Chicago City Wire

The Chicago Red Stars’ Welcome Home Match on September 8, presented by United Airlines, had an attendance of 7,291. This pushed the total regular-season attendance for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) past 1.5 million for the first time in league history.

“I’d like to thank each and every person in attendance this afternoon for joining us in celebrating our and Orlando’s Olympians, and for helping make the Red Stars the club that pushed the league to this new attendance record,” said Chicago Red Stars president Karen Leetzow.

This afternoon's attendance marks the third record-setting event involving the Red Stars this season. It includes setting the NWSL single-match attendance record with a crowd of 35,038 at the Red Stars Take Over Wrigley Field match on June 8. The 7,291 attendees at tonight’s Welcome Home Match is another milestone for the Red Stars, representing the fifth-highest attendance at a stand-alone match in club history.

Following tonight’s match, the Red Stars will travel to face Portland Thorns on September 13 before returning home to host North Carolina Courage on September 21 at 8:30 p.m. CT at SeatGeek Stadium. Tickets to all Chicago Red Stars home matches can be purchased at chicagoredstars.com/tickets.