3 1 27 10 37% 0 3 7 6 4 0 0
17 MF Andressa Machry 15 15 1298 1 1 0 22 7 32% 3 37 0 12 26 1 0
4 DF Becca Moros 17 17 1520 0 3 0 4 2 50% 0 1 0 13 7 0 0
13 MF Denise O'Sullivan 18 14 1315 2 5 0 26 11 42% 0 1 2 16 14 1 0
22 DF Stephanie Ochs 12 3 385 0 2 0 7 3 43% 2 8 3 3 3 0 0
7 FW Kealia Ohai 20 18 1622 11 4 0 51 31 61% 6 1 31 8 10 0 0
23 MF Cami Privett 15 11 1059 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0 0 0 8 8 1 0
5 DF Cari Roccaro 15 14 1264 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 2 0
9 FW Chioma Ubogagu 15 9 806 1 1 0 23 9 39% 3 0 9 9 6 0 0
18 GK Lydia Williams 15 15 1350 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 20 19800 29 23 1 265 115 43% 21 92 87 165 150 17 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min GA GA/G PKA PKF Shot SOG Sav Sav% YC RC
1 GK Bianca Henninger 5 5 450 7 1.40 1 1 61 22 14 64% 0 0
18 GK Lydia Williams 15 15 1350 22 1.47 1 1 175 83 62 75% 0 0
Team Total 20 1800 29 1.45 2 2 236 105 76 72% 0 0

Notes

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  1. ^ Houston Dash's position in the league at the end of match day

References

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  1. ^ "NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE ANNOUNCES 2016 BEST XI". NWSL. October 7, 2016. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  2. ^ Blakely, Chris (May 4, 2016). "Kim Little named NWSL Player of the Week for second straight week". Vavel. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "HOUSTON DASH'S CHIOMA UBOGAGU VOTED PLAYER OF THE WEEK". NWSL. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "HOUSTON DASH FORWARD KEALIA OHAI VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "HOUSTON DASH FORWARD KEALIA OHAI VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. September 6, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Rachel Daly – Week 14". YouTube.com. NWSL. July 26, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Rachel Daly – Week 15". YouTube.com. NWSL. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  8. ^ "Goal of the Week Winner: Kealia Ohai – Week 19". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. September 28, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  9. ^ "Congrats to @HoustonDash's @lydsaussie on her save being selected by the fans as #NWSL Save of the Week – Week 5!". Twitter.com. NWSL. May 20, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  10. ^ "Save of the Week Winner: Lydia Williams – Week 19". youtube.com. NWSLsoccer. September 28, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

See also

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