The 2020 Chicago Red Stars season was the team's twelfth season, and its eighth season in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, on March 20, 2020, the NWSL indefinitely postponed the start of the league's regular season.

[1] Last updated: September 27, 2020Source: http://chicagoredstars.com/technical-staff/ Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster.

The 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on November 12, 2020, by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for Racing Louisville FC, an expansion team, to select players from existing teams in the league.

[3] Chicago traded Yūki Nagasato and Savannah McCaskill to Racing Louisville in exchange for full roster protection in the draft.