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 Director	Brian Ching
Manager	Randy Waldrum
Stadium	BBVA Compass Stadium
NWSL	8th
NWSL Championship	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Kealia Ohai (11)
Highest home attendance	7,440 (April 16 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendance	4,329 (July 30 vs. Western New York)
Average home league attendance	5,696
Biggest win	3–0 (July 16 vs. Portland); 4–1 (Sept. 11 vs. Boston)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (Sept. 7 at Portland)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of December 21, 2016.

Club

Coaching staff

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

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

Preseason

Sat 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.

Sun March 27 2	Oregon State Beavers	0–3	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
4:30 p.m. CT		Report	Beckie  13', 50' Andressa  75'	Stadium: Providence Park

Wed March 30 3	Seattle Reign FC	2–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. CT	Yanez  37' Foxhoven  79' Dallstream  82'	Report	Brooks  68'	Stadium: Providence Park

Fri 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

Thurs June 2	FC Dallas WPSL	0–3	Houston Dash	Frisco
5:30 p.m. CT		Report		Stadium: Toyota Soccer Center Tundra Field #2

National Women's Soccer League

League standings

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) 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
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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L
Position[n 1]	1	5	3	4	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2016. Source: HoustonDashSoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sat 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

Sat 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

Fri 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

Sat 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

Sat 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

Fri 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

Fri 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.

Sun 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

Sun 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

Sat 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

Sat 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

Sat July 23 12	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 p.m.	Danielle Colaprico  3' (Vanessa DiBernardo)	Report	Megan Crosson  64' Rachel Daly  82' (Kealia Ohai)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,621 Referee: Levi Rippy

Sat 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

Sat 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

Wed 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

Sat 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

Wed 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

Sun 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

Sun 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

NWSL Team of the Year

Team	Position	Player	Ref.
Best XI	Forward	Kealia Ohai	[1]

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Won	Rachel Daly	[2]
4	Won	Chioma Ubogagu	[3]
15	Won	Kealia Ohai	[4]
17	Won	Kealia Ohai	[5]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
14	Won	Rachel Daly	[6]
15	Won	Rachel Daly	[7]
19	Won	Kealia Ohai	[8]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
5	Won	Lydia Williams	[9]
19	Won	Lydia Williams	[10]

Squad statistics

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

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

References

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