2020 Chicago Red Stars season

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Chicago Red Stars
2020 season
ChairmanArnim Whisler
ManagerRory Dames
StadiumSeatGeek Stadium
Bridgeview, Illinois
Regular seasonAbandoned
Challenge CupRunner-up
Fall Series6th
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's twelfth season, and its eighth season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, on March 20, 2020, the NWSL indefinitely postponed the start of the league's regular season.[1]

Team[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Position Staff
Head coach Rory Dames
Assistant coach Scott Parkinson
Assistant coach Julianne Sitch
Goalkeeper coach Rade Tanaskovic

Last updated: September 27, 2020
Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/technical-staff/

Squad[edit]

First-team squad, NWSL Fall Series[2]
No. Nat. Player Nation
1 GK Alyssa Naeher  United States
2 FW Kealia Watt  United States
3 DF Arin Wright  United States
4 MF Alyssa Mautz  United States
5 FW Rachel Hill  United States
6 DF Casey Short  United States
7 MF Michele Vasconcelos  United States
8 MF Julie Ertz  United States
9 FW Savannah McCaskill  United States
10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo  United States
11 DF Sarah Gorden  United States
12 FW Yūki Nagasato  Japan
13 MF Morgan Brian  United States
14 DF Zoe Morse  United States
15 FW Makenzy Doniak  United States
16 MF Camryn Biegalski  United States
18 MF Ella Stevens  United States
19 FW Sarah Luebbert  United States
21 GK Emily Boyd  United States
22 FW Zoe Redei  United States
23 DF Julia Bingham  United States
24 MF Danielle Colaprico  United States
25 MF Cassie Rohan  United States
26 DF Tierna Davidson  United States
28 DF Kayla Sharples  United States
29 DF Bianca St-Georges  Canada
30 DF Hannah Davison  United States
32 FW Zoey Goralski  United States
33 FW Katie Johnson  Mexico
38 GK Cassie Miller  United States

Competitions[edit]

Challenge Cup[edit]

Main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup

Preliminary round[edit]

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 1 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Washington Spirit Herriman, Utah
8 p.m. MDT
  • Gautrat 51'
 Report
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Katja Koroleva
1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 2 Portland Thorns FC 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Herriman, Utah
10:30 a.m. MDT Report Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Danielle Chesky
5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) 3 North Carolina Courage 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Herriman, Utah
10:30 a.m. MDT
Report Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Danielle Chesky
12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 4 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Utah Royals FC Herriman, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT Report
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Michael Radchuk
Standings[edit]
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 North Carolina Courage 4 4 0 0 7 1 +6 12
2 Washington Spirit 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7
3 OL Reign 4 1 2 1 1 2 −1 5
4 Houston Dash 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
5 Utah Royals FC (H) 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4
6 Chicago Red Stars 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4[a]
7 Sky Blue FC 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4[a]
8 Portland Thorns FC 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Chicago Red Stars won the tiebreaker against Sky Blue FC on fewer yellow cards (1 to 4).

Knockout round[edit]

18 July 2020 (2020-07-18) QF OL Reign 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Chicago Red Stars Herriman, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT Report Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Penalties
22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) SF Chicago Red Stars 3–2 Sky Blue FC Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

Championship[edit]

Main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup Championship
Houston Dash2–0Chicago Red Stars
 Report
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

2020 Fall Series[edit]

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) 1 Washington Spirit 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Leesburg, Virginia
 Report
Stadium: Segra Field
20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 2 Chicago Red Stars 4–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
 Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 3 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Washington Spirit Bridgeview, Illinois
 Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 4 Sky Blue FC 3–1 Chicago Red Stars Montclair, New Jersey
 Report
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field

Standings[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portland Thorns FC (C) 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Community Shield
2 Houston Dash 4 3 0 1 12 7 +5 9 Runners-up
3 Washington Spirit 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 Third place
4 Sky Blue FC 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 6
5 North Carolina Courage 4 1 2 1 8 10 −2 5
6 Chicago Red Stars 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
7 OL Reign 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
8 Orlando Pride 4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2
9 Utah Royals FC 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Transactions[edit]

College Draft[edit]

Main article: 2020 NWSL College Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2020 NWSL College Draft was held on January 16, 2020.

R Pick Nat. Player Pos. College Status Ref.
2 15 United States Julia Bingham
DF
 University of Southern California
16 United States Camryn Biegalski
FW
 University of Wisconsin—Madison
3 19 United States Zoe Morse
MF
 University of Virginia
24 United States Ella Stevens
FW
 Duke University
4 35 United States Aerial Chavarin
FW
 Yale University

Expansion Draft[edit]

Main article: 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft

The 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on November 12, 2020, by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for Racing Louisville FC, an expansion team, to select players from existing teams in the league. The league allowed Louisville to select up to 18 players from lists of unprotected players provided by the existing nine NWSL teams.[3]

Chicago traded Yūki Nagasato and Savannah McCaskill to Racing Louisville in exchange for full roster protection in the draft.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peterson, Anne M. (March 20, 2020). "NWSL season delayed; training moratorium extended". Associated Press. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "First team". Chicago Red Stars. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Creditor, Avi (November 12, 2020). "Racing Louisville Takes USWNT's Heath, Press to Headline NWSL Expansion Draft". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Mikula, Jeremy (October 26, 2020). "Chicago Red Stars trade Yuki Nagasato and Savannah McCaskill to Racing Louisville FC in exchange for roster protection in upcoming NWSL expansion draft". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

External links[edit]

See also[edit]


Illinois

This article about a soccer club from Illinois is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_Chicago_Red_Stars_season&oldid=1173088984"