{"id":348579,"date":"2025-11-01T18:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348579\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:51:15","slug":"houston-dash-close-the-regular-season-on-the-road-against-portland-thorns-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348579\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dash Close the Regular Season on the Road Against Portland Thorns FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Nov. 1, 2025) –<\/strong> The Houston Dash<\/strong> close the 2025 NWSL regular season on the road against Portland Thorns FC on Sunday, Nov. 2 at Providence Park. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CT and fans can stream the match live on NWSL+<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Dash enter the season finale following a 1-0 win over the Kansas City Current on Oct. 18 at Shell Energy Stadium<\/strong>. That result extended Houston\u2019s unbeaten run at home to five matches and ended the Current\u2019s 17-match unbeaten streak. The match-winner came from forward Ryan Gareis<\/strong>, who netted her first NWSL goal in the 76th minute after coming as a substitute in the second half. Gareis became the 14th different player to score for Houston this season, a club record. Gareis\u2019 goal was also the ninth goal scored by a substitute \u2013 the most by any club in the league this season. Notably, with a win against Portland, head coach Fabrice Gautrat<\/strong> would match the club record for most wins by a first-year head coach with nine triumphs.<\/p>\n

Houston\u2019s offense is led by forward Yazmeen Ryan<\/strong> with four goals, while defender Avery Patterson<\/strong> and midfielder Maggie Graham<\/strong> follow with three goals each. Gareis, Graham and Ryan also lead the team in distribution with a combined total of nine assists, followed by midfielder Delanie Sheehan<\/strong> and Patterson<\/strong> who contributed two apiece.<\/p>\n

Veteran goalkeeper and team captain Jane Campbell<\/strong> anchors the backline and is on the verge of two major career milestones. Campbell enters Sunday\u2019s match just two saves away from becoming only the third goalkeeper in league history to reach 600 career saves. She is also just 85 minutes shy of 15,000 career minutes played, a mark only three other players in NWSL history have reached with the same club.<\/p>\n

Several players returned from international duty this week following the October FIFA window. For Houston, Patterson started two matches for the U.S. Women\u2019s National Team, while Ryan appeared in all three matches. Defender Michelle Alozie<\/strong> featured in both of Nigeria\u2019s matches as the Super Falcons secured their 16th consecutive qualification for the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations. Alozie also earned recognition during the international break as the only Nigerian player nominated for the FIFPro Women\u2019s World XI. Midfielder Sarah Puntigam<\/strong> scored a crucial penalty for Austria on Oct. 28 to help her side remain in UEFA Nations League A and stay in contention for 2027 World Cup qualification. DefenderLisa Boattin<\/strong> joined Italy for a pair of friendlies against Japan and Brazil, while midfielder Kiki Van Zanten<\/strong> was part of Jamaica\u2019s 4-1 victory over Trinidad & Tobago.<\/p>\n

Portland Thorns FC enter this week\u2019s match following a 2-0 victory over Angel City FC on Oct. 19. The match saw Olivia Moultrie\u2019s brace clinch Portland\u2019s ninth consecutive postseason berth. Moultrie leads the Thorns\u2019 attack with eight goals scored this season, while Sam Coffey and Jessie Fleming lead the team with four assists each.<\/p>\n

On the international stage, Coffey and Moultrie represented the United States and each found the back of the net in the team\u2019s 3-1 win over Portugal on Oct. 28. Mackenzie Arnold and Kaitlyn Torpey both started for Australia in friendlies against Wales and England. Canadian internationals Jessie Fleming and Mimi Alidou featured in matches against Switzerland and the Netherlands, with Fleming wearing the captain\u2019s armband for both fixtures. Valer\u00edn Loboa helped Colombia to back-to-back CONMEBOL qualifying wins over Peru and Ecuador, registering an assist in the latter. Isabelle Obaze was part of Denmark\u2019s UEFA Nations League roster as they advanced with an 8-1 aggregate win over Finland, while Reyna Reyes appeared in both of Mexico\u2019s victories over New Zealand. Deyna Castellanos represented Venezuela, recording an assist in a 2-1 win over Paraguay.<\/p>\n

Houston was officially eliminated from postseason contention following a 2-2 draw between Racing Louisville FC and NJ\/NY Gotham FC in Week 25. The Dash will now look to close the season on a strong note in Portland as Sunday marks the second meeting between the clubs this year. In their first matchup, Portland earned a 4-1 win at Shell Energy Stadium on May 16, but the match also saw the return of Van Zanten, who missed the start of the season due to injury.<\/p>\n

Despite being out of playoff contention, the Dash delivered an impressive turnaround in the second half of the season following the NWSL league break. Their resurgence featured a club-tying six-match unbeaten streak, highlighted by a commanding 3-0 victory over San Diego Wave FC on Sept. 7. Throughout this period, the team also secured three clean sheets and posted a 5-4-3 (WLD) record in the second half.<\/p>\n

Season tickets for the 2026 season are now available and include access to member-only events like the upcoming watch party for the Nov. 2 regular season finale. For additional information, visit HoustonDash.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Nov. 1, 2025) – The Houston Dash close the 2025 NWSL regular season on the road against…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":348580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[5806,4345,5467,5807,5808,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-348579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-dash","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-dash","11":"tag-houston-dash-news","12":"tag-tag-dash-app","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115475951687502470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}