The 2025 Houston Dash season will be the team's twelfth season as an American professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League.
Season summary
Pre-season
Immediately following the 2024 season, the Houston Dash started their preparation for the 2025 NWSL Season. Houston began the offseason by strengthening their roster, signing Delanie Sheehan from NJ/NY Gotham FC on December 4, 2024. The next day, Houston started work to extend contracts to players, signing defender Avery Patterson for another three seasons with the team. On December 6, 2024, Houston made two more roster moves agreeing to mutually terminate Elin Rubensson's contract and offering a contract extension to Kiki Van Zanten for another two years with a mutual year option. On December 10, 2024, Houston made a flurry of moves as they moved forward towards the 2025 season. They signed Christen Westphal in a trade with San Diego Wave FC, giving up a 2025 international slot and $14,000 in allocation money in the trade. The team also extended contracts on defender Jyllissa Harris through the 2027 season with a mutual year option, defender Allysha Chapman through the 2026 season with a mutual year option, and forward Amanda West through the 2026 season with a mutual year contract. Houston also announced the roster decision which included exercising the mutual option on midfielder Sophie Schmidt, unilateral option on goalkeeper Heather Hinz, and contract renewals of forward Michelle Alozie, defender Natalie Jacobs, defender Paige Nielsen, midfielder Bárbara Olivieri, and midfielder Sarah Puntigam. In addition to signings, Houston announced they had agreed to decline the mutual options of forward Paulina Gramaglia, midfielder Andressa, and defender Croix Soto. In addition goalkeeper Erin McKinney and midfielder Havana Solaun were out of contract. Lastly they agreed to mutual contract termination with forward Cece Kizer and midfielder Madison Ayson. On December 17, 2024, Houston announced they would be taking part in the Coachella Valley Invitational in February 2025 as part of their pre-season games. December 27, 2024 Houston announced they had acquired Yazmeen Ryan. On January 3, 2025, Houston announced they had hired Fabrice Gautrat as the new head coach headed into the 2025 season. On January 17, 2025, Houston announced that they had signed Abby Smith. Smith was acquired on a trade with NJ/NY Gotham FC for $20,000 of intra-league transfer funds. On January 21, 2025, Houston Dash announced the signing of midfielder Maggie Graham to a contract through 2027. Graham played her last five years at Duke and is the first collegiate players signed by Houston since the NWSL's new CBA. On the same day, Houston announced the signing of midfielder Danielle Colaprico through the 2026 season. On January 27, Houston announced the signing of forward Messiah Bright from Angel City FC for $100,000 in inter-league transfer funds. On February 2, Houston announced Tarciane had been traded to Lyon for an undisclosed record fee. On February 10, 2025, Houston announced the signing of Swedish midfielder Evelina Duljan for the 2025 season. On March 4, Yuki Nagasato announced her retirement from professional football.
March/April
Houston started their season at home with a 1–2 loss to the Washington Spirit, with Maggie Graham getting the first goal of her career. In their first road game of the year, Houston secured their first win of the season, 2–1 against Chicago Stars FC on the back of goals by Paige Nielsen and Maggie Graham. Houston returned home and earned their first clean sheet of the season, playing NJ/NY Gotham FC to a 0–0 draw.
Roster
As of April 4, 2025.
Transactions
Transfers in
Transfers out
Loan out
New contracts
Staff
As of 3 January 2025
Non-competitive fixtures
Preseason
Competitive fixtures
2025 National Women's Soccer League season
Regular-season standings
Results summary
Legend
Results by matchday
League
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
Awards and honors
Rookie of the Month
See also
- 2025 National Women's Soccer League season
- 2025 in American soccer
References
External links
- Official website
