2009 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2009 Chicago Red Stars season was the first season of the soccer club, and it competed in the first season of Women's Professional Soccer league.

Chicago Red Stars
2009 season
Chairman Emma Hayes
Manager Peter Wilt

Major events

Team news

The Chicago Red Stars team is one of the eight teams in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) League, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States that began play on March 29, 2009. The WPS is the highest level in the United States soccer pyramid for the women's game. The Chicago Red Stars play at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL - a suburb of Chicago.[1]

Squad

First-team squad
As of March 25, 2009.[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Caroline Jönsson
2 DF Marian Dalmy
3 FW Ella Masar
4 MF Ifeoma Dieke
5 FW Lindsay Tarpley (captain)
6 MF Brittany Klein
7 MF Heather Garriock
8 MF Megan Rapinoe
9 FW Danesha Adams
10 MF Carli Lloyd
11 FW Cristiane
No. Position Player
12 MF Chioma Igwe
13 DF Natalie Spilger
14 FW Karen Carney
15 DF Bonnie Young
16 DF Sarah Wagenfuhr
17 DF Michelle Wenino
18 MF Frida Östberg
19 DF Mary Therese McDonnell
20 GK Jaimel Johnson
23 DF Nikki Krzysik
25 GK Lydia Williams

Club

Management
Position Staff
Technical Director Emma Hayes
Manager Emma Hayes
Assistant manager Denise Reddy
Assistant manager Nathan Kipp
Head athletic trainer Laura Behr

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

Competitions

Women's Professional Soccer

Standings
Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 Los Angeles Sol 41 20 12 3 5 27 10 +17
2 Saint Louis Athletica 33 20 10 6 4 19 15 +4
3 Washington Freedom 29 20 8 7 5 32 32 0
4 Sky Blue FC 26 20 7 8 5 19 20 -1
5 Boston Breakers 25 20 7 9 4 18 20 -2
6 Chicago Red Stars 20 20 5 10 5 18 25 -7
7 FC Gold Pride 18 20 4 10 6 17 28 -11
2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs

WPS regular season
Main article: 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season

The Chicago Res Stars' WPS regular season kicked off on 4 April and it concluded on 5 August.[3]

  Win   Tie   Loss

April 4, 2009 Saint Louis Athletica0–1Chicago Red StarsEdwardsville, IL, United States
Report Tarpley  78' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 5,008
Referee: ?
April 11, 2009 Washington Freedom1–1Chicago Red StarsGermantown, Maryland, United States
Sauerbrunn  54' Report Tarpley  29' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,028
Referee: ?
April 19, 2009 Chicago Red Stars0–0Sky Blue FCBridgeview, Illinois United States
Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,824
Referee: ?
April 25, 2009 Chicago Red Stars4–0Boston BreakersBridgeview, Illinois United States
Lloyd  21'
Rapinoe  39'
Carney  42'
Klein  52'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,118
Referee: Veronica Brito
May 10, 2009 Chicago Red Stars0–2Sky Blue FCBridgeview, Illinois United States
Report Walsh  8'
Kai  79'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,664
Referee: Victor Herrera
May 16, 2009 Chicago Red Stars0–1FC Gold PrideBridgeview, Illinois United States
Report Sinclair  30' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,884
Referee: Kari Seitz
May 23, 2009 Chicago Red Stars0–2Saint Louis AthleticaBridgeview, Illinois United States
Report Dieke  25' (o.g.)
Aluko  41'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,461
Referee: Sandra Serafini
June 3, 2009 Los Angeles Sol1–1Chicago Red StarsCarson, California United States
Abily  90' Report Cristiane  88' Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 3,832
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
June 7, 2009 FC Gold Pride1–1Chicago Red StarsSanta Clara, CA United States
Sinclair  14' Report Cristiane  47' Stadium: BuckShaw Stadium
Attendance: 2,956
Referee: Veronica Brito
June 13, 2009 Washington Freedom2–1Chicago Red StarsWashington D.C., United States
Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
June 17, 2009 Sky Blue FC1–0Chicago Red StarsPiscataway, NJ United States
Rosana  24' Report Stadium: Yurcak Stadium
Attendance: 2,611
Referee: Veronica Brito
June 21, 2009 Chicago Red Stars0–2Boston BreakersBridgeview, Illinois United States
Report Rodriguez  22'
Lilly  90+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,889
Referee: Dallas Malhiwsky
June 27, 2009 Los Angeles Sol4–0Chicago Red StarsCarson, California United States
Boxx  15'
Abily  20'
Marta  62', 90+'		 Report Stadium: The Home Depot Center
Attendance: 4,653
Referee: Bryan Roslund
July 1, 2009 Chicago Red Stars2–1Washington FreedomBridgeview, Illinois United States
Cristiane  48'
Tarpley  61'		 Report Wambach  34' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Sandra Serafini
July 12, 2009 Chicago Red Stars3–1FC Gold PrideBridgeview, Illinois United States
Cristiane  31' (pen.), 45', 65' Report Milbrett  64' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,127
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
July 15, 2009 Boston Breakers1–0Chicago Red StarsCambridge, MA United States
Hucles  35' Report Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 4,075
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 19, 2009 Sky Blue FC1–0Chicago Red StarsPiscataway, NJ United States
Hanks  62' Report Stadium: Yurcak Stadium
Attendance: 3,130
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
July 26, 2009 Chicago Red Stars2–3Washington FreedomBridgeview, Illinois United States
Rapinoe  15'
Carney  69'		 Report Wambach  35', 56'
Long  89'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,226
Referee: Sandra Serafini
August 2, 2009 Chicago Red Stars3–1Los Angeles SolBridgeview, Illinois United States
Lloyd  10'
Tarpley  46'
Cristiane  90+'		 Report Duan  90' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 7,959
Referee: Kari Seitz
August 5, 2009 Saint Louis Athletica2–0Chicago Red StarsEdwardsville, IL, United States
Welsh  35, 65' Report Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 3,437
Referee: Daniel Radford

Squad Statistics
Rank Scorer G A
1 Cristiane 7 0
2 Lindsay Tarpley 4 4
3 Megan Rapinoe 2 3
4 Karen Carney 2 2
5 Carli Lloyd 2 1
6 Brittany Klein 1 3
7 Marian Dalmy 0 2
7 Ella Masar 0 2
9 Heather Garriock 0 1

Statistics accurate as of 5 August 2009.[4]

Other information
Chairman Peter Wilt
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A)[5]

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

References
  1. "Chicago Red Stars". Beyond Sport World. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. Chicago Red Stars (25 March 2009). "Chicago Red Stars Announce Opening Day Roster". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. "Chicago Red Stars 2009 Schedule". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. "Chicago Red Stars 2009 Stats". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 2010-03-07. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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