2018 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars
2018 season
OwnerArnim Whisler
Head coachRory Dames
StadiumToyota Park
(capacity: 20,000)
NWSL4th
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
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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]

Team roster

2018 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 Gilliland
4 MF United States USA Alyssa Mautz
5 DF United States USA Katie Naughton
6 DF United States USA Casey Short
8 MF United States USA Julie Ertz
9 FW United States USA Stephanie McCaffrey
10 DF United States USA Vanessa DiBernardo
12 FW Japan JPN Yuki Nagasato
13 MF United States USA Morgan Brian
14 DF United States USA Sarah Gorden
15 FW United States USA Michele Vasconcelos
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF United States USA Summer Green
20 FW Australia AUS Sam Kerr
21 GK United States USA Emily Boyd
22 MF New Zealand NZL Rosie White
23 MF United States USA Brooke Elby
24 MF United States USA Danielle Colaprico
25 MF United States USA Erin Yenney
— GK United States USA Ryann Torrero
— DF Mexico MEX Christina Murillo
— MF United States USA Jo Boyles
— MF United States USA Chandra Eigenberger
— DF United States USA Zoey Goralski

Player transactions

College draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League[1]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 2 15 United States Emily Boyd GK University of California, Berkeley
Round 2 18 United States Indigo Gibson D University of California, Berkeley
Round 2 19 United States Brianna Visalli M Pepperdine University
Round 3 24 United States Megan Buckingham M University of North Carolina
Round 3 27 United States Zoey Goralski D University of California Los Angeles
Round 4 37 United States Alexa Ben M DePaul University

Transfers in

Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
January 18, 2018 Australia Sam Kerr FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in 3-team trade with Sky Blue FC and the Houston Dash. [2]
January 18, 2018 United States Nikki Stanton MF Sky Blue FC Acquired in 3-team trade with Sky Blue FC and the Houston Dash. [2]
January 30, 2018 New Zealand Rosie White MF Boston Breakers Selected with the 7th pick in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [3]
January 30, 2018 United States Ashton Miller MF Boston Breakers Selected with the 12th pick in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [3]
January 30, 2018 United States Joanna Boyles MF Boston Breakers Selected with the 25th pick in the Boston Breakers Dispersal Draft [3]
June 18, 2018 United States Brooke Elby MF Utah Royals FC Acquired in 3-team trade with Utah Royals FC and the Houston Dash. [4]
June 19, 2018 United States Morgan Brian MF France Olympique Lyonnais Signed. [5]

Transfer out

Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
January 1, 2018 United States Morgan Brian MF France Olympique Lyonnais Signed with Olympique Lyonnais, Chicago retained her rights in the NWSL [6]
January 18, 2018 United States 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 United States 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 United States Lauren Kaskie MF Sweden Hammarby Waived, signed with Hammarby [7]
June 18, 2018 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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]

Player W-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
  • Owner: Arnim Whisler
Coaching Staff[9]
  • 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
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 17 6 1 53 17 +36 57 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC 24 12 6 6 40 28 +12 42 NWSL Playoffs
3 Seattle Reign FC 24 11 8 5 27 19 +8 41
4 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 10 5 38 28 +10 37
5 Utah Royals FC 24 9 8 7 22 23 −1 35
6 Houston Dash 24 9 5 10 35 39 −4 32
7 Orlando Pride 24 8 6 10 30 37 −7 30
8 Washington Spirit 24 2 5 17 12 35 −23 11
9 Sky Blue FC 24 1 6 17 21 52 −31 9
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Weekly ranking

Week
ending 		March April May June July August September
X 25 1 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 X
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Rank 3 7 4 4 2 3 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Games 1 2 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 18 18 18 19 21 22 23 24
Points 1 1 4 8 9 10 11 12 12 15 15 16 19 22 25 28 28 28 28 29 31 34 37 37

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

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 9 10 5 38 28  +10 37 5 4 3 22 15  +7 4 6 2 16 13  +3

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

National Women's Soccer League

Main article: 2018 National Women's Soccer League season

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 11 Thorns Spring Invitational Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
7 PM CT [p 2] Gilliland 62' (Nagasato) Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 3,822
Wed Mar 14 Thorns Spring Invitational Houston Dash 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
15:30 CT [p 3] Huerta 9' Stadium: Merlo Field
Sat Mar 17 Thorns Spring Invitational United States U-23 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
15:30 CT Catalina Macario 32' (penalty) [p 4] Stadium: Merlo Field

Regular season

Sat Mar 25 1 Houston Dash 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
4 PM CT Keever 38' (Jordan)
Brooks Yellow card 81'		 [m 1] Naughton Yellow card 69'
Comeau 90+1' (Colaprico)		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,846
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Sat Mar 31 2 Chicago Red Stars 2–3 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:15 PM CT Mautz 31' (Huerta), 67' (Huerta)
Colaprico Yellow card 64'		 [m 2] Horan 9'
Sinclair 40', 65' (pen.)
Boureille Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 13,678
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat Apr 14 3 Utah Royals FC 0–1 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT [m 3] Colaprico 27' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,203
Referee: Karen Abt
Note: Televised on Lifetime.
Wed Apr 18 4 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT Mewis 7' (o.g.)
Gilliland Yellow card 9'
Kaskie 11'
Huerta 74' (Colaprico)
Johnson Yellow card 90+2'		 [m 4] Keever Yellow card 45'
Brooks Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,327
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat Apr 21 5 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Huerta 1' (Mautz) [m 5] McCaskill 78' (Johnson) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,413
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
Sat Apr 28 6 Washington Spirit 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
7 PM ET Ordega 4' (Pugh) [m 6] Mautz 20' Yellow card 56'
Nagasato Yellow card 83'
Kerr Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,448
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
Wed May 2 7 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT Comeau Yellow card 87' [m 7] Ubogagu 28' (Leroux)
Hill 81' (van Egmond)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,027
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sun May 6 8 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
3 PM ET Mewis Yellow card 45'
Zerboni Yellow card 71' 82'		 [m 8] Kerr 37'
Nagasato Yellow card 45+3'
Vasconcelos Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,068
Referee: John Krill
Sat May 12 9 Chicago Red Stars 2–2 Houston Dash Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Kerr 20' (Gilliland)
Johnson Yellow card 26'
Comeau Yellow card 59'
Huerta 68' (penalty)		 [m 9] Daly 6' (Prince)
Mewis 48' (Simon)
Ohai Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,372
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sat May 19 10 Seattle Reign FC 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Seattle, Washington
7 PM PT McNabb Yellow card 86' [m 10] Stanton Yellow card 26'
Naughton Yellow card 46'
Colaprico Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,597
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat May 26 11 Chicago Red Stars 2–5 Orlando Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
2:30 PM CT Kerr 21' (Nagasato) 60' (Nagasato)
Johnson Yellow card 42'		 [m 11] Hill 2'
Morgan 6' (Marta)
Leroux 62' (Krieger) 64'
Weatherholt 83' (Morgan)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,047
Referee: Reyna Fonseca
Sat Jun 2 12 Washington Spirit 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
3:30 PM ET Lohaman Yellow card 24' [m 12] Kerr 25'
Stantaon Yellow card 31'
Nagasato 49' (Mautz)
Mautz Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,199
Referee: Karen Abt
Note: game was delayed due to weather
Sat Jun 16 13 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 PM CT Nagasato 43'
Stanton Yellow card 62'		 [m 13] Hubly Yellow card 42'
Horan 48' Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,093
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Note: Televised on ESPNews.
Sat Jun 23 14 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Utah Royals FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7PM CT Naughton 62' (Colaprico)
DiBernardo 70' (Kerr)
Nagasato Yellow card 87'		 [m 14] Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,317
Referee: Natalie Simon
Sun Jul 1 15 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
5 PM CT Short 34' (Colaprico)
Nagasato 60' (Kerr)
Mautz Yellow card 65'		 [m 15] Johnson Yellow card 24'
Hatch Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,858
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
Wed Jul 4 16 North Carolina Courage 4–1 Chicago Red Stars Cary, North Carolina
8 PM ET Dunn 20' (McDonald)
Williams 67' (Mathias)
Debinha 69' (Mewis)
Hamilton 87' (Williams)		 [m 16] Ertz Yellow card 32'
Nagasato 90+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 7 17 Sky Blue FC 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
3:30 PM ET Dorsey 73' (McCaskill) [m 17] Kerr 40' (Mautz), 46' (Nagasato), 63' (Nagasato) Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Jasmine Peralta
Sat Jul 14 18 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Seattle Reign FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Kerr 87' (Nagasato) [m 18] Fishlock Yellow card 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 10 19 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 North Carolina Courage Bridgeview, Illinois
7 PM CT Kerr 64' (DiBernardo)
Nagasato Yellow card 72'		 [m 19] Debinha 21' (McDonald)
Hamilton Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,567
Referee: Matthew Franz
Wed Aug 15 20 Seattle Reign FC 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Seattle, Washington
7:30 PM PT Oyster Yellow card 47' [m 20]
boxscore		 Kerr Yellow card 27'
Colaprico Yellow card 44'
Gilliland Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,341
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Sat Aug 18 21 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM PT Heath 60'
Sonnett Yellow card 67'
Sinclair 69' (Heath)		 [m 21] Kerr 44' (Nagasato), 49' (DiBernardo)
White Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 18,631
Referee: Malik Badawi
Note: Televised on ESPNews
Sat Aug 25 22 Orlando Pride 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Orlando, Florida
3:30 PM ET Camila Yellow card 42'
Morgan 65' (Marta)
Zadorsky Yellow card 79'
Monica Yellow card 82'		 [m 22] Kerr 44' (Nagasato), 59'
DiBernardo 45+1' (Kerr)		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr
Tue Sept 4 23 Chicago Red Stars 5–0 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
6:30 PM CT Mautz 18' (Gilliland), 46' (Gilliland)
Kerr 64' (Elby)
White 80' (Kerr)
Vasconcelos 90+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 8 24 Utah Royals FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Sandy, Utah
1:30 PM MT Rodriguez 55' (Bowen)
Stengel 64' (Lytle)		 [m 24] Gilliland Yellow card 17'
Stanton Yellow card 25'
Kerr 39' (Gilliland)		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 11,851
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Postseason

Tue Sep 18 Semifinal North Carolina Courage 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
6:00 PM PT McDonald 5' (Dunn)
Mathias Yellow card 72'
Mewis 86' (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

See also: NWSL awards
Award Result Player
Golden Boot winner Sam Kerr [12]
Most Valuable Player finalist Sam Kerr [13]
Defender of the Year finalist Julie Ertz [13]
NWSL Best XI
Position First team Position Second team
Forward Sam Kerr [14] Defender Julie Ertz [14]

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Result Player Ref.
April Won United States Sofia Huerta [15]
August Won Australia Sam Kerr [16]

NWSL Team of the Month

Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April United States Sofia Huerta [17]
May
June United States Alyssa Naeher Japan Yuki Nagasato [18]
July United States Katie Naughton Japan Yuki Nagasato Australia Sam Kerr [19]
August United States Vanessa DiBernardo Australia Sam Kerr [20]

NWSL Player of the Week

Week Result Player Ref
4 Won United States Sofia Huerta [21]
6 Won United States Alyssa Naeher [22]
10 Won Japan Yuki Nagasato [23]
15 Won Australia Sam Kerr [24]
22 Won Australia Sam Kerr [25]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
2 Nominated United States Alyssa Mautz [26]
3 Nominated United States Danielle Colaprico [27]
4 Nominated United States Sofia Huerta [28]
6 Nominated Australia Samantha Kerr [29]
10 Nominated Japan Yuki Nagasato [30]
13 Nominated United States Vanessa DiBernardo [31]
14 Nominated Japan Yuki Nagasato [32]
15 Nominated Australia Samantha Kerr [33]
16 Nominated Australia Samantha Kerr [34]
20 Nominated Australia Samantha Kerr [35]
21 Nominated Australia Samantha Kerr [36]
22 Nominated Australia Samantha Kerr [37]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week Result Player Ref.
1 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [38]
3 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [39]
4 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [40]
6 Won United States Alyssa Naeher [41]
8 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [42]
10 Nominated United States Emily Boyd [43]
11/12 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [44]
15 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [45]
16 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [46]
24 Nominated United States Alyssa Naeher [47]

References

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  17. ^ "Kerr's Hat Trick Leads 3-1 Victory Against Sky Blue FC". Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  18. ^ "Chicago Grabs Three Points After 1-0 Victory Against Seattle". Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  19. ^ "Chicago Steals a Point in 1-1 Draw Against North Carolina". Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  20. ^ "Chicago Splits a Point in 0-0 Draw Against Seattle". Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  21. ^ "Chicago Settles with 2-2 Draw in Portland". Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  22. ^ "Chicago Takes Huge Three Points on the Road". Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  23. ^ "Chicago Clinches NWSL Playoff Spot". Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  24. ^ "Chicago Falls 2-1 to Utah Royals FC in Regular Season Finale". Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
Match report (postseason playoff)
  1. ^ a b "Chicago Falls to North Carolina 2-0 in NWSL Semifinals". Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
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