2014 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2014 Chicago Red Stars season was the sixth season of the soccer club and its second season in National Women's Soccer League.

Chicago Red Stars
2014 season
OwnerArnim Whisler
Head coachRory Dames
StadiumVillage of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
(capacity: 3,600)[1]
NWSL5th
Highest home attendance15,743 vs Western New York Flash
(19 April 2014 at Toyota Park)
Average home league attendance2,949[2]
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First-team squad edit

Players that competed in 2014 NWSL season for Chicago Red Stars.

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   CAN Karina LeBlanc
2 FW   USA Jen Hoy
3 DF   USA Kecia Morway
4 MF   USA Alyssa Mautz
5 FW   USA Zakiya Bywaters
6 DF   NZL Abby Erceg
7 MF   USA Shannon Boxx
8 MF   USA Julie Johnston
9 FW   CAN Melissa Tancredi
10 MF   USA Vanessa DiBernardo
11 DF   CAN Rachel Quon
13 DF   USA Michelle Wenino
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   USA Taryn Hemmings
15 DF   AUS Emily van Egmond
16 DF   USA Samantha Johnson
17 MF   USA Lori Chalupny
18 DF   USA Jackie Santacaterina
19 FW   CAN Adriana Leon
20 GK   USA Taylor Vancil
21 FW   USA Hayley Brock
23 FW   USA Christen Press
24 FW   USA Niki Read
28 FW   USA Michele Weissenhofer
38 MF   USA Julianne Sitch

Squad correct as of August 31, 2014[3]

 
June 15, 2014 Sky Blue FC at Chicago Red Stars, DiBernardo serving a corner-kick to Loyden's goal. From left to right: 3-Morway 4-Foord 7-Kiryu 5-Bywaters 21-Loyden 18-Cutshall 2-Goodson 15-Egmond 12-Nick 5-K Johnson 4-Mautz 10-Freels 22-Levin 2-Hoy 10-DiBernardo 32-Morris

Player movement edit

  Joined in previous season   During preseason   During regular season

Note: Game day roster (GDR) are from regular season only

N Pos Player Date Trans GDR Method Club
5 FW Zakiya Bywaters Jan 18, 2013 in Apr 26, 2014 2013 College Draft[4] UCLA Bruins
2 FW Jen Hoy Jan 18, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 College Draft[4] Princeton Tigers
20 GK Taylor Vancil Jan 18, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 College Draft[4] Florida State Seminoles
17 MF Lori Chalupny Feb 5, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 Signed[5] Hammarby IF
–– MF Ella Masar Feb 5, 2013 in –– Signed[5] Paris Saint-Germain
14 DF Taryn Hemmings Feb 5, 2013 in May 18, 2014 Signed[5] Canberra United
4 MF Alyssa Mautz Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 Supplemental draft[6] Chicago Red Stars
18 DF Jackie Santacaterina Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 Supplemental draft[6] Chicago Red Stars
13 DF Michelle Wenino Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 Supplemental draft[6] Sky Blue FC
38 MF Julianne Sitch 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 Signed[7] Hammarby IF
19 FW Adriana Leon Jan 3, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
–– DF Amy LePeilbet Jan 3, 2014 in –– Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
–– GK Erin McLeod Jan 3, 2014 in –– Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
11 DF Rachel Quon Jan 3, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
7 MF Shannon Boxx Jan 3, 2014 in Jul 9, 2014 Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
23 FW Christen Press Jan 3, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Player allocation[8] Tyresö FF
–– GK Erin McLeod Jan 7, 2014 out –– Trade[9] Houston Dash
9 FW Melissa Tancredi Jan 7, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Trade[9] Houston Dash
–– MF Ella Masar Jan 10, 2014 out –– Expansion Draft[10] Houston Dash
1 GK Karina LeBlanc Jan 13, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Trade[11] Portland Thorns FC
21 FW Hayley Brock Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 2014 College Draft[12] Maryland Terrapins
8 DF Julie Johnston Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 2014 College Draft[12] Santa Clara Broncos
10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 2014 College Draft[12] Illinois Fighting Illini
28 FW Michele Weissenhofer 2014 in Jun 18, 2014 Portland Thorns FC
16 DF Samantha Johnson 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 USC Trojans
–– DF Amy LePeilbet Mar 31, 2014 out –– Trade[13] FC Kansas City
3 DF Kecia Morway Apr 1, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Signed[14] Chicago Eclipse Select
24 FW Niki Read Apr 22, 2014 in Apr 26, 2014 Signed[15] Illinois Fighting Illini
6 DF Abby Erceg May 5, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Signed[16] FF USV Jena
15 MF Emily van Egmond May 8, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Signed[17] Western Sydney Wanderers
21 FW Hayley Brock Jun 4, 2014 out May 28, 2014 Injured[18]
38 MF Julianne Sitch Jul 31, 2014 out Jul 20, 2014 Waived[19]
14 DF Taryn Hemmings Sep 1, 2014 out Aug 16, 2014 Loaned[20] Fortuna Hjørring
6 DF Abby Erceg Sep 4, 2014 out Aug 16, 2014 Loaned[21] FF USV Jena
16 DF Samantha Johnson Sep 5, 2014 out Jun 18, 2014 Loaned[22] Sydney FC
15 MF Emily van Egmond Sep 13, 2014 out Aug 16, 2014 Waived[23] New Castle Jets

Management and staff edit

Front Office
Coaching Staff[24]
  • Manager Rory Dames
  • First Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Trae Manny
  • Second Assistant Coach Christian Lavers

Regular-season standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(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
24 35 9 7 8 32 26  +6 5 2 5 14 10  +4 4 5 3 18 16  +2

Last updated: September 1, 2014
Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Match results edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason edit

22 March 2014 FC Kansas City 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Fenton, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Henderson   83' Report Mautz   51' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,300
2 April 2014 Notre Dame 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Notre Dame, Indiana
18:00 CDT (UTC−05) Report Leon   47'
Mautz   66'
Stadium: Alumni Stadium

National Women's Soccer League edit

April 19, 2014 (2014-04-19) 1 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Western New York Flash Bridgeview, Illinois
17:45 CDT (UTC−05) Johnston   59' Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 15,743
Referee: Christina Unkel
April 26, 2014 (2014-04-26) 2 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Johnston   67' Summary Huster   50'
Sierra   55'
Dunn   70'
Matheson   71'
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,822
Referee: Mark Allatin
April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) 3 FC Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Rodriguez   9' Summary Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,679
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07) 4 Sky Blue FC 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Goodson   13'
Freels   27' (pen.)
Summary Mautz   25'
Brock   58'
Hoy   88'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 604
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11) 5 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Houston Dash Lisle, Illinois
20:00 CDT (UTC−05) Hoy   33'
Leon   59'
Summary Masar   64'
Henninger   75'
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,039
Referee: Miguel Panduro
May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15) 6 Boston Breakers 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Boston
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Jones   19'   56'
Lohman   42'
Summary Chalupny   44'
Leon   47'
Wenino   52'
Hoy   67'
Mautz   77'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,696
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 18, 2014 (2014-05-18) 7 Boston Breakers 1–4 Chicago Red Stars Boston
18:30 EDT (UTC−04) O'Reilly   35' (pen.) Summary Wenino   23'
Hoy   50'
Chalupny   57'
Bywaters   85'
Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 2,123
Referee: Kristen Salazar
May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) 8 Houston Dash 1–3 Chicago Red Stars Houston, Texas
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Masar   51'   57' Summary DiBernardo   10' (pen.)
Mautz   23'   54'
Hoy   62'
Tancredi   75'   89'
Quon   78'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 4,868
Referee: Timon Berry
May 28, 2014 (2014-05-28) 9 Sky Blue FC 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Foord   84' Summary Leon   26'
Chalupny   35'
Johnson   77'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 786
Referee: Matt Mercier
June 4, 2014 (2014-06-04) 10 Chicago Red Stars 0–1 Washington Spirit Lisle, Illinois
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Morway   40' Summary Gayle   27'
Taylor   79'
Pérez   90'
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 7, 2014 (2014-06-07) 11 Seattle Reign FC 3–1 Chicago Red Stars Seattle, Washington
19:00 PDT (UTC−7) Barnes   26'

Goebel   38'
Leroux   47'   68'

Little   65' (pen.), 77' (pen.)
Summary Johnston   7'

Wenino   45'
Sitch   53'

van Egmond   62'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,222
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
June 15, 2014 (2014-06-15) 12 Chicago Red Stars 2–2 Sky Blue FC Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CDT (UTC−05) Mautz   21'
Bywaters   31'
Summary Lisonbee-Cutshall   60'
Hayes   63'
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Juliana Duncan
June 18, 2014 (2014-06-18) 13 Western New York Flash 2–0 Chicago Red Stars Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC−04) Taylor   2'
Losada   37'
Kerr   90+1'
Summary Chalupny   13'
Hemmings   44'
Morway   50'
Santacaterina   85'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 1,786
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 21, 2014 (2014-06-21) 14 FC Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Red Stars Kansas City, Missouri
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Buczkowski   76' Summary van Egmond   83' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,493
Referee: Christina Unkel
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04) 15 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
11:00 PDT (UTC−7) McDonald  24'
Huffman   39'   62'
Summary Press   76'   82' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,084
Referee: Timon Berry
July 12, 2014 (2014-07-12) 17 Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Seattle Reign FC Lisle, Illinois
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Tancredi   8'
Abby Erceg   60'
Bywaters   85'
Report Reed   80' Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,032
Referee: Margaret Domka
July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17) 18 Chicago Red Stars 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) Boxx   17'
Chalupny   77'
Summary McDonald   1'
Sinclair   57'
Menges   90+1'
Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,014
Referee:   Josh Wilkens
July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20) 19 Seattle Reign FC 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Seattle, Washington
16:00 PDT (UTC−7) Rapinoe   38'
Goebel   70'
Summary Johnston   69'
Press   81'
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,030
Referee:   David Mon
July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26) 20 Chicago Red Stars 0–0 Houston Dash Lisle, Illinois
13:00 CDT (UTC−05) Erceg   61'
Mautz   90+2'
Summary Ohale   84' Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,494
Referee:   Christina Unkel
August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) 21 Washington Spirit 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Boyds, Maryland
18:30 EDT (UTC−04) Nairn   48'   82'
Averbuch   90+4'
Schedule Chalupny   4'
Hoy   28'
Santacaterina   30'
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

Results by round edit

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Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Squad statistics edit

Source: NWSL[3]

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
7 MF Shannon Boxx 5 4 245 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 1 0
21 FW Hayley Brock 8 3 238 1 1 0 9 5 0 0 4 4 0 0 0
5 FW Zakiya Bywaters 19 10 1086 2 0 0 23 14 1 16 5 8 9 1 0
17 MF Lori Chalupny 23 22 2003 5 0 0 33 14 1 5 6 28 45 1 0
10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo 23 19 1782 1 3 0 25 11 5 86 1 14 18 0 0
6 DF Abby Erceg 11 11 990 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 8 2 2 0
14 DF Taryn Hemmings 15 9 893 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 6 8 2 0
2 FW Jen Hoy 21 16 1354 4 3 2 21 11 4 0 18 18 7 2 0
16 DF Samantha Johnson 12 11 956 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 11 1 0
8 DF Julie Johnston 21 21 1890 2 2 1 19 7 2 0 0 15 19 4 0
19 FW Adriana Leon 20 15 1173 1 3 1 20 9 1 1 3 26 10 2 0
4 MF Alyssa Mautz 20 12 1053 3 0 2 16 9 0 0 6 16 8 5 0
3 DF Kecia Morway 12 10 907 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 2 0
23 FW Christen Press 12 12 1080 6 0 1 42 26 0 11 14 12 5 0 0
11 DF Rachel Quon 19 19 1693 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 6 2 0
24 FW Niki Read 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Jackie Santacaterina 13 9 779 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 15 4 3 0
38 MF Julianne Sitch 11 9 762 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 17 2 1 0
9 FW Melissa Tancredi 13 7 682 3 1 1 17 10 0 0 12 13 5 2 1
15 MF Emily Van Egmond 10 6 633 2 2 0 5 2 0 0 1 11 4 1 0
28 FW Michele Weissenhofer 1 0 14 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
13 DF Michelle Wenino 18 15 1380 2 1 1 8 4 1 0 0 10 13 1 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Karina LeBlanc 21 21 1890 9 6 6 202 97 76 21 1.000 4 5 6
20 GK Taylor Vancil 3 3 270 0 1 2 42 18 13 5 1.667 1 1 0

Awards edit

NWSL awards edit

NWSL Player of the Week

No player of Chicago Red Stars was named Player of the Week in 2014 season.

NWSL Best XI

No player of Chicago Red Stars was named to NWSL Best XI for 2014 season. However, two players, Christen Press and Julie Johnston were named to 2014 NWSL Second XI.[25]

NWSL Rookie of the Year

Julie Johnston was named 2014 NWSL Rookie of the Year, out voting Kealia Ohai and Crystal Dunn.[26]

Chicago Red Stars team awards edit

Chicago Red Stars announced on September 2 the 2014 team awards from the staff, media and fans.[27] Notably, Julie Johnston was the Defender of the Year, as well as the Rookie of the Year. In a separate announcement, Christen Press was awarded Golden Boot as the team's top goal scorer despite playing only 12 games; this followed her previous year's performance in the Swedish Damallsvenskan where she was the league's top-scorer with 23 goals, and was awarded the league's Golden Boot.[28]

Team Most Valuable Player

Lori Chalupny

Defender of the Year

Julie Johnston

Rookie of the Year

Julie Johnston

Community Service Award

Karina LeBlanc

Unsung Hero

Abby Erceg

Golden Boot

Christen Press

Notes edit

References edit

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  3. ^ a b "2014 Player Statistics". NWSL. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Eight Teams Make Selections at 2013 NWSL College Draft". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Lori Chalupny Returns to Chicago Red Stars". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "All Eight Clubs Add Players to their Roster". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
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  8. ^ a b c d e f "NWSL ANNOUNCES 2014 ALLOCATED PLAYERS". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "RED STARS ACQUIRE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL MELISSA TANCREDI". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "NWSL REVEALS OFFICIAL RESULTS OF EXPANSION DRAFT". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  11. ^ "RED STARS ACQUIRE CANADIAN KARINA LEBLANC". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  12. ^ a b c "36 Players selected in the 2014 College Draft". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  13. ^ "Red Stars trade LePeilbet to FC Kansas City". Archived from the original on September 7, 2014.
  14. ^ "KECIA MORWAY JUMPS AT RED STARS OPPORTUNITY". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  15. ^ "RED STARS SIGN FORWARD NIKI READ". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  16. ^ "RED STARS SIGN DEFENDER ABBY ERCEG". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  17. ^ "RED STARS SIGN AUSTRALIAN CO-CAPTAIN EMILY VAN EGMOND". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  18. ^ "INJURY REPORT: JUNE 4, 2014". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  19. ^ "RED STARS WAIVE MIDFIELDER JULIANNE SITCH". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  20. ^ "Red Stars Loan Defender Taryn Hemmings To Fortuna Hjorring".
  21. ^ "CHICAGO RED STARS RE-SIGN CHALUPNY AND ERCEG; Erceg Loaned To FF USV Jena in German Bundesliga". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  22. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Loan Samantha Johnson to Sydney FC".
  23. ^ "NWSL CLUBS WAIVE 12 PLAYERS ON FRIDAY". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  24. ^ "Technical Staff". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
  25. ^ "NWSL ANNOUNCES 2014 BEST XI". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  26. ^ "JULIE JOHNSTON NAMED 2014 NWSL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. August 22, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  27. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Announce 2014 Team Awards". ChicagoRedStars.com. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  28. ^ "Christen Press Awarded Red Stars Golden Boot". chicagoredstars.com. September 5, 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.