At the halftime whistle tonight, the Washington Spirit trudged off the field extremely fortunate to only be down 1-0 against Sky Blue FC. However, the Spirit - sparked by a breakout performance from rookie Arielle Ship - transformed during the break, storming their way to a 4-1 win. Ship scored once and was directly involved with two others, while Cheyna Williams, Meggie Dougherty Howard, and Havana Solaun also got on the scoresheet.
Jim Gabarra made two changes to the side that fell in Portland last week. One - Williams replacing Mallory Pugh, who is not yet back from USWNT duty - was no real surprise.