The 2019 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's eleventh season and seventh season in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
First-team squad
2019 squad Updated August 12, 2019 Players under contract to play for the club during 2019 season. bold type indicates player played for her national team.
Player transactions
2019 NWSL College Draft RoundPickPlayerPrevious TeamRound 11 D Stanford UniversityRound 215 F Santa Clara UniversityRound 320 F West Virginia UniversityRound 326 D Northwestern UniversityRound 428 April BockinF University of MinnesotaRound 433 Hannah DavisonD Northwestern UniversityRound 435 Jenna SzczesnyF Loyola University Chicago
In
DatePlayerPositions playedPrevious clubFee/notesRef. January 9, 2019 Katie Johnson FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in a Trade with Sky Blue FC for the 6th Overall Pick in the 2019 NWSL College Draft and Chicago's highest second round pick in 2020 June 19, 2019 Savannah McCaskill FW Sky Blue FC Acquired in a Trade with Sky Blue FC for a First and Second Round Pick at the 2020 NWSL College Draft August 1, 2019 Mackenzie Arnold GK Arna-Bjørnar Signed.
Out
DatePlayerPositions playedDestination clubFee/notesRef. January 7, 2019 Summer Green FW Vittsjö Signed with Vittsjö March 2, 2019 Rosie White MF Reign FC Left team to focus on preparing for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with New Zealand. March 3, 2019 Stephanie McCaffrey FW Retired.
Management and staff Front Office Owner: Arnim Whisler Coaching Staff Manager: Rory Dames Assistant coach: Craig Harrington Assistant coach: Gary Curneen Goalkeeper coach: Jordi King Strength & Conditioning Coach: Evan Johnson Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brian Kibler
Competitions
League standing
Results summary
Results by round
Weekly schedule
All times are in Central Time unless otherwise noted.
Preseason
Regular season
Postseason playoffs
Statistical leaders
Top scorers RankPlayerGoals1 Sam Kerr18 *2 Yuki Nagasato 73 Vanessa DiBernardo34 Michele Vasconcelos 2 Brooke Elby Casey Short7 Danielle Colaprico1 Katie Johnson Arin Wright Tierna Davidson Savannah McCaskill Morgan Brian
Top assists RankPlayerAssists1 Yuki Nagasato 8 *2 Sam Kerr53 Michele Vasconcelos 3 Casey Short Katie Johnson6 Vanessa DiBernardo 27 Julie Ertz 1 Arin Wright Savannah McCaskill Morgan Brian Zoey Goralski
Shutouts RankPlayerClean sheets1 Alyssa Naeher62 Emily Boyd2
Honors and awards
NWSL Monthly Award
NWSL Player of the Month MonthResultPlayerRef. May Sam Kerr September Sam Kerr
NWSL Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards RefApril Casey Short Yuki Nagasato Sam KerrMay Casey Short Yuki Nagasato Sam KerrJune Casey ShortJuly Casey Short Sarah Gorden Vanessa DiBernardo Sam Kerr August Casey Short September Alyssa Naeher Casey Short Julie Ertz Morgan Brian Yuki Nagasato Sam Kerr
NWSL Weekly Awards
NWSL Player of the Week WeekResultPlayerRef.3 Yuki Nagasato5 Sam Kerr6 Sam Kerr11 Sam Kerr14 Sam Kerr16 Sam Kerr23 Sam Kerr
NWSL Goal of the Week WeekResultPlayerRef.3 Yuki Nagasato5 Sam Kerr11 Sam Kerr14 Sam Kerr15 Yuki Nagasato16 Sam Kerr
NWSL Save of the Week Week Result Player Ref.1 Alyssa Naeher 2 Alyssa Naeher 5 Emily Boyd 6 Emily Boyd 11 Emily Boyd 14 Alyssa Naeher 15 Alyssa Naeher
References
Match reports (preseason)
Match reports (regular season)
Match report (postseason playoff)
Notes
External links