American football team

Portland Thorns Women

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«The Thorns»

184 Matches

86 wins

42 draws

56 losses

302–209 Goals

+93 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form W W D L D W

The Cascadia Clash pits Portland against Seattle — OL Reign, the Reign before that.

The club was assembled in 2012 for a league that did not yet exist, and it took the field in 2013 when the NWSL played its first season. Portland won that season. A team with no history at all lifted the first trophy the competition ever awarded, which set an expectation the Thorns have mostly met since: championships again in 2017 and 2022, and a defeat in the 2018 final in between.

The name came from the city's own nickname, Rose City, and the badge followed. Black, red and pink is not a combination many clubs would risk, and it has become the most recognisable kit in the league.

2021 was the odd year. Portland finished top of the table for the Shield, won the Challenge Cup, and took the Women's International Champions Cup — three pieces of silverware, none of them the championship, which slipped away at the end.

Providence Park has been the constant. It sits inside the city rather than beside a motorway, hemmed in by streets on all four sides, and crowds have regularly filled it for league fixtures at numbers that other clubs draw only for finals.

The task now is a fourth championship, and the derby dates are the ones that fill first.

Latest results

All matches

19 Sep	NWSL Women	Orlando Pride Women A	4:1	W
14 Sep	NWSL Women	Chicago Red Stars Women H	1:1	D
6 Sep	NWSL Women	Washington Spirit Women H	1:2	L
29 Aug	NWSL Women	NJ/NY Gotham FC Women A	1:1	D
23 Aug	NWSL Women	Denver Summit Women H	1:0	W
16 Aug	NWSL Women	Orlando Pride Women H	2:1	W

Standing

NWSL Women

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Washington Spirit Women	25	14	4	7	36:23	46
3	San Diego Wave Women	25	14	3	8	36:27	45
4	Portland Thorns Women	25	12	6	7	42:34	42
5	Utah Royals Women	25	13	3	9	41:33	42
6	Angel City	25	11	6	8	43:28	39

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 184

184 Matches

86 wins

42 draws

56 losses

302–209 Goals

+93 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 184

86 42 56

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	184	94	90
Scored	302	179	123
Conceded	209	80	129
Scored per game	1.6	1.9	1.4
Conceded per game	1.1	0.9	1.4
Difference	+93	+99	−6

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Sophia Olivia Smith Forward 12 Matches

Samantha Ryan Hiatt Defender 12 Matches

Jessie Fleming Midfielder 12 Matches

Marie Lena Müller Defender 12 Matches

P. Tordin Midfielder 11 Matches

Cassandra Bogere Midfielder 11 Matches

Morgan Messner Goalkeeper 11 Matches

Mary Alice Vignola Defender 11 Matches

Squad of Portland Thorns Women

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
9	Sophia Olivia Smith	Forward	26	12
16	Samantha Ryan Hiatt	Defender	28	12
21	Jessie Fleming	Midfielder	28	12
23	Marie Lena Müller	Defender	26	12
19	P. Tordin	Midfielder	22	11
6	Cassandra Bogere	Midfielder	21	11
35	Morgan Messner	Goalkeeper	26	11
25	Mary Alice Vignola	Defender	28	11
15	Shay Harvey	Midfielder		10
2	Reyna René Reyes Stubblefield	Defender	25	10
66	R. Turner	Midfielder		9
24	J. Perry	Defender	23	9
18	Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold	Goalkeeper	32	9
11	Maddy Padelski	Forward	18	9
29	M. Mackenzie	Midfielder	25	8
10	Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis	Midfielder	27	8
22	Morgan Victoria Weaver	Midfielder	28	7
5	Isabella Bryld Obaze	Defender	23	7
13	Olivia Moultrie	Midfielder		7
88	Valerin Loboa	Forward	19	6
28	Mackenzie Wood	Goalkeeper		5
26	Marie-Yasmine Alidou d'Anjou	Midfielder		5
29	Molly McKenzie	Midfielder		4
7	Caiya Hanks	Midfielder		4
20	N. Nijstad	Midfielder		3
20	N. Neustad	Midfielder	23	2
40	Jenny Immetun	Midfielder	22	2
35	Morgan Messner	Goalkeeper		1
19	Pietra Tordin	Forward		1
24	Jaden Perry	Defender		1
77	Alexa Spanstra	Forward	26	1