Houston Dash

Houston Dash is a women's football franchise from Houston, Texas. It was founded in 2013 and plays from the 2014 season in the National Women's Soccer League, the highest league in women's soccer in the United States.

History

On December 12th 2013 the first details for the franchise were announced in a press conference transmitted on the Internet, including team name and logo. The inclusion of the Houston Dash represents the first expansion of the field of NWSL who had taken up the game mode with the 2013 season.

First manager of the franchise was the former professional football player Brian Ching, a consultant with coach search and senior management succession planning acts, since December 2013, the former U.S. national team coach Tony DiCicco.

On January 3, 2014, the franchise announced the signing of Randy Waldrum as the first head coach in the history of the franchise.

Organization

Houston Dash is run by the same organization as the men franchise the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. President Chris Canetti. After Portland Thorns FC, ​​" sister team " of the Portland Timbers, Houston is the second NWSL offshoot of an MLS participant.

Stadium

• BBVA Compass Stadium; Houston ( 2014 )

Houston Dash is its home games, as well as the Houston Dynamo, BBVA Compass Stadium in unsubscribe. It has a capacity of 22,000 spectators, for the women's soccer games, but only the lower part is to be used, which provides about 7,000 spectators.

Known players

When the player Allocation 2014 Dash the three internationals Whitney Engen, Melissa Tancredi (Canada) and Teresa Noyola (Mexico) were initially assigned.