Spirit at Houston Dash — Sunday Oct. 4, 7 p.m. on Roku

Next — Spirit at Houston Dash

The Washington Spirit visit the Houston Dash on Sunday, Oct. 4.

Club listings lock the basics: kickoff 7:00 p.m. ET, TV/stream on Roku, and the note that this is the second and final regular-season meeting with Houston. After Saturday’s 0-1 loss to Angel City at Audi Field — Maiara Niehues in the 88th, attendance 19,215 — Washington has four matches left (recap).

Road nights in October are where late-season NWSL tables get honest. Houston at home will not gift the Spirit the finish that went missing against Angel City; the response has to show up in the box, not just in possession counts. Confirm kickoff and lineup notes on the club board.

Locked (club)

• Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. ET
• TV / stream: Roku
• Note: Second and final regular-season meeting with Houston

Recent

Saturday: 0-1 loss to Angel City at Audi Field (Niehues 88'). Attendance 19,215. Four matches remain (recap).

A sellout home loss followed by a Roku road date is a short week emotionally even if the calendar says otherwise. The Spirit still control their path with four left — if the attack converts the chances that Audi nights have been creating. Shots were there against Angel City; the finish was not. Houston will know that tape. The Spirit’s answer on Roku has to be earlier and cleaner than an 88th-minute scramble the other way.

Sport DMV read

Houston is the first chance to answer the Niehues gut-punch — four matches left means every road point still moves the third-place conversation. Watch whether Washington finishes early on Roku; late goals against have defined the wrong nights this month, and a clean road response would reset the room.

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*Monday morning desk, Sep. 28, 2026. Analysis refresh. Next match from WashingtonSpirit.com.*