2024 Portland Thorns FC season

Portland Thorns FC

2024 season
Owner	RAJ Sports
General manager	Karina LeBlanc
Head coach	Rob Gale (interim Apr 16–Jul 19, permanent Jul 19–) Mike Norris (until Apr 16)
Stadium	Providence Park (capacity: 25,218)
League	6th
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Group stage
Playoffs	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF W Champions Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	Sophia Smith (12)
Highest home attendance	23,212 (Nov 1 vs. LA)
Lowest home attendance	16,688 (Mar 30 vs. LOU)
Average home league attendance	18,725
Biggest win	League: 4–0 (May 11 vs. SEA) All competitions: 0–6 (Oct 15 at VAN, CONCACAF)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (Jun 23 vs. KC)
Home colors Away colors
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All statistics correct as of November 10, 2024.

The 2024 Portland Thorns FC season was the team's twelfth season as a professional women's soccer team. Thorns FC played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns opened the NWSL season against the Kansas City Current, playing in the first game at the Current's newly built CPKC Stadium,^[1] and finished in sixth place to qualify for the playoffs, where they lost in the quarterfinals to third-seeded NJ/NY Gotham FC.^[2]

In addition to playing in the 2024 NWSL season, the Thorns also played in the inaugural 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup tournaments,^[3] qualifying for the latter by finishing as runners-up for the 2023 NWSL Shield.^[4]

As of October 4, 2024.^[5]

Technical
General manager President of Thorns FC operations	Karina LeBlanc
Technical director	Mike Norris
Head coach	Rob Gale
Assistant coach	Vytautas Andriuškevičius
Assistant coach	Sarah Lowdon
Assistant coach	Stephen Hart
Goalkeeper coach	Jordan Franken
Medical
Head athletic trainer	Matt Hunter
Director of scouting and recruiting Youth sporting director	Mike Smith
Sports scientist	Ella Maliska
Performance and wellness coach	Renee Pirkl

As of November 2, 2024.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name
1	GK	USA	Bella Bixby
18	GK	USA	Shelby Hogan
26	GK	USA	Kat Asman
30	GK	AUS	Mackenzie Arnold
2	DF	MEX	Reyna Reyes
4	DF	USA	Becky Sauerbrunn
5	DF	DEN	Isabella Obaze
11	DF	NGA	Nicole Payne
20	DF	USA	Kelli Hubly
25	DF	USA	Meghan Klingenberg
8	MF	JPN	Hina Sugita
13	MF	USA	Olivia Moultrie
14	MF	USA	Sophie Hirst
17	MF	USA	Sam Coffey
21	MF	CAN	Jessie Fleming
23	MF	GER	Marie Müller
27	MF	IRL	Marissa Sheva
29	MF	USA	Mallie McKenzie
44	MF	USA	Gabby Provenzano
54	MF	USA	Olivia Wade-Katoa
9	FW	USA	Sophia Smith
12	FW	CAN	Christine Sinclair
15	FW	USA	Payton Linnehan
22	FW	USA	Morgan Weaver
24	FW	USA	Izzy D'Aquila
66	FW	USA	Reilyn Turner
77	FW	USA	Alexa Spaanstra

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Destination
28	GK	USA	Lauren Kozal	Tampa Bay Sun FC

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	Playoffs
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC	26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34
8	Chicago Red Stars	26	10	2	14	31	38	−7	32

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34	7	1	5	22	15	+7	3	3	7	15	20	−5

The Thorns finished the regular season in sixth place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the sixth seed of eight teams.

Advancement in the tournament was achieved by the four teams with the most points across the five groups. This did not include any teams in this group.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		UTA	POR	SEA	TIJ
1	Utah Royals	3	2	0	0	1	9	4	+5	6		—	3–1	1–2	5–1
2	Portland Thorns FC	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6		1–3	—	1–0	5–0
3	Seattle Reign FC	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3		2–1	0–1	—	2–3
4	Tijuana	3	1	0	0	2	4	12	−8	3		1–5	0–5	3–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	POR	SDW	WFC	SFE
1	América	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	—	7–0	5–0
2	Portland Thorns FC	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9			3–1	—	—	—	2–1
3	San Diego Wave FC	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9			0–1	3–2	—	—	—
4	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	4	1	0	3	2	16	−14	3			—	0–6	0–2	—	—
5	Santa Fe	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9	0			—	—	0–2	1–2	—

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2024 NWSL Draft was held on January 12, 2024.

R	P	Player	Pos.	College	Status	Ref.
1	11	Payton Linnehan	FW	Pennsylvania State University	Signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option on March 1, 2024.	[7][8]
2	23	Olivia Wade-Katoa	MF	Brigham Young University	Signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option on March 5, 2024.	[7][9]
2	25	Kelsey Kaufusi	DF	Utah State University	Not signed.	[7]
3	39	Kat Asman	GK	Pennsylvania State University	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option on March 6, 2024.	[7][10]
4	53	Katie Duong	MF	Stanford University	Not signed.	[7]

Date	Player	Pos.	Notes	Ref.
January 17, 2024	Gabby Provenzano	MF	Re-signed to a one-year contract extension.	[11]
January 18, 2024	Meghan Klingenberg	DF	Free agent re-signed to a one-year contract.	[12]
January 22, 2024	Christine Sinclair	FW	Free agent re-signed to a one-year contract.	[13]
January 23, 2024	Becky Sauerbrunn	DF	Free agent re-signed to a one-year contract.	[14]
February 13, 2024	Olivia Moultrie	MF	Re-signed to a three-year contract extension through 2026.	[15]
September 12, 2024	Morgan Weaver	FW	Re-signed to a five-year contract extension through 2028.	[16]

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
February 18, 2024	Nicole Payne	DF	Paris Saint-Germain	Loaned through the end of the season. Permanently acquired on July 2, 2024.	[17][18]

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
September 5, 2024	Lauren Kozal	GK	Tampa Bay Sun FC	Loaned through the remainder of the NWSL season.	[19]

Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 9, 2024	Isabella Obaze	DF	FC Rosengård	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a three-year contract with a mutual option.	[20]
January 31, 2024	Jessie Fleming	MF	Chelsea	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a three-year contract.	[21]
February 2, 2024	Marie Müller	DF	SC Freiburg	Acquired in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a two-year contract with a mutual option.	[22]
March 14, 2024	Marissa Sheva	MF	Washington Spirit	Preseason trialist signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option.	[23]
March 20, 2024	Ana Dias	FW	ZFK Zenit	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option.	[24]
March 21, 2024	Mallie McKenzie	MF	Georgia Bulldogs	Preseason trialist signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option.	[25]
April 20, 2024	Emily Alvarado	GK	Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for $35,000 in allocation money and a maximum of $50,000 in additional funding pending performance conditions met.	[26]
July 2, 2024	Nicole Payne	DF	Paris Saint-Germain	Loanee acquired permanently in exchange for an undisclosed fee and signed to a two-year contract through 2025.	[18]
July 10, 2024	Mackenzie Arnold	GK	West Ham United	Signed to a three-year contract through 2026 with a mutual option.	[27]
July 18, 2024	Marissa DiGenova	DF	Lancaster Inferno FC	Signed as national team replacement players.	[28]
	Rebekah Valdez	FW	Grand Canyon Antelopes
August 19, 2024	Alexa Spaanstra	FW	Kansas City Current	Traded in exchange for $25,000 in intra-league transfer funds and $15,000 in allocation money.	[29]
August 21, 2024	Reilyn Turner	FW	Racing Louisville FC	Traded in exchange for Janine Beckie.	[30]
September 2, 2024	Sophie Hirst	MF	Houston Dash	Traded in exchange for $25,000 in intra-league transfer funds and a conditional $10,000 in intra-league transfer funds.	[31]

Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
January 23, 2024	Rocky Rodríguez	MF	Angel City FC	Traded in exchange for $275,000 in allocation money and conditional fees.	[32]
July 26, 2024	Meaghan Nally	DF	Odense Boldklub Q	Mutual contract termination.	[33]
August 15, 2024	Emily Alvarado	GK	Club Tijuana	Mutual contract termination.	[34]
August 21, 2024	Janine Beckie	FW	Racing Louisville FC	Traded in exchange for Reilyn Turner.	[30]
August 26, 2024	Ana Dias	FW	Tigres UANL	Transferred in exchange for an undisclosed fee.	[35]

Date	Player	Pos.	Ref.
November 10, 2024	Christine Sinclair	FW	[36][37]

Date	Player	Pos.	List	Injury	Ref.
March 13, 2024	Gabby Provenzano	MF	Season-ending injury	Left Achilles tear.	[38]
May 9, 2024	Morgan Weaver	FW	45-day injury	Right knee injury sustained in match against Bay FC.	[39]
October 11, 2024	Olivia Wade-Katoa	MF	Season-ending injury	Right knee injury sustained in match against Santa Fe F.C.	[40]

Trialists are non-rostered invitees during preseason and are not automatically signed. The Thorns' initial preseason roster, which was released on January 24, 2024, did not feature any non-rostered invitees.^[41] However, the club added three non-rostered invitees to their preseason roster on February 20, 2024.^[42]

Player	Pos.	Previous club	Status	Ref.
Taylor Aylmer	MF	Racing Louisville FC	Not signed.	[42]
Mallie McKenzie	MF	Georgia Bulldogs	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option on March 21, 2024.	[42][25]
Marissa Sheva	FW	Washington Spirit	Signed to a one-year contract with a mutual option on March 14, 2024.	[42][23]