2013 season | ||||
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Owner | Arnim Whisler | |||
Head coach | Rory Dames | |||
Stadium | Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex (capacity: 3,600) [1] | |||
NWSL | 6th | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Lori Chalupny (5) All: Lori Chalupny (5) | |||
Highest home attendance | 3,400 vs. Seattle Reign FC (3 August 2013) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 790 vs. Western New York Flash (19 June 2013) | |||
Average home league attendance | 1,711 | |||
The 2013 Chicago Red Stars season was the fifth season of the soccer club and its first season in National Women's Soccer League.
In November 2012, it was announced that there would be eight teams in a new women's professional soccer league, the National Women's Soccer League will be subsidized by the USSF, the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF). The three federations would pay the salaries of their national team players (24 from the US, 16 from Canada, and 12 from Mexico) to aid the teams in creating world-class rosters while staying under the salary cap. The players would be distributed evenly (as possible) among the eight teams in an allocation process. USSF would run the league offices and set the schedule. [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad correct as of July 2, 2013 [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Per NWSL and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
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January 11, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] |
January 11, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] |
January 11, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] |
January 11, 2013 | ![]() | GK | ![]() | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] |
January 11, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] |
January 11, 2013 | ![]() | FW | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] | |
January 11, 2013 | ![]() | MF | Acquired in the NWSL Player Allocation | [4] | |
January 18, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Selected 1st overall in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | [5] |
January 18, 2013 | ![]() | GK | ![]() | Selected 17th overall in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | [5] |
February 1, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Signed as a free agent | [6] |
February 5, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Signed as a free agent | [7] |
February 5, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Signed as a free agent | [7] |
February 5, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Signed as a free agent | [7] |
February 7, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Selected 4th overall in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | [8] |
February 7, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Selected 12th overall in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | [8] |
February 7, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Selected 20th overall in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | [8] |
February 7, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Selected 28th overall in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | [8] |
February 7, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Selected 36th overall in the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft | [8] |
February 7, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Signed as a free agent | [8] |
March 18, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Signed after being selected 9th overall (second round) in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | [5] [9] |
March 18, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Acquired as a discovery player selection | [9] |
March 21, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Acquired as a designated international player | [10] |
March 21, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Acquired as a designated international player | [10] |
April 8, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Made final roster as a tryout draftee | [11] [12] |
April 8, 2013 | ![]() | MF | ![]() | Made final roster as a tryout draftee | [11] [12] |
May 30, 2013 | ![]() | GK | ![]() | [13] | |
June 13, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Signed after being selected 25th overall (fourth round) in the 2013 NWSL College Draft | [5] [14] |
June 13, 2013 | ![]() | GK | ![]() | [14] | |
June 30, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Traded in exchange for Carmelina Moscato | [15] |
Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref |
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March 1, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Traded together with the 4th round pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft in exchange for the 1st round pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft and future considerations (part of the future considerations include Seattle's 2014 U.S. WNT Allocated player) | [16] |
May 30, 2013 | ![]() | FW | None | Waived | [13] |
May 30, 2013 | ![]() | DF | None | Retired | [13] |
June 28, 2013 | ![]() | FW | ![]() | Waived; picked up off waivers by Seattle Reign FC | [17] [18] |
June 30, 2013 | ![]() | DF | ![]() | Traded in exchange for Adriana Leon | [15] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Western New York Flash | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 38 | NWSL Shield |
2 | FC Kansas City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 38 | NWSL Playoffs |
3 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 38 | |
4 | Sky Blue FC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 36 | |
5 | Boston Breakers | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 30 | |
6 | Chicago Red Stars | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 30 | |
7 | Seattle Reign FC | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 18 | |
8 | Washington Spirit | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 14 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
22 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 20 | −3 |
Last updated: 18 August 2013
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Win Tie Loss
24 March 2013 | Marquette University | 0–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
16:30 CDT (UTC−05) | Report | Mautz ![]() | Stadium: Valley Fields |
27 March 2013 | St. Edward's University | 0–8 | Chicago Red Stars | Austin, Texas |
Report | Osborne ![]() Chalupny ![]() McDonald ![]() Gilmore ![]() | Stadium: Lewis-Chen Family Field |
30 March 2013 | Houston Aces | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Austin, Texas |
16:00 CDT (UTC−05) | ![]() | Report | Chalupny ![]() | Stadium: Lewis-Chen Family Field |
3 April 2013 | Notre Dame | 1–4 | Chicago Red Stars | Notre Dame, Indiana |
16:30 CDT (UTC−05) | Laddish ![]() | Notre Dame Report Red Stars Report | Fowlkes ![]() Masar ![]() Bywaters ![]() | Stadium: Alumni Stadium |
7 April 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 5–0 | Illinois State University | Oak Brook, Illinois |
17:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Fowlkes ![]() ![]() Bywaters ![]() McDonald ![]() | Report | Stadium: Oak Brook Polo Grounds |
14 April 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Lisle, Illinois |
17:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Chalupny ![]() | Report 1 Report 2 | Nairn ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,255 |
27 April 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–2 | Portland Thorns FC | Lisle, Illinois |
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Report | Foxhoven ![]() Sinclair ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,855 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
4 May 2013 | Boston Breakers | 4–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Somerville, Massachusetts |
18:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Schoepfer ![]() Leroux ![]() ![]() ![]() | Report | Bywaters ![]() | Stadium: Dilboy Stadium Attendance: 3,113 Referee: Kristen Schiereck |
8 May 2013 | Sky Blue FC | 1–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) | Schmidt ![]() | Report | Mautz ![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 688 Referee: Eugene Mednikov |
12 May 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–2 | Portland Thorns FC | Lisle, Illinois |
17:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Portland | Morgan ![]() Long ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,329 Referee: Kari Seitz |
24 May 2013 | Western New York Flash | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Rochester, New York |
19:05 EDT (UTC−04) | Wambach ![]() Zerboni ![]() | Report | Chalupny ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
1 June 2013 | Portland Thorns FC | 0–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
14:00 PDT (UTC−07) | Report | Bywaters ![]() Santacaterina ![]() | Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 12,446 Referee: Christina Unkel |
9 June 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Boston Breakers | Lisle, Illinois |
15:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Chalupny ![]() | Report | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Kari Seitz |
13 June 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–2 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
18:30 CDT (UTC−05) | Report | Loyd ![]() Jones ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
16 June 2013 | FC Kansas City | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Overland Park, Kansas |
15:10 CDT (UTC−05) | Cuellar ![]() | Report | Grings ![]() Masar ![]() Fuss ![]() | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Juliana Duncan |
19 June 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–2 | Western New York Flash | Lisle, Illinois |
18:30 CDT (UTC−05) | Mautz ![]() Osborne ![]() | Report | Martin ![]() Taylor ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 790 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
29 June 2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Tukwila, Washington |
20:00 PDT (UTC−07) | Kyle ![]() Fishlock ![]() Rapinoe ![]() | Report | Wenino ![]() | Stadium: Starfire Sports Stadium Attendance: 2,318 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
4 July 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Western New York Flash | Lisle, Illinois |
13:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Chalupny ![]() | Report | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,064 Referee: Juliana Duncan |
10 July 2013 | Washington Spirit | 0–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Boyds, Maryland |
19:30 EDT (UTC−04) | Report | Leon ![]() Masar ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,593 Referee: Miguel Panduro |
14 July 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–3 | FC Kansas City | Lisle, Illinois |
15:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Dominguez ![]() Masar ![]() Chalupny ![]() | Report | Holiday ![]() Hemmings ![]() Tymrak ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,549 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
20 July 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Washington Spirit | Lisle, Illinois |
18:00 CDT (UTC−05) | McCarty ![]() | Report | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1,241 Referee: Margaret Domka |
25 July 2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 4–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Tukwila, Washington |
19:00 PDT (UTC−07) | Rapinoe ![]() Kyle ![]() Bogus ![]() | Report | Hoy ![]() | Stadium: Starfire Stadium Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
28 July 2013 | Portland Thorns FC | 3–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
16:00 PDT (UTC−07) | Sinclair ![]() Shim ![]() | Report | Mautz ![]() Sitch ![]() | Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 12,534 Referee: Kari Seitz |
3 August 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–1 | Seattle Reign FC | Lisle, Illinois |
18:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Fuss ![]() Grings ![]() | Report | Kyle ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Kara Honthumb |
7 August 2013 | Washington Spirit | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Boyds, Maryland |
19:30 EDT (UTC−04) | Worbis ![]() | Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,081 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov |
10 August 2013 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–3 | Sky Blue FC | Lisle, Illinois |
18:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Dominguez ![]() Santacaterina ![]() | Report | Ocampo ![]() Schmidt ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 2,064 Referee: Kristen Salazar |
18 August 2013 | FC Kansas City | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Overland Park, Kansas |
15:10 CDT (UTC−05) | Jones ![]() | Report | Hoy ![]() | Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium Attendance: 4,910 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
N | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cros | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
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7 | Shannon Boxx | 2 | 1 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Zakiya Bywaters | 6 | 5 | 372 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Lori Chalupny | 18 | 17 | 1500 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 3 | 0 |
9 | Maribel Dominguez | 16 | 9 | 710 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Lauren Fowlkes | 4 | 4 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Sonja Fuss | 16 | 16 | 1440 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dinora Garza | 2 | 2 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Inka Grings | 16 | 14 | 1295 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
14 | Taryn Hemmings | 14 | 14 | 1245 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Jen Hoy | 9 | 4 | 471 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
16 | Adriana Leon | 10 | 9 | 800 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Ella Masar | 20 | 14 | 1206 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Alyssa Mautz | 18 | 8 | 901 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
8 | Jessica McDonald | 9 | 3 | 323 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Carmelina Moscato | 5 | 4 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | Leslie Osborne | 18 | 18 | 1550 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
11 | Rachel Quon | 19 | 16 | 1531 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
18 | Jackie Santacaterina | 18 | 14 | 1316 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
19 | Julianne Sitch | 20 | 18 | 1577 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Lydia Vandenbergh | 17 | 13 | 1195 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
23 | Michelle Wenino | 18 | 17 | 1478 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
N | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Save | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
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1 | Erin McLeod | 16 | 16 | 1440 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 165 | 92 | 64 | 28 | 1.75 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Taylor Vancil | 6 | 6 | 540 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 1.333 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Top scorersIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Updated to matches played on 18 August 2013 | Top assistsIncludes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
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Week | Player of the Week | Week's Statline | |
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Week 10 | ![]() | Lori Chalupny [20] | 1 A |
Week 19 | ![]() | Jen Hoy [21] | 2 G (45', 92') |
NWSL Best XI [22] | |||
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Player | Position | Team | Note |
![]() | Midfield | Chicago Red Stars | 5 goals, 4 assists |
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