2019 Portland Thorns FC season

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.
Chairman	Merritt Paulson
Manager	Mark Parsons
Stadium	Providence Park; Portland, Oregon
National Women's Soccer League	3rd
NWSL Playoffs	Semifinals (eliminated by Chicago Red Stars)
Top goalscorer	Christine Sinclair (9 goals), Margaret Purce (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,218 August 11 vs. North Carolina Courage
Lowest home attendance	15,581 June 21 vs. Utah Royals FC
Average home league attendance	20,098
Biggest win	5–0; (July 24 vs. Houston Dash)
Biggest defeat	0–6; (Sep. 11 vs. North Carolina Courage)
Home colours	Away colours
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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]

Team

Squad

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

Preseason

Thorns Spring Invitational

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

April 14 1	Orlando Pride	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Orlando, Florida
14:00 PST	Camila 90+1'	Report	Foord 45' Heath 49'	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	Nagasato 18' (pen.), 90+1' Kerr 20' Vasconcelos 78'	Report	Sinclair 16', 51', 87' (pen.) Crnogorčević 33'	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	Lloyd 6', 18' James 60'	Report	Sonnett 32' Heath 34'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,321

May 11 4	Orlando Pride	1–3	Portland Thorns FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30pm	Pressley 10' Hill 35' Pickett 74'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir 28' Andressinha 36' Foord 57' Boureille 61'	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	Purce 27', 31' Ball 37' Everett 85'	Box	Short 66'	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	Kurtz 19' Spetsmark 59'	Box	Purce 26'	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	LaBonta 56'	Box	Boureille 30'	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	Raso 3' Purce 58' Sinclair 66' Seiler 83' Lussi 90+4'	Report	Hill 36' Marta 61' Menges 68' (o.g.) Greening 69' 90' Elinsky 90+2'	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	Horan 7' Raso 12', 23' Sinclair 18' (pen.) Campbell 71' (o.g.)	Report	Chapman 70'	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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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


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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stadium	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	1	1	4	5	6	3	2	3	3	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3

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

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Christine Sinclair	9
2	Margaret Purce	8
3	Hayley Raso	4
4	Caitlin Foord	3
4	Tobin Heath	3
6	Tyler Lussi	2
6	Emily Sonnett	2
8	Andressinha	1
	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
	Dagny Brynjarsdottir
	Marissa Everett
	Lindsay Horan

Top assists

Rank	Player	Assists
1	Meghan Klingenberg	4
2	Tobin Heath	3
3	Simone Charley	2
	Caitlin Foord
	Lindsey Horan
6	Ana-Maria Crnogorčević	1
	Christine Sinclair
	Dagny Brynjarsdottir
	Celeste Boureille
	Tyler Lussi
	Ellie Carpenter

Shutouts

Rank	Player	Clean sheets
1	Adrianna Franch	4
2	Britt Eckerstrom	3

Player Transactions

2019 NWSL College Draft

Source: National Women's Soccer League^[3]

Round	Pick	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Previous Team
Round 3	24		Emily Ogle	M	Penn State

In

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]

Out

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

As of 9 October 2019

NWSL Monthly Awards

NWSL Team of the Month

Month	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]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref.
1	Won	Tobin Heath	^[11]
2	Won	Christine Sinclair	^[12]
19	Won	Midge Purce	^[13]

NWSL Goal of the Week

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]

NWSL Save of the Week

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

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Thorns FC sign three players to supplemental roster". May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
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^ Levine, Matthew (August 27, 2019). "Week 19 Player of the Week: Midge Purce, Portland Thorns FC". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
^ "Tobin Heath, Portland Thorns FC, Week 1 Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. April 16, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
^ "Week 2 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
^ "Week 3Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League. April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
^ "Vote: Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
^ "Week 7 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League youtube. May 28, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^ "Week 8 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ "Week 8 Goal of the Week". National Women's Soccer League twitter. June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
^ "Week 9 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
^ "Week 11 Goal of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
^ "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.
^ "WEEK 14 GOAL OF THE WEEK NOMINEES". NWSLSoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
^ "Week 15 Goal of the Week nominees #NWSL 2019". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
^ "Tobin Heath, Portland Thorns Week 23 #NWSL Goal of the Week". YouTube. NWSL. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
^ "Vote: Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
^ "Vote: Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
^ "Save of the Week Nominees". National Women's Soccer League twitter. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
^ "ADRIANNA FRANCH, PORTLAND THORNS FC WEEK 14 SAVE OF THE WEEK". NWSL. NWSLSoccer.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Week 18 Save of the Week nominees | #NWSL 2019". YouTube. National Women's Soccer League. August 19, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

External links

Official website