2023 Portland Thorns FC season
The 2023 Portland Thorns FC season was the team's eleventh season as a professional women's soccer team. Thorns FC played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.
Thorns at home vs. Chicago on May 21
The Thorns' May 21 home match against Chicago Red Stars drew 20,402 in attendance, the team's largest regular-season attendance since 2019.
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.