2020 Chicago Red Stars season

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]

Chicago Red Stars

2020 season
Chairman	Arnim Whisler
Manager	Rory Dames
Stadium	SeatGeek Stadium Bridgeview, Illinois
Regular season	Abandoned
Challenge Cup	Runner-up
Fall Series	6th
Home colours Away colours
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Team

Coaching staff

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

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

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup

Preliminary round

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 1	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Washington Spirit	Herriman, Utah
8 p.m. MDT	Gautrat 51'	Report	Lavelle 8' Hatch 46'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Katja Koroleva

Portland Thorns FC v Chicago Red Stars

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

North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) 3	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Herriman, Utah
10:30 a.m. MDT	Erceg 81'	Report		Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky

Chicago Red Stars v Utah Royals FC

12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) 4	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Utah Royals FC	Herriman, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT		Report	Short 85'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Michael Radchuk

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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. Chicago Red Stars won the tiebreaker against Sky Blue FC on fewer yellow cards (1 to 4).

Knockout round

OL Reign v Chicago Red Stars

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
	Cruz Momiki Jenkins Balcer Barnes		Ertz DiBernardo Watt Hill

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) SF	Chicago Red Stars	3–2	Sky Blue FC	Sandy, Utah
8:00 p.m. MDT	St-Georges 8' Hill 11' McCaskill 60'	Report	Viens 72' Ertz 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium

Championship

Main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup Championship

Houston Dash	2–0	Chicago Red Stars
Schmidt 5' (pen.) Groom 90+1'	Report

July 26, 2020 (2020-07-26)

12:30 ET

Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah

Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Referee: Katja Koroleva

2020 Fall Series

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) 1	Washington Spirit	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Leesburg, Virginia
	Feist 71' Scarpa 90+3' (Thomas)	Report	Luebbert 26' (Watt) McCaskill  27'  42'	Stadium: Segra Field

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) 2	Chicago Red Stars	4–1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Watt 10' (DiBernardo), 57' (Luebbert) Goralski 28' (Brian) DiBernardo 44' (Watt) Davison  90+1'	Report	Onumonu 6' Monaghan  47' Cudjoe  67'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 3	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
	McCaskill 72' (Luebbert)	Report	McClure  30' Hellstrom  63' Thomas 88'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

Sky Blue FC v Chicago Red Stars

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 4	Sky Blue FC	3–1	Chicago Red Stars	Montclair, New Jersey
	Monaghan 25' (Purce), 45+2' (Purce) Onumonu 35' (Monaghan) Skroski  51'	Report	Davidson  12' Brian 89' (Davidson)	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

College Draft

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		Julia Bingham	DF	University of Southern California
	16		Camryn Biegalski	FW	University of Wisconsin—Madison
3	19		Zoe Morse	MF	University of Virginia
	24		Ella Stevens	FW	Duke University
4	35		Aerial Chavarin	FW	Yale University

Expansion Draft

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

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

• Official website

See also

• 2020 National Women's Soccer League season
• 2020 in American soccer