WASHINGTON SPIRIT DEFEATS HOUSTON DASH 3-2
Written by Michael Thervil
[HOUSTON DASH WASHINGTON SPIRIT] Tonight's match between the Houston Dash versus the Washington Spirit has fans from both teams on the edge of their seats. While the top of the first half could be considered moderately slow, the intensity of the match began to heat up moderately 15 minutes after the match started. During the first half the Houston Dash appeared to somewhat struggle against the Washington Spirit as the Houston Dash fell behind stat wise. The Washington Spirit led when it came to ball possession, posing the ball 71% of the time compared to the Dash possessing the ball 29% of the time. In terms of shots taken the Washington Spirit would lead over the Houston Dash again with them taking a total of 17 shots to the Dash’s 4.
The Washington Spirit also had four of those 17 shots on target as the Houston Dash had two of the total number of their shots taken on goal. The Washington Spirit was able to block 9 of the Dash’s shots while the Dash was only able to block one of Washington Spirit's shots. When it came to passes, the Houston Dash executed a total of 118 passes with a pass accuracy rate of 68%. The Washington spirit in contrast had a total of 271 passes with a pass accuracy rate of 85%. When it came to scoring it would be Washington Spirit’s Defender Tara Rudd that would score the first goal of the match at the 12’ minute of the match, but Striker Miljana Ivanović of the Dash who would counter the Washington Spirit’s goal with a goal for the Dash at the 44’ minute of the match.
For the top of the second half the level of aggression between the two teams picked up, leading Washington Spirit Striker Sofia Cantore to score the second goal of the match at the 51’ minute of the match. That goal appeared to increase the motivation of the Houston Dash as Miljana Ivanović would score yet another goal for the Houston Dash at the 59’ minute of the match releases a surge of excitement for Houston Dash fans around the stadium.
Moving into the bottom of the second half, breaking the tie between the two teams would be Striker Clara Luvanga of the Washington Spirit scoring the final goal of the night at the 84’ minute to bring the final score of the match 3-2. The final key stats of tonight's match stood with the Houston Dash possessing the ball 40% of the time. They also took a total of 13 shots with six of the shots being on goal. They also blocked a total of three shots. In terms of passing the Houston Dash executed 312 passes with a pass accuracy rate of 74%. In contrast, the Washington Spirit possessed the ball 60% of the time and they also took a total of 25 shots with eight of those shots being on target. They were able to block eight of the Houston Dash’s shots while the Dash were able to block 3 of the Washington Spirit’s shots.
When it came to passing for the Washington Spirit, they executed a total of 465 passes with a pass accuracy rate of 83%. The Houston Dash took seven corners while the Washington Spirit took 11. The Dash executed 14 crosses while the Washington Spirit executed 29. This is considered to be a far cry by many fans of the Washington Spirit. The Houston Dash were called for being offsides 3 times while the V were called for being offside once. The Washington Spirit won a total of 49 duels while the dash won 42 duels. This number proves that both teams played exceptionally competitive fortnight matches.
The Houston Dash had five saves while the Washington Spirit had four saves. The Dash committed nine fouls as the Washington Spirit committed 4. There was only one yellow card issued tonight, and it was issued to the Dash. Neither team was issued any red cards. The next Houston Dash will be against the Orlando Pride on October 18, with kickoff starting at 12 noon at the Shell Energy Stadium.
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