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 | ||
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.
The entire 2017 roster was returned for 2018 NWSL season. [1]
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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players selected by the club in 2017 NWSL College Draft. [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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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 |
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Danielle Colaprico | Adelaide United FC |
Alyssa Mautz | |
Katie Naughton | |
Arin Gilliland | Newcastle Jets FC |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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
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
Wed March 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | Cancelled | Chicago Red Stars | Verona, Wisconsin |
Stadium: Reddan Soccer Complex | ||||
Note: Cancelled due to snow. |
Sun March 26Thorns 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 29Thorns Spring Invitational | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Houston Dash | Portland, Oregon |
[p 2] | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: n/a Referee: Jason Perlewitz |
Sat April 1Thorns 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 |
| [p 4] | Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: n/a |
Sat April 151 | Houston Dash | 2–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
Ohai ![]() Benites ![]() Daly ![]() | [m 1] | Mautz ![]() | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
Sat April 222 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | FC Kansas City | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Ertz ![]() | [m 2] | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Greg Dopka |
Sat April 293 | Portland Thorns FC | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
Nadim ![]() Sonnett ![]() Boureille ![]() | [m 3] | Ertz ![]() Press ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,471 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
Sat May 64 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–0 | Houston Dash | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Hagan ![]() Ertz ![]() Press ![]() | [m 4] | Benites ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
Sun May 145 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Boston Breakers | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Press ![]() | [m 5] | Lavelle ![]() King ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Luis Guardia |
Sun May 216 | North Carolina Courage | 1–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Cary, North Carolina |
Williams ![]() | [m 6] | Press ![]() Huerta ![]() DiBernardo ![]() Short ![]() Ertz ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,786 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
Sat May 277 | Chicago Red Stars | 3–2 | North Carolina Courage | Bridgeview, Illinois |
15:00 CST | Colaprico ![]() ![]() Mautz ![]() DiBernardo ![]() | [m 7] | Erceg ![]() Debinha ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Becky Pagan |
Sun June 48 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–0 | Seattle Reign FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
15:00 CST | Press ![]() | [m 8] | Rapinoe ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Malik Badawi |
Sat June 179 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | Bridgeview, Illinois |
14:50 CST | Naughton ![]() Press ![]() | [m 9] | Ordega ![]() Daugherty Howard ![]() Zadorsky ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,189 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin |
Sun June 2510 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Sky Blue FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
17:00 CST | DiBernardo ![]() Huerta ![]() | [m 10] | Tiernan ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Karen Abt |
Wed June 2811 | Seattle Reign FC | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Seattle, Washington |
19:30 PDT | Rapinoe ![]() | [m 11] | Mautz ![]() Johnson ![]() | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Christopher Spivey |
Sat July 112 | Orlando Pride | 0–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Orlando, Florida |
18:00 EDT | Krieger ![]() | [m 12] | Press ![]() | Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,476 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
Note: Kickoff was delayed by 1 hour due to rain. [6] |
Fri July 713 | Boston Breakers | 0–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Boston, Massachusetts |
Mautz ![]() | [m 13] | Chapman ![]() White ![]() | Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 2,435 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
Sat July 1514 | Sky Blue FC | 2–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Piscataway, New Jersey |
19:00 EST | Stanton ![]() Hayes ![]() Kerr ![]() ![]() Skroski ![]() O'Hara ![]() | [m 14] | Huerta ![]() Press ![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Robi Hullner |
Sat July 2215 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Orlando Pride | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Press ![]() | [m 15] | Marta ![]() Kennedy ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Farhad Dadkho |
Sat Aug 516 | Orlando Pride | 1–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Orlando, Florida |
Morgan ![]() Kennedy ![]() | [m 16] | Johnson ![]() Huerta ![]() | Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva |
Sat Aug 1217 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–3 | Portland Thorns FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Press ![]() Huerta ![]() Gilliland ![]() | [m 17] | Raso ![]() Sinclair ![]() Sonnett ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Greg Dopka |
Wed Aug 1618 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–2 | Seattle Reign FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Hoy ![]() | [m 18] | Nairn ![]() Kawasumi ![]() Johnson ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
Sun Aug 2019 | Chicago Red Stars | 1–3 | FC Kansas City | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Short ![]() Ertz ![]() Naeher ![]() | [m 19] | Leroux ![]() Bowen ![]() Groom ![]() Kelly ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,314 Referee: Karen Abt |
Sat Aug 2620 | Washington Spirit | 1–2 | Chicago Red Stars | Boyds, Maryland |
Williams ![]() Johnson ![]() | [m 20] | Mewis ![]() Mautz ![]() Colaprico ![]() Press ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,469 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
Sun Sep 321 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | North Carolina Courage | Bridgeview, Illinois |
Colaprico ![]() Nagasato ![]() Ertz ![]() ![]() | [m 21] | Williams ![]() Zerboni ![]() | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,745 Referee: Lukasz Szpala |
Sat Sep 922 | FC Kansas City | 0–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Kansas City, Missouri |
LaBonta ![]() | [m 22] | Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 963 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
Sat Sep 2323 | Houston Dash | 2–3 | Chicago Red Stars | Houston, Texas |
Brooks ![]() Andressinha ![]() Daly ![]() | [m 23] | Hoy ![]() Short ![]() Press ![]() Nagasato ![]() | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 6,707 Referee: Marco Vega |
Sat Sep 3024 | Portland Thorns FC | 3–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Portland, Oregon |
Raso ![]() Sykes ![]() Henry ![]() Nadim ![]() | [m 24] | Gilliland ![]() Kaskie ![]() Huerta ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
Sun Oct 8semi-final | North Carolina Courage | 1–0 | Chicago Red Stars | Cary, NC |
3:30 p.m. ET |
| [o 1] | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 10,017 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
N | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Sh | SOG | FC | Off | CK | PK | PKG | YC | RC |
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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 |
NWSL Best XI | ||||||
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Position | First team | Position | Second team | |||
Defender | Casey Short | 2,004 minutes | Midfielder | Danielle Colaprico | 1,093 minutes | |
Forward | Christen Press | 5 game winning goals | Julie Ertz | 4 goals, 3 assists | ||
Sofia Huerta | 6 goals, 4 assists |
Month | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Ref |
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April | ![]() | [7] | |||
May | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | [8] | |
June | ![]() | [9] | |||
July | ![]() | ![]() | [10] |
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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5 | Won | ![]() | [11] |
6 | Won | ![]() | [12] |
7 | Nominated | ![]() | [13] |
8 | Nominated | ![]() | [14] |
10 | Won | ![]() | [15] |
14 | Won | ![]() | [16] |
15 | Won | ![]() | [17] |
19 | Won | ![]() | [18] |
21 | Nominated | ![]() | [19] |
22 | Nominated | ![]() | [20] |
Week | Result | Player | Ref. |
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4 | Nominated | ![]() | [21] |
5 | Won | [22] | |
6 | Nominated | [23] | |
7 | Won | ![]() | [24] |
11 | Nominated | [25] |
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