Portland set a new NWSL attendance record—but this isn’t just their moment

Gameday in Portland on Sunday proceeded as it always does: the drums, the smoke, the chanting (occasionally laced with profanity), the vociferous booing whenever the home crowd felt they’d been slighted by a ref. It felt like any other Thorns game. On the stat sheet, though, there was one difference. With a sellout crowd of … Continue reading Portland set a new NWSL attendance record—but this isn’t just their moment