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Of the 2020 Red Stars rookies, only Ella Stevens was given a follow-up contract, but multiple players have thrived after leaving Chicago:
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My parent just turned 74 this week...
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Apparently the sidelines camera is an Imperial Probe Droid
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yes, but can the players go down the slide as part of a goal celly like the inaugural NWSL Challenge Cup at Rio Tinto Stadium?
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Give to the Max
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Last year's Best XI had 6 attacking players, as @theolloydhughes.bsky.social pointed out, and no 6s or true 8s.
I figured it was better to play Krueger out of position (but she can definitely play RB) than play Nighswonger out of position.

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November 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The Second Best XI is unbalanced with RM/RWs and not enough CBs to do a 3-back to move a LB to LM. So, one player had to be out of position. I tried to compensate with ++ roles elsewhere.

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November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Using EA FC to create a realistic tactical formation of the Best XI using base cards, limited to approved positions with a minimum of + role.

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November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm gonna need Trinity to show up with this energy early in Esther's face
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Too bad Portland beat San Diego. We would have had a (very slim) chance of seeing this interaction repeated:
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
While I was at it, I figured I would compare NWSL to WSL. The average Pts/MP is slightly higher in the WSL (because more games are won), and the Standard Deviation is significantly higher. The lowest SD Pts/MP for WSL is 0.660 (2024-25), which is higher than the highest NWSL of 0.627 (2018):
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
As bad as Chicago's season felt, they tied Bay FC for the 13th worst Z-Score for Pts/MP at -1.34. In fact, Chicago did worse in 2023 than 2025.
Gotham has had a major glow up from 2022 (-1.94) and so has KC from 2021 (-1.91).
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The average Pts/MP was the second lowest in league history (2022 lowest), but the Standard Deviation of the Pts/MP was pretty typical (7th out of 12 seasons). The major outlier was KC, whose Z-Score was 2.60 SDs from the mean. The next closes were 2015 Reign (1.93) and 2016 Reign (1.89).
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As far as Valuable goes, it seems obvious KC relied on Chasings. She also had the highest +/- Per 90 and second highest On-Off:
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Well, what about people who make a living watching and ranking the best players in the world? Surely they realize she was the best American, and definitely the best US midfielder, right?!
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I mean, at least her peers understood this level of play and voted her into the FIFPRO World XI, right?
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"I feel like a New Yorker" -
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Checking Spotrac to see what other Chicago players are FAs. After sorting by YOE, I realized that Ava Cook has been around for much longer than I remember ;)
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
She has been a last-minute sub in 6 games this season. While accounting for unavailability (3 INTL breaks), she has been playing less and less % of available games by coach, and even less and less meaningful minutes by coach:
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Only?
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM