2015 Chicago Red Stars season

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Chicago Red Stars
2015 season
Owner Arnim Whisler
Head coach Rory Dames
Stadium Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex
(capacity: 3,600)
Toyota Park
(capacity: 20,000)
NWSL 2nd place
Top goalscorer Christen Press (10)
Highest home attendance 16,017
(May 9 vs. Boston)
Lowest home attendance 1,402
(May 2 vs. Sky Blue)
Average home league attendance 4,940
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Chicago Red Stars season is the seventh season of the soccer club and its third season in National Women's Soccer League. For the first time in NWSL the Red Stars advanced to the playoffs by finishing second in regular season. In addition, the team held the first place for ten consecutive weeks, from week 4 to week 13. However, the club could not reach the NWSL championship, as in the playoffs semi-final the Red Stars lost to the reigning Champion FC Kansas City, by a score of 0–3. It was the club's final season playing home games at the Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex.

First-team squad

Roster

Players who were under contract to play for the club in 2015 NWSL season.

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 Arin Gilliland
4 Canada MF Alyssa Mautz
5 United States FW Zakiya Bywaters
6 New Zealand DF Abby Erceg
7 United States MF Shannon Boxx
8 United States DF Julie Johnston
9 Canada FW Melissa Tancredi
10 United States MF Vanessa DiBernardo
11 Canada DF Rachel Quon
No. Position Player
12 United States FW Cara Walls
13 United States DF Michelle Lomnicki
14 United States DF Taryn Hemmings
16 United States DF Samantha Johnson
17 United States MF Lori Chalupny
18 United States GK Michele Dalton
19 Canada FW Adriana Leon
20 Mexico FW Sofia Huerta
23 United States FW Christen Press
24 United States MF Danielle Colaprico
34 United States MF Mary Luba
Reserve players of first-team

Reserve players who appeared in the club's game day rosters during regular season. They should not to be confused with the Chicago Red Stars Reserves team which compete in Women's Premier Soccer League.[1]

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

No. Position Player
25 United States DF Kelley McCloskey
26 United States MF Jackie Esterkamp
28 United States FW Rachel Tejada
29 United States DF Lillie Toaspern
No. Position Player
30 United States GK Monica Gonyo
31 United States DF Leigh Jakes
32 United States DF Natalie Horner

Squad correct as of August 16, 2015

Player movement

      Joined in previous seasons       During preseason       During regular season

N Pos Player Date Trans GDR Method Club
5 FW Zakiya Bywaters Jan 18, 2013 in –– 2013 College Draft[2] UCLA Bruins
2 FW Jen Hoy Jan 18, 2013 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2013 College Draft[2] Princeton Tigers
4 MF Alyssa Mautz Feb 7, 2013 in May 2, 2015[m 2] 2013 Supplemental draft[3] Chicago Red Stars
13 DF Michelle Lomnicki Feb 7, 2013 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2013 Supplemental draft[3] Sky Blue FC
10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo Jan 17, 2014 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2014 College Draft[4] Illinois Fighting Illini
–– FW Hayley Brock Jan 17, 2014 in –– 2014 College Draft[4] Maryland Terrapins
14 DF Taryn Hemmings Sep 1, 2014 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Signed[5] Fortuna Hjorring (loaned to)
17 MF Lori Chalupny Sep 4, 2014 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Signed[6] Chicago Red Stars
6 DF Abby Erceg Sep 4, 2014 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Signed[6] FF USV Jena (loaned to)
16 DF Samantha Johnson Sep 5, 2014 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Returned[7] Sydney FC (loaned to)
7 MF Shannon Boxx Jan 15, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
8 DF Julie Johnston Jan 15, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
23 FW Christen Press Jan 15, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
19 FW Adriana Leon Jan 15, 2015 in –– Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
1 GK Karina LeBlanc Jan 15, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
9 FW Melissa Tancredi Jan 15, 2015 in –– Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
11 FW Rachel Quon Jan 15, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Player allocation[8] Chicago Red Stars
–– FW Stephanie McCaffrey Jan 16, 2015 in –– 2015 College draft[9] Boston College
3 DF Arin Gilliland Jan 16, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2015 College draft[9] University of Kentucky
24 MF Danielle Colaprico Jan 16, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2015 College draft[9] University of Virginia
20 FW Sofia Huerta Jan 16, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2015 College draft[9] Santa Clara University
12 FW Cara Walls Jan 16, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] 2015 College draft[9] University of Wisconsin–Madison
–– FW Nicole Setterlund Jan 16, 2015 in –– 2015 College draft[9] Washington State University
28 FW Rachel Tejada Jan 16, 2015 in May 9, 2015[m 3] 2015 College draft[9] Illinois State University
–– FW Stephanie McCaffrey Mar 4, 2015 out –– Traded[10] Boston Breakers
–– FW Nicole Setterlund Mar 6, 2015 out –– Retired[11] ––
5 FW Zakiya Bywaters Apr 6, 2015 out –– Recovering from surgery[12] ––
–– FW Hayley Brock Apr 6, 2015 out –– Returned to school[12] ––
18 GK Michele Dalton Apr 16, 2015 in Apr 18, 2015[m 1] Signed[13] Kvarnsvedens IK
17 MF Lori Chalupny Apr 14, 2015 out May 2, 2015[m 2] World Cup[14] United States
7 MF Shannon Boxx Apr 14, 2015 out May 2, 2015[m 2] World Cup[14] United States
8 DF Julie Johnston Apr 14, 2015 out May 2, 2015[m 2] World Cup[14] United States
23 FW Christen Press Apr 14, 2015 out May 2, 2015[m 2] World Cup[14] United States
19 FW Adriana Leon Apr 28, 2015 out –– World Cup[15] Canada
1 GK Karina LeBlanc Apr 28, 2015 out May 2, 2015[m 2] World Cup[15] Canada
9 FW Melissa Tancredi Apr 28, 2015 out –– World Cup[15] Canada
25 DF Kelley McCloskey –– in May 9, 2015[m 3] Preseason trial[p 1] University of San Diego
26 MF Jackie Esterkamp –– in May 9, 2015[m 3] Preseason trial[p 1] Cincinnati Christian University
29 DF Lillie Toaspern –– in May 9, 2015[m 3] Preseason trial[p 1] Washington University in St. Louis
20 GK Monica Gonyo –– in May 9, 2015[m 3] Preseason trial[p 1] Loyola University Chicago
6 DF Abby Erceg May 15, 2015 out May 15, 2015[m 4] World Cup[16] New Zealand
34 MF Mary Luba Sep 2, 2015 in May 23, 2015[m 5] Signed[17][p 2] Marquette University
31 DF Leigh Jakes –– in May 23, 2015[m 5] Preseason trial[p 1] NiceFutis
32 DF Natalie Horner –– in Jun 28, 2015[m 6] Preseason trial[p 1] University of Kentucky
6 DF Abby Erceg Jun 19, 2015 in Jun 28, 2015[m 6] World Cup elimination[18] New Zealand
19 FW Adriana Leon Jun 27, 2015 in Jul 12, 2015[m 7] World Cup elimination[19] Canada
1 GK Karina LeBlanc Jun 27, 2015 in Jul 12, 2015[m 7] World Cup elimination[19] Canada
9 FW Melissa Tancredi Jun 27, 2015 in Jul 12, 2015[m 7] World Cup elimination[19] Canada
17 MF Lori Chalupny Jul 5, 2015 in Jul 18, 2015[m 8] World Cup final[20] United States
7 MF Shannon Boxx Jul 5, 2015 in Jul 18, 2015[m 8] World Cup final[20] United States
8 DF Julie Johnston Jul 5, 2015 in Jul 12, 2015[m 7] World Cup final[20] United States
23 FW Christen Press Jul 5, 2015 in Jul 12, 2015[m 7] World Cup final[20] United States
7 MF Shannon Boxx Jul 27, 2015 out Jul 18, 2015[m 8] Retired[21] ––

Management and Staff

Front Office
  • Owner Arnim Whisler
Coaching Staff[22]
  • Manager Rory Dames
  • First Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Trae Manny
  • Second Assistant Coach Christian Lavers

Regular season standings

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 20 13 4 3 41 21 +20 43 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 20 8 9 3 31 22 +9 33 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C) 20 9 5 6 32 20 +12 32
4 Washington Spirit 20 8 6 6 31 28 +3 30
5 Houston Dash 20 6 6 8 21 26 −5 24
6 Portland Thorns FC 20 6 5 9 27 29 −2 23
7 Western New York Flash 20 6 5 9 24 34 −10 23
8 Sky Blue FC 20 5 7 8 22 28 −6 22
9 Boston Breakers 20 4 3 13 22 43 −21 15
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.
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
20 33 8 3 9 31 22  +9 3 1 6 15 11  +4 5 2 3 16 11  +5

Last updated: September 6, 2015
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

Results by Round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ground H H H H A A A A A A H A A H A H H H A H
Result W D W W D W D L W W D W D D L D L D W D
Position[n 1] 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2

Last updated: September 6, 2015.
Source: Match results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

National Women's Soccer League

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Main article: 2015 National Women's Soccer League season

Regular season

Postseason playoff

NWSL awards

Date Award Recipient Reference
April 21, 2015 Player of the week of week 2 Christen Press [24]
May 1, 2015 Player of the month of April Christen Press [25]
May 12, 2015 Player of the week of week 5 Sofia Huerta [26] [n 2]
May 19, 2015 Player of the week of week 6 Sofia Huerta [27] [n 2]
June 3, 2015 Player of the month of May Sofia Huerta [28]
September 10, 2015 Player of the week of week 21 Karina LeBlanc [29]
September 14, 2015 Rookie of the year 2015 Danielle Colaprico [30] [n 3]
NWSL Best XI and Second XI

On September 24 NWSL announced the 2015 NWSL Best Eleven and Second Eleven.[31] Two Red Stars, Christen Press and Julie Johnston were named to the NWSL Best Eleven. In addition, three rookies, Arin Gilliland, Danielle Colaprico and Sofia Huerta, were named to the Second Eleven.

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

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 4 2 231 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
17 MF Lori Chalupny 11 11 944 1 3 0 17 9 0 0 1 14 16 1 0
24 MF Danielle Colaprico 20 20 1776 1 0 1 10 5 2 46 1 18 15 3 0
10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo 20 19 1733 2 5 1 34 19 5 73 0 25 22 2 0
6 DF Abby Erceg 14 12 1085 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 6 0 2 0
3 DF Arin Gilliland 19 17 1533 0 2 0 13 5 2 0 4 10 4 0 0
14 DF Taryn Hemmings 18 17 1528 1 1 1 10 7 4 0 1 18 8 1 0
2 FW Jen Hoy 18 14 1110 4 4 1 25 15 3 0 12 15 3 0 0
20 FW Sofia Huerta 19 15 1343 6 3 1 36 20 3 0 17 11 12 0 0
31 DF Leigh Jakes 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Samantha Johnson 14 13 1215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 3 0
8 DF Julie Johnston 11 11 990 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 7 10 1 0
19 FW Adriana Leon 5 4 277 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 2 5 2 1 0
13 DF Michelle Lomnicki 12 7 614 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 6 4 2 0
34 DF Mary Luba 3 0 40 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 MF Alyssa Mautz 15 13 1076 2 3 0 16 4 1 1 3 16 8 0 0
25 DF Kelley McCloskey 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 FW Christen Press 11 10 931 10 2 3 50 27 0 0 17 7 2 0 0
11 DF Rachel Quon 17 12 1046 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 10 8 1 0
9 FW Melissa Tancredi 8 2 246 2 0 0 12 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 0
28 FW Rachel Tejada 2 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
12 FW Cara Walls 10 1 256 1 1 0 3 3 2 0 4 4 2 0 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
18 GK Michele Dalton 12 12 1080 6 1 5 113 58 47 11 .917 1 1 5
1 GK Karina LeBlanc 8 8 720 2 2 4 79 39 28 11 1.375 0 0 1

Chicago Red Stars team awards

On September 23 Chicago Red Stars announced the winners of 2015 team awards.[32] For the second time in 2 years Julie Johnston was the recipient of the award for Defensive Most Valuable Player, having been named Defender of the Year in 2014. Lori Chalupny who was the Team Most Valuable Player in 2014, was named the Iron Women of Character. Christen Press was named Team Most Valuable player, and was in 2014 the Golden Boot recipient. Danielle Colaprico was named the team's Rookie of the Year, while she was also the recipient of the NWSL Rookie of the Year. Vanessa DiBernardo who had a team high of 5 assists, and served a team high of 73 corner kicks, was named the Unsung Hero.

Team Most Valuable Player

Christen Press

Defensive Most Valuable Player

Julie Johnston

Rookie of the Year

Danielle Colaprico

Unsung Hero

Vanessa DiBernardo

Iron Woman of Character

Lori Chalupny

Images

On May 2, 2015, Chicago Red Stars said goodbye to their World Cup contingent in a send-off ceremony, after a 1–0 win over Sky Blue FC. Left to right: Lori Chalupny, Shannon Boxx, Julie Johnston, Karina LeBlanc, Abby Erceg and Christen Press. Not in picture and already joined Canada World Cup team were Melissa Tancredi and Adriana Leon. Chicago Red Stars sent eight players to 2015 World Cup; the highest number in NWSL.
On May 2, 2015, Chicago Red Stars said goodbye to their World Cup contingent in a send-off ceremony, after a 1–0 win over Sky Blue FC. Left to right: Lori Chalupny, Shannon Boxx, Julie Johnston, Karina LeBlanc, Abby Erceg and Christen Press. Not in picture and already joined Canada World Cup team were Melissa Tancredi and Adriana Leon. Chicago Red Stars sent eight players to 2015 World Cup; the highest number in NWSL.
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Team MVP Christen Press
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Team Defensive MVP Julie Johnston
File:2015-05-02 DanielleColaprico DSCN3133.JPG
Rookie of the Year Danielle Colaprico
File:2015-05-02 VanessaDiBernardo DSCN3118.JPG
Unsung Hero Vanessa DiBernardo
File:2015-05-02 LoriChalupny DSCN3139.JPG
Iron Woman of Character Lori Chalupny

Notes

  1. ↑ Chicago Red Stars' position in the league at the end of match day
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sofia Huerta is the first NWSL to earn back to back player of the week awards
  3. ↑ Danielle Colaprico is the second Red Star named NWSL Rookie of the Year, in two consecutive years. Julie Johnston was NWSL Rookie of the Year in 2014

References

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Match reports (preseason)
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Match reports (regular season)
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Match report (postseason playoff)
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See also

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