Okay, well.
Everyone had a tough day last week.
The Thorns dropped their second loss of the season in Louisville, while our punters had all predicted (or, perhaps, hoped for…) the road win. Most of us got the Moultrie-to-Wilson goal/assist/bonus, and Barcasiempre had Sears scoring for Racing. David Mellinger took the “fun” points with his tale of Bev Yanez singing the blues.
Here’s the league table before Matchday 10:
| Player | Latest Round | Cumulative Score |
| PTFC Dave | 0 | 37 |
| Ken | 3 | 30 |
| Barcasiempre | 4 | 27 |
| DanXP2 | 0 | 4 |
| Daniel Stratton | 0 | 6 |
| David Mellinger | 3 | 3 |
How all this works:
Before the upcoming Thorns match add a comment to this post. As your first line, put your predicted result, for example 1-3 Thorns.
In the body of your comment, start with the goals and assists, like so:
Wilson (Fleming)
Reyes (Free kick)
Moultrie (Unassisted)
Rodman (PK)
Next, name the first yellow card recipient: Sophia Wilson
Then a red card. (NOTE: no points awarded for correctly calling a red-card-free match, so take a guess.) Trinity Rodman for mimicking mooning the referee after getting an undeserved yellow.
Make your fun prediction,and give a “thumbs up” to anybody else’s prediction that tickles your fancy: “Ryan gets the start against her former club. She gets through 70 minutes without fouling her former teammates until she can’t take it anymore. She pushes over Perry, gives Muller a wedgie, gives Arnold a noogie, then flips off the Riveters and runs out of Providence Park, never to be seen again. The ref issues a red card, which she later contests, and loses.” (h/t to ABell4)
Scoring:
· Correct score: 5 points
· Correct result (draw/win/loss): 3 points
· Each clean sheet: 2 points
· Each goal-scorer: 1 point
· Each FK/PK/assist/lack of assist: 1 point
· Goal/assist bonus: 1 point
· Player with the first yellow card of the match: 1 point
· A player with a red card: 1 point
· Most liked/most outrageously accurate prediction: 2 points
Some ground rules and explanations/clarifications (the fine print):
Comments must be posted before kickoff, but you can edit or amend an earlier prediction right up to the starting whistle.
Keep your scoreline predictions realistic. No crazy scores just to pad out your odds of getting goals and assists.
The goal/assist bonus is an additional point if you predict the correct scorer and assistant on the same goal, for example, you say Castellanos scores from a Moultrie assist and that is exactly what happens.
Be clear whether you think a goal will be unassisted, assisted, or from a PK/FK. Unassisted = no assist, run of play; Assisted = player who got the assist; PK/FK = dead ball, not in run of play. FK includes olimpicos from corners. No entry means unassisted.
This coming Sunday the Thorns finally return home to play the Angel City they beat 1-2 in LA in the first round of the season series about three weeks ago.
Since then the clubs have gone very different ways; the Thorns have played three and won two of them before the loss in Louisville, clinging to the top spot on the table (6-1-2, 19pts, 15GF, 9GA, +6GD). Angel City (with two games in hand) has been winless at home, losing to Utah 0-1 and then San Diego 1-2 (11th of 16, 9pts, 3-0-4, 12GF, 9GA, +3GD). Emma Sams has scored the only Angels goal since our last meeting.
Last Meeting: April 26, 2026, 1-2 road win, BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA.
- Thorns FC: Kiss - June 3, 2026
- Thorns FC: Rough Road - May 29, 2026
- Thorns FC: Double Down - May 26, 2026
3-1 Thorns
Wilson (Moultrie)
Turner (Tordin)
Moultrie (PK)
Jónsdóttir (Fuller)
First yellow: Gorden
Red: Niehues
Baby Jamie, Claire Emslie’s 5-month-old, and Gigi and Ruby are together in the box reserved for players’ kids. Gigi and Ruby think that Jamie is so cute that they can’t stop hugging him, and when the moms return after the game, prying the kids apart leads to a storm of wailing and weeping – but only for about 30 seconds, since after all everyone involved is under two.
Okay no Moultrie, no Jónsdóttir. Winning will be tough sans Moultrie but I think we can still do it.
2-1 Thorns
Wilson (Tordin)
Turner (Wilson)
Thompson (Fuller)
Thorns 3/2 AC
Wilson/Moultrie
Wilson/Tordin
Emslie/Thompson
Jonsdottir/Thompson
Yellow Reyes
Mothers Emslie, Wilson, Bixby and Gordon are presented diapers which Gordon presents to Emslie because her son is well done with diapers and Wilson scored on her.
Revision
Thorns 3/2 AC
Wilson/Tordin
Wilson/Fleming
Emslie/Thompson
Tiernan/Thompson
Yellow Reyes
Mothers Emslie, Wilson, Bixby and Gordon are presented diapers which Gordon presents to Emslie because her son is well done with diapers and Wilson scored on her.
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Ugh. Remember when Gale took over for Norris and we went on a 6 game win streak that felt like we shouldn’t have been winning but the ball kept going in the goal? Remember what happened after that? I have that feeling in my gut right now but maybe we can hold on to a point.
Thorns 2 – 2 ACFC
Wilson/Moultrie
Tordin
Thompson/Sams
Jonsdottir/Thompson
1st Yellow: Jonsdottir
Red: A. Borges
M. Weaver steals Muller’s kit before the game and tries to fool Vilahamn into subbing in for Tordin. Muller thinks it is a weird American joke and steals Lyles kit. The resulting confusion ends up with a goal being called back on review and a stern warning from the training staff to Weaver on how she needs to listen to medical advice before playing.
Okay I still can’t do a thumbs-up on this site but consider this a vote for Ken’s story here.
No Moultrie. Roh, roh as Astro would say.