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	USA	Alyssa Naeher
2	FW	USA	Kealia Watt
3	DF	USA	Arin Wright
4	MF	USA	Alyssa Mautz
5	FW	USA	Rachel Hill
6	DF	USA	Casey Short
7	MF	USA	Michele Vasconcelos
8	MF	USA	Julie Ertz
9	FW	USA	Savannah McCaskill
10	MF	USA	Vanessa DiBernardo
11	DF	USA	Sarah Gorden
12	FW	JPN	Yūki Nagasato
13	MF	USA	Morgan Brian
14	DF	USA	Zoe Morse
15	FW	USA	Makenzy Doniak
16	MF	USA	Camryn Biegalski
18	MF	USA	Ella Stevens
19	FW	USA	Sarah Luebbert
21	GK	USA	Emily Boyd
22	FW	USA	Zoe Redei
23	DF	USA	Julia Bingham
24	MF	USA	Danielle Colaprico
25	MF	USA	Cassie Rohan
26	DF	USA	Tierna Davidson
28	DF	USA	Kayla Sharples
29	DF	CAN	Bianca St-Georges
30	DF	USA	Hannah Davison
32	FW	USA	Zoey Goralski
33	FW	MEX	Katie Johnson
38	GK	USA	Cassie Miller

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

July 26, 2020 (2020-07-26)

12:30 ET

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

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]