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,
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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
Why this is Soccer City, USA
Portland has been Soccer City, USA since the 1970s. And while various other groups have tried to claim that title, and an Oregonian story from 2011 made up it’s own criteria why San Jose had claim to that title, there’s really never
Portland Thorns women’s team set to debut in 2013
2013 brings the debut of something that many Portland soccer fans feel is long overdue: a top women’s league team comes to Portland as the Portland Thorns FC will be one of the founding members of the National Women’s Soccer League when