2024 Portland Thorns FC season

Portland Thorns FC
2024 season
Owner	RAJ Sports
General manager	Karina LeBlanc
Head coach	Rob Gale (interim; Apr 16–Jul 19,; permanent Jul 19–); Mike Norris; (until Apr 16)
Stadium	Providence Park; (capacity: 25,218);
League	6th
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
Playoffs	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF W Champions Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Sophia Smith (12)
Highest home attendance	23,212; (Nov 1 vs. LA)
Lowest home attendance	16,688; (Mar 30 vs. LOU)
Average home league attendance	18,725
Biggest win	League: 4–0; (May 11 vs. SEA); All competitions: 0–6; (Oct 15 at VAN, CONCACAF)
Biggest defeat	1–4; (Jun 23 vs. KC)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of November 10, 2024.

Week 4 starting lineup:
Hogan, Obaze, Reyes, Sauerbrunn, Weaver, Beckie
Sugita, Müller, Moultrie, Coffey, Smith

The 2024 Portland Thorns FC season was 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] and finished in sixth place to qualify for the playoffs, where they lost in the quarterfinals to third-seeded NJ/NY Gotham FC.^[2]

In addition to playing in the 2024 NWSL season, the Thorns also played in the inaugural 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup tournaments,^[3] qualifying for the latter by finishing as runners-up for the 2023 NWSL Shield.^[4]

Team

Staff

As of October 4, 2024.^[5]

Technical
General manager President of Thorns FC operations	Karina LeBlanc
Technical director	Mike Norris
Head coach	Rob Gale
Assistant coach	Vytautas Andriuškevičius
Assistant coach	Sarah Lowdon
Assistant coach	Stephen Hart
Goalkeeper coach	Jordan Franken
Medical
Head athletic trainer	Matt Hunter
Director of scouting and recruiting Youth sporting director	Mike Smith
Sports scientist	Ella Maliska
Performance and wellness coach	Renee Pirkl

Squad

As of November 2, 2024.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	GK	USA	Bella Bixby
18	GK	USA	Shelby Hogan
26	GK	USA	Kat Asman
30	GK	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold
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
8	MF	JPN	Hina Sugita
13	MF	USA	Olivia Moultrie
14	MF	USA	Sophie Hirst
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
22	FW	USA	Morgan Weaver
24	FW	USA	Izzy D'Aquila
66	FW	USA	Reilyn Turner
77	FW	USA	Alexa Spaanstra

On loan

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Destination
28	GK	USA	Lauren Kozal	Tampa Bay Sun FC

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	Playoffs
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC	26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34
8	Chicago Red Stars	26	10	2	14	31	38	−7	32

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
26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34	7	1	5	22	15	+7	3	3	7	15	20	−5

Last updated: November 2, 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	2–1	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 FC	0–1	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Reyes 46' Hubly 79'	Report Box	Schlegel 16'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,120 Referee: Elton García

September 23 21	Angel City FC	2–2	Portland Thorns FC	Los Angeles, California
7:00 pm PT	A. Thompson 10' (Dougherty Howard) Emslie 76'	Report	Weaver 49' (Müller) Fleming 59' Moultrie 64' (Hubly)	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

September 28 22	San Diego Wave FC	2–0	Portland Thorns FC	San Diego, California
7:00 pm PT	Jones 69' Barcenas 74'	Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Referee: Elijio Arreguin

October 5 23	Portland Thorns FC	1–2	Utah Royals	Portland, Oregon
4:00 pm PT	Moultrie 53' (pen.)	Report	Betfort 47' Tanaka 50'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,451 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

October 11 24	Portland Thorns FC	2–0	Orlando Pride	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Weaver 22' Sinclair 54' Reyes 81' Müller 84'	Report Box	Pickett 21'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,174 Referee: JC Griggs

October 19 25	Racing Louisville FC	1–0	Portland Thorns FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM ET	Flint 60' 88'	Report	Moultrie 79'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 5,905 Referee: Calin Radosav

November 1 26	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Angel City FC	Portland, Oregon
7:00 pm PT	Sinclair 16' Smith 26' Weaver 45+4'	Report	Bright 73'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 23,212 Referee: Brad Jensen

Playoffs

The Thorns finished the regular season in sixth place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the sixth seed of eight teams.

November 10, 2024 (2024-11-10) Quarterfinals	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2–1	Portland Thorns FC	Harrison, New Jersey
3:00 p.m. EST (UTC-7)	Davidson 67' Carter 74' Lavelle 90+7'	Report	Turner 75'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 15,540 Referee: Danielle Chesky

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Advancement in the tournament was achieved by the four teams with the most points across the five groups. This did not include any teams in this group.

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	4	3	1	14	3	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—	7–0	5–0
2	Portland Thorns FC	4	3	1	13	5	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage	3–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	San Diego Wave FC	4	3	1	7	3	+4	9		0–1	3–2	—	—	—
4	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	4	1	3	2	16	−14	3		—	0–6	0–2	—	—
5	Santa Fe	4	0	4	2	11	−9	0		—	—	0–2	1–2	—

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group stage

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 FC	3–2	Portland Thorns FC	Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
19:00

1 October 2024 (2024-10-01)	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Santa Fé FC	Providence Park, Portland
19:30

15 October 2024 (2024-10-15)	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	0–6	Portland Thorns FC	BC Place, Vancouver
TBD

Semifinals

22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)	UANL	–	Portland Thorns FC
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References

^ Cattry, Pardeep (January 25, 2024). "2024 NWSL schedule: Portland Thorns travel to Kansas City Current in regular season opener". CBS Sports.
^ Alger, Tyson (November 10, 2024). "Portland Thorns' season and club legend's career end with playoff loss to Gotham FC". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
^ "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 FC. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
^ "Our Players - Portland Thorns FC". Portland Thorns FC. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

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

[2] Alger, Tyson (November 10, 2024). "Portland Thorns' season and club legend's career end with playoff loss to Gotham FC". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 10, 2024.

[Ramirez2024-3] "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.

[4] "Concacaf announces schedule for inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup". CONCACAF. June 12, 2024.

[staff-5] "Technical Staff". Portland Thorns FC. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

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