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I’m personally sick of hearing about how stacked we are as a team from commentators. I get that on paper, we should be able to field any of our players and be an incredibly formidable team, but clearly that hasn’t been the case through much of the season. Even during the six game win streak there were some troubling weaknesses in midfield and defense. Granted, some key injuries are causing some of those issues, but in addition to some attitude and formation changes I think are due, we need to seriously consider the impact (or lack thereof) some of our roster have had and make some painful but necessary changes.

We started terrible, made a change, had a great stretch of games and now we are back to playing like we played in that first stretch of games. Soph is having to do everything out there, our backline continues to be swiss cheese, and we arent playing with any cohesion out there. Passes have stopped being crisp. We should have done to Utah what KC did to us instead we are fighting for our life, and it takes brilliant play by Hogan to keep this a draw. Also can we never see that ref again? Dude was clueless all game and that was just bad

Game is on Ion. In the USA

Ion is over the air in all major markets as local affiliates if you have a TV with a digital antenna.

Ion is also on TV streaming apps like Tubi or Freevee.

Ion is also on most cable packages.

Internationally the game should be on NWSL+.

7PM kickoff is local time for Portland, Oregon.

First league game against Utah since the 2019 Sonnett red card kerfuffle. Did play them twice in the 2020 fall series then Utah became Kansas City.

Utah sit bottom of the table with 7 from a possible 42 points and a GD of -20. If Portland leaves here with anything but a win, time to push the panic button.

We are wearing pink and yellow jerseys. Am I the only one who HATES the kits this season?

Here’s the lineup: https://images.mlssoccer.com/image/upload/v1719338973/assets/por/PDFs/2024_Green-Is-Gold-Charity-Match_Matchday-Program_web_wsw6ev.pdf

Welcome to the of Payne house!

*edit John Strong

This is an appreciation post for John Strong, the former Timbers announcer whose been announcing for the men’s COPA America tournament.

In the ARG v CHI game tonight they pop up Messi’s international goals scored stat. Strong then compares him to Ronaldo but qualifies Ronaldo as the leading international scorer “for men”. Then he mentions the true leader, Sinclair.

It’s a stat that comes up a lot in the Messi/Ronaldo comparison and it’s always driven me crazy that they don’t qualify it “for men”. Because that’s what it is! 130 Ronaldo goals looks weak to Sinclair’s 190. His stat should be qualified.

Morgan Weaver was at the Pickles game last night. I'm still beaming. Said she's feeling good, working hard to get back. Was so cool to meet her!

Well now that Casey Stoney has been let go of by the Wave, how do people feel about her as a potential head coach candidate for the Thorns?

I've had season tickets to both Timbers and Thorns for a few years now. Never have I seen a Timbers post goal announcement showing an accidental photo of a Thorns player. Nor have I heard "substitution for Thorns...." as another example when it's been a Timbers substitution. Yet, during Thorns games we have seen photos of Timbers players after a Thorns goal (twice this year that I can remember) and today the announcement, "Substitution for the Timbers...." Why are all these mistakes happening? And why in just one direction? I don't see how it's so hard to remember which team is on the field. I happen to be a fan of both teams. And I can forgive a mistake....we all make them. But there have been too many, in my opinion. Do we need completely different announcers (and others) in the booth for each team? Is anyone else bothered by this or are my sexist alerts set too high?

That got real bad, real fast

You don't need to bring your entire life to a soccer game!

In the USA on NWSL+. On NWSL+ internationally as well.

In the greater Portland area it is also on Fox 12+ if you have cable or a TV with a digital antenna you should be able to pick up this game over the air. Hopefully there are no mix ups like there was last weekend.

My husband and I are a little under the weather but we’d love to have someone else enjoy the game today. Section 98 front row. DM me if you’re interested.

Edit: tickets claimed. Have fun!

Hi folks, I have one free ticket looking to get grabbed by a thorns fan! It’s the back row of section 113. Send a PM!

Edit: for the match today (at 1pm)

I’m in search of the elusive summer scarf style scarves - the thin smooth sort that only very rarely get produced (and as far as I know, the Riveters have never bothered to make one? Someone please correct me if I’m wrong!)… One of my Thorns cohort has some sensory sensitivities and hates hates hates the “scratchy” scarves, so I’m wondering if anyone with a summer scarf might want to trade me for a scratchy scarf?!

I have a few fun scarves from years past: the Eisbear FC scarf (a nod to Nadine Angerer); the Shakespeare scarf (to thine own club be true); and the Say Anything scarf (with a boombox on one side so you can channel your inner Lloyd Dobler)… plus several other more common Thorns scarves from both Riveters and FO.

If not a trade, I’d certainly be willing to purchase one from anyone willing to sell one to me, but trades seem much more the spirit of our local soccer community. ;)

TIA for anyone who might be able to help out! Go Thorns!

Edit to add an imgur link:

https://imgur.com/a/iJndcGs

I’d like to bring my kids to the game tomorrow but the seatgeek resales are to high for me at the moment. Looking for (2) tickets if anyone has a couple to give away

Having a hard time finding details regarding her injury. She posted on her Instagram page pics of her knee wrapped, and on crutches 😲

I hope she's back soon🤞

I did a double take here, then a full belly laugh

What's the best place to get a ticket not called SeatGeek? My daughter and I have season tickets but I'm taking 3 more kid friends to the game and need 1 last ticket.

Edit: It's been sorted. Thanks for the support Thorns community!

Basically the title—I went to two games last year and remember there being a pretty wide variety of scarves to choose from, but based on the online shop it looks like there aren’t many options right now.

I’m taking my little sister (early teens) to her first game in July and would love for her to have a scarf she likes rather than settles for. If the online selection is all that’s available in the shop as well, I’ll look at ordering her the pride scarf from the NWSL shop or purchasing from the Riveters. Thanks in advance!