2010 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2010 Chicago Red Stars season was the second season of the soccer club and its second season in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Chicago Red Stars
2010 season
ChairmanEngland Emma Hayes
ManagerUnited States Marcia McDermott
StadiumToyota Park
Women's Professional Soccer6th
Top goalscorerElla Masar (8)
Highest home attendance6,089 (vs. FC Gold Pride)
Lowest home attendance2,173 (vs. Philadelphia)
Average home league attendance4,025
Biggest win2-0 (May 1 at Boston, July 10 vs. Sky Blue FC, Sept. 1 vs. Philadelphia)
Biggest defeat0-3 (July 28 at Philadelphia)
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2011 →
All statistics correct as of June 14, 2017.

Major events edit

Team news edit

For the 2010 season the Red Stars returned nine of their original 22 players from 2009.[1]

After the 2010 season, the Red Stars could not come up with the security bond for Women's Professional Soccer. On December 13, 2010, the Red Stars informed its fans that they would not be able to return for the 2011 WPS season.[2]

Squad edit

First-team squad edit

As of July 30, 2010.[3][1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Jillian Loyden
2 DF   USA Marian Dalmy
3 FW   USA Ella Masar
5 DF   ENG Anita Asante
7 MF   USA Megan Rapinoe
8 MF   BRA Formiga
9 DF   USA Whitney Engen
10 MF   SWE Kosovare Asllani
11 FW   BRA Cristiane
12 DF   USA Elise Weber
13 DF   USA Natalie Spilger
14 FW   ENG Karen Carney
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   USA Kate Markgraf
16 MF   USA Sophie Reiser
17 MF   ENG Katie Chapman
18 GK   USA Kelsey Davis
21 DF   USA Lydia Vandenbergh
22 FW   USA Jessica McDonald
23 GK   USA Meghann Burke
26 FW   USA Nikki Washington
27 FW   USA Casey Nogueira
31 GK   USA Allison Whitworth
38 DF   USA Julianne Sitch

Transfers edit

In edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   BRA Formiga
9 DF   USA Whitney Engen
17 MF   USA Katie Chapman
19 FW   IRL Michele Weissenhofer
25 MF   USA Jackie Santacaterina
27 FW   USA Casey Nogueira
38 DF   USA Julianne Sitch
1 GK   USA Jillian Loyden
10 MF   SWE Kosovare Asllani
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   USA Kelsey Davis
20 DF   USA Lydia Vandenbergh
23 FW   USA Jessica McDonald
25 GK   AUS Meghann Burke
5 DF   ENG Anita Asante
16 MF   USA Sophie Reiser
12 DF   USA Elise Weber
26 FW   USA Nikki Washington
31 GK   USA Allison Whitworth

Out edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SWE Caroline Jönsson
5 FW   USA Lindsay Tarpley
10 MF   USA Carli Lloyd
15 DF   USA Bonnie Young
17 DF   USA Michelle Wenino
19 DF   IRL Mary Therese McDonnell
7 MF   AUS Heather Garriock
9 FW   USA Danesha Adams
12 MF   USA Chioma Igwe
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   USA Sarah Wagenfuhr
18 MF   SWE Frida Östberg
20 GK   USA Jaimel Johnson
23 DF   USA Nikki Krzysik
25 GK   AUS Lydia Williams
4 MF   SCO Ifeoma Dieke
6 MF   USA Brittany Klein
19 FW   IRL Michele Weissenhofer
25 MF   USA Jackie Santacaterina

Club edit

Management edit

Emma Hayes started the season as the head coach, but she was fired on May 10. Marcia McDermott served in the position on an interim basis, during which the team beat the top of the table FC Gold Pride 1–0. Omid Namazi was hired in the beginning of June.[4]

Position Staff
Technical Director  Emma Hayes
Manager  Emma Hayes
Assistant manager  Denise Reddy
Assistant manager  Nathan Kipp
Assistant manager  
Head athletic trainer  Laura Behr
Assistant athletic trainer  
Equipment manager  

Last updated: May 5, 2010
Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/

Competitions edit

Women's Professional Soccer edit

Standings edit

Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
Green denotes team has spot in 2010 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.

Place Team GP W L T GF GA GD Points
1 FC Gold Pride 24 16 3 5 46 19 +27 53
2 Boston Breakers 24 10 8 6 36 28 +8 36
3 Philadelphia Independence 24 10 10 4 37 36 +1 34
4 Washington Freedom 24 8 9 7 33 33 0 31
5 Sky Blue FC 24 7 10 7 20 31 -11 28
6 Chicago Red Stars 24 7 11 6 21 27 -6 27
7 Atlanta Beat 24 5 13 6 20 40 -20 21

Results summary edit

  • Games played against the Saint Louis Athletica before they folded still counted toward a team's point total.
Abbreviation and Color Key:
Atlanta Beat – ATL • Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • FC Gold Pride – BAY
Philadelphia Independence – PHI • Saint Louis Athletica – STL • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Freedom – WSH
Win  • Loss  • Tie  • Home
Club Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Chicago Red Stars NJ STL NJ BOS BAY PHI BAY ATL WSH ATL BOS WSH ATL NJ ATL BOS PHI NJ BAY PHI WAS BAY PHI WAS
1-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-3 3-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-0 2-3 2-0 2-1

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Matches edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

WPS regular season edit

April 11, 2010 Sky Blue FC 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
Kai   7' (O'Reilly) Report Stadium: Yurcak Stadium
Attendance: 4,440
Referee: Ted Unkel
April 17, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Saint Louis Athletica Bridgeview, Illinois
Nogueira   59' (Chapman) Report Chalupny   4'
Elaine   27'
Boxx   73'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 5,134
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 25, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
Lloyd   18' Report Kai   52' (White) Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,136
Referee: Margaret Domka
May 1, 2010 Boston Breakers 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Allston, Massachusetts
Report Rapinoe   32'
Nogueira   64' (Carney)
Cristiane   70' (Rapinoe)
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 5,180
Referee: Jennifer Bennett
May 8, 2010 FC Gold Pride 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Santa Clara, California
Milbrett   45+'
O'Hara   78' (Yokers)
Report Rapinoe   21'
Dieke   26'
Stadium: BuckShaw Stadium
Attendance: 3,153
Referee: Marlene Duffy
May 29, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 FC Gold Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
Asllani   55' (Dalmy) Report Dew   41' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
June 6, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 0–0 Atlanta Beat Bridgeview, Illinois
Weber   90+' Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,227
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
June 12, 2010 Washington Freedom 2–2 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Wambach   11' (Whitehill)
Sawa   18' (Bompastor)
Bompastor   70'
Report Cristiane   30' (Carney)
Rapinoe   36'
Spilger   79'
Cristiane   82' (Nogueira)
Spilger   90+'  
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,249
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
June 25, 2010 Boston Breakers 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Allston, Massachusetts
Fabiana   46' (del Rio) Report Masar   13' (Cristiane)
Masar   79' (Dalmy)
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 3,647
Referee: Jennifer Bennett
July 7, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Atlanta Beat Bridgeview, Illinois
Masar   42' (Cristiane)
Chapman   61'
Report Rasmussen   30'
Miyama   31'
Cinalli   90+'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,091
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
July 10, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Sky Blue FC Bridgeview, Illinois
Masar   38' (Spilger)
Koster   47' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Felisha Mariscal
July 21, 2010 Atlanta Beat 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kennesaw, Georgia
Aluko   56' (Bishop)
Blank   79'
Aluko   90+'
Report Stadium: KSU Stadium
Attendance: 3,214
Referee: Michael Donovan
July 25, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–3 Boston Breakers Bridgeview, Illinois
Asllani   80' (Nogueira) Report Smith   9' (Cheney)
Smith   12' (Tarpley)
Dieke   14' (Smith)
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,673
Referee: Allan Chapman
July 28, 2010 Philadelphia Independence 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Chester, Pennsylvania
Rodriguez   12' (Lindsey)
Rodrigue   25' (Falk)
Buczkowski   48'
Seger   56' (Rodriguez)
Magnusdottir   90+'
Report Markgraf   81' Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium
Attendance: 2,053
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
August 1, 2010 Sky Blue FC 1–2 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
Taylor   90+' (Kai) Report Masar   4' (Rapinoe)
Carney   61' (Dalmy)
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,539
Referee: Daniel Radford
August 7, 2010 FC Gold Pride 0–0 Chicago Red Stars Hayward, California
Wilson   62'
O'Hara   85'
Report Stadium: Pioneer Stadium
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Ted Unkel
August 11, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Philadelphia Independence Bridgeview, Illinois
Formiga   37'
Masar   62' (Nogueira)
Rapinoe   67'
Spilger   77'
Chapman   90+'
Report Rodriguez   53' (Lindsey)
Sanderson   78'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 3,152
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
August 19, 2010 Washington Freedom 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
Wambach   49' (Huffman)
Whitehill   55' (Huffman)
Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
August 22, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–3 FC Gold Pride Bridgeview, Illinois
Masar   18'
Formiga   45+'
Masar   61' (Dalmy)
Report Marta   8' (Riley)
Buehler   33' (Milbrett)
Marta   43'
Marta   79' (penalty)
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 6,089
Referee: Michael Donovan
September 1, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Philadelphia Independence Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 Boquete   4' (Nogueira)
Chapman   36'
Dalmy   54' (Carney)
Report Seger   77' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,173
Referee: Moo Hackett
September 5, 2010 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 Washington Freedom Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 Nogueira   50' (Boquete)
Formiga   86'
Rapinoe   90+' (Boquete)
Report Bock   74'
Huffman   66'   87'
Goebel   90+'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 4,067
Referee: Ted Unkel

Statistics edit

Golden Boot edit

Rank Scorer G A
1   Ella Masar 8 0
2   Cristiane 3 2
3   Casey Nogueira 2 3
4   Marian Dalmy 0 4

Source: womensprosoccer.com[5]

Other information edit

Chairman   Marcia McDermott
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A)[6]

Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/


References edit

  1. ^ a b Howell, John (April 1, 2010). "WPS Chicago Red Stars Announce Opening Day Roster". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Press release: Chicago Red Stars Planning to Suspend Operations". Women's Professional Soccer. December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Chicago Red Stars". Women's Professional Soccer. July 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010.
  4. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Name Omid Namazi Head Coach". Internet Archive from Goal. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "2010 stats". womensprosoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010.
  6. ^ "Chicago Red Stars :: Stadium". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010.