2024 Washington Spirit season

Washington Spirit
2024 season
Owner	Y. Michele Kang
General manager	Mark Krikorian
Head coach	Jonatan Giráldez (since June); Adrián González (interim, until June)
Stadium	Audi Field; (capacity: 20,000)
League	2nd
2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
Playoffs	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Trinity Rodman, Ouleymata Sarr (8)
Highest home attendance	19,897; (Jun 15 vs. SD)
Lowest home attendance	8,182; (Mar 31 vs. UTA)
Average home league attendance	13,934
Biggest win	3 goals; (4 times)
Biggest defeat	0–3; (Sep 20 vs. KC)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of November 10, 2024.

The 2024 Washington Spirit season is the team's twelfth season as a professional women's soccer team. The Spirit play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Background

The Spirit finished the 2023 National Women's Soccer League season in 8th place of 12 teams. The top six teams qualified for the NWSL playoffs, and the Spirit ended one point out of playoff contention. On October 17, 2023, two days following the team's final defeat against North Carolina Courage, the team released head coach Mark Parsons from his duties after one season.^[1]^[2]

Hirings

On January 9, 2024, the Spirit announced the hiring of FC Barcelona Femení manager Jonatan Giráldez as the club's head coach, to arrive in June following the conclusion of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, which Barcelona won. Adrián González, formerly manager of RCD Espanyol Femení, served as interim head coach until Giráldez's arrival and remained with the staff as an assistant coach.^[3]^[4]

Summary

Stadium and facilities

The Spirit continued to play in Audi Field, their full-time home since the team's 2022 season, and trained at the United Performance Center in Leesburg, Virginia, a facility shared with D.C. United, D.C. United's youth academy, and Loudoun United FC.^[5]^[6]

Broadcasting

In addition to the league's national and international broadcast agreements, ten Spirit matches of the 2024 season aired on the regional Monumental Sports Network.^[7]

Team

Staff

As of October 21, 2024.^[8]^[9]

Sporting operations staff
General manager President of soccer operations	Mark Krikorian
Senior director of soccer administration	Nathan Minion

Sporting staff
Head coach	Jonatan Giráldez
Assistant coach	Adrián González
Assistant coach Director of player personnel	Mike Bristol
Player development coach	Morinao Imaizumi
Assistant coach Player development coach	Mami Yamaguchi

Performance staff
Vice president of performance, medical, and innovation	Dawn Scott
Director of performance and innovation	Kirsty Hicks
Director of data and analytics	Seungbeum Lee
Director of medical	Eric Marchek
Head athletic trainer	Alessandro Ciarla

Players

As of August 24, 2024^[10]^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Aubrey Kingsbury (Captain)	United States
2	FW	Trinity Rodman	United States
3	DF	Casey Krueger	United States
4	FW	Lena Silano	United States
5	DF	Annaïg Butel	France
6	DF	Kate Wiesner	United States
7	MF	Croix Bethune	United States
8	MF	Makenna Morris	United States
9	DF	Tara McKeown	United States
10	MF	Leicy Santos	Colombia
11	FW	Ouleymata Sarr	France
12	MF	Andi Sullivan	United States
13	FW	Brittany Ratcliffe	United States
14	DF	Gabby Carle	Canada
16	MF	Courtney Brown	United States
17	MF	Hal Hershfelt	United States
18	GK	Lyza Bosselmann	United States
19	FW	Rosemonde Kouassi	Ivory Coast
20	FW	Civana Kuhlmann	United States
21	DF	Anna Heilferty	United States
22	MF	Heather Stainbrook	United States
24	DF	Esme Morgan	England
26	MF	Paige Metayer	United States
28	GK	Nicole Barnhart	United States
31	GK	Kaylie Collins	United States
32	DF	Jenna Butler	United States
33	FW	Ashley Hatch	United States
35	DF	Waniya Hudson	United States
39	FW	Chloe Ricketts	United States

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando Pride (S)	26	18	6	2	46	20	+26	60	NWSL Shield, playoffs
2	Washington Spirit	26	18	2	6	51	28	+23	56	Playoffs
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	26	17	5	4	41	20	+21	56
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(S) NWSL Shield

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
26	18	2	6	51	28	+23	56	10	1	2	31	14	+17	8	1	4	20	14	+6

Last updated: November 2, 2024.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Matches

March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17) 1	Seattle Reign FC	1–0	Washington Spirit	Seattle, Washington
3:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Balcer 3' (pen.)	Report	Wiesner 13' Krueger 83' Kingsbury 90+1'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 8,557 Referee: Natalie Simon

March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) 2	Washington Spirit	2–1	Bay FC	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Hershfelt 23' Rodman 59' Bethune 90+5'	Report	Bailey 11' Camberos 48'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 11,734 Referee: Danielle Chesky

March 31, 2024 (2024-03-31) 3	Washington Spirit	2–1	Utah Royals	Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Sullivan 21' (pen.) Sarr 30'	Report	Foederer 29' Del Fava 49'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 8,182 Referee: Nabil Bensalah

April 12, 2024 (2024-04-12) 4	Houston Dash	1–3	Washington Spirit	Houston, Texas
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)	Jacobs 1' Rubensson 77'	Report	Bethune 24' 84' Hershfelt 52' Ratcliffe 82'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 7,767 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

April 20, 2024 (2024-04-20) 5	Washington Spirit	2–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Bethune 41' Hatch 69' (pen.) Butel 86'	Report	Sonnett 55' Nighswonger 70'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 15,004 Referee: Katja Koroleva

April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26) 6	Washington Spirit	2–3	Orlando Pride	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Sarr 40' Sullivan 45+5' Hatch 65'	Report	Angelina 22' Banda 51' Yates 57' (pen.) Martinez 71' 90' Lawrence 89'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 11,636 Referee: Rebeca Pagan

May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01) 7	Chicago Red Stars	2–4	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)	Roccar 53' Schlegel 79' Nesbeth 90+2'	Report	Rodman 28' 58' Sarr 30' Butel 45' Ratcliffe 83', 86'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,999 Referee: Alex Billeter

May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04) 8	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Coffey 4' Sinclair 22'	Report	Silano 86' Rodman 90+8'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,039 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10) 9	Racing Louisville FC	1–2	Washington Spirit	Louisville, Kentucky
8:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Demelo 45+6' Fischer 59' Sears 68'	Report	Sarr 5' Milliet 34' (o.g.) Sullivan 45+9' Hershfelt 53' Metayer 87'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 6,222 Referee: Shawn Tehini

May 18, 2024 (2024-05-18) 10	Washington Spirit	4–2	Angel City FC	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Rodman 9', 30' Krueger 34' Sarr 36'	Report	Butel 20' (o.g.) Leroux 23' Nabet 43' Curry 45+2' Spencer 61' G. Thompson 65' Emslie 90+4'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 13,342 Referee: Anya Voigt

May 24, 2024 (2024-05-24) 11	Washington Spirit	3–2	Seattle Reign FC	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Bethune 21' Sullivan 39' (pen.) Sarr 45'	Report	Ivory 38' Van der Jagt 43' Latsko 45+5' Adames 90+6'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 11,551 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08) 12	Utah Royals	0–1	Washington Spirit	Sandy, Utah
5:30 p.m. MDT (UTC-6)	Flynn 9'	Report	Wiesner 26' Carle 85'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 8,486 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

June 15, 2024 (2024-06-15) 13	Washington Spirit	1–1	San Diego Wave FC	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Hershfelt 46' Rodman 82' Bethune 90+6'	Report	Shaw 20' Dahlkemper 21' Colaprico 48' Morgan 66' Torpey 87'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,897 Referee: Katja Koroleva

June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23) 14	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–2	Washington Spirit	Harrison, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Martin 35' Ryan 39' 45+9' Dunn 86'	Report	Sarr 15' Brown 27' Rodman 47' Wiesner 77'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8,396 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29) 15	Washington Spirit	0–1	North Carolina Courage	Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Hershfelt 80'	Report	Sanchez 19' Speck 75'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 15,717 Referee: Rebeca Pagan

July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06) 16	Bay FC	0–3	Washington Spirit	San Jose, California
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Rowland 3' Sharples 81'	Report	Morris 4' Rodman 21' (pen.) Sarr 57' Carle 83'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 11,384 Referee: Matthew Corrigan
Note: First match led by head coach Jonatan Giráldez.^[12]

August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25) 17	Washington Spirit	4–1	Kansas City Current	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Metayer 9' Sarr 14' Rodman 51' Santos 73' Ratcliffe 90+6'	Report	DiBernardo 49' Chawinga 64' Cook 72' LaBonta 85'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 17,130 Referee: Brad Jensen

September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) 18	San Diego Wave FC	1–1	Washington Spirit	San Diego, California
5:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	McNabb 68'	Report	McNabb 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 23,541 Referee: Anya Voigt

September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) 19	Washington Spirit	2–1	Portland Thorns FC	Washington, D.C.
12:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Rodman 60' Santos 90+6'	Report	Sugita 49'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 14,306 Referee: Greg Dopka

September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15) 20	Washington Spirit	3–0	Houston Dash	Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Hatch 7' (pen.), 26' Rodman 46'	Report	Chapman 45+9'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 11,792 Referee: Mathew Corrigan

September 20, 2024 (2024-09-20) 21	Kansas City Current	3–0	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)	Prince 4' Cooper 30' LaBonta 31' Chawinga 69'	Report	Silano 90+8'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Matthew Thompson

September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27) 22	Angel City FC	1–2	Washington Spirit	Los Angeles, California
7:00 p.m. PDT (UTC-7)	Bright 51'	Report	Morgan 14' Santos 28' Metayer 35' Hatch 39' McKeown 69' Morris 78' Hershfelt 90+6'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 19,257 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) 23	Orlando Pride	2–0	Washington Spirit	Orlando, Florida
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Marta 56' (pen.) McKeown 73' (o.g.)	Report	Butel 3' Stainbrook 39' McKeown 54'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 7,729 Referee: Danielle Chesky

October 13, 2024 (2024-10-13) 24	Washington Spirit	4–1	Racing Louisville FC	Washington, D.C.
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Morris 36', 43' Kouassi 42' Hatch 56' (pen.) Silano 90+7'	Report	Sears 72'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 13,781 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

October 20, 2024 (2024-10-20) 25	Washington Spirit	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Washington, D.C.
5:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)	Stainbrook 31' 90+4' Hershfelt 47' Kouassi 70' Morris 83'	Report	Ludmila 72'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 17,065 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

November 2, 2024 (2024-11-02) 26	North Carolina Courage	0–1	Washington Spirit	Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-5)		Report	Hatch 37'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 10,026 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Stadium	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	12	6	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on November 2, 2024. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs

The Spirit finished the regular season in 2nd place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the second-seeded of eight teams.

Matches

November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) Quarterfinals	Washington Spirit	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bay FC	Washington, District of Columbia
12:30 p.m. EST (UTC−5)	Hershfelt 46' McKeown 86' Dydasco 96' (o.g.)	Report	Oshoala 52' Malonson 59' Oshoala 82' Pickett 99'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Katja Koroleva

November 16, 2024 (2024-11-16) Semifinals	Washington Spirit	v	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Washington, District of Columbia
12:00 p.m. EST (UTC−5)				Stadium: Audi Field

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

The Spirit finished last in Group D of the Summer Cup and failed to advance to the tournament knockout stage.

Group stage standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NYJ	CHI	WAS	GUA
1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	+4	8	Advances to knockout stage	—	0–0	1–0	3–0
2	Chicago Red Stars	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4		0–0	—	3–2	0–1
3	Washington Spirit	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3		0–1	2–3	—	2–1
4	Guadalajara	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	−3	3		0–3	1–0	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on comlete. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

Group stage matches

July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21)	Washington Spirit	2–1	Guadalajara	Chester, United States
4:30 p.m.	Metayer 13' Silano 47'	Report	Cervantes 68'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 1,101

July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28)	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–0	Washington Spirit	Chester, United States
6:00 p.m.	Ryan 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 3,523 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)	Washington Spirit	2–3	Chicago Red Stars	Richmond, United States
7:30 p.m.	Sullivan 55' (pen.) Silano 83'	Report	Bike 48' Joseph 60' Griffith 89'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Melinda Homa

Statistics

Awards

Transactions

References

^ Diamond, Drew (October 18, 2023). "Washington Spirit sack Mark Parsons after second stint in charge". Her Football Hub. Archived from the original on October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
^ "Head Coach Mark Parsons Will Not Return to Washington Spirit for 2024 Season" (Press release). Washington Spirit. October 17, 2023. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
^ Floyd, Thomas (June 28, 2024). "Jonatan Giráldez built his life around soccer. Now he's a coaching prodigy". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
^ "Washington Spirit Names FC Barcelona Femení's Jonatan Giráldez Costas New Head Coach" (Press release). Washington Spirit. January 9, 2024. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
^ Fleming, Margaret (March 17, 2024). "The Washington Spirit are ready to move forward". The Equalizer. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
^ "Washington Spirit to play 2020 games at Audi Field, Segra Field and the Maryland SoccerPlex" (Press release). Washington Spirit. November 12, 2019. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
^ "Monumental Sports Network & Washington Spirit Announce Regional Broadcast Partnership for 2024 Season". March 8, 2024.
^ "Front Office". Washington Spirit. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
^ "Sporting Staff". Washington Spirit. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
^ "Roster – Washington Spirit". Washington Spirit. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
^ "Washington Spirit Announces 24-Player Roster Ahead of Season Kickoff". Washington Spirit. March 13, 2024.
^ Schreiber, Julie (July 9, 2024). "Rookies continue to define Spirit season". The Equalizer. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

[1] Diamond, Drew (October 18, 2023). "Washington Spirit sack Mark Parsons after second stint in charge". Her Football Hub. Archived from the original on October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.

[2] "Head Coach Mark Parsons Will Not Return to Washington Spirit for 2024 Season" (Press release). Washington Spirit. October 17, 2023. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.

[3] Floyd, Thomas (June 28, 2024). "Jonatan Giráldez built his life around soccer. Now he's a coaching prodigy". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 21, 2024.

[4] "Washington Spirit Names FC Barcelona Femení's Jonatan Giráldez Costas New Head Coach" (Press release). Washington Spirit. January 9, 2024. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.

[5] Fleming, Margaret (March 17, 2024). "The Washington Spirit are ready to move forward". The Equalizer. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[6] "Washington Spirit to play 2020 games at Audi Field, Segra Field and the Maryland SoccerPlex" (Press release). Washington Spirit. November 12, 2019. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

[7] "Monumental Sports Network & Washington Spirit Announce Regional Broadcast Partnership for 2024 Season". March 8, 2024.

[front-office-8] "Front Office". Washington Spirit. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

[technical-staff-9] "Sporting Staff". Washington Spirit. Retrieved October 21, 2024.

[10] "Roster – Washington Spirit". Washington Spirit. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

[11] "Washington Spirit Announces 24-Player Roster Ahead of Season Kickoff". Washington Spirit. March 13, 2024.

[12] Schreiber, Julie (July 9, 2024). "Rookies continue to define Spirit season". The Equalizer. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

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