Gift Monday scored three goals in the first half and the Washington Spirit clinched a playoff spot with a 4-0 win over the Houston Dash on Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League.

The victory at Audi Field extended the Spirit’s overall unbeaten streak to 10 games and seven straight at home. The Spirit (12-4-7) sit in second in the league standings, below the Kansas City Current.

Monday, a 23-year-old Nigerian international, scored at a tight angle from across the face of the goal to the far post in the 18th minute.

Just a bit more than three minutes later, Monday scored her second on a header off a high-arcing serve from Croix Bethune. Monday completed the hat trick in the 36th minute with a slick finish off a pass from Trinity Rodman.

It was just the second hat trick in Spirit hi

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