2016 Portland Thorns FC season

Portland Thorns FC
2016 season
President	Merritt Paulson
Head coach	Mark Parsons
Stadium	Providence Park; Portland, Oregon; (Capacity: 21,144)
National Women's Soccer League	1st
NWSL Playoffs	Semifinals (eliminated by Western New York Flash)
Top goalscorer	Nadia Nadim (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,144; (Sept. 11 vs. Western New York)
Lowest home attendance	13,752; (Sept. 7 vs. Houston)
Average home league attendance	16,945
Biggest win	5-1; (Sept. 4 vs. Boston Breakers)
Biggest defeat	0-3; (July 16 vs. Houston Dash)
Home colors	Away colors
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	All statistics correct as of 9/26/2016.

The 2016 season was the Portland Thorns FC's fourth season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns finished first, winning the NWSL Shield, an improvement over their sixth-place finish in the 2015 season. They lost their opening game of the 2016 NWSL Championship tournament (playoffs).

Background

Season review

April

The Thorns began their season at Providence Park as they faced off against expansion team Orlando Pride in the latter's inaugural match. Former Thorn Steph Catley was able to strike first for Orlando in the 12th minute. Portland would soon respond with goals from Dagný Brynjarsdóttir in the 25th minute and Linsey Horan in the 81st minute. Both goals would be assisted by captain Tobin Heath. Thorns FC would win their home opener 2-1.

For their last match in April, the Thorns traveled to Kansas City where they would receive a 1-1 draw. Shea Groom was able to strike first with a goal in the 30th minute; however, Lindsey Horan was able to level for the Thorns in the 78th minute, again assisted by Tobin Heath.

Position at the end of April

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Portland Thorns FC	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	NWSL Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

May

The Thorns began their month of May continuing their 4-game road spell against the Boston Breakers where Dagný Brynjarsdóttir scored the lone goal and Tobin Heath continued her assist streak to 4 in a row. The Thorns would end up winning 1-0.

The Thorns traveled to D.C. to take on the Washington Spirit. The team would end up drawing 0-0 with Tobin Heath acquiring two yellow cards, thus suspending her for the next match against local rivals Seattle Reign FC.

The Thorns finished their 4 away matches in Seattle as they faced off against Reign FC. Nadia Nadim would score her first of the season with an assist by Meg Morris; however, Seattle would respond within 3 minutes by a goal from Beverly Yanez, equalizing at 1-1. Both teams would settle for the draw.

In the first of a two-game home stand, the Thorns secured a 3-1 win over the then-first-place Washington Spirit. In their last game of the month, missing 6 starters due to USWNT call-ups, the Thorns played Seattle to a 0-0 draw.

Position at the end of May

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Portland Thorns FC	7	3	4	0	9	4	+5	13	NWSL Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

June

The Thorns began June with a two-game road trip, first holding on for a 1-1 draw with Chicago Red Stars and then prevailing 2-0 over Western New York Flash. French international Amandine Henry made her first appearance as a Thorn as a second-half substitute in that game.

The Thorns played a crucial match against Chicago Red Stars to determine who would remain in first place. The Thorns prevailed with a 2-0 win with goals from Christine Sinclair and Nadia Nadim with an assist from Henry, who also started for the first time for the club.

Continuing their unbeaten streak (11 games without a loss from the beginning of the season to the end of June), the Thorns traveled to Florida to take on Orlando Pride. The Thorns would win it 2-1, with goals from Dagný Brynjarsdóttir and Lindsey Horan.

Position at the end of June

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	11	6	5	0	16	6	+10	23	NWSL Shield

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

July

The Thorns opened July play without 6 starters due to USWNT and CanWNT Olympics preparations for a home game against Sky Blue. Amandine Henry would join the French national team after the game. The starting lineup included players who previously had seen limited professional minutes or even earning her first start. Sky Blue scored first and the Thorns came back to win 2-1 with goals from Dagný and Nadim to extend their season-opening unbeaten streak to 12 games.

For their second match for the month, the Thorns took on FC Kansas City at home. Now without 7 starting players and using their new amateur players (via a rule that allowed a team to bring in non-paid players when national players go on duty), the Thorns would suffer their first loss of the season, falling 2-1 with the only Thorns goal scorer being Kat Williamson, who was assisted by Dagný Brynjarsdóttir.

The Thorns then went on the road and continuing the stretch without their Olympians, this time also without Dagný as well, lost 3-0 to the 9th-place Houston Dash.

In their last game of both July and before the league-wide Olympics break, the Thorns hosted Seattle Reign at Providence Park. Playing their first 5-4-1 formation of the season, Mana Shim passed to Nadia Nadim who headed home the game's only goal and the Thorns remained in 1st place.

Position at the end of July

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	15	8	5	2	20	12	+8	29	NWSL Shield

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August

Due to the Olympic Games in Brazil, NWSL did not schedule games most of the month. The Thorns traveled to Seattle at the end of the month and fell 3-1 to the Reign.

Position at the end of August

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Portland Thorns FC	16	8	5	3	21	15	+6	29	NWSL Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

September

The Thorns started off their final month in NWSL League play on a busy week with 3 matches in 7 days. The team, fully reunited after the Olympics, hosted Boston Breakers where the Thorns took a dominating 5-1 victory, keeping them in the race for the NWSL Shield.

Continuing their busy week, Portland Thorns took on Houston Dash. In the 19th minute, Portland fans and team members learned from a message on the big screen that they had clinched a playoff berth with Seattle Reign's loss to Washington Spirit. The Thorns started off strong with a brace from Allie Long in the 26th and 71st minute, both goals assisted by Tobin Heath. Christine Sinclair would finish up by scoring in the 90th minute and shutting out Houston 3-0, giving goalkeeper Michelle Betos 4 clean sheets for the season so far.

To conclude the stretch of 3 games in 8 days, the Thorns played the Western New York Flash in front of their only sold-out crowd of the year, with 21,144 announced attendance. The Thorns went ahead 3-0 only to concede 2 goals within 4 minutes late in the game, but hung on to win and clinch a home playoff match.

On Sunday September 25, the Thorns clinched the NWSL Shield with a win over Sky Blue FC and a Washington Spirit loss to the Chicago Red Stars. The Thorns hosted Western New York Flash in the semi-finals for the NWSL Playoffs, losing a physical match 4-3 in overtime.

Position at the end of the season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Competition	Record								Started Round	First Match	Last Match	Final Position
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
NWSL	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	060.00	1	April 17, 2016	September 25, 2016	1st
NWSL Playoffs	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00	Semi-finals	October 2, 2016	October 2, 2016	out
Total	21	12	5	4	38	23	+15	057.14

NWSL

Preseason

Providence Park Pre-season Tournament

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

March 27, 2016 Pre 1	Portland Thorns FC	0–2	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
14:30 (PST)	Horan 59' Nadim 90'	Report	Mathias 59' Solaun 75' Fishlock 77'	Stadium: Providence Park

March 30, 2016 Pre 2	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Oregon State University	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
17:00 (PST)	Nadim 33', 58', 68' Bourille 71'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park

April 2, 2016 Pre 3	Portland Thorns FC	1–2	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
14:30 (PST)	Franch 27' Berryhill 51' Brynjarsdottir 79'	Report	Beckie 83' Brooks 86' Ohai 90'	Stadium: Providence Park

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Seattle Reign	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9
2	Houston Dash	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6
2	Portland Thorns FC	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	Oregon State University	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Regular season

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

April 17, 2016 1	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Orlando Pride	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PST)	Brynjarsdóttir 25' (Heath) 45' Horan 81' (Heath) Klingenberg 87'	Report	Catley 12' Alleway 78' Kyle 89'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,073 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

April 23, 2016 2	FC Kansas City	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
17:30 (PST)	Groom 30' (O'Reilly) 41' 47'	Report	Horan 78' (Heath)	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Danielle Chesky

May 1, 2016 3	Boston Breakers	0–1	Portland Thorns FC	Boston, Massachusetts
14:00 (PST)	Schillgard 38' King 78' Ratcliffe 90'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir 79' (Heath) Horan 91+'	Stadium: Jordan Field Attendance: 3,698 Referee: Brandon Artis

May 7, 2016 4	Washington Spirit	0–0	Portland Thorns FC	Boyds, Maryland
16:00 (PST)	Oyster 17'	Report	Sonnett 26' Heath 59' 88' Horan 90+5'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,333 Referee: Chris Spivey

May 14, 2016 5	Seattle Reign FC	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
19:00 (PST)	Yanez 49' (Barnes)	Report	Nadim 46' (Morris) Horan 86' Morris 90'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,631 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

May 21, 2016 6	Portland Thorns FC	4–1	Washington Spirit	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PST)	Horan 27' (Heath) 76' Kleiner 31' (o.g.) Heath 45' (Sinclair) Morris 78', 60' Sonnett 32' Nadim 61'	Report	Lohman 55' (Dunn) Nairn 61'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 15,823 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

May 29, 2016 7	Portland Thorns FC	0–0	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
16:00 (PST)		Report	Reed 84'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 18,114 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 12, 2016 8	Chicago Red Stars	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00 (PST)	Christen Press 61' (Alyssa Mautz) Sofia Huerta 74' Alyssa Mautz 75' Arin Gilliland 84'	Report	Christine Sinclair 24' Nadia Nadim 88'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Levi Rippy

June 17, 2016 9	Western New York Flash	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
16:00 (PST)	Mewis 47' Kennedy 55' Doniak 90'	Report	Sinclair 46' (Long) Nadim 73' (pen.) Raso 81'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,235 Referee: Victor Rivas

June 22, 2016 10	Portland Thorns FC	2–0	Chicago Red Stars	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PST)	Sinclair 6' Nadim 25' (Henry)	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,931 Referee: Chipalo Street

June 26, 2016 11	Orlando Pride	1–2	Portland Thorns FC	Orlando, Florida
14:00 (PST)	Alleway 43' Spencer 67'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir 80' (Sinclair) Horan 90' (Raso) Raso 90+2'	Stadium: Camping World Stadium Attendance: 7,143 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

July 2, 2016 12	Portland Thorns FC	2–1	Sky Blue FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Brynjarsdóttir 38' (Nadim) Nadim 62' (pen.) Weber 66'	Report	Kai 30' (Lytle) Rampone 45+2'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,287 Referee: Reyna Fonseca

July 9, 2016 13	Portland Thorns FC	1–2	FC Kansas City	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Williamson 76' (Brynjarsdóttir) Nadim 62'	Report	Groom 23' (McCarty), 54' (McCarty) Reed 51' Averbuch 90+3'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 16,942 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

July 16, 2016 14	Houston Dash	3–0	Portland Thorns FC	Houston, Texas
TBD (PST)	Daly 7' (Ohai) Brooks 68' (Moros) Ohai 83'	Report	Shim 40' Raso 81'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Danielle Chesky

July 30, 2016 15	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Seattle Reign FC	Portland, Oregon
19:30 (PST)	Nadim 74' (Shim)	Report	Fishlock 61'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Malik Badawi

August 27, 2016 16	Seattle Reign FC	3–1	Portland Thorns FC	Seattle, Washington
2pm (PST)	Melis 27' (Naho), 50' (Yanez) Barnes 54' Fishlock 65' Rapinoe 90+4' (Fishlock)	Report	Reynolds 71' Long 90+2' (Heath)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,888 Referee: Rosendo Martinez

September 4, 2016 17	Portland Thorns FC	5–1	Boston Breakers	Portland, Oregon
16:00 (PST)	Sinclair 14' (Nadim) Long 48' (Sinclair) Nadim 41' (pen.), 79' (Long), 90+2' 90'	Report	King 84' (Beckmann)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 17,152 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 7, 2016 18	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Houston Dash	Portland, Oregon
19:00 (PST)	Long 26' (Heath), 71' (Heath) Sinclair 90'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,752 Referee: Brandon Artis

September 11, 2016 19	Portland Thorns FC	3–2	Western New York Flash	Portland, Oregon
18:30 (PST)	Nadim 27' (pen.) Sinclair 37' Heath 58' Brynjarsdóttir 69' (Heath) Betos 71'	Report	Hinkle 27' McDonald 77' (Eddy) Williams 80' (McDonald)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Marco Vega

September 25, 2016 20	Sky Blue FC	1–3	Portland Thorns FC	Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00 (PST)	Kai 6' (O'Hara) Grubka 59'	Report	Long 41' (Heath), 84' (Raso) Horan 57' (Nadim)	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Christina Unkel

The 2016 NWSL Regular Season schedule was released on February 18, 2016.^[4]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Stadium	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position^[a]	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2016. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

^ POR's position at the end of the matchweek, not their match.

Home/away results


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	8	1	1	23	8	+15	4	4	2	12	11	+1

Last updated: September 25, 2016.
Source: Match reports

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Thorns FC	20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	NWSL Shield
2	Washington Spirit	20	12	3	5	30	21	+9	39	NWSL Playoffs
3	Chicago Red Stars	20	9	6	5	24	20	+4	33
4	Western New York Flash (C)	20	9	5	6	40	26	+14	32
5	Seattle Reign FC	20	8	6	6	29	21	+8	30
6	FC Kansas City	20	7	5	8	18	20	−2	26
7	Sky Blue FC	20	7	5	8	24	30	−6	26
8	Houston Dash	20	6	4	10	29	29	0	22
9	Orlando Pride	20	6	1	13	20	30	−10	19
10	Boston Breakers	20	3	2	15	14	47	−33	11

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

NWSL Playoffs

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

October 2, 2016 Semi-finals	Portland Thorns FC	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Western New York Flash	Portland, Oregon
14:00 (PST)	Sinclair 39' (Reynolds) Brynjarsdottir 75' Sonnett 78' Horan 106+' (Brynjarsdottir) Heath 114'	Report	Mewis 16' Kennedy 28' Doniak 38' (McDonald) Dahlkemper 76' Williams 98' Williams 104' (Mewis) Eddy 109' D'Angelo 121+'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,086 Referee: Marco Vega

Club

Executive staff

Majority Owner & Chief Executive Officer	Merritt Paulson
President of Business	Mike Golub
General Manager / President of Soccer	Gavin Wilkinson
Manager of Soccer Operations / Executive Assistant	Sarah Aschwald

Updated to match played November 16, 2016
Source: [1]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mark Parsons
Assistant Coach	Tracy Hasson
Assistant Coach	Sophie Clough
Assistant Coach	Carly Copplestone
Goalkeeping Coach	Nadine Angerer
Fitness Coach	Garga Caserta
Head Athletic Trainer	Robyn Hasegawa
Athletic Trainer	Katie Donnelley
Equipment Manager	Megan Lovich

Last updated: November 16, 2016
Source: [2]

Stadiums

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Providence Park (21,144 / 110x75 yards)
Training Ground	Providence Park

Source: Providence Park

Kits

Primary kit

The 2016 primary kits are their signature red color with a "spray on" black on the ends of the sleeves. The kits remain Nike and the sponsorship with their sponsor Providence Health and Services on the front.

Secondary kit

The 2016 secondary kits feature the same style as the first kit, however instead of red, it is white with the "spray on" black sleeve style. The kit is also Nike and shows the Providence Health and Services sponsorship.

Third kit

The Thorns do not have a third kit for 2016.

First Team

Roster

All players contracted to the club during the season included.
Last updated: August 30, 2016^[5]^[6]

No.	Name	Positions	Date of birth (age)	Year with Club (Year Signed)
Goalkeepers
18	Michelle Betos	GK	(1988-02-20) February 20, 1988 (age 36)	3 (2014)
24	Adrianna Franch	GK	(1990-11-12) November 12, 1990 (age 33)	1 (2016)
Defenders
2	Katherine Reynolds	RB	(1987-09-14) September 14, 1987 (age 36)	1 (2016)
4	Emily Menges	CB	(1992-07-28) July 28, 1992 (age 31)	3 (2014)
16	Emily Sonnett	CB	(1993-11-25) November 25, 1993 (age 30)	1 (2016)
25	Meghan Klingenberg	LB	(1988-08-02) August 2, 1988 (age 35)	1 (2016)
44	Meg Morris	LB / FW	(1992-05-11) May 11, 1992 (age 32)	1 (2016)
Midfielders
6	Meleana Shim	CM	(1991-09-25) September 25, 1991 (age 32)	4 (2013)
7	Lindsey Horan (NTA)	CM	(1994-05-26) May 26, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)
10	Allie Long	LW / CM	(1987-08-13) August 13, 1987 (age 36)	4 (2013)
11	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	MF	(1991-08-10) August 10, 1991 (age 32)	1 (2016)
15	Kendall Johnson	MF / DF	(1991-04-24) April 24, 1991 (age 33)	2 (2015)
17	Tobin Heath (NTA)	LW	(1988-05-29) May 29, 1988 (age 36)	4 (2013)
28	Amandine Henry	CM	(1989-09-28) September 28, 1989 (age 34)	1 (2016)
30	Celeste Boureille	MF	(1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)
Forwards
9	Nadia Nadim	CF / RW	(1988-01-02) January 2, 1988 (age 36)	1 (2016)
12	Christine Sinclair	CF	(1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 (age 41)	4 (2013)
21	Hayley Raso	FW / RW	(1994-09-05) September 5, 1994 (age 29)	1 (2016)
26	Mallory Weber	FW / CB	(1994-04-04) April 4, 1994 (age 30)	1 (2016)

(HG) = Homegrown Player
(NTA) = National Team Allocated Player
(Loan) = On Loan
(AP) = Amateur Player

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Squad statistics are of regular season only

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	PK	Shot	SOG	SOG%	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
20	DF	McKenzie Berryhill	5	2	182	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
18	GK	Michelle Betos	14	14	1260	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
30	MF	Celeste Boureille	6	5	466	0	0	0	5	0	0%	0	0	0	4	3	0	0
11	MF	Dagny Brynjarsdottir	17	12	1068	5	1	0	13	8	62%	0	0	1	25	5	1	0
27	MF	Maureen Fitzgerald	3	2	133	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
24	GK	Adrianna Franch	6	6	540	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Tobin Heath	14	13	1158	1	10	0	33	18	55%	6	61	6	25	30	2	1
28	MF	Amandine Henry	9	8	638	0	1	0	10	2	20%	0	0	1	13	7	0	0
7	MF	Lindsey Horan	15	15	1303	5	0	0	29	17	59%	2	0	8	23	17	4	0
25	DF	Meghan Klingenberg	14	14	1259	0	0	0	4	2	50%	4	0	3	6	7	1	0
32	DF	Sam Lofton	3	0	55	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
10	MF	Allie Long	15	15	1350	6	2	0	29	14	48%	2	3	3	19	27	0	0
4	DF	Emily Menges	20	20	1800	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
44	DF	Meg Morris	7	3	274	1	1	0	2	1	50%	0	0	4	4	3	2	0
9	FW	Nadia Nadim	20	20	1649	9	3	4	40	17	43%	2	15	18	32	21	4	0
29	DF	Shade Pratt	5	1	141	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
21	FW	Hayley Raso	20	6	757	0	2	0	15	4	27%	1	0	5	18	18	3	0
2	DF	Katherine Reynolds	20	18	1672	0	0	0	2	2	100%	0	0	0	11	9	1	0
6	MF	Mana Shim	14	9	814	0	1	0	7	2	29%	1	3	1	9	3	1	0
12	FW	Christine Sinclair	11	10	826	6	2	0	21	12	57%	0	0	6	4	4	0	0
22	DF	Jennifer Skogerboe	3	2	210	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	3	0	0
16	DF	Emily Sonnett	15	15	1350	0	0	0	2	1	50%	0	0	1	4	3	2	0
26	DF	Mallory Weber	13	7	697	0	0	0	4	1	25%	0	0	0	9	6	1	0
5	DF	Kat Williamson	5	3	196	1	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
Team Total			20	—	19798	34	23	4	220	104	47%	18	82	57	222	179	23	1

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	GA	GA/G	PKF	Shot	SOG	Sav	Sav%	YC
18	GK	Michelle Betos	14	14	1260	16	1.14	1	165	66	50	76%	1
24	GK	Adrianna Franch	6	6	540	3	0.50	0	62	22	19	86%	0
Team Total			20	—	1800	19	0.95	1	227	88	69	78%	1

Player transactions

National Team Player Allocation

Date	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 13, 2016	Lindsey Horan	FW	Paris Saint-Germain	U.S. Women's National Team allocation process	^[7]

Transfers in

Date	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 2, 2015	Meghan Klingenberg	DF	Orlando Pride	Part of trade for Alex Morgan and Kaylyn Kyle.	^[8]
December 10, 2015	Adrianna Franch	GK	Orlando Pride	Part of trade for Steph Catley.	^[9]
January 19, 2016	Nadia Nadim	FW	Sky Blue FC	Traded for the second overall pick in 2016 and a 2017 first and conditional fourth-round pick.	^[10]
February 2, 2016	Katherine Reynolds	DF	Washington Spirit	Traded for Alyssa Kleiner.	^[11]
March 16, 2016	Amandine Henry	MF	Olympique Lyonnais		^[12]
April 15, 2016	Celeste Boureille	MF			^[13]
April 16, 2016	Hayley Raso	FW	Washington Spirit	Signed off waivers.	^[13]
April 27, 2016	Meg Morris	DF / FW	Sky Blue FC		^[14]
July 1, 2016	Jennifer Skogerboe	DF	FC Slovácko		^[15]

Loans in

Date	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref

Loans out

Date	Player	Positions Played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
September 24, 2015	Michelle Betos	GK	Sydney FC	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	^[16]
October 6, 2015	Steph Catley	DF	Melbourne City FC	Was set to return for the start of the 2016 season. Traded.	^[17]
October 6, 2015	Kendall Johnson	DF	Western Sydney Wanderers	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	^[17]
October 6, 2015	Clare Polkinghorne	DF	Brisbane Roar	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	^[17]
October 6, 2015	Lianne Sanderson	MF	Apollon Limassol	Was set to return for the start of the 2016 season. Selected in Expansion Draft.	^[17]
October 6, 2015	Mana Shim	MF	Iga Football Club Kunoichi	Will return for the start of the 2016 season.	^[17]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Positions Played	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
October 21, 2015	Genoveva Añonma	FW	N/A	Waived.	^[18]
October 26, 2015	Alex Morgan	FW	Orlando Pride	Part of trade for first Expansion Draft selection, first round College Draft selection, and international roster spot.	^[19]
October 26, 2015	Kaylyn Kyle	MF	Orlando Pride	Part of trade for first Expansion Draft selection, first round College Draft selection, and international roster spot.	^[19]
November 2, 2015	Lianne Sanderson	MF	Orlando Pride	Selected in Expansion Draft.	^[20]
December 10, 2015	Steph Catley	DF	Orlando Pride	Part of trade for Adrianna Franch.	^[21]
February 2, 2016	Alyssa Kleiner	DF	Washington Spirit	Traded for Katherine Reynolds.	^[22]
February 8, 2016	Rhian Wilkinson	DF	N/A	No longer allocated. Released.	^[23]
March 24, 2016	Jodie Taylor	FW	Arsenal Ladies		^[24]
August 30, 2016	McKenzie Berryhill	DF	Orlando Pride	Waived. Claimed off waivers by Pride.	^[25]^[26]

Contract extensions

Date	Player	Positions Played	Year with Club (Year Signed)	Notes	Ref

National Women's Soccer League College Draft

Stage (Round Pick)	Player	Positions Played	Previous club	Notes	Ref
1 (1)	Emily Sonnett	DF	Virginia Cavaliers		^[27]
3 (21)	McKenzie Berryhill	DF	Arizona State Sun Devils		^[27]

The draft was held on January 15, 2016.

Staff in

Date	Name	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref

Staff out

Date	Name	Position	Destination club	Notes	Ref

National team participation

Ten Thorns players have been called up to play for their national teams during this season.

Team	Players
United States	Meghan Klingenberg, Tobin Heath, Emily Sonnett, Lindsey Horan, Allie Long
Canada	Christine Sinclair
Iceland	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir
Denmark	Nadia Nadim
France	Amandine Henry

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	NWSL				NWSL Playoffs				Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals			Apps	Goals
2	DF	Katherine Reynolds	17 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17 (2)	0	1	0
4	DF	Emily Menges	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	1	0
5	DF	Kat Williamson	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	1	0	0
6	MF	Meleana Shim	9 (5)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9 (5)	0	1	0
7	MF	Lindsey Horan	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	4	0
9	FW	Nadia Nadim	19	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	9	4	0
10	MF	Allie Long	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	0	0
11	MF	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	12 (4)	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	12 (4)	5	1	0
12	FW	Christine Sinclair	9 (1)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 (1)	6	0	0
15	MF	Kendall Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Emily Sonnett	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	2	0
17	MF	Tobin Heath	12 (1)	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	12 (1)	1	2	1
18	GK	Michelle Betos	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
21	FW	Hayley Raso	6 (13)	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6 (13)	0	3	0
22	DF	Jennifer Skogerboe	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
24	GK	Adrianna Franch	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
25	DF	Meghan Klingenberg	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
26	FW	Mallory Weber	7 (6)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (6)	0	1	0
27	MF	Maureen Fitzgerald	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
28	MF	Amandine Henry	7 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (1)	0	0	0
29	FW	Shade Pratt	1 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
30	MF	Celeste Boureille	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0
32	DF	Samantha Lofton	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
44	MF	Meg Morris	3 (4)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3 (4)	1	2	0
Players who were transferred/waived from the club during active season or on loan
20	DF	McKenzie Berryhill	2 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (3)	0	0	0

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: NWSL statistics

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV	MIN	GA	GAA	SV
No.	Player	NWSL				NWSL Playoffs				Total
18	Michelle Betos	1170	15	1.15	48	0	0	0.00	0	1170	15	1.15	48
24	Adrianna Franch	540	3	0.50	19	0	0	0.00	0	540	3	0.50	19
	TOTALS	1620	16	0.89	65	0	0	0.00	0	1710	18	0.95	67

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: NWSL statistics

Line-up

As of September 11, 2016.

Visual

Most recent starters

Players who have started

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Sinclair^(c)

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
18	GK	Michelle Betos	13
11	RB	Katherine Reynolds	17
16	CB	Emily Sonnett	14
4	CB	Emily Menges	19
25	LB	Meghan Klingenberg	13
10	DM	Allie Long	14
28	DM	Amandine Henry	7
9	RW	Nadia Nadim	19
7	CM	Lindsey Horan	14
17	LW	Tobin Heath	12
12	CF	Christine Sinclair (c)	9

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
24	GK	Adrianna Franch	6
5	LB	Kat Williamson	3
44	RB	Meg Morris	3
22	RB	Jennifer Skogerboe	2
	LB	McKenzie Berryhill	2
6	DM	Meleana Shim	9
11	AM	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	12
30	CM	Celeste Boureille	5
29	AM	Shade Pratt	1
26	AM	Mallory Weber	7
27	CM	Maureen Fitzgerald	2
21	RW	Hayley Raso	6

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	NWSL	Total
1	F	9	Nadia Nadim	9	9
2	F	12	Christine Sinclair	6	6
3	MF	11	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	5	5
4	MF	7	Lindsey Horan	4	4
4	MF	10	Allie Long	4	4
6	DF	5	Kat Williamson	1	1
	MF	17	Tobin Heath	1	1
	DF	44	Meg Morris	1	1
Own goals				1	1
Total				32	32

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: NWSL statistics

Top assists

The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	NWSL	Total
1	MF	17	Tobin Heath	9	9
2	FW	9	Nadia Nadim	2	2
	MF	10	Allie Long	2	2
	FW	12	Christine Sinclair	2	2
5	MF	6	Meleana Shim	1	1
	MF	11	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	1	1
	FW	21	Hayley Raso	1	1
	MF	28	Amandine Henry	1	1
	MF	44	Meg Morris	1	1
TOTALS				20	20

Last updated: September 11, 2016.
Source: NWSL statistics

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	NWSL	Total
1	18	Michelle Betos	4	4
1	24	Adrianna Franch	3	3
TOTALS			7	7

Last updated: September 7, 2016.
Source: NWSL statistics

Summary

Games played	20 (20 NWSL)
Games won	12 (12 NWSL)
Games drawn	5 (5 NWSL)
Games lost	3 (3 NWSL)
Goals scored	35 (35 NWSL)
Goals conceded	19 (19 NWSL)
Goal difference	+16 (+16 NWSL)
Clean sheets	7 (7 NWSL)
Yellow cards	23 (23 NWSL)
Red cards	1 (1 NWSL)
Most appearances	20 Appearances (Emily Menges, Nadia Nadim, Katherine Reynolds, Hayley Raso)
Top scorer	(9) (Nadia Nadim)
Top assists	(10) (Tobin Heath)
Top clean sheets	(4) (Michelle Betos)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 12/20 (60.00%)

Last updated: September 25, 2016.
Source: NWSL statistics

Honors

NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Result	Player	Ref
April	Won	Tobin Heath	^[28]^[29]
June	Won	Christine Sinclair	^[30]
September	Won	Allie Long	^[31]

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref
6	Won	Tobin Heath	^[32]
19	Won	Allie Long	^[33]

NWSL Goal of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref
6	Won	Tobin Heath	^[34]
11	Won	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	^[35]

NWSL Save of the Week

Week	Result	Player	Ref
1	Won	Michelle Betos	^[36]
7	Won	Katherine Reynolds	^[37]
12	Won	Michelle Betos	^[38]
13	Won	Michelle Betos	^[39]
15	Won	Michelle Betos	^[40]

References

External links

Official website

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	8	1	1	23	8	+15	4	4	2	12	11	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	8	1	1	23	8	+15	4	4	2	12	11	+1

2016 Portland Thorns FC season

Background

Season review

April

May

June

July

August

September

Competitions

NWSL

Preseason

Regular season

Results by round

Home/away results

League table

NWSL Playoffs

Club

Executive staff

Coaching staff

Stadiums

Kits

Primary kit

Secondary kit

Third kit

First Team

Roster

Squad statistics

Player transactions

National Team Player Allocation

Transfers in

Loans in

Loans out

Transfers out

Contract extensions

National Women's Soccer League College Draft

Staff in

Staff out

National team participation

Statistics

Appearances

Goalkeeper stats

Line-up

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Summary

Honors

NWSL Player of the Month

NWSL Weekly Awards

NWSL Player of the Week

NWSL Goal of the Week

NWSL Save of the Week

See also

References

External links

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	12	5	3	35	19	+16	41	8	1	1	23	8	+15	4	4	2	12	11	+1