The 2010 Chicago Red Stars season was the second season of the soccer club and its second season in the Women's Professional Soccer league.

Major events

Team news For the 2010 season the Red Stars returned nine of their original 22 players from 2009.

After the 2010 season, the Red Stars could not come up with the security bond for Women's Professional Soccer. On December 13, 2010, the Red Stars informed its fans that they would not be able to return for the 2011 WPS season.

Squad

First-team squad

As of July 30, 2010.

Transfers

In

Out

Club

Management

Emma Hayes started the season as the head coach, but she was fired on May 10. Marcia McDermott served in the position on an interim basis, during which the team beat the top of the table FC Gold Pride 1–0. Omid Namazi was hired in the beginning of June.

Competitions

Women's Professional Soccer

Standings Blue denotes team has clinched regular season championship. Green denotes team has spot in 2010 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs.

PlaceTeamGPWLTGFGAGDPoints1FC Gold Pride2416354619 +27532Boston Breakers2410863628 +8363Philadelphia Independence24101043736 +1344Washington Freedom248973333 0315Sky Blue FC2471072031 -11286Chicago Red Stars2471162127 -6277Atlanta Beat2451362040 -2021

Results summary

Games played against the Saint Louis Athletica before they folded still counted toward a team's point total.

Abbreviation and Color Key:Atlanta Beat – ATL • Boston Breakers – BOS • Chicago Red Stars – CHI • FC Gold Pride – BAYPhiladelphia Independence – PHI • Saint Louis Athletica – STL • Sky Blue FC – NJ • Washington Freedom – WSHWin Loss Tie HomeClubMatch1 2 3 4 567891011 12 13 14 15161718192021 22 23 24 Chicago Red Stars NJSTLNJBOSBAYPHIBAYATLWSHATLBOSWSHATLNJATLBOSPHINJBAYPHIWASBAYPHIWAS1-01-10-10-22-00-11-00-02-21-01-20-01-12-01-01-33-01-20-01-22-02-32-02-1

Matches

WPS regular season

Statistics

Golden Boot RankScorer1 Ella Masar802 Cristiane323 Casey Nogueira234 Marian Dalmy04

Source: womensprosoccer.com

Other information

References