2024 Portland Thorns FC season

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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.

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]

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

As of November 2, 2024.^[6]

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

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

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

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	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	1–2	5–1
2	United States Portland Thorns FC	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6	1–3	—	1–0	5–0
3	United States Seattle Reign FC	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3	2–1	0–1	—	2–3
4	Mexico Tijuana	3	1	0	0	2	4	12	−8	3	1–5	0–5	3–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	POR	SDW	WFC	SFE
1	Mexico América	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—	7–0	5–0
2	United States Portland Thorns FC	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9		3–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	United States San Diego Wave FC	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	0–1	3–2	—	—	—
4	Canada Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	4	1	0	3	2	16	−14	3	—	0–6	0–2	—	—
5	Panama Santa Fe	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9	0	—	—	0–2	1–2	—

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2024 NWSL Draft was held on January 12, 2024.

R	P	Player	Pos.	College	Status	Ref.
1	11	United States Payton Linnehan	FW	Pennsylvania State University	Signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option on March 1, 2024.	[7] [8]
2	23	United States Olivia Wade-Katoa	MF	Brigham Young University	Signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option on March 5, 2024.	[7] [9]
2	25	United States Kelsey Kaufusi	DF	Utah State University	Not signed.	[7]
3	39	United States Kat Asman	GK	Pennsylvania State University	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option on March 6, 2024.	[7] [10]
4	53	United States Katie Duong	MF	Stanford University	Not signed.	[7]

Date	Player	Pos.	Notes	Ref.
January 17, 2024	United States Gabby Provenzano	MF	Re-signed to a one-year contract extension.	[11]
January 18, 2024	United States Meghan Klingenberg	DF	Free agent re-signed to a one-year contract.	[12]
January 22, 2024	Canada Christine Sinclair	FW	Free agent re-signed to a one-year contract.	[13]
January 23, 2024	United States Becky Sauerbrunn	DF	Free agent re-signed to a one-year contract.	[14]
February 13, 2024	United States Olivia Moultrie	MF	Re-signed to a three-year contract extension through 2026.	[15]
September 12, 2024	United States Morgan Weaver	FW	Re-signed to a five-year contract extension through 2028.	[16]

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
February 18, 2024	Nigeria Nicole Payne	DF	France Paris Saint-Germain	Loaned through the end of the season. Permanently acquired on July 2, 2024.	[17] [18]

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
September 5, 2024	United States Lauren Kozal	GK	United States Tampa Bay Sun FC	Loaned through the remainder of the NWSL season.	[19]

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 9, 2024	Denmark Isabella Obaze	DF	Sweden FC Rosengård	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a three-year contract with a mutual option.	[20]
January 31, 2024	Canada Jessie Fleming	MF	England Chelsea	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a three-year contract.	[21]
February 2, 2024	Germany Marie Müller	DF	Germany SC Freiburg	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option.	[22]
March 14, 2024	Republic of Ireland Marissa Sheva	MF	United States Washington Spirit	Preseason trialist signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option.	[23]
March 20, 2024	Portugal Ana Dias	FW	Russia ZFK Zenit	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option.	[24]
March 21, 2024	United States Mallie McKenzie	MF	United States Georgia Bulldogs	Preseason trialist signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option.	[25]
April 20, 2024	Mexico Emily Alvarado	GK	United States Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for 35,000ドル in allocation money and a maximum of 50,000ドル in additional funding pending performance conditions met.	[26]
July 2, 2024	Nigeria Nicole Payne	DF	France Paris Saint-Germain	Loanee acquired permanently in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a two-year contract through 2025.	[18]
July 10, 2024	Australia Mackenzie Arnold	GK	England West Ham United	Signed to a three-year contract through 2026 with a mutual option.	[27]
July 18, 2024	United States Marissa DiGenova	DF	United States Lancaster Inferno FC	Signed as national team replacement players.	[28]
	United States Rebekah Valdez	FW	United States Grand Canyon Antelopes
August 19, 2024	United States Alexa Spaanstra	FW	United States Kansas City Current	Traded in exchange for 25,000ドル in intra-league transfer funds and 15,000ドル in allocation money.	[29]
August 21, 2024	United States Reilyn Turner	FW	United States Racing Louisville FC	Traded in exchange for Janine Beckie.	[30]
September 2, 2024	United States Sophie Hirst	MF	United States Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for 25,000ドル in intra-league transfer funds and a conditional 10,000ドル in intra-league transfer funds.	[31]

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 23, 2024	Costa Rica Rocky Rodríguez	MF	United States Angel City FC	Traded in exchange for 275,000ドル in allocation money and conditional fees.	[32]
July 26, 2024	United States Meaghan Nally	DF	Denmark Odense Boldklub Q	Mutual contract termination.	[33]
August 15, 2024	Mexico Emily Alvarado	GK	Mexico Club Tijuana	Mutual contract termination.	[34]
August 21, 2024	Canada Janine Beckie	FW	United States Racing Louisville FC	Traded in exchange for Reilyn Turner.	[30]
August 26, 2024	Portugal Ana Dias	FW	Mexico Tigres UANL	Transferred in exchange for an undisclosed fee.	[35]

Date	Player	Pos.	Ref.
November 10, 2024	Canada Christine Sinclair	FW	[36] [37]

Date	Player	Pos.	List	Injury	Ref.
March 13, 2024	United States Gabby Provenzano	MF	Season-ending injury	Left Achilles tear.	[38]
May 9, 2024	United States Morgan Weaver	FW	45-day injury	Right knee injury sustained in match against Bay FC.	[39]
October 11, 2024	United States Olivia Wade-Katoa	MF	Season-ending injury	Right knee injury sustained in match against Santa Fe F.C.	[40]

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Thorns' initial preseason roster, which was released on January 24, 2024, did not feature any non-rostered invitees.^[41] However, the club added three non-rostered invitees to their preseason roster on February 20, 2024.^[42]

Player	Pos.	Previous club	Status	Ref.
United States Taylor Aylmer	MF	United States Racing Louisville FC	Not signed.	[42]
United States Mallie McKenzie	MF	United States Georgia Bulldogs	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option on March 21, 2024.	[42] [25]
Republic of Ireland Marissa Sheva	FW	United States Washington Spirit	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option on March 14, 2024.	[42] [23]

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