Last weekend was the final match of our TPG “Apertura” season, and what a romp of a match it was.
The current Wooden Spoon, Racing Louisville, came to visit and the hosts treated them to a very rude welcome, whaling the living tar out of them 4-nil.
Our three finalist punters had a hell of a day, as well. Everyone got the result (though only Ken was bold enough to deny Emma Sears and predict a Thorns clean sheet) as well as predicting a Tordin-to-Wilson goal thus picking up the scorer/assist three-pointer. PTFC Dave also picked Reilyn Turner as another of the many Thorns scorers.
There was a bit of confusion on the “first yellow card of the match” pick. Everyone picked Louisville’s Flint (I’m not aware…is she some kind of brute? Apparently at least three people here think so..!) but Barcasiempre also picked Jayden Perry, who did pick up the game’s first yellow. I’m going to hand out a point for that, with the caveat that the idea is to pick ONE player from either team as the player who picks up the first yellow, so from now on if someone picks one from each team both picks will be invalidated!
Anyway, here’s where our league table stood at the end of the Apertura:
| Player | Latest Round | Cumulative Score |
| PTFC Dave | 7 | 45 |
| Ken | 8 | 49 |
| Barcasiempre | 7 | 37 |
| DanXP2 | 0 | 4 |
| Daniel Stratton | 0 | 6 |
| David Mellinger | 0 | 3 |
So congratulations to Ken, our Apertura Campeon!
Now we reset the table for the Clausura.
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.
Now, on to Matchday 15.
This coming Sunday the Thorns travel up I-5 for the return fixture of the wild Two Players Down Two Goals Up Matchday 2 win over the Seattle Reign.
Since that day the two clubs have gone different directions.
When they met back in March they were both 1-0-0. Seattle had won in Orlando on Opening Day 1-2, Portland in Washington 0-1.
Since that loss Seattle has dropped five of their next ten fixtures. From the beginning of April the Reign have gone 1-2-5 until today they stand 11th of 16 (4-2-6, 14pts, 11GF, 16GA, GD -5).
Portland has won six of the subsequent 12 matches to sit 2nd on the table (8-3-3, 27pts, 24GF, 14GA, GD +10).
As their stat line shows, Seattle’s biggest problem this season has been scoring. They haven’t; only two players – Maddie Mercado and Brittany Ratcliffe – have scored more than once (and barely that; both have two). Six more have single goals each.
Compare this to Portland, with three players in the league top ten scorers (Wilson (6), Turner and Moultrie (5 each) with a fourth, Tordin, just outside the top with 4 goals.
However, as most of the clubs’ supporters know, there’s Seattle, and then there’s Seattle in Seattle…and there’s Portland, and then there’s Portland on the road (this season). Will that impact the match? Get on the bus and find out!
Last meeting: March 20, 2026, Providence Park, Portland, OR. 2-nil Thorns win.
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