NWSL’s Red Stars the first Chicago pro team with female PA announcer

Chicago Red Stars' Yuki Nagasato, right, collides with North Carolina Courage's Heather O'Reilly (17) during the first half of an NWSL championship soccer game in Cary, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. (Karl B DeBlaker/AP)

CHICAGO — The Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League have become the first Chicago professional team to hire a female public address announcer.

Lindsay Eanet is a member of the team’s supporters section and the daughter of longtime Chicago sportscaster and Northwestern football play-by-play voice Dave Eanet. The Red Stars announced her hiring on Wednesday.

She graduated from the University of Missouri and earned a master’s degree from Liverpool Hope University.

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