BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — For one week Sam Kerr appeared to fix what ailed the Chicago Red Stars attack, but that didn’t last. Kerr had a hat trick in her return from the World Cup last week in Orlando. In her home return against Sky Blue FC on Saturday, the Red Stars slumped in the goal […]
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Red Stars acquired Savannah McCaskill on June 19 and four days later she made her debut, starting up top against Reign FC. The 22-year-old forward came in a trade from Sky Blue FC for the Red Stars’ highest first-round pick and a second-round pick in next year’s draft. McCaskill had […]
Sky Blue will get a pair of 2020 picks for McCaskill, who has six caps for the USWNT. Other NWSL news includes the retirement of Houston Dash defender Taylor Comeau.
The Red Stars played their first game without Sam Kerr, who leads the league with six goals and is with Australia ahead of the World Cup
CHICAGO — At this time last year, the Chicago Red Stars had suffered a 3-2 loss to the Portland Thorns during their home debut at SeatGeek Stadium. The 2019 season is different, with the Red Stars rallying to draw Portland 4-4 during this season’s home opener. Chicago coach Rory Dames and midfielder Danielle Colaprico said […]
CHICAGO — Rory Dames has a history of being busy on draft day, and he didn’t disappoint this year either. Dames traded away two first-round picks Wednesday and made another trade on draft day. That still wasn’t the highlight of the day for the Red Stars, who played host Thursday at McCormick Place. Taking Stanford and […]
CHICAGO — It’s not every year that a player in the National Women’s Soccer League’s college draft has the résumé of Tierna Davidson. In fact, if you ask Chicago Red Stars coach Rory Dames, it’s only about every five or six years. The Red Stars picked Davidson first overall to begin Thursday’s NWSL draft in Chicago. […]
After clinching a playoff spot for the fourth straight year, the Chicago Red Stars talked about how different this year’s team is from the previous three that lost in the semifinals. It now also appears the semifinal itself could be drastically different given the impact Hurricane Florence is projected to have on North Carolina. The […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — For the past several weeks the NWSL playoff race has been incredibly tight, but with one week remaining, all four spots have now been clinched. The Chicago Red Stars booked their place in the league’s final four with a 5-0 win against Sky Blue FC on Tuesday. Alyssa Mautz scored the first […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Sam Kerr was at the source of almost everything dangerous from the Chicago Red Stars, but it took until the last few minutes of the game for her to get an important goal for her team. Yuki Nagasato intercepted a Michelle Betos goal kick with a header and found a wide open […]