# @thegistca on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHJBh0ItRLC - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27344995-thegistca-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/18a239d1e4.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-03-13T13:21:01.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** The GIST Canada (@thegistca) β€” https://gondola.cc/thegistca ## Caption GISTers, how will this impact the Stars on opening night? 🫣 #thegist ⁣ ‒⁣ Chicago Stars forward Mallory Swanson will miss the team's National Women's Soccer League season opener on Friday night against the Orlando Pride for personal reasons. 😳⁣ ‒⁣ Coach Lorne Donaldson said that Swanson's status is week-to-week and that she did not join the team during the preseason. πŸ‘€β£ ‒⁣ β€œGreat player, if not one of the top players in the world, but the game still goes on,” Donaldson said. β€œWe still have players that we need to focus on. And I think that gives somebody another opportunity to come out and say, `OK, I can do it' because the game is not going to wait for us." πŸ‘β£ ‒⁣ Since joining the team Swanson has been a pillar in Chicago's offense having scored 23 goals in 60 matches for the club. Not to mention putting four goals in for the gold medal-winning United States team during last summer's Paris Olympics. Rockstar. 🀘⁣ ‒⁣ Swanson did address her absence in a statement back in January saying β€œI’d like to thank the club and the fans for their understanding during this time,” Swanson said at the time. β€œI appreciate the kindness and encouragement from my teammates and all the Stars staff and hope to be back with the team and playing in front of our fans as soon as I can.”⁣ ‒⁣ GISTers, hopefully, we'll get to see Mallory on the pitch again soon! πŸ’ͺ⁣ ‒⁣ (c/o tsn)⁣ ‒⁣ #womenssports #soccer #nwsl #womenssoccer #chicagostars #malloryswanson #uswnt #ussoccer ⁣ ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 76 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 0 ## Credits | Name | Username | Profile | Role | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The GIST Canada | @thegistca | https://gondola.cc/thegistca | Sports Media Outlet | ## Tags malloryswanson, ussoccer, soccer, uswnt, womenssports, nwsl, chicagostars, womenssoccer, thegist --- Copyright (c) Gondola