2019 Portland Thorns FC season

The 2019 Portland Thorns FC season was the team's and the league's seventh season of existence. The Thorns play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Due to construction at Providence Park, the Thorns would start the season with six consecutive away matches.[1]

Portland Thorns FC
2019 season
Several Thorns players were on the U.S. national team that won the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Pictured here, those players greeted the then-record size audience upon their return, prior to a match against the Houston Dash.
ChairmanMerritt Paulson
ManagerMark Parsons
StadiumProvidence Park
Portland, Oregon
National Women's Soccer League3rd
NWSL PlayoffsSemifinals (eliminated by Chicago Red Stars)
Top goalscorerChristine Sinclair (9 goals), Margaret Purce (8 goals)
Highest home attendance25,218 August 11 vs. North Carolina Courage
Lowest home attendance15,581 June 21 vs. Utah Royals FC
Average home league attendance20,098
Biggest win5–0
(July 24 vs. Houston Dash)
Biggest defeat0–6
(Sep. 11 vs. North Carolina Courage)
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Team

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Squad

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Updated July 28, 2022, referencing same, to add #36 Angela Salem

Updated May 8, 2019 [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   USA Katherine Reynolds
4 DF   USA Emily Menges
7 FW   SUI Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
8 MF   BRA Andressinha
9 FW   AUS Caitlin Foord
10 MF   USA Lindsey Horan
11 MF   ISL Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
12 FW   CAN Christine Sinclair
15 DF   AUS Ellie Carpenter
16 DF   USA Emily Sonnett
17 MF   USA Tobin Heath
20 DF   USA Kelli Hubly
21 FW   AUS Hayley Raso
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   USA Margaret Purce
24 GK   USA Adrianna Franch
25 DF   USA Meghan Klingenberg
27 DF   USA Elizabeth Ball
30 MF   USA Celeste Boureille
31 GK   USA Bella Bixby
33 GK   USA Britt Eckerstrom
34 FW   USA Tyler Lussi
35 DF   USA Gabby Seiler
36 MF   USA Angela Salem
37 MF   USA Emily Ogle
38 FW   USA Simone Charley
41 DF   USA Madison Pogarch

Competitions

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Preseason

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Thorns Spring Invitational

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March 24, 2019 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
17:00 Lussi   6' (Sonnett)
Sinclair   74' (Heath)
Report Sharples   54' (Sánchez) Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 3,420
March 27, 2019 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 United States U-23 Portland, Oregon
19:30 Report Macario   6' (pen.) Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 1,943
March 30, 2019 Portland Thorns FC 0–0 Reign FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 Report Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 4,100

Regular season

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April 14 1 Orlando Pride 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Orlando, Florida
14:00 PST Camila   90+1' Report
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 7,189
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva
April 20 2 Chicago Red Stars 4–4 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
12:30
Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 12,967
Referee: Karen Abt
April 28 3 Sky Blue FC 2–2 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00
Report
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,321
May 11 4 Orlando Pride 1–3 Portland Thorns FC Orlando, Florida
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 4,369
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
Note: Play suspended for inclement weather in second half stoppage time
May 18 5 Washington Spirit 3–1 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
16:00 Hatch   16'
Dougherty Howard   25'
Brynjarsdottir   47' (o.g.)
DiBiasi   71'
Staab   87'
Logarzo   90+4'
Box Foord   67' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,049
May 25 6 Sky Blue FC 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
15:00 Box Purce   69'
Brynjarsdottir   87'
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,472
June 2 7 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
15:00
Box
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,461
Referee: Victor Rivas
June 15 8 North Carolina Courage 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Cary, North Carolina
16:45
Box
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 6,172
Note: doubleheader with North Carolina FC.
June 21 9 Portland Thorns FC 0–0 Utah Royals FC Portland, Oregon
20:00
Box
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,581
June 29 10 Houston Dash 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
17:30 Simon   51'
Murray   75'
Report Ball   60'
Lussi   70'
Purce   75'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,379
July 5 11 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Reign FC Portland, Oregon
20:00 Brynjarsdóttir   54' Box
Report
Barnes   22'
Groom   52'
Celia   55'   64'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,116
July 14 12 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 Orlando Pride Portland, Oregon
12:00
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 18,909
July 19 13 Utah Royals FC 2–2 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
19:00 Press   43'
Corsie   90'
Report Sinclair   9'
Foord   83'
Sauerbrunn   87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 15,931
July 24 14 Portland Thorns FC 5–0 Houston Dash Portland, Oregon
19:30
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 22,329
August 3 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
20:00 Sinclair   39' (pen) Report Dorsey   69'
Pierre-Louis   73'   90+2'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,070
August 7 16 Reign FC 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Tacoma, Washington
19:00 Catley   31'
White   55'
Taylor   78'
Box
Report
Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 5,865
August 11 17 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 North Carolina Courage Portland, Oregon
12:00 Foord   19'
Labbé   56' (o.g)
Erceg   82' (o.g)
Report Dunn   4' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 25,218
Note: Game was broadcast on ESPNews
August 17 18 Portland Thorns FC 3–1 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
19:30 Raso   5'
Sonnett   19'
Sinclair   63'
Report Kellond-Knight   58'
Sullivan   68'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 20,895
August 25 19 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
12:00 Sinclair   12'
Purce   24', 56'
Heath   70'
Report Stanton   63'
Nagasato   84'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,542
September 6 20 Utah Royals FC 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
18:30 Sauerbrunn   36'
Corsie   65'
Rodriguez   78'
Report Sonnett   61'   77'
Horan   80'
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
September 11 21 Portland Thorns FC 0–6 North Carolina Courage Portland, Oregon
19:30 Klingenberg   57'
Horan   58'
Report Debinha   15'
L. Williams   21', 24', 68'
Dunn   61'
Hinkle   69'
Hamilton   89'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,517
September 21 22 Portland Thorns FC 1–0 Houston Dash Portland, Oregon
19:30 Heath   48' Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,022
September 29 23 Reign FC 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Tacoma, Washington
13:00 Taylor   27'
Nielsen   36'
Yanez   51'
Balcer   81'
Box Foord   34'
Dagný   57'
Sonnett   89'
Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 7,370
October 12 24 Portland Thorns FC 0–0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
19:30 Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 24,521

Postseason playoffs

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October 20 (20-10) Semifinal Chicago Red Stars 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Bridgeview, Illinois
2:30 p.m. CDT Kerr   8' Report Ball   45+1' Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 9,218
Note: Televised on ESPN2

Regular-season standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Carolina Courage (C) 24 15 4 5 54 23 +31 49 NWSL Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 24 14 2 8 41 28 +13 44 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 11 7 6 40 31 +9 40
4 Reign FC 24 10 8 6 27 27 0 38
5 Washington Spirit 24 9 7 8 30 25 +5 34
6 Utah Royals FC 24 10 4 10 25 25 0 34
7 Houston Dash 24 7 5 12 21 36 −15 26
8 Sky Blue FC 24 5 5 14 20 34 −14 20
9 Orlando Pride 24 4 4 16 24 53 −29 16
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
24 11 7 6 40 31  +9 40 7 3 2 22 13  +9 4 4 4 18 18  0

Last updated: October 12, 2019.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by round
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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
StadiumAAAAAAHAHAHHAHHAHHHAHHAH
ResultWDDWLWWDDWLWDWDLWWWLLWLD
Position114563233132112211112333
Updated to match(es) played on September 29, 2019. Source: NWSLsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistical leaders

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Player Transactions

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Source: National Women's Soccer League[3]
Round Pick Nat. Player Pos. Previous Team
Round 3 24   Emily Ogle M Penn State
Date Player Positions played Previous club Fee/notes Ref.
February 13, 2019   Dagný Brynjarsdóttir MF Maternity Leave Signed [4]
May 8, 2019   Madison Pogarch DF Rutgers University Signed [5]
May 8, 2019   Simone Charley FW Vanderbilt University Signed [5]
Date Player Positions played Destination club Fee/notes Ref.
October 1, 2018   Meg Morris MF Retired [6]
May 8, 2019   Ifeoma Onumonu FW Reign FC Waived. [5]
May 8, 2019   Mallory Weber FW Utah Royals FC Waived. [5]

Awards

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As of October 9, 2019.

NWSL Monthly Awards

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Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref
April   Meghan Klingenberg   Christine Sinclair   Tobin Heath [7]
June   Katherine Reynolds   Midge Purce [8]
July   Gabby Seiler [9]
August   Emily Menges   Christine Sinclair   Midge Purce [10]
Week Result Player Ref.
1 Won   Tobin Heath [11]
2 Won   Christine Sinclair [12]
19 Won   Midge Purce [13]
Week Result Player Ref.
1 Won   Tobin Heath [14]
2 Nominated   Christine Sinclair [15]
3 Won   Tobin Heath [16]
5 Won   Andressinha [17]
7 Nominated   Margaret Purce [18]
8 Won   Margaret Purce [19][20]
9 Nominated   Margaret Purce [21]
11 Won   Tyler Lussi [22]
13 Won   Tyler Lussi [23]
14 Nominated   Christine Sinclair [24]
15 Nominated   Hayley Raso [25]
23 Won   Tobin Heath [26]
Week Result Player Ref.
5 Nominated   Britt Eckerstrom [27]
6 Won   Britt Eckerstrom [28][29]
14 Won   Adrianna Franch [30]
17 Won   Adrianna Franch [31]
18 Nominated   Adrianna Franch [32]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Providence Park stadium expansion project remains on schedule". October 17, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Thorns FC announce 2019 season-opening roster". April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "List: Every pick of the 2019 NWSL College Draft". National Women's Soccer League. January 10, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Dagny Brynjarsdottir returns to Portland without truly leaving". February 13, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d "Thorns FC sign three players to supplemental roster". May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Meg Morris listed as retiring in NWSL Re-Entry Wire". October 1, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Balf, Celia (May 3, 2019). "March Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  8. ^ "June Team of the Month". July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "July Team of the Month". August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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  12. ^ "Player of the Week: Christine Sinclari". NWSL. April 23, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  13. ^ Levine, Matthew (August 27, 2019). "Week 19 Player of the Week: Midge Purce, Portland Thorns FC". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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  22. ^ "Week 11 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  23. ^ "Tyler Lussi, Portland Thorns FC | Week 13 #NWSL Goal of the Week". YouTube. National Women's Soccer League. July 16, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  24. ^ "WEEK 14 GOAL OF THE WEEK NOMINEES". NWSLSoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
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  26. ^ "Tobin Heath, Portland Thorns Week 23 #NWSL Goal of the Week". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  27. ^ "Vote: Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  28. ^ "Vote: Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  29. ^ "Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  30. ^ "ADRIANNA FRANCH, PORTLAND THORNS FC WEEK 14 SAVE OF THE WEEK". NWSL. NWSLSoccer.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  31. ^ "Adrianna Franch, Portland Thorns FC | Week 17 #NWSL Save of the Week". YouTube. National Women's Soccer League. August 13, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  32. ^ "Week 18 Save of the Week nominees | #NWSL 2019". YouTube. National Women's Soccer League. August 19, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
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See also

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