2014 Washington Spirit season
2014 season | |||
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General manager | Chris Hummer | ||
Head coach | Mark Parsons | ||
Stadium | Maryland SoccerPlex | ||
NWSL | 4th | ||
NWSL Playoffs | Semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Jodie Taylor (11) All: Jodie Taylor (11) | ||
Highest home attendance | 4,667 (May 3, 2014 vs Seattle) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,306 (April 13, 2014 vs WNY Flash) | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,335 | ||
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← 2013 2015 → |
The 2014 season was Washington Spirit's second season of existence in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.
Review
Coming off a tough inaugural season, the Spirit looked to build a contending team for the 2014 season. Mark Parsons had a full preseason to work with his team and made some key offseason acquisitions included Jodie Taylor and Christine Nairn, both who would finish as the team's tops scorers with 11 and 8 goals, respectively.
The beginning of the season saw similar struggles to 2013, losing 4 of the opening 6 matches. The turn-around began in Week 7, when the Spirit would outscore the Western New York Flash 3–2 with a brace from Jodie Taylor and own goal equalizer. The Spirit went 5 matches unbeaten mid-season and finished the season strong, losing only two of their last ten matches.
Finishing 4th, the Spirit made their first NWSL Playoff appearance. They ultimately lost at Seattle Reign in a 2–1 match with Verónica Pérez scoring the Spirit's first ever playoff goal in the 65th minute.
Club
Roster
As of April 24, 2014:[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
Owner | Bill Lynch |
General Manager | Chris Hummer |
Head Coach | Mark Parsons |
Competitions
Preseason
March 22, 2014 1 | Washington Spirit | 2–0 | North Carolina Tar Heels | Boyds, Maryland |
Matheson ![]() Weimer ![]() | Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,534 |
March 29, 2014 2 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Virginia Cavaliers | Boyds, Maryland |
Pressley ![]() | Report | Alexis Shaffer ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
April 5, 2014 3 | Washington Spirit | 7–0 | Maryland Terrapins | Boyds, Maryland |
Taylor ![]() ![]() ![]() Gayle ![]() Dunn ![]() Matheson ![]() Averbuch ![]() | Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex |
Regular season
April 13, 2014 1 | Washington Spirit | 1–3 | Western New York Flash | Boyds, Maryland |
18:30 EST | Barczuk ![]() | Report | Losada ![]() ![]() Taylor ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,306 Referee: Miguel Panduro |
April 19, 2014 2 | Washington Spirit | 3–1 | FC Kansas City | Boyds, Maryland |
19:00 EST | Matheson ![]() ![]() Nairn ![]() | Report | Rodriguez ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Matthew Franz |
April 23, 2014 3 | Seattle Reign FC | 3–1 | Washington Spirit | Seattle, Washington |
19:00 (PDT) | Fletcher ![]() Winters ![]() Fishlock ![]() | Report | Matheson ![]() | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,754 Referee: Josh Wilkens |
Apr 26, 2014 4 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–1 | Washington Spirit | Lisle, Illinois |
20:00 | Johnston ![]() | Box Score | Huster ![]() Sierra ![]() Dunn ![]() Matheson ![]() | Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium Attendance: 1,822 |
May 3, 2014 5 | Washington Spirit | 1–2 | Seattle Reign FC | Boyds, Maryland |
18:30 | Krieger ![]() | Box Score | Fishlock ![]() Leroux ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
May 11, 2014 6 | FC Kansas City | 2–1 | Washington Spirit | Kansas City, Missouri |
19:00 | Rodriguez ![]() | Box Score | Gayle ![]() Adams ![]() | Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,797 Referee: Matt Mercier |
May 17, 2014 7 | Washington Spirit | 3–2 | Western New York Flash | Boyds, Maryland |
18:30 | Taylor ![]() Williamson ![]() | Box Score | Wambach ![]() Lloyd ![]() Salem ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
May 21, 2014 8 | Washington Spirit | 3–3 | Sky Blue FC | Boyds, Maryland |
19:00 | Gayle ![]() Lindsey ![]() Matheson ![]() | Box Score | Filigno ![]() ![]() Freels ![]() O'Hara ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,545 Referee: Boris Senic |
May 26, 2014 9 | Washington Spirit | 3–2 | Houston Dash | Boyds, Maryland |
16:00 | Matheson ![]() Taylor ![]() Nairn ![]() | Box Score | Burger ![]() Ohale ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,865 Referee: Matthew Franz |
Jun 1, 2014 10 | Boston Breakers | 2–3 | Washington Spirit | Boston, Massachusetts |
18:30 | Sanderson ![]() | Box Score | Nairn ![]() Taylor ![]() | Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Karen Abt |
June 4, 2014 11 | Chicago Red Stars | 0-1 | Washington Spirit | Lisle, Illinois |
19:00 CDT (UTC−05) | Morway ![]() | Summary | Gayle ![]() Taylor ![]() Pérez ![]() | Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex Attendance: 1450 Referee: ![]() |
Jun 11, 2014 12 | Boston Breakers | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | Boston, Massachusetts |
19:00 | Schoepfer ![]() Jones ![]() | Box Score | Adams ![]() | Stadium: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 1,429 Referee: Timon Berry |
Jun 15, 2014 13 | Portland Thorns FC | 2–0 | Washington Spirit | Portland, Oregon |
17:00 | McDonald ![]() Boquete ![]() | Box Score | Angeli ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 10,056 Referee: Michael Zapata |
Jun 21, 2014 14 | Washington Spirit | 1–6 | Portland Thorns FC | Boyds, Maryland |
18:30 | Gayle ![]() Nairn ![]() | Box Score | Sinclair ![]() Morgan ![]() Brooks ![]() McDonald ![]() Menges ![]() Long ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,806 Referee: Kristen Salazar |
Jun 28, 2014 15 | Houston Dash | 0–1 | Washington Spirit | Houston, Texas |
21:00 | Box score | Taylor ![]() | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Maraget Domka |
Jul 2, 2014 16 | Washington Spirit | 3–3 | Boston Breakers | Boyds, Maryland |
19:00 | Taylor ![]() De Vanna ![]() Krieger ![]() Matheson ![]() | Box Score | O'Reilly ![]() ![]() Reeves ![]() Lohman ![]() Evans ![]() Sierra ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,673 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov |
Jul 12, 2014 17 | Western New York Flash | 0–1 | Washington Spirit | Rochester, New York |
19:00 | Reynolds ![]() | Box Score | Taylor ![]() Matheson ![]() Nairn ![]() | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 3,134 Referee: Chris Spivey |
Jul 17, 2014 18 | Houston Dash | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | Houston, Texas |
21:00 | Diggs ![]() | Box Score | De Vanna ![]() | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,561 Referee: Michael Zapata |
Jul 20, 2014 19 | Sky Blue FC | 4–2 | Washington Spirit | Piscataway, New Jersey |
18:00 | O'Hara ![]() Schmidt ![]() Nadim ![]() | Box Score | Gayle ![]() ![]() Taylor ![]() | Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Bernhard Hosu |
Jul 23, 2014 20 | Washington Spirit | 1–1 | Portland Thorns FC | Boyds, Maryland |
19:00 | Taylor ![]() | Box Score | Morgan ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,854 Referee: Katja Koroleva |
Jul 30, 2014 21 | Washington Spirit | 2–1 | FC Kansas City | Boyds, Maryland |
19:00 | Garefrekes ![]() Nairn ![]() | Box Score | Sauerbrunn ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Kristen Salazar |
August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) 22 | Washington Spirit | 2–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Boyds, Maryland |
18:30 EDT (UTC−04) | Nairn ![]() ![]() Averbuch ![]() | Box Score | Chalupny ![]() Hoy ![]() Santacaterina ![]() | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Chris Spivey |
Aug 9, 2014 23 | Seattle Reign FC | 1–1 | Washington Spirit | Seattle, Washington |
22:00 | Reed ![]() Little ![]() Fishlock ![]() | http://us.women.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/10/united-states/national-womens-soccer-league/seattle-reign/washington-spirit/1648595/ Box Score] | Matheson ![]() | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,479 Referee: ![]() |
Aug 16, 2014 24 | Washington Spirit | 0–1 | Sky Blue FC | Boyds, Maryland |
18:30 | Box Score | Ocampo ![]() | Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,282 Referee: David Mon |
Regular-season standings
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 | |
4 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | |
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 | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 |
Last updated: August 16, 2014.
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
NWSL Playoffs
August 23, 2014 Semi-finals | Seattle Reign FC | 2–1 | Washington Spirit | Seattle, Washington |
8:00 pm PDT | Little ![]() Rapinoe ![]() Fletcher ![]() | Report | Averbuch ![]() Pérez ![]() Nairn ![]() | Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,540 Referee: Timon Berry |
Squad statistics
Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed.
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 |
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99 | FW | Danesha Adams | 13 | 9 | 802 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
28 | MF | Jordan Angeli | 10 | 2 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | MF | Yael Averbuch | 22 | 17 | 1562 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
12 | DF | Niki Cross | 10 | 8 | 740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Renae Cuellar | 10 | 4 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
24 | FW | Lisa De Vanna | 11 | 9 | 794 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
19 | MF | Crystal Dunn | 21 | 18 | 1488 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
13 | FW | Kerstin Garefrekes | 10 | 6 | 591 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | Robyn Gayle | 16 | 13 | 1143 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
23 | DF | Tori Huster | 22 | 22 | 1980 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
11 | DF | Ali Krieger | 22 | 22 | 1935 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | Lori Lindsey | 22 | 19 | 1509 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Diana Matheson | 23 | 21 | 1970 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
7 | MF | Christine Nairn | 23 | 21 | 1838 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
36 | MF | Kelsey Pardue | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | Verónica Pérez | 16 | 6 | 657 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | Toni Pressley | 9 | 8 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | Bianca Sierra | 9 | 5 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
21 | DF | Alex Singer | 11 | 11 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
31 | MF | Jennifer Skogerboe | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | FW | Jodie Taylor | 21 | 19 | 1727 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | Ashlyn Harris | 19 | 19 | 1710 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 193 | 97 | 66 | 31 | 1.632 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
18 | GK | Chantel Jones | 5 | 5 | 450 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transfers
In
No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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7 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | November 20, 2013 | [2] |
14 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Signed | December 18, 2013 | [3] |
4 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | NWSL Player Allocation | January 3, 2014 | [4] |
9 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | NWSL Player Allocation | January 3, 2014 | [5] |
99 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | January 13, 2014 | [6] |
16 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | January 17, 2014 | [7] |
12 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Signed | February 27, 2014 | [8] |
17 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | March 3, 2014 | [9] |
12 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | March 18, 2014 | [10] |
22 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Signed | April 4, 2014 | [11] |
28 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Signed | April 4, 2014 | [11] |
21 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Signed | April 8, 2014 | [12] |
21 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Signed | June 4, 2014 | [13] |
24 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | June 18, 2014 | [14] |
31 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | |||
36 | MF | ![]() | ![]() |
Out
No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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3 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft | January 10, 2014 | [15] |
14 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft | January 10, 2014 | [15] |
22 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | January 13, 2014 | [16] |
4 | DF | ![]() | Retired | February 14, 2014 | [17] | |
5 | DF | ![]() | Waived | March 29, 2014 | [18] | |
20 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | March 29, 2014 | [19] | |
2 | FW | ![]() | Waived | May 21, 2014 | [20] | |
23 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Trade | June 18, 2014 | [14] |
MF | ![]() | ![]() | Waived | June 20, 2013 | [21] | |
DF | ![]() | |||||
13 | MF | ![]() | ||||
24 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | [22] | ||
13 | MF | ![]() | ||||
17 | FW | ![]() |
Loan in
No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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13 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Loan for remainder of 2014 season | June 14, 2014 | [23] |
Honors and awards
Team | Position | Player | Ref. |
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Best XI | Defender | ![]() | [24] |
Second X1 | Forward | ![]() | [24] |
See also
References
- ^ "Roster". Washington Spirit. February 7, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Reign Add Arsenal Star Midfielder Kim Little". Sounder at Heart. November 20, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Jodie Taylor joins the Spirit for 2014 NWSL season & earns England National Team Call up". Washington Spirit. December 18, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ Steven Goff (January 3, 2014). "Washington Spirit acquires Yael Averbuch". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "NWSL announces 2014 allocated players: KC, Portland, Seattle look stacked". SoccerWire.com. January 3, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Houston Dash acquire forward Stephanie Ochs from Washington Spirit". Washington Spirit. January 13, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Portland Thorns reacquire Meleana Shim and shake up roster at NWSL College Draft". OregonLive.com. January 17, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Spirit sign Danish defender Cecilie Sandvej". SoccerWire.com. February 27, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ Meg Linehan (March 3, 2014). "De Vanna, Perez find new homes during trade flurry". OregonLive.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Spirit acquire FC Bayern Munich defender Niki Cross via trade with Seattle Reign FC". Washington Spirit. March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "Washington Spirit Sign Midfielder Jordan Angeli and Mexican Women's National Team Defender Bianca Sierra". Washington Spirit. April 4, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Washington Spirit announces official 2014 NWSL roster". Women's Soccer United. April 8, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Spirit Sign Defender Alex Singer". The Bent Musket. June 4, 2014. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Breakers Transfers 2014: Boston Trades Lisa De Vanna to Spirit for Defender Bianca Sierra". The Bent Musket. June 18, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "Houston Dash select 10 players in 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft". Houston Dynamo. January 10, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Houston Dash acquire forward Stephanie Ochs from Washington Spirit". Houston Dynamo. January 13, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Marisa Abegg announces her retirement". Washington Spirit. February 14, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "The Washington Spirit Waive Defender Candace Chapman". Washington Spirit. March 29, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ Joe Paisley (May 19, 2014). "Colorado Pride women's soccer team kicks off first season Thursday at Colorado College". The Gazette. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Washington Spirit part ways with Colleen Williams". SoccerWire.com. May 21, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ Steven Goff (June 20, 2013). "Wells Waived". Twitter. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Western New York Flash announces 2014 roster". SoccerWire.com. April 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Spirit acquire German midfielder Kerstin Garefrekes". Washington Spirit. June 14, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "National Women's Soccer League Announces 2014 Best XI | | Chicago Red Stars". Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2019.