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
ChairmanArnim Whisler
ManagerRory Dames
StadiumSeatGeek Stadium
Bridgeview, Illinois
Regular seasonAbandoned
Challenge CupRunner-up
Fall Series6th

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
    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
    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[lower-alpha 1]
    7 Sky Blue FC 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4[lower-alpha 1]
    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
    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
    Main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup Championship
    Houston Dash2–0Chicago Red Stars
    		 Report
    Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

    2020 Fall Series
    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
    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

    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 United StatesJulia Bingham
    DF
    		 University of Southern California
    16 United StatesCamryn Biegalski
    FW
    		 University of Wisconsin—Madison
    3 19 United StatesZoe Morse
    MF
    		 University of Virginia
    24 United StatesElla Stevens
    FW
    		 Duke University
    4 35 United StatesAerial 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.

    See also


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