# 2010 Chicago Red Stars season

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.
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.

## Squad
### First-team squad

    As of July 30, 2010.
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.
| 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 | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | 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 |

## Matches

Win  Tie  Loss

### WPS regular season
## 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

### Other information

| Chairman | Marcia McDermott |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A) |
Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/history/