Stories By Katelyn Best
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/ 4 years agoAn ugly night ends in Portland’s favor
Rain had been threatening Orlando City Stadium all evening, and when the clouds finally rolled in a minute and a half...
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/ 4 years agoThe perpetual question of ‘What now?’ for Adrianna Franch
At the beginning of March, after numerous calls into U.S. women’s national team camp over the preceding two years, Adrianna Franch,...
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/ 4 years agoDid we just watch the best NWSL game ever?
The six-year history of the National Women’s Soccer League has played host to plenty of wild, high-scoring games, but Saturday’s match-up...
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/ 4 years agoPortland Thorns 2019 season preview: Navigating major World Cup absences
The Portland Thorns’ 2018 season ended bitterly when a historically good North Carolina Courage beat them handily in their own house...
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/ 4 years agoThe need for perspective around 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie
When 13-year-old Olivia Moultrie subbed into a Portland Thorns preseason game against the U-23 U.S. women’s national team on Wednesday, the...
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/ 4 years agoWhy Emily Menges is always running
PORTLAND , Ore. — or two years in a row, Portland Thorns FC had the strongest defense in the NWSL, conceding...
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/ 5 years agoInside the NWSL Players Association’s pragmatic approach to progress, unionization
With Sky Blue FC under renewed scrutiny following Sam Kerr’s post-game comments a few weeks ago, discussion about off-field standards in...
