2016 Chicago Red Stars season

Chicago Red Stars

2016 season
Owner	Arnim Whisler
Head coach	Rory Dames
Stadium	Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000)
Top goalscorer	Christen Press (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,024 (May 1 vs. Orlando)
Lowest home attendance	2,068 (September 7 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance	3,060
Home colors Away colors
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The 2016 Chicago Red Stars season was the eight season of the soccer club and its fourth season in National Women's Soccer League.

After a banner 2015 season, the team expected to do well again.^[1] The club ended the regular season at third place, and played the play-off semi-final at Boyds, Maryland against Washington Spirit on September 30, falling 2–1 and did not reach the championship match.^{[o 1][o 2]}

This season the Red Stars returned to Toyota Park for its home games, where it last played on a regular basis during its 2010 season in Women's Professional Soccer league.^[2] In 2016 season, the Red Stars honored the retirements of several long time members; Michelle Lomnicki,^[3] Julianne Sitch, Jackie Santacaterina, and Lori Chalupny. The jersey number 17 worn by Chalupny, a 3 year captain, an Olympic gold medalist and a FIFA world champion was retired in honor of her accomplishments.^[4]

After the season, National team coach Jill Ellis called up 5 Red Stars, Christen Press, Alyssa Naeher, Arin Gilliland, Casey Short and Danielle Colaprico to national team training camp.^[5][6] On October 7, NWSL announced the voting results of NWSL Best XI and NWSL Second XI; while Press and Gilliland were named to Best XI; 5 Red Stars, Naeher, Julie Johnston, Short, Colaprico and Vanessa DiBernardo were named to NWSL Second XI.^[7][8]

In the off-season 8 Red Stars, the highest number in team history,^[9] went to play in Australia on loan to W-League sides; Samantha Johnson to Melbourne Victory;^[10] Jen Hoy and Arin Gilliland to Newcastle Jets;^[11][12] Alyssa Mautz and Vannesa DiBernardo to Perth Glory;^[13][14] and Katie Naughton, Danielle Colaprico and Sofia Huerta to Adelaide United.^[15] Chicago Red Stars loaned the largest number of players to W-League, 4 more than any other NWSL club.^[16]

First-team squad

Roster

Players who are under contract to play for the club in 2016 NWSL season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Alyssa Naeher 2 FW Jen Hoy 3 DF Arin Gilliland 4 MF Alyssa Mautz 5 DF Katie Naughton 6 DF Casey Short 7 MF Taylor Comeau 8 DF Julie Johnston 9 DF Stephanie McCaffrey 10 MF Vanessa DiBernardo [n 1]

No. Position Player 11 FW Sofia Huerta 12 FW Cara Walls 13 MF Amanda DaCosta 14 DF Sarah Gorden 15 DF Courtney Raetzman 16 DF Samantha Johnson 18 GK Michele Dalton 23 FW Christen Press (C) 24 MF Danielle Colaprico 34 MF Mary Luba

College draft

Players selected by the club in 2016 NWSL College Draft.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Katie Naughton DF Sarah Gorden MF Courtney Raetzman FW Janelle Flaws [n 2][17]

No. Position Player DF Adrienne Jordan [n 2][17] DF Candace Johnson [n 3][18] FW Ashleigh Ellenwood [n 3][18]

Naughton, Gorden and Raetzman joined the Red Stars first team; Flaws, Jordan, C Johnson and Ellenwood joined the Red Stars Reserves team which competes in Women's Premier Soccer League.^[19][20] Janelle Flaws played for 45 minutes in NWSL regular season, in an away match against Washington on July 9.

Amateur call-up

Amateur players listed below were called up during the absence of international players training or playing for the national team at the 2016 Olympics or international friendly

Player	Pos	Home town	College	Ref
Brianna Smallidge	GK	Port Orchard, Washington	Seattle University	[21]
Jannelle Flaws	FW	Glenview, Illinois	University of Illinois	[21]
Kassidy Brown	MF	Lake Zurich, Illinois	University of Illinois	[21]
Rebekah Roller	MF	Brookfield, Wisconsin	DePaul University	[22]

Player movement

  Joined in previous seasons   During preseason   During regular season

N	Pos	Player	Date	Trans	GDR	Method	Club
5	FW	Zakiya Bywaters	Jan 18, 2013	in	000000002013-01-18-0000 ––	2013 College Draft[23]	UCLA Bruins
2	FW	Jen Hoy	Jan 18, 2013	in	Apr 16, 2016	2013 College Draft[23]	Princeton Tigers
4	MF	Alyssa Mautz	Feb 7, 2013	in	Apr 16, 2016	2013 Supplemental draft[24]	Chicago Red Stars
––	DF	Michelle Lomnicki	Feb 7, 2013	in	000000002013-02-07-0000––	2013 Supplemental draft[24]	Sky Blue FC
10	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	Jan 17, 2014	in	000000002014-09-30-0000––	2014 College Draft[25]	University of Illinois
––	DF	Taryn Hemmings	Sep 1, 2014	in	000000002015-09-30-0000––	Signed[26]	Fortuna Hjorring (loaned to)
––	MF	Lori Chalupny	Sep 4, 2014	in	000000002014-09-04-0001––	Signed[27]	Chicago Red Stars
––	DF	Abby Erceg	Sep 4, 2014	in	000000002015-09-30-0000––	Signed[27]	FF USV Jena (loaned to)
16	DF	Samantha Johnson	Sep 5, 2014	in	Apr 16, 2016	2014 preseason trial[28]	USC Trojans
––	FW	Adriana Leon	Jan 15, 2015	in	000000002015-09-30-0000––	2015 Player allocation[29]	Chicago Red Stars
––	FW	Melissa Tancredi	Jan 15, 2015	in	000000002015-09-30-0000––	2015 Player allocation[29]	Chicago Red Stars
––	MF	Rachel Quon	Jan 15, 2015	in	000000002015-01-15-0000––	2015 Player allocation[29]	Chicago Red Stars
3	DF	Arin Gilliland	Jan 16, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	2015 College draft[30]	University of Kentucky
24	MF	Danielle Colaprico	Jan 16, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	2015 College draft[30]	University of Virginia
11	FW	Sofia Huerta	Jan 16, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	2015 College draft[30]	Santa Clara University
12	FW	Cara Walls	Jan 16, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	2015 College draft[30]	University of Wisconsin–Madison
18	GK	Michele Dalton	Apr 16, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	Signed[31]	Kvarnsvedens IK
34	MF	Mary Luba	Sep 2, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	Signed[32]	Marquette University
––	MF	Brittany Bock	Oct 22, 2015	in	000000002015-10-22-0000––	2015 NWSL waiver wire[33]	Houston Dash
14	DF	Taryn Hemmings	Nov 2, 2015	out	000000002015-11-02-0001––	Expansion draft[34]	Orlando Pride
––	DF	Abby Erceg	Nov 10, 2015	out	000000002015-11-10-0001––	Trade[35]	Western New York Flash
––	FW	Adriana Leon	Nov 10, 2015	out	000000002015-11-10-0001––	Trade[35]	Western New York Flash
––	DF	Whitney Engen	Nov 10, 2015	in	000000002015-11-10-0010––	Trade[35]	Western New York Flash
10	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	Nov 12, 2015	out	000000002015-11-12-0000––	Loan[36]	Perth Glory
––	DF	Whitney Engen	Nov 23, 2015	out	000000002015-11-23-0010––	Trade[37]	Boston Breakers
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	Nov 23, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	Trade[37][38]	Boston Breakers
6	DF	Casey Short	Nov 24, 2015	in	Apr 16, 2016	Signed[39]	Avaldsnes IL
––	MF	Lori Chalupny	Dec 8, 2015	out	000000002015-12-08-0001––	Retire[40]	––
8	DF	Julie Johnston	Jan 13, 2016	in	Apr 16, 2016	Player allocation[38]	Chicago Red Stars
23	FW	Christen Press	Jan 13, 2016	in	Apr 16, 2016	Player allocation[38]	Chicago Red Stars
5	DF	Katie Naughton	Jan 17, 2016	in	Apr 16, 2016	College draft[41]	University of Notre Dame
14	DF	Sarah Gorden	Jan 17, 2016	in	Apr 16, 2016	College draft[41]	DePaul University
15	MF	Courtney Raetzman	Jan 17, 2016	in	Apr 16, 2016	College draft[41]	University of Kentucky
––	FW	Janelle Flaws	Jan 17, 2016	in	000000002016-01-17-0000––	College draft[41]	University of Illinois
––	DF	Adrienne Jordan	Jan 17, 2016	in	000000002016-01-17-0000––	College draft[41]	University of Northern Colorado
––	DF	Candace Johnson	Jan 17, 2016	in	000000002016-01-17-0000––	College draft[41]	University of Missouri
––	FW	Ashleigh Ellenwood	Jan 17, 2016	in	000000002016-01-17-0000––	College draft[41]	University of Arkansas
––	MF	Amanda DaCosta	Jan 25, 2016	in	Apr 16, 2016	Trade[42]	Washington Spirit
––	FW	Melissa Tancredi	Feb 8, 2016	out	000000002016-02-08-0000––	Player allocation[43]	––
––	DF	Michelle Lomnicki	Mar 1, 2016	out	000000002016-03-01-0000––	Retire[44]	––
––	MF	Rachel Quon	Mar 14, 2016	out	000000002016-03-14-0000––	Career on hold[45]	––
10	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	Mar 14, 2016	in	Apr 14, 2016	Return[18][36]	Perth Glory
––	DF	Candace Johnson	Mar 14, 2016	out	000000002016-03-14-0000––	Not on roster[n 3][18]	––
––	FW	Ashleigh Ellenwood	Mar 14, 2016	out	000000002016-03-14-0000––	Not on roster[n 3][18]	––
––	FW	Brittany Bock	Mar 15, 2016	out	000000002016-03-15-0000––	Not on roster[18]	––
5	FW	Zakiya Bywaters	Mar 29, 2016	out	000000002016-03-29-0000––	Not on roster[46]	––
7	MF	Taylor Comeau	Apr 11, 2016	in	Apr 23, 2016	2016 preseaon trial[17][18]	Portland Thorns FC
––	DF	Adrienne Jordan	Apr 11, 2016	out	000000002016-04-11-0000––	Not on roster[17]	––
––	FW	Janelle Flaws	Apr 11, 2016	out	000000002016-04-11-0000––	Not on roster[17]	––
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	May 18, 2016	out	Jun 22, 2016	Friendly/Olympics[47][48]	USWNT
8	DF	Julie Johnston	May 18, 2016	out	Jun 22, 2016	Friendly/Olympics[47][48]	USWNT
23	FW	Christen Press	May 18, 2016	out	Jun 22, 2016	Friendly/Olympics[47][48]	USWNT
9	FW	Stephanie McCaffrey	Jul 22, 2016	in	Jul 23, 2016	Trade[49]	Boston Breakers
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	Aug 12, 2016	in	Aug 27, 2016	Olympics elimination[50]	USWNT
8	DF	Julie Johnston	Aug 12, 2016	in	Aug 27, 2016	Olympics elimination[50]	USWNT
23	FW	Christen Press	Aug 12, 2016	in	Aug 27, 2016	Olympics elimination[50]	USWNT

Management and Staff

Front Office

• Owner Arnim Whisler

Coaching Staff^[51]

• Manager Rory Dames
• Assistant Coach Bonnie Young
• Assistant Coach Brian Kibler
• Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Jordi King

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield
2	Washington Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	NWSL Playoffs
3	Chicago Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
4	Western New York Flash (C)	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32
5	Seattle Reign FC	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30
6	FC Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	−2	26
7	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	24	30	−6	26
8	Houston Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22
9	Orlando Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	−10	19
10	Boston Breakers	20	3	2	15	14	47	−33	11

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33	5	4	1	16	9	+7	4	2	4	8	11	−3

Last updated: September 24, 2016.
Source: NWSLSoccer.com: 2016 Schedules: Chicago Red Stars

Results by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W
Position[n 4]	10	7	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	3	3

Last updated: September 24, 2016.
Source: NWSLSoccer.com: 2016 Schedules: Chicago Red Stars
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

On February 8 Chicago Red Stars announced its preseason schedule.^[52]

Chicago Red Stars v Illinois State University

March 18, Fri	Chicago Red Stars	undisclosed	Illinois State University	(closed to public)
undisclosed time		Photos		Stadium: undisclosed

Northwestern University v Chicago Red Stars

April 3, Sun	Northwestern University	0 – 5	Chicago Red Stars	Evanston, Illinois
17:00 CDT (UTC-05)		Report[p 1]	Jen Hoy  12', 20' Sofia Huerta  60', 85' Alyssa Mautz  87'	Stadium: Lenny and Sharon Martin Stadium

Nortre Dame University v Chicago Red Stars

April 6, Wed	Nortre Dame University	2 – 3	Chicago Red Stars	South Bend, Indiana
18:00 CDT (UTC-05)	Jennifer Westendorf  26' (Kaitlin Klawunder) Kaleigh Olmsted  71'	Report[p 2]	Alyssa Mautz  8' (Jen Hoy) Courtney Raetzman  48' Jen Hoy  50' (Courtney Raetzman)	Stadium: Alumni Stadium

National Women's Soccer League

Regular season

Houston Dash v Chicago Red Stars

Sat April 16 7:30 pm CDT 1	Houston Dash	3 – 1	Chicago Red Stars	Houston
19:30 UTC-05	Rachel Daly  22' (unassisted) Carli Lloyd  51' (Rachel Daly) Janine Beckie  53' (Kealia Ohai)	[m 1][m 2][m 3]	Christen Press  13' (unassisted)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 7,440 Referee: Chris Spivey

Chicago Red Stars v Western New York Flash

Sat April 23 6:00 pm CDT 2	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 0	Western New York Flash	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00 UTC-05	Casey Short  28' (unassisted)	[m 4][m 5][m 6]		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Leszek Stalmach

Chicago Red Stars v Orlando Pride

Sun May 1 5:00 pm CDT 3	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 0	Orlando Pride	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 UTC-05	Christen Press  65' (Danielle Colaprico)	[m 7][m 8][m 9]	Maddy Evans  41'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Victor Rivas

Boston Breakers v Chicago Red Stars

Sat May 7 6:00 pm CDT 4	Boston Breakers	0 – 1	Chicago Red Stars	Boston, Massachusetts
18:00 UTC-05		[m 10][m 11][m 12]	Jen Hoy  7' Christen Press  60' (unassisted)	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Magaret Domka

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

Fri May 13 7:30 pm CDT 5	FC Kansas City	0 – 0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
19:30 UTC-05		[m 13][m 14][m 15]	Samantha Johnson  39'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2217 Referee: Chipalo Street

Seattle Reign FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sun May 22 6:00 pm CDT 6	Seattle Reign FC	1 – 2	Chicago Red Stars	Seattle
18:00 UTC-05	Kim Little  89' (pk) Rachel Corsie  74'	[m 16][m 17][m 18]	Jen Hoy  56' (unassisted), 67' (Vanessa DiBernardo)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,056 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

Chicago Red Stars v Sky Blue FC

Sun May 29 6:00 pm CDT 7	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 1	Sky Blue FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00 UTC-05	Sofia Huerta  34' (Jen Hoy)	[m 19][m 20][m 21]	Leah Galton  69' (Taylor Lytle)  57'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Matthew Franz

Chicago Red Stars v Portland Thorns FC

Sun June 12 5:00 pm CDT 8	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 1	Portland Thorns FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 UTC-05	Christen Press  61' (Alyssa Mautz) Sofia Huerta  74' Alyssa Mautz  75' Arin Gilliland  84'	[m 22][m 23][m 24]	Christine Sinclair  24' Nadia Nadim  88'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Levi Rippy

Chicago Red Stars v Boston Breakers

Sat June 18 7:00 pm CDT 9	Chicago Red Stars	3 – 0	Boston Breakers	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 UTC-05	Sofia Huerta  3' (Vanessa DiBernardo), 57' (Alyssa Mautz) Sofia Huerta  56' Casey Short  62' (Vanessa DiBernardo)	[m 25][m 26][m 27]	Louise Schillgard  55' Eunice Beckmann  61' Kyah Simon  94+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Danielle Brzezesinski-Chesky

Portland Thorns FC v Chicago Red Stars

Wed June 22 9:00 pm CDT 10	Portland Thorns FC	2 – 0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
21:00 UTC-05	Christine Sinclair  6' Nadia Nadim  25' (Amandine Henry)	[m 28][m 29]		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16.931 Referee: Chipalo Street`

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

Fri July 1 6:00 pm CDT 11	Western New York Flash	2 – 0	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
18:00 UTC-05	Lianne Sanderson  37' Lynn Williams  74' (Jessica McDonald) McCall Zerboni  78'	[m 30][m 31]		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

Sat July 9 6:00 pm CDT 12	Washington Spirit	2 – 0	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
18:00 UTC-05	Estefania Banini  24' (Francisca Ordega) Francisca Ordega  47' Katie Stengel  74' (Christine Nairn)	[m 32][m 33]	Alyssa Mautz  42'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,631 Referee: Brandon Artis

Orlando Pride v Chicago Red Stars

Sat July 16 6:30 pm CDT 13	Orlando Pride	0 – 1	Chicago Red Stars	Orlando, Florida
18:30 UTC-05	Maddy Evans  94+'	[m 34][m 35]	Taylor Comeau  23' (Sofia Huerta) Arin Gilliland  44'	Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 7,247 Referee: Victor Rivas
Note: lightning delayed at minute 74 for 1 hour

Chicago Red Stars v Houston Dash

Sat July 23 7:00 pm CDT 14	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 1	Houston Dash	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 UTC-05	Danielle Colaprico  2' (Vanessa DiBernardo)	[m 36]	Megan Crosson  64' Rachel Daly  82' (Kealia Ohai)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,621 Referee: Levi Rippy

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

Sat July 30 7:00 pm CDT 15	Chicago Red Stars	1 – 0	FC Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 UTC-05	Stephanie McCaffrey  53'	[m 37]		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Andrew Musashe

Sky Blue FC v Chicago Red Stars

Sat Aug 27 6:00 pm CDT 16	Sky Blue FC	1 – 3	Chicago Red Stars	Piscataway, New Jersey
18:00 UTC-05	Samantha Kerr  92+' (Leah Galton)	[m 38][m 39]	Stephanie McCaffrey  31' (unassisted) Christen Press  73' (Vanessa DiBernardo) Sofia Huerta  80' (Arin Gilliland) Alyssa Mautz  92+'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Danielle Brzezinski-Chesky

Chicago Red Stars v Seattle Reign FC

Sun Sept 4 6:00 pm CDT 17	Chicago Red Stars	2 – 2	Seattle Reign FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00 UTC-05	Sofia Huerta  27' (Vanessa DiBernardo) Christen Press  79' (penalty)	[m 40][m 41]	Manon Melis  5' (Beverly Yanez) Lauren Barnes  9' (unassisted) Jessica Fishlock  80'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Christina Unkel

Chicago Red Stars v FC Kansas City

Wed Sept 7 6:00 pm CDT 18	Chicago Red Stars	2 – 3	FC Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00 UTC-05	Christen Press  13' (Taylor Comeau) Sofia Huerta  87' (Arin Gilliland) Julie Johnston  93+'	[m 42][m 43]	Shea Groom  7' (Heather O'Reilly) Frances Silva  62' (Tiffany McCarty) Shea Groom  77' (Caroline Kastor)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

FC Kansas City v Chicago Red Stars

Sun Sept 11 5:00 pm CDT 19	FC Kansas City	0 – 0	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
17:00 UTC-05		[m 44][m 45]		Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 2,303 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Chicago Red Stars v Washington Spirit

Sat Sept 24 7:00 pm CDT 20	Chicago Red Stars	3 – 1	Washington Spirit	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 UTC-05	Christen Press  6' (Vanessa DiBernardo) Cara Walls  26' (Sofia Herta) Sofia Huerta  46' (unassisted)	[m 46][m 47]	Crystal Dunn  47' (unassisted)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Matthew Franz

Postseason playoff

Washington Spirit v Chicago Red Stars

Fri Sept 30 7:00 pm CDT semifinal	Washington Spirit	2 – 1 aet	Chicago Red Stars	Boyds, Maryland
19:00 UTC-05	Ali Krieger  36' (Shelina Zadorsky) Christine Nairn  57' Francisca Ordega  111' (Christine Nairn)	[o 1][o 2]	Christen Press  74' (Casey Short) Samantha Johnson  120+2'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,249 Referee: Danielle Chesky

NWSL awards

Date	Award	Recipient	Reference
May 4, 2016	Goal of the week of week 3	Christen Press	[53][54]
May 11, 2016	Goal of the week of week 4	Christen Press	[55][56]
May 17, 2016	Player of the week of week 5	Alyssa Naeher	[57][58]
June 1, 2016	Player of the Month of May	Alyssa Naeher	[59][60]
June 21, 2016	Player of the week of week 9	Sofia Huerta	[61][62]
August 31, 2016	Save of the week of week 16	Alyssa Naeher	[63]
September 7, 2016	Save of the week of week 17	Alyssa Naeher	[64]
September 14, 2016	Goal of the week of week 18	Christen Press	[65]
October 7, 2016	NWSL Best XI of 2016	Arin Gilliland	[7][8]
		Christen Press
	NWSL Second XI of 2016	Alyssa Naeher
		Julie Johnston
		Casey Short
		Danielle Colaprico
		Vanessa DiBernardo

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season matches only

Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	PK	Shot	SOG	SOG%	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
24	MF	Danielle Colaprico	20	20	1783	1	2	0	8	4	50%	0	34	0	21	22	0	0
7	MF	Taylor Comeau	16	6	666	1	1	0	4	3	75%	0	0	1	9	4	0	0
13	MF	Amanda Da Costa	13	8	665	0	0	0	7	4	57%	0	0	2	6	7	0	0
18	GK	Michele Dalton	7	7	630	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	20	20	1787	0	7	0	32	13	41%	0	63	0	10	18	0	0
20	MF	Jannelle Flaws	1	0	45	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Arin Gilliland	20	20	1719	0	2	0	8	6	75%	4	1	1	8	10	2	0
14	DF	Sarah Gorden	4	0	111	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2	FW	Jen Hoy	15	9	674	2	0	0	8	4	50%	1	0	7	8	1	1	0
11	FW	Sofia Huerta	20	20	1742	7	2	0	35	16	46%	5	0	11	26	20	2	0
16	DF	Samantha Johnson	19	19	1676	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	9	7	2	0
8	DF	Julie Johnston	12	12	1080	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	5	4	1	0
34	MF	Mary Luba	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Alyssa Mautz	18	10	1036	0	2	0	13	5	38%	4	1	7	21	11	4	0
9	FW	Stephanie McCaffrey	6	5	352	2	0	0	8	5	63%	1	0	2	2	1	0	0
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	13	13	1170	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Katie Naughton	16	9	860	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	5	3	0	0
23	FW/MF	Christen Press	14	14	1260	8	0	1	62	39	63%	0	1	16	13	6	0	0
15	MF	Courtney Raetzman	6	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Casey Short	20	20	1781	2	0	0	17	8	47%	3	0	3	12	13	0	0
12	FW	Cara Walls	12	8	701	1	0	0	11	7	64%	0	0	9	5	5	0	0
Team Total			20	—	19800	24	16	1	215	114	53%	18	100	60	161	133	12	0

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKA	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%	YC	RC
18	GK	Michele Dalton	7	7	630	7	1.00	0	0	69	25	17	68%	0	0
1	GK	Alyssa Naeher	13	13	1170	13	1.00	1	2	129	57	43	75%	0	0
Team Total			20	—	1800	20	1.00	1	2	198	82	60	73%	0	0

Chicago Red Stars team awards

On October 5 Chicago Red Stars announced the winners of 2016 team awards.^[66] For the third time in 3 years Julie Johnston was the recipient of the award for Defensive Most Valuable Player. For second consecutive year, Christen Press was named the Most Valuable Player, and Vanessa DiBernardo the Unsung Hero. New Red Star Alyssa Naeher, with 75% save percentage, was named the Iron Women of Character, while another new Red Star Casey Short was named the Rookie of the Year.

Team Most Valuable Player

Christen Press (received this same award in second consecutive year)

Defensive Most Valuable Player

Julie Johnston (received this same award in third consecutive year)

Rookie of the Year

Casey Short

Unsung Hero

Vanessa DiBernardo (received this same award in second consecutive year)

Iron Woman of Character

Alyssa Naeher

Images

April 3, 2016 Chicago Red Stars preseason starting lineup. Left to right: Katie Naughton, Danielle Colaprico, Taylor Comeau, Samantha Johnson, Sofia Huerta, Casey Short, Alyssa Mautz, Arin Gilliland, Jen Hoy. Michele Dalton and Vanessa DiBernardo (c)

June 12, 2016 - Chicago Red Stars starting lineup against Portland Thorns FC. Left to right, front row: Arin Gilliland, Vanessa DiBernardo, Jen Hoy, Amanda DaCosta, Casey Short; back row: Danielle Colaprico, Sofia Huerta, Christen Press (c), Alyssa Naeher, Samantha Johnson, Julie Johnston

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Match reports (preseason)

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Match reports (regular season)

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10. "Chicago Downs Boston, Bags Third Straight 1–0 Win; Stingy defense and Press tally once again the difference". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
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16. "Strong Chicago Downs Hosts Seattle 2–1 behind Hoy Brace". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
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33. "Washington Spirit defeats Chicago Red Stars 2-0". washingtonspirit.com. Washington Spirit. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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36. "Chicago Shows Promise, Draws 1-1 with Visiting Houston". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
37. "Red Stars Continue Undefeated Home Streak After Defeating FC Kansas City 1-0". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
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42. "Red Stars Fall 3-2 to Ruthless FCKC in Midwest Showdown". chicagoredstars.com. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
43. "KANSAS CITY DEFEATS CHICAGO, 3-2". nwslsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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Match report (postseason playoff)

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2. "SPIRIT DEFEAT RED STARS 2-1 IN EXTRA TIME — Washington advances to the 2016 NWSL Championship at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston". September 30, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.

Notes

1. DiBernado is the captain when Press is on national duty
2. Janelle Flaws and Adrienne Jordan was not named to final roster
3. Candace Johnson and Ashleigh Ellenwood was not named to preseason roster
4. Chicago Red Stars' position in the league at the end of match day