Stories By Katelyn Best
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Analysis
/ 3 days agoThorns’ late-season slump is at odds with their history
To ask how the Portland Thorns were built — to ask how this team has been successful so consistently over the...
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Analysis
/ 2 weeks agoSomething’s off with the Portland Thorns
I read the other day about a study showing that overtraining wears down athletes not just physically, but mentally. The researchers...
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NWSL
/ 2 months agoWhat’s the Iron Front, and what does it have to do with the NWSL?
The banners and flags displayed by the Rose City Riveters at Portland Thorns games are typically a space for fans to...
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NWSL
/ 2 months agoPortland 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...
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Analysis
/ 3 months agoThe Portland Thorns are more than the galacticas of the NWSL
That the Portland Thorns have been one of, if not the most, consistently successful team in the National Women’s Soccer League...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 months agoA disappointing loss for France highlights the USWNT’s depth advantage
In a disappointment that feels all too familiar for France, the host nation has been eliminated in the quarterfinals for the...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 months agoUSA-France in the quarterfinal of the ages: Five things to watch
The United States women are set to take on their French hosts Friday at the Parc des Princes in a long-awaited...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 months agoArgentina come back to tie Scotland in emotional roller coaster of a match
You know those games where things keep happening, one after another, and you keep thinking they have to slow down soon,...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 months agoVAR’s rocky rollout might have knocked Nigeria out of the World Cup
RENNES, France — “They didn’t show us what happened.” That statement from Nigerian keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie in the wake of her team’s...
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2019 Women's World Cup
/ 4 months agoAustralia-Brazil roller coaster exposes a poor Matildas game plan
MONTPELLIER, France — If the Australia team forecast to be the most exciting attacking team at the tournament disappointed with a...
