Chicago Red Stars W vs Washington Spirit W

Washington won both regular-season meetings with Chicago in 2024, recording a 4—2 road win in May and a 2—0 home win in October. Entering last season, Washington had won just one of its previous 16 regular-season meetings with Chicago dating back to September 2016 (D6 L9).

Chicago is looking for its first home points of the season after losing each of its first three home matches this year. Chicago has lost six straight at home dating back to last season after never losing more than three in a row at home before.

Washington has won each of its first three away matches of the 2025 regular season, the third team in NWSL history to win its first three away matches of a season. Only one team in league history has won its first four road matches of a season: North Carolina (first 5) in 2018.

Bea Franklin won 14 duels on Sunday, the most by a Stars player in a regular-season match since September 2019 (Danielle Colaprico – 14 vs. Utah). Eight of those duel wins were in aerial contests as only Taylor Flint (12 vs. North Carolina on March 16) has won more aerial duels in an NWSL match this season.

Ashley Hatch’s assist for Esme Morgan on Friday was her fifth goal contribution of the season (4 goals, 1 assist). Hatch has been directly involved in at least five goals in all eight of her NWSL seasons, the second player in league history to record five or more goal contributions in eight straight regular seasons (Jessica McDonald – 2014—22).