2014 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars
2014 season
Owner Arnim Whisler
Head coach Rory Dames
Stadium Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
(capacity: 3,600)[1]
NWSL 4th
Highest home attendance 15,743 vs Western New York Flash
(19 April 2014 at Toyota Park)
Average home league attendance 3,455
Home colors
Away colors
← 2013
2015 →

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

Current Squad

First-team squad

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

Squad correct as of August 31, 2014[2]

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

      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[3] UCLA Bruins
2 FW Jen Hoy Jan 18, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 College Draft[3] Princeton Tigers
20 GK Taylor Vancil Jan 18, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 College Draft[3] Florida State Seminoles
17 MF Lori Chalupny Feb 5, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 Signed[4] Hammarby IF
MF Ella Masar Feb 5, 2013 in 02014-02-05-0000 Signed[4] Paris Saint-Germain
14 DF Taryn Hemmings Feb 5, 2013 in May 18, 2014 Signed[4] Canberra United
4 MF Alyssa Mautz Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 Supplemental draft[5] Chicago Red Stars
18 DF Jackie Santacaterina Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 Supplemental draft[5] Chicago Red Stars
13 DF Michelle Wenino Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 19, 2014 2013 Supplemental draft[5] Sky Blue FC
38 MF Julianne Sitch 02013-04-08-00002013 in Apr 19, 2014 Signed[6] Hammarby IF
19 FW Adriana Leon Jan 3, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Player allocation[7] Chicago Red Stars
DF Amy LePeilbet Jan 3, 2014 in 02014-01-03-0000 Player allocation[7] Chicago Red Stars
GK Erin McLeod Jan 3, 2014 in 02014-01-03-0000 Player allocation[7] Chicago Red Stars
11 DF Rachel Quon Jan 3, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Player allocation[7] Chicago Red Stars
7 MF Shannon Boxx Jan 3, 2014 in Jul 9, 2014 Player allocation[7] Chicago Red Stars
23 FW Christen Press 02014-01-03-0001Jan 3, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Player allocation[7] Tyresö FF
GK Erin McLeod Jan 7, 2014 out 02014-01-07-0000 Trade[8] Houston Dash
9 FW Melissa Tancredi Jan 7, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Trade[8] Houston Dash
MF Ella Masar Jan 10, 2014 out 02014-01-01-0000 Expansion Draft[9] Houston Dash
1 GK Karina LeBlanc Jan 13, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Trade[10] Portland Thorns FC
21 FW Hayley Brock Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 2014 College Draft[11] Maryland Terrapins
8 DF Julie Johnston Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 2014 College Draft[11] Santa Clara Broncos
10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 2014 College Draft[11] Illinois Fighting Illini
28 FW Michele Weissenhofer 02014-03-01-00002014 in Jun 18, 2014 Portland Thorns FC
16 DF Samantha Johnson 02014-03-01-00002014 in Apr 19, 2014 USC Trojans
DF Amy LePeilbet Mar 31, 2014 out 02014-03-31-0000 Trade[12] FC Kansas City
3 DF Kecia Morway Apr 1, 2014 in Apr 19, 2014 Signed[13] Chicago Eclipse Select
24 FW Niki Read Apr 22, 2014 in Apr 26, 2014 Signed[14] Illinois Fighting Illini
6 DF Abby Erceg May 5, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Signed[15] FF USV Jena
15 MF Emily van Egmond May 8, 2014 in Jun 7, 2014 Signed[16] Western Sydney Wanderers
21 FW Hayley Brock Jun 4, 2014 out May 28, 2014 Injured[17]
38 MF Julianne Sitch Jul 31, 2014 out Jul 20, 2014 Waived[18]
14 DF Taryn Hemmings Sep 1, 2014 out Aug 16, 2014 Loaned[19] Fortuna Hjorring
6 DF Abby Erceg Sep 4, 2014 out Aug 16, 2014 Loaned[20] FF USV Jena
16 DF Samantha Johnson Sep 5, 2014 out Jun 18, 2014 Loaned[21] Sydney FC
15 MF Emily van Egmond Sep 13, 2014 out Aug 16, 2014 Waived[22] New Castle Jets

Management and Staff

Front Office
Coaching Staff[23]

Regular season standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL playoffs
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41
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) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
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

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

National Women's Soccer League

Results by Round

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GroundHHAAHAAAAHAHAAAHHHAHAHHH
Result W L L D W W W W W L L D L L D D W D D D L W W D

Last updated: August 30, 2014.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL[2]

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

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
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
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
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

NWSL awards

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.[24]

NWSL Rookie of the Year

Julie Johnston was named 2014 NWSL Rookie of the Year, out voting Kealia Ohai and Crystal Dunn.[25]

Chicago Red Stars team awards

Chicago Red Stars announced on September 2 the 2014 team awards from the staff, media and fans.[26] 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.[27]

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

    References

    1. ↑ "Red Stars Unveil 2013 NWSL Schedule, Venue". Red Stars. Chicago Red Stars. 12 February 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2014 Player Statistics". NWSL. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Eight Teams Make Selections at 2013 NWSL College Draft".
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Lori Chalupny Returns to Chicago Red Stars".
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "All Eight Clubs Add Players to their Roster".
    6. ↑ "2013 Preseason Roster Announced".
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "NWSL ANNOUNCES 2014 ALLOCATED PLAYERS".
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "RED STARS ACQUIRE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL MELISSA TANCREDI".
    9. ↑ "NWSL REVEALS OFFICIAL RESULTS OF EXPANSION DRAFT".
    10. ↑ "RED STARS ACQUIRE CANADIAN KARINA LEBLANC".
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "36 Players selected in the 2014 College Draft".
    12. ↑ "Red Stars trade LePeilbet to FC Kansas City".
    13. ↑ "KECIA MORWAY JUMPS AT RED STARS OPPORTUNITY".
    14. ↑ "RED STARS SIGN FORWARD NIKI READ".
    15. ↑ "RED STARS SIGN DEFENDER ABBY ERCEG".
    16. ↑ "RED STARS SIGN AUSTRALIAN CO-CAPTAIN EMILY VAN EGMOND".
    17. ↑ "INJURY REPORT: JUNE 4, 2014".
    18. ↑ "RED STARS WAIVE MIDFIELDER JULIANNE SITCH".
    19. ↑ "Red Stars Loan Defender Taryn Hemmings To Fortuna Hjorring".
    20. ↑ "CHICAGO RED STARS RE-SIGN CHALUPNY AND ERCEG; Erceg Loaned To FF USV Jena in German Bundesliga".
    21. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Loan Samantha Johnson to Sydney FC".
    22. ↑ "NWSL CLUBS WAIVE 12 PLAYERS ON FRIDAY".
    23. ↑ "Technical Staff". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
    24. ↑ "NWSL ANNOUNCES 2014 BEST XI". NWSL. August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
    25. ↑ "JULIE JOHNSTON NAMED 2014 NWSL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR". August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
    26. ↑ "Chicago Red Stars Announce 2014 Team Awards". ChicagoRedStars.com. September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
    27. ↑ "Christen Press Awarded Red Stars Golden Boot". chicagoredstars.com. September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.