The Carpenter File

Was the loss of Carpenter bad luck, bad planning, or something more troubling?

Drawing to an inside straight

Parsing the Covid Cup Draw…

Soccer in the Time of Cholera

We break out – without breaking out – to break it all down during The Plague Year.

Thorns FC: Memory Box 5 – Best XI

Legends in red and black.

Thorns FC: Memory Box 4 – Power of the Night

Under the lights but often struggling in the dark

Statutory Requirements

We’ve had a couple of “best of” sorts of posts in a row – kits, tifos – so I thought I’d add a third. It’s pretty straightforward. Who else gets a statue? If she doesn’t get immortalized in bronze at the corner of 18th and Morrison the year she retires, Christine Sinclair has my permission […]

Thorns FC: Memory Box 2 – The Loved Ones

The Loved Ones…

Thorns FC: Memory Box 1 – The Enigmas

Let’s talk about some favorite (and maybe not-so-favorite) Thorns..!

Thorns FC: Drafts and Deals, Part 1

While we’re waiting for the delayed season to start…let’s discuss the club’s offseason moves!

Thorns FC: Wild Card

In the old movie this is where the editor runs into the newsroom shouting “STOP THE PRESSES!!!” To me this is intriguing on a number of levels: First, because without Macario I don’t see the #1 pick on this draft being worth all that much. Certainly not worth a subsidized player. Certainly not worth a […]