No coach gets every decision correct. Dash coach Randy Waldrum does not have to think back too far to find one he wishes he could do over.

Waldrum gave goalkeeper Jane Campbell her first professional start on Saturday at Seattle. One of the United States' top amateur goalkeepers for years, Campbell was used to clean sheets more than she was used to blowouts.

The latter, however, is what she experienced Saturday. Seattle Reign FC netted five goals, perhaps the first time the Stanford product ever has allowed that many.

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The Dash's lack of defensive bite in the midfield played the biggest role. Waldrum said he should have recognized how tough it would be for the Dash to possess and attack and start veteran Lydia Williams instead.

"I put her in a bad spot," Waldrum said. "In fairness to her, the way we played that game we would have lost regardless of who we had in goal. We weren't good enough with the team in front of her.

"I probably should have waited to give her the opportunity the next week. Knowing the league like I do, Seattle is a tough place to play. Maybe it would have been different if we had been at full strength."

Campbell got her first cap with the U.S. national team six days before the NWSL season opener. Williams started the first game against Chicago, though Waldrum said he would have considered starting Campbell then if she had not been away from the team for national team camp.

Waldrum eventually will pick Williams or Campbell as the unquestioned starter. Until then he will evaluate them in training and in games to see which one he believes gives the team the best chance to win.

Whatever happens the rest of the way, he added, Saturday's five-goal nightmare at Seattle will be an outlier.

"She would be the first to tell you she could have handed a couple (goals) a little better," Waldrum said. "She's still going to be a really good goalkeeper for us. She'll be the keeper of our future. We need to make sure we get her in a better situation the next time we put her in."