# 2014 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2014 Chicago Red Stars season was the sixth season of the soccer club and its second season in National Women's Soccer League.

## First-team squad

Players that competed in 2014 NWSL season for Chicago Red Stars.
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 | CAN | Karina LeBlanc |
| 2 | FW | USA | Jen Hoy |
| 3 | DF | USA | Kecia Morway |
| 4 | MF | USA | Alyssa Mautz |
| 5 | FW | USA | Zakiya Bywaters |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Abby Erceg |
| 7 | MF | USA | Shannon Boxx |
| 8 | MF | USA | Julie Johnston |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Melissa Tancredi |
| 10 | MF | USA | Vanessa DiBernardo |
| 11 | DF | CAN | Rachel Quon |
| 13 | DF | USA | Michelle Wenino |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | USA | Taryn Hemmings |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Emily van Egmond |
| 16 | DF | USA | Samantha Johnson |
| 17 | MF | USA | Lori Chalupny |
| 18 | DF | USA | Jackie Santacaterina |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Adriana Leon |
| 20 | GK | USA | Taylor Vancil |
| 21 | FW | USA | Hayley Brock |
| 23 | FW | USA | Christen Press |
| 24 | FW | USA | Niki Read |
| 28 | FW | USA | Michele Weissenhofer |
| 38 | MF | USA | Julianne Sitch |
Squad correct as of August 31, 2014

## Player movement

Joined in previous season  During preseason  During regular season
Note: Game day roster (GDR) are from regular season only
| N | Pos | Player | Date | Trans | GDR | Method | Club |
| 5 | FW | Zakiya Bywaters | Jan 18, 2013 | in | Apr 26, 2014 | 2013 College Draft | UCLA Bruins |
| 2 | FW | Jen Hoy | Jan 18, 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2013 College Draft | Princeton Tigers |
| 20 | GK | Taylor Vancil | Jan 18, 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2013 College Draft | Florida State Seminoles |
| 17 | MF | Lori Chalupny | Feb 5, 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | Signed | Hammarby IF |
| –– | MF | Ella Masar | Feb 5, 2013 | in | –– | Signed | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 14 | DF | Taryn Hemmings | Feb 5, 2013 | in | May 18, 2014 | Signed | Canberra United |
| 4 | MF | Alyssa Mautz | Feb 7, 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2013 Supplemental draft | Chicago Red Stars |
| 18 | DF | Jackie Santacaterina | Feb 7, 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2013 Supplemental draft | Chicago Red Stars |
| 13 | DF | Michelle Wenino | Feb 7, 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2013 Supplemental draft | Sky Blue FC |
| 38 | MF | Julianne Sitch | 2013 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | Signed | Hammarby IF |
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | Jan 3, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars |
| –– | DF | Amy LePeilbet | Jan 3, 2014 | in | –– | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars |
| –– | GK | Erin McLeod | Jan 3, 2014 | in | –– | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars |
| 11 | DF | Rachel Quon | Jan 3, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars |
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | Jan 3, 2014 | in | Jul 9, 2014 | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars |
| 23 | FW | Christen Press | Jan 3, 2014 | in | Jun 7, 2014 | Player allocation | Tyresö FF |
| –– | GK | Erin McLeod | Jan 7, 2014 | out | –– | Trade | Houston Dash |
| 9 | FW | Melissa Tancredi | Jan 7, 2014 | in | Jun 7, 2014 | Trade | Houston Dash |
| –– | MF | Ella Masar | Jan 10, 2014 | out | –– | Expansion Draft | Houston Dash |
| 1 | GK | Karina LeBlanc | Jan 13, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | Trade | Portland Thorns FC |
| 21 | FW | Hayley Brock | Jan 17, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2014 College Draft | Maryland Terrapins |
| 8 | DF | Julie Johnston | Jan 17, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2014 College Draft | Santa Clara Broncos |
| 10 | MF | Vanessa DiBernardo | Jan 17, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | 2014 College Draft | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 28 | FW | Michele Weissenhofer | 2014 | in | Jun 18, 2014 | | Portland Thorns FC |
| 16 | DF | Samantha Johnson | 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | | USC Trojans |
| –– | DF | Amy LePeilbet | Mar 31, 2014 | out | –– | Trade | FC Kansas City |
| 3 | DF | Kecia Morway | Apr 1, 2014 | in | Apr 19, 2014 | Signed | Chicago Eclipse Select |
| 24 | FW | Niki Read | Apr 22, 2014 | in | Apr 26, 2014 | Signed | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | May 5, 2014 | in | Jun 7, 2014 | Signed | FF USV Jena |
| 15 | MF | Emily van Egmond | May 8, 2014 | in | Jun 7, 2014 | Signed | Western Sydney Wanderers |
| 21 | FW | Hayley Brock | Jun 4, 2014 | out | May 28, 2014 | Injured | |
| 38 | MF | Julianne Sitch | Jul 31, 2014 | out | Jul 20, 2014 | Waived | |
| 14 | DF | Taryn Hemmings | Sep 1, 2014 | out | Aug 16, 2014 | Loaned | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | Sep 4, 2014 | out | Aug 16, 2014 | Loaned | FF USV Jena |
| 16 | DF | Samantha Johnson | Sep 5, 2014 | out | Jun 18, 2014 | Loaned | Sydney FC |
| 15 | MF | Emily van Egmond | Sep 13, 2014 | out | Aug 16, 2014 | Waived | New Castle Jets |

## Management and staff
### Coaching Staff

* Manager Rory Dames
* First Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Trae Manny
* Second Assistant Coach Christian Lavers

## Regular-season standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 54 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | FC Kansas City (C) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 41 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Portland Thorns FC | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 36 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 34 | |
| 7 | Western New York Flash | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 28 | |
| 8 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 20 | |
| 9 | Houston Dash | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 18 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 24 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | +2 |
Last updated: September 1, 2014 Source: NWSLsoccer.com standings Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

## Match results

Win  Tie  Loss

### National Women's Soccer League
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | D |

## Squad statistics

Source: NWSL
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | 5 | 4 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Hayley Brock | 8 | 3 | 238 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Zakiya Bywaters | 19 | 10 | 1086 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Lori Chalupny | 23 | 22 | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Vanessa DiBernardo | 23 | 19 | 1782 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 86 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Taryn Hemmings | 15 | 9 | 893 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | Jen Hoy | 21 | 16 | 1354 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Samantha Johnson | 12 | 11 | 956 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Julie Johnston | 21 | 21 | 1890 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | 20 | 15 | 1173 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Alyssa Mautz | 20 | 12 | 1053 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kecia Morway | 12 | 10 | 907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Christen Press | 12 | 12 | 1080 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Rachel Quon | 19 | 19 | 1693 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Niki Read | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Jackie Santacaterina | 13 | 9 | 779 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Julianne Sitch | 11 | 9 | 762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Melissa Tancredi | 13 | 7 | 682 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Emily Van Egmond | 10 | 6 | 633 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Michele Weissenhofer | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Michelle Wenino | 18 | 15 | 1380 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
| 1 | GK | Karina LeBlanc | 21 | 21 | 1890 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 202 | 97 | 76 | 21 | 1.000 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 | GK | Taylor Vancil | 3 | 3 | 270 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1.667 | 1 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards
### NWSL awards
#### NWSL Player of the Week

No player of Chicago Red Stars was named Player of the Week in 2014 season.

#### NWSL Best XI

No player of Chicago Red Stars was named to NWSL Best XI for 2014 season. However, two players, Christen Press and Julie Johnston were named to 2014 NWSL Second XI.

#### NWSL Rookie of the Year

Julie Johnston was named 2014 NWSL Rookie of the Year, out voting Kealia Ohai and Crystal Dunn.

### Chicago Red Stars team awards

Chicago Red Stars announced on September 2 the 2014 team awards from the staff, media and fans. Notably, Julie Johnston was the Defender of the Year, as well as the Rookie of the Year. In a separate announcement, Christen Press was awarded Golden Boot as the team's top goal scorer despite playing only 12 games; this followed her previous year's performance in the Swedish Damallsvenskan where she was the league's top-scorer with 23 goals, and was awarded the league's Golden Boot.

#### Team Most Valuable Player

Lori Chalupny

#### Defender of the Year

Julie Johnston

#### Rookie of the Year

Julie Johnston

#### Community Service Award

Karina LeBlanc

#### Unsung Hero

Abby Erceg

#### Golden Boot

Christen Press