2019 season | |||
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Owner | Arnim Whisler | ||
Head coach | Rory Dames | ||
Stadium | SeatGeek Stadium (capacity: 20,000) | ||
Top goalscorer | Sam Kerr (18) | ||
Highest home attendance | 17,388 vs North Carolina Courage, July 21 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,113 vs North Carolina Courage, May 11 | ||
Average home league attendance | 7,744 | ||
← 2018 |
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.
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 |
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15 | MF | ![]() | Maria Sánchez |
16 | GK | ![]() | Alison Jahansouz |
18 | GK | ![]() | Mackenzie Arnold |
20 | FW | ![]() | Sam Kerr |
21 | GK | ![]() | Emily Boyd |
23 | MF | ![]() | Brooke Elby |
24 | MF | ![]() | Danielle Colaprico |
28 | DF | ![]() | Zoey Goralski |
26 | DF | ![]() | Tierna Davidson |
28 | DF | ![]() | Kayla Sharples |
30 | DF | ![]() | Hannah Davison |
31 | DF | ![]() | Jenna Szczesny |
33 | FW | ![]() | Katie Johnson |
Round | Pick | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Previous Team |
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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 |
Date | Player | Positions played | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref. |
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January 9, 2019 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | GK | ![]() | Signed. | [4] |
Date | Player | Positions played | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref. |
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January 7, 2019 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Signed with Vittsjö | [5] |
March 2, 2019 | ![]() | MF | Reign FC | Left team to focus on preparing for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. | [6] |
March 3, 2019 | ![]() | FW | Retired. | [7] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 |
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Stadium | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
Result | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W |
Position | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Win Tie Loss
All times are in Central Time unless otherwise noted.
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 ![]() Horan ![]() | Sharples ![]() | Stadium: Merlo Field |
Wed., Mar. 27 Thorns Spring Invitational | Reign FC | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
13:30 | Andrews ![]() Nielsen ![]() | Johnson ![]() | Stadium: Merlo Field |
Sat., Mar. 30 Thorns Spring Invitational | United States U-23 | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
13:30 | Fox ![]() Foster ![]() | Kerr ![]() | Stadium: Merlo Field |
Sat., Apr. 13 1 | North Carolina Courage | 1–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Cary, North Carolina |
18:00 | Dunn ![]() | Report | Kerr ![]() | 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 ![]() Nagasato ![]() Elby ![]() | 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 ![]() ![]() Vasconcelos ![]() Stanton ![]() | Report | Williams ![]() Williams ![]() | Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,113 |
Sun., May 19 6 | Houston Dash | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
17:00 | Huerta ![]() Murray ![]() | Box | Kerr ![]() ![]() Stanton ![]() | 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 ![]() | Rodriguez ![]() Hoy ![]() | Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium |
Sat., July 13 12 | Houston Dash | 0–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
19:30 | Hanson ![]() | Johnson ![]() Stanton ![]() | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,327 |
Sun., July 21 13 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | North Carolina Courage | Bridgeview, Illinois |
17:00 | Naughton ![]() DiBernardo ![]() Kerr ![]() | Williams ![]() McDonald ![]() | 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 ![]() | Box Report | Wright ![]() DiBernardo ![]() Nagasato ![]() Ertz ![]() Kerr ![]() | Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: 7,479 |
Sat., Aug. 3 15 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–0 | Utah Royals FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
19:00 | Kerr ![]() Elby ![]() | Jónsdóttir ![]() | Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 4,335 |
Sat., Aug. 10 16 | Washington Spirit | 0–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Boyds, Maryland |
18:00 | Sullivan ![]() Lavelle ![]() | Colaprico ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 5,300 |
Wed., Aug. 14 17 | Sky Blue FC | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
18:00 | Monaghan ![]() Wright ![]() | Report | Kerr ![]() Nagasato ![]() Naughton ![]() | 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 ![]() Purce ![]() Heath ![]() | Stanton ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,542 |
Sun., Sep. 8 20 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–0 | Houston Dash | Bridgeview, Illinois |
17:00 | Kerr ![]() McCaskill ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Agnew ![]() | 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 ![]() | Brian ![]() Kerr ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,871 |
Sat., Sep. 21 23 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–1 | Washington Spirit | Bridgeview, Illinois |
19:00 | Kerr ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Nielsen ![]() Staab ![]() Daugherty Howard ![]() Pugh ![]() | Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 4,317 |
Sat., Sep. 28 24 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Utah Royals FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
19:00 | DiBernardo ![]() Short ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Press ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,839 |
October 20 (20-10) Semifinal | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Portland Thorns FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
2:30 p.m. CDT | Kerr ![]() | Report | Ball ![]() | 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 |
Rank | Player | Assists |
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1 | ![]() | 8 * |
2 | ![]() | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 3 |
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6 | ![]() | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 |
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Rank | Player | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 |
Month | Result | Player | Ref. |
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May | Won | ![]() | [9] |
September | Won | ![]() | [10] |
Month | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Ref |
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April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [11] | |
May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [12] | |
June | ![]() | [13] | |||
July | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [14] | |
August | ![]() | [15] | |||
September | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | [16] |
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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3 | Won | ![]() | [17] |
5 | Won | ![]() | [18] |
6 | Won | ![]() | [19] |
11 | Won | ![]() | [20] |
14 | Won | ![]() | [21] |
16 | Won | ![]() | [22] |
23 | Won | ![]() | [23] |
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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3 | Nominated | ![]() | [24] |
5 | Nominated | ![]() | [25] |
11 | Nominated | ![]() | [26] |
14 | Nominated | ![]() | [27] |
15 | Nominated | ![]() | [28] |
16 | Won | ![]() | [29] |
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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1 | Nominated | ![]() | [30] |
2 | Nominated | ![]() | [31] |
5 | Nominated | ![]() | [32] |
6 | Nominated | ![]() | [33] |
11 | Nominated | ![]() | [34] |
14 | Nominated | ![]() | [35] |
15 | Nominated | ![]() | [36] |
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