# 2017 Chicago Red Stars season

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.
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 | Alyssa Naeher |
| 2 | FW | USA | Jen Hoy |
| 3 | DF | USA | Arin Gilliland |
| 4 | MF | USA | Alyssa Mautz |
| 5 | DF | USA | Katie Naughton |
| 6 | DF | USA | Casey Short |
| 7 | MF | USA | Taylor Comeau |
| 8 | MF | USA | Julie Ertz |
| 9 | FW | USA | Stephanie McCaffrey |
| 10 | DF | USA | Vanessa DiBernardo |
| 11 | MF | USA | Sofia Huerta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | JPN | Yuki Nagasato + |
| 13 | MF | USA | Morgan Brian + |
| 14 | DF | USA | Sarah Gorden |
| 15 | MF | USA | Kristie Mewis +- |
| 16 | DF | USA | Samantha Johnson |
| 18 | GK | USA | Michele Dalton |
| 19 | MF | USA | Summer Green |
| 23 | FW | USA | Christen Press (captain) |
| 24 | MF | USA | Danielle Colaprico |
| 30 | MF | USA | Lauren Kaskie |
| 34 | MF | USA | Mary Luba - |

#### College draft

Players selected by the club in 2017 NWSL College Draft.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | USA | Michele Vasconcelos |
| — | MF | USA | Morgan Proffitt |
| — | MF | USA | Lauren Kaskie |

#### 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 club |
| Danielle Colaprico | Adelaide United FC |
| Alyssa Mautz | Adelaide United FC |
| Katie Naughton | Adelaide United FC |
| Arin 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Carolina Courage | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 49 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 47 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Orlando Pride | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 40 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 39 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 34 | |
| 6 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Kansas City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Houston Dash | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 24 | |
| 9 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 19 | |
| 10 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 19 | |

### Weekly ranking

| Week ending | April | April | April | May | May | May | May | June | June | June | July | July | July | July | August | August | August | August | September | September | September | October | October | October |
| Week ending | 16 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 1 | X | X |
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | X | X |
| Rank | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | X | X |
| Games | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | X | X |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 39 | X | X |
Update June 1, 2018 Source: NWSL 2017 season

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: Sep 29, 2017. Source: NWSLSoccer.com: 2017 Schedule: Chicago Red Stars

### Match results
#### National Women's Soccer League
##### Regular season
##### Players statistics

| N | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | Sh | SOG | FC | Off | CK | PK | PKG | YC | RC |
| 1 | Alyssa Naeher | 22 | 22 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Jen Hoy | 13 | 8 | 635 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Arin Gilliland | 22 | 21 | 1765 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Alyssa Mautz | 24 | 15 | 1415 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Katie Naughton | 22 | 22 | 1958 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Casey Short | 22 | 21 | 1914 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Taylor Comeau | 19 | 10 | 1096 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Julie Ertz | 22 | 21 | 1932 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Stephanie McCaffrey | 12 | 4 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Vanessa DiBernardo | 20 | 20 | 1707 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sofia Huerta | 24 | 21 | 1966 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Yūki Nagasato | 6 | 3 | 311 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Morgan Brian | 1 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sarah Gorden | 4 | 3 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Kristie Mewis | 1 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Samantha Johnson | 22 | 22 | 1785 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Michele Dalton | 1 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Summer Green | 6 | 1 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Christen Press | 23 | 22 | 1997 | 11 | 4 | 84 | 49 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Danielle Colaprico | 23 | 21 | 1903 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Lauren Kaskie | 7 | 2 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Mary Luba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Honors and awards
### NWSL annual awards

NWSL Best XI :
| Position | First team | First team | Position | Second team | Second team |
| Defender | Casey Short | 2,004 minutes | Midfielder | Danielle Colaprico | 1,093 minutes |
| Forward | Christen Press | 5 game winning goals | Midfielder | Julie Ertz | 4 goals, 3 assists |
| | | | Midfielder | Sofia Huerta | 6 goals, 4 assists |

### NWSL Team of the Month

| Month | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| 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 |
| 5 | Won | Christen Press |
| 6 | Won | Sofia Huerta |
| 7 | Nominated | Vanessa DiBernardo |
| 8 | Nominated | Christen Press |
| 10 | Won | Vanessa DiBernardo |
| 14 | Won | Christen Press |
| 15 | Won | Sofia Huerta |
| 19 | Won | Julie Ertz |
| 21 | Nominated | Casey Short |
| 22 | Nominated | Sofia Huerta |

### NWSL Save of the Week

| Week | Result | Player |
| 4 | Nominated | Alyssa Naeher |
| 5 | Won | Alyssa Naeher |
| 6 | Nominated | Alyssa Naeher |
| 7 | Won | Danielle Colaprico |
| 11 | Nominated | Danielle Colaprico |