# 2020 Chicago Red Stars season

The 2020 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's twelfth season, and its eighth season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, on March 20, 2020, the NWSL indefinitely postponed the start of the league's regular season.

## Team
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Rory Dames |
| Assistant coach | Scott Parkinson |
| Assistant coach | Julianne Sitch |
| Goalkeeper coach | Rade Tanaskovic |
Last updated: September 27, 2020 Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/technical-staff/

### Squad

First-team squad, NWSL Fall Series :
| No. | Nat. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Alyssa Naeher | United States |
| 2 | FW | Kealia Watt | United States |
| 3 | DF | Arin Wright | United States |
| 4 | MF | Alyssa Mautz | United States |
| 5 | FW | Rachel Hill | United States |
| 6 | DF | Casey Short | United States |
| 7 | MF | Michele Vasconcelos | United States |
| 8 | MF | Julie Ertz | United States |
| 9 | FW | Savannah McCaskill | United States |
| 10 | MF | Vanessa DiBernardo | United States |
| 11 | DF | Sarah Gorden | United States |
| 12 | FW | Yūki Nagasato | Japan |
| 13 | MF | Morgan Brian | United States |
| 14 | DF | Zoe Morse | United States |
| 15 | FW | Makenzy Doniak | United States |
| 16 | MF | Camryn Biegalski | United States |
| 18 | MF | Ella Stevens | United States |
| 19 | FW | Sarah Luebbert | United States |
| 21 | GK | Emily Boyd | United States |
| 22 | FW | Zoe Redei | United States |
| 23 | DF | Julia Bingham | United States |
| 24 | MF | Danielle Colaprico | United States |
| 25 | MF | Cassie Rohan | United States |
| 26 | DF | Tierna Davidson | United States |
| 28 | DF | Kayla Sharples | United States |
| 29 | DF | Bianca St-Georges | Canada |
| 30 | DF | Hannah Davison | United States |
| 32 | FW | Zoey Goralski | United States |
| 33 | FW | Katie Johnson | Mexico |
| 38 | GK | Cassie Miller | United States |

## Competitions
### Challenge Cup
#### Preliminary round
##### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | North Carolina Courage | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 12 |
| 2 | Washington Spirit | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | OL Reign | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 |
| 4 | Houston Dash | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| 5 | Utah Royals FC (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 6 | Chicago Red Stars | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sky Blue FC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 8 | Portland Thorns FC | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
* 1 2 Chicago Red Stars won the tiebreaker against Sky Blue FC on fewer yellow cards (1 to 4).

#### Knockout round
### 2020 Fall Series
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portland Thorns FC (C) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | Community Shield |
| 2 | Houston Dash | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Washington Spirit | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Sky Blue FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | North Carolina Courage | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |
| 6 | Chicago Red Stars | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | OL Reign | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 8 | Orlando Pride | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
| 9 | Utah Royals FC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | |

## Transactions
### College Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2020 NWSL College Draft was held on January 16, 2020.
| R | Pick | Player | Pos. | College |
| 2 | 15 | Julia Bingham | DF | University of Southern California |
| 2 | 16 | Camryn Biegalski | FW | University of Wisconsin—Madison |
| 3 | 19 | Zoe Morse | MF | University of Virginia |
| 3 | 24 | Ella Stevens | FW | Duke University |
| 4 | 35 | Aerial Chavarin | FW | Yale University |

### Expansion Draft

The 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on November 12, 2020, by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for Racing Louisville FC, an expansion team, to select players from existing teams in the league. The league allowed Louisville to select up to 18 players from lists of unprotected players provided by the existing nine NWSL teams.
Chicago traded Yūki Nagasato and Savannah McCaskill to Racing Louisville in exchange for full roster protection in the draft.