Laura Ricketts leads local group of women to buy Chicago Red Stars: ‘Unprecedented fan growth in women’s soccer globally’

CHICAGO — Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, is leading a diverse group of local women business and civic leaders to purchase the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League. Terms of the contract were not disclosed Tuesday, and the ownership group must receive approval from the NWSL Board of Governors to finalize the sale. The investor group hopes to complete the purchase this month. “We wholeheartedly believe in and are excited about the future of the Red Stars and the NWSL,” Ricketts said in a news release. “There is an unprecedented fan growth in women’s soccer glo...