The Chicago Stars FC home opener, presented by United Airlines, originally scheduled for March 23, at 4 p.m. CT will now kick off March 23, at 2 p.m. CT.
Fans who have already purchased tickets to the match will automatically have the new kickoff time adjusted on their digital tickets. Fans interested in attending the Stars’ home opener, presented by United Airlines, can visit chicagostars.com/tickets to purchase single-match tickets or Season Ticket Memberships.
Chicago Stars’ first home match will see the Stars take on the Houston Dash. The fixture will also be streamed live on Paramount+ and NWSL+ nationally. The Stars will release information regarding local broadcast of matches in the coming weeks. The full Chicago Stars FC schedule can be found at chicagostars.com/schedule.
The Chicago Red Stars took down Seattle Reign FC, 2-1, in the club’s home opener at SeatGeek Stadium. Midfielder, Julia Bianchi, and defender, Maxi Rall, provided the goals tonight for Chicago. The team is now 2-0-0 with six points to start the season, the first time the club’s started with six points.
KEY MOMENTS:
6’ Playing out of the back, Chicago’s Sam Staab sends a long ball into Seattle territory that finds Mallory Swanson on a run. Swanson takes a shot, but Seattle’s keeper gets a hand on it to prevent Chicago from opening the scoring
27’ Chicago’s Jenna Bike carries the ball deep into Seattle’s 18-yard box, sends a cross that gets deflected to forward, Ally Schlegel, but traffic catches up with the forward and the ball is cleared before the Red Stars can capitalize
42’ Jenna Bike sends a cross into Seattle’s box that rattles out to a charging Julia Bianchi who blasts a shot into the upper ninety of the goal and opens the scoring for Chicago, 1-0 Red Stars
63’ Seattle receive the ball at the top of Chicago’s 18-yard box and Ji So Yun sends a shot past the keeper’s outstretched arm to even the score, 1-1
67’ Chicago’s Julia Bianchi sends a pass in Seattle territory to Taylor Malham who sends a cross to the back post that finds a charging Maxi Rall who gets a shot into the back of the net to retake the lead for Chicago, 2-1 Red Stars
GAME NOTES:
Next Game
Orlando Pride vs.Chicago Red Stars March 29, 2024, 6:00 p.m. CT at Inter&Co. Stadium, Orlando, FL
Goals by Half
1 2 F
CHI 1 1 2
SEA 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
CHI: 42’ Julia Bianchi, 67’ Maxi Rall (Taylor Malham)
SEA: 63’ Ji So Yun
Disciplinary Report
CHI: 28’ Natalia Kuikka (Yellow Card)
SEA: 85’ Phoebe McClernon (Yellow Card)
Lineups
CHI: Alyssa Naeher, Taylor Malham, Samantha Staab, Natalia Kuikka, Maximiliane Rall, Cari Roccaro, Julia Bianchi (Leilanni Nesbeth), Nádia Gomes (Ava Cook), Mallory Swanson (Ally Cook), Ally Schlegel (Sarah Griffith), Jenna Bike
SEA: Claudia Dickey, Sofia Huerta, Lu Barnes, Phoebe McClernon, Lily Woodham (Ryanne Brown) Jess Fishlock, Ji So Yun, Quinn, Angharad James (Olivia Van der Jagt), Bethany Balcer (Tziarra King), Jordyn Huitema (Emeri Adames)
The Chicago Red Stars today announced the club’s partnership with nonprofit organization KultureCity to provide sensory inclusive stadium accommodations for fans at SeatGeek Stadium during Red Stars home matches.
KultureCity is a leading nonprofit dedicated to promoting inclusivity and accessibility for individuals with sensory needs. All fans with sensory needs attending home matches during the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League season will have access to sensory bags, with noise canceling headphones (provided by Puro Sound Labs), fidget tools and verbal cue cards; weighted lap pads and quiet areas provided by KultureCity. The Red Stars will also operate a sensory room at SeatGeek Stadium.
As part of the partnership and the club’s commitment to inclusion, Red Stars staff will also receive sensory inclusivity training to better serve fans, players and staff with varying levels of sensory needs. The KultureCity certification process, conducted by leading medical and neurodivergent professionals, will equip staff with the resources to recognize guests and fans with sensory needs and how to handle a sensory overload situation.
Sensory sensitivities or challenges with sensory regulation are often experienced by individuals with autism, dementia, PTSD and other similar conditions; age is no factor in this. The Red Stars and KultureCity understand that Individuals might become overwhelmed from the crowds, lights, sounds, smells or other external stimuli at SeatGeek Stadium. With the club’s new certification, the Red Stars will now be better prepared to assist guests with sensory sensitivities and help them have the most comfortable and accommodating experience possible when welcoming fans at SeatGeek Stadium.
Fans seeking sensory accommodations when at Red Stars matches can find the resources and accommodations available to them by visiting the Chicago Red Stars Season Ticket/Guest Relations Tent atop section 124 on the main concourse or by asking the nearest Red Stars associate. The Chicago Red Stars take on Seattle Reign FC in the club’s home opener March 23 at SeatGeek Stadium. Tickets are now available at chicagoredstars.com/tickets.
The Chicago Red Stars fell to OL Reign 0-3 at SeatGeek Stadium in the club’s final match of the 2023 regular season.
KEY MOMENTS:
18’ OL Reign go on the attack and send a ball forward that forces Chicago’s Alyssa Naeher out of the 18-yard box to win a slide tackle. The ball stays in the Reign’s possession and Naeher races back to the box to make another save on the ball.
19’ Minutes later, after racing out of the box again, OL Reign take a shot at the open net, but Chicago’s Arin Wright gets her head on it to keep the ball out of the net.
46’ OL Reign’s Megan Rapinoe receives the ball on the left side of Chicago’s 18-yard box, takes a shot and curls it into Chicago’s net, 0-1 OL Reign.
50’ Reign’s Fishlock goes on a run, drops the ball to Megan Rapinoe who gets her second goal of the night, 0-2 OL Reign.
59’ OL Reign’s Fishlock receives a pass from the midfield and brings the ball into the box, drawing out Naeher before sneaking a shot over the line.
90+2’ Ella Stevens lofts a cross through the air to Tatumn Milazzo, who sends up a header that falls across the line just wide of the goal.
GAME NOTES:
Goals by Half
1 2 F
CHI 0 0 0
RGN 0 3 3
Scoring Summary:
CHI:
RGN: 47’ Megan Rapinoe, 50’ Megan Rapinoe (Fishlock), 59’ Jess Fishlock
Disciplinary Report
CHI: 90+4’ Arin Wright (Yellow Card)
RGN: 24’ Veronica Latsko (Yellow Card), 89’ Alana Cook (Yellow Card), 90+3’ Bethay Balcer (Yellow Card)
Lineups
CHI: Alyssa Naeher, Casey Krueger, Arin Wright, Kayla Sharples, Tatumn Milazzo, Julia Bianchi (Ella Stevens), Cari Roccaro, Yuki Nagasato, Bianca St-Georges (Jenna Bike), Cheyna Matthews (Penelope Hocking), Ava Cook (Ally Schlegel)
RGN: Claudia Dickey, Phoebe McClernon, Alana Cook, Lauren Barnes, Ryanne Brown (Huerta), Quinn (Stanton), Jess Fishlock (Van Der Jagt), Emily Sonnett, Megan Rapinoe (Balcer), Jordyn Huitema (Bennett), Veronica Latsko
The Chicago Red Stars kept their playoff hopes alive behind a 1-0 win against Racing Louisville FC at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago tonight. Midfielder Bianca St-Georges, fresh off of stint with the Canadian Women’s National Team, provided the game’s only goal to secure three points for the home side.
KEY MOMENTS:
3’ Chicago’s Bianca St-Georges makes a run up the right flank, outrunning all but one Louisville defender before taking a shot that deflects off Louisville’s keeper
13’ Louisville sends in a long shot that deflects off the crossbar before being contained by Alyssa Naeher
20’ Pressing high up the field, Casey Krueger delivers a ball to Bianchi, who sends in a powerful shot from outside the box that flies over the goal
23’ Louisville sends in a shot from deep in the box that is batted away by Naeher
27’ Chicago’s Hocking wins the ball in the attacking third and fights off another Louisville defender before rocketing off a shot that is grabbed out of the air by Louisville’s goalie
30’ A Red Stars run into the box is cut short, but Julia Bianchi received the ball in midfield and sent in another shot from distance that sails over the crossbar
33’ Bianchi wins the ball at midfield and sends a pass up to St-Georges, who outruns Louisville and arcs the ball up and over the keeper and into the back of the net, 1-0 Chicago
50’ St-Georges wins the ball just outside Louisville’s box and taps it to Hocking, who takes a shot that lands in the hands of Louisville’s goalie
70’ St-Georges puts a pass through to Hocking, who beats two Louisville defenders to take a shot that’s smacked away by Louisville’s keeper
90+8’ Louisville’s Kgatlana draws out Naeher and sneaks past the keeper to get off a shot, but Casey Krueger slides in at the last second to keep the ball out of the net
GAME NOTES:
Next Game
Kansas City Current vs. Chicago Red Stars October 7, 2023, 7:00 p.m. CT at Children’s Mercy Park
Goals by Half
1 2 F
CHI 1 0 1
LOU 0 0 0
Scoring Summary:
CHI: 33’ Bianca St-Georges (Bianchi)
LOU:
Disciplinary Report
CHI: 80’ Cheyna Matthews (Yellow Card)
LOU: 90+8’ Kanu (Yellow Card)
Lineups
CHI: Alyssa Naeher, Tatumn Milazzo, Tierna Davidson (Sharples), Arin Wright, Casey Krueger, Cari Roccaro, Julia Bianchi, Yuki Nagasato, Ella Stevens (Schlegel), Bianca St-Georges (Matthews), Penelope Hocking
LOU: Katie Lund, Lauren Milliet, Carson Pickett, Abby Erceg, Julia Lester, Elli Pikkujamsa, Kayla Fischer (Kanu), Savannah DeMelo, Nadia Nadim (Goins), Paige Monaghan (Kgatlana), Kirsten Davis (Pokorny)
After staging a massive second half comeback, the Chicago Red Stars split points with Angel City FC in a 2-2 draw. The World Cup Welcome Back match saw the second largest crowd in club history, with 8,961 in attendance.
KEY MOMENTS:
3’ Tierna Davidson connects with Ella Stevens, who makes a run up the left flank before crossing to Yuki Nagasato. Nagasato lures out LA keeper DiDi Hiračić and rockets a shot through the keeper’s legs that ultimately goes wide.
16’ Davidson sees another opportunity on the Chicago press and serves up a pass to Casey Krueger. Krueger crosses to St-Georges in the box, whose shot deflects for another chance by Nagasato, but Angel City sends the ball out.
21’ Penelope Hocking receives a pass in the attacking third and sends it to St-Georges in the wing. St-Georges crosses to Stevens, who gets a header off, but the shot is just barely saved by Hiračić’s glove.
39’ Angel City earns a corner kick about 12 yards outside the box, which is sent in and bounces around before finding the back of the net after Alyssa Naeher is unable to recover from a previous save, 0-1 Angel City
45+3’ Another free kick for Angel City is given near the same spot as the previous lead up to LA’s goal. A shot is again sent in from the box, but Naeher plucks it out of the air to shut down Angel City.
46’ A quick start from Angel City ends in a close shot that is batted away by a diving Naeher to keep the score 0-1 for LA.
68’ After receiving a pass up the middle, Cheyna Matthews rockets off a shot which is saved before deflecting back to Ava Cook, who launches a laser that Angel City can’t stop to even the score, 1-1
71’ A cross into Chicago’s 18-yard box by Angel City’s forward finds another attacker who finishes the shot attempt to give LA the lead again, 1-2
75’ Ally Schlegel wins a battle and serves up a pass to Cheyna Matthews, who beats her defender and nestles the ball in the lower left corner of the net before Hiračić can get a glove on it, 2-2
81’ Angel City takes another crack at goal from outside the box, but a diving Alyssa Naeher bats the ball away to clear the danger
90+4’ A throw in brings Angel City into the right side of the box and a cross allows LA to get a shot off from the center, but Alyssa Naeher steps up to the challenge with one last save to end the match
GAME NOTES:
Next Game
Chicago Red Stars vs. Racing Louisville FC September 30, 2023, 7:00 p.m. CT at SeatGeek Stadium
Goals by Half
1 2 F
CHI 0 2 2
LA 1 1 2
Scoring Summary:
CHI: 68’ Ava Cook, 75’ Cheyna Matthews
LA: 39’ Ali Riley, 71’ Jun Endo (Emslie)
Disciplinary Report
CHI:
LA: 47’ Sarah Gorden, 76’ Ali Riley
Lineups
CHI: Alyssa Naeher, Tatumn Milazzo, Tierna Davidson, Arin Wright, Casey Krueger, Cari Roccaro, Julia Bianchi, Yuki Nagasato (Matthews), Ella Stevens (Schlegel), Bianca St-Georges (Bike), Penelope Hocking (Cook)
LA: DiDi Haračić, Ali Riley, Sarah Gorden, Paige Nielsen, M.A. Vignola, Madison Hammond, Amandine Henry (Thompson), Savannah McCaskill (LeRoux), Claire Emslie (Johnson), Clarisse Le Bihan, Scarlett Camberos (Endo)