I’m running out of things to say.
This game, played on Saturday night against the Houston Dash, the Chicago Red Stars won. They earned three points, even with Danny Colaprico on the bench for a full 90 minutes. Katie Naughton had her best match defensively in weeks, Sarah Gorden held firm in the center of the defense, and Nikki Stanton saw out a period that needed her not to get that last yellow card til the very last game before Chicago’s U.S. Women’s National Players returned. All of these scenarios were necessary, and they played out successfully.
And yet the match felt disconcertingly like more of the same.