2017 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2017 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's ninth season. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. In 2017, for the third consecutive season, the Red Stars made it to the post-season playoffs and was eliminated in the semi-final.

Chicago Red Stars
2017 season
OwnerArnim Whisler
Head coachRory Dames
StadiumToyota Park
(capacity: 20,000)
NWSL4th
Top goalscorerChristen Press (11)
Highest home attendance4,934 (August 12 vs. POR)
Lowest home attendance1,827 (May 14 vs. BOS)
Average home league attendance3,198

First-team squad

The entire 2017 roster was returned for 2018 NWSL season.[1]

Roster

Players who were under contract to play for the club in 2017 NWSL season.

Chicago Red Stars Lineup 2017

2018 squad

+ indicates player was added during the season, - indicates player was removed during the season.

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 Alyssa Naeher
2 FW Jen Hoy
3 DF Arin Gilliland
4 MF Alyssa Mautz
5 DF Katie Naughton
6 DF Casey Short
7 MF Taylor Comeau
8 MF Julie Ertz
9 FW Stephanie McCaffrey
10 DF Vanessa DiBernardo
11 MF Sofia Huerta
No. Position Player
12 FW Yuki Nagasato +
13 MF Morgan Brian +
14 DF Sarah Gorden
15 MF Kristie Mewis +-
16 DF Samantha Johnson
18 GK Michele Dalton
19 MF Summer Green
23 FW Christen Press (captain)
24 MF Danielle Colaprico
30 MF Lauren Kaskie
34 MF Mary Luba -
College draft

Players selected by the club in 2017 NWSL College Draft.[2]

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

No. Position Player
FW Michele Vasconcelos
MF Morgan Proffitt
MF Lauren Kaskie
Loan to W-League clubs

After the 2018 season several Chicago Red Stars players were loaned to clubs of W-League of Australia to play in their 2017-2018 season.[3][4]

PlayerW-League club
Danielle ColapricoAdelaide United FC
Alyssa Mautz
Katie Naughton
Arin GillilandNewcastle Jets FC

Management and Staff
Front Office
  • Owner Arnim Whisler
Coaching Staff[5]
  • Manager Rory Dames
  • Assistant Coach Bonnie Young
  • Assistant Coach Brian Kibler
  • Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Jordi King

Regular season standings

League standing

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage 24 16 1 7 38 22 +16 49 NWSL Shield
2 Portland Thorns FC (C) 24 14 5 5 37 20 +17 47 NWSL Playoffs
3 Orlando Pride 24 11 7 6 45 31 +14 40
4 Chicago Red Stars 24 11 6 7 33 30 +3 39
5 Seattle Reign FC 24 9 7 8 43 37 +6 34
6 Sky Blue FC 24 10 3 11 42 51 −9 33
7 FC Kansas City 24 8 7 9 29 31 −2 31
8 Houston Dash 24 7 3 14 23 39 −16 24
9 Boston Breakers 24 4 7 13 24 35 −11 19
10 Washington Spirit 24 5 4 15 30 48 −18 19
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Weekly ranking
Week
ending		 April May June July August September October
1623307142128418 25291623613202731024 1 X
Week 123456789101112 13141516171819202122
Rank 9473532 2222 2212 3333 334
Games 123456789101213 14151617192021222324
Points 0336710131617202324 25282929293235363939

Update June 1, 2018 Source: NWSL 2017 season

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
24 11 6 7 33 30  +3 39 7 2 3 19 15  +4 4 4 4 14 15  −1

Last updated: Sep 29, 2017.
Source: NWSLSoccer.com: 2017 Schedule: Chicago Red Stars

Match results

Preseason
Wed March 16 Wisconsin BadgersCancelledChicago Red StarsVerona, Wisconsin
Stadium: Reddan Soccer Complex
Note: Cancelled due to snow.
Sun March 26 Thorns Spring InvitationalPortland Thorns FC1–0Chicago Red StarsPortland, Oregon
 [p 1] Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 6,802
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Wed March 29 Thorns Spring InvitationalChicago Red Stars2–1Houston DashPortland, Oregon
 [p 2]
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Jason Perlewitz
Sat April 1 Thorns Spring InvitationalUnited States U-230–0Chicago Red StarsPortland, Oregon
[p 3] Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Levi Rippy
Thurs April 6 Notre Dame Fighting Irish1–3Chicago Red StarsNotre Dame, Indiana
  • ND  2nd half'
 [p 4]
Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: n/a

National Women's Soccer League
Main article: 2017 National Women's Soccer League season
Regular season
Sat April 15 1Houston Dash2–0Chicago Red StarsHouston, Texas
Ohai  15' (Brooks)
Benites  56'
Daly  80' (Ohai)		 [m 1] Mautz  29' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,484
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sat April 22 2Chicago Red Stars1–0FC Kansas CityBridgeview, Illinois
Ertz  41' (Huerta) [m 2] Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,153
Referee: Greg Dopka
Sat April 29 3Portland Thorns FC1–0Chicago Red StarsPortland, Oregon
Nadim  27' (pen.)
Sonnett  51'
Boureille  67'		 [m 3] Ertz  64'
Press  90+2'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,471
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Sat May 6 4Chicago Red Stars2–0Houston DashBridgeview, Illinois
Hagan  44' (o.g.)
Ertz  61'
Press  82'		 [m 4] Benites  14' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,114
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sun May 14 5Chicago Red Stars1–1Boston BreakersBridgeview, Illinois
Press  89' (Huerta) [m 5] Lavelle  69'
King  73'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 1,827
Referee: Luis Guardia
Sun May 21 6North Carolina Courage1–3Chicago Red StarsCary, North Carolina
Williams  55' (Hinkle) [m 6] Press  30' (pen.)
Huerta  37' (Press)
DiBernardo  45' (Huerta)
Short  75'
Ertz  90+4'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,786
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Sat May 27 7Chicago Red Stars3–2North Carolina CourageBridgeview, Illinois
15:00 CST Colaprico  27' (DiBernardo)  39'
Mautz  54' (Press)
DiBernardo  59'		 [m 7] Erceg  45+4' (Mewis)
Debinha  82'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,618
Referee: Becky Pagan
Sun June 4 8Chicago Red Stars1–0Seattle Reign FCBridgeview, Illinois
15:00 CST Press  49' (Huerta) [m 8] Rapinoe  89' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Malik Badawi
Sat June 17 9Chicago Red Stars1–1Washington SpiritBridgeview, Illinois
14:50 CST Naughton  31'
Press  82' (pen.)		 [m 9] Ordega  42' (Williams)
Daugherty Howard  62'
Zadorsky  81'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,189
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
Sun June 25 10Chicago Red Stars2–1Sky Blue FCBridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CST DiBernardo  63'
Huerta  67' (Short)		 [m 10] Tiernan  3' (Lytle) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,720
Referee: Karen Abt
Wed June 28 11Seattle Reign FC2–1Chicago Red StarsSeattle, Washington
19:30 PDT Rapinoe  58' (pen.), 84' (pen.) [m 11] Mautz  41' (Ertz)
Johnson  69'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Christopher Spivey
Sat July 1 12Orlando Pride0–1Chicago Red StarsOrlando, Florida
18:00 EDT Krieger  52' [m 12] Press  68' (pen.) Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,476
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
Note: Kickoff was delayed by 1 hour due to rain.[6]
Fri July 7 13Boston Breakers0–0Chicago Red StarsBoston, Massachusetts
Mautz  62' [m 13] Chapman  80'
White  90'		 Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 2,435
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sat July 15 14Sky Blue FC2–2Chicago Red StarsPiscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EST Stanton  2'
Hayes  32'
Kerr  38'  90' (Killion)
Skroski  74'
O'Hara  79'		 [m 14] Huerta  4' (Press)
Press  26' (DiBernardo)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,529
Referee: Robi Hullner
Sat July 22 15Chicago Red Stars2–1Orlando PrideBridgeview, Illinois
Press  29' (Huerta), 52' (Hoy) [m 15] Marta  76'
Kennedy  90+3' (Hill)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,742
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Sat Aug 5 16Orlando Pride1–1Chicago Red StarsOrlando, Florida
Morgan  24' (Spencer)
Kennedy  69'		 [m 16] Johnson  51'
Huerta  53' (Hoy)		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 5,667
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
Sat Aug 12 17Chicago Red Stars2–3Portland Thorns FCBridgeview, Illinois
Press  16'
Huerta  38' (Ertz)
Gilliland  54'		 [m 17] Raso  3' (Horan)
Sinclair  9' (Brynjarsdóttir)
Sonnett  55' (Klingenberg)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,934
Referee: Greg Dopka
Wed Aug 16 18Chicago Red Stars1–2Seattle Reign FCBridgeview, Illinois
Hoy  23' (Comeau) [m 18] Nairn  74'
Kawasumi  90' (Utsugi)
Johnson  90+2' (Mathias)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Danielle Chesky
Sun Aug 20 19Chicago Red Stars1–3FC Kansas CityBridgeview, Illinois
Short  26'
Ertz  64' (Nagasato)
Naeher  90+3'		 [m 19] Leroux  23' (Groom)
Bowen  29' (Groom)
Groom  45'
Kelly  80' (LaBonta)		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,314
Referee: Karen Abt
Sat Aug 26 20Washington Spirit1–2Chicago Red StarsBoyds, Maryland
Williams  81' (Pugh)
Johnson  90+3'		 [m 20] Mewis  23' (Colaprico)
Mautz  66'
Colaprico  70'
Press  87' (Ertz)		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,469
Referee: Kevin Broadley
Sun Sep 3 21Chicago Red Stars2–1North Carolina CourageBridgeview, Illinois
Colaprico  40'
Nagasato  52' (Press)
Ertz  73'  84' (Nagasato)		 [m 21] Williams  15' (McDonald)
Zerboni  77'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,745
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Sat Sep 9 22FC Kansas City0–0Chicago Red StarsKansas City, Missouri
LaBonta  66' [m 22] Stadium: Swope Soccer Village
Attendance: 963
Referee: Michael Radchuk
Sat Sep 23 23Houston Dash2–3Chicago Red StarsHouston, Texas
Brooks  24' (pen.)
Andressinha  75'
Daly  85' (Mewis)		 [m 23] Hoy  12'
Short  20'
Press  45+2' (pen.)
Nagasato  89'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 6,707
Referee: Marco Vega
Sat Sep 30 24Portland Thorns FC3–1Chicago Red StarsPortland, Oregon
Raso  2'
Sykes  13'
Henry  42'
Nadim  83' (pen.)		 [m 24] Gilliland  25'
Kaskie  33'
Huerta  71'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Playoffs
Sun Oct 8 semi-finalNorth Carolina Courage1–0Chicago Red StarsCary, NC
3:30 p.m. ET
[o 1] Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 10,017
Referee: Ramy Touchan
Players statistics
NPlayerGPGSMinGAShSOGFCOffCKPKPKGYCRC
1Alyssa Naeher2222198000002000010
2Jen Hoy1386352210471000000
3Arin Gilliland22211765005121130020
4Alyssa Mautz241514152019726300030
5Katie Naughton2222195800316000010
6Casey Short222119141111319400020
7Taylor Comeau19101096017313100000
8Julie Ertz222119324316736100030
9Stephanie McCaffrey12436400732300000
10Vanessa DiBernardo20201707322414133620000
11Sofia Huerta24211966644425291520000
12Yūki Nagasato6331112316410001
13Morgan Brian105900001000000
14Sarah Gorden4322400002000000
15Kristie Mewis118110223000000
16Samantha Johnson2222178500109000020
18Michele Dalton1218000000000000
19Summer Green6113700102100000
23Christen Press232219971148449243006420
24Danielle Colaprico232119031183270350040
30Lauren Kaskie7221300116040010
34Mary Luba00000000000000

Honors and awards

NWSL annual awards
NWSL Best XI
PositionFirst teamPositionSecond team
DefenderCasey Short2,004 minutes MidfielderDanielle Colaprico1,093 minutes
ForwardChristen Press5 game winning goalsJulie Ertz4 goals, 3 assists
Sofia Huerta6 goals, 4 assists

NWSL Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April Julie Ertz [7]
May Samantha Johnson
Casey Short		 Danielle Colaprico
 Christen Press [8]
June Casey Short [9]
July Casey Short Julie Ertz [10]

NWSL Goal of the Week
Week Result Player Ref.
5 Won Christen Press [11]
6 Won Sofia Huerta [12]
7 Nominated Vanessa DiBernardo [13]
8 Nominated Christen Press [14]
10 Won Vanessa DiBernardo [15]
14 Won Christen Press [16]
15 Won Sofia Huerta [17]
19 Won Julie Ertz [18]
21 Nominated Casey Short [19]
22 Nominated Sofia Huerta [20]

NWSL Save of the Week
Week Result Player Ref.
4 Nominated Alyssa Naeher [21]
5 Won [22]
6 Nominated [23]
7 Won Danielle Colaprico [24]
11 Nominated [25]

References
  1. "Chicago Returns Entire Roster For 2018". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  2. McCauley, Kevin. "NWSL draft 2017 results: All the picks from all 4 rounds". SB Nation. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  3. "Colaprico, Mautz, Naughton on Loan to Adelaide United in W-League". Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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  9. Linehan, Meg (June 30, 2017). "June Team of the Month announced". NWSL. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  10. "July Team of the Month". www.nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. August 1, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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Match reports (preseason)
  1. "Chicago Falls to Portland 1-0 in Thorns Spring Invitational". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. "Chicago Defeats Houston 2-1 in Thorns Spring Invitational". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. "Chicago Ties Final Thorns Spring Invitational Match". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  4. "Red Stars Down Notre Dame 3-1 Ahead of NWSL Season Opener". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
Match reports (regular season)
  1. "Houston Dash vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  2. "Chicago Red Stars vs FC Kansas City". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  3. "Portland Thorns FC vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  4. "Chicago Red Stars vs FC Houston Dash". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  5. "Chicago Red Stars vs Boston Breakers". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  6. "North Carolina Courage vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  7. "Chicago Red Stars vs North Carolina Courage". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. "Chicago Red Stars vs Seattle Reigh FC". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
  9. Linehan, Meg (June 17, 2017). "Press, Chicago equalize for draw against Spirit". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  10. "Chicago Red Stars vs Sky Blue FC". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  11. "Seattle Reign FC vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  12. "Orlando Pride vs. Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  13. Purdy, Jacqueline (July 7, 2017). "Breakers hang on for 0–0 draw with Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  14. "Sky Blue FC vs Chicago Red Stars". National Women's Soccer League. July 15, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  15. "Chicago Red Stars vs Orlando Pride". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  16. "Orlando Pride vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  17. "Chicago Red Stars vs Portland Thorns FC". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  18. "Chicago Red Stars vs Seattle Reign FC". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
  19. "FC Kansas City vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  20. "Washington Spirit vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  21. "Chicago Red Stars vs North Carolina Courage". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  22. "FC Kansas City vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  23. "Houston Dash vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  24. "Portland Thorns FC vs Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
Match report (postseason playoff)
  1. "North Carolina Courage vs Chicago Red Stars Pride". nwslsoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
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