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2014 Portland Thorns FC season

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.

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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Club edit

Executive staff edit

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: [1]

Coaching staff edit

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: [2]

Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 edit

Key edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

Pre-season edit

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   69'
McDonald   82'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Matt Stewart

Regular season edit

April 12, 2014 1 Houston Dash 0 - 1 Portland Thorns FC Houston, Texas
20:00 (PDT) Masar   74' Report Long   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   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   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   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   76' Report McDonald   57'
Brooks   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   75'		 Report Bermudez   14'
Zerboni   57'
Reynolds   73'
Wambach   81'
Taylor   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   39'
Whitehill   64'
D’Agostino   73'		 Report Tarr   42'
Shim    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   23'
Angerer   28'
Menges   31'		 Report Taylor   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   45+2'   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   10'
Nairn   62'		 Report Sinclair   5'
Morgan   10', 71'
Brooks   59'
McDonald   85', 87'
Menges   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   76'		 Report Freels   8'   75'
Foord   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   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'   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   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   70'
Sinclair   80'
Brooks   88'		 Report Gorry   30'
Richmond   40'
LePeilbet   42'
Buczkowski   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   57'
Chalupny   77'		 Report McDonald   1'
Sinclair   57'
Menges   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   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   90'		 Report Edwards   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   53'		 Report Sinclair   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   50'
Rapinoe   89'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 17,109
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

Standings edit

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 edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
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 edit

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 edit

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

Squad statistics edit

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed

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

N Pos Player GP GS Min G A WG Shot SOG Cro CK Off Foul FS YC RC
23 FW Jackie Acevedo 2 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
9 MF Veronica Boquete 15 15 1335 4 6 1 31 12 2 16 1 8 17 0 0
22 MF Amber Brooks 20 19 1598 1 2 0 21 7 2 10 1 25 9 4 0
4 DF Stephanie Catley 14 13 1141 0 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 8 10 0 0
24 MF Sinead Farrelly 17 16 1303 0 0 0 11 6 1 1 5 15 18 0 0
17 MF Tobin Heath 5 5 401 0 0 0 13 7 0 1 1 8 6 1 0
19 MF Sarah Huffman 22 9 962 1 1 0 6 2 3 3 0 9 7 2 0
8 MF Angie Kerr 14 8 676 0 3 0 12 7 3 0 1 3 1 0 0
10 MF Allie Long 22 20 1809 9 3 1 44 21 10 113 15 31 29 1 0
7 DF Nikki Marshall 24 24 2072 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 16 13 3 0
14 FW Jessica McDonald 24 13 1310 11 1 4 48 26 4 1 5 12 6 0 0
21 DF Emily Menges 23 22 1972 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 4 3 0
13 FW Alex Morgan 14 13 1135 6 4 3 56 36 0 1 16 5 12 0 0
2 MF Rebecca Moros 18 13 1171 0 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 9 7 0 0
25 DF Courtney Niemiec 11 10 824 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 5 6 0 0
6 MF Meleana Shim 17 4 530 0 2 0 14 6 0 0 0 4 6 1 0
12 FW Christine Sinclair 23 22 1987 7 1 1 77 40 1 2 12 11 16 2 0
11 FW Elisabeth Sullivan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Kat Tarr 6 5 405 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 14 1 1 1
28 FW Hanna Terry 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Rachel Van Hollebeke 12 9 835 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 6 1 0
N Pos Goal keeper GP GS Min W L T Shot SOG Sav GA GA/G Pen PKF SO
1 GK Nadine Angerer 22 22 1917 8 8 6 232 104 74 30 1.364 3 4 4
18 GK Michelle Betos 3 2 243 2 0 0 34 14 9 5 1.667 1 1 1

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date Player Pos Previous Club Notes Ref
January 2, 2014   Amber Brooks MF   Bayern Munich Drafted by Portland in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. [2]
January 3, 2014   Jackie Acevedo FW   Houston Aces Acquired via national team allocation. [3]
January 13, 2014   Nadine Angerer GK   Brisbane Roar [4]
January 13, 2014   Sinead Farrelly MF   FC Kansas City Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [5]
January 17, 2014   Michelle Betos GK   Boston Breakers Acquired via trade for a 4th-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
January 17, 2014   Emily Menges DF   Georgetown University 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
January 17, 2014   Meleana Shim MF   Houston Dash Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick and Nikki Washington. [6]
January 17, 2014   Elisabeth Sullivan FW   Mississippi State University 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
February 17, 2014   Stephanie Catley DF   Melbourne Victory [7]
April 7, 2014   Verónica Boquete MF   Western New York Flash Acquired along with Sarah Huffman via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick. [8]
April 7, 2014   Sarah Huffman MF   Western New York Flash Acquired along with Verónica Boquete via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick. [8]
April 9, 2014   Courtney Niemiec DF/MF   La Salle University [9]
April 9, 2014   Katarina Tarr DF   SGS Essen [9]
July 25, 2014   Hanna Terry FW   Northeastern University Signed after amateur appearance. [10]

Transfers out edit

Date Player Pos Destination Club Notes Ref
January 10, 2014   Meleana Shim MF   Houston Dash Selected in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft. [11]
January 13, 2014   Karina LeBlanc GK   Chicago Red Stars Traded for 2nd-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. [12]
January 17, 2014   Nikki Washington MF   Houston Dash Tradeed along with a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick to acquire Meleana Shim. [6]
January 17, 2014   Tiffany Weimer FW   Washington Spirit Traded for a 3rd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. [6]
August 25, 2014   Verónica Boquete MF   1. FFC Frankfurt [13]
September 10, 2014   Angie Kerr MF None Player waived. [14]
November 18, 2014   Sarah Huffman DF None Player retired. [15]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Match Recap: Houston Dash 0, Portland Thorns FC 1". April 13, 2014. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "Thorns FC sign midfielder Amber Brooks | PTFC".
  3. ^ "Thorns FC add Jackie Acevedo through 2014 NWSL Allocation of National Team Players | PTFC".
  4. ^ "Thorns FC sign goalkeeper Nadine Angerer | PTFC".
  5. ^ "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Sinead Farrelly from FC Kansas City in exchange for 2014 second-round pick | PTFC".
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Meleana Shim, goalkeeper Michelle Betos in separate trades at 2014 NWSL College Draft | PTFC".
  7. ^ "Thorns FC sign defender Stephanie Catley | PTFC".
  8. ^ a b "Thorns FC acquire Spanish international Verónica Boquete, midfielder Sarah Huffman from Western New York Flash in exchange for midfielder Courtney Wetzel, defender Kathryn Williamson, 2015 NWSL College Draft First Round Draft Pick | Portland Timbers". Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Archived 2019-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b "Thorns FC sign Courtney Niemiec and Katarina Tarr | PTFC".
  10. ^ "Thorns FC sign forward Hanna Terry | PTFC".
  11. ^ "Thorns FC acquire midfielder Meleana Shim, goalkeeper Michelle Betos in separate trades at 2014 NWSL College Draft | PTFC".
  12. ^ "Thorns FC acquire second-round pick in 2015 NWSL Draft from Chicago in exchange for goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc | PTFC".
  13. ^ "Thorns FC midfielder Vero Boquete signs with FFC Frankfurt | PTFC".
  14. ^ http://www.timbers.com/thornsfc/2014/09/thorns-fc-waive-midfielder-angie-kerr [dead link]
  15. ^ "Thorns FC defender Sarah Huffman announces retirement | PTFC".

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