The 2018 Washington Spirit are not a team that anyone wants to be reminded of. But until the Spirit score some goals in a professional game, the current season is going to be viewed through the lens of that team’s failures.
So let’s talk about them quickly: Last season, the Spirit scored just 12 goals despite having solid attacking players like Mallory Pugh, Ashley Hatch and Franny Ordega up top. They set the NWSL record for longest spell without a goal. They played slow soccer, almost never making early forward passes into space, and head coach Jim Gabarra was fired before the season ended.