2014 Portland Thorns FC season
2014 season | |||
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President | Merritt Paulson | ||
Head coach | Paul Riley | ||
Stadium | Providence Park Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 20,438) | ||
National Women's Soccer League | 3rd | ||
NWSL Playoffs | Semifinals (eliminated by FC Kansas City) | ||
Top goalscorer | Jessica McDonald (11 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 19,123 (Aug. 3 vs. Houston Dash) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 9,672 (Jul 13 vs. FC Kansas City) | ||
Average home league attendance | 13,362 | ||
Biggest win | 7-1 (Jul. 13 vs. FC Kansas City) | ||
Biggest defeat | 0-5 (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 |
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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.
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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 ![]() Kerr ![]() Van Hollebeke ![]() McDonald ![]() Long ![]() Shim ![]() |
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 ![]() Acevedo ![]() Sinclair ![]() Tarr ![]() McDonald ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Long ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Marshall ![]() Long ![]() |
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 ![]() McDonald ![]() |
Report | Holiday ![]() Mathias ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | McDonald ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Little ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | McDonald ![]() Brooks ![]() |
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 ![]() McDonald ![]() Tarr ![]() |
Report | Bermudez ![]() Zerboni ![]() Reynolds ![]() Wambach ![]() Taylor ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() Reeves ![]() Jones ![]() Whitehill ![]() D’Agostino ![]() |
Report | Tarr ![]() Shim ![]() Sinclair ![]() |
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 ![]() Angerer ![]() Menges ![]() |
Report | Taylor ![]() Zerboni ![]() Lloyd ![]() Kerr ![]() |
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 ![]() Boquete ![]() |
Report | Angeli ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() Nairn ![]() |
Report | Sinclair ![]() Morgan ![]() Brooks ![]() McDonald ![]() Menges ![]() Long ![]() |
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 ![]() Van Hollebeke ![]() |
Report | Freels ![]() ![]() Foord ![]() Cutshall ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Brooks ![]() |
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 ![]() Huffman ![]() ![]() |
Report | Press ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Long ![]() Huffman ![]() |
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 ![]() Morgan ![]() Long ![]() Heath ![]() Sinclair ![]() Brooks ![]() |
Report | Gorry ![]() Richmond ![]() LePeilbet ![]() Buczkowski ![]() |
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 ![]() Chalupny ![]() |
Report | McDonald ![]() Sinclair ![]() Menges ![]() |
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 ![]() Sinclair ![]() Morgan ![]() McDonald ![]() |
Report | Schoepfer ![]() Washington ![]() O’Reilly ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Morgan ![]() |
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 ![]() Winters ![]() Kawasumi ![]() Rapinoe ![]() Little ![]() |
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 ![]() Marshall ![]() |
Report | Edwards ![]() |
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 ![]() O’Reilly ![]() King ![]() |
Report | Sinclair ![]() |
Stadium: Harvard Stadium Referee: Timon Berry |
Aug 17, 2014 24 | Portland Thorns FC | 1 - 0 | Seattle Reign FC | Portland, Oregon |
17:00 (PDT) | Morgan ![]() |
Report | Deines ![]() Rapinoe ![]() |
Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,109 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
Standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Results summary[]
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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[]
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 ![]() Phillips ![]() Holiday ![]() |
Report | Menges ![]() |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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January 2, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
Drafted by Portland in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. | [2] |
January 3, 2014 | ![]() |
FW | ![]() |
Acquired via national team allocation. | [3] |
January 13, 2014 | ![]() |
GK | ![]() |
[4] | |
January 13, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. | [5] |
January 17, 2014 | ![]() |
GK | ![]() |
Acquired via trade for a 4th-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. | [6] |
January 17, 2014 | ![]() |
DF | ![]() |
2014 NWSL College Draft pick. | [6] |
January 17, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick and Nikki Washington. | [6] |
January 17, 2014 | ![]() |
FW | ![]() |
2014 NWSL College Draft pick. | [6] |
February 17, 2014 | ![]() |
DF | ![]() |
[7] | |
April 7, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
DF/MF | ![]() |
[9] | |
April 9, 2014 | ![]() |
DF | ![]() |
[9] | |
July 25, 2014 | ![]() |
FW | ![]() |
Signed after amateur appearance. | [10] |
Transfers out[]
Date | Player | Pos | Destination Club | Notes | Ref |
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January 10, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
Selected in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft. | [11] |
January 13, 2014 | ![]() |
GK | ![]() |
Traded for 2nd-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. | [12] |
January 17, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
Tradeed along with a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick to acquire Meleana Shim. | [6] |
January 17, 2014 | ![]() |
FW | ![]() |
Traded for a 3rd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. | [6] |
August 25, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | ![]() |
[13] | |
September 10, 2014 | ![]() |
MF | None | Player waived. | [14] |
November 18, 2014 | ![]() |
DF | None | Player retired. | [15] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Match Recap: Houston Dash 0, Portland Thorns FC 1". April 13, 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Thorns FC sign midfielder Amber Brooks | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC add Jackie Acevedo through 2014 NWSL Allocation of National Team Players | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC sign goalkeeper Nadine Angerer | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Sinead Farrelly from FC Kansas City in exchange for 2014 second-round pick | PTFC".
- ^ a b c d e f "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Meleana Shim, goalkeeper Michelle Betos in separate trades at 2014 NWSL College Draft | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC sign defender Stephanie Catley | PTFC".
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Thorns FC sign Courtney Niemiec and Katarina Tarr | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC sign forward Hanna Terry | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Meleana Shim, goalkeeper Michelle Betos in separate trades at 2014 NWSL College Draft | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC acquire second-round pick in 2015 NWSL Draft from Chicago in exchange for goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc | PTFC".
- ^ "Thorns FC midfielder Vero Boquete signs with FFC Frankfurt | PTFC".
- ^ http://www.timbers.com/thornsfc/2014/09/thorns-fc-waive-midfielder-angie-kerr[bare URL]
- ^ "Thorns FC defender Sarah Huffman announces retirement | PTFC".
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