2014 Washington Spirit season
The 2014 season was Washington Spirit's second season of existence in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
Review
Coming off a tough inaugural season, the Spirit looked to build a contending team for the 2014 season. Mark Parsons had a full preseason to work with his team and made some key offseason acquisitions included Jodie Taylor and Christine Nairn, both who would finish as the team's tops scorers with 11 and 8 goals, respectively.The beginning of the season saw similar struggles to 2013, losing 4 of the opening 6 matches. The turn-around began in Week 7, when the Spirit would outscore the Western New York Flash 3–2 with a brace from Jodie Taylor and own goal equalizer. The Spirit went 5 matches unbeaten mid-season and finished the season strong, losing only two of their last ten matches.
Finishing 4th, the Spirit made their first NWSL Playoff appearance. They ultimately lost at Seattle Reign in a 2–1 match with Veronica Perez scoring the Spirit's first ever playoff goal in the 65th minute.
Club
Roster
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Team management
Competitions
Preseason
Regular season
Regular season standings
Results summary
NWSL Playoffs
Squad statistics
Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper
| 99 | FW | Danesha Adams | 13 | 9 | 802 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Jordan Angeli | 10 | 2 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Yael Averbuch | 22 | 17 | 1562 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Niki Cross | 10 | 8 | 740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Renae Cuellar | 10 | 4 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Lisa De Vanna | 11 | 9 | 794 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Crystal Dunn | 21 | 18 | 1488 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Kerstin Garefrekes | 10 | 6 | 591 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Robyn Gayle | 16 | 13 | 1143 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Tori Huster | 22 | 22 | 1980 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Ali Krieger | 22 | 22 | 1935 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Lori Lindsey | 22 | 19 | 1509 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Diana Matheson | 23 | 21 | 1970 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Christine Nairn | 23 | 21 | 1838 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Kelsey Pardue | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Veronica Perez | 16 | 6 | 657 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Toni Pressley | 9 | 8 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Bianca Sierra | 9 | 5 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Alex Singer | 11 | 11 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Jennifer Skogerboe | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jodie Taylor | 21 | 19 | 1727 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred From | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
| 7 | Seattle Reign | Trade | ||||
| 14 | Sydney FC | Signed | ||||
| 4 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | NWSL Player Allocation | ||||
| 9 | FC Kansas City | NWSL Player Allocation | ||||
| 99 | Houston Dash | Trade | ||||
| 16 | Portland Thorns FC | Trade | ||||
| 12 | Perth Glory | Signed | ||||
| 17 | Western New York Flash | Trade | ||||
| 12 | FC Bayern Munich | Trade | ||||
| 22 | University of Auburn | Signed | ||||
| 28 | Boston Breakers | Signed | ||||
| 21 | Portland Thorns FC | Signed | ||||
| 21 | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | Signed | ||||
| 24 | Boston Breakers | Trade | ||||
| 31 | Washington Spirit Reserves | |||||
| 36 | Washington Spirit Reserves |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred To | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
| 3 |  Houston Dash | 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft | ||||
| 14 | Houston Dash | 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft | ||||
| 22 | Houston Dash | Trade | ||||
| 4 | Retired | |||||
| 5 | Waived | |||||
| 20 | Colorado Pride | |||||
| 2 | Waived | |||||
| 23 | Boston Breakers | Trade | ||||
| Western New York Flash | Waived | |||||
| 13 | ||||||
| 24 | Western New York Flash | |||||
| 13 | ||||||
| 17 |
Loan In
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned From | Fee/Notes | Date | Source |
| 13 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | Loan for remainder of 2014 season |