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2012 Chicago Red Stars season

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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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.

Major events

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

First-team squad

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

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

Squad correct as of July 20, 2012[1]

Second squad

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

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

Transfers

In

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

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

Out

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

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

Regular-season standings

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

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

  Win   Tie   Loss

WPSLE regular season

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

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 soccer ball with check mark
Reynolds soccer ball with check mark
Zerboni soccer ball with red X
Van Egmond soccer ball with check mark
Salem soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Folkes
soccer ball with red X Sitch
soccer ball with check mark Forbes
soccer ball with red X Wenino

US Women Open Cup

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

Top scorers

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 United States Lauren Fowlkes 7 1 8
2 17 MF United States Lori Chalupny 5 1 6
3 11 FW United States Michele Weissenhofer 5 5
4 5 MF United States Amanda Cinalli 1 3 4
5 18 DF United States Jackie Santacaterina 3 3
38 MF United States Julianne Sitch 3 3
6 21 FW United States Allison Doyle 2 2
33 MF United States Alyssa Mautz 2 2
MF United States Ashleigh Ellenwood 1 1 2
7 2 DF United States Ashlee Elliott 1 1
3 FW United States Ella Masar 1 1
6 DF United States Lauren Alkek 1 1
19 MF United States Kelsey Hough 1 1
23 MF United States Vanessa Laxgang 1 1
United States Zoey Goralski 1 1
United States Niki Sebo 1 1
United States Georgia Waddle 1 1
- United States unknown[a] 2 2
TOTALS 26 4 15 45

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

Top assists

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 United States Amanda Cinalli 3 2 5
17 MF United States Lori Chalupny 4 1 5
2 33 MF United States Alyssa Mautz 3 3
3 2 DF United States Ashlee Elliott 2 2
3 FW United States Ella Masar 1 1 2
11 FW United States Michele Weissenhofer 2 2
22 DF United States Kara Kabellis 1 1 2
23 MF United States Vanessa Laxgang 2 2
38 DF United States Julianne Sitch 1 1 2
4 2 DF United States Lauren Alkek 1 1
9 DF United States Lauren Fowlkes 1 1
10 FW United States Shayla Mutz 1 1
13 DF United States Michelle Wenino 1 1
29 MF United States Kelsey Hough 1 1
20 MF United States Vanessa DiBernardo 1 1
21 FW United States Allison Doyle 1 1
- unknown[a] ?
TOTALS 20 4 8 32

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

Team management

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

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

Stadium

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

Award Player total
Golden Boot Fowlkes 7

Notes

  • 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

  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.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Chicago_Red_Stars_season