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2012 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2012 Chicago Red Stars season was the fourth season of the soccer club. It was their only season in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.

Chicago Red Stars
2012 season
OwnerArnim Whisler
Head coachRory Dames
Women's Premier Soccer League Elite4th
WPSL Elite Cup2nd
U.S. Open CupChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Lauren Fowlkes (7)
All: Lauren Fowlkes (8)
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Major events edit

After the end of the 2011 season the Red Stars and other WPSL and former WPS teams formed a more professional league the WPSL Elite, the other teams included:

Team Location Ground 2011 season
ASA Chesapeake Charge Severn, MD Archbishop Spalding High School WPSL Mid-Atlantic, 3rd
Boston Breakers Somerville, MA Dilboy Stadium WPS, 4th
Chicago Red Stars Chicago metropolitan area various WPSL Midwest North, 1st
FC Indiana Indianapolis, IN Carroll Stadium WPSL Midwest South, 2nd
New England Mutiny East Longmeadow, MA East Longmeadow High School WPSL Northeast, 4th
New York Fury New York Hofstra University WPSL Mid-Atlantic, 1st
Philadelphia Fever Philadelphia, PA various expansion
Western New York Flash Rochester, NY Sahlen's Stadium WPS, 1st
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Locations of teams for the 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season.

Squad edit

First-team squad 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
0 GK   USA Kelsey Devonshire
1 GK   USA Jamie Forbes
2 DF   USA Ashlee Elliott
3 FW   USA Ella Masar
4 MF   USA Jen Buczkowski
5 MF   USA Amanda Cinalli
6 DF   USA Lauren Alkek
7 DF   USA Elise Weber
8 DF   USA Samantha Scofield
9 DF   USA Lauren Fowlkes
10 FW   USA Shayla Mutz
11 FW   USA Michele Weissenhofer
12 MF   USA Nicole Lipp
13 DF   USA Michelle Wenino
14 FW   USA Lindsey Schwartz
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   IRL Mary Therese McDonnell
16 DF   USA Kecia Morway
17 MF   USA Lori Chalupny
18 DF   USA Jackie Santacaterina
19 MF   USA Kelsey Hough
20 MF   USA Vanessa DiBernardo
21 FW   USA Allison Doyle
22 DF   USA Kara Kabellis
23 MF   USA Vanessa Laxgang
24   USA Alexandra Heller
30 DF   USA Brittany Hengesh
33 MF   USA Alyssa Mautz
38 DF   USA Julianne Sitch
44 GK   USA Kristin Eggert
70 MF   USA Ashleigh Ellenwood

Squad correct as of July 20, 2012[1]

Second squad 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
—   USA Maggie Murnane
—   USA Georgiana Waddle
—   USA Megan York
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   USA Ariana Kulinczenko
—   USA Georgia Waddle
—   USA Nicole Sebo

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
—   USA Ella Masar
—   USA Lindsey Schwartz
—   USA Brittany Hengesh
—   USA Lauren Alkek
—   USA Lori Chalupny
—   USA Allison Doyle
—   USA Maggie Murnane
—   USA Kelsey Hough
—   USA Nicole Lipp
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   USA Georgiana Wagemann
—   USA Megan York
—   USA Ariana Kulinczenko
—   USA Georgia Waddle
— GK   USA Kelsey Devonshire
—   USA Ashlee Elliott
—   USA Lauren Fowlkes
—   USA Mary Therese McDonnell

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
—   USA Julie Ewing
—   USA Katie Nasenbenny
—   USA Shannon McDonnell
—   USA Carly Samp
—   USA Katie Uyenishi
—   USA Leigh Jakes
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   USA Megan Oyster
—   USA Carissa Miller
—   USA Erin Dees
—   USA Taylor Vancil
—   USA Brianne Rodriguez

Regular-season standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Western New York Flash (C) 14 9 3 2 29 8 +21 30 2012 WPSL Elite playoffs
3 New York Fury 14 9 2 3 25 8 +17 29
4 Chicago Red Stars 14 9 1 4 26 11 +15 28
5 New England Mutiny 14 6 3 5 25 34 −9 21
6 ASA Chesapeake Charge 14 2 3 9 15 35 −20 9
Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored[citation needed]
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
14 28 9 4 1 26 11  +15 6 1 0 16 3  +13 3 3 1 10 8  +2

Last updated: 22 July 2012
Source: WPSL Elite 2012 Standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Matches edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

WPSLE regular season edit

See also: 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite season
May 20th, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 FC Indiana River Forest, Illinois
15:00 CDT (UTC-05) Sitch   45+'
Fowlkes   89' (pen)		 Red Stars Report Stadium: Concordia Stadium
May 25th, 2012 FC Indiana 0–2 Chicago Red Stars South Bend, Indiana
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Red Stars Report Fowlkes   6'
Chalupny   64'		 Stadium: Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex
June 3rd, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Boston Breakers Naperville, Illinois
17:00 CDT (UTC-05) Weissenhofer   35' Red Stars Report Stadium: Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium
June 8th, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 2–1 New York Fury River Forest, Illinois
18:00 CDT (UTC-05) Mautz   26'
Weissenhofer   68'		 Red Stars Report Zimmeck   85' Stadium: Concordia Stadium
June 10th, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 5–0 ASA Chesapeake Charge Naperville, Illinois
15:00 CDT (UTC-05) Fowlkes   36', 78', 83'
Chalupny   40'
Goralski   86'		 Red Stars Report Stadium: Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium
June 13th, 2012 Western New York Flash 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Frierson   29'
Adriana   70'
Davis   74'		 Red Stars Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
June 16th, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 4–0 New England Mutiny Evanston, Illinois
18:00 CDT (UTC-05) Weissenhofer   35'
Cinalli   68'
Folkes   73'
Chalupny   84'		 Red Stars Report Stadium: Lakeside Field
June 22nd, 2012 ASA Chesapeake Charge 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Millersville, Maryland
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Hnatiuk   23' (pen) Red Stars Report Weissenhofer   46',   77'
Chalupny   48'		 Stadium: Old Mill High School
June 24th, 2012 Philadelphia Fever 1–4 Chicago Red Stars Egg Harbor, New Jersey
19:30 EDT (UTC-04) Ratcliffe   3' Red Stars Report Sitch   38', 72'
Mautz   51'
Chalupny   87'		 Stadium: Egg Harbor Township High School
June 30th, 2012 Boston Breakers 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Somerville, Massachusetts
18:00 EDT (UTC-04) Simon   89' Red Stars Report Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
July 7th, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Philadelphia Fever Evanston, Illinois
18:00 CDT (UTC-05) Fowlkes   67' Red Stars Report Stadium: Lakeside Field
July 14th, 2012 Chicago Red Stars 1–2 Western New York Flash Naperville, Illinois
19:00 CDT (UTC-05) Alkek   77' Red Stars Report Adriana   42'
Frierson   75'		 Stadium: Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium
July 19th, 2012 New England Mutiny 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Longmeadow, Massachusetts
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Mutiny Report Stadium: East Longmeadow High School
July 22nd, 2012 New York Fury 1–1 Chicago Red Stars New York, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC-04) Lenczyk   6' Red Stars Report
Fury Report		 Ellenwood   11' Stadium: Hofstra University

Source: WPSLElite.com Schedule

WPSLE playoffs edit

Main article: 2012 WPSL Elite Playoffs
July 25, 2012 Semi-finals Boston Breakers 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
7:00pm DaCosta   80' Chicago Red Stars Report
WPSL Elite Report		 Folkes   13'
Chalupny   46'
Masar   66'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
July 28, 2012 Final Western New York Flash 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
1:00pm Pressley   90+' Red Stars Report
WPSL Elite Report		 Ellenwood   41' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Penalties
Adriana  
Reynolds  
Zerboni  
Van Egmond  
Salem  		   Folkes
  Sitch
  Forbes
  Wenino

US Women Open Cup edit

Main article: 2012 National Women's Cup
June 15, 2012 Region II: Match 1 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Croatian Eagles Ft. Wayne, Indiana
15:30 Report
June 16, 2012 Region II: Match 2 Chicago Red Stars 3–0 Kansas City United Metro Ft. Wayne, Indiana
8:30 Report
June 16, 2012 Region II: Match 3 Chicago Red Stars 2–0 Ft. Wayne Soccer Club Ft. Wayne, Indiana
12:30 Report
June 17, 2012 Region II: Match 4 Chicago Red Stars 0–0 J.B. Marine S.C. Ft. Wayne, Indiana
12:00 Report
July 20, 2012 Semi-finals Chicago Red Stars 5–3 Turbo D’Feeters Bridgeview, Illinois
10:30 Cinalli   45+', 75'
Hough   48'
Sebo   56'
Laxgang   62'		 Red Stars Report   8'
  32'
  64?'		 Stadium: Toyota Park Practice field
July 22, 2012 Final Chicago Red Stars 3–2 New York Athletic Club Bridgeview, Illinois
Cinalli   38'
Elliott   54'
Waddle   66'		 Red Stars Report Stadium: Toyota Park

Squad statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name WPSL Elite WPSL Elite Playoffs U.S. National Open Cup Total
1 9 DF   Lauren Fowlkes 7 1 8
2 17 MF   Lori Chalupny 5 1 6
3 11 FW   Michele Weissenhofer 5 5
4 5 MF   Amanda Cinalli 1 3 4
5 18 DF   Jackie Santacaterina 3 3
38 MF   Julianne Sitch 3 3
6 21 FW   Allison Doyle 2 2
33 MF   Alyssa Mautz 2 2
MF   Ashleigh Ellenwood 1 1 2
7 2 DF   Ashlee Elliott 1 1
3 FW   Ella Masar 1 1
6 DF   Lauren Alkek 1 1
19 MF   Kelsey Hough 1 1
23 MF   Vanessa Laxgang 1 1
  Zoey Goralski 1 1
  Niki Sebo 1 1
  Georgia Waddle 1 1
-   unknown[a] 2 2
TOTALS 26 4 15 45

Last updated: 28 July 2012
Source: WPSL.com 2012 Goals

Top assists edit

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name WPSL Elite WPSL Elite Playoffs U.S. National Open Cup Total
1 5 MF   Amanda Cinalli 3 2 5
17 MF   Lori Chalupny 4 1 5
2 33 MF   Alyssa Mautz 3 3
3 2 DF   Ashlee Elliott 2 2
3 FW   Ella Masar 1 1 2
11 FW   Michele Weissenhofer 2 2
22 DF   Kara Kabellis 1 1 2
23 MF   Vanessa Laxgang 2 2
38 DF   Julianne Sitch 1 1 2
4 2 DF   Lauren Alkek 1 1
9 DF   Lauren Fowlkes 1 1
10 FW   Shayla Mutz 1 1
13 DF   Michelle Wenino 1 1
29 MF   Kelsey Hough 1 1
20 MF   Vanessa DiBernardo 1 1
21 FW   Allison Doyle 1 1
- unknown[a] ?
TOTALS 20 4 8 32

Last updated: 28 July 2012
Source: WPSL.com 2012 Assists

Team management edit

Position Name
Chairman   Arnim Whisler
Head coach   Rory Dames
Assistant coach   John DeJulio
General Manager   Alyse LaHue

Last updated: 27 July 2012
Source: WPSL Elite Chicago Red Stars

Stadium edit

Stadium Location Capacity Games Played
Concordia Stadium Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois 1,500[2] 2
Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium North Central College, Naperville, Illinois 5,500[3] 3
Lakeside Field Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 2,000[4] 2

Last updated: 27 July 2012
Source: WPSL Elite Chicago Red Stars

Team awards edit

Award Player total
Golden Boot Fowlkes 7

Notes edit

  • a Details about the first four matches played in the U.S. Women's Open Cup are sparse with the articles reporting only that Shayla Mutz had 3 goals and an assist and Allison Doyle had two goals and an assist.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Roster". Women's Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "2012 Fall Sports Media Guide Concordia University Chicago" (PDF). Concordia University Chicago. 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "North Central College Cardinals Facilities". North Central College Athletics. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats Lakeside Field". CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "Red Stars Seek First US National Cup Title This Weekend". Stryker-Indigo. July 18, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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