2010 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars
2010 season
Chairman	Emma Hayes
Manager	Marcia McDermott
Stadium	Toyota Park
Women's Professional Soccer	6th
Top goalscorer	Ella Masar (8)
Highest home attendance	6,089 (vs. FC Gold Pride)
Lowest home attendance	2,173 (vs. Philadelphia)
Average home league attendance	4,025
Biggest win	2-0 (May 1 at Boston, July 10 vs. Sky Blue FC, Sept. 1 vs. Philadelphia)
Biggest defeat	0-3 (July 28 at Philadelphia)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2009 2011 →
	All statistics correct as of June 14, 2017.

The 2010 Chicago Red Stars season was the second season of the soccer club and its second season in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Major events

Team news

For the 2010 season the Red Stars returned nine of their original 22 players from 2009.^[1]

After the 2010 season, the Red Stars could not come up with the security bond for Women's Professional Soccer. On December 13, 2010, the Red Stars informed its fans that they would not be able to return for the 2011 WPS season.^[2]

Squad

First-team squad

As of July 30, 2010.^[3]^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Jillian Loyden
2	DF	USA	Marian Dalmy
3	FW	USA	Ella Masar
5	DF	ENG	Anita Asante
7	MF	USA	Megan Rapinoe
8	MF	BRA	Formiga
9	DF	USA	Whitney Engen
10	MF	SWE	Kosovare Asllani
11	FW	BRA	Cristiane
12	DF	USA	Elise Weber
13	DF	USA	Natalie Spilger
14	FW	ENG	Karen Carney


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	USA	Kate Markgraf
16	MF	USA	Sophie Reiser
17	MF	ENG	Katie Chapman
18	GK	USA	Kelsey Davis
21	DF	USA	Lydia Vandenbergh
22	FW	USA	Jessica McDonald
23	GK	USA	Meghann Burke
26	FW	USA	Nikki Washington
27	FW	USA	Casey Nogueira
31	GK	USA	Allison Whitworth
38	DF	USA	Julianne Sitch

Transfers

In

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	BRA	Formiga
9	DF	USA	Whitney Engen
17	MF	USA	Katie Chapman
19	FW	IRL	Michele Weissenhofer
25	MF	USA	Jackie Santacaterina
27	FW	USA	Casey Nogueira
38	DF	USA	Julianne Sitch
1	GK	USA	Jillian Loyden
10	MF	SWE	Kosovare Asllani


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	GK	USA	Kelsey Davis
20	DF	USA	Lydia Vandenbergh
23	FW	USA	Jessica McDonald
25	GK	AUS	Meghann Burke
5	DF	ENG	Anita Asante
16	MF	USA	Sophie Reiser
12	DF	USA	Elise Weber
26	FW	USA	Nikki Washington
31	GK	USA	Allison Whitworth

Out

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Caroline Jönsson
5	FW	USA	Lindsay Tarpley
10	MF	USA	Carli Lloyd
15	DF	USA	Bonnie Young
17	DF	USA	Michelle Wenino
19	DF	IRL	Mary Therese McDonnell
7	MF	AUS	Heather Garriock
9	FW	USA	Danesha Adams
12	MF	USA	Chioma Igwe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	USA	Sarah Wagenfuhr
18	MF	SWE	Frida Östberg
20	GK	USA	Jaimel Johnson
23	DF	USA	Nikki Krzysik
25	GK	AUS	Lydia Williams
4	MF	SCO	Ifeoma Dieke
6	MF	USA	Brittany Klein
19	FW	IRL	Michele Weissenhofer
25	MF	USA	Jackie Santacaterina

Club

Management

Emma Hayes started the season as the head coach, but she was fired on May 10. Marcia McDermott served in the position on an interim basis, during which the team beat the top of the table FC Gold Pride 1–0. Omid Namazi was hired in the beginning of June.^[4]

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Emma Hayes
Manager	Emma Hayes
Assistant manager	Denise Reddy
Assistant manager	Nathan Kipp
Assistant manager
Head athletic trainer	Laura Behr
Assistant athletic trainer
Equipment manager

Last updated: May 5, 2010
Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/

Competitions

Women's Professional Soccer

Standings

Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship.
Green denotes team has spot in 2010 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.

Place	Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	FC Gold Pride	24	16	3	5	46	19	+27	53
2	Boston Breakers	24	10	8	6	36	28	+8	36
3	Philadelphia Independence	24	10	10	4	37	36	+1	34
4	Washington Freedom	24	8	9	7	33	33	0	31
5	Sky Blue FC	24	7	10	7	20	31	-11	28
6	Chicago Red Stars	24	7	11	6	21	27	-6	27
7	Atlanta Beat	24	5	13	6	20	40	-20	21

Results summary

Games played against the Saint Louis Athletica before they folded still counted toward a team's point total.

Abbreviation and Color Key: Atlanta Beat – ATL • Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • FC Gold Pride – BAY Philadelphia Independence – PHI • Saint Louis Athletica – STL • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Freedom – WSH Win • Loss • Tie • Home
Club	Match
Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Chicago Red Stars	NJ	STL	NJ	BOS	BAY	PHI	BAY	ATL	WSH	ATL	BOS	WSH	ATL	NJ	ATL	BOS	PHI	NJ	BAY	PHI	WAS	BAY	PHI	WAS
Chicago Red Stars	1-0	1-1	0-1	0-2	2-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	2-2	1-0	1-2	0-0	1-1	2-0	1-0	1-3	3-0	1-2	0-0	1-2	2-0	2-3	2-0	2-1

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Matches

Win Tie Loss

WPS regular season

April 11, 2010	Sky Blue FC	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Kai 7' (O'Reilly)	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Stadium Attendance: 4,440 Referee: Ted Unkel

April 17, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Saint Louis Athletica	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Nogueira 59' (Chapman)	Report	Chalupny 4' Elaine 27' Boxx 73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,134 Referee: Kari Seitz

April 25, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	0–1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Lloyd 18'	Report	Kai 52' (White)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,136 Referee: Margaret Domka

May 1, 2010	Boston Breakers	0–2	Chicago Red Stars	Allston, Massachusetts
		Report	Rapinoe 32' Nogueira 64' (Carney) Cristiane 70' (Rapinoe)	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 5,180 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

May 8, 2010	FC Gold Pride	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Santa Clara, California
	Milbrett 45+' O'Hara 78' (Yokers)	Report	Rapinoe 21' Dieke 26'	Stadium: BuckShaw Stadium Attendance: 3,153 Referee: Marlene Duffy

May 15, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	0–1	Philadelphia Independence	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Formiga 83'	Report	Lohman 7' (Rodriguez)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 5,645 Referee: Tony Crush

May 29, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	1–0	FC Gold Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Asllani 55' (Dalmy)	Report	Dew 41'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,845 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

June 6, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Atlanta Beat	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Weber 90+'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

June 12, 2010	Washington Freedom	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
	Wambach 11' (Whitehill) Sawa 18' (Bompastor) Bompastor 70'	Report	Cristiane 30' (Carney) Rapinoe 36' Spilger 79' Cristiane 82' (Nogueira) Spilger 90+'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,249 Referee: Felisha Mariscal

June 19, 2010	Atlanta Beat	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kennesaw, Georgia
	Ellertson 41' (Ocampo)	Report		Stadium: KSU Stadium Attendance: 3,589

June 25, 2010	Boston Breakers	1–2	Chicago Red Stars	Allston, Massachusetts
	Fabiana 46' (del Rio)	Report	Masar 13' (Cristiane) Masar 79' (Dalmy)	Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 3,647 Referee: Jennifer Bennett

July 4, 2010	Washington Freedom	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
		Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,744 Referee: Tony Crush

July 7, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Atlanta Beat	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Masar 42' (Cristiane) Chapman 61'	Report	Rasmussen 30' Miyama 31' Cinalli 90+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,091 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

July 10, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Masar 38' (Spilger) Koster 47' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Felisha Mariscal

July 21, 2010	Atlanta Beat	1–0	Chicago Red Stars	Kennesaw, Georgia
	Aluko 56' (Bishop) Blank 79' Aluko 90+'	Report		Stadium: KSU Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Michael Donovan

July 25, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	1–3	Boston Breakers	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Asllani 80' (Nogueira)	Report	Smith 9' (Cheney) Smith 12' (Tarpley) Dieke 14' (Smith)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,673 Referee: Allan Chapman

July 28, 2010	Philadelphia Independence	3–0	Chicago Red Stars	Chester, Pennsylvania
	Rodriguez 12' (Lindsey) Rodrigue 25' (Falk) Buczkowski 48' Seger 56' (Rodriguez) Magnusdottir 90+'	Report	Markgraf 81'	Stadium: John A. Farrell Stadium Attendance: 2,053 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

August 1, 2010	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
	Taylor 90+' (Kai)	Report	Masar 4' (Rapinoe) Carney 61' (Dalmy)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Daniel Radford

August 7, 2010	FC Gold Pride	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Hayward, California
	Wilson 62' O'Hara 85'	Report		Stadium: Pioneer Stadium Attendance: 2,470 Referee: Ted Unkel

August 11, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Philadelphia Independence	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Formiga 37' Masar 62' (Nogueira) Rapinoe 67' Spilger 77' Chapman 90+'	Report	Rodriguez 53' (Lindsey) Sanderson 78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

August 19, 2010	Washington Freedom	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
	Wambach 49' (Huffman) Whitehill 55' (Huffman)	Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,511 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

August 22, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	2–3	FC Gold Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Masar 18' Formiga 45+' Masar 61' (Dalmy)	Report	Marta 8' (Riley) Buehler 33' (Milbrett) Marta 43' Marta 79' (penalty)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 6,089 Referee: Michael Donovan

September 1, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	2–0	Philadelphia Independence	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	Boquete 4' (Nogueira) Chapman 36' Dalmy 54' (Carney)	Report	Seger 77'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,173 Referee: Moo Hackett

September 5, 2010	Chicago Red Stars	2–1	Washington Freedom	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00	Nogueira 50' (Boquete) Formiga 86' Rapinoe 90+' (Boquete)	Report	Bock 74' Huffman 66' 87' Goebel 90+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Ted Unkel

Statistics

Golden Boot

Rank	Scorer	G	A
1	Ella Masar	8	0
2	Cristiane	3	2
3	Casey Nogueira	2	3
4	Marian Dalmy	0	4

Source: womensprosoccer.com^[5]

Other information

Chairman	Marcia McDermott
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A)^[6]

Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/

References

^ ^a ^b Howell, John (April 1, 2010). "WPS Chicago Red Stars Announce Opening Day Roster". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
^ "Press release: Chicago Red Stars Planning to Suspend Operations". Women's Professional Soccer. December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011.
^ "Chicago Red Stars". Women's Professional Soccer. July 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010.
^ "Chicago Red Stars Name Omid Namazi Head Coach". Internet Archive from Goal. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
^ "2010 stats". womensprosoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010.
^ "Chicago Red Stars :: Stadium". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010.

[BR-1] Howell, John (April 1, 2010). "WPS Chicago Red Stars Announce Opening Day Roster". Bleacher Report. Retrieved June 14, 2017.

[2] "Press release: Chicago Red Stars Planning to Suspend Operations". Women's Professional Soccer. December 13, 2010. Archived from the original on April 7, 2011.

[3] "Chicago Red Stars". Women's Professional Soccer. July 30, 2011. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010.

[4] "Chicago Red Stars Name Omid Namazi Head Coach". Internet Archive from Goal. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[5] "2010 stats". womensprosoccer.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010.

[6] "Chicago Red Stars :: Stadium". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010.

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