When Arin Gilliland went down hard right before the half of Chicago’s clash with Seattle on Saturday night, and stretchered right to a waiting ambulance, it looked like everything was about to go horribly wrong for the Red Stars.
Finally coming into a match with a full week of rest, and possessing well throughout the first 45 minutes, Chicago had the rug pulled completely out from under them in a very scary sequence that necessitated Gilliland’s substitution, and after taking halftime to collect themselves they wouldn’t have been faulted if they had been caught making mental lapses as the game continued.