2016 Portland Thorns FC season

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Portland Thorns FC

2016 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head coach	Mark Parsons
Stadium	Providence Park Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 21,144)
National Women's Soccer League	1st
NWSL Playoffs	Semifinals (eliminated by Western New York Flash)
Top goalscorer	Nadia Nadim (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,144 (Sept. 11 vs. Western New York)[1]
Lowest home attendance	13,752 (Sept. 7 vs. Houston)[2]
Average home league attendance	16,945[3]
Biggest win	5-1 (Sept. 4 vs. Boston Breakers)
Biggest defeat	0-3 (July 16 vs. Houston Dash)
Home colors Away colors
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All statistics correct as of 9/26/2016.

The 2016 season was the Portland Thorns FC's fourth season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns finished first, winning the NWSL Shield, an improvement over their sixth-place finish in the 2015 season. They lost their opening game of the 2016 NWSL Championship tournament (playoffs).

The Thorns began their season at Providence Park as they faced off against expansion team Orlando Pride in the latter's inaugural match. Former Thorn Steph Catley was able to strike first for Orlando in the 12th minute. Portland would soon respond with goals from Dagný Brynjarsdóttir in the 25th minute and Linsey Horan in the 81st minute. Both goals would be assisted by captain Tobin Heath. Thorns FC would win their home opener 2-1.

For their last match in April, the Thorns traveled to Kansas City where they would receive a 1-1 draw. Shea Groom was able to strike first with a goal in the 30th minute; however, Lindsey Horan was able to level for the Thorns in the 78th minute, again assisted by Tobin Heath.

Position at the end of April

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Portland Thorns FC	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	NWSL Playoffs

The Thorns began their month of May continuing their 4-game road spell against the Boston Breakers where Dagný Brynjarsdóttir scored the lone goal and Tobin Heath continued her assist streak to 4 in a row. The Thorns would end up winning 1-0.

The Thorns traveled to D.C. to take on the Washington Spirit. The team would end up drawing 0-0 with Tobin Heath acquiring two yellow cards, thus suspending her for the next match against local rivals Seattle Reign FC.

The Thorns finished their 4 away matches in Seattle as they faced off against Reign FC. Nadia Nadim would score her first of the season with an assist by Meg Morris; however, Seattle would respond within 3 minutes by a goal from Beverly Yanez, equalizing at 1-1. Both teams would settle for the draw.

In the first of a two-game home stand, the Thorns secured a 3-1 win over the then-first-place Washington Spirit. In their last game of the month, missing 6 starters due to USWNT call-ups, the Thorns played Seattle to a 0-0 draw.

Position at the end of May

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Portland Thorns FC	7	3	4	0	9	4	+5	13	NWSL Playoffs

The Thorns began June with a two-game road trip, first holding on for a 1-1 draw with Chicago Red Stars and then prevailing 2-0 over Western New York Flash. French international Amandine Henry made her first appearance as a Thorn as a second-half substitute in that game.

The Thorns played a crucial match against Chicago Red Stars to determine who would remain in first place. The Thorns prevailed with a 2-0 win with goals from Christine Sinclair and Nadia Nadim with an assist from Henry, who also started for the first time for the club.

Continuing their unbeaten streak (11 games without a loss from the beginning of the season to the end of June), the Thorns traveled to Florida to take on Orlando Pride. The Thorns would win it 2-1, with goals from Dagný Brynjarsdóttir and Lindsey Horan.

Position at the end of June

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	11	6	5	0	16	6	+10	23	NWSL Shield

The Thorns opened July play without 6 starters due to USWNT and CanWNT Olympics preparations for a home game against Sky Blue. Amandine Henry would join the French national team after the game. The starting lineup included players who previously had seen limited professional minutes or even earning her first start. Sky Blue scored first and the Thorns came back to win 2-1 with goals from Dagný and Nadim to extend their season-opening unbeaten streak to 12 games.

For their second match for the month, the Thorns took on FC Kansas City at home. Now without 7 starting players and using their new amateur players (via a rule that allowed a team to bring in non-paid players when national players go on duty), the Thorns would suffer their first loss of the season, falling 2-1 with the only Thorns goal scorer being Kat Williamson, who was assisted by Dagný Brynjarsdóttir.

The Thorns then went on the road and continuing the stretch without their Olympians, this time also without Dagný as well, lost 3-0 to the 9th-place Houston Dash.

In their last game of both July and before the league-wide Olympics break, the Thorns hosted Seattle Reign at Providence Park. Playing their first 5-4-1 formation of the season, Mana Shim passed to Nadia Nadim who headed home the game's only goal and the Thorns remained in 1st place.

Position at the end of July

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	15	8	5	2	20	12	+8	29	NWSL Shield

Due to the Olympic Games in Brazil, NWSL did not schedule games most of the month. The Thorns traveled to Seattle at the end of the month and fell 3-1 to the Reign.

Position at the end of August

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Portland Thorns FC	16	8	5	3	21	15	+6	29	NWSL Playoffs

The Thorns started off their final month in NWSL League play on a busy week with 3 matches in 7 days. The team, fully reunited after the Olympics, hosted Boston Breakers where the Thorns took a dominating 5-1 victory, keeping them in the race for the NWSL Shield.

Continuing their busy week, Portland Thorns took on Houston Dash. In the 19th minute, Portland fans and team members learned from a message on the big screen that they had clinched a playoff berth with Seattle Reign's loss to Washington Spirit. The Thorns started off strong with a brace from Allie Long in the 26th and 71st minute, both goals assisted by Tobin Heath. Christine Sinclair would finish up by scoring in the 90th minute and shutting out Houston 3-0, giving goalkeeper Michelle Betos 4 clean sheets for the season so far.

To conclude the stretch of 3 games in 8 days, the Thorns played the Western New York Flash in front of their only sold-out crowd of the year, with 21,144 announced attendance. The Thorns went ahead 3-0 only to concede 2 goals within 4 minutes late in the game, but hung on to win and clinch a home playoff match.

On Sunday September 25, the Thorns clinched the NWSL Shield with a win over Sky Blue FC and a Washington Spirit loss to the Chicago Red Stars. The Thorns hosted Western New York Flash in the semi-finals for the NWSL Playoffs, losing a physical match 4-3 in overtime.

Position at the end of the season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield

Competition	Record								Started Round	First Match	Last Match	Final Position
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
NWSL	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	060.00	1	April 17, 2016	September 25, 2016	1st
NWSL Playoffs	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00	Semi-finals	October 2, 2016	October 2, 2016	out
Total	21	12	5	4	38	23	+15	057.14

Providence Park Pre-season Tournament

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States Seattle Reign	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
2	United States Houston Dash	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
2	United States Portland Thorns FC	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	United States Oregon State University	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

The 2016 NWSL Regular Season schedule was released on February 18, 2016.^[4]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	8	1	1	23	8	+15	4	4	2	12	11	+1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield
2	Washington Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	NWSL Playoffs
3	Chicago Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
4	Western New York Flash (C)	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32
5	Seattle Reign FC	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30
6	FC Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	−2	26
7	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	24	30	−6	26
8	Houston Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22
9	Orlando Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	−10	19
10	Boston Breakers	20	3	2	15	14	47	−33	11

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Updated to match played November 16, 2016
Source: [1]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mark Parsons
Assistant Coach	Tracy Hasson
Assistant Coach	Sophie Clough
Assistant Coach	Carly Copplestone
Goalkeeping Coach	Nadine Angerer
Fitness Coach	Garga Caserta
Head Athletic Trainer	Robyn Hasegawa
Athletic Trainer	Katie Donnelley
Equipment Manager	Megan Lovich

Source: Providence Park

The 2016 primary kits are their signature red color with a "spray on" black on the ends of the sleeves. The kits remain Nike and the sponsorship with their sponsor Providence Health and Services on the front.

The 2016 secondary kits feature the same style as the first kit, however instead of red, it is white with the "spray on" black sleeve style. The kit is also Nike and shows the Providence Health and Services sponsorship.

The Thorns do not have a third kit for 2016.

All players contracted to the club during the season included.
Last updated: August 30, 2016^{[5] [6]}

No.	Name	Nationality	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Year with Club (Year Signed)
Goalkeepers
18	Michelle Betos	United States	GK	(1988年02月20日) February 20, 1988 (age 37)	3 (2014)
24	Adrianna Franch	United States	GK	(1990年11月12日) November 12, 1990 (age 34)	1 (2016)
Defenders
2	Katherine Reynolds	United States	RB	(1987年09月14日) September 14, 1987 (age 37)	1 (2016)
4	Emily Menges	United States	CB	(1992年07月28日) July 28, 1992 (age 32)	3 (2014)
16	Emily Sonnett	United States	CB	(1993年11月25日) November 25, 1993 (age 31)	1 (2016)
25	Meghan Klingenberg	United States	LB	(1988年08月02日) August 2, 1988 (age 36)	1 (2016)
44	Meg Morris	United States	LB / FW	(1992年05月11日) May 11, 1992 (age 32)	1 (2016)
Midfielders
6	Meleana Shim	United States	CM	(1991年09月25日) September 25, 1991 (age 33)	4 (2013)
7	Lindsey Horan (NTA)	United States	CM	(1994年05月26日) May 26, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)
10	Allie Long	United States	LW / CM	(1987年08月13日) August 13, 1987 (age 37)	4 (2013)
11	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	Iceland	MF	(1991年08月10日) August 10, 1991 (age 33)	1 (2016)
15	Kendall Johnson	United States	MF / DF	(1991年04月24日) April 24, 1991 (age 33)	2 (2015)
17	Tobin Heath (NTA)	United States	LW	(1988年05月29日) May 29, 1988 (age 36)	4 (2013)
28	Amandine Henry	France	CM	(1989年09月28日) September 28, 1989 (age 35)	1 (2016)
30	Celeste Boureille	United States	MF	(1994年04月20日) April 20, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)
Forwards
9	Nadia Nadim	Denmark	CF / RW	(1988年01月02日) January 2, 1988 (age 37)	1 (2016)
12	Christine Sinclair	Canada	CF	(1983年06月12日) June 12, 1983 (age 41)	4 (2013)
21	Hayley Raso	Australia	FW / RW	(1994年09月05日) September 5, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)
26	Mallory Weber	United States	FW / CB	(1994年04月04日) April 4, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)

• (HG) = Homegrown Player
• (NTA) = National Team Allocated Player
• (Loan) = On Loan
• (AP) = Amateur Player

Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season only

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	PK	Shot	SOG	SOG%	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
20	DF	McKenzie Berryhill	5	2	182	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
18	GK	Michelle Betos	14	14	1260	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
30	MF	Celeste Boureille	6	5	466	0	0	0	5	0	0%	0	0	0	4	3	0	0
11	MF	Dagny Brynjarsdottir	17	12	1068	5	1	0	13	8	62%	0	0	1	25	5	1	0
27	MF	Maureen Fitzgerald	3	2	133	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
24	GK	Adrianna Franch	6	6	540	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Tobin Heath	14	13	1158	1	10	0	33	18	55%	6	61	6	25	30	2	1
28	MF	Amandine Henry	9	8	638	0	1	0	10	2	20%	0	0	1	13	7	0	0
7	MF	Lindsey Horan	15	15	1303	5	0	0	29	17	59%	2	0	8	23	17	4	0
25	DF	Meghan Klingenberg	14	14	1259	0	0	0	4	2	50%	4	0	3	6	7	1	0
32	DF	Sam Lofton	3	0	55	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
10	MF	Allie Long	15	15	1350	6	2	0	29	14	48%	2	3	3	19	27	0	0
4	DF	Emily Menges	20	20	1800	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
44	DF	Meg Morris	7	3	274	1	1	0	2	1	50%	0	0	4	4	3	2	0
9	FW	Nadia Nadim	20	20	1649	9	3	4	40	17	43%	2	15	18	32	21	4	0
29	DF	Shade Pratt	5	1	141	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
21	FW	Hayley Raso	20	6	757	0	2	0	15	4	27%	1	0	5	18	18	3	0
2	DF	Katherine Reynolds	20	18	1672	0	0	0	2	2	100%	0	0	0	11	9	1	0
6	MF	Mana Shim	14	9	814	0	1	0	7	2	29%	1	3	1	9	3	1	0
12	FW	Christine Sinclair	11	10	826	6	2	0	21	12	57%	0	0	6	4	4	0	0
22	DF	Jennifer Skogerboe	3	2	210	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	3	0	0
16	DF	Emily Sonnett	15	15	1350	0	0	0	2	1	50%	0	0	1	4	3	2	0
26	DF	Mallory Weber	13	7	697	0	0	0	4	1	25%	0	0	0	9	6	1	0
5	DF	Kat Williamson	5	3	196	1	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
Team Total			20	—	19798	34	23	4	220	104	47%	18	82	57	222	179	23	1

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKA	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%	YC	RC
18	GK	Michelle Betos	14	14	1260	16	1.14	0	1	165	66	50	76%	1	0
24	GK	Adrianna Franch	6	6	540	3	0.50	0	0	62	22	19	86%	0	0
Team Total			20	—	1800	19	0.95	0	1	227	88	69	78%	1	0

Date	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 13, 2016	United States Lindsey Horan	FW	France Paris Saint-Germain	U.S. Women's National Team allocation process	[7]

Date	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 2, 2015	United States Meghan Klingenberg	DF	United States Orlando Pride	Part of trade for Alex Morgan and Kaylyn Kyle.	[8]
December 10, 2015	United States Adrianna Franch	GK	United States Orlando Pride	Part of trade for Steph Catley.	[9]
January 19, 2016	Denmark Nadia Nadim	FW	United States Sky Blue FC	Traded for the second overall pick in 2016 and a 2017 first and conditional fourth-round pick.	[10]
February 2, 2016	United States Katherine Reynolds	DF	United States Washington Spirit	Traded for Alyssa Kleiner.	[11]
March 16, 2016	France Amandine Henry	MF	France Olympique Lyonnais	[12]
April 15, 2016	United States Celeste Boureille	MF	[13]
April 16, 2016	Australia Hayley Raso	FW	United States Washington Spirit	Signed off waivers.	[13]
April 27, 2016	United States Meg Morris	DF / FW	United States Sky Blue FC	[14]
July 1, 2016	United States Jennifer Skogerboe	DF	Czech Republic FC Slovácko	[15]

Date	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref

Date	Player	Positions Played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
September 24, 2015	United States Michelle Betos	GK	Australia Sydney FC	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	[16]
October 6, 2015	Australia Steph Catley	DF	Australia Melbourne City FC	Was set to return for the start of the 2016 season. Traded.	[17]
October 6, 2015	United States Kendall Johnson	DF	Australia Western Sydney Wanderers	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	[17]
October 6, 2015	Australia Clare Polkinghorne	DF	Australia Brisbane Roar	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	[17]
October 6, 2015	England Lianne Sanderson	MF	Cyprus Apollon Limassol	Was set to return for the start of the 2016 season. Selected in Expansion Draft.	[17]
October 6, 2015	United States Mana Shim	MF	Japan Iga Football Club Kunoichi	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	[17]

Date	Player	Positions Played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
October 21, 2015	Equatorial Guinea Genoveva Añonma	FW	N/A	Waived.	[18]
October 26, 2015	United States Alex Morgan	FW	United States Orlando Pride	Part of trade for first Expansion Draft selection, first round College Draft selection, and international roster spot.	[19]
October 26, 2015	Canada Kaylyn Kyle	MF	United States Orlando Pride	Part of trade for first Expansion Draft selection, first round College Draft selection, and international roster spot.	[19]
November 2, 2015	England Lianne Sanderson	MF	United States Orlando Pride	Selected in Expansion Draft.	[20]
December 10, 2015	Australia Steph Catley	DF	United States Orlando Pride	Part of trade for Adrianna Franch.	[21]
February 2, 2016	United States Alyssa Kleiner	DF	United States Washington Spirit	Traded for Katherine Reynolds.	[22]
February 8, 2016	Canada Rhian Wilkinson	DF	N/A	No longer allocated. Released.	[23]
March 24, 2016	England Jodie Taylor	FW	England Arsenal Ladies	[24]
August 30, 2016	United States McKenzie Berryhill	DF	United States Orlando Pride	Waived. Claimed off waivers by Pride.	[25] [26]

Date	Player	Positions Played	Year with Club (Year Signed)	Notes	Ref

Stage (Round Pick)	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Notes	Ref
1 (1)	Emily Sonnett	DF	United States Virginia Cavaliers	[27]
3 (21)	McKenzie Berryhill	DF	United States Arizona State Sun Devils	[27]

The draft was held on January 15, 2016.

Date	Name	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref

Date	Name	Position	Destination club	Notes	Ref

Ten Thorns players have been called up to play for their national teams during this season.

Team	Players
United States	Meghan Klingenberg, Tobin Heath, Emily Sonnett, Lindsey Horan, Allie Long
Canada	Christine Sinclair
Iceland	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
Denmark	Nadia Nadim
France	Amandine Henry

No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL				NWSL Playoffs				Total
			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals
2	DF	United States Katherine Reynolds	17 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17 (2)	0	1	0
4	DF	United States Emily Menges	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0
5	DF	United States Kat Williamson	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0
6	MF	United States Meleana Shim	9 (5)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9 (5)	0	1	0
7	MF	United States Lindsey Horan	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	4	0
9	FW	Denmark Nadia Nadim	19	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	9	4	0
10	MF	United States Allie Long	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	0	0
11	MF	Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	12 (4)	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	12 (4)	5	1	0
12	FW	Canada Christine Sinclair	9 (1)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 (1)	6	0	0
15	MF	United States Kendall Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	United States Emily Sonnett	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	2	0
17	MF	United States Tobin Heath	12 (1)	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	12 (1)	1	2	1
18	GK	United States Michelle Betos	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
21	FW	Australia Hayley Raso	6 (13)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6 (13)	0	3	0
22	DF	United States Jennifer Skogerboe	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
24	GK	United States Adrianna Franch	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
25	DF	United States Meghan Klingenberg	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
26	FW	United States Mallory Weber	7 (6)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (6)	0	1	0
27	MF	United States Maureen Fitzgerald	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
28	MF	France Amandine Henry	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (1)	0	0	0
29	FW	United States Shade Pratt	1 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
30	MF	United States Celeste Boureille	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0
32	DF	United States Samantha Lofton	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
44	MF	United States Meg Morris	3 (4)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3 (4)	1	2	0
Players who were transferred/waived from the club during active season or on loan
20	DF	United States McKenzie Berryhill	2 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (3)	0	0	0

No.	Player	NWSL				NWSL Playoffs				Total
		MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
18	United States Michelle Betos	1170	15	1.15	48	0	0	0.00	0	1170	15	1.15	48
24	United States Adrianna Franch	540	3	0.50	19	0	0	0.00	0	540	3	0.50	19
TOTALS	1620	16	0.89	65	0	0	0.00	0	1710	18	0.95	67

As of September 11, 2016.

Visual	Most recent starters	Players who have started
Formation: 4-2-3-1 United States Betos United States Reynolds United States Sonnett United States Menges United States Klingenberg United States Long France Henry Denmark Nadim United States Horan United States Heath Canada Sinclair (c)	No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 18 GK United States Michelle Betos 13 11 RB United States Katherine Reynolds 17 16 CB United States Emily Sonnett 14 4 CB United States Emily Menges 19 25 LB United States Meghan Klingenberg 13 10 DM United States Allie Long 14 28 DM France Amandine Henry 7 9 RW Denmark Nadia Nadim 19 7 CM United States Lindsey Horan 14 17 LW United States Tobin Heath 12 12 CF Canada Christine Sinclair (c) 9	No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 24 GK United States Adrianna Franch 6 5 LB United States Kat Williamson 3 44 RB United States Meg Morris 3 22 RB United States Jennifer Skogerboe 2 LB United States McKenzie Berryhill 2 6 DM United States Meleana Shim 9 11 AM Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir 12 30 CM United States Celeste Boureille 5 29 AM United States Shade Pratt 1 26 AM United States Mallory Weber 7 27 CM United States Maureen Fitzgerald 2 21 RW Australia Hayley Raso 6

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	NWSL	NWSL Playoffs	Total
1	F	9	Denmark Nadia Nadim	9	0	9
2	F	12	Canada Christine Sinclair	6	0	6
3	MF	11	Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	5	0	5
4	MF	7	United States Lindsey Horan	4	0	4
	MF	10	United States Allie Long	4	0	4
6	DF	5	United States Kat Williamson	1	0	1
	MF	17	United States Tobin Heath	1	0	1
	DF	44	United States Meg Morris	1	0	1
Own goals				1	0	1
Total				32	0	32

The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	NWSL	NWSL Playoffs	Total
1	MF	17	United States Tobin Heath	9	0	9
2	FW	9	Denmark Nadia Nadim	2	0	2
	MF	10	United States Allie Long	2	0	2
	FW	12	Canada Christine Sinclair	2	0	2
5	MF	6	United States Meleana Shim	1	0	1
	MF	11	Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	1	0	1
	FW	21	Australia Hayley Raso	1	0	1
	MF	28	France Amandine Henry	1	0	1
	MF	44	United States Meg Morris	1	0	1
TOTALS				20	0	20

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	NWSL	NWSL Playoffs	Total
1	18	United States Michelle Betos	4	0	4
	24	United States Adrianna Franch	3	0	3
TOTALS			7	0	7

Month	Result	Player	Ref
April	Won	United States Tobin Heath	[28] [29]
June	Won	Canada Christine Sinclair	[30]
September	Won	United States Allie Long	[31]

Week	Result	Player	Ref
6	Won	United States Tobin Heath	[32]
19	Won	United States Allie Long	[33]

Week	Result	Player	Ref
6	Won	United States Tobin Heath	[34]
11	Won	Iceland Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	[35]

Week	Result	Player	Ref
1	Won	United States Michelle Betos	[36]
7	Won	United States Katherine Reynolds	[37]
12	Won	United States Michelle Betos	[38]
13	Won	United States Michelle Betos	[39]
15	Won	United States Michelle Betos	[40]

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