2024 Portland Thorns FC season

Portland Thorns FC
2024 season
OwnerRAJ Sports
General managerKarina LeBlanc
Head coach (interim)Rob Gale
Stadium
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer CupGroup stage
CONCACAF W Champions CupGroup stage
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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]

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

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Staff

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As of July 17, 2024.[4]
Technical
General manager
President of Thorns FC operations 		Karina LeBlanc
Head coach Rob Gale
Assistant coach Vytautas Andriuškevičius
Assistant coach Sarah Lowdon
Goalkeeper coach Jordan Franken
Medical
Assistant athletic trainer Lauren Swords
Director of scouting and recruiting
Youth sporting director 		Mike Smith
Sports scientist Ella Maliska
Performance and wellness coach Renee Pirkl

Squad

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

Competitions

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Regular season

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Main article: 2024 National Women's Soccer League season
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Washington Spirit 16 11 1 4 32 18 +14 34 Playoffs
4 NJ/NY Gotham FC 16 9 4 3 19 13 +6 31
5 Portland Thorns FC 16 8 3 5 27 20 +7 27
6 North Carolina Courage 16 8 1 7 20 17 +3 25
7 Chicago Red Stars 16 7 2 7 23 22 +1 23
Updated to match(es) played on July 9, 2024. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches

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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 24 2 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

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Main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts UTA POR SEA TIJ
1 United States Utah Royals 3 2 0 0 1 9 4 +5 6 — 3–1 — 5–1
2 United States Portland Thorns FC 3 2 0 0 1 7 3 +4 6 — — 1–0 5–0
3 United States Seattle Reign FC 3 1 0 0 2 4 5 −1 3 2–1 — — 2–3
4 Mexico Tijuana 3 1 0 0 2 4 12 −8 3 — — — —
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers
July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21) Portland Thorns FC United States 5–0 Mexico Tijuana Portland, United States
7:00 pm
Report Stadium: Providence Park
Referee: Osvaldo Delgado-Landeros
July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27) Utah Royals United States 3–1 United States Portland Thorns FC Sandy
10:00 p.m.
Report
Stadium: America First Field
Referee: Jamie Padilla
July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31) Portland Thorns FC United States 1–0 United States Seattle Reign FC Portland, United States
10:00 p.m. Linnehan 40' Report Stadium: Providence Park
Referee: Corbyn May

2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SDW POR AME SFE WFC
1 United States San Diego Wave FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — 18 Sep 16 Oct — —
2 United States Portland Thorns FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 4 Sep 1 Oct —
3 Mexico América 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 19 Sep 21 Aug
4 Panama Santa Fé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Aug — — — 4 Sep
5 Canada Whitecaps FC Girls Elite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Oct 15 Oct — — —
First match(es) will be played: 20 August 2024. Source: CONCACAF
4 September 2024 (2024-09-04) Portland Thorns FC United States v Mexico Club América Femenil Providence Park, Portland
19:00
18 September 2024 (2024-09-18) San Diego Wave United States v United States Portland Thorns FC Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
19:00
1 October 2024 (2024-10-01) Portland Thorns FC United States v Panama Santa Fé FC Providence Park, Portland
19:30
15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) Preliminary round winner v United States Portland Thorns FC TBD
TBD

References

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  1. ^ Cattry, Pardeep (January 25, 2024). "2024 NWSL schedule: Portland Thorns travel to Kansas City Current in regular season opener". CBS Sports.
  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.
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