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  • Red Stars play to draw as new women’s league begins play Apr 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    For the first game in a new league with an uncertain future, the Chicago Red Stars' 1-1 draw Sunday afternoon in Lisle against the Seattle Reign seemed appropriate.

     
  •  Midfielder Shannon Boxx, right, a former Notre Dame standout, will play for the Chicago Red Stars in the inaugural season of the National Women’s Soccer League.

    New women’s soccer league plans to get it right Jan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
    Women's Watch explores the relaunch of a women's professional soccer league in the United States, and talks with Chicago Red Stars head coach Rory Dames about the business model behind the new National Women's Soccer League.

     
  • Here is the new logo for the eight-team National Women's Soccer League, which will begin play in spring 2013. The Chicago Red Stars will play in the NWSL.

    New look for women’s soccer league Dec 17, 2012 12:00 AM
    It will be called the National Women's Soccer League, and the U.S. Soccer Federation will help finance and direct the eight-team league, which will include the Chicago Red Stars franchise. The USSF unveil its new logo and the name of the league Saturday night as the women's national team wrapped up its season with a closing victory over China. The NWSL will start play next spring and replaces the Women's Professional Soccer league, which folded in May after three seasons. Its predecessor, Women's United Soccer Association, lasted only three seasons, from 2001-03.

     
  • Buczkowski, Sitch to play for Red Stars Mar 9, 2012 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars have signed two local soccer stars, Jen Buczkowski and Julianne Sitch, for the 2012 WPSL Elite season. Buczkowski, a 26-year-old midfielder from Elk Grove Village, starred at Notre Dame before playing in the WPS and WPSL. Sitch is a former DePaul star.

     
  • Walk-off homer beats Cougars Jul 31, 2011 12:00 AM
    Chris Edmondson rocketed a 2-2, two-out pitch onto the right-field deck in the bottom of the ninth, breaking up a pitchers duel and giving the Quad Cities River Bandits a 3-1 victory over the visiting Kane County Cougars on Sunday in Davenport, Iowa.

     
  • Scouting the Women’s Premier Soccer League championship Jul 29, 2011 12:00 AM
    An at-a-glance look at the Women's Professional Soccer League championship this week in Lisle:

     
  • Red Stars will call Benedictine U. home Apr 25, 2011 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars on Monday confirmed they will play this season in the Women’s Premier Soccer League, using Benedictine University in Lisle as their home turf.

     
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  • Things were looking up for the Chicago Red Stars in 2010 when Brazilian forward Cristiane agreed to return for a second season. Now the club has suspended its operations.

    Red Stars suspend season due to lack of investorsDec 13, 2010 12:00 AM
    After two seasons of play in Women’s Professional Soccer, Chicago Red Stars officials announce Monday the team is planning would suspend operations and not play for the 2011 season. They remain hopeful, however, of rejoining the league in 2012 if financial commitments can be secured.

     
  • The owners of the Chicago Red Stars are confident they’ll have investors in place by the Dec. 15 deadline to remain part of Women’s Professional Soccer for the 2011 season.

    Red Stars have one month to secure local investorsNov 16, 2010 12:00 AM
    The clock is ticking for the Chicago Red Stars. On Tuesday, the Red Stars and Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) announced that the Chicago franchise has been granted a Dec. 15 deadline to secure investment toward the league’s reserve funding requirement for participation in the 2011 season.

     
  • Megan Rapinoe, here getting past a Chinese Taipei goalkeeper in a 2006 match, has been added to the U.S. National Team headed to Italy. The Red Stars midfielder will be joined by Red Stars goalkeeper Jullian Loyden on the national squad.

    Two Red Stars named to U.S. National soccer teamNov 12, 2010 12:00 AM
    U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage named her 24-player preliminary roster on Friday for a two-game playoff against Italy and two Chicago Red Stars players made the squad. Red Stars midfielder Megan Rapinoe and goalkeeper Jillian Loyden were named to the roster as the U.S. heads to Padova, Italy, for the first leg on Nov. 20, followed by the potential qualifying clincher on Nov. 27 at Toyota Park for a berth in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

     
  • Bandits, Red Stars face ebb and flow of difficult marketNov 5, 2010 12:00 AM
    Call it the equilibrium of the sports universe. As one professional women's sports team in Chicago looks to march full steam ahead, another seems to be proceeding with caution.

     
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    Red Stars make WPS trade for goalkeeper Oct 12, 2010 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars have traded a pair of 2011 picks in the Women's Professional Soccer Draft to Philadelphia for goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc.

     
  • Red Stars release English midfielderOct 1, 2010 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer have announced the mutual release of England international midfielder Katie Chapman.

     
  • Phoenix forward Candice Dupree collected 8 rebounds and 32 points in her first WNBA playoff game Thursday against the San Antonio Silver Stars. The former Chicago Sky all-star was part of a three-team trade before the season.

    Why Sky deserves asterisk for that blockbuster tradeAug 28, 2010 12:00 AM
    With the WNBA playoffs under way, it's easy to feel like the Chicago Sky got the short end of the stick in the blockbuster three-team trade that preceded the season.

     
  • Hand ball in 79th minute dooms Red StarsAug 23, 2010 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars had two comebacks in them Sunday afternoon against league-leading FC Gold Pride.

     
  • Red Stars lose 2 suburban players to injuriesAug 13, 2010 12:00 AM
    Chicago Red Stars midfielder Julianne Sitch will miss the rest the 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, team officials announced.

     
  • Independence gets past Red StarsAug 12, 2010 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars fell to the Philadelphia Independence 2-1 on Wednesday in Women's Professional Soccer action before 3,152 at Toyota Park.

     
  • Red Stars acquire Nigerian in trade for AsanteAug 6, 2010 12:00 AM
    The Chicago Red Stars acquired the rights to Nigerian discovery selection Faith Ikidi from the Washington Freedom on Friday in exchange for defender Anita Asante.

     
  • Scouting: Red Stars @ IndependenceJul 28, 2010 12:00 AM
    A win would boost the Red Stars (4-7-5, 17 points) to third place in WPS from fifth. It also would match the team's win total and points total from all of last season.

     
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