2013 Portland Thorns FC season

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Portland Thorns FC
2013 season
PresidentMerritt Paulson
Head coachCindy Parlow Cone
StadiumJeld-Wen Field
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 20,438)
National Women's Soccer League3rd
NWSL PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerAlex Morgan
Christine Sinclair (8 goals)
Highest home attendance16,479
Lowest home attendance11,055
Average home league attendance13,320
2014 →

The 2013 season was the Portland Thorns' inaugural season in the newly created National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's professional soccer in the United States. The Thorns ended the 22-game regular season with a 10-6-6 record, qualifying them for the NWSL playoffs. In their semi-final game the team beat FC Kansas City 3-2 in extra time, qualifying them to play Western New York Flash in the championship. The Thorns beat the Flash 2–0, making Portland Thorns FC the NWSL champion.

Background[]

in 2013

The league's founding was announced on November 21, 2012, with Portland as a host for one of eight teams.[1][2] At that time it was announced by Portland Timbers' owner Merritt Paulson that the Timbers would own the team.[2]

The chosen team, Portland Thorns FC, was announced on December 13, 2012, accompanied by the unveiling of its logo.[3][4][5] Both the name and logo were intended to invoke Portland's nickname of the Rose City.[3][6]

Cindy Parlow Cone was announced as the first head coach on December 19, 2012.[7]

Club[]

Executive staff[]

Majority Owner & President Merritt Paulson
Chief Operating Officer
General Manager / Technical Director Gavin Wilkinson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Jeld-Wen Field (20,438 / 110x70 yards)

Updated to match played February 11, 2013
Source: Portland Timbers

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head Coach Cindy Parlow Cone
Assistant Coach John Galas

Last updated: February 11, 2013
Source: [1]

Roster[]

In the National Women's Soccer League's (NWSL) inaugural season, the eight founding clubs filled out their rosters through numerous mechanisms. First, teams are allocated national team players from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Next, teams go through the NWSL College Draft, a free agency period, the NWSL Supplemental Draft, and the signing of Discovery Players.[8]

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Signed Via / Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Karina LeBlanc Canada (1980-03-30) 30 March 1980 (age 41) United States magicJack (WPS) National team allocation[9]
23 Adelaide Gay United States (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 31) University of North Carolina Discovery player[10]
Defenders
2 Marian Dougherty United States (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 36) United States magicJack (WPS) Supplemental draft[11]
4 Emilee O'Neil United States (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 (age 38) Stanford University Discovery player[10]
5 Kathryn Williamson United States (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 32) University of Florida NWSL College Draft[12]
7 Nikki Marshall United States (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 33) United StatesWestern New York Flash Free agent[13]
11 Jazmyne Avant United States (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 31) United StatesNew York Fury Discovery player[14]
16 Rachel Van Hollebeke United States (1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 36) United States Boston Breakers National team allocation[9]
Midfielders
3 Elizabeth Guess United States (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 36) United States Boston Breakers Waivers[15]
6 Meleana Shim United States (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 29) Santa Clara University Discovery player[10]
8 Angie Kerr United States (1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 (age 34) United StatesSky Blue FC Supplemental draft[11]
10 Allie Long United States (1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 (age 34) United StatesNew York Fury Free Agent[13]
12 Becky Edwards United States (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 (age 33) SwedenKristianstads DFF Free agent[13]
17 Tobin Heath United States (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 33) FranceParis Saint-Germain National team allocation[9][16]
20 Courtney Wetzel United States (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 32) Oregon State University Discovery player[10]
21 Nikki Washington United States (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 33) AustraliaCanberra United FC Free agent[13]
Forwards
9 Danielle Foxhoven United States (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 31) RussiaFC Energy Voronezh Discovery player[17]
12 Christine Sinclair (captain) Canada (1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 38) United States Western New York Flash National team allocation[9]
13 Alex Morgan United States (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 (age 32) United States Seattle Sounders Women National team allocation[9]
18 Jessica Shufelt United States (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 31) CanadaOttawa Fury Women Supplemental draft[11]

Last updated: May 20, 2013
Source: [2]

Competitions[]

All times Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00)

Preseason[]

March 30, 2013 Portland Thorns FC 2—1 University of Portland Portland, Oregon
19:00 Foxhoven Goal 52'
Long Goal 73'		 Report Frisbie Goal 30' Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 4,892
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Regular season[]

April 13, 2013 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
17:35 Cuellar Goal 3'
Mewis Yellow card 43'		 KC Report
Portland Report		 Sinclair Goal 66' (pen.)
Washington Yellow card 70'
Williamson Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 21, 2013 2 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 Dougherty Goal 45'
Morgan Goal 52'
Kerr Yellow card 8'
Long Yellow card 11'
Washington Yellow card 68'		 Portland Report Fishlock Goal 74' Yellow card 78'
Reed Yellow card 30'
Nairn Yellow card 33'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 16,479
Referee:
April 27, 2013 3 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
17:00 Mautz Yellow card 69' Portland Report Foxhoven Goal 70'
Sinclair Goal 81'		 Stadium: Village Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,855
Referee:
May 4, 2013 4 Washington Spirit 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
16:00 Matheson Goal 86' (pen.)
Harris Yellow card 13'		 Portland Report Morgan Goal 12' (pen.)
Washington Goal 51'
Long Yellow card 70'
Edwards Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,011
Referee:
May 12, 2013 5 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
15:00 Mautz Yellow card 54' Portland Report Morgan Goal 3'
Long Goal 34'
Buehler Yellow card 52'		 Stadium: Village Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,329
Referee: Kari Seitz
May 16, 2013 6 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 Sinclair Yellow card 80' Portland Report Lytle Goal 80' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 11,055
Referee:
May 19, 2013 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair Goal 41'
Morgan Goal 86'
Marshall Yellow card 65'		 Portland Report Gayle Yellow card 83' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,474
Referee:
May 25, 2013 8 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Tukwila, Washington
19:00 Portland Report Sinclair Goal 84' (pen.)
Edwards Yellow card 30'
Morgan Yellow card 38'
Dougherty Yellow card 51'		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 3,324
Referee: Margaret Domka
June 1, 2013 9 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
19:30 Edwards Yellow card 41'
Guess Yellow card 90'		 Portland Report Bywaters Goal 35'
Santacaterina Goal 61'
Chalupny Yellow card 56'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,446
Referee:
June 6, 2013 10 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:30 Morgan Goal 13' Yellow card 80'
Wetzel Goal 20'
Foxhoven Goal 48'
Long Goal 66'		 Portland Report Cheney Goal 34' (pen.), 56'
Tymrak Goal 81'
Mathias Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 10,886
Referee:
June 16, 2013 11 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 Foxhoven Goal 48'
Shim Goal 66'
Guess Yellow card 39'
Washington Yellow card 43'		 Portland Report Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,802
Referee:
June 22, 2013 12 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00 Portland Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Kari Seitz
June 30, 2013 13 FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
13:10 Cheney Goal 10'
Mathias Goal 71'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,774
Referee:
July 6, 2013 14 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
19:30 Report Leroux Goal 11', 39' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,436
Referee:
July 14, 2013 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
14:00 Shim Goal 39' Report Wambach Goal 38' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,021
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 21, 2013 16 Boston Breakers 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
13:00 Sanderson Goal 13' Report Morgan Goal 23'
Shim Goal 86'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,978
Referee:
July 28, 2013 17 Portland Thorns FC 3–3 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair Goal 23', 63'
Shim Goal 55'		 Report Mautz Goal 60', 75'
Sitch Goal 86'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Kari Seitz
July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) 18 Portland Thorns FC 3–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 PST Morgan Goal 37'
Shim Goal 65'
Long Goal 73'		 Report Marshall Goal 18' (o.g.) Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,769
Referee: Margaret Domka
August 4, 2013 19 Portland Thorns FC 2–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
14:00 Foxhoven Goal 51'
Morgan Goal 89'
Buehler Yellow card 90+4'		 Summary Holiday Goal 23', 55'
Mewis Goal 74'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 17,619
Referee: United States John McCloskey
August 7, 2013 20 Boston Breakers 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
16:00 Sanderson Goal 68'
O'Reilly Goal 84'		 Summary Weimer Goal 52' Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: United States Elvis Mahmutovic
August 10, 2013 21 Western New York Flash 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
16:35 Adriana Martín Yellow card 67' Summary Dalmy Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,606
Referee: United States Maraget Domka
August 17, 2013 22 Seattle Reign FC 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Tukwila, Washington
20:00 Rapinoe Goal 3' Summary Sinclair Goal 8', 83'
Marshall Yellow card 69'
Shim Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: United States Christina Unkel

Final round[]

24 August 2013 Semi Final FC Kansas City 2—3 (a.e.t.) Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
21:00 Tymrak Goal 12'
Henderson Goal 25'
Scott Yellow card 72'
Buczkowski Yellow card 86'		 Summary Heath Goal 33'
Dalmy Yellow card 50'
Long Yellow card 60' Goal 103'
Weimer Goal 65'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: United States Christina Unkel
31 August 2013 Final Western New York Flash 0—2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
21:00 Johnson Yellow card 33'
Adriana Martín Yellow card 73'		 Summary Heath Goal 40'
Williamson Yellow card 49' Red card 57'
Long Yellow card 88'
Sinclair Goal 90+2'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 9,129
Referee: United States Kari Seitz

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
22 38 11 6 5 32 25  +7 5 4 2 19 17  +2 6 2 3 13 8  +5

Last updated: August 18, 2013
Source:[citation needed]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAAAHHAHHHAAHHAHHHAAA
ResultDWWWWLWWLWWDLLDWDWLLDW
Position2111122222223333333333
Updated to match(es) played on August 18, 2013. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics[]

Team statistics[]

No. Pos. Name League Discipline
GP GS MP G A Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK Canada Karina LeBlanc 21 21 1890 0 0 0 0
2 DF United States Marian Dougherty 19 19 1666 1 1 2 0
3 MF United States Elizabeth Guess 4 1 67 0 0 2 0
4 DF/MF United States Emilee O'Neil 4 1 141 0 0 0 0
5 DF United States Kathryn Williamson 22 22 1944 0 0 1 0
6 MF United States Meleana Shim 19 17 1416 5 2 1 0
7 DF United States Nikki Marshall 22 22 1871 0 1 1 0
8 MF United States Angie Kerr 15 9 762 0 1 0 0
9 FW United States Danielle Foxhoven 21 7 997 4 0 1 0
10 MF United States Allie Long 22 22 1956 3 3 2 0
11 DF United States Jazmyne Avant 4 2 212 0 0 0 0
12 FW Canada Christine Sinclair 20 20 1783 8 2 2 0
13 FW United States Alex Morgan 18 18 1525 8 5 4 0
14 MF United States Becky Edwards 10 10 900 0 0 3 0
15 DF/MF United States Casey Ramirez 4 1 159 0 0 0 0
16 DF United States Rachel Buehler 20 20 1800 0 2 2 0
17 MF United States Tobin Heath 7 7 630 0 3 4 0
18 FW United States Jessica Shufelt 4 0 31 0 0 0 0
19 FW United States Tiffany Weimer 10 5 522 1 1 0 0
20 MF United States Courtney Wetzel 16 6 602 1 1 0 0
21 MF United States Nikki Washington 11 10 776 1 2 3 0
24 DF United States Tina Ellertson 3 0 40 0 0 0 0
26 GK United States Cris Lewis 1 1 90 0 0 0 0
Portland Thorns FC 22 1980 32 24 29 0
Opponents 22 1980 25 19 18 0

Statistics accurate as of October 11, 2013[18]

Goalkeeper stats[]

Last updated: October 11, 2013

No. Nat Player MIN GA GAA SV
1 Canada Karina LeBlanc 1890 23 1.1 92
23 United States Adelaide Gay 0 0 0 0
26 United States Cris Lewis 90 2 2 0

Honors[]

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Result Player Ref
April Won Canada Christine Sinclair [19]

Player Transactions[]

National Team Player Allocation[]

On January 11, 2013, the league held its player allocation for the national team players, with Portland receiving seven players: Rachel Buehler, Tobin Heath, Karina LeBlanc, Alex Morgan, Marlene Sandoval, Luz Saucedo, and Christine Sinclair.[9] On January 23, 2013, Heath signed a six-month contract with Paris Saint-Germain and expected to join the Thorns FC once the French club's season is concluded.[16] On March 21, 2013, Sandoval and Saucedo, the two allocated Mexico national team defenders, were removed from the team roster, due to an injury and decision by the Mexican Football Federation, respectively.[20]

National Women's Soccer League College Draft[]

Each team in the NWSL got to pick once per round, with the draft order based on how well each team did in allocation. The Thorns picked eighth (last) in each round.[10]

Date Player Pos Previous Club Round (Overall) Ref
January 18, 2013 United States Kathryn Williamson DF University of Florida 1 (8) [12]
January 18, 2013 United States MF University of Central Florida 2 (16) [12][21]
January 18, 2013 United States Amber Brooks MF University of North Carolina 3 (24) [12]
January 18, 2013 South Africa Roxanne Barker GK Pepperdine University 4 (32) [12][21]

Supplemental Draft Picks[]

Any player that wasn’t selected in the NWSL College Draft, and was done with her college eligibility, was eligible for the NWSL Supplemental Draft. The draft lasted six rounds. Again, the Thorns selected eighth (last) in each round.[10]

Date Player Pos Previous Club Pick (Overall) Ref
February 7, 2013 United States Tina Ellertson DF United StatesmagicJack (WPS) 1 (8) [11]
February 7, 2013 United States Angie Kerr MF United StatesSky Blue FC 2 (16) [11]
February 7, 2013 United States Michele Weissenhofer FW United StatesChicago Red Stars 3 (24) [11]
February 7, 2013 United States Marian Dougherty (Dalmy) DF United StatesmagicJack (WPS) 4 (32) [11]
February 7, 2013 United States Jessica Shufelt FW CanadaOttawa Fury Women 5 (40) [11]

Transfers In[]

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
April 24, 2013 United States Elizabeth Guess MF Boston Breakers Signed off Waivers [15]

Transfers Out[]

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref

References[]

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  14. ^ "Thorns FC sign defender Jazmyne Avant". Portland Timbers. February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b "Portland Signs Midfielder Elizabeth Guess". Oregon Live. April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b Farley, Richard (January 22, 2013). "One more: Tobin Heath headed for Paris Saint-Germain". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  17. ^ "Thorns FC sign forward Danielle Foxhoven". Portland Timbers. February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  18. ^ "Season 2013 – Player Stats and Leaderboards". NWSL. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  19. ^ "APRIL'S BEST: CHRISTINE SINCLAIR". NWSL. May 7, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
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