PORTLAND, Ore. – Ana Crnogoru010deviç spent her first week in Portland getting her body’s clock synced with its new place in the world. It was only three weeks earlier that she’d decided to exercise an out in her contract, leaving her club of almost seven years, FFC Frankfurt, and make the biggest leap of her career. From Germany to Oregon, Switzerland’s all-time leading scorer was ready to upend her world in search of a new challenge.
Thorns FC has a way doing that to a player. The crowds, alone, have garnered international attention, and with three trophies in the last five seasons, Portland’s is as successful as any franchise in the six-year-old NWSL.