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The Spirit failed to defend their 2021 championship during the 2022 season, and also failed to qualify for the NWSL Playoffs, finishing in 11th place of 12 teams. [1] The team fired championship-winning Kris Ward after a 1–6–9 start and allegations of misconduct toward players, leaving Albertin Montoya to finish the season as interim head coach.
The Washington Spirit are an American professional soccer team based in the Washington metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the W-League and continues to field both an amateur Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) team [1] and a youth team, both under the Spirit name.
Washington Spirit is an American soccer club founded in 2012, after the team ownership was awarded a National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchise. Washington Spirit began playing competitive soccer in the 2013 season. The team has played its home games at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland, and Audi Field in Washington, D.C.
A 2023 regular season match hosted by Seattle Reign FC against the Washington Spirit at Lumen Field in Seattle. The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a top-flight professional women's soccer league in the United States. It shares first-division status with the USL Super League.
The 2025 NWSL regular season will begin on March 14, with the league's Challenge Cup — a season-opening exhibition match that this year will be between the Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit ...
Jonatan Giráldez joined the Washington Spirit as head coach in June 2024.. 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.
Angel City FC goalkeeper Angelina Anderson collects the ball during a playoff match against Seattle in October 2023. Anderson has been called up to the U.S. women's national team.
The NWSL operates with caps on the number of players that a club can sign; [2]: 11 a salary cap the club's total wage bill, extendible by allocation money; minimum and maximum individual player salary caps, which can be surpassed using allocation money; a club's total allocation money; [2]: 24–27 the number of international players (defined as players not eligible to work in the United ...