2015 Houston Dash season
The 2015 season is the Houston Dash's second season as a professional women's soccer team. As a member of the National Women's Soccer League, United States' top-flight women's league, the Dash's schedule includes 20 total games against eight other NWSL teams. The Dash look to make the playoffs for the first time in franchise history after finishing in last place during their inaugural season. The 2015 regular season began on April 10, 2015.
Background
College draft
The Houston Dash selected University of Virginia and U.S. Women's National Team midfielder Morgan Brian with the first overall pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. The Dash also traded away the 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft and a second round pick in the 2016 College Draft to Portland Thorns FC for a player to be named later.| Round | Overall | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | Morgan Brian | Midfielder | University of Virginia |
| 4 | 31 | Carleigh Williams | Defender | University of Central Florida |
Preseason
Colours: Green = Houston Dash win; Yellow = draw; Red = opponents win.Season review
April
The new-look Houston Dash kicked off the year's NWSL action with a 2-0 win over the Washington Spirit at BBVA Compass Stadium. Offseason acquisition Carli Lloyd scored the opening goal in first half stoppage time, and last season's club top goalscorer Kealia Ohai put away the second goal five minutes into the second half. The Dash looked revamped in attack and, defensively, collected their first shutout of the season.Club
Coaching staff
Other information
Gabriel BrenerSquad
The following is a list of players who were under contract with the Houston Dash at any point during the 2015 season.Standings and match results
National Women's Soccer League
League standings
;Results summary;Results by matchday
Matches
Awards
[NWSL Player of the Month]
| Month | Player | Month's statline | Ref. |
| July |  Carli Lloyd | 3 goals; 3 appearances |
[NWSL Player of the Week]
| Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
| 7 | Bianca Henninger |
Squad statistics
Source: NWSLKey to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper
| 2 | MF | Andressa Cavalari Machry | 7 | 7 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Jazmyne Avant | 2 | 2 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Rachael Axon | 15 | 11 | 1004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | Allie Bailey | 7 | 0 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Brittany Bock | 5 | 5 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Morgan Brian | 10 | 10 | 810 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Ellie Brush | 15 | 14 | 1274 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | Camila Martins Pereira | 12 | 6 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Allysha Chapman | 5 | 4 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Niki Cross | 15 | 12 | 1148 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Melissa Henderson | 20 | 14 | 1123 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jordan Jackson | 9 | 3 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Meghan Klingenberg | 12 | 12 | 1046 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Jen LaPonte | 6 | 3 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Carli Lloyd | 12 | 12 | 1080 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Ella Masar | 19 | 18 | 1606 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Tiffany McCarty | 17 | 7 | 741 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 20 | 19 | 1675 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Ashley Nick | 3 | 2 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Stephanie Ochs | 3 | 2 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Kealia Ohai | 19 | 19 | 1692 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Toni Pressley | 15 | 15 | 1306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Cami Privett | 4 | 2 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Stephanie Roche | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lauren Sesselmann | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Carleigh Williams | 2 | 1 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |