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Our long winter of discontent is about to draw to a close, as the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League season officially kicks off on Friday. All 14 teams look differently than they did a year ago, some moreso than others. Let’s ask some real questions of every club’s prospects for the new year.
Part II, clubs No. 7-1, will be out on Friday!
How far can the Houston Dash’s glow-up go?
Are the Houston Dash in for a dramatic reversal of fortunes? It would not be unprecedented, considering the worst-to-first 2023 NWSL Champions Gotham FC and 2022 Kansas City Current, who finished the season as league runners-up after concluding the previous year second from bottom.
Houston’s 2024 season was simply a hot mess. The club scored the league’s fewest goals in 2024, and scored twice or more just four times all season. The Dash’s previously stout defense — led by veteran goalkeeper Jane Campbell — came under heavy duress, tying Angel City for the most goals shipped. Head coach Fran Alonso was…
