Chicago Red Stars
Sarah Luebbert is a professional soccer player with extensive experience in highly competitive environments, currently playing for both Chicago Red Stars and Club América. Since June 2020, Sarah has demonstrated strong teamwork abilities and adaptability, particularly in overcoming language barriers while maintaining high performance levels in a new culture. Sarah's prior experience as a NCAA Division I student athlete and team captain at the University of Missouri-Columbia includes recognition as a four-time All-SEC Athlete. A graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Sarah has honed skills in time management, constructive criticism, and resilience throughout academic and athletic pursuits.
Chicago Red Stars
The Chicago Red Stars are the oldest and winningest pro women’s soccer team in the country, demonstrating a standard of grit and continued success for over a decade. Established in 2007, the Red Stars were a founding member of the former Women’s Professional Soccer and would later become one of the original eight teams to form the National Women’s Soccer League in 2013. The Red Stars have made the playoffs in six consecutive years from 2015-2020, clinching the team’s first appearance in the NWSL Championship in the 2019 season as well as appearing in the NWSL’s Challenge Cup Final in 2020. The Red Stars play at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, one of few soccer-specific stadiums with an all-grass practice and playing surface in the league. Throughout the team’s storied history, the Red Stars’ have had a star-studded roster featuring some of the greatest players to have played for the United States such as Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, Kate Markgraf (Sobrero), Lindsay Tarpley, Lauren Chalupny, Christen Press, and Shannon Boxx, while currently boasting a roster with USWNT stars such Julie Ertz, Casey Short, Alyssa Naeher, Tierna Davidson, Mallory Pugh and Morgan Gautrat. The Red Stars have also been home to national team players from Australia (Sam Kerr), Canada (Karina LeBlanc), Germany (Inka Grings), Japan (Yuki Nagasato), and Brazil (Christiane Rozeira and Formiga) at different points in the team’s history.