Club: | Chicago Red Stars |
Season: | 2024 |
Ownertitle: | Majority owner |
Owner: | Laura Ricketts |
Chrtitle: | General manager |
Chairman: | Richard Feuz |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Lorne Donaldson |
Stadium: | SeatGeek Stadium (capacity: 20,000) |
League: | League |
League Result: | 8th |
Cup1: | NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Group stage |
Cup2: | Playoffs |
Cup2 Result: | Quarterfinals |
League Topscorer: | Mallory Swanson (7) |
Highest Attendance: | 35,038 (Jun 8 at Wrigley Field vs. BAY) |
Lowest Attendance: | 2,999 (May 1 vs. WAS) |
Largest Win: | 3–0 (Jun 28 at SD) |
Largest Loss: | League: 2 goals (8 times) All: 4–1 (Nov 8 vs ORL, playoffs) |
Pattern Name1: | Home |
Pattern La1: | _redborder |
Pattern B1: | _redstars24h |
Pattern Ra1: | _redborder |
Leftarm1: | 66bbff |
Body1: | 66bbff |
Rightarm1: | 66bbff |
Shorts1: | 66bbff |
Socks1: | FF0A00 |
Alt1: | Blue shirt with patchwork patterns of white stripes and red sleeve cuffs, blue shorts, and red socks |
Pattern B2: | _nike24diagonal |
Leftarm2: | 668FA9 |
Body2: | 004570 |
Rightarm2: | 668FA9 |
Shorts2: | 004570 |
Socks2: | 004570 |
Alt2: | Shirt with blue and darker blue diagonally separated fields, dark blue shorts, and dark blue socks |
American: | true |
Updated: | November 7, 2024 |
Prevseason: | 2023 |
Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's sixteenth as a professional women's soccer team, and eleventh in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The Red Stars finished the season in eighth place, qualifying for the NWSL playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the top-seeded Orlando Pride.[1]
See also: 2023 Chicago Red Stars season.
On December 20, 2023, the Red Stars hired former Jamaica women's national football team head coach Lorne Donaldson to be the club's head coach.[2]
On February 5, 2024, the Red Stars hired Servette FC chief executive officer Richard Feuz to be the club's general manager.[3]
NWSL apparel sponsor Nike redesigned all of the league's home and away kits for the 2024 season. The Chicago Red Stars primary kits were a patchwork of striped blue and white patterns emanating from the club's secondary crest with its traditional four six-pointed stars on its lower front corner. The club's secondary kits consisted of diagonally divided fields of dark and darker blue. The club's front-of-shirt sponsor was Wintrust Financial.[4]
The Red Stars continued to play in SeatGeek Stadium, their full-time home since the team's 2016 season.[5]
President | Karen Leetzow |
Director of operations | Michelle Henstock |
See main article: 2024 National Women's Soccer League season.
The Red Stars finished the regular season in 8th place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the lowest-seeded of eight teams.
See main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.
The Red Stars finished second in Group D and did not advance to the tournament semifinals.
See main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup group stage.