2017 Chicago Red Stars season
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| 2017 season | |||
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| Owner | Arnim Whisler | ||
| Head coach | Rory Dames | ||
| Stadium | Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000) | ||
| NWSL | 4th | ||
| Top goalscorer | Christen Press (11) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 4,934 (August 12 vs. POR) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,827 (May 14 vs. BOS) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,198 | ||
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The 2017 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's ninth season. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. In 2017, for the third consecutive season, the Red Stars made it to the post-season playoffs and was eliminated in the semi-final.
2018 squad
The entire 2017 roster was returned for 2018 NWSL season.[1]
- Roster
Players who were under contract to play for the club in 2017 NWSL season.
+ indicates player was added during the season, - indicates player was removed during the season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- College draft
Players selected by the club in 2017 NWSL College Draft.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Loan to W-League clubs
After the 2018 season several Chicago Red Stars players were loaned to clubs of W-League of Australia to play in their 2017-2018 season.[3][4]
| Player | W-League club |
|---|---|
| Danielle Colaprico | Adelaide United FC |
| Alyssa Mautz | |
| Katie Naughton | |
| Arin Gilliland | Newcastle Jets FC |
Management and staff
- Front Office
- Owner Arnim Whisler
- Coaching Staff[5]
- Manager Rory Dames
- Assistant coach Bonnie Young
- Assistant coach Brian Kibler
- Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Jordi King
Regular-season standings
League standing
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina Courage | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 49 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 47 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Orlando Pride | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 40 | |
| 4 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 39 | |
| 5 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 34 | |
| 6 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Kansas City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Houston Dash | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 24 | |
| 9 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 19 | |
| 10 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 19 |
Weekly ranking
| Week ending |
April | May | June | July | August | September | October | |||||||||||||||||
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| 16 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 1 | X | ||
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Rank | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Games | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 39 | ||
Update June 1, 2018 Source: NWSL 2017 season
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 |
Last updated: Sep 29, 2017.
Source: NWSLSoccer.com: 2017 Schedule: Chicago Red Stars
Match results
Preseason
| Wed March 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | Cancelled | Chicago Red Stars | Verona, Wisconsin |
| Stadium: Reddan Soccer Complex | ||||
| Note: Cancelled due to snow. | ||||
| Sun March 26 Thorns Spring Invitational | Portland Thorns FC | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
| [p 1] | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 6,802 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
| Wed March 29 Thorns Spring Invitational | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Houston Dash | Portland, Oregon |
| [p 2] | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: n/a Referee: Jason Perlewitz |
| Sat April 1 Thorns Spring Invitational | United States U-23 | 0–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
| [p 3] | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: n/a Referee: Levi Rippy |
| Thurs April 6 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Notre Dame, Indiana |
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[p 4] | Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: n/a |
National Women's Soccer League
Regular season
| Sat April 15 1 | Houston Dash | 2–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
Ohai  15' (Brooks) Benites  56' Daly 80' (Ohai) |
[m 1] | Mautz 29' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
| Sat April 22 2 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Ertz 41' (Huerta) |
[m 2] | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| Sat April 29 3 | Portland Thorns FC | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
| Nadim 27' (pen.) Sonnett 51' Boureille 67' |
[m 3] | Ertz 64' Press 90+2' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,471 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
| Sat May 6 4 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–0 | Houston Dash | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Hagan 44' (o.g.) Ertz 61' Press 82' |
[m 4] | Benites 14' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
| Sun May 14 5 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Press 89' (Huerta) |
[m 5] | Lavelle 69' King 73' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Luis Guardia |
| Sun May 21 6 | North Carolina Courage | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Cary, North Carolina |
| Williams 55' (Hinkle) |
[m 6] | Press 30' (pen.) Huerta 37' (Press) DiBernardo 45' (Huerta) Short 75' Ertz 90+4' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,786 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
| Sat May 27 7 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–2 | North Carolina Courage | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 15:00 CST | Colaprico 27' (DiBernardo) 39' Mautz 54' (Press) DiBernardo 59' |
[m 7] | Erceg 45+4' (Mewis) Debinha 82' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Becky Pagan |
| Sun June 4 8 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 15:00 CST | Press 49' (Huerta) |
[m 8] | Rapinoe 89' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Malik Badawi |
| Sat June 17 9 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 14:50 CST | Naughton 31' Press 82' (pen.) |
[m 9] | Ordega 42' (Williams) Daugherty Howard 62' Zadorsky 81' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,189 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin |
| Sun June 25 10 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Sky Blue FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 17:00 CST | DiBernardo 63' Huerta 67' (Short) |
[m 10] | Tiernan 3' (Lytle) |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Karen Abt |
| Wed June 28 11 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Seattle, Washington |
| 19:30 PDT | Rapinoe 58' (pen.), 84' (pen.) |
[m 11] | Mautz 41' (Ertz) Johnson 69' |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Christopher Spivey |
| Sat July 1 12 | Orlando Pride | 0–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Orlando, Florida |
| 18:00 EDT | Krieger 52' |
[m 12] | Press 68' (pen.) |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,476 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
| Note: Kickoff was delayed by 1 hour due to rain.[6] | ||||
| Fri July 7 13 | Boston Breakers | 0–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Mautz 62' |
[m 13] | Chapman 80' White 90' |
Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 2,435 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
| Sat July 15 14 | Sky Blue FC | 2–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| 19:00 EST | Stanton 2' Hayes 32' Kerr 38' 90' (Killion) Skroski 74' O'Hara 79' |
[m 14] | Huerta 4' (Press) Press 26' (DiBernardo) |
Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Robi Hullner |
| Sat July 22 15 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Orlando Pride | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Press 29' (Huerta), 52' (Hoy) |
[m 15] | Marta 76' Kennedy 90+3' (Hill) |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
| Sat Aug 5 16 | Orlando Pride | 1–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Orlando, Florida |
| Morgan 24' (Spencer) Kennedy 69' |
[m 16] | Johnson 51' Huerta 53' (Hoy) |
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
| Sat Aug 12 17 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–3 | Portland Thorns FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Press 16' Huerta 38' (Ertz) Gilliland 54' |
[m 17] | Raso 3' (Horan) Sinclair 9' (Brynjarsdóttir) Sonnett 55' (Klingenberg) |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| Wed Aug 16 18 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–2 | Seattle Reign FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Hoy 23' (Comeau) |
[m 18] | Nairn 74' Kawasumi 90' (Utsugi) Johnson 90+2' (Mathias) |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
| Sun Aug 20 19 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–3 | FC Kansas City | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Short 26' Ertz 64' (Nagasato) Naeher 90+3' |
[m 19] | Leroux 23' (Groom) Bowen 29' (Groom) Groom 45' Kelly 80' (LaBonta) |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,314 Referee: Karen Abt |
| Sat Aug 26 20 | Washington Spirit | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Boyds, Maryland |
| Williams 81' (Pugh) Johnson 90+3' |
[m 20] | Mewis 23' (Colaprico) Mautz 66' Colaprico 70' Press 87' (Ertz) |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,469 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
| Sun Sep 3 21 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | North Carolina Courage | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| Colaprico 40' Nagasato 52' (Press) Ertz 73' 84' (Nagasato) |
[m 21] | Williams 15' (McDonald) Zerboni 77' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,745 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
| Sat Sep 9 22 | FC Kansas City | 0–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Kansas City, Missouri |
| LaBonta 66' |
[m 22] | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 963 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
| Sat Sep 23 23 | Houston Dash | 2–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
| Brooks 24' (pen.) Andressinha 75' Daly 85' (Mewis) |
[m 23] | Hoy 12' Short 20' Press 45+2' (pen.) Nagasato  89' |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,707 Referee: Marco Vega |
| Sat Sep 30 24 | Portland Thorns FC | 3–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
| Raso 2' Sykes 13' Henry 42' Nadim 83' (pen.) |
[m 24] | Gilliland 25' Kaskie 33' Huerta 71' |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
Playoffs
| Sun Oct 8 semi-final | North Carolina Courage | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Cary, NC |
| 3:30 p.m. ET |
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[o 1] | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 10,017 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
Players statistics
| N | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Sh | SOG | FC | Off | CK | PK | PKG | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alyssa Naeher | 22 | 22 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Jen Hoy | 13 | 8 | 635 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arin Gilliland | 22 | 21 | 1765 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Alyssa Mautz | 24 | 15 | 1415 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Katie Naughton | 22 | 22 | 1958 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Casey Short | 22 | 21 | 1914 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Taylor Comeau | 19 | 10 | 1096 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Julie Ertz | 22 | 21 | 1932 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Stephanie McCaffrey | 12 | 4 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Vanessa DiBernardo | 20 | 20 | 1707 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sofia Huerta | 24 | 21 | 1966 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yūki Nagasato | 6 | 3 | 311 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Morgan Brian | 1 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sarah Gorden | 4 | 3 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kristie Mewis | 1 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Samantha Johnson | 22 | 22 | 1785 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Michele Dalton | 1 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Summer Green | 6 | 1 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Christen Press | 23 | 22 | 1997 | 11 | 4 | 84 | 49 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Danielle Colaprico | 23 | 21 | 1903 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Lauren Kaskie | 7 | 2 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Mary Luba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
