Sports stats



NWSL Houston Dash

Dash Close out Home Slate with 0-0 Draw with Washington Spirit

September 26, 2019 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Houston Dash News Release


HOUSTON - The Houston Dash concluded their 2019 home schedule with a scoreless draw with the Washington Spirit in front of 5,247 fans at BBVA Stadium tonight. With the draw, the Dash extended their unbeaten streak against the Spirit to seven consecutive games.

Dash goalkeeper Jane Campbell finished with three saves on the night as she kept a clean sheet for the sixth time this season.

The Spirit got the first shot of the game in the third minute when forward Ashley Hatch caught a loose ball that the Houston defense wasn't able to clear. Although Hatch scored the goal, the referee called her for a handball as she controlled it.

Houston responded quickly when forward Rachel Daly received a ball in the box and shot to the middle of the goal, forcing the first save of the game by Spirit goalkeeper Audrey Bledsoe in the ninth minute. Two minutes later, Dash midfielder Sophie Schmidt sent a ball in behind the Spirit back line to midfielder Sofia Huerta, whose shot whistled inches too high, barely missing the goal. Huerta tested her luck again in the 13th minute when she headed a ball wide of the goal off of midfielder Christine Nairn's free kick.

Campbell made a crucial save in the 15th minute when Hatch sent the ball past Houston defender Ally Prisock and into the feet of Spirit forward Crystal Thomas. Thomas into a one-versus-one position and shot a ball that Campbell dove low to punch away.

Houston kept pressing throughout the remainder of the first half. In the 25th minute, Daly finished a sequence that saw the ball carom around the box by trying an audacious bicycle kick from the top of the penalty area, missing wide from the left post.

Campbell continued her stellar play this season when she stopped a shot from Spirit forward Mallory Pugh in the 37th minute. Pugh dribbled into the box and shot from a pass by midfielder Chloe Logarzo, but Campbell pushed it wide.

Ten minutes into the second half, Houston midfielder Kristie Mewis came close to scoring on a corner kick that was blocked and cleared by Bledsoe. Dash defender Amber Brooks headed the ball inches away from the goal through a rebound before Hatch cleared it wide.

Mewis came the closest to scoring in the 75th minute when she cracked a hard shot from the top of the penalty area. Her shot forced a save from Bledsoe, who got just enough of a touch on the ball to tip it up into the crossbar. The rebound fell to Daly, but Bledsoe was able to stop her shot as well.

The Dash created a pair of extremely dangerous chances in stoppage time, first through Mewis and then thanks to Daly. Huerta got on the end of a ball along Houston's right flank and whipped in a perfect cross that not only beat all of Washington's defenders, but pulled goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe off her line. The loose ball fell to Mewis, but her left-footed shot was headed off the line by a Washington defender. Daly recovered the second ball and uncorked a right-footed blast, but her shot whistled just wide of the near post.

Before finishing their NWSL season, the Dash will travel to Monterrey, Mexico to face the Liga MX Femenil two-time champions, Tigres U.A.N.L. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 9:15 p.m. CDT at Estadio Universitario. Houston will be the first NWSL team to play an official friendly game on Mexican soil.

***

Houston Dash (7-11-5; 26 pts.) 0-0 Washington Spirit (7-8-6; 27 pts.)

NWSL Regular Season, Week 24

Wednesday - BBVA Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance: 5247

SCORING SUMMARY:

Team 1H 2H FT

Houston Dash 0 0 0

Washington Spirit 0 0 0

Check out the Houston Dash Statistics



National Women's Soccer League Stories from September 26, 2019


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central