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Only one or two moments can determine the outcome of an entire season in the beautiful game. A pair of costly mistakes against the Washington Spirit was the difference between a 2-0 semifinal exit and a shot at a fourth NWSL Championship for the Portland Thorns. Two sequences determined where
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Red smoke clouded the north end of the field as the Rose City Riveters roared. The Portland Thorns fought tooth and nail to play a post-season match at Providence Park, and they weren't going to let that go to waste. A healthy team and peaking at the right
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The 2025 season has been an unusual one for the three-time NWSL champion Portland Thorns. The roster's been plagued with injuries, the franchise's superstar attacking duo was both ruled out for the year before Game 1, and the young team has needed to claw its way
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The Portland Thorns started Saturday night by honoring one of the sport's biggest icons in Christine Sinclair. Over the course of the next couple of hours, Sinclair watched from the stadium as a budding star's standout performance kept her former franchise's playoff hopes alive.
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On Jun. 12, 2022, midfielder Olivia Moultrie found the back of the net and became the youngest player in NWSL history (at the time) to score in the regular season at just 16 years old. Just three days before her 20th birthday, Moultrie scored her 14th regular-season goal and broke
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The clash between the Portland Thorns and Racing Louisville has provided lots of drama and plenty of goals in the 2025 season. With both sides desperate to claw their way to the playoffs and identitical in points entering the game, Friday wasn't short on theatrics. Thorns midfielder Jessie
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What started as a rough homestand for the Portland Thorns managed to get even worse on Friday against one of the teams at the bottom of the league. The Thorns fell in a 2-1 defeat to the visiting Utah Royals, losing consecutive matches for the first time in the 2025
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The Thorns returned from an East Coast road trip to a Portland heatwave. As the blistering sun beamed down on the field on Saturday night, the home side was put to the test against the best team in the league. Portland entered Providence Park on Saturday on a 10-game undefeated
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The tragic end to a 10-game undefeated streak at home
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A turning point.