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) | ||
The 2014 season was 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.
Majority Owner, Chief Executive Officer | Merritt Paulson |
President, Business Operations | Mike Golub |
General Manager | Gavin Wilkinson |
Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Jeld-Wen Field (20,438 / 110x70 yards) |
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 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Win Tie Loss
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 |
April 12, 20141 | 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, 20142 | 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, 20143 | 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, 20144 | 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, 20145 | 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, 20146 | 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, 20147 | 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, 20148 | 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, 20149 | 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, 201410 | 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, 201411 | 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, 201412 | 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, 201413 | 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, 201414 | 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, 201415 | 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, 201416 | 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, 201417 | 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, 201418 | 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, 201419 | 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, 201420 | 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, 201421 | 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, 201422 | 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, 201423 | 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, 201424 | 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 |
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 |
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
August 23, 2014Semifinal | 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 |
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 |
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] |
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] |
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