Much like their Major League Soccer counterparts, Portland Thorns FC may be allowed to resume a version of training, soon. At least if the progress outlined the team’s President of Soccer, Gavin Wilkinson, continues, his National Women’s Soccer League squad will be able to start its preseason in full. Thorns players were only days into training when COVID-19 precautions halted sessions at Providence Park.
“We were heavily engaged in the scheduling side of [the NWSL’s return] and moved away from that to focus more on how do we return to play,” Wilkinson said on Thursday, describing the league’s next steps.