2020 Portland Thorns FC season

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]

Portland Thorns FC
2020 season
ChairmanMerritt Paulson
ManagerMark Parsons
StadiumProvidence Park
Portland, Oregon
2020 NWSL Challenge CupSemi-finals

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. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Since Previous team Notes[lower-alpha 1]
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
  1. denotes a season-ending injury.

Competitions

Challenge Cup
Main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup

Preliminary round
June 27 (27-06) 1 North Carolina Courage 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Herriman, Utah
 Report
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
 Report
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Danielle Chesky
July 5 (5-07) 2 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Washington Spirit Herriman, Utah
 Report
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 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[lower-alpha 1]
7 Sky Blue FC 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4[lower-alpha 1]
8 Portland Thorns FC 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 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
 Report
Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 22 (22-07) SF Houston Dash 1–0 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
 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
 Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed
Referee: Adorae Monroy
September 30 (30-09) 2 Portland Thorns FC 4–1 OL Reign Portland, Oregon
 Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: Closed
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
October 3 (3-10) 3 Utah Royals FC 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Sandy, Utah
 Report
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
Report
Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: Closed

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

See also


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