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
Owner	Arnim Whisler
Head coach	Rory Dames
Stadium	Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000)
NWSL	4th
Top goalscorer	Christen Press (11)
Highest home attendance	4,934 (August 12 vs. POR)
Lowest home attendance	1,827 (May 14 vs. BOS)
Average home league attendance	3,198
Home colors Away colors
← 2016 2018 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Alyssa Naeher 2 FW  USA Jen Hoy 3 DF  USA Arin Gilliland 4 MF  USA Alyssa Mautz 5 DF  USA Katie Naughton 6 DF  USA Casey Short 7 MF  USA Taylor Comeau 8 MF  USA Julie Ertz 9 FW  USA Stephanie McCaffrey 10 DF  USA Vanessa DiBernardo 11 MF  USA Sofia Huerta

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  JPN Yuki Nagasato + 13 MF  USA Morgan Brian + 14 DF  USA Sarah Gorden 15 MF  USA Kristie Mewis +- 16 DF  USA Samantha Johnson 18 GK  USA Michele Dalton 19 MF  USA Summer Green 23 FW  USA Christen Press (captain) 24 MF  USA Danielle Colaprico 30 MF  USA Lauren Kaskie 34 MF  USA 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  USA Michele Vasconcelos — MF  USA Morgan Proffitt — MF  USA 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]

Player	W-League club
Danielle Colaprico	Adelaide United FC
Alyssa Mautz
Katie Naughton
Arin Gilliland	Newcastle 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 v t e	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) Champions

Weekly ranking

Week ending	April			May				June			July				August				September			October
	16	23	30	7	14	21	28	4	18	25	2	9	16	23	6	13	20	27	3	10	24	1	X
Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Rank	9	4	7	3	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Games	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	24
Points	0	3	3	6	7	10	13	16	17	20	23	24	25	28	29	29	29	32	35	36	39	39

Update June 1, 2018 Source: NWSL 2017 season

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	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

Wisconsin Badgers v Chicago Red Stars

Wed March 16	Wisconsin Badgers	Cancelled	Chicago Red Stars	Verona, Wisconsin
				Stadium: Reddan Soccer Complex
Note: Cancelled due to snow.

Portland Thorns FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sun March 26 Thorns Spring Invitational	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
	Nadim 26' (pen.)	[p 1]		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 6,802 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

Wed March 29 Thorns Spring Invitational	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
	Press 41' (pen.), 84' (Green)	[p 2]	Henderson 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: n/a Referee: Jason Perlewitz

United States U-23 v Chicago Red Stars

Sat April 1 Thorns Spring Invitational	United States U-23	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
		[p 3]		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: n/a Referee: Levi Rippy

Notre Dame Fighting Irish v Chicago Red Stars

Thurs April 6	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Notre Dame, Indiana
	ND 2nd half'	[p 4]	Green 1st half' (Hoy) Gilliland 1st half' Naughton 90' (Raetzman)	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: n/a

National Women's Soccer League

Main article: 2017 National Women's Soccer League season

Regular season

Houston Dash v Chicago Red Stars

Sat April 15 1	Houston Dash	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
	Ohai 15' (Brooks) Benites  56' Daly 80' (Ohai)	[m 1]	Mautz  29'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

Sat April 22 2	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	FC Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Ertz 41' (Huerta)	[m 2]		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,153 Referee: Greg Dopka

Portland Thorns FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sat April 29 3	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
	Nadim 27' (pen.) Sonnett  51' Boureille  67'	[m 3]	Ertz  64' Press  90+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,471 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

Sat May 6 4	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Hagan 44' (o.g.) Ertz 61' Press  82'	[m 4]	Benites  14'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Chicago Red Stars v Boston Breakers

Sun May 14 5	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Boston Breakers	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Press 89' (Huerta)	[m 5]	Lavelle 69' King  73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Luis Guardia

North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars

Sun May 21 6	North Carolina Courage	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Cary, 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

Chicago Red Stars v North Carolina Courage

Sat May 27 7	Chicago Red Stars	3–2	North Carolina Courage	Bridgeview, 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

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

Sun June 4 8	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00 CST	Press 49' (Huerta)	[m 8]	Rapinoe  89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Malik Badawi

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

Sat June 17 9	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, 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

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

Sun June 25 10	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CST	DiBernardo 63' Huerta 67' (Short)	[m 10]	Tiernan 3' (Lytle)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,720 Referee: Karen Abt

Seattle Reign FC v Chicago Red Stars

Wed June 28 11	Seattle Reign FC	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle, 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

Orlando Pride v Chicago Red Stars

Sat July 1 12	Orlando Pride	0–1	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, 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]

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

Fri July 7 13	Boston Breakers	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Boston, Massachusetts
	Mautz  62'	[m 13]	Chapman  80' White  90'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 2,435 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Sky Blue FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sat July 15 14	Sky Blue FC	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, 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

Chicago Red Stars v Orlando Pride

Sat July 22 15	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Press 29' (Huerta), 52' (Hoy)	[m 15]	Marta  76' Kennedy 90+3' (Hill)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,742 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

Orlando Pride v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Aug 5 16	Orlando Pride	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
	Morgan 24' (Spencer) Kennedy  69'	[m 16]	Johnson  51' Huerta 53' (Hoy)	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Chicago Red Stars v Portland Thorns FC

Sat Aug 12 17	Chicago Red Stars	2–3	Portland Thorns FC	Bridgeview, 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

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

Wed Aug 16 18	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Hoy 23' (Comeau)	[m 18]	Nairn  74' Kawasumi 90' (Utsugi) Johnson 90+2' (Mathias)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

Sun Aug 20 19	Chicago Red Stars	1–3	FC Kansas City	Bridgeview, 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

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Aug 26 20	Washington Spirit	1–2	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, 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

Chicago Red Stars v North Carolina Courage

Sun Sep 3 21	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	North Carolina Courage	Bridgeview, 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

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Sep 9 22	FC Kansas City	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
	LaBonta  66'	[m 22]		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 963 Referee: Michael Radchuk

Houston Dash v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Sep 23 23	Houston Dash	2–3	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, 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

Portland Thorns FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Sep 30 24	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, 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

North Carolina Courage v Chicago Red Stars

Sun Oct 8 semi-final	North Carolina Courage	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Cary, NC
3:30 p.m. ET	O'Sullivan 89' (McDonald)	[o 1]		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 10,017 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Players statistics

N	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	Sh	SOG	FC	Off	CK	PK	PKG	YC	RC
1	Alyssa Naeher	22	22	1980	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Jen Hoy	13	8	635	2	2	10	4	7	10	0	0	0	0	0
3	Arin Gilliland	22	21	1765	0	0	5	1	21	1	3	0	0	2	0
4	Alyssa Mautz	24	15	1415	2	0	19	7	26	3	0	0	0	3	0
5	Katie Naughton	22	22	1958	0	0	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Casey Short	22	21	1914	1	1	11	3	19	4	0	0	0	2	0
7	Taylor Comeau	19	10	1096	0	1	7	3	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Julie Ertz	22	21	1932	4	3	16	7	36	1	0	0	0	3	0
9	Stephanie McCaffrey	12	4	364	0	0	7	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	Vanessa DiBernardo	20	20	1707	3	2	24	14	13	3	62	0	0	0	0
11	Sofia Huerta	24	21	1966	6	4	44	25	29	15	2	0	0	0	0
12	Yūki Nagasato	6	3	311	1	2	3	1	6	4	1	0	0	0	1
13	Morgan Brian	1	0	59	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sarah Gorden	4	3	224	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Kristie Mewis	1	1	81	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Samantha Johnson	22	22	1785	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	Michele Dalton	1	2	180	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Summer Green	6	1	137	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Christen Press	23	22	1997	11	4	84	49	24	30	0	6	4	2	0
24	Danielle Colaprico	23	21	1903	1	1	8	3	27	0	35	0	0	4	0
30	Lauren Kaskie	7	2	213	0	0	1	1	6	0	4	0	0	1	0
34	Mary Luba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Honors and awards

NWSL annual awards

NWSL Best XI
Position	First team			Position	Second team
Defender	Casey Short	2,004 minutes		Midfielder	Danielle Colaprico	1,093 minutes
Forward	Christen Press	5 game winning goals			Julie Ertz	4 goals, 3 assists
					Sofia Huerta	6 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]