Another season ended in heartbreak for the Chicago Red Stars, who fell in the NWSL championship game in a 2-1 extra-time thriller Saturday. More than 10,000 fans filled Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Ky,. for the first NWSL championship match since before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Red Stars also lost the 2019 championship match and the final of pandemic-created Challenge Cup last year. The Red Stars had been on their back foot for nearly an hour when Trinity Rodman arced a cross to Kelley O’Hara in the box to score the game-winning header in the first half of extra time. The …
