2017 Houston Dash season

Houston Dash
2017 season
Managing Director	Brian Ching
Head coach	Randy Waldrum; (until May 29, 2017); Omar Morales (interim)
Stadium	BBVA Compass Stadium
Top goalscorer	Rachel Daly & Poliana (3)
Highest home attendance	6,095; (June 29 vs. Boston)
Lowest home attendance	4,484; (Apr. 15 vs. Chicago)
Average home league attendance	5,436
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2017 Houston Dash season was the team's fourth season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League.

Team information

Rosters

Players and squad numbers last updated on June 17, 2017.^[1]^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Country	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
18	Lydia Williams	Australia	GK	(1988-05-13) May 13, 1988 (age 36)
24	Jane Campbell	United States	GK	(1995-02-17) February 17, 1995 (age 29)
Defenders
2	Poliana Barbosa Medeiros	Brazil	DF	(1991-02-06) February 6, 1991 (age 33)
4	Bruna Benites	Brazil	DF	(1985-10-16) October 16, 1985 (age 39)
5	Cari Roccaro	United States	DF	(1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 30)
22	Camille Levin	United States	DF	(1990-04-24) April 24, 1990 (age 34)
23	Cami Privett	United States	DF	(1990-03-16) March 16, 1990 (age 34)
55	Janine van Wyk	South Africa	DF	(1987-04-17) April 17, 1987 (age 37)
Midfielders
6	Morgan Brian	United States	MF	(1993-02-26) February 26, 1993 (age 31)
8	Claire Falknor	United States	MF	(1993-05-12) May 12, 1993 (age 31)
10	Carli Lloyd	United States	MF	(1982-07-16) July 16, 1982 (age 42)
12	Amber Brooks	United States	MF	(1991-01-23) January 23, 1991 (age 33)
13	Denise O'Sullivan	Ireland	MF	(1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 (age 30)
17	Andressa Cavalari Machry	Brazil	MF	(1995-05-01) May 1, 1995 (age 29)
27	Caity Heap	United States	MF	(1994-08-10) August 10, 1994 (age 30)
Forwards
3	Rachel Daly	England	FW	(1991-12-06) December 6, 1991 (age 33)
7	Kealia Ohai	United States	FW	(1992-01-31) January 31, 1992 (age 32)
9	Sarah Hagen	United States	FW	(1991-12-06) December 6, 1991 (age 33)
14	Nichelle Prince	Canada	FW	(1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 29)
16	Janine Beckie	Canada	FW	(1994-08-20) August 20, 1994 (age 30)

Pre-season and friendlies

March 19, 2017 Friendly	Houston Dash	2–0	Baylor University	Plano, Texas
17:00 PT	Ohai 44' Munerlyn 50'	Report		Stadium: Prestonwood Lions Stadium

March 29, 2017 Thorns Invitational	U.S. U-23s WNT	1–2	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
17:00 PT	Savannah McCaskill 74'	Report	Bruna Benites 89' Amber Brooks 90+4'	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Jason Perlewitz

March 26, 2017 Thorns Invitational	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
19:00 PT	Christen Press 41' (pen.), 84'	Report	Melissa Henderson 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Jason Perlewitz

April 1, 2017 Thorns Invitational	Portland Thorns FC	1–1	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
19:30 PT	Meleana Shim 17'	Report	Rachel Daly 76'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 7,252

April 6, 2017 Friendly	Texas A&M Aggies	1–2	Houston Dash	College Station, Texas
20:00 PT	Briana Alston 17'	Report	Amber Brooks 12' Rachel Daly 80'	Stadium: Ellis Field

Competitions

NWSL

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina Courage	24	16	1	7	38	22	+16	49	NWSL Shield
2	Portland Thorns FC (C)	24	14	5	5	37	20	+17	47	NWSL Playoffs
3	Orlando Pride	24	11	7	6	45	31	+14	40
4	Chicago Red Stars	24	11	6	7	33	30	+3	39
5	Seattle Reign FC	24	9	7	8	43	37	+6	34
6	Sky Blue FC	24	10	3	11	42	51	−9	33
7	FC Kansas City	24	8	7	9	29	31	−2	31
8	Houston Dash	24	7	3	14	23	39	−16	24
9	Boston Breakers	24	4	7	13	24	35	−11	19
10	Washington Spirit	24	5	4	15	30	48	−18	19

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on August 16, 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 15, 2017 1	Houston Dash	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
13:00 CDT	Ohai 15' (Brooks) Benites 56' Daly 80' (Ohai)	Report	Mautz 29'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

April 22, 2017 2	Seattle Reign FC	5–1	Houston Dash	Seattle, Washington
21:00 CDT	Fishlock 18' (Nairn) Rapinoe 27' (Fishlock) McNabb 31' Yanez 55' Johnson 74' Corsie 83'	Report	Poliana 84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Marco Vega

April 29, 2017 3	Washington Spirit	0–1	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
18:00 CDT		Report	Ohai 28' (O'Sullivan) Benites 59'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field, Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,154 Referee: Christina Unkel

May 6, 2017 4	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00 CDT	Hagen 44' (o.g.) Ertz 61' Press 82'	Report	Benites 14'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

May 13, 2017 5	Houston Dash	1–3	Sky Blue FC	Houston, Texas
15:00 CDT	Poliana 76' (Ohai) Brooks 87'	Report	Kerr 17' 87' (Meehan) Killion 33' (pen.) Galton 53' (Kerr) Rodriguez 65'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,369 Referee: Michael Radchuk

May 20, 2017 6	Sky Blue FC	2–1	Houston Dash	Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 CDT	Killion 20' (pen.) Rodríguez 85' Tiernan 89'	Report	Daly 21' Andressa 40' Privett 84'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,476 Referee: Christina Unkel

May 27, 2017 7	Houston Dash	0–2	Seattle Reign FC	Houston, Texas
15:00 CDT		Report	Roccaro 30' (o.g.) Johnson 64' (Kawasumi)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Karen Abt

June 3, 2017 8	Washington Spirit	2–0	Houston Dash	Boyds, Maryland
18:00 CDT	Williams 3' (Solaun) Pugh 69' (Mewis)	Report	Amber Brooks 63'	Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Attendance: 3,096 Referee: Victor Rivas

June 17, 2017 9	Houston Dash	2–4	Orlando Pride	Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT	Beckie 64' Van Wyk 80' Poliana 89' (Andressa) Prince 90+6' (Andressa)	Report	Camila 16' (Marta) Marta 22', 57' (Spencer) Camila 65' Kennedy 68' (Marta)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,918 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

June 24, 2017 10	Orlando Pride	0–2	Houston Dash	Orlando, Florida
14:50 CT		Report	Van Wyk 43' Lloyd 45+4' (Poliana) Daly 62' (Poliana)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Marco Vega

June 28, 2017 11	Houston Dash	0–0	Boston Breakers	Houston, Texas
19:30 CT		Report	Andrews 25' Chapman 58'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,095 Referee: Kevin Broadley

July 2, 2017 12	FC Kansas City	1–2	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CT	LaBonta 35' 62' Groom 45+1' (Gibbons) Gibbons 52'	Report	Lloyd 52' Daly 55' Prince 64' (Brooks)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field Attendance: 1,703 Referee: Karen Abt

July 8, 2017 13	Houston Dash	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Houston, Texas
21:00 CT	Beckie 8' (Daly) Benites 82' Daly 90' Lloyd 90+1'	Report	Horan 45+2', 90+1'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Christina Unkel
Note: Kickoff was delayed from 19:30 Central due to severe weather.

July 15, 2017 14	Houston Dash	2–1	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
19:30 CT	Poliana 25' (Beckie) Andressa 53' (Daly) Van Wyk 59'	Report	Johnson 75' (Solaun)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,332 Referee: Chris Spivey

July 22, 2017 15	Houston Dash	1–0	Boston Breakers	Houston, Texas
19:30 CT	Prince 23' (Andressa)	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,337 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

August 5, 2017 16	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
15:00 CT	Sonnett 12' (Lussi) Lussi 39'	Report	Heap 22' Lloyd 33' (pen.) 40'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,243 Referee: Karen Abt

August 13, 2017 17	Houston Dash	0–1	FC Kansas City	Houston, Texas
19:30 CT	Brooks 63'	Report	Groom 83' (Sauerbrunn)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,352 Referee: Robi Hullner

August 16, 2017 18	Boston Breakers	1–3	Houston Dash	Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 CT	Dowie 26' (Purce) Smith 45+1' Oyster 90+3'	Report	Hagen 10', 79' Beckie 64' (Prince)	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,003 Referee: Matthew Franz

August 19, 2017 19	Portland Thorns FC	2–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
21:00 CT	Horan 14' (Klingenberg) Brynjarsdottir 32' Henry 48' (Nadim) Sinclair 70' Sonnett 79'	Report	Beckie 60' Daly 73' 79' Roccaro 74' Levin 76'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 19,672 Referee: Karen Abt

September 27, 2017 20	Houston Dash	0–4	North Carolina Courage	Edinburg, Texas
19:00 CT		Report	Mewis 13' (Dahlkemper) Williams 38' (Hatch) Debinha 51' (Williams) Hatch 56' (Debinha)	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Michael Radchuk

September 3, 2017 21	Houston Dash	0–1	Seattle Reign FC	Frisco, Texas
19:00 CT	Benites 88'	Report	Mathias 53' (Yanez) Barnes 77' Fishlock 80'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,258 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

September 9, 2017 22	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Houston Dash	Cary, North Carolina
18:30 CT	Dahlkemper 63' Hamilton 26' (Erceg)	Report	Roccaro 64' Van Wyk 90+7'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,702 Referee: Karen Abt

September 23, 2017 23	Houston Dash	2–3	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
15:00 CT	Brooks 24' (pen.) Andresshina 75' Daly 85' (Mewis)	Report	Hoy 12' Short 20' Press 45+2' (pen.) Nagasato 89'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,707 Referee: Marco Vega

September 29, 2017 24	FC Kansas City	1–1	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CT	Kelly 9' (Scott) 63' Groom 71'	Report	Benites 48' Roccaro 51' Daly 53' (Mewis)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Victory Field Attendance: 1,312 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	NWSL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
18	GK		Lydia Williams	7	0	0	0	0
24	GK		Jane Campbell	1	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Poliana Barbosa Medeiros	3+5	2	0	0	0
4	DF		Bruna Benites	5	0	3	0	0
5	DF		Cari Roccaro	8	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Camille Levin	6	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Cami Privett	2+2	0	1	0	0
55	DF		Janine van Wyk	4	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Morgan Brian	4+1	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Amber Brooks	8	0	2	0	0
13	MF		Denise O'Sullivan	5+2	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Janine Beckie	8	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Andressa Cavalari Machry	4+1	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Caity Heap	0+3	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW		Rachel Daly	8	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Kealia Ohai	8	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Sarah Hagen	2+5	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Nichelle Prince	4+3	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Melissa Henderson	0+1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: June 3, 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	NWSL
1	2	DF	Poliana	3
1	3	FW	Rachel Daly	3
3	7	FW	Kealia Ohai	2
3	14	FW	Nichelle Prince	2
5	17	MF	Andressa Cavalari Machry	1
Totals				10

Last updated: June 28, 2017

Player transactions

Retirements

Date	Player	Positions Played	Ref
June 14, 2017	Melissa Henderson	FW	^[3]

Honors and awards

NWSL Monthly Awards

NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Ref
June	Won	Rachel Daly	^[4]

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
April				Kealia Ohai	^[5]
July	Jane Campbell	Amber Brooks	Andressinha		^[6]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref
10	Won	Poliana	^[7]
13	Won	Andressinha	^[8]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
19	Nominated	Jane Campbell	^[9]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Won	Rachel Daly	^[10]
21	Won	Rachel Daly	^[11]

References

^ "Dash Player". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
^ "Houston Dash – Roster". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
^ Lombardo, Kayla (June 14, 2017). "Dash forward Melissa Henderson announces retirement". p. Excelle Sports. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
^ "Houston Dash FW Rachel Daly named NWSL Player of the Month". June 1, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
^ "April Team of the Month". May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
^ "July Team of the Month". August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (June 27, 2017). "Poliana named Player of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (July 18, 2017). "Week 13 Player of the Week: Andressinha". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
^ "Save of the Week: Jane Campbell". September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
^ "Rachel Daly wins NWSL Goal of the Week in Week 1". HoustonDashSoccer.com. April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
^ "Goal of the Week: Rachel Daly". September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

[1] "Dash Player". Houston Dynamo. Retrieved June 17, 2017.

[2] "Houston Dash – Roster". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved June 17, 2017.

[3] Lombardo, Kayla (June 14, 2017). "Dash forward Melissa Henderson announces retirement". p. Excelle Sports. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2017.

[4] "Houston Dash FW Rachel Daly named NWSL Player of the Month". June 1, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

[5] "April Team of the Month". May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

[6] "July Team of the Month". August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

[7] Purdy, Jacqueline (June 27, 2017). "Poliana named Player of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 27, 2017.

[8] Purdy, Jacqueline (July 18, 2017). "Week 13 Player of the Week: Andressinha". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 18, 2017.

[9] "Save of the Week: Jane Campbell". September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.

[10] "Rachel Daly wins NWSL Goal of the Week in Week 1". HoustonDashSoccer.com. April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.

[11] "Goal of the Week: Rachel Daly". September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

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