Thorns FC: Family Game Night
The things we do because we love them…
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Summer Heat, Autumn Light
Into the fall series with what we learned from the summer…
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Legends in red and black.
Read More Thorns FC: Memory Box 5 – Best XIStatutory 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 […]
Read More Statutory RequirementsThorns FC: Memory Box 2 – The Loved Ones
The Loved Ones…
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Let’s talk about some favorite (and maybe not-so-favorite) Thorns..!
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We’ve finally come to the end of our look at the 2019 Thorns with the players whose job is to put the biscuit in the basket; the forwards. Before we got to this point we’ve looked at the goalkeepers, and concluded that we have two players who appear to be on diverging paths; A.D Franch, […]
Read More Thorns FC: Final Grades – The ForwardsThorns FC: final Grades – The Midfield
The Heart of the Midfield: The Big Three Here’s pretty much where you need to start to discuss the Thorns’ midfield in 2019; with 2018, and the difference in goals scored between the two seasons by three of the Thorns midfielders: Lindsey Horan, Tobin Heath, and Christine Sinclair. Because 2018 was the Year Without Forwards; […]
Read More Thorns FC: final Grades – The MidfieldThorns FC: Final Grades – The Backline
The Tipping Toddler (A Safety Advisory) Before we go on, let me start with this. I’m not here to slag off on the Thorns as a team, or any individual player. As a fan I love and support the squad, in victory or in defeat. Some readers expressed concern that I was low-rating A.D. Franch […]
Read More Thorns FC: Final Grades – The BacklineThorns FC: The Things We Did Last Summer
I think we’re most of us finally into the fifth Kubler-Ross stage of the Portland Thorns 2019 season. Okay, well, no, not me. I’m still stuck in the fucking “anger, bargaining, and drinking heavily” stage. What, that’s not one? Aw, the hell with it. It is for me. But I suspect – and I hope […]
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