Portland Thorns
Thorns FC beat the Western NY Flash 2-0 in Final of the NWSL
Update, And thats the final whistle. PTFC has won the Final of the NWSL 2-0 despite playing a half hour with 10 players. 92nd MINUTE GOAL 2-0 THORNS Alex Morgan finds Christine Sinclair and plays her in 1v1 with the Flash Gk. Sinclair sticks it in the bottom far post. 2-0 thorns. […]
Thorns upset Kansas City to book place in final
Portland Thorns FC finished 3rd in the NWSL regular season. This earned them the chance to go on the road into second place Kansas City to battle a spot in the Final. Portland went down 2-0 in the first 25 minutes. Then a Tobin Heath goal in the 33rd gave Thorns fans hope. 2-1 at […]
Thorns are in the playoffs in inaugural season
With a win in Seattle Yesterday, the Thorns have built a bit of momentum going into the Playoffs. But in their first year, those playoffs will be on the road. The road to the League Title is going to go through Kansas City and Western New York. Portland started the season hot, then cooled for […]
Sky Blue FC visits Thorns FC in Playoff Preview?
Sky Blue FC and Portland Thorns FC each come into tonights game on 31 points and with a +6 goal differential. Yes the Thorns have a game in hand, but the result in tonights game may well determine which team gets to host its first round playoff game. FC Kansas City extended its lead on […]
Thorns FC tie at home, Playoff home game in doubt
The season series between the Portland Thorns and the Chicago Red stars has not gone well for the home team. On April 27th and May 5th, the Thorns went into the Red Stars home field at Benedictine University and beat them 2-0 each time. On June 1st, the then winless Chicago Red Stars came into […]
Thorns FC first televised game on Fox Soccer
Thorns FC will play their first televised game when they host the Chicago Red Stars today at 4pm at Jeld-Wen on Fox Soccer Channel. Fox Soccer Channel picked up the rights for 6 regular season games and all 3 playoff games. The Thorns next two games will be on TV. Today’s game against the […]
A look at the midfield performance during Breakers home loss
When I got home from our last thorns game, I found my laptop in the classic blue screen of death, as such. No Line-up graphic for this game. Hoping to have that sorted out shortly 🙂 Last game. A 2-0 loss to the Boston Breakers, both goals from NWSL Player of the Week Sydney […]
Boston Breakers in Portland Tonight
After a couple of gameson the road, the Thorns come home tonight to play against a boston breakers team led by Sydney Leroux’s 8 goals on the season. Leroux is tied for the league lead with Kansas City’s Lauren Cheney. Personally I had to miss the last home game, so this is my first […]
Thorns reshuffle for Reign
The Thorns had to cope, not only with key players missing for international duty, but with a serious knee injury to holding midfielder Becky Edwards. Edwards has been fantastic for the thorns this season, often providing the steel at the back of the midfield that protects the center backs. Her tackling ability will be […]
Alex Morgan scores 2 for the US National Team
Four Portland Thorns players missed Thursday’s game because of call-ups for international duty. Canada required Karina LeBlanc and Christine Sinclair, while the US had need of Rachel Buehler and Alex Morgan. It wasnt the most beautiful or entertaining game of soccer, but it had its moments. With about 20 minutes left in the game, Abby […]