The 2012 Chicago Red Stars season was the fourth season of the soccer club. It was their only season in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.
Major events After the end of the 2011 season the Red Stars and other WPSL and former WPS teams formed a more professional league the WPSL Elite, the other teams included:
Team Location Ground 2011 season ASA Chesapeake Charge Severn, MD Archbishop Spalding High School Boston Breakers Somerville, MA Dilboy Stadium Chicago Red Stars Chicago metropolitan area various FC Indiana Indianapolis, IN Carroll Stadium New England Mutiny East Longmeadow, MA East Longmeadow High School New York Fury New York Hofstra University Philadelphia Fever Philadelphia, PA various Western New York Flash Rochester, NY Sahlen's Stadium
Squad
First-team squad
Squad correct as of July 20, 2012
Second squad
Transfers
In
Out
Regular-season standings
Results summary
Matches
WPSLE regular season
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WPSLE playoffs
US Women Open Cup
Squad statistics
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
NameWPSL EliteWPSL Elite PlayoffsU.S. National Open CupTotal19DFLauren Fowlkes718217MFLori Chalupny516311FWMichele Weissenhofer5545MFAmanda Cinalli134518DFJackie Santacaterina3338MFJulianne Sitch33621FWAllison Doyle2233MFAlyssa Mautz22MFAshleigh Ellenwood11272DFAshlee Elliott113FWElla Masar116DFLauren Alkek1119MFKelsey Hough1123MFVanessa Laxgang11Zoey Goralski11Niki Sebo11Georgia Waddle11-unknown 22TOTALS2641545 Last updated: 28 July 2012 Source: WPSL.com 2012 Goals
Top assists Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
NameWPSL EliteWPSL Elite PlayoffsU.S. National Open CupTotal15MFAmanda Cinalli32517MFLori Chalupny415233MFAlyssa Mautz3332DFAshlee Elliott223FWElla Masar11211FWMichele Weissenhofer2222DFKara Kabellis11223MFVanessa Laxgang2238DFJulianne Sitch11242DFLauren Alkek119DFLauren Fowlkes1110FWShayla Mutz1113DFMichelle Wenino1129MFKelsey Hough1120MFVanessa DiBernardo1121FWAllison Doyle11-unknown ?TOTALS204832 Last updated: 28 July 2012 Source: WPSL.com 2012 Assists
Team management Position NameChairman Arnim WhislerHead coach Rory DamesAssistant coach John DeJulioGeneral Manager Alyse LaHue
Last updated: 27 July 2012 Source:
Stadium Stadium Location Capacity Games Played Concordia Stadium Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois 1,5002Benedetti-Wehrli StadiumNorth Central College, Naperville, Illinois5,5003 Lakeside FieldNorthwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 2,0002 Last updated: 27 July 2012 Source:
Team awards AwardPlayertotal Golden Boot Fowlkes7
Notes Details about the first four matches played in the U.S. Women's Open Cup are sparse with the articles reporting only that Shayla Mutz had 3 goals and an assist and Allison Doyle had two goals and an assist.
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