2024 Portland Thorns FC season

Portland Thorns FC
2024 season
Owner	RAJ Sports
General manager	Karina LeBlanc
Head coach (interim)	Rob Gale
Stadium	Providence Park; (capacity: 25,218);
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
CONCACAF W Champions Cup	Group stage
Home colors	Away colors
	← 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]

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	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

As of July 17, 2024.^[5]

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

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	NJ/NY Gotham FC	18	10	4	4	21	15	+6	34	Playoffs
5	North Carolina Courage	18	9	1	8	22	19	+3	28
6	Portland Thorns FC	18	8	3	7	28	25	+3	27
7	Chicago Red Stars	18	7	2	9	25	27	−2	23
8	Bay FC	18	7	0	11	23	31	−8	21

Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2024. Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	8	3	8	29	27	+2	27	5	1	3	16	12	+4	3	2	5	13	15	−2

Last updated: August 31, 2024.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

March 16 1	Kansas City Current	5–4	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 pm CT	DiBernardo 22' Wheeler 25' Bia 34' Hamilton 64' Pfeiffer 68'	Report	Smith 43', 74' Beckie 71', 90+1' Sugita 79' Hubly 85'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Alex Billeter

March 24 2	Portland Thorns FC	0–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Portland, Oregon
4:00 pm PT		Report	González 72'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 19,857 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

March 30 3	Portland Thorns FC	2–2	Racing Louisville FC	Portland, Oregon
4:30 pm PT	Fleming 24' Weaver 52' Coffey 90+9'	Report	Kanu 3', 6'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,688 Referee: Gerald Flores

April 13 4	North Carolina Courage	2–0	Portland Thorns FC	Cary, North Carolina
8:00 pm ET	Lussi 5' Hopkins 35'	Report	Sugita 71' Hubly 81'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,711 Referee: Matthew Thompson

April 20 5	Portland Thorns FC	4–1	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
3:00 pm PT	Sinclair 6', 20' Smith 27' Moultrie 77' Beckie 90+6'	Report	Ordoñez 49', 75' Rubensson 69'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,580 Referee: Danielle Chesky

April 27 6	Chicago Red Stars	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
6:00 pm CT	Staab 62'	Report	Smith 10', 26', 71' Obaze 90+8'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 4,544 Referee: Thomas Snyder

May 1 7	Bay FC	2–3	Portland Thorns FC	San Jose, California
7:00 pm PT	Kundananji 41' Castellanos 60'	Report	Linnehan 2', 45+6' Smith 7', 78' Dias 90+1'	Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 10,611 Referee: Greg Dopka

May 4 8	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Coffeyy 4' Sinclair 22'	Report	Silano 86' Rodman 90+8'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,039 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 11 9	Portland Thorns FC	4–0	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Moultrie 42' 61' Smith 80' (pen.) Sugita 90+3' Linnehan 90+8'	Report	McClernon 58' Huerta 79' Athens 89'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,229 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

May 17 10	Houston Dash	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Houston, Texas
6:00 pm CT	Petersen 42'	Report	Dias 56' Moultrie 68'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 5,726 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

May 24 11	Orlando Pride	2–1	Portland Thorns FC	Orlando, Florida
7:00 pm ET	Banda 30', 40' Lemos 90'	Report	Hubly 9' D'Aquila 71' Linnehan 90+6'	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 9,226 Referee: Katja Koroleva

June 8 12	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	North Carolina Courage	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Smith 79' (pen.), 89' 90+11'	Report	O'Sullivan 66' Williams 26' 78' Miura 102+11'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,025 Referee: Danielle Chesky

June 16 13	Seattle Reign FC	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle
1:00 pm PT	Brown 53' Huitema 89'	Report	Beckie 3' Dias 67' Müller 85'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 9,052 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

June 23 14	Portland Thorns FC	1–4	Kansas City Current	Portland, Oregon
1:00 pm PT	Hubly 62' Smith 73'	Report	LaBonta 30', 40' Ballisager 38' Chawinga 47'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,024 Referee: Brandon Stevis

June 29 15	Utah Royals	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Sandy, Utah
8:00 pm MT	Del Fava 44'	Report	Hubly 90'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 8,677 Referee: Sergil Demlanchuk

July 5 16	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	San Diego Wave FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	D'Aquila 85' Dias 90'	Report	Lundkvist 22' van Egmond 74'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,011 Referee: Alex Billeter

August 24 17	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2–0	Portland Thorns FC	Harrison, New Jersey
2:00 pm ET	Stevens 7' Ryan 70'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 10,640 Referee: Darren Bandy

August 30 18	Portland Thorns FC	1–3	Bay FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Smith 32' Fleming 83'	Report	Dahlkemper 7' Hill 18' Bailey 35' Anderson 70' Kundananji 73'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,018 Referee: Shawn Tehini

September 7 19	Washington Spirit	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Washington D.C.
9:30 am PT	Rodman 59' Santos 90+6'	Report	Sugita 48'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 14,306 Referee: Greg Dopka

September 13 20	Portland Thorns	v	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Providence Park

September 23 21	Angel City FC	v	Portland Thorns FC	Los Angeles, California
7:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: BMO Stadium

September 28 22	San Diego Wave FC	v	Portland Thorns FC	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

October 5 23	Portland Thorns FC	v	Utah Royals	Portland, Oregon
4:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Providence Park

October 11 24	Portland Thorns FC	v	Orlando Pride	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Providence Park

October 19 25	Racing Louisville FC	v	Portland Thorns FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM ET		Report		Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium

November 1 26	Portland Thorns FC	v	Angel City FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT		Report		Stadium: Providence Park

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	UTA	POR	SEA	TIJ
1	Utah Royals	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6	—	3–1	1–2	5–1
2	Portland Thorns FC	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	1–3	—	1–0	5–0
3	Seattle Reign FC	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3	2–1	0–1	—	2–3
4	Tijuana	3	1	2	4	12	−8	3	1–5	0–5	3–2	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21)	Portland Thorns FC	5–0	Tijuana	Portland, United States
7:00 pm	Sinclair 4' Wade-Katoa 18' D'Aquila 54' Dias 67' Sheva 72'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Osvaldo Delgado-Landeros

July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27)	Utah Royals	3–1	Portland Thorns FC	Sandy
10:00 p.m.	Betfort 3' Sentnor 21' Vasconcelos 76'	Report	Moultrie 86'	Stadium: America First Field Referee: Jamie Padilla

July 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	POR	SDW	WFC	SFE
1	América	2	1	1	8	3	+5	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—	7–0	19 Sep
2	Portland Thorns FC	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3	Advance to knockout stage	3–1	—	—	—	1 Oct
3	San Diego Wave FC	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3		16 Oct	18 Sep	—	—	—
4	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	2	1	1	2	8	−6	3		—	15 Oct	1 Oct	—	—
5	Santa Fe	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0		—	—	0–2	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04)	Portland Thorns FC	3–1	Club América Femenil	Providence Park, Portland
19:00	Sinclair 13', 28' Moultrie 45' Turner 52'	Report	Guerrero 53'	Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

18 September 2024 (2024-09-18)	San Diego Wave	v	Portland Thorns FC	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
19:00

1 October 2024 (2024-10-01)	Portland Thorns FC	v	Santa Fé FC	Providence Park, Portland
19:30

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	v	Portland Thorns FC	TBD
TBD

References

^ Cattry, Pardeep (January 25, 2024). "2024 NWSL schedule: Portland Thorns travel to Kansas City Current in regular season opener". CBS Sports.
^ "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.
^ "Concacaf announces schedule for inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. June 12, 2024.
^ "Technical Staff". Portland Thorns. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
^ "Portland Thorns FC". Portland Thorns. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

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

[Ramirez2024-2] "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.

[staff-4] "Technical Staff". Portland Thorns. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

[roster-5] "Portland Thorns FC". Portland Thorns. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

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