| Club: | Chicago Red Stars |
| American: | y |
| Owner: | Arnim Whisler |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Chris Petrucelli |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Stadium: | SeatGeek Stadium Bridgeview, Illinois (Capacity: 20,000) |
| League: | NWSL |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Challenge Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | 2nd in Central Division |
| Cup2: | Playoffs |
| Cup2 Result: | First Round |
| Largest Win: | 4–0 (two matches) |
| Largest Loss: | 3 goals (three matches) |
| League Topscorer: | Mallory Pugh (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mallory Pugh (15) |
| Highest Attendance: | 23,951 (vs San Diego Wave FC, July 30) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,135 (vs Kansas City Current, Sept. 14) |
| Average Attendance: | 5,872 |
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| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
| Updated: | October 16, 2022 |
The 2022 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's fourteenth season as a professional women's soccer team, and ninth in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
All times are in CT unless otherwise noted.
The top six teams from the regular season qualified for the NWSL Championship playoffs, with the top two teams receiving a first-round bye.[1] [2] Chicago finished the season in sixth place, earning the lowest seed in the playoff tournament's first-round and facing third-seeded San Diego Wave FC on the road.
See main article: 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup.
Chicago used a total of 25 players during the 2022 season, with 14 scoring goals. There were also three squad members who did not make a first-team appearance in the campaign.
The Red Stars scored 43 goals in all competitions. Mallory Pugh, with 15 goals, was the highest scorer, followed by Amanda Kowalski, Yūki Nagasato, and Ella Stevens, who scored four goals each.
Pos. = Playing position
Nat. = Nationality
Apps = Appearances
G = GoalsGK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward = Yellow cards
= Red cards
Numbers under Apps indicate starts, and numbers in parentheses denote appearances as a substitute. Players whose names are struck through and marked left the club during the playing season.
| Name | Cup | NWSL | Playoffs | Total | Discipline | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps | ||||||||||
| 1 | GK |  | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | | 5 (1) | 1 | 7 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 15 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF |  | 5 (1) | 0 | 20 (1) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 (2) | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8 | FW | | 3 (2) | 0 | 10 (9) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 13 (12) | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | | 5 | 4 | 13 (3) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 19 (3) | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | | 0 | 0 | 9 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | DF | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | MF | | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | DF | 0 (3) | 0 | 5 (12) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 (16) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15 | FW | | 2 (4) | 0 | 6 (13) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 8 (18) | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | | 0 | 0 | 5 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | DF | | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 21 | GK |  | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | DF |  | 4 (1) | 1 | 13 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 (3) | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| 23 | DF | | 6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 24 | MF | | 5 (1) | 0 | 19 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 (4) | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | | 2 (3) | 0 | 9 (9) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 11 (13) | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | DF | | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | DF | | 3 | 1 | 12 (5) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 (5) | 4 | 2 | 0 | |