2022 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars
2022 season
Owner	Arnim Whisler
Head coach	Chris Petrucelli
Stadium	SeatGeek Stadium; Bridgeview, Illinois; (Capacity: 20,000)
NWSL	6th
Challenge Cup	2nd in Central Division
Playoffs	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mallory Pugh (11); All: Mallory Pugh (15)
Highest home attendance	23,951; (vs San Diego Wave FC, July 30)
Lowest home attendance	2,135 (vs Kansas City Current, Sept. 14)
Average home league attendance	5,872
Biggest win	4–0; (two matches)
Biggest defeat	3 goals; (three matches)
	← 2021 2023 →
	All statistics correct as of October 16, 2022.

The 2022 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's fourteenth season as a professional women's soccer team, and ninth in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Team

Management and staff

As of October 8, 2021.^[1]

Technical staff
Head coach	Chris Petrucelli
Assistant coaches	Morinao Imaizumi Fabrice Gautrat
Goalkeeper coach	Rade Tanaskovic
Medical staff
Medical director	Roger N. Chams
Head athletic trainer	Emily Fortunato
Physician assistant	Molly Uyenishi
Physical therapist	Bria Wanzung
High performance director	Jake Roy

Competitions

Win Tie Loss

All times are in CT unless otherwise noted.

Regular season

April 30 1	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Racing Louisville FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Stevens 2' 68' St-Georges 25' Colaprico 47'	Report	Fox 10' Bonner 75'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,028

May 15 2	San Diego Wave FC	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	San Diego, California
14:00 PDT	Morgan 56' (pen.) Taylor 61' Riehl 89' Sheridan 90'	Report	Sharples 55' Cook 90'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 5,000

May 22 3	Orlando Pride	2–4	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
19:00 EDT	Turner 83' 70' Listro 76' Pruitt 87'	Report	Griffith 11' St-Georges 54' Pugh 64', 86' Morse 84' Milazzo 90' Kowalski 90+3'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,015^[2] Referee: Danielle Chesky^[2]

May 28 4	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	Portland Thorns FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Pugh 5' Hill 20'	Report	Sugita 7' Smith 47' Beckie 59' Coffey 84'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,268

June 1 5	Washington Spirit	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Leesburg, Virginia
19:30 EDT	Roddar 29' Staab 86'	Report	Stevens 10' Milazzo 45+2'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 1,961

June 4 6	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	OL Reign	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00 CDT	Aguilera 18' Pugh 47' Hill 90+2'	Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,002

June 8 7	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Cook 66'	Report	Sonnett 24' Aylmer 45' Rodman 76'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,312

June 12 8	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT	Pugh 10' (St. Georges) Nagasato 49' Colaprico 61'	Report	Pressley 56'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,881 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

June 18 9	Kansas City Current	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 CDT	Hamilton 8' (Mace) Kizer 68' (Bennett)	Report	DiBernardo 3' Kowalski 53' (Pugh) Pugh 58' (pen.) Colaprico 88'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 6,848 Referee: John Griggs

July 2 10	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–3	Chicago Red Stars	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EDT	Dydasco 39' Zerboni 64'	Report	Luebbert 15' (Stevens) DiBernardo 25' (Milazzo) Stevens 84' (Nagasato)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 3,499 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

July 10 11	Chicago Red Stars	2–2	North Carolina Courage	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT	Griffith 90+1' (DiBernardo) Kowalski 90+5' (Colaprico)	Report	Pickett 22' (Speck) Ratcliffe 49' (Mathias), 70' Daniels 65' Baucom 79'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 4,098 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

July 16 12	Houston Dash	4–1	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT	Salmon 11' (Groom), 45+1' (Jacobs), 55' (Gareis) Anderson 90+3' (Farquharson)	Report	Fisher 88'	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 4,637

July 30 13	Chicago Red Stars	0–1	San Diego Wave FC	Chicago, Illinois
19:00 CDT		Report	Dahlkemper 13' 59' Girma 22' Shaw 27' (K. Johnson) Briede 84'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 23,951 Referee: Danielle Chesky

August 7 14	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT	Milazzo 45+5' (Colaprico) Cook 66' (Pugh)	Report	Mewis 34' Baxter 89' Tucker 90+3'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 5,078 Referee: Kevin Broadley

August 14 15	Angel City FC	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Los Angeles
17:00 PDT	McCaskill 48' Lussi 54'	Report		Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 17,002 Referee: Mark Allatin^[3]

August 20 16	North Carolina Courage	4–1	Chicago Red Stars	Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT	Ordoñez 10' (Pickett), 74' (Nagano) Nagano 64' Mathias 72' Baisden 88' (Kerolin)	Report	Stevens 81'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,571

August 27 17	Racing Louisville FC	0–4	Chicago Red Stars	Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT	Bonner 22' Nadim 90+4'	Report	Pugh 3' (St-Georges), 73' (Nagasato) Nagasato 18' (Pugh), 23' (Pugh)	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 8,729 Referee: Alex Billeter^[4]

September 9 18	OL Reign	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle
19:00 PDT	Huitema 18' Lavelle 80' (Rapinoe)	Report	Stevens 45+2' Colaprico 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 7,427

September 14 19	Chicago Red Stars	4–0	Kansas City Current	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Milazzo 5' Pugh 8' (Morse), 60', 26' DiBernardo 47' Kowalski 72' (Pugh), 75'	Report	Leach 42' Ball 90'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Katja Koroleva^[5]

September 17 20	Chicago Red Stars	0–1	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	St-Georges 56'	Report	Salmon 25' (Prince) Prince 38'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 5,488

September 25 21	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
13:00 PDT	Kuikka 31' Rodríguez 44' Weaver 48' (Coffey), 61' (Smith) Porter 90+3'	Report	St-Georges 58' Morse 63' 90+1'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 19,127 Referee: Alexandra Billeter

October 2 22	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Angel City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 CDT	Pugh 45+4' (Luebbert) Colaprico 64' Nagasato 77'	Report	Reid 68' Le Bihan 74'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 8,347 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Regular-season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Houston Dash	22	10	6	6	35	27	+8	36	Playoffs – first round
5	Kansas City Current	22	10	6	6	29	29	0	36
6	Chicago Red Stars	22	9	6	7	34	28	+6	33
7	North Carolina Courage	22	9	5	8	46	33	+13	32
8	Angel City FC	22	8	5	9	23	27	−4	29

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	6	7	34	28	+6	33	6	3	2	16	7	+9	3	3	5	18	21	−3

Last updated: October 2, 2022.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W
Position	3	6	6	6	5	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on October 2, 2022. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs

The top six teams from the regular season qualified for the NWSL Championship playoffs, with the top two teams receiving a first-round bye.^[6]^[7] Chicago finished the season in sixth place, earning the lowest seed in the playoff tournament's first-round and facing third-seeded San Diego Wave FC on the road.

October 16 1	San Diego Wave FC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chicago Red Stars	San Diego, California
22:30 EDT	van Egmond 67' Morgan 110'	Report	Nagasato 10'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 26,215 Referee: Mark Allatin

Challenge Cup

Group stage

March 20	Houston Dash	1–3	Chicago Red Stars	Houston, Texas
18:00	Naughton 19' Visalli 65' Schmidt 88'	Report	St-Georges 18' Pugh 27', 60' Morse 45+2' Wright 58' (pen.)	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 4,087 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

March 25	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Kansas City Current	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	DiBernardo 22' Wright 54' Cook 90+2'	Report	Mace 58' Winebrenner 68' Bennett 77' Hamilton 86'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Greg Dopka

March 30	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Racing Louisville FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:30	Nagasato 21'	Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Referee: Calin Radosav

April 2	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	St-Georges 6' Pugh 32', 82'	Report		Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Katja Koroleva

April 16	Racing Louisville FC	1–1	Chicago Red Stars	Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT	Olofsson 28' Ekic 76'	Report	Kowalski 7' Colaprico 51' DiBernardo 75' Cook 84'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Laura Rodriguez

April 24	Kansas City Current	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00	Loera 50' Edmonds 74' Hamilton 76'	Report	Wright 45+2' St-Georges 52'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 5,107 Referee: Adorae Monroy

Central Division standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KC	CHI	LOU	HOU
1	Kansas City Current	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	0–3	2–1
2	Chicago Red Stars	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8		1–2	—	0–0	2–0
3	Racing Louisville FC	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6		1–1	1–1	—	2–3
4	Houston Dash	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6		0–3	1–3	2–1	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Total goal differential; 3) Total number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points record; 5) Head-to-head goal differential; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) Fewest disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots

Players

As of October 16, 2022.

Chicago used a total of 25 players during the 2022 season, with 14 scoring goals. There were also three squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign.

The Red Stars scored 43 goals in all competitions. Mallory Pugh, with 15 goals, was the highest scorer, followed by Amanda Kowalski, Yūki Nagasato, and Ella Stevens, who scored four goals each.

Key

No. = Squad number

Pos. = Playing position

Nat. = Nationality

Apps = Appearances

G = Goals

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Yellow cards

= Red cards

Numbers under Apps indicate starts, and numbers in parentheses denote appearances as a substitute. Players whose names are struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Player statistics
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Cup		NWSL		Playoffs		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	G	Apps	G	Apps	G	Apps	G
1	GK		Alyssa Naeher	6	0	19	0	1	0	26	0	0	0
3	DF		Arin Wright	5 (1)	1	7 (3)	0	1	0	13 (4)	1	2	0
4	MF		~~Alyssa Mautz~~ †	1 (5)	0	1 (7)	0	0	0	2 (12)	0	0	0
5	MF		Rachel Hill	0	0	15 (5)	1	1	0	16 (5)	1	0	0
7	MF		Yūki Nagasato	5 (1)	0	20 (1)	3	1	1	26 (2)	4	2	0
8	FW		Ella Stevens	3 (2)	0	10 (9)	4	0 (1)	0	13 (12)	4	2	0
9	FW		Mallory Pugh	5	4	13 (3)	11	1	0	19 (3)	15	1	0
10	MF		Vanessa DiBernardo	6	1	22	1	1	0	29	2	3	0
11	MF		Sarah Luebbert	0	0	9 (5)	1	1	0	10 (5)	1	0	0
12	DF		Tierna Davidson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	MF		Morgan Gautrat	1 (1)	0	2 (3)	0	1	0	4 (4)	0	0	0
14	DF		Jill Aguilera	0 (3)	0	5 (12)	0	0 (1)	0	5 (16)	0	1	0
15	FW		Sarah Griffith	2 (4)	0	6 (13)	2	0 (1)	0	8 (18)	2	0	0
18	FW		Samantha Fisher	0	0	5 (8)	1	0	0	5 (8)	1	0	0
19	FW		Channing Foster	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0
20	DF		Zoe Morse	6	0	21	0	1	0	28	0	4	1
21	GK		Emily Boyd	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
22	DF		Bianca St-Georges	4 (1)	1	13 (2)	2	0	0	17 (3)	3	3	1
23	DF		Tatumn Milazzo	6	0	22	2	1	0	29	2	2	0
24	MF		Danielle Colaprico	5 (1)	0	19 (3)	1	1	0	25 (4)	1	5	0
25	FW		Ava Cook	2 (3)	0	9 (9)	2	0 (1)	0	11 (13)	2	3	0
26	DF		Mikenna McManus	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
27	FW		Chelsie Dawber	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
28	DF		Kayla Sharples	4	0	8	0	0	0	12	0	1	0
31	DF		Amanda Kowalski	3	1	12 (5)	3	0	0	15 (5)	4	2	0

Source: NWSL,^[8] FBref^[9]

References

^ "Technical staff". Chicago Red Stars. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Orlando Pride vs. Chicago Red Stars - Football Match Summary". ESPN. May 22, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ "Angel City FC vs. Chicago Red Stars - Football Match Summary". ESPN. August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
^ "Houston Dash vs. Racing Louisville FC - Football Match Summary". ESPN. August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
^ "Chicago Red Stars vs. Kansas City Current - Football Match Summary". ESPN. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
^ "National Women's Soccer League, CBS Sports and Ally Financial Make History as 2022 Championship Moves to First-Ever Prime-Time Spot" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
^ Goff, Steven (August 23, 2022). "Audi Field to host NWSL championship game in prime time". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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[1] "Technical staff". Chicago Red Stars. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021.

[20220522-espn-2] "Orlando Pride vs. Chicago Red Stars - Football Match Summary". ESPN. May 22, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[3] "Angel City FC vs. Chicago Red Stars - Football Match Summary". ESPN. August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

[4] "Houston Dash vs. Racing Louisville FC - Football Match Summary". ESPN. August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.

[5] "Chicago Red Stars vs. Kansas City Current - Football Match Summary". ESPN. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

[6] "National Women's Soccer League, CBS Sports and Ally Financial Make History as 2022 Championship Moves to First-Ever Prime-Time Spot" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[7] Goff, Steven (August 23, 2022). "Audi Field to host NWSL championship game in prime time". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[8] "Stats - Players". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[9] "2022 Chicago Red Stars Stats". FBref. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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