2022 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars
2022 season
Owner	Arnim Whisler
Head coach	Chris Petrucelli
NWSL Challenge Cup	group stage
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The 2022 Chicago Red Stars season is the team's ninth season as a professional women's soccer team. Chicago plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Team

First-team roster

As of April 5, 2022.^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos.	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 Krueger	United States
7	FW	Yūki Nagasato	Japan
8	FW	Ella Stevens	United States
9	FW	Mallory Pugh	United States
10	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	United States
12	DF	Tierna Davidson	United States
13	MF	Morgan Gautrat	United States
14	MF	Jill Aguilera	Puerto Rico
15	FW	Sarah Griffith	United States
16	MF	Sarah Woldmoe	United States
18	MF	Samantha Fisher	United States
19	MF	Channing Foster	United States
20	DF	Zoe Morse	United States
21	GK	Emily Boyd	United States
22	DF	Bianca St-Georges	Canada
23	DF	Tatumn Milazzo	United States
24	MF	Danielle Colaprico	United States
25	FW	Ava Cook	United States
26	DF	Mikenna McManus	United States
28	DF	Kayla Sharples	United States
31	DF	Amanda Kowalski	United States
—	FW	Chelsie Dawber	Australia

Competitions

Win Tie Loss

All times are in CT unless otherwise noted.

Regular season

April 30 1	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Racing Louisville FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Stevens 2' 68' St. Georges 25' Colaprico 47'	Report	Fox 10' Bonner 75'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,028

May 15 2	San Diego Wave FC	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	San Diego
14:00 PDT	Morgan 56' (pen.) Taylor 61' Riehl 89' Sheridan 90'	Report	Sharples 55' Cook 90'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,000

May 22 3	Orlando Pride	2–4	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
19:00 EDT	Turner 83' 70' Listro 76' Pruitt 87'	Report	Griffith 11' St. Georges 54' Pugh 64', 86' Morse 84' Milazzo 90' Kowalski 90+3'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium

May 28 4	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Portland Thorns FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Pugh 5' Hill 20'	Report	Sugita 7' Smith 47' Beckie 59' Coffey 84'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,268

June 1 5	Washington Spirit	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Leesburg, Virginia
19:30 EDT	Roddar 29' Staab 86'	Report	Stevens 10' Milazzo 45+2'	Stadium: Segra Field

June 4 6	Chicago Red Stars	v	OL Reign	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

June 8 7	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Cook 66'	Report	Sonnett 24' Aylmer 45' Rodman 76'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

June 12 8	Chicago Red Stars	v	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

June 18 9	Kansas City Current	v	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 CDT		Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park

July 2 10	NJ/NY Gotham FC	v	Chicago Red Stars	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EDT		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena

July 10 11	Chicago Red Stars	v	North Carolina Courage	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

July 16 12	Houston Dash	v	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT		Report		Stadium: PNC Stadium

July 30 13	Chicago Red Stars	v	San Diego Wave FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

August 7 14	Chicago Red Stars	v	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

August 14 15	Angel City FC	v	Chicago Red Stars	Los Angeles
17:00 PDT		Report		Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

August 20 16	North Carolina Courage	v	Chicago Red Stars	Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT		Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

August 27 17	Racing Louisville FC	v	Chicago Red Stars	Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT		Report		Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium

September 9 18	OL Reign	v	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle
19:00 PDT		Report		Stadium: Lumen Field

September 14 19	Chicago Red Stars	v	Kansas City Current	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

September 17 20	Chicago Red Stars	v	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

September 25 21	Portland Thorns FC	v	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
13:00 PDT		Report		Stadium: Providence Park

October 2 22	Chicago Red Stars	v	Angel City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT		Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	OL Reign	22	11	7	4	32	19	+13	40	NWSL Shield, Playoffs – semi-finals
2	Portland Thorns FC (C)	22	10	9	3	49	24	+25	39	Playoffs – semi-finals
3	San Diego Wave FC	22	10	6	6	32	21	+11	36	Playoffs – first round
4	Houston Dash	22	10	6	6	35	27	+8	36
5	Kansas City Current	22	10	6	6	29	29	0	36
6	Chicago Red Stars	22	9	6	7	34	28	+6	33
7	North Carolina Courage	22	9	5	8	46	33	+13	32
8	Angel City FC	22	8	5	9	23	27	−4	29
9	Racing Louisville FC	22	5	8	9	23	35	−12	23
10	Orlando Pride	22	5	7	10	22	45	−23	22
11	Washington Spirit	22	3	10	9	26	33	−7	19
12	NJ/NY Gotham FC	22	4	1	17	16	46	−30	13

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

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
5	2	2	1	10	8	+2	8	1	1	0	4	3	+1	1	1	1	6	5	+1

Last updated: June 1, 2022.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	D	D
Position^[a]	3	6	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2022. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

^ CHI's position at the end of the day on which their match was played.

Playoffs

Challenge Cup

Group stage

March 20	Houston Dash	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
18:00	Naughton 19' Visalli 65' Schmidt 88'	Report	St-Georges 18' Pugh 27', 60' Morse 45+2' Wright 58' (pen.)	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 4,087 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

March 25	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Kansas City Current	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	DiBernardo 22' Wright 54' Cook 90+2'	Report	Mace 58' Winebrenner 68' Bennett 77' Hamilton 86'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Greg Dopka

March 30	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Racing Louisville FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:30	Nagasato 21'	Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Referee: Calin Radosav

April 2	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	St-Georges 6' Pugh 32', 82'	Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Katja Koroleva

April 16	Racing Louisville FC	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT	Olofsson 28' Ekic 76'	Report	Kowalski 7' Colaprico 51' DiBernardo 75' Cook 84'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

April 24	Kansas City Current	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00	Loera 50' Edmonds 74' Hamilton 76'	Report	Wright 45+2' St. Georges 52'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 5,107 Referee: Adorae Monroy

Divisional standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KC	CHI	LOU	HOU
1	Kansas City Current	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	0–3	2–1
2	Chicago Red Stars	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8		1–2	—	0–0	2–0
3	Racing Louisville FC	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6		1–1	1–1	—	2–3
4	Houston Dash	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6		0–3	1–3	2–1	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Total goal differential; 3) Total number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points record; 5) Head-to-head goal differential; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) Fewest disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots

Players

Chicago has used a total of 22 players during the 2022 season and there have been 9 different goal scorers. There have also been three squad members who have not made a first-team appearance in the campaign.

The team has scored a total of 19 goals in all competitions. The highest scorer has been Pugh, with 8 goals, followed by St-Georges who has scored 3 goals.

Key

No. = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

Nat. = Nationality

Apps = Appearances

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Yellow cards

= Red cards

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with name struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Player statistics
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Challenge Cup		NWSL		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF		Arin Wright	5 (1)	1	1	0	6 (1)	1	2	0
4	MF		Alyssa Mautz	1 (5)	0	1 (3)	0	2 (8)	0	0	0
5	FW		Rachel Hill	0	0	5 (2)	1	5 (2)	1	1	0
7	FW		Yūki Nagasato	5 (1)	0	5 (1)	0	10 (2)	0	1	0
8	FW		Ella Stevens	3 (2)	0	3 (3)	2	6 (5)	2	1	0
9	FW		Mallory Pugh	5	4	3 (2)	4	8 (2)	8	0	0
10	MF		Vanessa DiBernardo	6	1	7	0	13	1	1	0
11	FW		Sarah Luebbert	0	0	2 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
12	DF		Tierna Davidson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Morgan Gautrat	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
14	MF		Jill Aguilera	(3)	0	2 (5)	0	2 (8)	0	1	0
15	FW		Sarah Griffith	2 (4)	0	4 (2)	1	6 (6)	1	0	0
18	MF		Samantha Murphy	0	0	1 (5)	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
19	MF		Channing Foster	(1)	0	0	0	(1)	0	0	0
20	DF		Zoe Morse	6	0	7	0	13	0	2	0
22	DF		Bianca St-Georges	4 (1)	1	4	2	8 (1)	3	2	0
23	DF		Tatumn Milazzo	6	0	7	0	13	0	2	0
24	MF		Danielle Colaprico	5 (1)	0	5 (2)	0	10 (3)	0	2	0
25	FW		Ava Cook	2 (3)	0	4 (3)	1	6 (6)	1	3	0
26	DF		Mikenna McManus	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Kayla Sharples	4	0	7	0	11	0	1	0
31	DF		Amanda Kowalski	3	1	2 (2)	0	5 (2)	1	1	0

Source:^[3]

References

^ "First Team - Chicago Red Stars". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
^ Stars, Chicago Red (March 15, 2022). "Chicago Red Stars Finalize 2022 Roster". Chicago Red Stars.
^ "Stats - Players". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 8, 2022.

[3] CHI's position at the end of the day on which their match was played.

[1] "First Team - Chicago Red Stars". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved February 26, 2020.

[2] Stars, Chicago Red (March 15, 2022). "Chicago Red Stars Finalize 2022 Roster". Chicago Red Stars.

[4] "Stats - Players". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved June 8, 2022.

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