Joanna Lohman scored on a bicycle kick in the third minute Saturday, lifting the Washington Spirit to a 1-0 victory over the Boston Breakers in the National Women’s Soccer League opener before 3,578 at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds.
Lohman, a 33-year-old midfielder from Silver Spring, received Crystal Dunn’s end-line cross and struck her spectacular shot from six yards against her former team. Lohman had joined the Spirit last season after two years with Boston.
Stephanie Labbe, a Canadian national team goalkeeper, made one save in posting a shutout in her first appearance for the Spirit.
Washington will visit New Jersey-based Sky Blue FC next Sunday and the Western New York Flash on April 29 before returning to the SoccerPlex on May 7 to face the Portland Thorns.