2013 Chicago Red Stars season


The 2013 Chicago Red Stars season was the fifth season of the soccer club and its first season in National Women's Soccer League.

Major events

In November 2012, it was announced that there would be eight teams in a new women's professional soccer league, the National Women's Soccer League will be subsidized by the USSF, the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation. The three federations would pay the salaries of their national team players to aid the teams in creating world-class rosters while staying under the salary cap. The players would be distributed evenly among the eight teams in an allocation process. USSF would run the league offices and set the schedule.

Current squad

First-team squad

Squad correct as of July 2, 2013

Player movement

In

Per NWSL and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef
January 11, 2013

Out

  • Players not selected in either the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft or signed as a free agent, but were on the 2012 Red Star squad: defender Elise Weber, defender Lauren Alkek, midfielder Jennifer Buczkowski, forward Amanda Cinalli, goalkeeper Kelsey Devonshire, midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo, forward Allison Doyle, goalkeeper Kristin Eggert, midfielder Ashleigh Ellenwood, defender Ashlee Elliott, goalkeeper Jamie Forbes, defender Alexandra Heller, defender Brittany Hengesh, midfielder Kelsey Hough, forward Michele Weissenhofer, defender Kara Kabellis, midfielder Vanessa Laxgang, midfielder Nicole Lipp, defender Mary Therese McDonnell, defender Kecia Morway, midfielder Shayla Mutz, forward Lindsey Schwartz, defender Sammy Scofield.
  • Invitees to the preseason camp who departed or were released in the preseason: midfielder Natalia Daniels, goalkeeper Erin Kane, midfielder Maureen Smunt, midfielder Alissa VonderHaar.

Management and staff

;Front Office
;Coaching Staff

Squad statistics

1Erin McLeod161614405651659264281.75224
20Taylor Vancil6654032164312381.333221

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Updated to matches played on 18 August 2013
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Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.