The breakout moment came one balmy April night in 2013 at Jeld-Wen Stadium. The Portland Thorns, buoyed by a crowd of 16,000 ...

Rose Lavelle scores the winning goal for No. 3 seed Gotham in the final game for Thorns legend Christine Sinclair.

It only took the Canadian legend 16 minutes to give the 23,212 fans in attendance exactly what they had come hoping to see: ...

All dynasties inevitably hit a trough and no group can win everything all the time. Now, it seems to be the Thorns’ turn.

Portland Thorns started the season in terrible form with just two wins in seven games, but a mid-season rally helped them recover, and on the final matchday, they clinched a playoff spot.