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2013 Portland Thorns FC season

Summary

The 2013 season was the Portland Thorns' inaugural season in the newly created National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's professional soccer in the United States. The Thorns ended the 22-game regular season with a 10-6-6 record, qualifying them for the NWSL playoffs. In their semi-final game the team beat FC Kansas City 3-2 in extra time, qualifying them to play Western New York Flash in the championship. The Thorns beat the Flash 2–0, making Portland Thorns FC the NWSL champion.

Portland Thorns FC
2013 season
PresidentMerritt Paulson
Head coachCindy Parlow Cone
StadiumJeld-Wen Field
Portland, Oregon
(Capacity: 20,438)
National Women's Soccer League3rd
NWSL PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerAlex Morgan
Christine Sinclair (8 goals)
Highest home attendance16,479
Lowest home attendance10,886
Average home league attendance13,320
2014 →

Background edit

 
in 2013

The league's founding was announced on November 21, 2012, with Portland as a host for one of eight teams.[1][2] At that time it was announced by Portland Timbers' owner Merritt Paulson that the Timbers would own the team.[2]

The chosen team, Portland Thorns FC, was announced on December 13, 2012, accompanied by the unveiling of its logo.[3][4][5] Both the name and logo were intended to invoke Portland's nickname of the Rose City.[3][6]

Cindy Parlow Cone was announced as the first head coach on December 19, 2012.[7]

Club edit

Executive staff edit

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

Updated to match played February 11, 2013
Source: Portland Timbers

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head Coach Cindy Parlow Cone
Assistant Coach John Galas

Last updated: February 11, 2013
Source: [1]

Roster edit

In the National Women's Soccer League's (NWSL) inaugural season, the eight founding clubs filled out their rosters through numerous mechanisms. First, teams are allocated national team players from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Next, teams go through the NWSL College Draft, a free agency period, the NWSL Supplemental Draft, and the signing of Discovery Players.[8]

No. Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Signed Via / Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Karina LeBlanc   (1980-03-30) 30 March 1980 (age 44)   magicJack (WPS) National team allocation[9]
23 Adelaide Gay   (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 34) University of North Carolina Discovery player[10]
Defenders
2 Marian Dougherty   (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 39)   magicJack (WPS) Supplemental draft[11]
4 Emilee O'Neil   (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 (age 41) Stanford University Discovery player[10]
5 Kathryn Williamson   (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 34) University of Florida NWSL College Draft[12]
7 Nikki Marshall   (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 35)  Western New York Flash Free agent[13]
11 Jazmyne Avant   (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34)  New York Fury Discovery player[14]
16 Rachel Van Hollebeke   (1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 38)   Boston Breakers National team allocation[9]
Midfielders
3 Elizabeth Guess   (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 39)   Boston Breakers Waivers[15]
6 Meleana Shim   (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 32) Santa Clara University Discovery player[10]
8 Angie Kerr   (1987-03-29) 29 March 1987 (age 37)  Sky Blue FC Supplemental draft[11]
10 Allie Long   (1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 (age 36)  New York Fury Free Agent[13]
12 Becky Edwards   (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 (age 35)  Kristianstads DFF Free agent[13]
17 Tobin Heath   (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 35)  Paris Saint-Germain National team allocation[9][16]
20 Courtney Wetzel   (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35) Oregon State University Discovery player[10]
21 Nikki Washington   (1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 35)  Canberra United FC Free agent[13]
Forwards
9 Danielle Foxhoven   (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 34)  FC Energy Voronezh Discovery player[17]
12 Christine Sinclair (captain)   (1983-06-12) 12 June 1983 (age 40)   Western New York Flash National team allocation[9]
13 Alex Morgan   (1989-07-02) 2 July 1989 (age 34)   Seattle Sounders Women National team allocation[9]
18 Jessica Shufelt   (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 33)  Ottawa Fury Women Supplemental draft[11]

Last updated: May 20, 2013
Source: [2]

Competitions edit

All times Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00)

Preseason edit

March 30, 2013 Portland Thorns FC 2—1 University of Portland Portland, Oregon
19:00 Foxhoven   52'
Long   73'		 Report Frisbie   30' Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 4,892
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Regular season edit

April 13, 2013 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
17:35 Cuellar   3'
Mewis   43'		 KC Report
Portland Report		 Sinclair   66' (pen.)
Washington   70'
Williamson   82'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Kari Seitz
April 21, 2013 2 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 Dougherty   45'
Morgan   52'
Kerr   8'
Long   11'
Washington   68'		 Portland Report Fishlock   74'   78'
Reed   30'
Nairn   33'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 16,479
Referee: Josh Wilkens
April 27, 2013 3 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
17:00 Mautz   69' Portland Report Foxhoven   70'
Sinclair   81'		 Stadium: Village Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Donovan Noocha
May 4, 2013 4 Washington Spirit 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Boyds, Maryland
16:00 Matheson   86' (pen.)
Harris   13'		 Portland Report Morgan   12' (pen.)
Washington   51'
Long   70'
Edwards   82'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Christina Unkel
May 12, 2013 5 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Thorns FC Lisle, Illinois
15:00 Mautz   54' Portland Report Morgan   3'
Long   34'
Buehler   52'		 Stadium: Village Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,329
Referee: Kari Seitz
May 16, 2013 6 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 Sinclair   80' Portland Report Lytle   80' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 11,055
Referee: Josh Wilkens
May 19, 2013 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Washington Spirit Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair   41'
Morgan   86'
Marshall   65'		 Portland Report Gayle   83' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,474
Referee: Robert Sibiga
May 25, 2013 8 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 Portland Thorns FC Tukwila, Washington
19:00 Portland Report Sinclair   84' (pen.)
Edwards   30'
Morgan   38'
Dougherty   51'		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 3,324
Referee: Margaret Domka
June 1, 2013 9 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
19:30 Edwards   41'
Guess   90'		 Portland Report Bywaters   35'
Santacaterina   61'
Chalupny   56'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,446
Referee: Christina Unkel
June 6, 2013 10 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
19:30 Morgan   13'   80'
Wetzel   20'
Foxhoven   48'
Long   66'		 Portland Report Cheney   34' (pen.), 56'
Tymrak   81'
Mathias   88'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 10,886
Referee: Miguel Panduro, Jr.
June 16, 2013 11 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Seattle Reign FC Portland, Oregon
14:00 Foxhoven   48'
Shim   66'
Guess   39'
Washington   43'		 Portland Report Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,802
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 22, 2013 12 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Piscataway, New Jersey
16:00 Portland Report Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Kari Seitz
June 30, 2013 13 FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
13:10 Cheney   10'
Mathias   71'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Christina Unkel
July 6, 2013 14 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Boston Breakers Portland, Oregon
19:30 Report Leroux   11', 39' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,436
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 14, 2013 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Western New York Flash Portland, Oregon
14:00 Shim   39' Report Wambach   38' Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,021
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 21, 2013 16 Boston Breakers 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
13:00 Sanderson   13' Report Morgan   23'
Shim   86'		 Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 2,978
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 28, 2013 17 Portland Thorns FC 3–3 Chicago Red Stars Portland, Oregon
14:00 Sinclair   23', 63'
Shim   55'		 Report Mautz   60', 75'
Sitch   86'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 12,534
Referee: Kari Seitz
July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) 18 Portland Thorns FC 3–1 Sky Blue FC Portland, Oregon
19:30 PST Morgan   37'
Shim   65'
Long   73'		 Report Marshall   18' (o.g.) Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 13,769
Referee: Margaret Domka
August 4, 2013 19 Portland Thorns FC 2–3 FC Kansas City Portland, Oregon
14:00 Foxhoven   51'
Morgan   89'
Buehler   90+4'		 Summary Holiday   23', 55'
Mewis   74'		 Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field
Attendance: 17,619
Referee:   John McCloskey
August 7, 2013 20 Boston Breakers 2–1 Portland Thorns FC Somerville, Massachusetts
16:00 Sanderson   68'
O'Reilly   84'		 Summary Weimer   52' Stadium: Dilboy Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee:   Elvis Mahmutovic
August 10, 2013 21 Western New York Flash 0–0 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
16:35 Adriana Martín   67' Summary Dalmy   90+1' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 7,606
Referee:   Maraget Domka
August 17, 2013 22 Seattle Reign FC 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Tukwila, Washington
20:00 Rapinoe   3' Summary Sinclair   8', 83'
Marshall   69'
Shim   78'		 Stadium: Starfire Stadium
Attendance: 3,855
Referee:   Christina Unkel

Final round edit

24 August 2013 Semi Final FC Kansas City 2—3 (a.e.t.) Portland Thorns FC Overland Park, Kansas
21:00 Tymrak   12'
Henderson   25'
Scott   72'
Buczkowski   86'		 Summary Heath   33'
Dalmy   50'
Long   60'   103'
Weimer   65'		 Stadium: Shawnee Mission District Stadium
Attendance: 4,016
Referee:   Christina Unkel
31 August 2013 Final Western New York Flash 0—2 Portland Thorns FC Rochester, New York
21:00 Johnson   33'
Adriana Martín   73'		 Summary Heath   40'
Williamson   49'   57'
Long   88'
Sinclair   90+2'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 9,129
Referee:   Kari Seitz

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
22 38 11 6 5 32 25  +7 5 4 2 19 17  +2 6 2 3 13 8  +5

Last updated: August 18, 2013
Source: [citation needed]
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 edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
StadiumAHAAAHHAHHHAAHHAHHHAAA
ResultDWWWWLWWLWWDLLDWDWLLDW
Position2111122222223333333333
Updated to match(es) played on August 18, 2013. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics edit

Team statistics edit

No. Pos. Name League Discipline
GP GS MP G A    
1 GK   Karina LeBlanc 21 21 1890 0 0 0 0
2 DF   Marian Dougherty 19 19 1666 1 1 2 0
3 MF   Elizabeth Guess 4 1 67 0 0 2 0
4 DF/MF   Emilee O'Neil 4 1 141 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Kathryn Williamson 22 22 1944 0 0 1 0
6 MF   Meleana Shim 19 17 1416 5 2 1 0
7 DF   Nikki Marshall 22 22 1871 0 1 1 0
8 MF   Angie Kerr 15 9 762 0 1 0 0
9 FW   Danielle Foxhoven 21 7 997 4 0 1 0
10 MF   Allie Long 22 22 1956 3 3 2 0
11 DF   Jazmyne Avant 4 2 212 0 0 0 0
12 FW   Christine Sinclair 20 20 1783 8 2 2 0
13 FW   Alex Morgan 18 18 1525 8 5 4 0
14 MF   Becky Edwards 10 10 900 0 0 3 0
15 DF/MF   Casey Ramirez 4 1 159 0 0 0 0
16 DF   Rachel Buehler 20 20 1800 0 2 2 0
17 MF   Tobin Heath 7 7 630 0 3 4 0
18 FW   Jessica Shufelt 4 0 31 0 0 0 0
19 FW   Tiffany Weimer 10 5 522 1 1 0 0
20 MF   Courtney Wetzel 16 6 602 1 1 0 0
21 MF   Nikki Washington 11 10 776 1 2 3 0
24 DF   Tina Ellertson 3 0 40 0 0 0 0
26 GK   Cris Lewis 1 1 90 0 0 0 0
Portland Thorns FC 22 1980 32 24 29 0
Opponents 22 1980 25 19 18 0

Statistics accurate as of October 11, 2013[18]

Goalkeeper stats edit

Last updated: October 11, 2013

No. Nat Player MIN GA GAA SV
1   Karina LeBlanc 1890 23 1.1 92
23   Adelaide Gay 0 0 0 0
26   Cris Lewis 90 2 2 0

Honors edit

NWSL Player of the Month

Month Result Player Ref
April Won   Christine Sinclair [19]

Player Transactions edit

National Team Player Allocation edit

On January 11, 2013, the league held its player allocation for the national team players, with Portland receiving seven players: Rachel Buehler, Tobin Heath, Karina LeBlanc, Alex Morgan, Marlene Sandoval, Luz Saucedo, and Christine Sinclair.[9] On January 23, 2013, Heath signed a six-month contract with Paris Saint-Germain and expected to join the Thorns FC once the French club's season is concluded.[16] On March 21, 2013, Sandoval and Saucedo, the two allocated Mexico national team defenders, were removed from the team roster, due to an injury and decision by the Mexican Football Federation, respectively.[20]

National Women's Soccer League College Draft edit

Each team in the NWSL got to pick once per round, with the draft order based on how well each team did in allocation. The Thorns picked eighth (last) in each round.[10]

Date Player Pos Previous Club Round (Overall) Ref
January 18, 2013   Kathryn Williamson DF University of Florida 1 (8) [12]
January 18, 2013   Nicolette Radovcic MF University of Central Florida 2 (16) [12][21]
January 18, 2013   Amber Brooks MF University of North Carolina 3 (24) [12]
January 18, 2013   Roxanne Barker GK Pepperdine University 4 (32) [12][21]

Supplemental Draft Picks edit

Any player that wasn’t selected in the NWSL College Draft, and was done with her college eligibility, was eligible for the NWSL Supplemental Draft. The draft lasted six rounds. Again, the Thorns selected eighth (last) in each round.[10]

Date Player Pos Previous Club Pick (Overall) Ref
February 7, 2013   Tina Ellertson DF  magicJack (WPS) 1 (8) [11]
February 7, 2013   Angie Kerr MF  Sky Blue FC 2 (16) [11]
February 7, 2013   Michele Weissenhofer FW  Chicago Red Stars 3 (24) [11]
February 7, 2013   Marian Dougherty (Dalmy) DF  magicJack (WPS) 4 (32) [11]
February 7, 2013   Jessica Shufelt FW  Ottawa Fury Women 5 (40) [11]

Transfers In edit

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
April 24, 2013   Elizabeth Guess MF Boston Breakers Signed off Waivers [15]

Transfers Out edit

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref

References edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2013 Portland Thorns season.
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  20. ^ "Portland Thorns FC: Mexican Players Luz Saucedo and Marlene Sandoval Removed from Roster". stumptownfooty.com. March 21, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
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