# 2014 Portland Thorns FC season

The 2014 season was the Portland Thorns FC's second season of existence in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

## Club
### Executive staff

| Majority Owner, Chief Executive Officer | Merritt Paulson |
| President, Business Operations | Mike Golub |
| General Manager | Gavin Wilkinson |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Jeld-Wen Field (20,438 / 110x70 yards) |
Updated to match played October 6, 2014 Source:

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Paul Riley |
| Assistant Coach | Mike Demakis |
| Assistant Coach | Skip Thorp |
| Assistant Coach | Scot Thompson |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Steve Reese |
| Athletic Trainer | Katie Donnelly |
Last updated: October 6, 2014 Source:

### Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Nadine Angerer |
| 2 | DF | USA | Rebecca Moros |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Stephanie Catley |
| 6 | MF | USA | Meleana Shim |
| 7 | DF | USA | Nikki Marshall |
| 8 | MF | USA | Angie Kerr |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Verónica Boquete |
| 10 | MF | USA | Allie Long |
| 12 | FW | CAN | Christine Sinclair |
| 13 | FW | USA | Alex Morgan |
| 14 | FW | USA | Jessica McDonald |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | USA | Rachel Van Hollebeke |
| 17 | MF | USA | Tobin Heath |
| 18 | GK | USA | Michelle Betos |
| 19 | MF | USA | Sarah Huffman |
| 20 | DF | USA | Kat Tarr |
| 21 | DF | USA | Emily Menges |
| 22 | MF | USA | Amber Brooks |
| 23 | FW | MEX | Jackie Acevedo |
| 24 | MF | USA | Sinead Farrelly |
| 25 | DF | USA | Courtney Niemiec |
| 28 | FW | SWE | Hanna Terry |

## Match results
### Key

Win  Tie  Loss

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Seattle Reign FC | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 20 | +30 | 54 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | FC Kansas City (C) | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 41 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 3 | Portland Thorns FC | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 36 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 4 | Washington Spirit | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | NWSL Playoffs |
| 5 | Chicago Red Stars | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Sky Blue FC | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 34 | |
| 7 | Western New York Flash | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 28 | |
| 8 | Boston Breakers | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 20 | |
| 9 | Houston Dash | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 18 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 24 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | −4 |
Last updated: August 17, 2014 Source: National Women's Soccer League Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W |

### NWSL Championship Playoffs
## Squad statistics

Note: only regular season squad statistics displayed
Key to positions: FW - Forward, MF - Midfielder, DF - Defender, GK - Goalkeeper
| N | Pos | Player | GP | GS | Min | G | A | WG | Shot | SOG | Cro | CK | Off | Foul | FS | YC | RC |
| 23 | FW | Jackie Acevedo | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Veronica Boquete | 15 | 15 | 1335 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Amber Brooks | 20 | 19 | 1598 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Stephanie Catley | 14 | 13 | 1141 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Sinead Farrelly | 17 | 16 | 1303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Tobin Heath | 5 | 5 | 401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Sarah Huffman | 22 | 9 | 962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Angie Kerr | 14 | 8 | 676 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Allie Long | 22 | 20 | 1809 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 113 | 15 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Nikki Marshall | 24 | 24 | 2072 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jessica McDonald | 24 | 13 | 1310 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Emily Menges | 23 | 22 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Alex Morgan | 14 | 13 | 1135 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | Rebecca Moros | 18 | 13 | 1171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Courtney Niemiec | 11 | 10 | 824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Meleana Shim | 17 | 4 | 530 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Christine Sinclair | 23 | 22 | 1987 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Elisabeth Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Kat Tarr | 6 | 5 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Hanna Terry | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Rachel Van Hollebeke | 12 | 9 | 835 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| N | Pos | Goal keeper | GP | GS | Min | W | L | T | Shot | SOG | Sav | GA | GA/G | Pen | PKF | SO |
| 1 | GK | Nadine Angerer | 22 | 22 | 1917 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 232 | 104 | 74 | 30 | 1.364 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | GK | Michelle Betos | 3 | 2 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1.667 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Player | Pos | Previous Club | Notes |
| January 2, 2014 | Amber Brooks | MF | Bayern Munich | Drafted by Portland in the 2013 NWSL College Draft. |
| January 3, 2014 | Jackie Acevedo | FW | Houston Aces | Acquired via national team allocation. |
| January 13, 2014 | Nadine Angerer | GK | Brisbane Roar | |
| January 13, 2014 | Sinead Farrelly | MF | FC Kansas City | Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| January 17, 2014 | Michelle Betos | GK | Boston Breakers | Acquired via trade for a 4th-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| January 17, 2014 | Emily Menges | DF | Georgetown University | 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| January 17, 2014 | Meleana Shim | MF | Houston Dash | Acquired via trade for a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick and Nikki Washington. |
| January 17, 2014 | Elisabeth Sullivan | FW | Mississippi State University | 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| February 17, 2014 | Stephanie Catley | DF | Melbourne Victory | |
| April 7, 2014 | Verónica Boquete | MF | Western New York Flash | Acquired along with Sarah Huffman via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| April 7, 2014 | Sarah Huffman | MF | Western New York Flash | Acquired along with Verónica Boquete via trade for Courtney Wetzel, Kathryn Williamson, and a 1st-round 2015 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| April 9, 2014 | Courtney Niemiec | DF/MF | La Salle University | |
| April 9, 2014 | Katarina Tarr | DF | SGS Essen | |
| July 25, 2014 | Hanna Terry | FW | Northeastern University | Signed after amateur appearance. |

### Transfers out

| Date | Player | Pos | Destination Club | Notes |
| January 10, 2014 | Meleana Shim | MF | Houston Dash | Selected in the 2014 NWSL Expansion Draft. |
| January 13, 2014 | Karina LeBlanc | GK | Chicago Red Stars | Traded for 2nd-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. |
| January 17, 2014 | Nikki Washington | MF | Houston Dash | Tradeed along with a 2nd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick to acquire Meleana Shim. |
| January 17, 2014 | Tiffany Weimer | FW | Washington Spirit | Traded for a 3rd-round 2014 NWSL College Draft pick. |
| August 25, 2014 | Verónica Boquete | MF | 1. FFC Frankfurt | |
| September 10, 2014 | Angie Kerr | MF | None | Player waived. |
| November 18, 2014 | Sarah Huffman | DF | None | Player retired. |