2013 Portland Thorns FC season

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.

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

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 Mike Golub
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:

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 (1980-03-30) 30 March 1980 magicJack (WPS) National team allocation[9]
23 Adelaide Gay (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 University of North Carolina Discovery player[10]
Defenders
2 Marian Dougherty (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 magicJack (WPS) Supplemental draft[11]
4 Emilee O'Neil (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 Stanford University Discovery player[10]
5 Kathryn Williamson (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 University of Florida NWSL College Draft[12]
7 Nikki Marshall (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 Western New York Flash Free agent[13]
11 Jazmyne Avant (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 New York Fury Discovery player[14]
16 Rachel Van Hollebeke (1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 Boston Breakers National team allocation[9]
Midfielders
3 Elizabeth Guess (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 Boston Breakers Waivers[15]
6 Meleana Shim (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 Santa Clara University Discovery player[10]
8 Angie Kerr (1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 Sky Blue FC Supplemental draft[11]
10 Allie Long (1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 New York Fury Free Agent[13]
12 Becky Edwards (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 Kristianstads DFF Free agent[13]
17 Tobin Heath (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 Paris Saint-Germain National team allocation[9][16]
20 Courtney Wetzel (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 Oregon State University Discovery player[10]
21 Nikki Washington (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 Canberra United FC Free agent[13]
Forwards
9 Danielle Foxhoven (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 FC Energy Voronezh Discovery player[17]
12 Christine Sinclair (captain) (1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 Western New York Flash National team allocation[9]
13 Alex Morgan (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 Seattle Sounders Women National team allocation[9]
18 Jessica Shufelt (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 Ottawa Fury Women Supplemental draft[11]

Last updated: May 20, 2013
Source:

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  52'
Long  73'
Report Frisbie  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  3'
Mewis  43'
KC Report
Portland Report
Sinclair  66' (pen.)
Washington  70'
Williamson  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  45'
Morgan  52'
Kerr  8'
Long  11'
Washington  68'
Portland Report Fishlock  74'  78'
Reed  30'
Nairn  33'
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 16,479
Referee: Josh Wilkens
April 27, 2013 3 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
17:00 Mautz  69' Portland Report Foxhoven  70'
Sinclair  81'
Stadium: Village Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Donovan Noocha
May 4, 2013 4 Washington Spirit 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
16:00 Matheson  86' (pen.)
Harris  13'
Portland Report Morgan  12' (pen.)
Washington  51'
Long  70'
Edwards  82'
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 12, 2013 5 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
15:00 Mautz  54' Portland Report Morgan  3'
Long  34'
Buehler  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  80' Portland Report Lytle  80' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 11,055
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 19, 2013 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair  41'
Morgan  86'
Marshall  65'
Portland Report Gayle  83' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,474
Referee: Robert Sibiga
May 25, 2013 8 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Tukwila, Washington
19:00 Portland Report Sinclair  84' (pen.)
Edwards  30'
Morgan  38'
Dougherty  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  41'
Guess  90'
Portland Report Bywaters  35'
Santacaterina  61'
Chalupny  56'
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,446
Referee: Christina Unkel
June 6, 2013 10 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:30 Morgan  13'  80'
Wetzel  20'
Foxhoven  48'
Long  66'
Portland Report Cheney  34' (pen.), 56'
Tymrak  81'
Mathias  88'
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: Miguel Panduro, Jr.
June 16, 2013 11 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 Foxhoven  48'
Shim  66'
Guess  39'
Washington  43'
Portland Report Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,802
Referee: Robert Sibiga
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  10'
Mathias  71'
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Christina Unkel
July 6, 2013 14 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
19:30 Report Leroux  11', 39' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,436
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 14, 2013 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
14:00 Shim  39' Report Wambach  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  13' Report Morgan  23'
Shim  86'
Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,978
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 28, 2013 17 Portland Thorns FC 3–3 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair  23', 63'
Shim  55'
Report Mautz  60', 75'
Sitch  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  37'
Shim  65'
Long  73'
Report Marshall  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  51'
Morgan  89'
Buehler  90+4'
Summary Holiday  23', 55'
Mewis  74'
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 17,619
Referee: John McCloskey
August 7, 2013 20 Boston Breakers 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
16:00 Sanderson  68'
O'Reilly  84'
Summary Weimer  52' Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
August 10, 2013 21 Western New York Flash 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
16:35 Adriana Martín  67' Summary Dalmy  90+1' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,606
Referee: Maraget Domka
August 17, 2013 22 Seattle Reign FC 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Tukwila, Washington
20:00 Rapinoe  3' Summary Sinclair  8', 83'
Marshall  69'
Shim  78'
Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 3,855
Referee: 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  12'
Henderson  25'
Scott  72'
Buczkowski  86'
Summary Heath  33'
Dalmy  50'
Long  60'  103'
Weimer  65'
Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee: Christina Unkel
31 August 2013 Final Western New York Flash 0—2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
21:00 Johnson  33'
Adriana Martín  73'
Summary Heath  40'
Williamson  49'  57'
Long  88'
Sinclair  90+2'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 9,129
Referee: Kari Seitz

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
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:
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:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Team statistics

No. Pos. Name League Discipline
GP GS MP G A
1GK Karina LeBlanc 212118900000
2DF Marian Dougherty 191916661120
3MF Elizabeth Guess 41670020
4DF/MF Emilee O'Neil 411410000
5DF Kathryn Williamson 222219440010
6MF Meleana Shim 191714165210
7DF Nikki Marshall 222218710110
8MF Angie Kerr 1597620100
9FW Danielle Foxhoven 2179974010
10MF Allie Long 222219563320
11DF Jazmyne Avant 422120000
12FW Christine Sinclair 202017838220
13FW Alex Morgan 181815258540
14MF Becky Edwards 10109000030
15DF/MF Casey Ramirez 411590000
16DF Rachel Buehler 202018000220
17MF Tobin Heath 776300340
18FW Jessica Shufelt 40310000
19FW Tiffany Weimer 1055221100
20MF Courtney Wetzel 1666021100
21MF Nikki Washington 11107761230
24DF Tina Ellertson 30400000
26GK Cris Lewis 11900000
Portland Thorns FC 2219803224290
Opponents 2219802519180

Statistics accurate as of October 11, 2013[18]

Goalkeeper stats

Last updated: October 11, 2013

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

Honors

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Result Player Ref
April Won 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 Kathryn WilliamsonDFUniversity of Florida1 (8)[12]
January 18, 2013 Nicolette RadovcicMFUniversity of Central Florida2 (16)[12][21]
January 18, 2013 Amber BrooksMFUniversity of North Carolina3 (24)[12]
January 18, 2013 Roxanne BarkerGKPepperdine University4 (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 Tina EllertsonDFmagicJack (WPS)1 (8)[11]
February 7, 2013 Angie KerrMFSky Blue FC2 (16)[11]
February 7, 2013 Michele WeissenhoferFWChicago Red Stars3 (24)[11]
February 7, 2013 Marian Dougherty (Dalmy)DFmagicJack (WPS)4 (32)[11]
February 7, 2013 Jessica ShufeltFWOttawa Fury Women5 (40)[11]

Transfers In

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
April 24, 2013 Elizabeth GuessMFBoston BreakersSigned off Waivers[15]

Transfers Out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref

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