The 2022

Houston Dash The Houston Dash are an American professional soccer team based in Houston, Texas, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Dash began play in the 2014 season. The team plays its home games at Shell Energy Stadium. His ...

season was the team's ninth season as an American professional

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team in the

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. The

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ran from May 7, 2022, to October 2, 2022, following the

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup The 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup was a league cup competition that took place during the 2022 National Women's Soccer League season. It was the third iteration of the NWSL Challenge Cup tournament. In the 2022 championship game, the North Carolina C ...

Season

The Dash started the season taking part in the

. Houston finished in 4th place in Central Division with 2 wins and 4 losses. On April 27, 2022, the team suspended coach James Clarkson for allegations of discrimination, harassment, and abuse, based on an investigation started by the

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and

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the prior season. The

appointed assistant coach

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as acting head coach. The Dash went on a six-game unbeaten streak during Lowdon's tenure including a 2–0 away win at the Portland Thorns and a 5–0 win at home against the Orlando Pride with Nichelle Prince scoring the club's first hat trick. On June 15, 2022, the Dash appointed Amorós as the club's new interim head coach pending visa approval. Amorós would not join the team until July 12 while waiting for his visa. In his first match managing the dash on 16 July, with newly acquired striker

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scoring a

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, the Dash under Amorós defeated the

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4–1. On August 24, 2022, the Dash hired former NWSL player Alex Singer as general manager.

Roster

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Staff

Competitions

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup

Divisional standings

2022 National Women's Soccer League season

Season results

Post Season

Regular-season standings

= Results summary

= Results by matchday

Transactions

2022 NWSL Expansion Draft

The 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft was an

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held by the NWSL on December 16, 2021, for two expansion teams,

Angel City FC Angel City Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Los Angeles, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The formation of the team was announced on July 21, 2020; it beg ...

and

San Diego Wave FC San Diego Wave Fútbol Club is an American professional soccer team based in San Diego, California, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The team plays its home games at Snapdragon Stadium. Founded on June 8, 2021, the Wav ...

, to select players from existing teams in the league. On December 10, 2021, the NWSL released the protected lists from teams participating in the draft. * Bold indicates players selected in the

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* Blue highlights indicate United States federation players * ''Italics'' indicate players who are not under contract but whose NWSL playing rights remain with the team Of the Houston Dash's unprotected player list, San Diego selected

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and Angel City selected

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2022 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The

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Season

Roster

Staff

Competitions

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup

Divisional standings

2022 National Women's Soccer League season

Season results

Post Season

Regular-season standings

= Results summary

= Results by matchday

Transactions

2022 NWSL Expansion Draft

2022 NWSL Draft

Transfers in

Transfers out

Awards and honors

NWSL Best XI

End-of-season Team awards

See also

References

External links