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4 unusual facts about Chicago Red Stars


2011 Women's Professional Soccer season

Also not returning for the 2011 season are Chicago Red Stars, which were given a month's deadline to find investors after the original announcement of the teams, but failed to achieve so.

Rory Dames

Rory Dames is an American soccer manager and currently managing Chicago Red Stars.

Taylor Vancil

On 18 January 2013 Vancil was drafted in the 3rd Round of the 2013 NWSL College Draft by the Chicago Red Stars.

Taylor Vancil (born 18 May 1991) is an American professional women's soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League.


Bridgeview, Illinois

Toyota Park is home to not only the Fire, but also the Fire Reserves, Chicago Fire Premier, and the Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer.

Chicago Eclipse Select

The club's president is Rory Dames, who also coached the top women's team before being hired by the Chicago Red Stars.

Women's Premier Soccer League Elite

For the 2012 season, the league featured former WPS teams, Boston Breakers, Chicago Red Stars, and Western New York Flash, in addition to many WPSL teams primarily located in the northeast and midwest regions of the United States.


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