Barbra Banda enters the match with a strong record against the Stars, having scored two goals in each of her last two meetings with Chicago—once during the 2024 postseason and again in March 2025. Should she record another multi-goal performance, Banda would become only the second player in NWSL history to achieve three consecutive multi-goal matches against a single opponent, joining Sam Kerr, who accomplished the feat for Chicago against Orlando in 2018–19.
