Chicago Red Stars vs Washington Spirit: Close Enough

Chicago Red Stars in action. (Photo by Brad Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images).

Sometimes it’s easy to lose faith in a soccer team. Recently, most of my analysis around the Chicago Red Stars has been focused on the team’s failures. And while that criticism is warranted, it doesn’t negate the positives that are still regularly seen from them. And those positives were still on display in this 1-0 win over the Washington Spirit. Let’s check how it went down.

The first half was largely uneventful, with most of the play taking place far away from either team’s area. Washington Spirit players took various shots from outside the box, but none of them troubled Cassie Miller, and the Mallory Pugh…