Chicago Red Stars
2019 season
OwnerArnim Whisler
Head coachRory Dames
StadiumSeatGeek Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Top goalscorerSam Kerr (18)
Highest home attendance17,388 vs North Carolina Courage, July 21
Lowest home attendance2,113 vs North Carolina Courage, May 11
Average home league attendance7,744

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.

First-team squad

2019 squad

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
1 GK United States USA Alyssa Naeher
2 MF United States USA Nikki Stanton
3 DF United States USA Arin Wright
4 MF United States USA Alyssa Mautz
5 DF United States USA Katie Naughton
6 DF United States USA Casey Short
7 FW United States USA Michele Vasconcelos
8 MF United States USA Julie Ertz
9 FW United States USA Savannah McCaskill
10 DF United States USA Vanessa DiBernardo
12 FW Japan JPN Yūki Nagasato
13 MF United States USA Morgan Brian
14 DF United States USA Sarah Gorden
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Mexico MEX Maria Sánchez
16 GK United States USA Alison Jahansouz
18 GK Australia AUS Mackenzie Arnold
20 FW Australia AUS Sam Kerr
21 GK United States USA Emily Boyd
23 MF United States USA Brooke Elby
24 MF United States USA Danielle Colaprico
28 DF United States USA Zoey Goralski
26 DF United States USA Tierna Davidson
28 DF United States USA Kayla Sharples
30 DF United States USA Hannah Davison
31 DF United States USA Jenna Szczesny
33 FW Mexico MEX Katie Johnson

Player transactions

2019 NWSL College Draft

Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 11United StatesTierna DavidsonDStanford University
Round 215MexicoMaría SánchezFSanta Clara University
Round 320CanadaBianca St. GeorgesFWest Virginia University
Round 326United StatesKayla SharplesDNorthwestern University
Round 428United StatesApril BockinFUniversity of Minnesota
Round 433United StatesHannah DavisonDNorthwestern University
Round 435United StatesJenna SzczesnyFLoyola University Chicago

In

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
January 9, 2019 Mexico Katie Johnson 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 United States Savannah McCaskill 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 Australia Mackenzie Arnold GK Norway Arna-Bjørnar Signed. [4]

Out

Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
January 7, 2019 United States Summer Green FW Sweden Vittsjö Signed with Vittsjö [5]
March 2, 2019 New Zealand Rosie White MF Reign FC Left team to focus on preparing for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. [6]
March 3, 2019 United States Stephanie McCaffrey FW Retired. [7]

Management and staff

Front Office
  • Owner: Arnim Whisler
Coaching Staff[8]
  • Manager: Rory Dames
  • Assistant coach: Craig Harrington
  • Assistant coach: Gary Curneen
  • Goalkeeper coach: Jordi King
  • Strength & Conditioning Coach: Evan Johnson
  • Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brian Kibler

Competitions

League standing

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
24 14 2 8 41 28  +13 44 7 1 4 24 15  +9 7 1 4 17 13  +4

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
StadiumAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHH
ResultDDWLWWLLLWLWWWWWLLLWWWWW
Position473531447666333223333222
Updated to match(es) played on September 29, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Weekly schedule

  Win   Tie   Loss

All times are in Central Time unless otherwise noted.

Preseason

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 6'
Horan 74'		 Sharples 54' Stadium: Merlo Field
Wed., Mar. 27 Thorns Spring Invitational Reign FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
13:30 Andrews 38'
Nielsen 64'		 Johnson 5' Stadium: Merlo Field
Sat., Mar. 30 Thorns Spring Invitational United States U-23 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
13:30 Fox 29'
Foster 90+2'		 Kerr 14' Stadium: Merlo Field

Regular season

Sat., Apr. 13 1 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
18:00 Dunn 66' Report Kerr 26' 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 13'
Nagasato 53'
Elby 90'		 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 13' 90+3'
Vasconcelos 40'
Stanton Yellow card 72'		 Report Williams 33'
Williams Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 2,113
Sun., May 19 6 Houston Dash 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
17:00 Huerta 26'
Murray Yellow card 54'		 Box Kerr 8' 13'
Stanton Yellow card 49'		 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 83' Rodriguez 23'
Hoy 81'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Sat., July 13 12 Houston Dash 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
19:30 Hanson Yellow card 77' Johnson 7'
Stanton Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,327
Sun., July 21 13 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Naughton Yellow card 14'
DiBernardo 37'
Kerr 58'		 Williams 30'
McDonald Yellow card 51'		 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 Yellow card 34' Box
Report		 Wright 4'
DiBernardo 14'
Nagasato 51'
Ertz Yellow card 59'
Kerr 81'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 7,479
Sat., Aug. 3 15 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Kerr 5'
Elby 85'		 Jónsdóttir Yellow card 74' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 4,335
Sat., Aug. 10 16 Washington Spirit 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
18:00 Sullivan Yellow card 13'
Lavelle Yellow card 64'		 Colaprico Yellow card 46'
Nagasato 65'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,300
Wed., Aug. 14 17 Sky Blue FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 Monaghan 71', 90+3'
Wright Yellow card 56'		 Report Kerr 90+1'
Nagasato Yellow card 62'
Naughton Yellow card 64'		 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 12'
Purce 24', 56'
Heath Yellow card 70'		 Stanton Yellow card 63'
Nagasato Yellow card 84'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,542
Sun., Sep. 8 20 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Kerr 7', 44'
McCaskill 65'
Nagasato Yellow card 90'		 Agnew Yellow card 40' 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 Yellow card 78' Brian 31'
Kerr 33'
Nagasato 80'		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,871
Sat., Sep. 21 23 Chicago Red Stars 3–1 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Kerr 9', 49'
Nagasato 23'		 Nielsen Yellow card 53'
Staab Yellow card 62'
Daugherty Howard Yellow card 65'
Pugh 80'		 Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 4,317
Sat., Sep. 28 24 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 DiBernardo 40'
Short Yellow card 67'
Nagasato 85'		 Press 42' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,839

Postseason playoffs

October 20 (20-10) Semifinal Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
2:30 p.m. CDT Kerr 8' Report Ball Yellow card 45+1' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Note: Televised on ESPN2

Statistical leaders

As of September 28, 2019 *Denotes League Leader

Honors and awards

As of October 3, 2019.

NWSL Monthly Award

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Result Player Ref.
May Won Australia Sam Kerr [9]
September Won Australia Sam Kerr [10]

NWSL Team of the Month

Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April United States Casey Short Japan Yuki Nagasato Australia Sam Kerr [11]
May United States Casey Short Japan Yuki Nagasato Australia Sam Kerr [12]
June United States Casey Short [13]
July United States Casey Short
United States Sarah Gorden		 United States Vanessa DiBernardo Australia Sam Kerr [14]
August United States Casey Short [15]
September United States Alyssa Naeher United States Casey Short
United States Julie Ertz		 United States Morgan Brian Japan Yuki Nagasato
Australia Sam Kerr		 [16]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Won Japan Yuki Nagasato [17]
5 Won Australia Sam Kerr [18]
6 Won Australia Sam Kerr [19]
11 Won Australia Sam Kerr [20]
14 Won Australia Sam Kerr [21]
16 Won Australia Sam Kerr [22]
23 Won Australia Sam Kerr [23]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
3 Nominated Japan Yuki Nagasato [24]
5 Nominated Australia Sam Kerr [25]
11 Nominated Australia Sam Kerr [26]
14 Nominated Australia Sam Kerr [27]
15 Nominated Japan Yuki Nagasato [28]
16 Won Australia Sam Kerr [29]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [30]
2 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [31]
5 Nominated United States Emily Boyd [32]
6 Nominated United States Emily Boyd [33]
11 Nominated United States Emily Boyd [34]
14 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [35]
15 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [36]

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Announces 2019 NWSL Roster". April 8, 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars acquire Katie Johnson, trade two 1st round picks". January 9, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Red Stars acquire McCaskill in exchange for 1st-, 2nd-round picks". June 19, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Sign Mackenzie Arnold". August 1, 2019. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Green and Perez to Vittsjö". January 7, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Rosie White preparing for World Cup with New Zealand". March 2, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Stephanie McCaffrey to Suspend Playing Career Due to Illness". March 3, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Technical Staff". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ "May Player of the Month: Sam Kerr". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  10. ↑ "September Player of the Month: Sam Kerr". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2019). "April Team of the Month". Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 31, 2019). "May Team of the Month". Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ "June Team of the Month". July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  14. ↑ "July Team of the Month". August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  15. ↑ "August Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  16. ↑ "September Team of the Month". October 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Week 3 Player of the Week: Yuki Nagasato". April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Week 5 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". April 30, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Week 6 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Week 11 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  21. ↑ "SAM KERR, CHICAGO RED STARS WEEK 14 PLAYER OF THE WEEK". July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  22. ↑ Levine, Matthew. "Week 16 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  23. ↑ Levine, Matthew. "Week 23 Player of the Week: Sam Kerr". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  24. ↑ "Week 3 Goal of the Week nominees". April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  25. ↑ "Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  26. ↑ "Week 11 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  27. ↑ "WEEK 14 GOAL OF THE WEEK NOMINEES". NWSLSoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  28. ↑ "Week 15 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  29. ↑ "Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars Week 16 #NWSL Goal of the Week". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  30. ↑ "Week 1 Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  31. ↑ "Week 2 Save of the Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  32. ↑ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  33. ↑ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  34. ↑ "Vote: Save of the Week". National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 2, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  35. ↑ "WEEK 14 SAVE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES". NWSL. NWSLSoccer.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  36. ↑ "Week 15 Save of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
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