![]() ![]() Ava Cook replaces Ella Stevens.ħ8' Substitution, Houston Dash. ![]() Michaela Abam replaces Rachel Daly.ħ1' Substitution, Chicago Red Stars. Shea Groom replaces Nichelle Prince.Ħ7' Substitution, Houston Dash. Elizabeth Eddy replaces Allysha Chapman.Ħ7' Substitution, Houston Dash. Kelcie Hedge replaces Brianna Visalli.ĥ8' Substitution, Houston Dash. Yuki Nagasato replaces Morgan Gautrat.ĥ8' Substitution, Houston Dash. Assisted by Vanessa DiBernardo.ĥ5' Substitution, Chicago Red Stars. Mallory Pugh (Chicago Red Stars) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Georges (Chicago Red Stars) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.ģ2' Goal! Chicago Red Stars 1, Houston Dash 0. Subs: Ella Dederick, Ryan Gareis, Michelle Alozie, Ally Prisock.Ħ' Bianca St. Jane Campbell, Katie Naughton, Julia Ashley, Allysha Chapman ( Elizabeth Eddy), Haley Hanson, Brianna Visalli ( Kelcie Hedge), Marisa Viggiano, Sophie Schmidt, Rachel Daly ( Michaela Abam), María Sánchez ( Makamae Gomera-Stevens), Nichelle Prince ( Shea Groom). Subs: Jillienne Aguilera, Mikenna Mcmanus, Emily Boyd, Channing Foster, Samantha Fisher. Georges ( Alyssa Mautz), Ella Stevens ( Ava Cook), Mallory Pugh ( Sarah Griffith), Vanessa Di Bernardo. (This story has been updated to add information about the Ryan family’s status in the sale process.Chicago Red Stars scorers: Mallory Pugh (32', 82')Īlyssa Naeher, Tatumn Milazzo, Zoe Morse, Amanda Kowalski, Morgan Gautrat ( Yuki Ogimi), Danielle Colaprico, Arin Wright, Bianca St. In 2021, Ryan and his wife Shirley made the largest single gift-to the tune of $480 million-in Northwestern history, part of which was earmarked for the redevelopment of Ryan Field. Ryan is the billionaire founder and retired CEO of Aon, one of the world’s largest insurance brokers, and one of the largest donors to his alma mater, Northwestern University. Last year, his daughter Laura Ricketts was reported to be in preliminary talks with Michael Alter, owner of the Chicago Sky, about potentially investing in the WNBA franchise.Ī group led by the Ricketts family was also involved in the bidding for Premier League club Chelsea, which was ultimately sold to a group led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. Patriarch Joe Ricketts, who founded the brokerage firm TD Ameritrade, owns the franchise with his children his son Tom Ricketts serves as the Cubs chairman. The Ricketts family acquired controlling ownership of the Cubs and Wrigley Field in 2009. Chicago, which has significantly lower attendance and sponsorship revenues, is expected to sell for less. The most public bidder for the Thorns, an all-women investor group led by former Nike executive Melanie Strong, would reportedly value the three-time NWSL champions at $60 million. The club was one of several caught up in the league-wide abuse scandal, news of which broke in 2021, and was particularly implicated in the pair of resulting reports.Ĭhicago was put up for sale the same day as the Thorns, which share an ownership group led by Merritt Paulson with MLS’ Portland Timbers. Whisler was a founding owner of the Red Stars, which debuted as a Women’s Professional Soccer team in 2007 and went on to become an NWSL franchise upon the league’s birth in 2013. A representative for Inner Circle declined to comment. Whisler engaged investment bank Inner Circle Sports, which just led the NWSL’s expansion round, to facilitate the sale. Berman said the priority is finding the right ownership groups willing to invest adequately.Īs Sportico first reported, Red Stars majority owner Arnim Whisler began the process of selling Chicago’s NWSL club in December after he was implicated in a pair of investigations into widespread abuse and rampant misconduct within the league. ![]() The ballooning expansion fees mirror rising valuations throughout the league: the Washington Spirit were valued at $35 million in early 2022 Gotham FC at $40 million a few months later and Angel City FC, now entering its second season, has raised money at a valuation over $100 million.Īt a press conference Monday, NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman said the league was not going to set an “artificial deadline” for the sales of Chicago or the Portland Thorns, both of which went up for sale late last year. As recently as two years ago, most teams were valued in the low single-digit millions, but the league is on the verge of adding two expansion teams-one in the Bay Area and the other in Boston-at fees of more than $50 million. The Red Stars sale comes amid a significant jump in NWSL valuations. The Ryan family has not submitted a bid, nor is it part of any group that has, according to someone close to the family. ![]()
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