CHICAGO — The Chicago Red Stars host the Utah Royals for their regular season finale on Saturday, September 28. Here is your starting lineup, presented by Magellan.
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- Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is starting in her fourteenth game of the season. Since her triumphant return from the World Cup, she leads all NWSL goalkeepers with six clean sheets.
- Defender Casey Short has put together one of the best seasons ever for an NWSL defender in 2019. She remains the only player in the league this season to earn a spot in every Team of the Month squad.
- Julie Ertz will captain the squad once again. Earlier this week she made history when she was named to the first-ever FIFPro Women World XI.
- Tierna Davidson will make her 13th start of the 2019 season. She has an impressive 49 clearances while maintaining a 78% tackle success rate.
- Sarah Gorden will make her 23rd start this season for Chicago. She’s managed to earn a staggering 76% tackle success rate in 2019, along with 52 clearances and 34 interceptions.
- Danielle Colaprico makes her 106th career appearance for Chicago. The versatile midfielder has a 74% pass success rate this season.
- Morgan Brian will be earning her 57th career NWSL appearance. The midfielder has enjoyed one of the best seasons in her career, maintaining an 80% pass success rate and tallying one goal and one assist this season.
- Vanessa DiBernardo starts her 21st game of 2019. The midfielder has two goals and two assists this season.
- Yuki Nagasato has been pure fire in 2019. Nagasato has an NWSL career-high seven goals and leads the league with eight assists this season.
- Savannah McCaskill earns her 12th start of the season. She has scored one goal and assisted another in 2019.
- Sam Kerr broke the single-season goal record last week. The Aussie superstar has a staggering 18 goals this year.
- Available off the bench for Chicago are Nikki Stanton, Katie Naughton, Maria Sanchez, Mackenzie Arnold, Brooke Elby, Zoey Goralski, Katie Johnson.
