The Portland Thorns are NWSL league champions again, for the third time and first time since 2017, with a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Current in Washington, DC. Sophia Smith had the first Thorns goal, while the second goal was a
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Thorns earn trip to NWSL final with 2-1 comeback victory over San Diego Wave
The Portland Thorns earned their first trip to the NWSL Championship game since 2018, and their fourth overall, with a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Wave on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Providence Park. Rocky Rodríguez and Crystal Dunn would have
Thorns fall short, lose 1-0 to OL Reign
The Portland Thorns played well against their Northwest foe the OL Reign, but felll short by a 1-0 score. Rose Levelle had the lone goal for the visitors. The Reign controlled the ball for much of the early part of the match,
MLS suspends 2020 season for 30 days
Major League Soccer has suspended play for at least 30 days in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and efforts to limit it’s spread. This affects at least the next four Timbers matches vs. New England, Los Angeles FC, Philadelphia, and Houston, and
Thorns shut out at home, 1-0 by Reign FC
On a beautiful Friday in Portland, the Portland Thorns could never find the net and a single Reign FC goal by Celia Jiménez would hold up for a 1-0 win in front of a crowd 19,116 at Providence Park. Neither team would
Thorns rally for 2-1 win over Seattle and spot in NWSL Championship
The Portland Thorns have qualified for their third NWSL Championship appearance after a 2-1 win over the Seattle Reign in front of 14,179 at Portland’s Providence Park. Tobin Heath and Lindsey Horan scored for the Thorns while Jasmyne Spencer had the lone
2018 Master Schedule has been posted
In 2017 I first posted a master schedule, which unfortunately broke during the season and I did not fix the problem until the offseason. But I have fixed the problem and the new 2018 Master Schedule has been posted, and I will
New Master Schedule
I have added a link of this to the upper menu to this page, a simple master schedule to help keep track of upcoming Timbers MLS/Thorns FC/T2/Timbers U23 matches. It will be updated to reflect each result. http://pdxcite.net/soccercityusa/2017masterschedule.html
Thorns fall 4-3 to Western New York in overtime in NWSL Semifinal
Hard to say anything about this match without talking about the baffling (lack of) calls on fouls (and a clear handball) in the box that could have had three Thorns penalty kicks and at least one ejection, perhaps two, and those were