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2019 Chicago Red Stars season

Summary

The 2019 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's eleventh season and seventh season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Chicago Red Stars
2019 season
OwnerArnim Whisler
Head coachRory Dames
StadiumSeatGeek Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Top goalscorerSam Kerr (18)
Highest home attendance17,388 vs North Carolina Courage, July 21
Lowest home attendance2,113 vs North Carolina Courage, May 11
Average home league attendance7,744
← 2018

First-team squad edit

2019 squad edit

Updated August 12, 2019 [1] Players under contract to play for the club during 2019 season.
bold type indicates player played for her national team.
 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Alyssa Naeher
2 MF   USA Nikki Stanton
3 DF   USA Arin Wright
4 MF   USA Alyssa Mautz
5 DF   USA Katie Naughton
6 DF   USA Casey Short
7 FW   USA Michele Vasconcelos
8 MF   USA Julie Ertz
9 FW   USA Savannah McCaskill
10 DF   USA Vanessa DiBernardo
12 FW   JPN Yūki Nagasato
13 MF   USA Morgan Brian
14 DF   USA Sarah Gorden
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   MEX Maria Sánchez
16 GK   USA Alison Jahansouz
18 GK   AUS Mackenzie Arnold
20 FW   AUS Sam Kerr
21 GK   USA Emily Boyd
23 MF   USA Brooke Elby
24 MF   USA Danielle Colaprico
28 DF   USA Zoey Goralski
26 DF   USA Tierna Davidson
28 DF   USA Kayla Sharples
30 DF   USA Hannah Davison
31 DF   USA Jenna Szczesny
33 FW   MEX Katie Johnson

Player transactions edit

2019 NWSL College Draft edit

Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 1 1   Tierna Davidson D Stanford University
Round 2 15   María Sánchez F Santa Clara University
Round 3 20   Bianca St. Georges F West Virginia University
Round 3 26   Kayla Sharples D Northwestern University
Round 4 28   April Bockin F University of Minnesota
Round 4 33   Hannah Davison D Northwestern University
Round 4 35   Jenna Szczesny F Loyola University Chicago

In edit

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
January 9, 2019   Katie Johnson FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in a Trade with Sky Blue FC for the 6th Overall Pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft and Chicago's highest second round pick in 2020 [2]
June 19, 2019   Savannah McCaskill FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in a Trade with Sky Blue FC for a First and Second Round Pick at the 2020 NWSL College Draft [3]
August 1, 2019   Mackenzie Arnold GK   Arna-Bjørnar Signed. [4]

Out edit

Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
January 7, 2019   Summer Green FW   Vittsjö Signed with Vittsjö [5]
March 2, 2019   Rosie White MF Reign FC Left team to focus on preparing for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. [6]
March 3, 2019   Stephanie McCaffrey FW Retired. [7]

Management and staff edit

Front Office
  • Owner: Arnim Whisler
Coaching Staff[8]
  • Manager: Rory Dames
  • Assistant coach: Craig Harrington
  • Assistant coach: Gary Curneen
  • Goalkeeper coach: Jordi King
  • Strength & Conditioning Coach: Evan Johnson
  • Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brian Kibler

Competitions edit

League standing edit

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 15 4 5 54 23 +31 49 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 24 14 2 8 41 28 +13 44 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 11 7 6 40 31 +9 40
4 Reign FC 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 38
5 Washington Spirit 24 9 7 8 30 25 +5 34
6 Utah Royals FC 24 10 4 10 25 25 0 34
7 Houston Dash 24 7 5 12 21 36 −15 26
8 Sky Blue FC 24 5 5 14 20 34 −14 20
9 Orlando Pride 24 4 4 16 24 53 −29 16
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 14 2 8 41 28  +13 44 7 1 4 24 15  +9 7 1 4 17 13  +4

Results by round edit

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StadiumAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHH
ResultDDWLWWLLLWLWWWWWLLLWWWWW
Position473531447666333223333222
Updated to match(es) played on September 29, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Weekly schedule edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

All times are in Central Time unless otherwise noted.

Preseason edit

Sat., Mar. 9 Closed door scrimmage Chicago Red Stars –– Missouri Tigers Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Note: Closed door scrimmage
Sun., Mar. 24 Thorns Spring Invitational Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
17:00 Lussi   6'
Horan   74'		 Sharples   54' Stadium: Merlo Field
Wed., Mar. 27 Thorns Spring Invitational Reign FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
13:30 Andrews   38'
Nielsen   64'		 Johnson   5' Stadium: Merlo Field
Sat., Mar. 30 Thorns Spring Invitational United States U-23 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
13:30 Fox   29'
Foster   90+2'		 Kerr   14' Stadium: Merlo Field

Regular season edit

Sat., Apr. 13 1 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
18:00 Dunn   66' Report Kerr   26' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,053
Sat., Apr. 20 2 Chicago Red Stars 4–4 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
14:30
Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 12,967
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat., Apr. 27 3 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Reign FC Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Short   13'
Nagasato   53'
Elby   90'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,804
Note: Game played at 12pm on Sunday, April 28 due to poor field conditions
Fri., May 3 4 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
7:00 pm MST
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 16,556
Sun., May 12 5 Chicago Red Stars 3–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Kerr   13'   90+3'
Vasconcelos   40'
Stanton   72'		 Report Williams   33'
Williams   80'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,113
Sun., May 19 6 Houston Dash 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
17:00 Huerta   26'
Murray   54'		 Box Kerr   8'   13'
Stanton   49'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,690
Sun., May 26 7 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00
Box
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 3,447
Sun., June 2 8 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
17:00
*Box
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,461
Referee: Victor Rivas
Sun., June 23 9 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Reign FC Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00
Box
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,023
Sun., June 30 10 Orlando Pride 2–3 Chicago Red Stars Orlando, Florida
16:00
Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 3,906
Sat., July 6 11 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Colaprico   83' Rodriguez   23'
Hoy   81'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Sat., July 13 12 Houston Dash 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
19:30 Hanson   77' Johnson   7'
Stanton   66'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,327
Sun., July 21 13 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Naughton   14'
DiBernardo   37'
Kerr   58'		 Williams   30'
McDonald   51'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 17,388
Note: Game was broadcast on ESPN 2
Sun., July 28 14 Reign FC 0–4 Chicago Red Stars Tacoma, Washington
15:00 Barnes   34' Box
Report		 Wright   4'
DiBernardo   14'
Nagasato   51'
Ertz   59'
Kerr   81'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 7,479
Sat., Aug. 3 15 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Kerr   5'
Elby   85'		 Jónsdóttir   74' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 4,335
Sat., Aug. 10 16 Washington Spirit 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
18:00 Sullivan   13'
Lavelle   64'		 Colaprico   46'
Nagasato   65'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,300
Wed., Aug. 14 17 Sky Blue FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 Monaghan   71', 90+3'
Wright   56'		 Report Kerr   90+1'
Nagasato   62'
Naughton   64'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,558
Referee: Thomas Snyder
Wed., Aug. 21 18 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
18:30
Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Sun., Aug. 25 19 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair   12'
Purce   24', 56'
Heath   70'		 Stanton   63'
Nagasato   84'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,542
Sun., Sep. 8 20 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Kerr   7', 44'
McCaskill   65'
Nagasato   90'		 Agnew   40' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 3,345
Wed., Sep. 11 21 Orlando Pride 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Orlando, Florida
18:30
Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 4,592
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Note: Televised on ESPNews
Sun., Sep. 15 22 Sky Blue FC 0–3 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00 Rodriguez   78' Brian   31'
Kerr   33'
Nagasato   80'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,871
Sat., Sep. 21 23 Chicago Red Stars 3–1 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Kerr   9', 49'
Nagasato   23'		 Nielsen   53'
Staab   62'
Daugherty Howard   65'
Pugh   80'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 4,317
Sat., Sep. 28 24 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 DiBernardo   40'
Short   67'
Nagasato   85'		 Press   42' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,839

Postseason playoffs edit

October 20 (20-10) Semifinal Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
2:30 p.m. CDT Kerr   8' Report Ball   45+1' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Note: Televised on ESPN2
October 27 (27-10) Final North Carolina Courage 4–0 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
4:30 p.m. EST Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park

Statistical leaders edit

As of September 28, 2019 *Denotes League Leader

Honors and awards edit

As of October 3, 2019.

NWSL Monthly Award edit

NWSL Player of the Month edit

Month Result Player Ref.
May Won   Sam Kerr [9]
September Won   Sam Kerr [10]

NWSL Team of the Month edit

Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April   Casey Short   Yuki Nagasato   Sam Kerr [11]
May   Casey Short   Yuki Nagasato   Sam Kerr [12]
June   Casey Short [13]
July   Casey Short
  Sarah Gorden 		  Vanessa DiBernardo   Sam Kerr [14]
August   Casey Short [15]
September   Alyssa Naeher   Casey Short
  Julie Ertz 		  Morgan Brian   Yuki Nagasato
  Sam Kerr 		[16]

NWSL Weekly Awards edit

NWSL Player of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Won   Yuki Nagasato [17]
5 Won   Sam Kerr [18]
6 Won   Sam Kerr [19]
11 Won   Sam Kerr [20]
14 Won   Sam Kerr [21]
16 Won   Sam Kerr [22]
23 Won   Sam Kerr [23]

NWSL Goal of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Nominated   Yuki Nagasato [24]
5 Nominated   Sam Kerr [25]
11 Nominated   Sam Kerr [26]
14 Nominated   Sam Kerr [27]
15 Nominated   Yuki Nagasato [28]
16 Won   Sam Kerr [29]

NWSL Save of the Week edit

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Nominated   Alyssa Naeher [30]
2 Nominated   Alyssa Naeher [31]
5 Nominated   Emily Boyd [32]
6 Nominated   Emily Boyd [33]
11 Nominated   Emily Boyd [34]
14 Nominated   Alyssa Naeher [35]
15 Nominated   Alyssa Naeher [36]

References edit

  1. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Announces 2019 NWSL Roster". April 8, 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Chicago Red Stars acquire Katie Johnson, trade two 1st round picks". January 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Red Stars acquire McCaskill in exchange for 1st-, 2nd-round picks". June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Sign Mackenzie Arnold". August 1, 2019. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Green and Perez to Vittsjö". January 7, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "Rosie White preparing for World Cup with New Zealand". March 2, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "Stephanie McCaffrey to Suspend Playing Career Due to Illness". March 3, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "Technical Staff". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  9. ^ "May Player of the Month: Sam Kerr". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  10. ^ "September Player of the Month: Sam Kerr". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  11. ^ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2019). "April Team of the Month". Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  12. ^ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 31, 2019). "May Team of the Month". Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  13. ^ "June Team of the Month". July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  14. ^ "July Team of the Month". August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  15. ^ "August Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  16. ^ "September Team of the Month". October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  17. ^ "Week 3 Player of the Week: Yuki Nagasato". April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  18. ^ "Week 5 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". April 30, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  19. ^ "Week 6 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  20. ^ "Week 11 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  21. ^ "SAM KERR, CHICAGO RED STARS WEEK 14 PLAYER OF THE WEEK". July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  22. ^ Levine, Matthew. "Week 16 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  23. ^ Levine, Matthew. "Week 23 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  24. ^ "Week 3 Goal of the Week nominees". April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  25. ^ "Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  26. ^ "Week 11 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  27. ^ "WEEK 14 GOAL OF THE WEEK NOMINEES". NWSLSoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  28. ^ "Week 15 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  29. ^ "Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars Week 16 #NWSL Goal of the Week". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  30. ^ "Week 1 Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  31. ^ "Week 2 Save of the Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  32. ^ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  33. ^ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  34. ^ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
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Match reports (preseason)
Match reports (regular season)
Match report (postseason playoff)
Notes

External links edit

  • Official website

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