2012 Chicago Red Stars season explained

Club:	Chicago Red Stars
Season:	2012
Chairman:	Arnim Whisler
Chrtitle:	Owner
Manager:	Rory Dames
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
League:	Women's Premier Soccer League Elite
League Result:	4th
Cup1:	WPSL Elite Cup
Cup1 Result:	2nd
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Champions
League Topscorer:	Lauren Fowlkes (7)
Season Topscorer:	Lauren Fowlkes (8)
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Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

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
		Archbishop Spalding High School
		Dilboy Stadium
		various
		Carroll Stadium
		East Longmeadow High School
	New York
		various

Squad

First-team squad

Squad correct as of July 20, 2012^[1]

Transfers

Out

Regular-season standings

Results summary

Matches

WPSLE regular season

US Women Open Cup

See main article: 2012 National Women's Cup.

Squad statistics

Top scorers

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

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1	9	DF	Lauren Fowlkes	7	1		8
2	17	MF	Lori Chalupny	5	1		6
3	11	FW	Michele Weissenhofer	5			5
4	5	MF	Amanda Cinalli	1		3	4
5	18	DF	Jackie Santacaterina			3	3
5	38	MF	Julianne Sitch	3			3
6	21	FW	Allison Doyle			2	2
	33	MF	Alyssa Mautz	2			2
		MF	Ashleigh Ellenwood		1	1	2
7	2	DF	Ashlee Elliott			1	1
	3	FW	Ella Masar		1		1
	6	DF	Lauren Alkek	1			1
	19	MF	Kelsey Hough			1	1
	23	MF	Vanessa Laxgang			1	1
			Zoey Goralski	1			1
			Niki Sebo			1	1
			Georgia Waddle			1	1
rowspan=1	-			unknown			2	2
			TOTALS	26	4	15	45

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.

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1	5	MF	Amanda Cinalli	3		2	5
1	17	MF	Lori Chalupny	4	1		5
2	33	MF	Alyssa Mautz	3			3
3	2	DF	Ashlee Elliott	2			2
	3	FW	Ella Masar	1	1		2
	11	FW	Michele Weissenhofer	2			2
	22	DF	Kara Kabellis	1		1	2
	23	MF	Vanessa Laxgang			2	2
	38	DF	Julianne Sitch	1	1		2
4	2	DF	Lauren Alkek	1			1
	9	DF	Lauren Fowlkes	1			1
	10	FW	Shayla Mutz			1	1
	13	DF	Michelle Wenino		1		1
	29	MF	Kelsey Hough			1	1
	20	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	1			1
	21	FW	Allison Doyle			1	1
rowspan=1	-			unknown			?
			TOTALS	20	4	8	32

Last updated: 28 July 2012
Source: WPSL.com 2012 Assists

Team management

Position	Name
Chairman	Arnim Whisler
Head coach	Rory Dames
Assistant coach	John DeJulio
General Manager	Alyse LaHue

Last updated: 27 July 2012
Source: WPSL Elite Chicago Red Stars

Stadium

width=160	Stadium	width=310	Location	width=65	Capacity	width=70	Games Played
Concordia Stadium		1,500^[2]	2
Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium	North Central College, Naperville, Illinois	5,500^[3]	3
Lakeside Field		2,000^[4]	2

Last updated: 27 July 2012
Source: WPSL Elite Chicago Red Stars

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.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: Chicago Red Stars Roster . Women's Premier Soccer League . https://web.archive.org/web/20120720013905/http://www.wpslelite.com/team/index.php?pg=roster&tid=124 . 11 June 2013 . 20 July 2012.
Web site: 2012 Fall Sports Media Guide Concordia University Chicago . PDF . Concordia University Chicago . 2012 . 12 June 2013.
Web site: North Central College Cardinals Facilities . North Central College Athletics . 12 June 2013.
Web site: Northwestern Wildcats Lakeside Field . CBS Interactive . 12 June 2013.
Web site: Red Stars Seek First US National Cup Title This Weekend . Stryker-Indigo . 18 July 2012 . 11 June 2013.