2018 Chicago Red Stars season

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Chicago Red Stars
2018 season
Owner Arnim Whisler
Head coach Rory Dames
Stadium Toyota Park
(capacity: 20,000)
NWSL 4th
Top goalscorerLeague: Kerr (16)
All: Kerr (16)
Highest home attendance13,678 (March 31,
vs Portland)
Lowest home attendance2,027 (May 2,
vs Orlando)
Average home league attendance4,004
←  2017
2019  →

The 2018 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's tenth season and sixth season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. For the fourth consecutive season, the team qualified for the post-season playoffs and lost in the semi-final, as they were defeated by the North Carolina Courage 2–0. [o 1]

Contents

Team roster

2018 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alyssa Naeher
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nikki Stanton
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Arin Gilliland
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alyssa Mautz
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Naughton
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Casey Short
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Julie Ertz
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stephanie McCaffrey
10 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Vanessa DiBernardo
12 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuki Nagasato
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Brian
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sarah Gorden
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michele Vasconcelos
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Summer Green
20 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Sam Kerr
21 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Boyd
22 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Rosie White
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke Elby
24 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Danielle Colaprico
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erin Yenney
— GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryann Torrero
— DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Christina Murillo
— MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jo Boyles
— MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chandra Eigenberger
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zoey Goralski

Player transactions

College draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League [1]
RoundPickNat.PlayerPos.Previous Team
Round 215 Flag of the United States.svg Emily Boyd GK University of California, Berkeley
Round 218 Flag of the United States.svg Indigo Gibson D University of California, Berkeley
Round 219 Flag of the United States.svg Brianna Visalli M Pepperdine University
Round 324 Flag of the United States.svg Megan Buckingham M University of North Carolina
Round 327 Flag of the United States.svg Zoey Goralski D University of California Los Angeles
Round 437 Flag of the United States.svg Alexa Ben M DePaul University

Transfers in

DatePlayerPositions playedPrevious clubFee/notesRef.
January 18, 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in 3-team trade with Sky Blue FC and the Houston Dash. [2]
January 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Nikki Stanton MF Sky Blue FC Acquired in 3-team trade with Sky Blue FC and the Houston Dash. [2]
January 30, 2018 Flag of New Zealand.svg Rosie White MF Boston Breakers Selected with the 7th pick in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [3]
January 30, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Ashton Miller MF Boston Breakers Selected with the 12th pick in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [3]
January 30, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Joanna Boyles MF Boston Breakers Selected with the 25th pick in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [3]
June 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Elby MF Utah Royals FC Acquired in 3-team trade with Utah Royals FC and the Houston Dash. [4]
June 19, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Brian MF Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Signed. [5]

Transfer out

DatePlayerPositions playedDestination clubFee/notesRef.
January 1, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Brian MF Flag of France.svg Olympique Lyonnais Signed with Olympique Lyonnais, Chicago retained her rights in the NWSL [6]
January 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Christen Press FW Houston Dash Traded to the Houston Dash as part of a 3-team trade with Sky Blue FC and the Houston Dash. [2]
January 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Jen Hoy FW Sky Blue FC Traded to Sky Blue FC as part of a 3-team trade with Sky Blue FC and the Houston Dash. [2]
June 16, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Kaskie MF Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby Waived, signed with Hammarby [7]
June 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Johnson DF Utah Royals FC Traded to Utah Royals FC as part of a 3-team trade with Utah Royals FC and the Houston Dash. [4]
June 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Huerta MF Houston Dash Traded to the Houston Dash as part of a 3-team trade with Utah Royals FC and the Houston Dash. [4]
June 18, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Comeau DF Houston Dash Traded to the Houston Dash as part of a 3-team trade with Utah Royals FC and the Houston Dash. [4]

Off-season loans

After the 2018 season several Chicago Red Stars players were loaned to clubs of W-League, Australia to play in their 2018-2019 season. [8]

PlayerW-League club
Sam Kerr Perth Glory FC
Nikki Stanton
Alyssa Mautz
Katie Naughton
Danielle Colaprico Sydney FC
Yuki Nagasato Brisbane Roar FC

Management and staff

Front office
Coaching Staff [9]

Competitions

League standing

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 North Carolina Courage (C)2417615317+3657 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC 2412664028+1242 NWSL Playoffs
3 Seattle Reign FC 2411852719+841
4 Chicago Red Stars 2491053828+1037
5 Utah Royals FC 249872223−135
6 Houston Dash 2495103539−432
7 Orlando Pride 2486103037−730
8 Washington Spirit 2425171235−2311
9 Sky Blue FC 2416172152−319
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Weekly ranking

Week
ending		MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptember
X2511522296132027310172418152229512192629X
Week123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Rank374423456556544455554444
Games12356891011121213141517181818181921222324
Points1148910111212151516192225282828282931343737

Update September 8, 2018 Source: NWSL 2018 season [n 1] [n 2] [n 3]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2491053828 +10375432215 +74621613 +3

Last updated: September 8, 2018.
Source: NWSLSoccer.com: 2018 Schedule: Chicago Red Stars

National Women's Soccer League

Preseason

Sat Feb 24 Marquette Golden Eagles 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Milwaukee, Wisconsin
14:30 CT [p 1] Stadium: Valley Fields
Attendance: Closed-door
Sun Mar 11Thorns Spring Invitational Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
7 PM CT [p 2] Gilliland Soccerball shade.svg62' (Nagasato)Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 3,822
Wed Mar 14Thorns Spring Invitational Houston Dash 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
15:30 CT [p 3] Huerta Soccerball shade.svg9'Stadium: Merlo Field
Sat Mar 17Thorns Spring Invitational United States U-23 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
15:30 CT Catalina Macario Soccerball shade.svg32' (penalty) [p 4] Stadium: Merlo Field

Regular season

Sat Mar 251 Houston Dash 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
4 PM CT Keever Soccerball shade.svg38' (Jordan)
Brooks Yellow card.svg 81'		 [m 1] Naughton Yellow card.svg 69'
Comeau Soccerball shade.svg90+1' (Colaprico)		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,846
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Sat Mar 312 Chicago Red Stars 2–3 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:15 PM CT Mautz Soccerball shade.svg31' (Huerta), 67' (Huerta)
Colaprico Yellow card.svg 64'		 [m 2] Horan Soccerball shade.svg9'
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg40', 65' (pen)
Boureille Yellow card.svg 58'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 13,678
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat Apr 143 Utah Royals FC 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT [m 3] Colaprico Soccerball shade.svg27'Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,203
Referee: Karen Abt
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Wed Apr 184 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT Mewis Soccerball shade.svg7' (o.g.)
Gilliland Yellow card.svg 9'
Kaskie Soccerball shade.svg11'
Huerta Soccerball shade.svg74' (Colaprico)
Johnson Yellow card.svg 90+2'		 [m 4] Keever Yellow card.svg 45'
Brooks Yellow card.svg 82'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,327
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat Apr 215 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Huerta Soccerball shade.svg1' (Mautz) [m 5] McCaskill Soccerball shade.svg78' (Johnson)Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,413
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
Sat Apr 286 Washington Spirit 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
7 PM ET Ordega Soccerball shade.svg4' (Pugh) [m 6] Mautz Soccerball shade.svg20'Yellow card.svg 56'
Nagasato Yellow card.svg 83'
Kerr Yellow card.svg 90+1'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,448
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
Wed May 27 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT Comeau Yellow card.svg 87' [m 7] Ubogagu Soccerball shade.svg28' (Leroux)
Hill Soccerball shade.svg81' (van Egmond)		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sun May 68 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
3 PM ET Mewis Yellow card.svg 45'
Zerboni Yellow card.svg 71'Soccerball shade.svg82'		 [m 8] Kerr Soccerball shade.svg37'
Nagasato Yellow card.svg 45+3'
Vasconcelos Yellow card.svg 73'		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,068
Referee: John Krill
Sat May 129 Chicago Red Stars 2–2 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Kerr Soccerball shade.svg20' (Gilliland)
Johnson Yellow card.svg 26'
Comeau Yellow card.svg 59'
Huerta Soccerball shade.svg68' (penalty)		 [m 9] Daly Soccerball shade.svg6' (Prince)
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg48' (Simon)
Ohai Yellow card.svg 89'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,372
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sat May 1910 Seattle Reign FC 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Seattle, Washington
7 PM PT McNabb Yellow card.svg 86' [m 10] Stanton Yellow card.svg 26'
Naughton Yellow card.svg 46'
Colaprico Yellow card.svg 90+3'		Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,597
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat May 2611 Chicago Red Stars 2–5 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
2:30 PM CT Kerr Soccerball shade.svg21' (Nagasato)Soccerball shade.svg60' (Nagasato)
Johnson Yellow card.svg 42'		 [m 11] Hill Soccerball shade.svg2'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg6' (Marta)
Leroux Soccerball shade.svg62' (Krieger)Soccerball shade.svg64'
Weatherholt Soccerball shade.svg83' (Morgan)		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,047
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
Sat Jun 212 Washington Spirit 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
3:30 PM ET Lohaman Yellow card.svg 24' [m 12] Kerr Soccerball shade.svg25'
Stantaon Yellow card.svg 31'
Nagasato Soccerball shade.svg49' (Mautz)
Mautz Yellow card.svg 75'		Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Karen Abt
Note: game was delayed due to weather
Sat Jun 1613 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 PM CT Nagasato Soccerball shade.svg43'
Stanton Yellow card.svg 62'		 [m 13] Hubly Yellow card.svg 42'
Horan Soccerball shade.svg48'Yellow card.svg 54'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,093
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Televised on ESPNews.
Sat Jun 2314 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7PM CT Naughton Soccerball shade.svg62' (Colaprico)
DiBernardo Soccerball shade.svg70' (Kerr)
Nagasato Yellow card.svg 87'		 [m 14] Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,317
Referee: Natalie Simon
Sun Jul 115 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
5 PM CT Short Soccerball shade.svg34' (Colaprico)
Nagasato Soccerball shade.svg60' (Kerr)
Mautz Yellow card.svg 65'		 [m 15] Johnson Yellow card.svg 24'
Hatch Yellow card.svg 86'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,858
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
Wed Jul 416 North Carolina Courage 4–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
8 PM ET Dunn Soccerball shade.svg20' (McDonald)
Williams Soccerball shade.svg67' (Mathias)
Debinha Soccerball shade.svg69' (Mewis)
Hamilton Soccerball shade.svg87' (Williams)		 [m 16] Ertz Yellow card.svg 32'
Nagasato Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (pen.)		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,295
Referee: Mathew Franz
Note: Match start delayed 1 hour, 50 minutes due to inclement weather.
Sat Jul 717 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
3:30 PM ET Dorsey Soccerball shade.svg73' (McCaskill) [m 17] Kerr Soccerball shade.svg40' (Mautz), 46' (Nagasato), 63' (Nagasato)Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Sat Jul 1418 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Seattle Reign FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Kerr Soccerball shade.svg87' (Nagasato) [m 18] Fishlock Yellow card.svg 35'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,375
Referee: Natalie Simon
Sat Jul 28 Chicago Red Stars postponed Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT [10] Stadium: Toyota Park
Note: Match postponed due to the cancellation of Sky Blue's flight to Chicago
Fri Aug 1019 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Kerr Soccerball shade.svg64' (DiBernardo)
Nagasato Yellow card.svg 72'		 [m 19] Debinha Soccerball shade.svg21' (McDonald)
Hamilton Yellow card.svg 87'		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,567
Referee: Matthew Franz
Wed Aug 1520 Seattle Reign FC 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Seattle, Washington
7:30 PM PT Oyster Yellow card.svg 47' [m 20]
boxscore 		Kerr Yellow card.svg 27'
Colaprico Yellow card.svg 44'
Gilliland Yellow card.svg 75'		Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,341
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Sat Aug 1821 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PT Heath Soccerball shade.svg60'
Sonnett Yellow card.svg 67'
Sinclair Soccerball shade.svg69' (Heath)		 [m 21] Kerr Soccerball shade.svg44' (Nagasato), 49' (DiBernardo)
White Yellow card.svg 81'		Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 18,631
Referee: Malik Badawi
Note: Televised on ESPNews
Sat Aug 2522 Orlando Pride 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Orlando, Florida
3:30 PM ET Camila Yellow card.svg 42'
Morgan Soccerball shade.svg65' (Marta)
Zadorsky Yellow card.svg 79'
Monica Yellow card.svg 82'		 [m 22] Kerr Soccerball shade.svg44' (Nagasato), 59'
DiBernardo Soccerball shade.svg45+1' (Kerr)		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr
Tue Sept 423 Chicago Red Stars 5–0 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT Mautz Soccerball shade.svg18' (Gilliland), 46' (Gilliland)
Kerr Soccerball shade.svg64' (Elby)
White Soccerball shade.svg80' (Kerr)
Vasconcelos Soccerball shade.svg90+7' (White)		 [m 23]
boxscore 		Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
Note: Match was originally scheduled for July 28th, was postponed due to the cancellation of Sky Blue's flight to Chicago.
Sat Sep 824 Utah Royals FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT Rodriguez Soccerball shade.svg55' (Bowen)
Stengel Soccerball shade.svg64' (Lytle)		 [m 24] Gilliland Yellow card.svg 17'
Stanton Yellow card.svg 25'
Kerr Soccerball shade.svg39' (Gilliland)		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 11,851
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Postseason

Tue Sep 18Semifinal North Carolina Courage 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
6:00 PM PT McDonald Soccerball shade.svg5' (Dunn)
Mathias Yellow card.svg 72'
Mewis Soccerball shade.svg86' (Dunn)		 [o 1] Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 4,646
Referee: Timothy Ford
Note: Televised on ESPNews. Due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Florence, the league rescheduled the Courage-Red Stars semifinal for September 18 in Portland. [11]

Honors and awards

NWSL annual awards

AwardResultPlayer
Golden Bootwinner Sam Kerr [12]
Most Valuable Playerfinalist Sam Kerr [13]
Defender of the Yearfinalist Julie Ertz [13]
NWSL Best XI
PositionFirst teamPositionSecond team
Forward Sam Kerr [14] Defender Julie Ertz [14]

NWSL Player of the Month

MonthResultPlayerRef.
AprilWon Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Huerta [15]
AugustWon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr [16]

NWSL Team of the Month

MonthGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsRef
April Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Huerta [17]
May
June Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nagasato [18]
July Flag of the United States.svg Katie Naughton Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nagasato Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr [19]
August Flag of the United States.svg Vanessa DiBernardo Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr [20]

NWSL Player of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef
4Won Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Huerta [21]
6Won Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [22]
10Won Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nagasato [23]
15Won Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr [24]
22Won Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr [25]

NWSL Goal of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
2Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Mautz [26]
3Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Colaprico [27]
4Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Huerta [28]
6Nominated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Kerr [29]
10Nominated Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nagasato [30]
13Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Vanessa DiBernardo [31]
14Nominated Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nagasato [32]
15Nominated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Kerr [33]
16Nominated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Kerr [34]
20Nominated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Kerr [35]
21Nominated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Kerr [36]
22Nominated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Kerr [37]

NWSL Save of the Week

WeekResultPlayerRef.
1Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [38]
3Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [39]
4Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [40]
6Won Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [41]
8Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [42]
10Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Emily Boyd [43]
11/12Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [44]
15Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [45]
16Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [46]
24Nominated Flag of the United States.svg Alyssa Naeher [47]

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Match reports (preseason)
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  4. ↑ "Chicago Falls 1-0 to U.S. U-23 WNT in Final Tournament Match". Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
Match reports (regular season)
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Match report (postseason playoff)
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Notes
  1. ↑ week ending April 8 had no game scheduled in the league
  2. ↑ week 11, ending June 10, had only one game in the league
  3. ↑ week 18, ending July 29, had one game scheduled in the league but was postponed due to inclement weather
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