The 2014

Chicago Red Stars The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...

season is the sixth season of the soccer club and its second season in National Women's Soccer League.

First-team squad

Players that competed in 2014 NWSL season for Chicago Red Stars. Squad correct as of August 31, 2014 2014-06-15 SkyBlue vs ChicagoRedStars

Player movement

Note: Game day roster (GDR) are from regular season only

Management and staff

;Front Office ;Coaching Staff *Manager Rory Dames *First Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach Trae Manny *Second Assistant Coach Christian Lavers

Regular-season standings

Results summary

Match results

Preseason

National Women's Soccer League

Results by round

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF –

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, DF – Defender, GK –

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Awards

NWSL awards

;NWSL Player of the Week No player of Chicago Red Stars was named Player of the Week in 2014 season. ;NWSL Best XI No player of Chicago Red Stars was named to NWSL Best XI for 2014 season. However, two players,

Christen Press Christen Annemarie Press (born December 29, 1988) is an American soccer player for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She first appeared for the United States national team during an ...

and

Julie Johnston Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...

were named to 2014 NWSL Second XI. ;NWSL Rookie of the Year

was named 2014 NWSL Rookie of the Year, out voting

Kealia Ohai Kealia Ohai Watt ( ; born Kealia Mae Ohai; January 31, 1992) is an American soccer player who is currently a free agent, who most recently played for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2020-2021. She previou ...

and

Crystal Dunn Crystal Alyssia Soubrier (; born July 3, 1992) is an American soccer player for the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States ...

Chicago Red Stars team awards

Chicago Red Stars announced on September 2 the 2014 team awards from the staff, media and fans. Notably, Julie Johnston was the Defender of the Year, as well as the Rookie of the Year. In a separate announcement, Christen Press was awarded Golden Boot as the team's top goal scorer despite playing only 12 games; this followed her previous year's performance in the Swedish

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where she was the league's top-scorer with 23 goals, and was awarded the league's Golden Boot. ;Team Most Valuable Player Lori Chalupny ;Defender of the Year

;Rookie of the Year

;Community Service Award

Karina LeBlanc Karina Chenelle LeBlanc (born March 30, 1980) is an American-born Canadian former professional soccer goalkeeper and current general manager of the Portland Thorns FC. She played for the Canadian national team and multiple professional women's ...

;Unsung Hero

Abby Erceg Abby May Erceg (born 20 November 1989) is a professional New Zealand footballer who plays as a defender. She is the captain of the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League. She has previously played for Chicago Red Stars ...

;Golden Boot

Notes

References

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