Football team

Portland Thorns Women

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«The Thorns»

181 Matches

85 wins

41 draws

55 losses

296–205 Goals

+91 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form D L W W W D

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

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
9 Aug	NWSL Women	Boston Legacy Women A	4:3	W
3 Aug	NWSL Women	Utah Royals Women A	1:5	L
25 Jul	NWSL Women	NJ/NY Gotham FC Women H	2:2	D

Standing

NWSL Women

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Utah Royals Women	22	12	3	7	39:28	39
4	San Diego Wave Women	22	12	3	7	32:25	39
5	Portland Thorns Women	22	11	5	6	36:30	38
6	North Carolina Courage Women	22	11	3	8	40:33	36
7	Kansas City Women	22	10	4	8	35:31	34

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 181

181 Matches

85 wins

41 draws

55 losses

296–205 Goals

+91 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 181

85 41 55

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	181	92	89
Scored	296	177	119
Conceded	205	77	128
Scored per game	1.6	1.9	1.3
Conceded per game	1.1	0.8	1.4
Difference	+91	+100	−9

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Samantha Ryan Hiatt Defender 9 Matches

Sophia Olivia Smith Forward 9 Matches

Marie Lena Müller Defender 9 Matches

Mary Alice Vignola Defender 9 Matches

Jessie Fleming Midfielder 9 Matches

Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis Midfielder 8 Matches

Cassandra Bogere Midfielder 8 Matches

P. Tordin Midfielder 8 Matches

Squad of Portland Thorns Women

by appearances over the last year

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