2014 Portland Thorns FC season

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PresidentMerritt Paulson
Head coachPaul Riley
StadiumProvidence Park
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 20,438)
National Women's Soccer League3rd
Portland Thorns FC
2014 season
PresidentMerritt Paulson
Head coachPaul Riley
StadiumProvidence Park
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 20,438)
National Women's Soccer League3rd
NWSL PlayoffsSemifinals (eliminated by FC Kansas City)
Top goalscorerJessica McDonald (11 goals)
Highest home attendance19,123
(Aug. 3 vs. Houston Dash)
Lowest home attendance9,672
(Jul 13 vs. FC Kansas City)
Average home league attendance13,362
Biggest win7-1
(Jul. 13 vs. FC Kansas City)
Biggest defeat0-5
(June 7 vs. Western New York Flash)
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The 2014 season was the Portland Thorns FC's second season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

Executive staff

Majority Owner, Chief Executive Officer Merritt Paulson
President, Business Operations Mike Golub
General Manager Gavin Wilkinson
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Jeld-Wen Field (20,438 / 110x70 yards)

Updated to match played October 6, 2014
Source: 

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head Coach Paul Riley
Assistant Coach Mike Demakis
Assistant Coach Skip Thorp
Assistant Coach Scot Thompson
Goalkeeper Coach Steve Reese
Athletic Trainer Katie Donnelly

Last updated: October 6, 2014
Source:

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GER Nadine Angerer
2 DF  USA Rebecca Moros
4 DF  AUS Stephanie Catley
6 MF  USA Meleana Shim
7 DF  USA Nikki Marshall
8 MF  USA Angie Kerr
9 MF  ESP Verónica Boquete
10 MF  USA Allie Long
12 FW  CAN Christine Sinclair
13 FW  USA Alex Morgan
14 FW  USA Jessica McDonald
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  USA Rachel Van Hollebeke
17 MF  USA Tobin Heath
18 GK  USA Michelle Betos
19 MF  USA Sarah Huffman
20 DF  USA Kat Tarr
21 DF  USA Emily Menges
22 MF  USA Amber Brooks
23 FW  MEX Jackie Acevedo
24 MF  USA Sinead Farrelly
25 DF  USA Courtney Niemiec
28 FW  SWE Hanna Terry

Match results

Key

  Win   Tie   Loss

Pre-season

March 28, 2014 Arizona Wildcats 0–10 Portland Thorns FC Tucson, Arizona
19:00 (PDT) Report Sinclair 3'
Kerr 6'
Van Hollebeke 33', 53'
McDonald 42', 48'
Long 55', 58'
Shim 68', 90'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,774
Referee: Ramy Touchan
March 30, 2014 Arizona State Sun Devils 0–5 Portland Thorns FC Tucson, Arizona
19:00 (PDT) Report Long 3', 19'
Acevedo 45'
Sinclair 51'
Tarr Yellow card 69'
McDonald 82'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Matt Stewart

Regular season

April 12, 2014 1 Houston Dash 0 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Masar Yellow card 74' Report Long Yellow card 15' 24' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 8,097 [1]
Referee: Christina Unkel
Apr 19, 2014 2 Sky Blue FC 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 (PDT) Rampone 25' Report Marshall Yellow card 73'
Long 75' (pen.)		 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 2,983
Referee: Mark Allatin
Apr 26, 2014 3 Portland Thorns FC 3 - 1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Long 44' (pen.)
McDonald 84', 88'		 Report Holiday 56' (pen.)
Mathias Yellow card 63'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,124
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
May 3, 2014 4 Western New York Flash 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
19:00 (PDT) Bermudez 39' Report McDonald 43' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 3,674
Referee: Matthew Franz
May 10, 2014 5 Portland Thorns FC 0 - 1 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT) Brooks Yellow card 29' Report Little 89' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,182
Referee: Boris Senic
May 14, 2014 6 Houston Dash 0 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Ohai Yellow card 76' Report McDonald 57'
Brooks Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 21, 2014 7 Portland Thorns FC 2 - 1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Long 17'
McDonald 49'
Tarr Yellow card 75'		 Report[dead link] Bermudez Yellow card 14'
Zerboni 57'
Reynolds Yellow card 73'
Wambach Yellow card 81'
Taylor Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,920
Referee: Mark Allatin
May 24, 2014 8 Portland Thorns FC 0 - 1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Report O'Hara 84' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,427
Referee: Bernard Hosu
May 28, 2014 9 Boston Breakers 4 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
19:30 (PDT) Ezurike 2'
Reeves 25', 45', 59'
Jones Yellow card 39'
Whitehill Yellow card 64'
D’Agostino Yellow card 73'		 Report Tarr Red card 42'
Shim Yellow card  58'
Sinclair 62'		 Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Attendance: 1,556
Referee: Boris Senic
Jun 7, 2014 10 Portland Thorns FC 0 - 5 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Marshall Yellow card 23'
Angerer Red card 28'
Menges Yellow card 31'		 Report Taylor Yellow card 5'
Zerboni 11'
Lloyd 28' (pen.), 51'
Kerr 32', 47'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,838
Referee: Juliana Duncan
Jun 15, 2014 11 Portland Thorns FC 2 - 0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT) McDonald 11'
Boquete 78'		 Report Angeli Yellow card 45+2' Yellow-red card 86' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,056
Referee: Michael Zapata
Jun 21, 2014 12 Washington Spirit 1 - 6 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
18:30 (PDT) Gayle Yellow card 10'
Nairn 62'		 Report Sinclair 5'
Morgan 10', 71'
Brooks Yellow card 59'
McDonald 85', 87'
Menges Yellow card 89'
Long 90+1'		 Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,806
Referee: Kristen Salazar
Jun 25, 2014 13 Portland Thorns FC 1 - 2 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Sinclair 54'
Van Hollebeke Yellow card 76'		 Report Freels 8' Yellow card 75'
Foord Yellow card 46'
Cutshall 65'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 10,477
Referee: Bernard Hosu
Jun 28, 2014 14 FC Kansas City 1 - 0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 (PDT) Holiday 41' Report Brooks Yellow card 50' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,421
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Jul 4, 2014 15 Portland Thorns FC 2 - 2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
14:00 (PDT) McDonald 24'
Huffman 39' Yellow card 62'		 Report Press 76', 82' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 13,084
Referee: Timon Berry
Jul 9, 2014 16 Chicago Red Stars 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
20:00 (PDT) Van Egmond 86' (pen.) Report Long 27' (pen.)
Huffman Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium
Referee: Boris Senic
Jul 13, 2014 17 Portland Thorns FC 7 - 1 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PDT) Boquete 3', 74' (pen.)
Morgan 15'
Long 43', 62'
Heath Yellow card 70'
Sinclair 80'
Brooks 88'		 Report Gorry 30'
Richmond Yellow card 40'
LePeilbet Yellow card 42'
Buczkowski Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 9,672
Referee: Christina Unkel
Jul 17, 2014 18 Chicago Red Stars 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
20:00 (PDT) Boxx Yellow card 57'
Chalupny 77'		 Report McDonald 1'
Sinclair Yellow card 57'
Menges Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Benedictine U. Sports Complex Stadium
Attendance: 2,014
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Jul 20, 2014 19 Portland Thorns FC 6 - 3 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT) Long 21' (pen.)
Sinclair 35', 42', 46'
Morgan 52'
McDonald 88'		 Report Schoepfer 14'
Washington 32'
O’Reilly 39' (pen.)		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 14,383
Referee: Margaret Domka
Jul 23, 2014 20 Washington Spirit 1 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
19:00 (PDT) Taylor 68' Report Morgan 8' Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Jul 27, 2014 21 Seattle Reign FC 5 - 0 Portland Thorns FC Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PDT) Leroux 4'
Winters Yellow card 10'
Kawasumi 40', 49'
Rapinoe 57'
Little 90+3'		 Report Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 5,597
Referee: Boris Senic
Aug 3, 2014 22 Portland Thorns FC 1 - 0 Houston Dash Portland, Oregon
22:00 (PDT) Boquette 54'
Marshall Yellow card 90'		 Report Edwards Yellow card 45' Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 19,123
Referee: Katja Koroleva
Aug 10, 2014 23 Boston Breakers 2 - 0 Portland Thorns FC Boston, Massachusetts
18:30 (PDT) Wood 14'
O’Reilly 28'
King Yellow card 53'		 Report Sinclair Yellow card 29' Stadium: Harvard Stadium
Referee: Timon Berry
Aug 17, 2014 24 Portland Thorns FC 1 - 0 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
17:00 (PDT) Morgan 68' Report Deines Yellow card 50'
Rapinoe Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,109
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 24 16 6 2 50 20 +30 54 NWSL Shield
2 FC Kansas City (C) 24 12 5 7 39 32 +7 41 NWSL Playoffs
3 Portland Thorns FC 24 10 6 8 39 35 +4 36
4 Washington Spirit 24 10 5 9 36 43 −7 35
5 Chicago Red Stars 24 9 8 7 32 26 +6 35
6 Sky Blue FC 24 9 7 8 30 37 −7 34
7 Western New York Flash 24 8 4 12 42 38 +4 28
8 Boston Breakers 24 6 2 16 37 53 −16 20
9 Houston Dash 24 5 3 16 23 44 −21 18
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
24 36 10 8 6 39 35  +4 7 4 1 25 17  +8 3 4 5 14 18  −4

Last updated: August 17, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
StadiumAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultWDWDLWWLLLWWLLDDWDWDLWLW
Updated to match(es) played on August 17, 2014. Source: National Women's Soccer League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Championship Playoffs

August 23, 2014 Semifinal FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 (CDT) Rodriguez 65'
Phillips Yellow card 84'
Holiday 87'		 Report Menges Yellow card 22' Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Chris Spivey

Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed

Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper

NPosPlayerGPGSMinGAWGShotSOGCroCKOffFoulFSYCRC
23FWJackie Acevedo2015000000030000
9MFVeronica Boquete151513354613112216181700
22MFAmber Brooks20191598120217210125940
4DFStephanie Catley141311410505101081000
24MFSinead Farrelly17161303000116115151800
17MFTobin Heath554010001370118610
19MFSarah Huffman229962110623309720
8MFAngie Kerr1486760301273013100
10MFAllie Long2220180993144211011315312910
7DFNikki Marshall2424207200061000161330
14FWJessica McDonald241313101114482641512600
21DFEmily Menges23221972000100018430
13FWAlex Morgan141311356435636011651200
2MFRebecca Moros18131171000843009700
25DFCourtney Niemiec1110824000205015600
6MFMeleana Shim1745300201460004610
12FWChristine Sinclair2322198771177401212111620
11FWElisabeth Sullivan101000000000000
20DFKat Tarr654050004120114111
28FWHanna Terry208000000000000
16DFRachel Van Hollebeke129835010200009610
NPosGoal keeperGPGSMinWLTShotSOGSavGAGA/GPenPKFSO
1GKNadine Angerer2222191788623210474301.364344
18GKMichelle Betos322432003414951.667111

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Player Pos Previous club Notes Ref
January 2, 2014United States Amber BrooksMFGermany Bayern MunichDrafted by Portland in the 2013 NWSL College Draft.[2]
January 3, 2014Mexico Jackie AcevedoFWUnited States Houston AcesAcquired via national team allocation.[3]
January 13, 2014Germany Nadine AngererGKAustralia Brisbane Roar[4]
January 13, 2014United States Sinead FarrellyMFUnited States FC Kansas CityAcquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick.[5]
January 17, 2014United States Michelle BetosGKUnited States Boston BreakersAcquired via trade for a 4th-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick.[6]
January 17, 2014United States Emily MengesDFUnited States Georgetown University2014 NWSL College Draft pick.[6]
January 17, 2014United States Meleana ShimMFUnited States Houston DashAcquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick and Nikki Washington.[6]
January 17, 2014United States Elisabeth SullivanFWUnited States Mississippi State University2014 NWSL College Draft pick.[6]
February 17, 2014Australia Stephanie CatleyDFAustralia Melbourne Victory[7]
April 7, 2014Spain Verónica BoqueteMFUnited States Western New York FlashAcquired along with Sarah Huffman via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick.[8]
April 7, 2014United States Sarah HuffmanMFUnited States Western New York FlashAcquired along with Verónica Boquete via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick.[8]
April 9, 2014United States Courtney NiemiecDF/MFUnited States La Salle University[9]
April 9, 2014United States Katarina TarrDFGermany SGS Essen[9]
July 25, 2014United States Hanna TerryFWUnited States Northeastern UniversitySigned after amateur appearance.[10]

Transfers out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref
January 10, 2014United States Meleana ShimMFUnited States Houston DashSelected in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft.[11]
January 13, 2014Canada Karina LeBlancGKUnited States Chicago Red StarsTraded for 2nd-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft.[12]
January 17, 2014United States Nikki WashingtonMFUnited States Houston DashTradeed along with a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick to acquire Meleana Shim.[6]
January 17, 2014United States Tiffany WeimerFWUnited States Washington SpiritTraded for a 3rd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick.[6]
August 25, 2014Spain Verónica BoqueteMFGermany 1. FFC Frankfurt[13]
September 10, 2014United States Angie KerrMFNonePlayer waived.[14]
November 18, 2014United States Sarah HuffmanDFNonePlayer retired.[15]

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