2010 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars
2010 season
ChairmanEngland Emma Hayes
ManagerUnited States Marcia McDermott
StadiumToyota Park
Women's Professional Soccer6th
Top goalscorerElla Masar (8)
Highest home attendance6,089 (vs. FC Gold Pride)
Lowest home attendance2,173 (vs. Philadelphia)
Average home league attendance4,025
Biggest win2-0 (May 1 at Boston, July 10 vs. Sky Blue FC, Sept. 1 vs. Philadelphia)
Biggest defeat0-3 (July 28 at Philadelphia)
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All statistics correct as of June 14, 2017.

The 2010 Chicago Red Stars season was the second season of the soccer club and its second season in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Major events

Team news

For the 2010 season the Red Stars returned nine of their original 22 players from 2009.[1]

After the 2010 season, the Red Stars could not come up with the security bond for Women's Professional Soccer. On December 13, 2010, the Red Stars informed its fans that they would not be able to return for the 2011 WPS season.[2]

Squad

First-team squad

As of July 30, 2010.[3][1]

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 Jillian Loyden
2 DF United States USA Marian Dalmy
3 FW United States USA Ella Masar
5 DF England ENG Anita Asante
7 MF United States USA Megan Rapinoe
8 MF Brazil BRA Formiga
9 DF United States USA Whitney Engen
10 MF Sweden SWE Kosovare Asllani
11 FW Brazil BRA Cristiane
12 DF United States USA Elise Weber
13 DF United States USA Natalie Spilger
14 FW England ENG Karen Carney
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF United States USA Kate Markgraf
16 MF United States USA Sophie Reiser
17 MF England ENG Katie Chapman
18 GK United States USA Kelsey Davis
21 DF United States USA Lydia Vandenbergh
22 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald
23 GK United States USA Meghann Burke
26 FW United States USA Nikki Washington
27 FW United States USA Casey Nogueira
31 GK United States USA Allison Whitworth
38 DF United States USA Julianne Sitch

Transfers

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Brazil BRA Formiga
9 DF United States USA Whitney Engen
17 MF United States USA Katie Chapman
19 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Michele Weissenhofer
25 MF United States USA Jackie Santacaterina
27 FW United States USA Casey Nogueira
38 DF United States USA Julianne Sitch
1 GK United States USA Jillian Loyden
10 MF Sweden SWE Kosovare Asllani
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK United States USA Kelsey Davis
20 DF United States USA Lydia Vandenbergh
23 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald
25 GK Australia AUS Meghann Burke
5 DF England ENG Anita Asante
16 MF United States USA Sophie Reiser
12 DF United States USA Elise Weber
26 FW United States USA Nikki Washington
31 GK United States USA Allison Whitworth

Out

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 Sweden SWE Caroline Jönsson
5 FW United States USA Lindsay Tarpley
10 MF United States USA Carli Lloyd
15 DF United States USA Bonnie Young
17 DF United States USA Michelle Wenino
19 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Mary Therese McDonnell
7 MF Australia AUS Heather Garriock
9 FW United States USA Danesha Adams
12 MF United States USA Chioma Igwe
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF United States USA Sarah Wagenfuhr
18 MF Sweden SWE Frida Östberg
20 GK United States USA Jaimel Johnson
23 DF United States USA Nikki Krzysik
25 GK Australia AUS Lydia Williams
4 MF Scotland SCO Ifeoma Dieke
6 MF United States USA Brittany Klein
19 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Michele Weissenhofer
25 MF United States USA Jackie Santacaterina

Club

Management

Emma Hayes started the season as the head coach, but she was fired on May 10. Marcia McDermott served in the position on an interim basis, during which the team beat the top of the table FC Gold Pride 1–0. Omid Namazi was hired in the beginning of June.[4]

Position Staff
Technical Director EnglandEmma Hayes
Manager EnglandEmma Hayes
Assistant manager United StatesDenise Reddy
Assistant manager United StatesNathan Kipp
Assistant manager
Head athletic trainer United StatesLaura Behr
Assistant athletic trainer
Equipment manager

Last updated: May 5, 2010
Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/

Competitions

Women's Professional Soccer

Standings

Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
Green denotes team has spot in 2010 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.

Place Team GP W L T GF GA GD Points
1 FC Gold Pride 24 16 3 5 46 19 +27 53
2 Boston Breakers 24 10 8 6 36 28 +8 36
3 Philadelphia Independence 24 10 10 4 37 36 +1 34
4 Washington Freedom 24 8 9 7 33 33 0 31
5 Sky Blue FC 24 7 10 7 20 31 -11 28
6 Chicago Red Stars 24 7 11 6 21 27 -6 27
7 Atlanta Beat 24 5 13 6 20 40 -20 21

Results summary

  • Games played against the Saint Louis Athletica before they folded still counted toward a team's point total.
Abbreviation and Color Key:
Atlanta Beat – ATL • Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • FC Gold Pride – BAY
Philadelphia Independence – PHI • Saint Louis Athletica – STL • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Freedom – WSH
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Chicago Red Stars NJ STL NJ BOS BAY PHI BAY ATL WSH ATL BOS WSH ATL NJ ATL BOS PHI NJ BAY PHI WAS BAY PHI WAS
1-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-3 3-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-0 2-3 2-0 2-1

[1]

Matches

  Win   Tie   Loss

WPS regular season

See also: 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season
April 11, 2010 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
Kai 7' (O'Reilly) Report Stadium: Yurcak Stadium
Attendance: 4,440
Referee: Ted Unkel
April 17, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Saint Louis Athletica Bridgeview, Illinois
Nogueira 59' (Chapman) Report Chalupny 4'
Elaine Yellow card 27'
Boxx Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,134
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 25, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
Lloyd Yellow card 18' Report Kai 52' (White) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,136
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 1, 2010 Boston Breakers 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Allston, Massachusetts
Report Rapinoe Yellow card 32'
Nogueira 64' (Carney)
Cristiane 70' (Rapinoe)		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 5,180
Referee: Jennifer Bennett
May 8, 2010 FC Gold Pride 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Santa Clara, California
Milbrett 45+'
O'Hara 78' (Yokers)		 Report Rapinoe Yellow card 21'
Dieke Red card 26'		 Stadium: BuckShaw Stadium
Attendance: 3,153
Referee: Marlene Duffy
May 15, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Philadelphia Independence Bridgeview, Illinois
Formiga Yellow card 83' Report Lohman 7' (Rodriguez) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Tony Crush
May 29, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 FC Gold Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
Asllani 55' (Dalmy) Report Dew Yellow card 41' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
June 6, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 0–0 Atlanta Beat Bridgeview, Illinois
Weber Yellow card 90+' Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,227
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
June 12, 2010 Washington Freedom 2–2 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Wambach 11' (Whitehill)
Sawa 18' (Bompastor)
Bompastor Yellow card 70'		 Report Cristiane 30' (Carney)
Rapinoe Yellow card 36'
Spilger Yellow card 79'
Cristiane 82' (Nogueira)
Spilger Yellow card 90+' Yellow-red card		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,249
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
June 19, 2010 Atlanta Beat 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kennesaw, Georgia
Ellertson 41' (Ocampo) Report Stadium: KSU Stadium
Attendance: 3,589
June 25, 2010 Boston Breakers 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Allston, Massachusetts
Fabiana 46' (del Rio) Report Masar 13' (Cristiane)
Masar 79' (Dalmy)		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 3,647
Referee: Jennifer Bennett
July 4, 2010 Washington Freedom 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,744
Referee: Tony Crush
July 7, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Atlanta Beat Bridgeview, Illinois
Masar 42' (Cristiane)
Chapman Yellow card 61'		 Report Rasmussen 30'
Miyama Yellow card 31'
Cinalli Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,091
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
July 10, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
Masar 38' (Spilger)
Koster 47' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
July 21, 2010 Atlanta Beat 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kennesaw, Georgia
Aluko 56' (Bishop)
Blank Yellow card 79'
Aluko Yellow card 90+'		 Report Stadium: KSU Stadium
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Michael Donovan
July 25, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–3 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
Asllani 80' (Nogueira) Report Smith 9' (Cheney)
Smith 12' (Tarpley)
Dieke 14' (Smith)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,673
Referee: Allan Chapman
July 28, 2010 Philadelphia Independence 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Chester, Pennsylvania
Rodriguez 12' (Lindsey)
Rodrigue 25' (Falk)
Buczkowski Yellow card 48'
Seger 56' (Rodriguez)
Magnusdottir Red card 90+'		 Report Markgraf Yellow card 81' Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
August 1, 2010 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
Taylor 90+' (Kai) Report Masar 4' (Rapinoe)
Carney 61' (Dalmy)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Daniel Radford
August 7, 2010 FC Gold Pride 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Hayward, California
Wilson Yellow card 62'
O'Hara Yellow card 85'		 Report Stadium: Pioneer Stadium
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Ted Unkel
August 11, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Philadelphia Independence Bridgeview, Illinois
Formiga Yellow card 37'
Masar 62' (Nogueira)
Rapinoe Yellow card 67'
Spilger Yellow card 77'
Chapman Yellow card 90+'		 Report Rodriguez 53' (Lindsey)
Sanderson 78'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
August 19, 2010 Washington Freedom 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Wambach 49' (Huffman)
Whitehill 55' (Huffman)		 Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
August 22, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–3 FC Gold Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
Masar 18'
Formiga Yellow card 45+'
Masar 61' (Dalmy)		 Report Marta 8' (Riley)
Buehler 33' (Milbrett)
Marta Yellow card 43'
Marta 79' (penalty)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 6,089
Referee: Michael Donovan
September 1, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Philadelphia Independence Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Boquete 4' (Nogueira)
Chapman Yellow card 36'
Dalmy 54' (Carney)		 Report Seger Yellow card 77' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,173
Referee: Moo Hackett
September 5, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 Washington Freedom Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Nogueira 50' (Boquete)
Formiga Yellow card 86'
Rapinoe 90+' (Boquete)		 Report Bock Yellow card 74'
Huffman Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 87'
Goebel 90+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,067
Referee: Ted Unkel

Statistics

Golden Boot

Rank Scorer G A
1 United States Ella Masar 8 0
2 Brazil Cristiane 3 2
3 United States Casey Nogueira 2 3
4 United States Marian Dalmy 0 4

Source: womensprosoccer.com[5]

Other information

Chairman United States Marcia McDermott
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A)[6]

Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/


References

  1. ^ a b Howell, John (April 1, 2010). "WPS Chicago Red Stars Announce Opening Day Roster". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Press release: Chicago Red Stars Planning to Suspend Operations". Women's Professional Soccer. December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Chicago Red Stars". Women's Professional Soccer. July 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010.
  4. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Name Omid Namazi Head Coach". Internet Archive from Goal. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "2010 stats". womensprosoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010.
  6. ^ "Chicago Red Stars :: Stadium". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010.