You’ve said it, I’ve said it, we’ve all said it: the last five weeks of the NWSL season are going to be very hard for the Red Stars.
But hey, Chicago took a goddamn point off the North Carolina Courage tonight after 27 days without a league match, and looked positively dangerous in the process. The saving grace of the Red Stars’ troublesome schedule this year is that the team has grown along with every challenge, and while the time off gave the entire squad a fair sheen of rust, they can’t be counted out of the playoff race just yet.