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Washington Spirit midfielder Diana Matheson was voted the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Player of the Week by the media for Week 18 of the 2013 NWSL season.
Matheson, 29, had a goal and an assist in two games as the Washington Spirit recorded a pair of 1-0 victories at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md., over the Chicago Red Stars on Aug. 7 and Seattle Reign on Aug. 10.

The Washington Spirit (3-14-4, 13 points) captured their second straight victory with a 1-0 shutout of Seattle Reign FC (5-13-3, 18 points) before 4,549 at Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex in a match nationally televised by FOX Soccer.
Diana Matheson scored the lone goal in the 83rd minute, pushing to the end line on the right side and slipping a shot past Seattle goalkeeper Hope Solo just inside the far post to cap off a gorgeous evening.

Following their first home victory of the season, the Washington Spirit (2-14-4, 10 points) are looking for their first winning streak as they host Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe and Seattle Reign FC (5-12-3, 18 points) in the Northwest club’s first visit to Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex, live on FOX Soccer (Saturday, 7 p.m. ET). Limited tickets remain and can be found at https://tickets.washingtonspirit.com.
The Spirit are coming off their most inspirational performance of the season, a 1-0 shutout of the Chicago Red Stars in a match that was suspended twice due to lightning alerts and abandoned before the final whistle due to a midnight curfew.

Lupita Worbis delivered the Spirit’s game winning goal against Chicago in front of her parents as well as her roommate, Chantel Jones, who had the perfect vantage point in her fourth start of the season. Meanwhile, Washington head coach Mark Parsons credited Ali Krieger coming off the bench to settle his team and help pave the way for their first home win of the season.

The Washington Spirit (2-14-4, 10 points) recorded their first home victory of the NWSL season with a 1-0 shutout of the Chicago Red Stars (7-8-5, 26 points) before 2,081 at Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex. The game was suspended twice by lightning alerts and abandoned due to a 12 a.m. curfew. The result was delcared final per league rules.
Mexican national team midfielder Lupita Worbis scored the game-winner in the 58th minute, scoring her first NWSL goal on a give-and-go with Diana Matheson.

The Washington Spirit (1-14-4, 7 points) will look to put a dent in the playoff hopes of the Chicago Red Stars (7-7-5, 26 points) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET in the start of a three-match homestand that will close out the inaugural NWSL season. The game will be streamed live on the NWSL YouTube channel.

The Washington Spirit are back at home for good to conclude the inaugural NWSL season. With three games on Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex over the season’s final 11 days, the Spirit intend to show off the best atmosphere in the league, take on the role of spoiler, end the year on a high note and build momentum heading into the offseason.

The Washington Spirit (1-14-4) suffered a narrow 1-0 loss on Saturday to Sky Blue FC (10-6-4) at Yurcak Field in Piscataway Township, N.J.

The Washington Spirit (1-13-4) will face third place Sky Blue FC (9-6-4) at Yucak Field in Piscataway Township, N.J. on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET in the team’s final road match of the season.

The Washington Spirit (1-13-4) lost 3-0 to the Western New York Flash (8-4-6) on Wednesday at Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester, N.Y.

The Washington Spirit (1-12-4) will be in Rochester, N.Y. on Wednesday for a third and final meeting with the fourth-place Western New York Flash (7-4-6).

Diana Matheson’s second minute goal provided early excitement for the Washington Spirit on Saturday at the Maryland SoccerPlex, but a relentless Boston Breakers attack would prove to be the story of the night.

The Washington Spirit will host the Boston Breakers on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET on the Maryland SoccerPlex’s Maureen Hendricks Field, as the teams square off for the fourth and final time in the inaugural NWSL regular season.

In 2012, D.C. United Women came within a match of reaching the W-League championship. With many of the same faces now wearing Washington Spirit jerseys, the Washington Spirit Reserves will attempt to go one better when they face the Pali Blues (Calif.) in the W-League Tournament semifinals (Friday, 2 p.m. ET) at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Live at: http://www.uslnation.com/uslpro/

Throughout the rest of the season, the Spirit are also making it possible to sit right next to the game itself, with a limited number of Fantasy Seats on the sideline, opposite of the team benches and just around the corner from Spirit Hill.

The Washington Spirit (1-11-4, 7 points) received a superb outing from goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris but surrendered an own goal by Tiffany McCarty in a 1-0 loss to the Chicago Red Stars (6-6-4, 22 points) at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill.
Harris finished with seven saves and made her presence known throughout the game on free kicks and crosses. The U.S. national team goalkeeper denied Chicago forward Lori Chalupny on multiple occasions and sprawled to stymie her teammate Maribel Dominguez in the first half.

The Washington Spirit look to snap a three-game skid and get a taste of revenge when they make their first visit to the Benedictine University Sports Complex in Lisle, Ill., to clash with the Chicago Red Stars (Saturday, 7 p.m. ET).

After falling to the Virginia Beach Piranhas just six days prior, the Washington Spirit Reserves entered Friday’s Northeast Conference Championship match with a sense of determined purpose. Finding themselves down 1-0 at the half, Washington roared back with two unanswered goals in the final 45 minutes to expel the home-side Piranhas and earn the conference crown.

Ever want to see how the pros train? Then ask the why he did what he did in the session? Now you can, because you’re invited to watch a real Washington Spirit practice session on Wednesday, July 24th.

After an unforgiving schedule of four games in 11 days, the Washington Spirit (1-10-4, 7 points) have welcomed the return to a normal training schedule for the first time in July. Even the intense heat hasn’t dampened morale. Players have been excited for genuine training sessions under new head coach Mark Parsons, who hasn’t had ample opportunity to develop a practice rhythm with his team since taking the helm on July 1.

In a match with nothing at stake other than pride, the Washington Spirit Reserves surrendered two second half goals, falling 2-1 to the Virginia Beach Piranhas on Saturday at Virginia Beach Sportsplex. Washington midfielder Alex Doll struck in the opening seconds, but the Spirit Reserves allowed two goals from Piranhas forward Shan Jones in the final 45 minutes to seal the visitors’ fate.

The Washington Spirit (1-10-4, 7 points) scored first but couldn’t make the lead hold up in a 2-1 defeat on the road at Seattle Reign FC (4-9-3, 15 points). Broadcast by FOX Soccer, the match marked the national TV debut for the National Women’s Soccer League.
Diana Matheson converted a penalty kick in the 12th minute – her team-high sixth goal of the season and fourth from the spot – after a handball by Seattle’s Keelin Winters.

The Washington Spirit will return to the site of their first victory in the inaugural NWSL season, facing Seattle Reign FC in the league’s debut nationally televised match on FOX Soccer (Sunday, 8:30 p.m. ET). The Spirit (1-9-4, 7 points) have been much improved on the field in three games under new head coach Mark Parsons, who remains in search of his first victory in charge. The Reign (3-9-3, 12 points) are one place ahead of the Spirit at the bottom of the NWSL standings.

Despite plastering the Fredericksburg Impact defense with 34 shots, the Washington Spirit Reserves managed only a single goal in a 1-1 draw Wednesday at Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex. Spirit Reserves forward Ashley Herndon scored early, but Washington was unable to counter Fredericksburg’s Kara Blosser’s equalizer in the 31st minute to break the deadlock.

The Washington Spirit survived an early penalty kick attempt but gave up two second-half goals in 10 minutes in the second half in a 2-0 loss to the Chicago Red Stars before 2,593 at Maureen Hendricks Field at Maryland SoccerPlex. Ashlyn Harris denied a penalty kick early before Adriana Leon and Ella Masar scored for the Red Stars.

The Washington Spirit will meet a new opponent for the last time in the inaugural NWSL season when the Chicago Red Stars make the first of two appearances at Maryland SoccerPlex on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. ET.

The Washington Spirit will take to the national stage as the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) will kick off its first national television game on FOX Soccer when the Spirit visit Seattle Reign FC on Sunday, July 14 at 8:30 p.m. ET at the Moda Health Pitch at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila, Wash.

With both sides subjected to sweltering weather conditions all afternoon, the Washington Spirit Reserves managed to narrowly slide by the New Jersey Wildcats, 2-1, on Saturday at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, N.J. Following a Wildcat equalizer in the 83rd minute, Spirit Reserves substitute Jessica Van Dyke countered two minutes later to decide the exhaustive match in dramatic fashion.

The Washington Spirit (1-8-4, 7 points) dictated most of the play in their second match under the direction of new head coach Mark Parsons but couldn’t produce an equalizer after a late second half goal by Monica Ocampo, falling on the road, 1-0, to league-leading Sky Blue FC (9-3-3, 30 points).

Following a one-game home stand which saw the Washington Spirit snap its five-match scoreless streak and draw FC Kansas City 1-1, the team will be back on the road Saturday night for a 7 p.m. clash with Sky Blue FC at Yurcak Field in Piscataway, N.J.