2024 Portland Thorns FC season

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Portland Thorns FC
2024 season
OwnerRAJ Sports
General manager Karina LeBlanc
Head coach (interim) Rob Gale
Stadium
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup Group stage
CONCACAF W Champions Cup Group stage
  2023
2025 

The 2024 Portland Thorns FC season is the team's twelfth season as a professional women's soccer team. Thorns FC played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns opened the NWSL season against the Kansas City Current playing in the first game at the Current's newly built CPKC Stadium. [1]

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In addition to playing in the 2024 NWSL season, the Thorns also play in the inaugural 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup tournaments, [2] qualifying for the latter by finishing as runners-up for the 2023 NWSL Shield. [3]

Team

Staff

As of July 17, 2024. [4]
Technical
General manager
President of Thorns FC operations
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Karina LeBlanc
Head coachFlag of Zambia.svg Rob Gale
Assistant coachFlag of Lithuania.svg Vytautas Andriuškevičius
Assistant coachFlag of England.svg Sarah Lowdon
Goalkeeper coachJordan Franken
Medical
Assistant athletic trainerLauren Swords
Director of scouting and recruiting
Youth sporting director
Mike Smith
Sports scientistElla Maliska
Performance and wellness coachRenee Pirkl

Squad

As of July 17, 2024. [5]
No.Pos.Nat.Name
0 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Emily Alvarado
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bella Bixby
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shelby Hogan
26 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kat Asman
28 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Kozal
2 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Reyna Reyes
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Becky Sauerbrunn
5 DF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Isabella Obaze
11 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Nicole Payne
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kelli Hubly
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meghan Klingenberg
39 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meaghan Nally
48 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kayla Morrison
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hina Sugita
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Olivia Moultrie
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sam Coffey
21 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jessie Fleming
23 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Marie Müller
27 MF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Marissa Sheva
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mallie McKenzie
44 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabby Provenzano
54 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Olivia Wade-Katoa
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sophia Smith
12 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Christine Sinclair
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Payton Linnehan
16 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Janine Beckie
19 FW Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Ana Dias
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Weaver
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Izzy D'Aquila

Competitions

Regular season

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
3 Washington Spirit 1611143218+1434 Playoffs
4 NJ/NY Gotham FC 169431913+631
5 Portland Thorns FC 168352720+727
6 North Carolina Courage 168172017+325
7 Chicago Red Stars 167272322+123
Updated to match(es) played on July 9, 2024. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)1 Kansas City Current 5–4 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT
Report
Stadium: CPKC Stadium
Attendance: 11,500*
Referee: Alex Billeter
March 242 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 NJ/NY Gotham FC Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm ET Report Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,857
March 30, 2024 (2024-03-30)3 Portland Thorns FC 2–2 Racing Louisville FC Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM EST
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 16,688
Referee: Gerald Flores

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

PosTeamPldPts POR SEA UTA TIJ
1 Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns FC 00 Jul 31 Jul 21
2 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC 00 Jul 19 Jul 28
3 Flag of the United States.svg Utah Royals 00 Jul 27 Jul 31
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Tijuana 00
First match(es) will be played: July 19, 2024. Source: Liga MX Femenil [2]

2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the United States.svg San Diego Wave FC 00000000Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns FC 00000000
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Club América Femenil 00000000
4 Flag of Panama.svg Santa Fé FC 00000000
5Flag placeholder.svg Preliminary round winner00000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2024. Source: CONCACAF

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References

  1. Cattry, Pardeep (January 25, 2024). "2024 NWSL schedule: Portland Thorns travel to Kansas City Current in regular season opener". CBS Sports .
  2. 1 2 "Liga MX Femenil y NWSL anuncian "Summer Cup", su histórica primera colaboración" [Liga MX Femenil and NWSL announce "Summer Cup", their historic first collaboration] (Press release) (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  3. "Concacaf announces schedule for inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. June 12, 2024.
  4. "Technical Staff". Portland Thorns . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  5. "Portland Thorns FC". Portland Thorns . Retrieved July 17, 2024.