# 2022 Chicago Red Stars season

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.
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
#### Regular-season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Playoffs – first round |
| 6 | Chicago Red Stars | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 33 | Playoffs – first round |
| 7 | North Carolina Courage | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 32 | |
| 8 | Angel City FC | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 29 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

### 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. 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.

### Challenge Cup
#### Group stage
##### Central Division standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

## 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

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 | Cup | NWSL | NWSL | Playoffs | Playoffs | Total | Total | Discipline | 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, FBref