2020 Portland Thorns FC season

Portland Thorns FC
2020 season
Chairman	Merritt Paulson
Manager	Mark Parsons
Stadium	Providence Park; Portland, Oregon
2020 NWSL Challenge Cup	Semi-finals
Average home league attendance	14,391
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020 Portland Thorns FC season will be the team's and the league's eighth 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 the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 12, 2020 the Thorns canceled their preseason tournament, scheduled for March 29-April 4.^[1] On March 20, 2020, the NWSL postponed the start of the league's regular season indefinitely.^[2]

Team[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mark Parsons
Assistant Coach	Rich Gunney
Assistant Coach	Sophie Clough
Goalkeeper Coach	Nadine Angerer
Fitness Coach and Performance Specialist	Tom Milroy
Head Athletic Trainer	Pierre Soubrier
Athletic Trainer	Bailey Torrez
Team Physician	Breanne Brown, M.D.

Last updated: April 10, 2020
Source: https://www.timbers.com/club/front-office

Current squad[]

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Since	Previous team	Notes^[a]
Goalkeepers
24	Adrianna Franch	(1990-11-02)November 2, 1990 (aged 29)	2016	Avaldsnes IL	FED
31	Bella Bixby	(1995-11-25)November 25, 1995 (aged 24)	2018	Oregon State
33	Britt Eckerstrom	(1993-05-28)May 28, 1993 (aged 26)	2017	Western New York Flash
Defenders
2	Katherine Reynolds	(1987-09-14)September 14, 1987 (aged 32)	2016	Washington Spirit
4	Becky Sauerbrunn	(1985-06-06)June 6, 1985 (aged 34)	2020	Utah Royals FC
5	Emily Menges	(1992-07-28)July 28, 1992 (aged 27)	2014	Georgetown
15	Madison Pogarch	(1997-11-05)November 5, 1997 (aged 22)	2019	Rutgers
20	Kelli Hubly	(1994-08-09)August 9, 1994 (aged 25)	2017	DePaul
25	Meghan Klingenberg	(1988-08-02)August 2, 1988 (aged 31)	2016	Houston Dash
35	Gabby Seiler	(1994-09-14)September 14, 1994 (aged 25)	2018	Florida
18	Christen Westphal	(1993-09-02)September 2, 1993 (aged 26)	2020	Reign FC
39	Meaghan Nally	(1998-06-30)June 30, 1998 (aged 21)	2020	Georgetown
Midfielders
10	Lindsey Horan	(1994-05-26)May 26, 1994 (aged 25)	2016	Paris Saint-Germain	FED
17	Tobin Heath	(1988-05-29)May 29, 1988 (aged 31)	2013	Paris Saint-Germain	FED
30	Celeste Boureille	(1994-04-20)April 20, 1994 (aged 25)	2016	California Golden Bears
36	Angela Salem	(1988-07-24)July 24, 1988 (aged 31)	2018	Boston Breakers
11	Raquel Rodríguez	(1993-10-28)October 28, 1993 (aged 26)	2020	Sky Blue FC	INT
37	Emily Ogle	(1996-08-05)August 5, 1996 (aged 23)	2019	Penn State
Forwards
9	Sophia Smith	(2000-08-10)August 10, 2000 (aged 19)	2020	Stanford
12	Christine Sinclair	(1983-06-12)June 12, 1983 (aged 36)	2013	Western New York Flash	FED
22	Morgan Weaver	(1997-10-18)October 18, 1997 (aged 22)	2020	Washington State
34	Tyler Lussi	(1995-01-26)January 26, 1995 (aged 25)	2017	Princeton
38	Simone Charley	(1995-02-04)February 4, 1995 (aged 25)	2019	Vanderbilt
40	Marissa Everett	(1997-08-29)August 29, 1997 (aged 22)	2019	Oregon

^ denotes a season-ending injury.

Competitions[]

Challenge Cup[]

Preliminary round[]

June 27 (27-06) 1	North Carolina Courage	2–1	Portland Thorns FC	Herriman, Utah
	Debinha 75' L. Williams 90+4'	Report	Charley 80'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Note: Televised on CBS

July 1 (1-07) 2	Portland Thorns FC	0–0	Chicago Red Stars	Herriman, Utah
	Lussi 80'	Report	Doniak 49'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky

July 5 (5-07) 2	Portland Thorns FC	1–1	Washington Spirit	Herriman, Utah
	Horan 69'	Report	Staab 77'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Karen Abt

July 13 (13-07) 4	OL Reign	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Herriman, Utah
		Report		Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Tori Penso

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Carolina Courage	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	12
2	Washington Spirit	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7
3	OL Reign	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	5
4	Houston Dash	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4
5	Utah Royals FC (H)	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
6	Chicago Red Stars	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4^[a]
7	Sky Blue FC	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4^[a]
8	Portland Thorns FC	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Chicago Red Stars won the tiebreaker against Sky Blue FC on fewer yellow cards (1 to 4).

Knockout round[]

July 17 (17-07) QF	North Carolina Courage	0–1	Portland Thorns FC	Herriman, Utah
	Debinha 52' O'Sullivan 90+4'	Report	Weaver 68'	Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium Referee: Lukasz Szpala

July 22 (22-07) SF	Houston Dash	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Sandy, Utah
	Daly 69' 90'	Report		Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: Tori Penso

2020 Fall Series[]

September 20 (20-09) 1	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Utah Royals FC	Portland, Oregon
	Charley 35' Smith 72' Horan 81' Pogarch 88' Klingenberg 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: Closed Referee: Adorae Monroy

September 30 (30-09) 2	Portland Thorns FC	4–1	OL Reign	Portland, Oregon
	Klingenberg 35' Sinclair 40' 45+5' (Pen.) 74' Rodríguez 57'	Report	Balcer 70'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: Closed Referee: Farhad Dadkho

October 3 (3-10) 3	Utah Royals FC	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Sandy, Utah
	Rodriguez 9'	Report	Sinclair 59'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: Closed Referee: Karen Abt

October 10 (10-10) 4	OL Reign	1–2	Portland Thorns FC	Tacoma, Washington
5 p.m. PDT	Brooks 46'	Report	Sinclair 43' (Pen.) 73' (Pen.)	Stadium: Cheney Stadium Attendance: Closed

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC (C)	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10	Community Shield
2	Houston Dash	4	3	0	1	12	7	+5	9	Runners-up
3	Washington Spirit	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Third place
4	Sky Blue FC	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6
5	North Carolina Courage	4	1	2	1	8	10	−2	5
6	Chicago Red Stars	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
7	OL Reign	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
8	Orlando Pride	4	0	2	2	5	8	−3	2
9	Utah Royals FC	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

References[]

^ Goldberg, Jamie (March 12, 2020). "Portland Thorns cancel preseason tournament amid coronavirus outbreak". Retrieved April 10, 2020.
^ Peterson, Anne M. (March 20, 2020). "NWSL season delayed; training moratorium extended". Retrieved April 10, 2020.

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2020 Portland Thorns FC season

Contents

Team[]

Coaching staff[]

Current squad[]

Competitions[]

Challenge Cup[]

Preliminary round[]

Standings[]

Knockout round[]

2020 Fall Series[]

Standings[]

References[]

External links[]

See also[]

v t 2020 NWSL season by team
Draft Challenge Cup squads Final Fall Series Records and statistics
Houston Dash North Carolina Courage OL Reign Orlando Pride Portland Thorns FC Sky Blue FC Utah Royals FC Washington Spirit