BEAVERTON, Ore. – “I didn’t even know.” It’s probably the most Emily Menges response to a personal milestone that you could contrive, only this one is real. It was only well into Saturday’s game in Boyds, Maryland, that the long-time Portland Thorns FC player found out she had hit the century mark.
One hundred regular-season games. All with the same team. Menges is the second Portland player to reach that number, with captain Christine Sinclair becoming a centurion last season. But Menges came into the league a year after her teammate, and Portland’s the only team she’s ever known.