The 2017 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's ninth season. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. In 2017, for the third consecutive season, the Red Stars made it to the post-season playoffs and was eliminated in the semi-final.
First-team squad The entire 2017 roster was returned for 2018 NWSL season.
Roster Players who were under contract to play for the club in 2017 NWSL season.
2018 squad + indicates player was added during the season, - indicates player was removed during the season.
College draft Players selected by the club in 2017 NWSL College Draft.
Loan to W-League clubs After the 2018 season several Chicago Red Stars players were loaned to clubs of W-League of Australia to play in their 2017-2018 season. Player W-League clubDanielle Colaprico Adelaide United FCAlyssa MautzKatie NaughtonArin Gilliland Newcastle Jets FC
Management and staff Front Office Owner Arnim Whisler Coaching Staff Manager Rory Dames Assistant coach Bonnie Young Assistant coach Brian Kibler Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Jordi King
Regular-season standings
League standing
Weekly ranking WeekendingAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctober16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 1825 2 9 16 23 6 13 20 27 3 10 241XWeek1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22Rank9 4 7 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 22 2 1 23 3 3 3 3 3 41 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 1314 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 240 3 3 6 7 10 13 16 17 20 23 2425 28 29 29 29 32 35 36 39 39 Update June 1, 2018 Source: NWSL 2017 season
Results summary
Match results
Preseason
National Women's Soccer League
Regular season
Playoffs
Players statistics 1 Alyssa Naeher 22 22 1980 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 02 Jen Hoy 13 8 635 2 2 10 4 7 10 0 0 0 0 03 Arin Gilliland 22 21 1765 0 0 5 1 21 1 3 0 0 2 04 Alyssa Mautz 24 15 1415 2 0 19 7 26 3 0 0 0 3 05 Katie Naughton 22 22 1958 0 0 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 06 Casey Short 22 21 1914 1 1 11 3 19 4 0 0 0 2 07 Taylor Comeau 19 10 1096 0 1 7 3 13 1 0 0 0 0 08 Julie Ertz 22 21 1932 4 3 16 7 36 1 0 0 0 3 09 Stephanie McCaffrey 12 4 364 0 0 7 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 010 Vanessa DiBernardo 20 20 1707 3 2 24 14 13 3 62 0 0 0 011 Sofia Huerta 24 21 1966 6 4 44 25 29 15 2 0 0 0 012 Yūki Nagasato 6 3 311 1 2 3 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 113 Morgan Brian 1 0 59 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 014 Sarah Gorden 4 3 224 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 015 Kristie Mewis 1 1 81 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 016 Samantha Johnson 22 22 1785 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 018 Michele Dalton 1 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Summer Green 6 1 137 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 023 Christen Press 23 22 1997 11 4 84 49 24 30 0 6 4 2 024 Danielle Colaprico 23 21 1903 1 1 8 3 27 0 35 0 0 4 030 Lauren Kaskie 7 2 213 0 0 1 1 6 0 4 0 0 1 034 Mary Luba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honors and awards
NWSL annual awards
NWSL Best XIPosition First team Position Second teamDefender Casey Short 2,004 minutesMidfielder Danielle Colaprico 1,093 minutesForward Christen Press 5 game winning goals Julie Ertz 4 goals, 3 assists Sofia Huerta 6 goals, 4 assists
NWSL Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref April Julie Ertz May Samantha Johnson Casey Short Danielle Colaprico Christen Press June Casey Short July Casey Short Julie Ertz
NWSL Goal of the Week
Week Result Player Ref. 5 Christen Press 6 Sofia Huerta 7 Vanessa DiBernardo 8 Christen Press 10 Vanessa DiBernardo 14 Christen Press 15 Sofia Huerta 19 Julie Ertz 21 Casey Short 22 Sofia Huerta
NWSL Save of the Week Week Result Player Ref. 4 Alyssa Naeher 5 6 7 Danielle Colaprico 11
References
Match reports (preseason)
Match reports (regular season)
Match report (postseason playoff)
Notes
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