2016 Portland Thorns FC season
The 2016 season was the Portland Thorns FC's fourth season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns finished first, winning the NWSL Shield, an improvement over their sixth-place finish in the 2015 season. They lost their opening game of the 2016 NWSL Championship tournament (playoffs).
Thorns playing Flash, October 2, 2016
The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which received support from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).
The Thorns hired Cindy Parlow Cone as its first head coach in 2013
Four Thorns players who won the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup with the U.S. national team were recognized before the July 24, 2019, match against the Houston Dash.
Thorns players and staff celebrate winning the 2022 NWSL Championship at Audi Field.
The traveling Rose City Riveters at Seattle's Memorial Stadium in 2017.