2013 Portland Thorns FC season

August 2023 March 2026 Portland Thorns FC 2013 President Merritt Paulson Head coach Cindy Parlow Cone Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, Oregon(Capacity: 20,438) National Women's Soccer League 3rd NWSL Playoffs Champions 16,479 10,886 13,320 Alex MorganChristine Sinclair (8 goals) true _nwsl13 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 000000 ff0000 ffffff ffffff ffffff 000000 ffffff 2014 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 in third place 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. Background thumb|in 2013 The league's founding was announced on November 21, 2012, with Portland as a host for one of eight teams.U.S. Soccer to announce new women’s professional league today http://www.soccerwire.com/news/u-s-soccer-to-announce-new-womens-professional-league-today/ Leagues Soccer Wire 14 December 2012 November 21, 2012 28 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140428042951/http://www.soccerwire.com/news/u-s-soccer-to-announce-new-womens-professional-league-today/ deadGiegerich Andy Women's pro soccer coming to Portland http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/11/21/womens-pro-soccer-coming-to-portland.html 14 December 2012 Portland Business Journal November 21, 2012 At that time it was announced by Portland Timbers' owner Merritt Paulson that the Timbers would own the team. The chosen team, Portland Thorns FC, was announced on December 13, 2012, accompanied by the unveiling of its logo.Siemers Erik Timbers name new women's club Portland Thorns http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2012/12/timbers-name-new-womens-club-portland.html 14 December 2012 Portland Business Journal December 13, 2012Manning Rob Women's Soccer Team To Be Named 'Portland Thorns' http://www.opb.org/news/article/womens-soccer-team-to-be-named-portland-thorns/ 14 December 2012 Oregon Public Broadcasting December 13, 2012 December 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208162725/http://www.opb.org/news/article/womens-soccer-team-to-be-named-portland-thorns/ deadArnold Geoffrey C. Portland Thorns: Women's professional soccer team unveils name, logo http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2012/12/portland_thorns_womens_profess.html 14 December 2012 The Oregonian December 13, 2012 Both the name and logo were intended to invoke Portland's nickname of the Rose City.Portland women’s pro team unveils "Thorns FC" as identity http://www.soccerwire.com/news/12129/ Clubs Soccer Wire 14 December 2012 December 13, 2012 27 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227114739/http://www.soccerwire.com/news/12129/ dead Cindy Parlow Cone was announced as the first head coach on December 19, 2012.Cindy Parlow Cone hired as Portland Thorns FC coach http://www.oregonlive.com/timbers/index.ssf/2012/12/cindy_parlow_cone_hired_as_por_1.html 20 December 2012 The Oregonian December 19, 2012 Club Executive staff Majority Owner & President Merritt Paulson Chief Operating Officer Mike Golub General Manager / Technical Director Gavin Wilkinson y Jeld-Wen Field 20,438 110x70 yards February 11, 2013 Portland Timbers November 2011 Coaching staff Head Coach Cindy Parlow Cone y Assistant Coach John Galas February 11, 2013 February 2013 Roster 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.Frequently Asked Questions: NWSL Roster Procedures http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/694142.html NWSL May 20, 2013 January 18, 2013 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:85%" |- ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;"| No. ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;"| Name ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;"| Nationality ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;"| Date of birth (age) ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;"| Previous club ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;"| Signed Via / Notes |- ! colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers |- | 1 | Karina LeBlanc | Canada | 1980 3 30 yes | USA magicJack (WPS) | National team allocationAlex Morgan, Christine Sinclair among first seven players added to Portland Thorns FC through allocation process http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/01/alex-morgan-christine-sinclair-among-first-seven-players-added-portland-thorns-fc-throu Portland Timbers February 14, 2013 January 11, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130113093839/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/01/alex-morgan-christine-sinclair-among-first-seven-players-added-portland-thorns-fc-throu January 13, 2013 |- | 23 | Adelaide Gay | USA | 1989 11 3 yes | University of North Carolina | Discovery playerNWSL 101: How National Women's Soccer League teams were formed http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/04/nwsl-101-how-national-womens-soccer-league-teams-were-formed Portland Timbers April 12, 2013 April 11, 2013 https://archive.today/20130616113533/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/04/nwsl-101-how-national-womens-soccer-league-teams-were-formed June 16, 2013 dead mdy-all |- ! colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Defenders |- | 2 | Marian Dougherty | USA | 1984 11 25 yes | USA magicJack (WPS) | Supplemental draftTThorns FC select five players in NWSL Supplemental Draft http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-select-five-players-nwsl-supplemental-draft Portland Timbers February 14, 2013 February 7, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130212211054/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-select-five-players-nwsl-supplemental-draft February 12, 2013 dead mdy-all |- | 4 | Emilee O'Neil | USA | 1983 3 26 yes | Stanford University | Discovery player |- | 15 | Casey Ramirez | USA | 1989 12 08 yes | Fortuna Hjorring | Discovery player |- | 5 | Kathryn Williamson | USA | 1989 8 1 yes | University of Florida | NWSL College DraftThorns FC add four players in inaugural NWSL College Draft http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/01/thorns-fc-add-four-players-inaugural-nwsl-college-draft Portland Timbers February 14, 2013 January 18, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130222042211/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/01/thorns-fc-add-four-players-inaugural-nwsl-college-draft February 22, 2013 dead mdy-all |- | 7 | Nikki Marshall | USA | 1988 6 2 yes | USAWestern New York Flash | Free agentThorns FC sign four former U.S. youth internationals http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-sign-four-former-us-youth-internationals Portland Timbers February 14, 2013 February 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130210005955/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-sign-four-former-us-youth-internationals February 10, 2013 dead mdy-all |- | 11 | Jazmyne Avant | USA | 1990 1 30 yes | USANew York Fury | Discovery playerThorns FC sign defender Jazmyne Avant http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-sign-defender-jazmyne-avant Portland Timbers February 20, 2013 February 20, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130225074256/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-sign-defender-jazmyne-avant 2013-02-25 dead |- | 16 | Rachel Van Hollebeke | USA | 1985 8 26 yes | USA Boston Breakers | National team allocation |- ! colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Midfielders |- | 3 | Elizabeth Guess | USA | 1985 1 11 yes | USA Boston Breakers | WaiversPortland Signs Midfielder Elizabeth Guess http://www.oregonlive.com/portland-thorns/2013/04/portland_thorns_sign_midfielde.html Oregon Live April 24, 2013 April 24, 2013 |- | 6 | Meleana Shim | USA | 1991 9 25 yes | Santa Clara University | Discovery player |- | 8 | Angie Kerr | USA | 1987 3 29 yes | USASky Blue FC | Supplemental draft |- | 10 | Allie Long | USA | 1987 8 13 yes | USANew York Fury | Free Agent |- | 12 | Becky Edwards | USA | 1988 5 22 yes | SWEKristianstads DFF | Free agent |- | 17 | Tobin Heath | USA | 1988 5 29 yes | FRAParis Saint-Germain | National team allocationFarley Richard http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2013/01/22/tobin-heath-signs-paris-saint-germain/ One more: Tobin Heath headed for Paris Saint-Germain May 20, 2013 NBC Sports January 22, 2013 |- | 20 | Courtney Wetzel | USA | 1989 2 25 yes | Oregon State University | Discovery player |- | 21 | Nikki Washington | USA | 1988 8 1 yes | AUSCanberra United FC | Free agent |- ! colspan=6 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Forwards |- | 9 | Danielle Foxhoven | USA | 1989 11 8 yes | RUSFC Energy Voronezh | Discovery playerThorns FC sign forward Danielle Foxhoven http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-sign-forward-danielle-foxhoven Portland Timbers February 21, 2013 February 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130225053613/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/news/2013/02/thorns-fc-sign-forward-danielle-foxhoven February 25, 2013 dead mdy-all |- | 12 | Christine Sinclair (captain) | Canada | 1983 6 12 yes | USA Western New York Flash | National team allocation |- | 13 | Alex Morgan | USA | 1989 7 2 yes | USA Seattle Sounders Women | National team allocation |- | 18 | Jessica Shufelt | USA | 1990 5 29 yes | CANOttawa Fury Women | Supplemental draft May 20, 2013 May 20, 2013 Competitions All times Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−07:00) Preseason March 30, 2013 19:00 Portland Thorns FC 2—1 Report University of Portland Foxhoven 52Long 73 Frisbie 30 Merlo Field Portland, Oregon 4,892 Ekaterina Koroleva W Regular season April 13, 2013 17:35 1 FC Kansas City 1–1 KC ReportPortland Report Portland Thorns FC Cuellar 3 Mewis 43 Sinclair 66 pen.Washington 70Williamson 82 Shawnee Mission District Stadium Overland Park, Kansas 6,784 Kari Seitz D April 21, 2013 14:00 2 Portland Thorns FC 2–1 Portland Report Seattle Reign FC Dougherty 45Morgan 52Kerr 8Long 11Washington 68 Fishlock 74 78Reed 30Nairn 33 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 16,479 Josh Wilkens W April 27, 2013 17:00 3 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Report Portland Thorns FC Mautz 69 Foxhoven 70Sinclair 81 Village Sports Complex Lisle, Illinois 2,855 Donovan Noocha W May 4, 2013 16:00 4 Washington Spirit 1–2 Portland Report Portland Thorns FC Matheson 86 pen.Harris 13 Morgan 12 pen.Washington 51Long 70Edwards 82 Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland 5,011 Christina Unkel W May 12, 2013 15:00 5 Chicago Red Stars 0–2 Portland Report Portland Thorns FC Mautz 54 Morgan 3Long 34Buehler 52 Village Sports Complex Lisle, Illinois 1,329 Kari Seitz W May 16, 2013 19:30 6 Portland Thorns FC 0–1 Portland Report Sky Blue FC Sinclair 80 Lytle 80 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 11,055 Josh Wilkens L May 19, 2013 14:00 7 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Portland Report Washington Spirit Sinclair 41Morgan 86Marshall 65 Gayle 83 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 12,474 Robert Sibiga W May 25, 2013 19:00 8 Seattle Reign FC 0–1 Portland Report Portland Thorns FC Sinclair 84 pen.Edwards 30Morgan 38Dougherty 51 Starfire Stadium Tukwila, Washington 3,324 Margaret Domka W June 1, 2013 19:30 9 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Portland Report Chicago Red Stars Edwards 41Guess 90 Bywaters 35Santacaterina 61Chalupny 56 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 12,446 Christina Unkel L June 6, 2013 19:30 10 Portland Thorns FC 4–3 Portland Report FC Kansas City Morgan 13 80Wetzel 20Foxhoven 48Long 66 Cheney 34 pen. goal 56Tymrak 81Mathias 88 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 10,886 Miguel Panduro, Jr. W June 16, 2013 14:00 11 Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Portland Report Seattle Reign FC Foxhoven 48Shim 66Guess 39Washington 43 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 13,802 Robert Sibiga W June 22, 2013 16:00 12 Sky Blue FC 0–0 Portland Report Portland Thorns FC Yurcak Field Piscataway, New Jersey 3,002 Kari Seitz D June 30, 2013 13:10 13 FC Kansas City 2–0 Portland Thorns FC Cheney 10 Mathias 71 Shawnee Mission District Stadium Overland Park, Kansas 4,774 Christina Unkel L July 6, 2013 19:30 14 Portland Thorns FC 0–2 Report Boston Breakers Leroux 11 39 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 12,436 Robert Sibiga L July 14, 2013 14:00 15 Portland Thorns FC 1–1 Report Western New York Flash Shim 39 Wambach 38 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 13,021 Ted Unkel D July 21, 2013 13:00 16 Boston Breakers 1–2 Report Portland Thorns FC Sanderson 13 Morgan 23Shim 86 Dilboy Stadium Somerville, Massachusetts 2,978 Robert Sibiga W July 28, 2013 14:00 17 Portland Thorns FC 3–3 Report Chicago Red Stars Sinclair 23 63Shim 55 Mautz 60 75Sitch 86 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 12,534 Kari Seitz D 18 2013 7 31 19:30 PST Portland Thorns FC 3–1 Report Sky Blue FC Morgan 37Shim 65Long 73 Marshall 18 o.g. Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 13,769 Margaret Domka W August 4, 2013 14:00 19 Portland Thorns FC 2–3 Summary FC Kansas City Foxhoven 51Morgan 89Buehler 90+4 Holiday 23 55Mewis 74 Jeld-Wen Field Portland, Oregon 17,619 USA John McCloskey L August 7, 2013 16:00 20 Boston Breakers 2–1 Summary Portland Thorns FC Sanderson 68O'Reilly 84 Weimer 52 Dilboy Stadium Somerville, Massachusetts 3,012 USA Elvis Mahmutovic L August 10, 2013 16:35 21 Western New York Flash 0–0 Summary Portland Thorns FC Adriana Martín 67 Dalmy 90+1 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York 7,606 USA Maraget Domka D August 17, 2013 20:00 22 Seattle Reign FC 1–2 Summary Portland Thorns FC Rapinoe 3 Sinclair 8 83Marshall 69Shim 78 Starfire Stadium Tukwila, Washington 3,855 USA Christina Unkel W Results summary 5 4 2 19 17 6 2 3 13 8 August 18, 2013 June 2013 Results by round table b Round Stadium A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/A Result D/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/D/L/L/D/W/D/W/L/L/D/W Position 2/1/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 August 18, 2013 May 2013 Playoffs and Championship See also 2013 NWSL playoffs and 2013 NWSL Championship.W 24 August 2013 21:00 Semi Final FC Kansas City 2—3 yes Summary Portland Thorns FC Tymrak 12Henderson 25Scott 72Buczkowski 86 Heath 33Dalmy 50Long 60 103Weimer 65 Shawnee Mission District Stadium Overland Park, Kansas 4,016 USA Christina Unkel W 31 August 2013 21:00 Final Western New York Flash 0—2 Summary Portland Thorns FC Johnson 33Adriana Martín 73 Heath 40Williamson 49 0 57Long 88Sinclair 90+2 Sahlen's Stadium Rochester, New York 9,129 USA Kari Seitz Statistics Team statistics No.Pos. NameLeagueDisciplineGP Games playedGS Games startedMP Minutes playedG GoalsA Assists13px13px1GKCAN Karina LeBlanc2121189000002DFUSA Marian Dougherty1919166611203MFUSA Elizabeth Guess416700204DF/MFUSA Emilee O'Neil4114100005DFUSA Kathryn Williamson2222194400106MFUSA Meleana Shim1917141652107DFUSA Nikki Marshall2222187101108MFUSA Angie Kerr15976201009FWUSA Danielle Foxhoven217997401010MFUSA Allie Long22221956332011DFUSA Jazmyne Avant42212000012FWCAN Christine Sinclair20201783822013FWUSA Alex Morgan18181525854014MFUSA Becky Edwards1010900003015DF/MFUSA Casey Ramirez41159000016DFUSA Rachel Buehler20201800022017MFUSA Tobin Heath77630034018FWUSA Jessica Shufelt4031000019FWUSA Tiffany Weimer105522110020MFUSA Courtney Wetzel166602110021MFUSA Nikki Washington1110776123024DFUSA Tina Ellertson3040000026GKUSA Cris Lewis11900000Portland Thorns FC2219803224290Opponents2219802519180 Statistics accurate as of October 11, 2013Season 2013 – Player Stats and Leaderboards http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html NWSL 23 June 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150107064658/http://www.nwslsoccer.com/Stats/index_E.html 7 January 2015 Goalkeeper stats Last updated: October 11, 2013 No. Squad NumberNat NationalityPlayerMIN Minutes playedGA Goals againstGAA Goals against averageSV Saves1CANKarina LeBlanc1890231.19223USAAdelaide Gay000026USACris Lewis90220 Honors NWSL Player of the Month MonthResultPlayerRefAprilCAN Christine SinclairAPRIL'S BEST: CHRISTINE SINCLAIR http://www.nwslsoccer.com/News/716974.html NWSL May 20, 2013 May 7, 2013 Player Transactions National Team Player Allocation 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. 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. 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.Portland Thorns FC: Mexican Players Luz Saucedo and Marlene Sandoval Removed from Roster http://www.stumptownfooty.com/2013/3/21/4133576/portland-thorns-fc-mexican-players-removed-from-roster stumptownfooty.com March 21, 2013 March 21, 2013 National Women's Soccer League College Draft 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. DatePlayerPosPrevious clubRound (Overall)Ref January 18, 2013 USA Kathryn Williamson DF University of Florida 1 (8) January 18, 2013 USA Nicolette Radovcic MF University of Central Florida 2 (16) Portland Thorns FC Training Report: Roster Changes, Strategy, and, uh, Singing http://www.stumptownfooty.com/portland-women/2013/4/4/4183790/portland-thorns-fc-training-report-roster-changes-strategy stumptownfooty.com April 4, 2013 April 4, 2013 January 18, 2013 USA Amber Brooks MF University of North Carolina 3 (24) January 18, 2013 RSA Roxanne Barker GK Pepperdine University 4 (32) Supplemental Draft Picks 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. DatePlayerPosPrevious clubPick (Overall)Ref February 7, 2013 USA Tina Ellertson DF USAmagicJack (WPS) 1 (8) February 7, 2013 USA Angie Kerr MF USASky Blue FC 2 (16) February 7, 2013 USA Michele Weissenhofer FW USAChicago Red Stars 3 (24) February 7, 2013 USA Marian Dougherty (Dalmy) DF USAmagicJack (WPS) 4 (32) February 7, 2013 USA Jessica Shufelt FW CANOttawa Fury Women 5 (40) Transfers In DatePlayerPosPrevious clubNotesRef April 24, 2013 USA Elizabeth Guess MF Boston Breakers Signed off Waivers Transfers Out DatePlayerPosDestination ClubNotesRef References 30em Portland Thorns Portland Thorns Category:Portland Thorns FC seasons Portland Thorns Portland Category:National Women's Soccer League championship–winning seasons