The Chicago Red Stars played a hard-fought match against the Houston Dash, but ultimately fell 1-0. The Red Stars head off to Portland next week to keep their playoff hopes alive.

KEY MOMENTS:

24’ Houston strings a few passes together that end with a goal by Ebony Salmon

33’ Mallory Pugh serves a ball into the box from a corner kick that rattles around dangerously, but is eventually picked up by Houston’s Jane Campbell

48′ Ella Stevens breaks free from the Houston Dash defense to rip a shot that seems destined for the goal, but it’s deflected by Houston goalkeeper Jane Campbell

GAME NOTES:

• In all 90 of her minutes, Danielle Colaprico made her presence felt ranking in the top five of Red Stars in completed passes (47), completed passes in the final third (6) and recoveries (10)

• In a game that featured six yellow cards, Chicago was able to out tackle Houston (26 to 9) including 15 tackles won to Houston’s 3

Next Game Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Red Stars September 25, 3:00 p.m. CT at SeatGeek Stadium

Goals by Half

         1 2 F

CHI 0 0 0

HOU 1 0 1

Scoring Summary:

CHI:

HOU: 24’ Ebony Salmon (Prince)

Disciplinary Report

CHI: 55’ Bianca St-Georges Yellow Card, 78’ Chicago Red Stars Bench Yellow Card

HOU: 37’ Nichelle Prince Yellow Card, 45+1’ Katie Naughton Yellow Card, 48’ Ryan Gareis Yellow Card, 88’ Michelle Alozie Yellow Card

Lineup

CHI: Alyssa Naeher, Tatumn Milazzo, Zoe Morse, Amanda Kowalski, Rachel Hill, Danny Colaprico, Vanessa DiBernardo, Bianca St-Georges (Wright), Yuki Nagasato (Dawber), Mallory Pugh, Ella Stevens (Gautrat)

HOU: Jane Campbell, Allysha Champman, Ally Prisock, Katie Naughton, Caprice Dydasco (Jacobs), Ryan Gareis (Ogle), Sophie Schmidt, Marisa Viggiano, Maria Sanchez, Nichelle Prince (Groom), Ebony Salmon (Alozie)