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From her Instagram (@malpugh): Mallory Swanson is back in Stars training! #uswnt #nwsl
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Team doesn’t have center back or full back depth, has started a midfielder and a rookie in those respective positions several times this year, loans out a player who provided cover in both

Just another day trying to make sense of the Chicago Stars #nwsl
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A LOT going on

Atkinson makes her Stars debut, Naeher on the bench

Hendrich makes her fist start of the season and captains the team

Maitane back in, Bea Franklin on the bench

Joseph starts at striker

Gomes makes her first start of the year

Alozie is fit enough to make the bench #nwsl
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Jameese Joseph's parents asked for receipts when she told them she was called up to the national team 🤣
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Maybe the biggest news though is that Kathrin Hendrich is on the bench
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LINEUP
Despite this being a 3rd game in 6 days Dellarose, Staab, Franklin, Pinto, Hayashi, Grosso and Gareis all make a 3rd straight start

Bike continues at right back in place of the injured Alozie
Maintane is on the bench; Pinto will play deeper

Chacon gets her first start of 2026 #nwsl
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That's all from Evanston, where the Stars don't return to for a month
They face the San Diego Wave in SoCal on Saturday #nwsl
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"We need to always evaluate the performance... everyone else will evaluate the results"

"The players they did their best today... I don't want to lose 3-0, but" sometimes you have games like this #nwsl
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On his message to the team after this game

"You can have a game like Los Angeles" where they weren't happy with the entire performance
But today, "making mistakes is a part of becoming better" and they were overall implementing their tactics better #nwsl
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On first impressions of Martin Stadium, and the long term

Says it's "a beautiful location" that's much easier to appreciate with tonight' weather vs Sunday

"Hopefully we can get more people in the stands to make it feel like our real home stadium" #nwsl
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Sjogren says he thought Brianna Pinto did well deeper in midfield in the second have

"We felt like we controlled the ball, but we have to take into account that Orlando were leading 3-0" and maybe not going as hard #nwsl
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Sjogren says Jordyn Huitema's availability for Saturday is unknown at this point #nwsl
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He says on the one hand, communication improves when the same group of players get lots of minutes together.

But the injuries and schedule have necessitated changes #nwsl
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On the difficulty of finding the right center back pairings

Says the absences of Kuikka and now Hendrich have obviously caused a lot of problems
Says he thinks Franklin has done well despite center back not being her natural position

Says he thought Alozie and Bike were both effective #nwsl
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"It's not an excuse, but it's an explanation of why you have to do things like make early substitutions"

Says that gap in rest time is "unfair" #nwsl
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Sjogren notes Orlando played Friday, vs the Stars on Sunday

"This is crazy... that is really something we have to discuss, in another forum of course... someone has to look at that schedule and start making a better plan" than one team having 2 more days of rest #nwsl
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On the second half, Sjogren praised Chacon's ability to make runs in behind and find space as a very different profile of forward to Pinto

Said that he though Aaliyah Farmer settled in well and showed her quality #nwsl
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Says this game was "much much much better game" than their performance in LA Week 1 #nwsl
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"This was a more controlled game" than against KC because of the way KC play vs Orlando

"This might sound crazy but at times I think we were having a pretty good game and all of a sudden we're down by 3. That feels so bad" #nwsl
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On the first 2 goals
"They're quite similar... I thought we had a good start" Sjogren says of the time leading up to that

"Sometimes you get really punished, I'm not gonna say when you make mistakes you'll lose the ball a lot of times in a game" but the swiftness with which they were punished hurt
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Martin Sjogren is here, on we go... #nwsl
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Bike says they hope they can have a similarly short memory from this game to Saturday's match in San Diego like they did from Angel City to KC
#nwsl
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"Nothing will ever compare to playing at SeatGeek" Bike says with a laugh about her first Martin Stadium experience in comparison to their old home

"It's flat and there's no lumps" Bike says of the turf pitch
"I think this is a step in the right direction" #nwsl
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"I think it's part of being professionals" Bike says of being excited to get on the pitch but at the expense of a teammate's injury
"Putting your head down, focus on the game, regroup after" #nwsl
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Says she has to "be ready to play where you're asked to play" and do her best for her teammates
Said she values "servant leadership" really highly and wants to bring that to the pitch #nwsl
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Also said they needed to be "more combative" on 50/50 balls #nwsl
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On why the team didn't get off to the same strong start as against KC, Pinto said "I just don't think things materialized how we hoped"
Said the build-up was ok, but those moments giving the ball away in transition were "deflating"

"We have good players who are capable of" being dangerous in attack
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Brianna Pinto and Jenna Bike are on their way... #nwsl
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We are awaiting remarks from Martin Sjogren and Stars players following the 3-0 loss to Orlando... quotes, notes, updates to follow
#nwsl
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