2014 Portland Thorns FC season

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Portland Thorns FC
2014 season
PresidentMerritt Paulson
Head coachPaul Riley
StadiumProvidence Park
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 20,438)
National Women's Soccer League3rd
NWSL PlayoffsSemifinals (eliminated by FC Kansas City)
Top goalscorerJessica McDonald (11 goals)
Highest home attendance19,123
(Aug. 3 vs. Houston Dash)
Lowest home attendance9,672
(Jul 13 vs. FC Kansas City)
Average home league attendance13,362
Biggest win7-1
(Jul. 13 vs. FC Kansas City)
Biggest defeat0-5
(June 7 vs. Western New York Flash)
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The 2014 season is the Portland Thorns FC's second season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Club[]

Executive staff[]

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

Updated to match played October 6, 2014
Source: [1]

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Head Coach Paul Riley
Assistant Coach Mike Demakis
Assistant Coach Skip Thorp
Assistant Coach Scot Thompson
Goalkeeper Coach Steve Reese
Athletic Trainer Katie Donnelly

Last updated: October 6, 2014
Source: [2]

Roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Nadine Angerer
2 DF United States USA Rebecca Moros
4 DF Australia AUS Stephanie Catley
6 MF United States USA Meleana Shim
7 DF United States USA Nikki Marshall
8 MF United States USA Angie Kerr
9 MF Spain ESP Verónica Boquete
10 MF United States USA Allie Long
12 FW Canada CAN Christine Sinclair
13 FW United States USA Alex Morgan
14 FW United States USA Jessica McDonald
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF United States USA Rachel Van Hollebeke
17 MF United States USA Tobin Heath
18 GK United States USA Michelle Betos
19 MF United States USA Sarah Huffman
20 DF United States USA Kat Tarr
21 DF United States USA Emily Menges
22 MF United States USA Amber Brooks
23 FW Mexico MEX Jackie Acevedo
24 MF United States USA Sinead Farrelly
25 DF United States USA Courtney Niemiec
28 FW Sweden SWE Hanna Terry

Match results[]

Key[]

  Win   Tie   Loss

Pre-season[]

March 28, 2014 Arizona Wildcats 0–10 Portland Thorns FC Tucson, Arizona
19:00 (PDT) Report Sinclair 3'
Kerr 6'
Van Hollebeke 33', 53'
McDonald 42', 48'
Long 55', 58'
Shim 68', 90'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,774
Referee: Ramy Touchan
March 30, 2014 Arizona State Sun Devils 0–5 Portland Thorns FC Tucson, Arizona
19:00 (PDT) Report Long 3', 19'
Acevedo 45'
Sinclair 51'
Tarr Yellow card 69'
McDonald 82'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Matt Stewart

Regular season[]

April 12, 2014 1 Houston Dash 0 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Masar Yellow card 74' Report Long Yellow card 15' 24' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,097 [1]
Referee: Christina Unkel
Apr 19, 2014 2 Sky Blue FC 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 (PDT) Rampone 25' Report Marshall Yellow card 73'
Long 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,983
Referee: Mark Allatin
Apr 26, 2014 3 Portland Thorns FC 3 - 1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Long 44' (pen.)
McDonald 84', 88'		 Report Holiday 56' (pen.)
Mathias Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 3, 2014 4 Western New York Flash 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
19:00 (PDT) Bermudez 39' Report McDonald 43' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,674
Referee: Matthew Franz
May 10, 2014 5 Portland Thorns FC 0 - 1 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT) Brooks Yellow card 29' Report Little 89' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,182
Referee: Boris Senic
May 14, 2014 6 Houston Dash 0 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Ohai Yellow card 76' Report McDonald 57'
Brooks Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 21, 2014 7 Portland Thorns FC 2 - 1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Long 17'
McDonald 49'
Tarr Yellow card 75'		 Report Bermudez Yellow card 14'
Zerboni 57'
Reynolds Yellow card 73'
Wambach Yellow card 81'
Taylor Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,920
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 24, 2014 8 Portland Thorns FC 0 - 1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Report O'Hara 84' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,427
Referee: Bernard Hosu
May 28, 2014 9 Boston Breakers 4 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
19:30 (PDT) Ezurike 2'
Reeves 25', 45', 59'
Jones Yellow card 39'
Whitehill Yellow card 64'
D’Agostino Yellow card 73'		 Report Tarr Red card 42'
Shim Yellow card  58'
Sinclair 62'		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: Boris Senic
Jun 7, 2014 10 Portland Thorns FC 0 - 5 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Marshall Yellow card 23'
Angerer Red card 28'
Menges Yellow card 31'		 Report Taylor Yellow card 5'
Zerboni 11'
Lloyd 28' (pen.), 51'
Kerr 32', 47'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,838
Referee: Juliana Duncan
Jun 15, 2014 11 Portland Thorns FC 2 - 0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT) McDonald 11'
Boquete 78'		 Report Angeli Yellow card 45+2' Yellow-red card 86' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,056
Referee: Michael Zapata
Jun 21, 2014 12 Washington Spirit 1 - 6 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
18:30 (PDT) Gayle Yellow card 10'
Nairn 62'		 Report Sinclair 5'
Morgan 10', 71'
Brooks Yellow card 59'
McDonald 85', 87'
Menges Yellow card 89'
Long 90+1'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,806
Referee: Kristen Salazar
Jun 25, 2014 13 Portland Thorns FC 1 - 2 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Sinclair 54'
Van Hollebeke Yellow card 76'		 Report Freels 8' Yellow card 75'
Foord Yellow card 46'
Cutshall 65'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,477
Referee: Bernard Hosu
Jun 28, 2014 14 FC Kansas City 1 - 0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 (PDT) Holiday 41' Report Brooks Yellow card 50' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,421
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Jul 4, 2014 15 Portland Thorns FC 2 - 2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
14:00 (PDT) McDonald 24'
Huffman 39' Yellow card 62'		 Report Press 76', 82' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,084
Referee: Timon Berry
Jul 9, 2014 16 Chicago Red Stars 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
20:00 (PDT) Van Egmond 86' (pen.) Report Long 27' (pen.)
Huffman Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium
Referee: Boris Senic
Jul 13, 2014 17 Portland Thorns FC 7 - 1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT) Boquete 3', 74' (pen.)
Morgan 15'
Long 43', 62'
Heath Yellow card 70'
Sinclair 80'
Brooks 88'		 Report Gorry 30'
Richmond Yellow card 40'
LePeilbet Yellow card 42'
Buczkowski Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 9,672
Referee: Christina Unkel
Jul 17, 2014 18 Chicago Red Stars 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
20:00 (PDT) Boxx Yellow card 57'
Chalupny 77'		 Report McDonald 1'
Sinclair Yellow card 57'
Menges Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 2,014
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Jul 20, 2014 19 Portland Thorns FC 6 - 3 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT) Long 21' (pen.)
Sinclair 35', 42', 46'
Morgan 52'
McDonald 88'		 Report Schoepfer 14'
Washington 32'
O’Reilly 39' (pen.)		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,383
Referee: Margaret Domka
Jul 23, 2014 20 Washington Spirit 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
19:00 (PDT) Taylor 68' Report Morgan 8' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Jul 27, 2014 21 Seattle Reign FC 5 - 0 Portland Thorns FC Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT) Leroux 4'
Winters Yellow card 10'
Kawasumi 40', 49'
Rapinoe 57'
Little 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,597
Referee: Boris Senic
Aug 3, 2014 22 Portland Thorns FC 1 - 0 Houston Dash Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Boquette 54'
Marshall Yellow card 90'		 Report Edwards Yellow card 45' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,123
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Aug 10, 2014 23 Boston Breakers 2 - 0 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 (PDT) Wood 14'
O’Reilly 28'
King Yellow card 53'		 Report Sinclair Yellow card 29' Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Referee: Timon Berry
Aug 17, 2014 24 Portland Thorns FC 1 - 0 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT) Morgan 68' Report Deines Yellow card 50'
Rapinoe Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,109
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Standings[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion

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
24 36 10 8 6 39 35  +4 7 4 1 25 17  +8 3 4 5 14 18  −4

Last updated: August 17, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
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[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultWDWDLWWLLLWWLLDDWDWDLWLW
Updated to match(es) played on August 17, 2014. Source: National Women's Soccer League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Championship Playoffs[]

August 23, 2014 Semifinal FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 (CDT) Rodriguez 65'
Phillips Yellow card 84'
Holiday 87'		 Report Menges Yellow card 22' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey

Squad statistics[]

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed

Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
23 FW Jackie Acevedo 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
9 MF Veronica Boquete 15 15 1335 4 6 1 31 12 2 16 1 8 17 0 0
22 MF Amber Brooks 20 19 1598 1 2 0 21 7 2 10 1 25 9 4 0
4 DF Stephanie Catley 14 13 1141 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 8 10 0 0
24 MF Sinead Farrelly 17 16 1303 0 0 0 11 6 1 1 5 15 18 0 0
17 MF Tobin Heath 5 5 401 0 0 0 13 7 0 1 1 8 6 1 0
19 MF Sarah Huffman 22 9 962 1 1 0 6 2 3 3 0 9 7 2 0
8 MF Angie Kerr 14 8 676 0 3 0 12 7 3 0 1 3 1 0 0
10 MF Allie Long 22 20 1809 9 3 1 44 21 10 113 15 31 29 1 0
7 DF Nikki Marshall 24 24 2072 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 16 13 3 0
14 FW Jessica McDonald 24 13 1310 11 1 4 48 26 4 1 5 12 6 0 0
21 DF Emily Menges 23 22 1972 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 4 3 0
13 FW Alex Morgan 14 13 1135 6 4 3 56 36 0 1 16 5 12 0 0
2 MF Rebecca Moros 18 13 1171 0 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 9 7 0 0
25 DF Courtney Niemiec 11 10 824 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 5 6 0 0
6 MF Meleana Shim 17 4 530 0 2 0 14 6 0 0 0 4 6 1 0
12 FW Christine Sinclair 23 22 1987 7 1 1 77 40 1 2 12 11 16 2 0
11 FW Elisabeth Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Kat Tarr 6 5 405 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 14 1 1 1
28 FW Hanna Terry 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Rachel Van Hollebeke 12 9 835 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 6 1 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Nadine Angerer 22 22 1917 8 8 6 232 104 74 30 1.364 3 4 4
18 GK Michelle Betos 3 2 243 2 0 0 34 14 9 5 1.667 1 1 1

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
January 2, 2014 United States Amber Brooks MF Germany Bayern Munich Drafted by Portland in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. [2]
January 3, 2014 Mexico Jackie Acevedo FW United States Houston Aces Acquired via national team allocation. [3]
January 13, 2014 Germany Nadine Angerer GK Australia Brisbane Roar [4]
January 13, 2014 United States Sinead Farrelly MF United States FC Kansas City Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [5]
January 17, 2014 United States Michelle Betos GK United States Boston Breakers Acquired via trade for a 4th-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
January 17, 2014 United States Emily Menges DF United States Georgetown University 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
January 17, 2014 United States Meleana Shim MF United States Houston Dash Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick and Nikki Washington. [6]
January 17, 2014 United States Elisabeth Sullivan FW United States Mississippi State University 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
February 17, 2014 Australia Stephanie Catley DF Australia Melbourne Victory [7]
April 7, 2014 Spain Verónica Boquete MF United States Western New York Flash Acquired along with Sarah Huffman via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick. [8]
April 7, 2014 United States Sarah Huffman MF United States Western New York Flash Acquired along with Verónica Boquete via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick. [8]
April 9, 2014 United States Courtney Niemiec DF/MF United States La Salle University [9]
April 9, 2014 United States Katarina Tarr DF Germany SGS Essen [9]
July 25, 2014 United States Hanna Terry FW United States Northeastern University Signed after amateur appearance. [10]

Transfers out[]

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref
January 10, 2014 United States Meleana Shim MF United States Houston Dash Selected in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft. [11]
January 13, 2014 Canada Karina LeBlanc GK United States Chicago Red Stars Traded for 2nd-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. [12]
January 17, 2014 United States Nikki Washington MF United States Houston Dash Tradeed along with a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick to acquire Meleana Shim. [6]
January 17, 2014 United States Tiffany Weimer FW United States Washington Spirit Traded for a 3rd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
August 25, 2014 Spain Verónica Boquete MF Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt [13]
September 10, 2014 United States Angie Kerr MF None Player waived. [14]
November 18, 2014 United States Sarah Huffman DF None Player retired. [15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Match Recap: Houston Dash 0, Portland Thorns FC 1". April 13, 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Thorns FC sign midfielder Amber Brooks | PTFC".
  3. ^ "Thorns FC add Jackie Acevedo through 2014 NWSL Allocation of National Team Players | PTFC".
  4. ^ "Thorns FC sign goalkeeper Nadine Angerer | PTFC".
  5. ^ "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Sinead Farrelly from FC Kansas City in exchange for 2014 second-round pick | PTFC".
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Meleana Shim, goalkeeper Michelle Betos in separate trades at 2014 NWSL College Draft | PTFC".
  7. ^ "Thorns FC sign defender Stephanie Catley | PTFC".
  8. ^ a b "Thorns FC acquire Spanish international Verónica Boquete, midfielder Sarah Huffman from Western New York Flash in exchange for midfielder Courtney Wetzel, defender Kathryn Williamson, 2015 NWSL College Draft First Round Draft Pick | Portland Timbers". Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Archived 2019-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b "Thorns FC sign Courtney Niemiec and Katarina Tarr | PTFC".
  10. ^ "Thorns FC sign forward Hanna Terry | PTFC".
  11. ^ "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Meleana Shim, goalkeeper Michelle Betos in separate trades at 2014 NWSL College Draft | PTFC".
  12. ^ "Thorns FC acquire second-round pick in 2015 NWSL Draft from Chicago in exchange for goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc | PTFC".
  13. ^ "Thorns FC midfielder Vero Boquete signs with FFC Frankfurt | PTFC".
  14. ^ http://www.timbers.com/thornsfc/2014/09/thorns-fc-waive-midfielder-angie-kerr[bare URL]
  15. ^ "Thorns FC defender Sarah Huffman announces retirement | PTFC".

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