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Mark Richard David Parsons is an English football manager who is the former head coach of American club Washington Spirit. He previously managed top-level teams including the Netherlands women's natio
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Parsons coaching the Thorns in 2017
The 2016 season was the Portland Thorns FC's fourth season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns finished first, winni
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…the position as head coach of Portland Thorns FC. He led a new-look team through a 12-game undefeated streak (a team record) from the beginning of the 2016 season. The team finished as the regular season champions, winning the NWSL Shield, but fell to the Western New York Flash in the Thorns' first-ever home…
Thorns playing Flash, October 2, 2016