The 2013 season was the Portland Thorns inaugural season in the newly created

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federati ...

(NWSL), the top division of women's professional soccer in the United States. The Thorns ended the 22-game regular season with a 10-6-6 record, qualifying them for the NWSL playoffs. In their semi-final game the team beat

FC Kansas City FC Kansas City was an American professional women's soccer club based in Kansas City, Missouri. The team was one of the eight founding clubs of the National Women's Soccer League in 2012, and began play in 2013. They were two-time NWSL champion ...

3-2 in

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only ...

, qualifying them to play

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in the championship. The Thorns beat the Flash 2–0, making Portland Thorns FC the NWSL champion.

Background

The league's founding was announced on November 21, 2012, with Portland as a host for one of eight teams. At that time it was announced by

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at ...

' owner

Merritt Paulson Henry Merritt Paulson III (born 1972/1973) is an American businessman who is the minority owner of Peregrine Sports, LLC, which owns the operating rights to the Portland Timbers, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team, and the Portland Thorns FC, a Nati ...

that the Timbers would own the team. The chosen team, Portland Thorns FC, was announced on December 13, 2012, accompanied by the unveiling of its logo. Both the name and logo were intended to invoke Portland's nickname of the Rose City.

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was announced as the first head coach on December 19, 2012.

Club

Executive staff

Coaching staff

Roster

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's (NWSL) inaugural season, the eight founding clubs filled out their rosters through numerous mechanisms. First, teams are allocated national team players from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Next, teams go through the NWSL College Draft, a free agency period, the NWSL Supplemental Draft, and the signing of Discovery Players. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:85%" , - ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;", No. ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;", Name ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;", Nationality ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;", Date of Birth (Age) ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;", Previous Club ! style="background:#00000; color:black; text-align:center;", Signed Via / Notes , - ! colspan="6" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;", Goalkeepers , - , 1 ,

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Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degree ...

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Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic ...

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Jessica Shufelt Jessica Rose Shufelt (born May 29, 1990) is an American soccer forward who played for Portland Thorns FC. Youth career Shufelt was a forward at the University of Connecticut. She scored 11 times for the Huskies adding 10 assists. During the su ...

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, Supplemental draft

Competitions

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Preseason

Regular season

Final round

Results summary

Results by round

Statistics

Team statistics

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Cris Lewis Cris Marie Lewis (born May 10, 1988) is an American former soccer goalkeeper who played for Portland State University and for the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League. Career Youth career Lewis "was a member of Kennedy High Sc ...

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Honors

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Player Transactions

National Team Player Allocation

On January 11, 2013, the league held its player allocation for the national team players, with Portland receiving seven players:

Marlene Sandoval Rubí Marlene Sandoval Nungaray (born January 18, 1984) is an American-born Mexican former football defender and member of the Mexico women's national football team. She was allocated to the Portland Thorns FC for the NWSL league, but later remo ...

Luz Saucedo Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto (born December 14, 1983) is a Mexican former Football (soccer), football Defender (association football), defender who played for the Mexico women's national football team. Early life Luz Saucedo was born in Canatlá ...

, and

. On January 23, 2013, Heath signed a six-month contract with

and expected to join the Thorns FC once the French club's season is concluded. On March 21, 2013, Sandoval and Saucedo, the two allocated

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, were removed from the team roster, due to an injury and decision by the

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National Women's Soccer League College Draft

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Supplemental Draft Picks

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Transfers In

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References

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