| Club: | Chicago Red Stars |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Chairman: | Arnim Whisler |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Manager: | Rory Dames |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Stdtitle: | Stadium |
| Stadium: | Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex (capacity: 3,600) Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000) |
| League: | NWSL |
| League Result: | 2nd place |
| League Topscorer: | Christen Press (10) |
| Highest Attendance: | 16,017 (May 9 vs. Boston) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,402 (May 2 vs. Sky Blue) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,210 |
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| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 Chicago Red Stars season was the seventh season of the soccer club and its third season in National Women's Soccer League. For the first time in NWSL the Red Stars advanced to the playoffs by finishing second in regular season. In addition, the team held the first place for ten consecutive weeks, from week 4 to week 13. However, the club could not reach the NWSL championship, as in the playoffs semi-final the Red Stars lost to the reigning Champion FC Kansas City, by a score of 0–3. It was the club's final season playing home games at the Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex.
Squad correct as of August 16, 2015
| 5 | FW | Zakiya Bywaters | in | –– | UCLA Bruins | |||
| 2 | FW | Jen Hoy | in | [2] | 2013 College Draft[3] | Princeton Tigers | ||
| 4 | MF | Alyssa Mautz | in | 2013 Supplemental draft[4] | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| 13 | DF | Michelle Lomnicki | in | 2013 Supplemental draft | Sky Blue FC | |||
| 10 | MF | Vanessa DiBernardo | in | 2014 College Draft[5] | Illinois Fighting Illini | |||
| –– | FW | in | –– | 2014 College Draft | Maryland Terrapins | |||
| 14 | DF | Taryn Hemmings | in | Signed[6] | Fortuna Hjorring (loaned to) | |||
| 17 | MF | Lori Chalupny | in | Signed[7] | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | in | Signed | FF USV Jena (loaned to) | |||
| 16 | DF | Samantha Johnson | in | Returned[8] | Sydney FC (loaned to) | |||
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | in | Player allocation[9] | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| 8 | DF | Julie Johnston | in | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| 23 | FW | Christen Press | in | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | in | –– | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars | ||
| 1 | GK | Karina LeBlanc | in | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| 9 | FW | Melissa Tancredi | in | –– | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars | ||
| 11 | FW | Rachel Quon | in | Player allocation | Chicago Red Stars | |||
| –– | FW | Stephanie McCaffrey | in | –– | 2015 College draft[10] | Boston College | ||
| 3 | DF | Arin Gilliland | in | 2015 College draft | University of Kentucky | |||
| 24 | MF | Danielle Colaprico | in | 2015 College draft | University of Virginia | |||
| 20 | FW | Sofia Huerta | in | 2015 College draft | Santa Clara University | |||
| 12 | FW | Cara Walls | in | 2015 College draft | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |||
| –– | FW | Nicole Setterlund | in | –– | 2015 College draft | Washington State University | ||
| 28 | FW | Rachel Tejada | in | 2015 College draft | Illinois State University | |||
| –– | FW | Stephanie McCaffrey | out | –– | Traded[11] | Boston Breakers | ||
| –– | FW | Nicole Setterlund | out | –– | Retired[12] | –– | ||
| 5 | FW | Zakiya Bywaters | out | –– | Recovering from surgery[13] | –– | ||
| –– | FW | Hayley Brock | out | –– | Returned to school | –– | ||
| 18 | GK | Michele Dalton | in | Signed[14] | Kvarnsvedens IK | |||
| 17 | MF | Lori Chalupny | out | World Cup[15] | United States | |||
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | out | World Cup | United States | |||
| 8 | DF | Julie Johnston | out | World Cup | United States | |||
| 23 | FW | Christen Press | out | World Cup | United States | |||
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | out | –– | World Cup[16] | Canada | ||
| 1 | GK | Karina LeBlanc | out | World Cup | Canada | |||
| 9 | FW | Melissa Tancredi | out | –– | World Cup | Canada | ||
| 25 | DF | Kelley McCloskey | –– | in | Preseason trial | University of San Diego | ||
| 26 | MF | Jackie Esterkamp | –– | in | Preseason trial | Cincinnati Christian University | ||
| 29 | DF | Lillie Toaspern | –– | in | Preseason trial | Washington University in St. Louis | ||
| 20 | GK | Monica Gonyo | –– | in | Preseason trial | Loyola University Chicago | ||
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | out | World Cup[17] | New Zealand | |||
| 34 | MF | Mary Luba | in | Signed[18] | Marquette University | |||
| 31 | DF | Leigh Jakes | –– | in | Preseason trial | NiceFutis | ||
| 32 | DF | Natalie Horner | –– | in | Preseason trial | University of Kentucky | ||
| 6 | DF | Abby Erceg | in | World Cup elimination[19] | New Zealand | |||
| 19 | FW | Adriana Leon | in | World Cup elimination[20] | Canada | |||
| 1 | GK | Karina LeBlanc | in | World Cup elimination | Canada | |||
| 9 | FW | Melissa Tancredi | in | World Cup elimination | Canada | |||
| 17 | MF | Lori Chalupny | in | World Cup final[21] | United States | |||
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | in | World Cup final | United States | |||
| 8 | DF | Julie Johnston | in | World Cup final | United States | |||
| 23 | FW | Christen Press | in | World Cup final | United States | |||
| 7 | MF | Shannon Boxx | out | Retired[22] | –– |
See main article: 2015 National Women's Soccer League season.
| Award | Recipient | Reference | |
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| NWSL Best Eleven | Christen Press | [31] | |
| Julie Johnston | |||
| NWSL Second Eleven | Arin Gilliland | ||
| Danielle Colaprico | |||
| Sofia Huerta |
Source: NWSL
Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper
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| 7 | MF | 4 | 2 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF | 11 | 11 | 944 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 24 | MF | 20 | 20 | 1776 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 10 | MF | 20 | 19 | 1733 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | 14 | 12 | 1085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | 19 | 17 | 1533 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | DF | 18 | 17 | 1528 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | FW | 18 | 14 | 1110 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | FW | 19 | 15 | 1343 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | DF | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | DF | 14 | 13 | 1215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8 | DF | 11 | 11 | 990 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 19 | FW | 5 | 4 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | DF | 12 | 7 | 614 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 34 | DF | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | MF | 15 | 13 | 1076 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | DF | Kelley McCloskey | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | 11 | 10 | 931 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | DF | 17 | 12 | 1046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | 8 | 2 | 246 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 28 | FW | Rachel Tejada | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | FW | 10 | 1 | 256 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | 12 | 12 | 1080 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 113 | 58 | 47 | 11 | .917 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1 | GK | 8 | 8 | 720 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 79 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
On September 23 Chicago Red Stars announced the winners of 2015 team awards.[32] For the second time in 2 years Julie Johnston was the recipient of the award for Defensive Most Valuable Player, having been named Defender of the Year in 2014. Lori Chalupny who was the Team Most Valuable Player in 2014, was named the Iron Women of Character. Christen Press was named Team Most Valuable player, and was in 2014 the Golden Boot recipient. Danielle Colaprico was named the team's Rookie of the Year, while she was also the recipient of the NWSL Rookie of the Year. Vanessa DiBernardo who had a team high of 5 assists, and served a team high of 73 corner kicks, was named the Unsung Hero.