Bouncing

(in which the Thorns bounce back and the house bounces with them) This is a short match report for this busy week of three games in eight days. FC Kansas City came to town in a matchup of the two best defenses in the league. The game was not the grinding affair everyone expected as […]

Where Did We Leave Our Keys?

(In which the Thorns cannot find the key, so Washington locks up three points) This is the first brief match report in this busy period of three games in eight days. For only the second time ever, the Washington Spirit defeated the Portland Thorns. The final score was 1-0 on a Francisca Ordega goal in […]

In Case You Missed It

Here is the archived unedited audio from our live commentary during the Washington Spirit vs the Portland Thorns from Saturday, June 24. There is about a half an hour of chatter preceding the beginning of the match. If you’d like to watch the game already synced up with the audio, click here. This is an […]

Here’s the synced video feed!

Want to rewatch the game already synced up with our commentary? Here ya go! Special thanks to David Ramer (@ramerica) for going above and beyond. If you see him at a game, buy him a beer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnUMpwAjUVc

Listen to Us Instead!

We all know Go90 really doesn’t provide a high level of quality in announcers, so we here at Riveting! would like to provide you an alternative for today’s match vs the Washington Spirit: Listen to us instead! We will be running a live audio stream to listen to instead of whatever yahoos Go90 has stuck […]

Episode 15: Oh Referee, Oh Referee…

So here’s the thing: I got some new recording equipment and tried it out to record this podcast. It’s always a bad idea to not do a test run first, and so unfortunately we have the result: the sound quality is pretty iffy. I apologize for that, and promise it will be perfect for the […]

Providence Park Power Ratings

The Thorns may have lost to Sky Blue, but it wasn’t due to a lack of quality play or effort. My WOTM was (yet again) Lindsey Horan. Her “beast mode” may be permanent, as she was both controlling the midfield and leading much of the attack. By the numbers, her positive-to-negative meaningful touch count was […]

Tons of Pride

Providence Park was rocking all night! A crowd of 16,736 was on hand and it was Pride Night. The stands were filled with color. The early goal conceded did not dampen spirits as the fans sang and danced until the final whistle. Governor Kate Brown, wearing an old-school Thorns jersey, oversaw the coin toss. One […]

Still All Even

(In which the Thorns lose at home for the first time in a long time) The second leg of the Thorns’ home and home series versus Sky Blue took place at Providence Park during Pride Night on Saturday. The first leg held two weeks ago was a 2-0 win for Portland, so given the Thorns […]

Piscataway Power Rankings

My Woman-Of-The-Match award goes to Adrianna Franch for her outstanding performance. Start with her meaningful positive-to-negative touch ratio of 36:7. Five of those 7 negative touches were long balls not recovered by Portland – she only made two “mistakes” in the 90 minutes. Next, consider saving the penalty kick. This is AD’s second PK faced […]